broraboy
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Just now, Caledonian Craig said:
Offside.
Don’t you just love VAR
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F**k Norway have just scored
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3 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:
Yes that is a possibility.
In fact, let’s hope Belarus f**k Wales over later on this evening ( fingers crossed )
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1 minute ago, Caledonian Craig said:
No that is not the case as the Czech Republic or Wales could pip us for a seeding yet.
Let’s assume Belgium beat the Welsh ( fingers crossed )
Then Wales or Czechs can only finish on 14 pts and currently both Wales + Czechs Goal Difference is inferior to Scotland’s when you deduct the Moldova results/goals
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10 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:
Definitely but this result will not count as results against Gibraltar will be dropped.
Group.G is a 6 Team group as mentioned and results / goals against Gibraltar won’t count !
Living in Fantasy but if Latvia cling on for a draw, Norway lose away to Holland and Turkey fail to take all 3 points away to Montenegro then this would help Scotland secure a seeded play-off position regardless of Monday nights result (I think)
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15 minutes ago, ParisInAKilt said:
BBC live table still has Norway ahead on GD, assuming this is accurate
It is accurate but when you take away results/goals against Gibraltar then as it stands Norway’s GD is +2
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1 minute ago, Templeton_Peck said:
Looks like its Armstrong and Mcginn behind Adams
So a 3-4-2-1 kinda formation ??
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Tickets now released by SFA for remaining seats around Hampden
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6 hours ago, mccaughey85 said:
Has livramento played for the l England senior team?
Doesn't say that on wiki.
Apologies mccaughey85, must have read that in the daily retard !
Appears only x1 cap at U-21 level, won’t be as bad then if he chooses his Mums wishes😉Watched highlights earlier on BBC Match of the Day - he certainly played well, really well
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On 10/12/2021 at 10:11 PM, Rich NATA said:
I haven't read all of this, but can confirm he is fantastic.
Haven’t seen the lad play, hearing good reviews about him though !
Scotland could potentially have a richness of full-backsRB position we have SoD N.Patterson C.Ramsay and this lad possibly ??
He has a Scottish Mother, that’s within the rules albeit he has played for 14mins as a sub for Engerland…..Could S.Clarke make a swoop and get him to turn out for Scotland
If it’s good enough for England claiming D.Rice after he played for Ireland, then I say it’s fair game for Scotland 🏴
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44 minutes ago, syecosse said:
Craig twins both midfielders made the bench for Spurs again. And Ashby again on the bench for West ham.
I see they have represented Scotland at youth level but not made the step up to the U-21’s
Not heard much about them or what the potential is ??
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48 minutes ago, todd said:
Rangers representing 'Scotland' in Europe again I see 🙄
But not a current Scotland player in the starting XI
Patterson on the bench again, hopefully he gets some game time between now and Moldova 🤞
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2 hours ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said:
He certainly seems to be making an impression !!
Of all the names being touted, you’d imagine this guy is deserving of a call up.
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1 minute ago, gkm_vancouver said:
😀 Must be all the talk of a possible call-up that is giving him a boost
He may well get a call up eventually/maybe but it won’t be this year!
S.Clarke won’t be calling him up for November fixtures that’s for sure -
With the USA lifting Travel Restrictions for those double jabbed, I’m hoping Ryan Gauld gets a call up for November’s Double Header !
The date of lifting the restriction is perfect timing to allow Steve Clarke to make that decision and get him involved with the Squad.
There are suspensions and potentially players not getting much game time between now and Moldova……Dykes + Christie both suspended for Moldova as we know
Che Adams hasn’t featured for Southampton yet (unsure on his injury)
Ryan Fraser got 15 minutes for Newcastle but rarely used and had an okay performance (just) against the Faroes
Stuart Armstrong not featuring for Southampton at the moment
Billy Gilmour needs game time between now and Moldova
Kevin Nesbit getting matches but hardly prolific, thinking he has 3 or 4 goals thus far this season?? I do like Nesbit as a footballer but Scotland can’t rely solely on him with possibly Fraser for the Moldova game! Is Leigh Griffiths worth a call up for this one, I’d feel happier with him than say McBurnie being recalled.
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12 hours ago, weekevie04 said:
G - I've seen Turkey a couple of times since the Euros, they were awful against Latvia and I wouldn't trust them to win in Montenegro. I reckon Norway will get second. Norway play Lativa at home, they'll put at least 3 past them so their GD will be double figures before going to Amsterdam to play Holland.
Very good post and very interesting to see potential results elsewhere to allow us that seeded spot or possibly Not getting that seeded spot !?
Group.G is the group that could give us a chance, you mention GD but as it standsNorway GD is +2 ( x8 goals against Gibraltar removed )
Turkey GD is +1 ( x3 goals against Gibraltar removed )
Scotland GD is +5 ( x1 goal against Moldova removed )
The next criteria after GD is higher number of goals scored and looking at results this has Norway on 7 Goals, Turkey on 16 Goals, Scotland on 12 Goals !!
Meaning Norway would have to score 4 goals in that game against Latvia to edge out Scotland if they were tied on points. From group results, Latvia haven’t shown results to suggest they will get pummelled 4 or 5 nil…..Norways remaining two games are (1) Latvia at home, would imagine a home win there and then (2) away in Rotterdam to take on Holland who are starting to look pretty impressive !! I’d imagine and hoping for a Holland win, which would be good for Scotland. This could and hopefully leaves Norway on 14pts with a GD less than ours….
Turkeys remaining two games are (1) Gibraltar at home so 3pts there and then (2) away to Montenegro and as mentioned above Turkey haven’t been great, it took a 99th minute penalty to see off Latvia in there last game! Scotland will be hoping Montenegro take something from this game🤞the last time Turkey and Montenegro played was 2-2 over in Istanbul, so there is a glimmer of hope. So if Turkey win out they will be on 15pts and resign Scotland to being unseeded (if we take nothing from the Denmark game that is) if Turkey slip up away to Montenegro, this allows Norway to finish 2nd on 14pts (if they lose to Holland away)
Bottom line, Scotland take 4pts in there final 2 games and we should be seeded but take only 3pts from Moldova then we are reliant on Group.G permutations above
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44 minutes ago, Davied14 said:
For what it's worth (not a lot) I don't think we'll be lucky enough to be seeded in the playoffs. I predict:
Seeds: Sweden, Serbia, Switzerland, Poland, Russia & Turkey.
Non-seeds: Scotland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Romania, Wales & Austria.
That won’t be too far off the mark !
The only group that gives us a glimmer of hope in possibly getting that seeded 2nd place is Group.G
For Scotland to get that seeding, a number of results have to happen !!
Scotland beat Moldova and take at least a point of Denmark (this might not be required depending on results from Group.G but typically this game is after we play Denmark) see belowGroup.G
Tuesday 16th Nov - hope Holland beat Norway and also
Tuesday 16th Nov - Montenegro v Turkey play each other, which will be decisive! Turkey win they are on 15pts, if Turkey draw then Norway are 2nd placed on 14pts Scotland have the better GD so would edge out Turkey…..
Ultimately it’s still in Scotland’s hands and like many have I written off our chances against Denmark at home, possibly 🙁
But I’ll fill my glass back up and say that we will get a result in that final game and the Play-Offs will consist of
Seeds :
Sweden, Serbia, Switzerland, Russia, Poland + Scotland
Unseeded :
Romania, Bosnia, Czech Republic, Turkey/Norway (Wales + Austria )
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7 hours ago, Texas Pete said:
Not if those 3 points were taken from Denmark. We’d have 17 points in the second place table.
Unless Moldova pump us 5-0 or something and overtake the Faroes.
I can see that now, cheers 👍
Would fill me with fear if we had to take 3 pts from that final game……
Take care of Moldova and we’re one step closer !
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7 minutes ago, Grim Jim said:
I was thinking the very same today, but not sure how we'll fare after getting pumped in Moldova and the long flight home 🤢 .
By only taking 3 more points would take us to 20 points ( less 6 points ) meaning Scotland would be on 14 points, this guarantee’s 2nd place but doesn’t guarantee Scotland being a seeded 2nd placed Team !
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Win our last 2 games and we’ll be seeded
Take 4 points from last 2 games and we’ll be seeded !!
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There are a few games where 1st and 2nd placed Teams still have to play each other in remaining fixtures, looking at games left to play this is how I think the groups and 2nd placed Teams will be…….
Group.A Serbia 17/18 pts
Group.B Sweden 18 pts
Group.C Switzerland 17 pts
Group.D Bosnia 11 pts
Group.E Czech Republic 14 pts
Group.F Scotland 14 / 15 / 17 pts ???
Group.G Turkey 15 pts
Group.H Russia 16 pts
Group.I Poland 17 pts
Group.J Romania 13 pts
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Not TA Specific
Can this be moved from this thread elsewhere please…….
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32 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:
My maths and understanding are crud but I worked it out last night we stand seventh in seeding of the twelve potential teams. However, our next couple of games could force us further up into the top six so all is not lost.
However, I am much in the mind of Texas Pete right now of lets just get second place confirmed - that is the most important thing. If we miss out on being seeded well we hang on to that Serbia away play-off which we came through last year which tells us an away tie is not curtains. Also finishing second (regardless of what follows) helps us in our bid to climb up the seeding pots.
100% Scotland to focus on that 2nd spot and to secure this before the Danes come to Hampden next month!
Win our next 2 games a must but if we lost our final group game to Denmark it would IMO leave us unseeded ( most likely 7th as mentioned )Someone mentioned earlier, if Austria can scrap an away draw in Denmark tonight then they won’t be gunning for that perfect 10 wins when visiting us next Month.
However, if Scotland scrap a draw against the Danes (provided we take those 6pts prior) then this would most certainly ensure a Semi-Final at Hampden…… -
Norway and Russia winning didn’t help Scotland reference seeding for Play-Offs
9 hours ago, tjm007 said:Not much help tonight for the seeding race. Norway, Russia, Romania all winning.
However, Romania winning last night was exactly the result Scotland wanted over Armenia!!
Group J will now have one of the lowest 2nd seeds, with Romania being that team I’d say.
Romania currently on 13pts can only reach 19pts but 6pts against the 6th placed team will be deducted
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Never saw that result coming but didn’t realise Haaland out injured which didn’t help Norway’s cause !
Hoping Holland draw away to Montenegro, means they have to beat Norway on Tuesday (good for Scotland)
And as mentioned, Wales to drop points tonight