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    20 hours ago, mccaughey85 said:

    Its kind of a strange case. I think he was found not guilty in a court of law but guilty in civil court. Not sure how i feel about him being vilified when technically hes not been found guilty of a the crime.

    He looks a sleazy bugger though.

    Technically guilty or not, I wonder what the end game is here? He's hounded out of every club that dares to sign him before he's even kicked a ball. So if he's not allowed by society to play football, then what is he allowed to do? How's he supposed to make anything positive of his life if everywhere he goes there's a witch hunt?

    Scotland Ukraine. Will it go head?….

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    Plenty of folk are getting on their high horse complaining that this is all inconsequential in relation to the war in Ukraine. Does everything have to be black and white, either / or? Is it not possible to recognise the magnitude of the situation in Ukraine while also still caring about football and having an opinion on how this situation is resolved? I mean, the folk at FIFA / UEFA / SFA will be wracking their brains about what to do. What's wrong with us doing that? Doesn't necessarily mean we're insensitive. There may be one or two who are, but I imagine most folk are horrified by what's happening over there. Lets not forget that this is a football forum, and the beauty of football is that, in the grand scheme of things, it's utterly meaningless and can be a good distraction from the horrors of life.

    My view is that if Ukraine want to go ahead with the fixture then great. And if they would like a postponement then we should respect that as it's a hellish situation at present. But of course there will have to be a cut off.

    crowd for israel game

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    I guess the silver lining in all of this is that when we start playing competitive games again hopefully our new wonder kid Gilmour will have settled into the Chelsea team and will be more ready for his chance to take our midfield by storm.

    Soooooo.. The play off then.

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    18 hours ago, Nobby said:

    Next time your in London drop me a message and I’ll buy you a beer explain how we don’t own you and don’t feel in any way superior to you. That is except for your football team 😉

    Thanks so much Nobby. I'm actually heading to London next week. Let me know what part you're in.

    Soooooo.. The play off then.

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    2 hours ago, Nobby said:

    Biggest threat to what ?

    A general sense of superiority and ownership.

     

    15 minutes ago, TDYER63 said:

    I think there is more to it than lack of talent. Granted, we dont have a squad  of world class players but they should be performing better. 

    I completely agree. The media and their constant criticism does not help at all. 

    They were successful in comparison to where we have been the last 20 years and are regularly touted on here as being the glory years. We have actually gone backwards in terms of qualification since devolution, surely that should have been an inspiration. 

    Re the rugby, it is possible for a team to simply run out of mental stamina in a game like that. 

    I tend to agree with most of what you post on here Dave but I think we will need to agree to disagree  on this. When we gain independence and there is, in time, a clear improvement in the teams performance nothing will give me greater pleasure than to wheel myself on here to be tarred and feathered by you and dogbiscuit 🙂

    I did not say we invented it , I said I do not believe our poor performances and mental problem is purely down to being in a political union with the UK.

    I genuinely feel there are a number of reasons for our lack of success and physiological blockage, year after year of achieving  absolutely nothing in itself must ravage confidence as will the constant negativity that surrounds the team, it is a vicious circle and becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. 

    I still have confidence that Steve Clarke can motivate these players, I am certainly  not self defeatist, quite the opposite. 

    Well I didn't specifically say it was about being in the union. But I don't think it's a coincidence that a country that's not quite a country and is in the unusual position of being 'governed' by a neighbouring country suffers from a failure mentality. It's really not a normal position to be in in the first place. The British are well known for their psychological warfare so due to our position in relation to them (geographically, politically, socially, etc) I have no doubt that our national psyche bears the burden. An everyday example was on Friday at around 7pm I went on the BBC sport site to check our line up and there was nothing about the game. But of course, after suffering a disappointing defeat it was featured as the top story through into the next day.

    I do agree with you that we're in a vicious cycle though. And I think the best starting point is to question the old narrative that we're shite and our players are shite and we're losers etc etc.

    Soooooo.. The play off then.

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    3 hours ago, TDYER63 said:

    Sorry I dont buy that at all.  I dont think for one minute England perceive Scotland as their biggest threat. I dont even think England perceive us as a threat. 

    I definitely think we have  a serious  physiological problem and lack belief, but I dont think politics is the cause. It may indirectly have an impact but it is lazy to attribute our problem to the constitutional set up.   

    Why were we so successful in the 70’s/80’s, we didn't even have devolution then ?

    We weren't successful. We had better players at the time but never even made it past the group stage of any tournament, often due to calamitous results.

    I would suggest that it's 'lazy', and self defeating to say that we definitely have a 'serious psychological problem' but to assume that we've mainly just invented it ourselves.

     

    2 hours ago, teecee- said:

    Previously it was only on the sporting field we could impress Engurland. Now we have our own parliament, a totally different vision for the future and we really don't give a toss about them. Noticed on the last trip to Wembley fans mixing in pubs which I put down to us ditching our chip on the shoulder attitude. Our lack of success is a lack of talent lets not over complicate it.

    See above, we had great players in previous decades but still never achieved anything on a competitive level beyond qualifying for tournaments. And if we really don't give a toss about England then why are they regularly referenced on this forum, usually as some sort of bench mark of how things are done?

     

    2 hours ago, kwhitelaw said:

    I do feel there has been in the past attempts to undermine Scotland as losers and "too wee too stupid" etc etc which has contributed to our current mentality but the Scottish press are also accountable!  For perfect examples go on the Daily Record website right now and look at some of the disparaging headlines.  One headline makes out Belgium's Tielemens is saying we're worse than San Marino.  At no point in the article does he actually say this, he simply states that he expects us to be just as defensive but that Belgium would get more space to play.  Another headline supposedly quotes Philippe Albert stating this is the "worst" Scotland team ever.  Once you read the article he actually says its one of the weakest he has ever seen with only Robertson and McTominay as stand outs.

    Players seeing these headlines but not reading the articles to get the full context would undoubting get disheartened and lack confidence!

    Absolutely. Scotland is full of people who subscribe to the British establishment view. This is the biggest problem we face, one from within. And the Scottish press are barely even Scottish. And the players reading this stuff is just the tip of the iceberg. If you have a whole stadium of people who have directly, or indirectly been regularly exposed to this viewpoint, and furthermore a whole nation of people, then it's no surprise that any kind of international success is affected by it. I would imagine that every one of us, despite supporting Scotland, has at least at one point made a joke to a non-supporter about how shit we are just to conform to social convention.

     

    Club v Country

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    17 hours ago, Jim Beem said:

    International football is 100% dominated by money and the eligibility thing has been stretched to ridiculous levels. 

    I watch my team pretty much always at 3pm on a Saturday. When do Scotland play now ? Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays etc. Utterly ridiculous. All because of money. 

    As daft as international eligibility may be, you still only have at your disposal players with a Scottish link, whereas with club football you can buy literally any player on earth that your club can afford. So from this point of view, supporting a club team is basically just supporting a business.

    Club v Country

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    2 hours ago, Jim Beem said:

    Outside maybe half a dozen clubs in the UK I find that a surprising comment. Loads of clubs out there with their routes firmly in the community, very easy for it to be a part of your life. I think you must be supporting the wrong teams 😂 

    Yeh but at the end of the day it's all about money and what players you can afford. It's just a big business. With international football it's different because the only players you have at your disposal are the ones eligible to play for their country.

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