[Reasons To Be Optimistic...]

Scotland has plenty to be optimistic about, just sort out your defence cause everything else is fine bar performance against the likes of Georgia.

[The Final Humiliation Is Complete]

The style of play under Strachan is fine.

Even O'Neill has recognised that these days you need to play with 3 central midfielders and try to actually pass the ball, rather than the rigid 442 long-ball 'Trapattoni with a Donegal accent' stuff he started with.

Scotland's failing was in the quality of our defenders. If we'd had Ireland's back 4 we'd have qualified no problem.

This.

The margins were very fine in the group and if you guys had of held out against Germany and Poland in those 4 games you would have prob auto qualified.

[The Final Humiliation Is Complete]

Thanks for the support guys

Regarding Scotland the only thing you need to improve is your defence. If you sort that out you'll push for a WC spot. You guys have a good attacking system, were very impressive early on in the campaign and are very capable of scoring goals.

Best of luck in the WC campaign

[Martin O'neil]

Rossy, on 08 Oct 2015 - 9:43 PM, said:

Fair play to Ireland for getting 4 points off Germany, but they're still a shite football team.

I desperately hope that Poland beat them and that they get turfed out in the play-offs.

Spot on. They are shite and we flattered them in Dublin.

Mon the Poles

Would ye stop acting like sore losers. We're not at fault here its yourselves that messed up against Georgia and if the shoe was on the other foot i'd still support ye to get there at least.

[Does Anyone Actually Realise ?]

yours is the only one that may have a gripe with the manager within the next year or so.

Well i'll be honest i hate the way we play but it gets results. I'd much rather the way ye play and if ye had any decent defence ye'd be where we are now.

[Final Two Games - Your Predictions.]

Edited to say just realised that you're not a Scotland fan, my bad!

I am

Would like to see the two of us qualify.

[Final Two Games - Your Predictions.]

Dreams

Sco 2 - 1 Pol

Ire 0 - 0 Ger

Gib 0 - 5 Sco

Pol 1 - 2 Ire

Reality

Sco 1 - 1 Pol

Ire 0 - 3 Ger

Gib 0 - 5 Sco

Pol 2 - 1 Ire

[The View From Ireland]

Ireland are an awful football team who's current brand of football is best left at home during a major championship.

I can't argue with that. To be honest i don't even know what way we play ourselves most of the time. There's no structure or game plan.

[The View From Ireland]

I would like both of us to qualify so i'm hoping we can both beat Poland. The way things look that's an unlikely scenario. Ye guys really have to beat Poland to stand any chance and that might spur us on to do the same. Good Luck