Taylor1996

Good question. I don't know who I'd pick, to be honest. One thing is for sure, we wouldn't win. 😛

If Steve Clarke plays with a back four on Monday, I'll consider leaving this place, for good.

James Scott.

Yeah, exactly. The prices haze the mind of the average fan, especially in England. Definitely the worst England line up I've ever seen.

Has been accused of me morphed you into then or something? That doesn't sound like something a rocket scientist would say. You're over-correcting.

Really? I'd go back and check if I were you: The thread is Euro 2020 Playoffs (The REAL poll) Page 15. Yes. I'd miss it like syphilis... And no, I don't put people on ignore.

Not in 30 years of watching the sport it hasn't.

Iceland penalty given! Missed.

Then you should know what I mean. It was spooky.

Playing a game of schadenfreude? Yes. I am. Certainly not entering the non-TA section. That place makes Arkham look sane. Besides, I'm helping to put into perspective. England are what, 5, 6 in the world, and yet... Their midfield looks as bad as ours. Damn. England penalty 89th minute.

As I said, I have no complaints about Sullivan winning the whole thing. Did you watch all of his matches?

Watching the England game. 70 mins of being unable to break Iceland down. Now England are down to 10 men. Worst England line up I've ever seen.

I thought he was excellent. His hold up play was good, his link up play was good and he looks like ones of those players that will run through a brick wall, for the cause. He played Aussie Rules Football in his youth, so I think it's fair to say that we won't see him rolling around with the slightest of touches.

Really? If I have, I do apologize. 🙂

Actually, are you new? I've spent pages and pages carefully answering people, politely, respectfully and insightfully. Answering the same questions over and over and over again. None of it gets through. This has been met, by a few people, with vitriolic insults. Also, I've never once, individually, called anyone a petty, silly, stupid, childish, rude and hateful name. I would never resort to that. It's embarrassing.

Yeah. I was confused by that, too. Everytime he got the ball he panicked and passed side or back.

We can't play with a central midfield two. Contrary to popular belief, we aren't strong in midfield. We need a middle central three.

I'm not replying to the most your post as I've already addressed it, dozens of times. Exactly. These bunch of players are not as good. Back then, though, those players struggled in a 4-4-2 for Scotland, which is why Brown changed it. Are you new? "Insane" is a compliment compared to the abuse and hate that I've faced. Some people simply cannot engage, they just resort to petty name calling and sarcasm. I don't even try anymore. Besides, I insulted no one. I cited the Einstein quote: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results". And that's precisely what people want to do.

And which formation are we capable of playing? A variant of 4-5-1? There's a reason why McLeish, Strachan and now Clarke have experimented with a 3. Someone please show me the evidence that we can play well with four at the back. Please. Over the past 20 years, where's the success using the four? Everyone keeps stating that we can't play with a three, but they can't show me any evidence that we can play with a four. The most recent time we qualified for either a European Championships or a World Cup is 1990. It's weird. It's like, when Berti Vogts took over in 2000, and changed the successful template of 3-5-2, to a 4-4-2, everyone completely forgot about the success we had under Craig Brown. Hopefully Steve Clarke doesn't listen to the media or the insane block of the Tartan Army.

Agreed. Apparently, we're strong in midfield and yet our midfield couldn't impose themselves on a 90th Seed Israel team. It was 3-4-3. We aren't good enough to play with two central midfielders, even against teams like Israel.

Admit what? I'll assume that you're talking about the formation, as that's what everyone seems to talk about on here... Snore. 😛 Did I expect us to win 10:0 just because we switched to a three? No. Of course not. Did I expect a good performance? Again, not really. Here is the situation, from 2000-2020 we've played with a four. We've achieved nothing. We play with a three for one match, we DRAW, and people want to go back to the tried, tested and failed method? It is insane. We didn't actually lose the match. Do people realize this? Israel are what, 50 places below us in the rankings, and they drew with us. They played 5 at the back. If we can replicate that, we'll be doing well. Plus, most of the predictions in the prediction thread had us winning this match by one goal. Is a draw really that unexpected?

Agreed. It has been 22 years of failure, but a group of people want to preserve with what's failed us in the past. Unequivocally, it's not the manager to blame. If you read my player rating thread you will see who I'm blaming. On the plus side, the performance schools are starting to churn out footballers who can actually pass and control. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you give me a choice of watching the senior Scotlanx team or the u17s and u19, i'd rather watch the kids. There's talented kids on the way, but we have to endure for a couple of years.

That was sarcasm, by the way. People are acting like we got thrashed 0:13. The amount of disrespect shown to the Israel team is shameful. Israel got a point because they deserved it.

Manor Solomon looks a real talent! Yesterday a football "expert" was sneering about Kai Naismith, Barry Hebpurn, etc, being called up. Yeah, well, on that performance, we need to promote the youngsters. And is anyone aware that Israel played with a 3/5, too? So, Israel can play with a 3/5 better than us? That means they have better players.

Thank you! Apparently some of these people think Rome was built in a day.