Taylor1996
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5 minutes ago, Tartan blood said:
Apparently we've taken more shots than the Czechs, England and Croatia, but still haven't scored. I know we shouldn't be relying on luck, but we've had none in front of goal. We've created more than enough chances to merit a goal, so a bit of luck would be nice.
It's hard to criticise Dykes or Adams, because they've both played well, and both deserve a goal for their efforts. I hope it's not weighing on their minds, because it could affect their confidence.
That's crazy. They weren't all pot-shots, either, most were half-chances and fully fledged chances.
So much for Steve Clarke being a defensive manager, like he's been mostly portrayed to be. I genuinely think that it's how dour demeanor that gives off the impression that he's a defensive and unwilling to experiment coach. It's just who he is.
Hopefully our luck chances on Tuesday.
Same starting XI
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Birmingham City, Derby, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Barnsley are all showing an interest in Stephen O'Donnell.
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16 hours ago, Return of Yermaw said:
Christ another thread descends into a car crash with the usual shouts of (self-instigated) "bile".
Moving along, Souness for me, is one of the better pundits - knows his stuff, can be quite animated but not opinionated for the sake of it, and always make the distinction when talking about England that it is not "we" and "us". Cant say the same for a lot of the southern based Scottish/nonEnglish pundits - did anyone hear Coleman the other night for example?
This.
Him, Keane and Gary Neville blow every other pundit out of the water.
And the Coleman thing. Is that when he said "We" when being a pundit on the England Croatia match? Strange thing to say.
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12 hours ago, exile said:
I've no problem with English TV stations being Anglocentric.
The problem is we have no Scottish stations covering the matches. What happened to STV, do they still exist? Why are they not giving us England Scotland from a Scottish perspective? If they can't or won't, why not someone else?
If memory serves me right, it was the same in 96 and 98. "STV" and "BBC Scotland" only covered the Scottish matches.
I don't recognize "STV" and "BBC Scotland" as they're just ITV and BBC with a tartan sticker on.
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1 hour ago, ProudScot said:
double pivot
Gordon Strachan brought that in.
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3 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said:
Eh no just no.
His predictions for us in Round 1 are visible on predictions thread. He said we would beat Czech, beat Emgland and draw against Croatia.
There is so much more he has been wrong about too as so many of us know on this group. But hey ho onwards and upwards.
Tell me again how "Harry Kane alone has scored 34 international goals whilst our entire squad can muster 35" again.
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"England side whose squad is all playing at the highest level in the strongest league in Europe - and yes it is. Three clubs making the European club competition finals endorses that. At present we have ten players playing in the EPL and some playing in the Championship and majority in the SPL"
Wow. Going by all that stats and facts I bet they gave Scotland a right good mauling. I must've dreamt the draw.
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30 minutes ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said:
Liam Bridcutt, that's a blast from the past
Yeah. He was unlucky to be a part of the one cap club. And what a match it was. I can recall the pitch more than the opposition. Total mud pit.
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Absolutely.
It's England, though. So you have to expect it.
If they win it's because of what they did right, if they lose it's because of what they wrong.
Graeme Souness has been a joy to watch for the last two days, though. And fairness to Gary Neville, he's been fine.
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12 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said:
He contributed the articles from various European papers to show what neutrals thought of the game last night.
Pretty good contribution in my opinion,and that was within he last two hours.
Yep.
But can it compare to "ffs" sandwiched between 5 laughing smilies, though?
Can't compete with that.
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2 minutes ago, ProudScot said:
He also recently went back 8 years to find a negative comment regarding Ryan Jack.
8 years and 47 usernames ago.
Is that when you said that Liam Bridcutt would have a better career than Ryan Jack?
This multi username shtick that you and your shadow keep bringing up. Change the bloody record.
The paranoid and inaccurate record has worn away.
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2 minutes ago, GaryWood34 said:
Anyone starting to get concerned?
Yep.
"Murphy's Law" should be changed to "Scotland's Law".
We'll win and still go out, knowing us.
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Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport was scathing about the English performance as they took Gareth Southgate's side to task.
The paper's match report began: "Certainly this England- Scotland disappointed: the fault of the hosts, it must be said.
"A post hit by Stones at the start, a goalline clearance by James on Dykes' jab, a super Pickford save: that's all.
"Scotland were Scotland, and along with character, pride and dedication they also added a decent quality of play... England were England in their haughtiness and lack of tempo.
"In the end, the draw was the natural conclusion to a derby in which the most spectacular aspect was the participation of the fans, with a mention for the Scots. Picturesque, passionate, light-hearted and guided, from the stands, by Rod Stewart, the legendary lord of rock, a big Celtic fan.
"England, a victim of their eternal arrogance when confronted with Scotland, were never able to understand which path they should take. They remained at the centre of the intersection, undecided about everything: attitude, changes of pace, alternative solutions."
However, Lyndon Dykes and Che Adams were described as "the most limited" strike pairing at Euro 2020.
The match report called John McGinn "the absolute best" on the pitch and that was reflected in the player ratings.
The Aston Villa man was described as "a colossus" and named man of the match.
Scott McTominay and Stephen O'Donnell also rated highly, with the paper writing of the latter: "He plays for Motherwell, which is not Real Madrid, but he was one of the best. Dynamic and powerful".
Meanwhile Kalvin Phillips' 'Yorkshire Pirlo' nickname didn't go down well. "Exaggerations hurt", Gazzetta wrote as they awarded him a 5.
Corriere dello Sport wrote of "an Iron Scotland", and noted that the first ever international fixture between these two teams was also a draw.
They concluded: "Under the pouring rain at Wembley, Scotland were the best interpreters of the spirit and tension of the British derby par excellence, largely deserving the draw against a young England.
"Scotland proved to have few ideas, but they were all very clear, the opposite of the English who dominated ball possession, with moves as insistent as they were inconclusive.
"Indeed, as the minutes passed, it was Steve Clarke's team again that could withstand the brunt of fatigue better, with Lyndon Dykes close to the knockout blow."
France's L'Équipe began by invoking memories of 1996 and praising the Tartan Army for making "a hell of a racket".
However, the French sports daily was unimpressed by the game and particularly England.
"When counting the dangerous chances, the Scots were not far from leading in points," they noted.
"Jordan Pickford had to intervene on a volley from Stephen O'Donnell, before James saved an attempt on his line by Lyndon Dykes.
"But, it will be understood, no team could score and, unsurprisingly, this draw was greeted as a victory by the Scottish team, 44th in the FIFA rankings, which offered a lap of honour at the final whistle, while the Three Lions quickly returned to the dressing room.
"For them, this result looks like a real stoppage, after a rather successful start against Croatia last Sunday (1-0).
"But, even more than the sharing of the spoils, the English can worry about the content of their overall performance, which resembled a detuned ballet - several talented soloists have been seen to perform, in turn, some sometimes brilliant performances, but never in sync."
O'Donnell was rated Scotland's top player, with L'Équipe writing: "He was put under more pressure in the second half but overall the Motherwell defender secured his right wing fairly well. Offensively, he got forward wisely: after teeing-up Adams, he forced Pickford to a nice save and he remained threatening."
RMC were similarly unimpressed with the game, which they described as disappointing.
England came in for flak as they wrote: "Gareth Southgate's game plan is hardly convincing, especially when it does not allow Harry Kane to receive good balls and be less lonely up-front. "
Spain's Sports daily Marca were impressed with the Scotland performance, though initially it was the Tartan Army who caught the ear as they described the game as "lots of partying but zero football" but noted "the best chances, arguably, were for Scotland".
Mundo Deportivo wrote: "Scotland benefited from the fact that the match was much more than a match, accentuated by a rivalry that goes beyond the ball.
"Where their legs could not reach their souls bridged the gap, surrounded by thousands of noisy compatriots, proud of breaking into their enemy's house."
Germany's Frankfurter Algmeine noted "England ran out of ideas against Scotland. The visitors fought for an enormously important point".
They continued: "The Scots, defeated 2-0 by the Czechs in their first game at their home in Hampden Park, were not intimidated in any way and, if in doubt, continued to choose attack. The fans of the "Three Lions" and the Scots, who were close to celebrating a goal when O'Donnell's volley was saved by Pickford, provided the atmosphere until the break.
"The English with their internationally renowned stars sneaked into the dressing room in frustration at half-time under the whistles of their fans, while their Scottish colleagues had turned out to be equal opponents.
"After the break, the English stars of the top clubs from Manchester and London, obviously cheered on by Southgate for more initiative, picked up the pace a bit, but the favourites never got into any kind of flow in this tough fight."
Zeit were left lamenting "how much beauty can there be in something so ugly?" and comparing the match to rugby.
But they did praise Clarke's team, writing: "The Scots did what they could: defend Hadrian's Wall at Wembley with 10 men. Which sounds uglier than it was, because they too had two good opportunities and their 20-year-old midfielder Billy Gilmour would now be on the list of well-known top clubs if he wasn't already playing for Chelsea.
"Perhaps the famous Mel Gibson film speech rang out in the dressing room of the Scots: 'Yes, they may take our lives, but they never take our freedom.'
"Somehow they put more heart into this game, the English seemed to be paralysed with the fear of embarrassment."
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13 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:
🤣🤣🤣🤣ffs 🤣
Pretty much sums up your contribution in this place.
I hear Pie and Bovril is nice at this time of year.
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In fairness to Stephen O'Donnell, he's been more hit than miss. The match against the Czechs is really the only time he's let us down.
In terms of Nathan Patterson, unless he gets first time football, he shouldn't even be in the squad. It's not the same for Gilmour, as Gilmour is an enormous talent, when Patterson came on against the Dutch he was like Bambi on ice.
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The biggest thing is that we're creating chances. It would be a far worse situation if we weren't.
Dykes and Adams are still relatively young. The more they play with one another, the more their understanding will grow.
From here on in, time to play with two out and out strikers as opposed to a striker and a false nine.
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On 6/6/2021 at 9:18 AM, Caledonian Craig said:
Perspective and facts are what I deal in.
We have Taylor1996 showing a complete disregard of facts and knowledge here. The sort of attitude that cost Scotland dearly in 1978 and in later campaigns by taking teams far too lightly.
Lets have a look at facts here with regards England. They won their qualifying group at a canter by six points hammering the Czech Republic 5-0 on the way. They ended up scoring 37 goals in eight matches making them the most potent attack in the qualifying phase. All stats and facts. We qualified through the back door via a newly created route via play-offs and penalty shoot-outs. Show a bit of realism here eh?
Still not convinced? Harry Kane alone has scored 34 international goals whilst our entire squad can muster 35. Put a value on our squad compared to England's and I shudder to think what the difference would be. And transfer value is made by clubs across Europe so no English bias there like some might like to claim.
I have said it already on here and will say it again. Can we get a result at Wembley? Yes but we'd be relying on us putting in probably our best performance since Faddy's wonder goal give us a win in Paris against France well over a decade ago. We could also be helped by England under-performing. I'd be delighted if that happened but I am experienced enough of a Scotland fan not to dream too much.
I laugh when I hear Taylor1996 trying to talk down an England side whose squad is all playing at the highest level in the strongest league in Europe - and yes it is. Three clubs making the European club competition finals endorses that. At present we have ten players playing in the EPL and some playing in the Championship and majority in the SPL. Clubs buy the best when they can so tell me why so many of our SPL-based players have not been snapped up by EPL clubs? Simply because they don't value them enough above the players they already have. Clubs are in a results business so will only buy what they see will strengthen their squads.
Have a look around (and no not just the English websites) but even from European pundits and you'll all find the respect they have for the England side and far less so for the Scotland side. Of course English bias cheeses us off as its the attitude that comes with it but it is backed up in basis of reality. Our qualification for this tournament may be a one-off (I sincerely hope not) but fans seem to have conveniently forgotten the dreadful campaigns to qualify we have had of late whilst England have cruised through qualification. That says it all about the gulf there is between both nations.
With a great game plan, great performances across the pitch and great fight then of course anything is possible. However, lets not kid ourselves, whatever the result, we still have some way to go before we are on a level we were back in the 1980s and 90s when qualification was the norm.
On 6/7/2021 at 8:21 AM, Caledonian Craig said:Further evidence you are at it. I reckon you are trying to redeem your shattered reputation here by trying to appeal to people with an anti-English stance.
And you are living on a different planet saying they could easily have lost to Romania. England won 1-0, hit the post twice and had another penalty saved. They had more shots on goal than Romania. They had more shots on target than Romania. They had greater share of possession. They had better past success than Romania and more corners than Romania. Yet in your deluded world they could easily have lost. You are one seriously deluded individual.
This is "Believing the hype 101."
Today, Graeme Souness and Gary Neville said that England are weak through the middle. Exactly what I said.
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22 minutes ago, scotlad said:
Hanley was excellent, easily his best game for Scotland. Marked Bruce Forsyth's lovechild out of the game.
Pace has never been an issue for him but decision making has been. However, he didn't put a foot wrong last night.
lol.
His pace actually shocked me against the Czechs. When you think of Hanley the visions of a big, slow, lumbering blunderbus spring to mind.
Didn't he have the biggest pass success rate in the Championship last season?
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12 hours ago, Toepoke said:
Absolutely. Always thought previous managers threw him in at a young age expecting him to become Henrdy-esque, didn't see it at the time, but fair play it looks like the experience is paying off
He's another one who has taken so much criticism from us for so long, so delighted that he's stepped it up.
Never looked better and he's surprisingly fast! I don't remember him being this fast when he was at Blackburn, etc.
He's one that's benefitting from the 3.
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23 minutes ago, Scarlett Scot said:
Souness was brilliant, he just wouldn't let Ian Wright get away with saying it was all about England being poor on the night.
Gave a great glowing endorsement of us and how we played.
You can tell that he was just talking to Ian Wright and Mark Pougatch, he was also sticking it to every English person who was watching.
When he said "England need a Billy Gilmour", that was the knock out blow.
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9 minutes ago, wheres the pies said:
Well done folks
Absolutely.
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8 minutes into the Hungary vs France coverage the BBC and Lineker haven't discussed the Scotland match.
Clearly last night didn't happen.
Oh wait, now they are. Wow. Lineker looks morose.
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Ian Wright "England will win 4-0.
On 6/17/2021 at 10:13 PM, Taylor1996 said:Rio Ferdinand saying to Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink that it'll be "easy" for England tomorrow.
Well done, Rio, another masterclass in punditry.
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He was sensational. No other word for it.
It actually looked like we cloned a right footed Andy Robertson.
Didn't put a foot wrong.
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12 minutes ago, JECK said:
Fk that stupid tash washed up cu*t. I’d knock seven shades out of that part time Edinburgh prick if he even is that.Cu*t.
Get off the fence. What do you really think of him?
Scottish player transfers
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Yeah. No way Celtic will be able to attract the Scottish Cafu.
I expect Barcelona, Real Madrid, etc, to register an interest after the Crostia match.