Grim Jim

Aye, too busy looking at other 2nd placers to consider getting over the line ourselves first. Told you it was late Acht, but it is time Malta got something!

Baws. Been booked up for this one for a while, and probably won't get allocated a ticket. Despite making the effort to go to Poland. (sorry!)

So they are. I also realised last night that Greece could overtake them, so our only hope might be if we pick up only 4 points is if Serbia, Ireland and Wales cut each other up. Lets see what happens tonight. 6 points though, and there are several scenarios for us to be safely in the play-offs. Looked at it very late last night, so could well be wrong again.

We won two friendlies on that run too. Unusual in itself!

If Holland beat Sweden on the last day, they'll both be on 19pts. We could pap them out as worst 2nd placer. Best Bosnia can do is 20pts, and probably beat us on goal dif, but they have to go to Belgium. Belgium have already won the group however. Just need those 3 wins

Exactly. I think this will be a frustrating game.

I hope you'll retain your composure and be patient when it's 0-0 after 40mins on Monday Bonny.

How about Robert the Bruce and the spider then?

Right, to ease the forthcoming disappointment I'll be the first to do a draw for the Nations League Good news! A four team group... We've got Bulgaria, Norway and Estonia.

Haud yer wheesht you!

In searching for yon guff, I came across various prediction sites. Most folk had us down for 3 draws and 1 win (Malta of course) for the last four games. Beating the odds so far.

Finally found a UEFA document with the weightings they will use. If anyone here cares, its: WC 2014 (QC / FT) 20% EURO 2016 (QC / FT) 40% WC 2018 (QC / --) 40%

I can't find the rules they will use to update the national coefficients in October. I'm getting suspicious.

Hope for our sake that England win, but I'll applaud Slovakia if they get a result. Fair play to them, as someone said elsewhere.

Dammit. My next thoughts/fantasy were to get 12/12 points and hope to sneak into Div.B. Since the March 2020 NL play-offs for the 4 Euro places are ONLY for teams that have NOT already qualified (20 places), we could possibly get a bye to the Euros even if we were last in our pool of 3

So reading more on this... Lets throw this competition completely and get 0/12 points remaining Is that too late to drop us to division D for the nations leagues? (i.e. among the worst 16 in Europe.) That could be our best chance of getting to Euro 2020: Win our division D pool and we then have semi+final play-offs vs the other 3 div.D winners. What can possibly go wrong?

Explaining it would be difficult. Makes my head hurt. However, there will still be familiar euro qualifiers for 2020. 4 of the 24 places though, will come from the Nations Leagues. For that, we'll be in a 3/4 team group with teams close to us on UEFA ranking. Those rankings have not been updated since 2016 I think, but will be fixed before the 2018 WC play-offs. Dunno if there are pots, or if its 100% by ranking. NL group games are Sept, Oct, Nov 2018 before normal qualifiers start Mar 2019.

Handy

Slovakia's Georgia may yet come.

Should be short yes, but should not have your shirt hingin' oot the sides. Difficult after an evening's entertainment I know.

The last couple I mentioned are around the £50 mark, but find them to have richer flavours than typical younger whiskies. However, have had some favourites for less than half that. 5-10yo Glen Grant, Chivas 12yo and the Bailie Nicol Jarvie blend for instance. In the pub, a Whyte & Mackay will do me fine.

It was/is a great idea, but has burned a lot of cash Hope to get some back if I get bored with it.

I aye get them mixed up myself, and long wondered also. So you've finally prompted me to look them up shaddy. TASA - "Welcome to the home of the original and longest established charity funded by Scotland fans, the aim of which is to make a donation to identified children’s charities in every country in which the Scottish National Football Team plays matches. Since 2003, this has been achieved – uninterrupted." TACC - " We spend all year raising as much money as possible to support disadvantaged children in Scotland and in the countries we visit to watch Scotland play. ... ... On behalf of Scotland's football supporters we then make grants to desperate children's homes and projects, take children to their first Scotland matches, and generally try to brighten up the lives of children who need it the most." So away vs mostly home?

Aye, I spent a lot more than I intended on a 2nd hand one. They are fragile too (to save weight), so need treated gently as wee fiddly fixes cost ££. Fridge door catches, skylight blinds and so on. Thing to do at the NEC is to pick the layout you want. i.e. beds & seatbelts: how many and where.

New? You'd be covered by warranty I expect. 2nd hand, I'd want a habitation report. This will do gas safety checks, etc., but mainly you want to know that it does not leak in rain. They can have dampness problems at certain weak points and that will be expensive to repair.