infamous Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Reading that we will beat Cyprus away, Kazakhstan at home and Bulgaria at home makes me wonder where this confidence comes from? 38% Win Rate from Euro 2012 qualifying up until today (6 games into 2020). Up against teams in Pot 1, 2, 3 our winning % is 17% (4 wins from 23). Up against Pot 4,5,6 our winning % is 60%. We talk about not meeting expectations and blaming our managers. But at some point we have to accept that we are a low Pot 3/ high pot 4 football nation and do not have the cattle to make tournaments. The SPFL has 2 Europa League Pot 2/3 level sides, the rest of the competition is regularly eliminated in qualifying by the second, third and 4th best sides from Lithuania, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Malta etc. Pot 3 Sides for Euro 2020 Qualifying and their history since 1998. Slovakia R16 World Cup 2010, Round of 16 Euro 2016 Turkey Quarter Final Euro 2000, Semi Final 2002 WC, Semi Final Euro 2008, GS Euro 2016 Republic of Ireland R16 2002 WC, GS Euro 2012, R16, Euro 2016 Northern Ireland R16 Euro 2016 Scotland DNQ Norway GS Euro 2000 Serbia R16 Euro 2000, GS 2006 WC, GS 2010 WC, GS 2018 WC Finland DNQ Bulgaria GS Euro 2004 Israel DNQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Decent analysis. The concern for me is that similar sized countries like Serbia, Slovakia and Ireland have been performing better despite having domestic resources on a par with or even poorer than us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRobRoy Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Was surprised to learn it was as much as 17/44 to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Our away record though must be one of the wors in Europe. Utterly appauling and shows us up for the no-marks we are. Whilst similar countries like Ireland, Northern Ireland go away and win we don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 1 hour ago, weekevie04 said: Our away record though must be one of the wors in Europe. Utterly appauling and shows us up for the no-marks we are. Whilst similar countries like Ireland, Northern Ireland go away and win we don't. Beginning to sound like chipper but the Ireland's aren't similar countries they are superior ones.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 11 hours ago, weekevie04 said: Our away record though must be one of the wors in Europe. Utterly appauling and shows us up for the no-marks we are. Whilst similar countries like Ireland, Northern Ireland go away and win we don't. Our home record isn't very good either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Good effort on the analysis but imploring us to accept we’re shite is, ironically, quintessentially Scottish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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