Israel V Scotland

[thesaint]

Just waiting for the Steve Clarke interview.It will be the old I said before the game it wasn't a must win game.What an easy get out that is.

[Banna84]

For once I’d love Scotland just to have a go at teams and put out a positive attacking team. I’m sick of watching us being negative against poor opposition. It’s happened for too many years. Why are we so scared to have a go?!

[ProudScot]

Clarke’s post match interview is painful 

[Caledonian Craig]

1 minute ago, ProudScot said:

An old retired player is a different story who we desperately need

No it is not. There can be and should be absolutely no exceptions.

[gkm_vancouver]

It's almost like being satisfied with a mid-table position. Started the second half positively but agree with others - too many passes going backwards and not enough running off the ball by midfielders, almost like being told don't get too far forward. Adams looked dangerous but did not have enough support when pushing forward - probably why crosses were so poor. Why Robbo didn't square across for Dykes for a tap in is bewildering....

[HighlandScot]

Israel (with FIFA ranking 87!) were made to look good by a team laying off them with no man-marking and no pressing. I repeatedly watched McTominay and McGregor off the ball, marking nobody then rushing to challenge the player receiving the pass, by which time it is far too late. If everyone marks someone it bottles up the space, making it very difficult for the player on the ball. If nobody is marked, the player on the ball has multiple options. Israel looked like they had an extra man every time they had the ball. That is all down to poor management. 

[Bino's]

23 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:

For us to perform well we need out best players to perform. That did not happen tonight.

McTominay looked lacklustre and lost. McGregor far too negative and also looked lost in the first half. McGinn was anonymous and Robertson's deliveries rank.

Did you just use McGregor and best players together

[ProudScot]

1 minute ago, Caledonian Craig said:

No it is not. There can be and should be absolutely no exceptions.

Oh well that’s your opinion 

[kumnio]

2 minutes ago, ProudScot said:

Clarke’s post match interview is painful 

Clueless, he was devoid or passion or even emotion. 

[Caledonian Craig]

Like I said earlier too many of our key players who we talk up often let us down - those being McTominay, McGinn, McGregor and Robertson. That happens and we struggle.

[Caledonian Craig]

1 minute ago, ProudScot said:

Oh well that’s your opinion 

It should and has to be the opinion of every Scotland fan.

[ProudScot]

Just now, kumnio said:

Clueless, he was devoid or passion or even emotion. 

Maybe he’s like that with the players which explains a lot 

[Caledonian Craig]

1 minute ago, Bino's said:

Did you just use McGregor and best players together

Okay stretching it a bit but he has been a fixture in our side for some time now and he was anonymous.

[thesaint]

15 minutes ago, ProudScot said:

Christie is not worth his place at all. Armstrong has been poor and what the fuck is McLean doing even in the squad let alone being subbed on when we need pace and to chase the game. 

Bit much blaming mclean,Christie and Armstrong.What about the midfield that started.Surprised nobody has blamed McBurnie yet.

[Guest Scot1]

Just now, HighlandScot said:

Israel (with FIFA ranking 87!) were made to look good by a team laying off them with no man-marking and no pressing. I repeatedly watched McTominay and McGregor off the ball, marking nobody then rushing to challenge the player receiving the pass, by which time it is far too late. If everyone marks someone it bottles up the space, making it very difficult for the player on the ball. If nobody is marked, the player on the ball has multiple options. Israel looked like they had an extra man every time they had the ball. That is all down to poor management. 

Or it’s a sign of low intelligence, making the same mistakes again and again. How long did it take for Armstrong to sit on Austria’s deep sitting playmaker on Thursday, 20 minutes? 20 fucking minutes to realise that it might be a good idea to mark this player when we are out of possession? Thick as fuck

[ProudScot]

Just now, Caledonian Craig said:

It should and has to be the opinion of every Scotland fan.

Players who get coming on for 50 caps who retire in their mid 30s aren’t allowed to return to the side when we need them? 

[kumnio]

Just now, ProudScot said:

Maybe he’s like that with the players which explains a lot 

He seems unable to grasp that we need to win games. 

I’d sack him now, never going to happen. But his miserable everything is killing us. 

[Caledonian Craig]

I said this when we omitted Gilmour and Turnbull that if we are toiling and we look to turn a match around - much sooner have them to call on that McLean. And that is how it turned out.

[ParisInAKilt]

His subs didn’t make any sense. 

[Caledonian Craig]

1 minute ago, ProudScot said:

Players who get coming on for 50 caps who retire in their mid 30s aren’t allowed to return to the side when we need them? 

All he needs to do is pick up the phone and call Clarke but evidently he cannae be arsed.

[JECK]

11 minutes ago, Toepoke said:

8 games to go. I still think the play offs are achievable but we're going to need some big performances.

 

Key being big performances. We’ve managed one in Serbia during Clarke’s reign which is nearly 20 games I understand.

[losinkiltpins]

New qualifying round - same Scottish shite. 

[duncan II]

18 minutes ago, JECK said:

Doesn’t matter if we do, it’s over already.

See, this is nonsense. Second is well within reach. Granted we’ll need to drastically improve . But there’s lots of variables if we do find some results. No reason why Israel can’t take points off Austria. We could beat Austria. We could do better against Denmark than Austria. 
 

We were very poor. But the chat here is pish.

[Tartan blood]

5 minutes ago, HighlandScot said:

Israel (with FIFA ranking 87!) were made to look good by a team laying off them with no man-marking and no pressing. I repeatedly watched McTominay and McGregor off the ball, marking nobody then rushing to challenge the player receiving the pass, by which time it is far too late. If everyone marks someone it bottles up the space, making it very difficult for the player on the ball. If nobody is marked, the player on the ball has multiple options. Israel looked like they had an extra man every time they had the ball. That is all down to poor management. 

Thank you!!! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. No one else seems to see it, including management. And this is not new. Look back for the past 2 or 3 years and happens over and over again. Sticking an extra CB in defence won't change the fact that our centre mids are standing around ball watching. 

I had to stop wtaching McGregor because I was just getting furious. He does it every game. We do not realise how much we miss a Scott Brown. Brown has carried McGregor for years.

[Caledonian Craig]

Just now, duncan II said:

See, this is nonsense. Second is well within reach. Granted we’ll need to drastically improve . But there’s lots of variables if we do find some results. No reason why Israel can’t take points off Austria. We could beat Austria. We could do better against Denmark than Austria. 
 

We were very poor. But the chat here is pish.

I agree.

Too much of a knee-jerk reaction posting. Sure if we continue to put our sub-par performances we will be out but come Wednesday night we could quite possibly be standing in second spot in the group.