romanticscot Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 21 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said: Do you think other countries pour over 'what ifs' like we do? Ive spent a few hours here and there the last few days with my glass half full mindset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 minute ago, romanticscot said: Do you think other countries pour over 'what ifs' like we do? Ive spent a few hours here and there the last few days with my glass half full mindset. Pretty certain they do. And it sure beats moaning about another failed campaign instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 This Croatia V Russia game is like the Alamo. Still 0-0 but Russia have been under the cosh for the whole match. I cannot see Russia winning this match currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDB46 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 They don’t need to win the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, DAVIDB46 said: They don’t need to win the game I know that but they are playing a dangerous game trying to play for a 0-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I can see this game getting halted, the center of the pitch is saturated. Croatia should jave just scored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, romanticscot said: I can see this game getting halted, the center of the pitch is saturated. Croatia should jave just scored It’s a farce at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDB46 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Back tomorrow to play the rest wouldn’t do down well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjm007 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Poor result for us this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan blood Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, romanticscot said: Do you think other countries pour over 'what ifs' like we do? Ive spent a few hours here and there the last few days with my glass half full mindset. Yes. Definitely. I'm having to force myself not to go into full on multiverse permutations mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JandC Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Really poor goal for Russia to concede but Croatia have been the better side. Wouldn't want Russia away! But then again, wouldn’t want Croatia either so doesn’t really matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Croatia lead 1-0. To be honest I'd sooner face Russia then Croatia in the play-offs. Knowing our luck we'll win tomorrow knocking Russia down into the unseeded teams then draw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 minute ago, JandC said: Really poor goal for Russia to concede but Croatia have been the better side. Wouldn't want Russia away! But then again, wouldn’t want Croatia either so doesn’t really matter I’d rather get Russia in the playoffs than Croatia so I won’t be disappointed if it stays 1-0. Russia had to win to give us a better chance of being seeded and that was never really on the cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Caledonian Craig said: Croatia lead 1-0. To be honest I'd sooner face Russia then Croatia in the play-offs. Knowing our luck we'll win tomorrow knocking Russia down into the unseeded teams then draw them. Russia at Hampden wouldn’t be a disaster. I know we lost to them at home in 2019 but we looked pretty good until we took the lead and did our usual sitting back instead of going for a second. We played pretty well at 2-1 down as well I thought and could have grabbed an equaliser. The less said about our performance in Russia the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scot1 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Croatia win the group and qualify for Quatar, Russia into the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: Russia at Hampden wouldn’t be a disaster. I know we lost to them at home in 2019 but we looked pretty good until we took the lead and did our usual sitting back instead of going for a second. We played pretty well at 2-1 down as well I thought and could have grabbed an equaliser. The less said about our performance in Russia the better. And they will have two players out through suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Here's another interesting one. Wales 0 Belgium 0 Scotland 1 Denmark 1 Once again we would lose out on the away goals rule. This away goals thing is going to get us. It's got "It's The Scotland Way" written all over it.😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Here's another interesting one. Wales 0 Belgium 0 Scotland 1 Denmark 1 Once again we would lose out on the away goals rule. This away goals thing is going to get us. It's got "It's The Scotland Way" written all over it.😂 You said the same that we would slip up against Faroes (away). We didn't. Then it was Moldova (away). We didn't. You are like the weekly newspaper report warning of snow-magheddon and the only flake you end up seeing is in a sweet shop.😉 Edited November 14, 2021 by Caledonian Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanSpice Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Here's another interesting one. Wales 0 Belgium 0 Scotland 1 Denmark 1 Once again we would lose out on the away goals rule. This away goals thing is going to get us. It's got "It's The Scotland Way" written all over it.😂 In that scenario if Spain beat Sweden 2-0 tonight, and as long as Turkey don't beat Montenegro by 4 we'd actually be seeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, TartanSpice said: In that scenario if Spain beat Sweden 2-0 tonight, and as long as Turkey don't beat Montenegro by 4 we'd actually be seeded. Spain will win 3-1. I tell ye, this away goals rule was invented especially to noble Scotland. Of that I have no doubt. 🤣 We are going to beat Denmark so all this number crunching won't matter anyway. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broraboy Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Looking more and more likely that 15 points with a better GD will get you seeded Haven’t done the Math’s as my heed is hurting with too many permutations but 14pts unlikely to get you seeded now ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 minute ago, broraboy said: Looking more and more likely that 15 points with a better GD will get you seeded Haven’t done the Math’s as my heed is hurting with too many permutations but 14pts unlikely to get you seeded now ?? Very unlikely but still possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, broraboy said: Looking more and more likely that 15 points with a better GD will get you seeded Haven’t done the Math’s as my heed is hurting with too many permutations but 14pts unlikely to get you seeded now ?? We’d need 4 or 5 results (with at least a couple of them unlikely) to go our way I think. So unlikely it’s probably not even worth trying to work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Spain will win 3-1. I tell ye, this away goals rule was invented especially to noble Scotland. Of that I have no doubt. 🤣 We are going to beat Denmark so all this number crunching won't matter anyway. 😉 Years of following Scotland has rendered you a paranoid wreck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanSpice Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, broraboy said: Looking more and more likely that 15 points with a better GD will get you seeded Haven’t done the Math’s as my heed is hurting with too many permutations but 14pts unlikely to get you seeded now ?? Yeh, if we lose it's pretty much impossible. Would need Wales to lose to Belgium by more than we lose to Denmark, AND for Czech Rep not to beat Estonia AND Turkey to not beat Montenegro AND Noway to not beat Holland or beat Holland by 6 AND Finland to not beat France by 2, and that's assuming we only lost by 1. A few of those might happen, but the odds of them all must be astronomical. A point tomorrow is vital and then it's just a case of seeing what happens on Tuesday. Or we win and it doesn't matter. ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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