Scotland V Bolivia - Match Thread

[vanderark14]

Final warm up match incoming 

I can't wait, this and the Curacao match is the most excited I have been for friendlies in years🤣🤣

Does Clarke go with his team for Haiti? or go with the same tactic as Curacao and give people more game time and make a lot of subs early in the 2nd half. I say go with the latter to reduce the risk of injuries to players. 

Edited June 2 by vanderark14

[CharterChat]

Has everyone going to bolivia game got ticket email from Alice ?

 

[DoonTheSlope]

11 minutes ago, CharterChat said:

Has everyone going to bolivia game got ticket email from Alice ?

 

Who the fuck is Alice?

[Montrose97]

No sign of email. I've emailed SFA and will phone after work this pm if still no sign.

[Lion Rampant]

32 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

Final warm up match incoming 

I can't wait, this and the Curacao match is the most excited I have been for friendlies in years🤣🤣

Does Clarke go with his team for Haiti? or go with the same tactic as Curacao and give people more game time and make a lot of subs early in the 2nd half. I say go with the latter to reduce the risk of injuries to players. 

Clarke has already said he's going to field a really strong team for around 65-70 mins of this game, so it's likely going to be as close to the team we'll field vs Haiti as possible.

Really need to get the guts of his starting 11 playing as much as possible to get into a rhythm. We've got a week between Bolivia and Haiti then 6 days before playing Morocco, should be able to play a strong team for 60+ mins vs Bolivia and still be in good shape for Haiti. We should also be able to go again vs Morocco with few changes.

[vanderark14]

3 minutes ago, Lion Rampant said:

Clarke has already said he's going to field a really strong team for around 65-70 mins of this game, so it's likely going to be as close to the team we'll field vs Haiti as possible.

Really need to get the guts of his starting 11 playing as much as possible to get into a rhythm. We've got a week between Bolivia and Haiti then 6 days before playing Morocco, should be able to play a strong team for 60+ mins vs Bolivia and still be in good shape for Haiti. We should also be able to go again vs Morocco with few changes.

I'd like to see Dykes and Shankland tried upfront for at least 60 minutes if he is going with a string team. There were glimpses of what they could do together during the Curacao match. Adams to come on with Stewart for the last 30 mins, assuming Stewart is fit

I think he will make changes to the team against Morocco, especially the shape and formation of the team

[DoonTheSlope]

Is the game against Norway still taking place?

[er yir macaroon]

4 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

I'd like to see Dykes and Shankland tried upfront for at least 60 minutes if he is going with a string team. There were glimpses of what they could do together during the Curacao match. Adams to come on with Stewart for the last 30 mins, assuming Stewart is fit

I think he will make changes to the team against Morocco, especially the shape and formation of the team

I agree with this. I’m not sure how it will go versus Haiti. Does Gannon Doak start? We have Ferguson, Christie, McGinn and McTominay to accommodate. Plus two strikers. If BGD plays, who drops out? Christie maybe. We’d need Ferguson’s strength in the middle with that formation. McTominay would need to drop a bit deeper where he’s less effective. It does complicate matters with two strikers, but maybe that’s ok for one game. 

[er yir macaroon]

Thinking about it more, I think we’ll start 4-5-1 with one striker. If we score and are ahead by half time it will probably stay that way. Clarke will be worried about being too open straight away. If we’re 0-0 at half time he’ll go 4-4-2. 

[vanderark14]

2 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said:

I agree with this. I’m not sure how it will go versus Haiti. Does Gannon Doak start? We have Ferguson, Christie, McGinn and McTominay to accommodate. Plus two strikers. If BGD plays, who drops out? Christie maybe. We’d need Ferguson’s strength in the middle with that formation. McTominay would need to drop a bit deeper where he’s less effective. It does complicate matters with two strikers, but maybe that’s ok for one game. 

I'd say yes BGD starts but the manager and senior players need to tell him he doesn't need to beat a man three times before crossing the ball. Christie or Ferguson would have to drop out, however I could see both playing against Morocco and Brazil because I do not believe we will play two up top against either of these teams

[bdgsct]

I can't see a situation where Christie and Ferguson don't play. If 442, BGD will drop out. Even 451, it wouldn't surprise me if McLean played with Christie playing wide instead of BGD. That would be rather cautious but not hugely surprising as it leaves the option to go more attacking if needed. Clarke will be hoping for a controlled performance which results in us getting a goal or 2 up.

[exile]

I'd have thought BGD would be given minutes as he may be still a bit rusty?

[DoonTheSlope]

Is it really necessary to have 2 Scotland v Bolivia threads spamming the board?

[Grim Jim]

I still want to see a few players getting more mileage in this game.

Hopefully hot and sweaty like the tournament will likely be, so getting out rested players up to speed will also be important.   How many subs we allowed? 🤔

[BookhouseBoys]

1 hour ago, Grim Jim said:

I still want to see a few players getting more mileage in this game.

Hopefully hot and sweaty like the tournament will likely be, so getting out rested players up to speed will also be important.   How many subs we allowed? 🤔

Aye Saturday will be, but it’s looking like the Boston games will be slightly better conditions. Weather forecast is saying max of 23C during the day on the 13th and down to around 16C by kick off. Pretty much the same for the 19th. Fingers crossed it stays that way. Miami will be a totally other matter. 

[mccaughey85]

51 minutes ago, BookhouseBoys said:

Aye Saturday will be, but it’s looking like the Boston games will be slightly better conditions. Weather forecast is saying max of 23C during the day on the 13th and down to around 16C by kick off. Pretty much the same for the 19th. Fingers crossed it stays that way. Miami will be a totally other matter. 

I think we got a bit of luck getting Boston for our first two games.

Also the first game being late at night is helpful as well.

[Andy C]

On 6/2/2026 at 8:05 AM, CharterChat said:

Has everyone going to bolivia game got ticket email from Alice ?

 

I have.  I seem to have everything sorted now, with the ticket on my phone, but as I think someone else mentioned, the process was murder, unnecessarily complicated.  I'm not a luddite, but I really miss when you would have a paper ticket sent to you, or collected it at the stadium!

Edited Wednesday at 08:19 AM by Andy C

[Squirrelhumper]

I think we'll see as strong a team as possible, unless there are any players with niggles.

[Squirrelhumper]

On 6/2/2026 at 9:00 AM, vanderark14 said:

I'd say yes BGD starts but the manager and senior players need to tell him he doesn't need to beat a man three times before crossing the ball. Christie or Ferguson would have to drop out, however I could see both playing against Morocco and Brazil because I do not believe we will play two up top against either of these teams

BGD could do well to watch Curtis and how he get's the ball into the box early without the need to try and beat players 2 and 3 times. 

Still convinced there is a great player in there but he needs to be smarter with his use of the ball. 

[vanderark14]

1 minute ago, Squirrelhumper said:

BGD could do well to watch Curtis and how he get's the ball into the box early without the need to try and beat players 2 and 3 times. 

Still convinced there is a great player in there but he needs to be smarter with his use of the ball. 

I said this during the Curacao match, you are absolutely right. The future looks good with these two and Fletcher in the squad

[er yir macaroon]

19 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said:

BGD could do well to watch Curtis and how he get's the ball into the box early without the need to try and beat players 2 and 3 times. 

Still convinced there is a great player in there but he needs to be smarter with his use of the ball. 

I think one difference is that BGD seems to receive the ball in a deep position (around the half way line) whereas Curtis tends to get it at the edge of the box. I suspect this is a tactical thing, but there’s no doubt BGD’s final ball is lacking at the moment. It might be because of his lack of sharpness especially if he’s had to run a distance and beat players before delivering it. 

[SY Cove]

Same here, been super excited for the 2 warm up games, watching the previous World Cups and watching all the warm up games without us been involved was hellish, I hope we don't play our starting team for Haiti, give others a chance, like others have said, it's going to be a nervy 90 minutes hoping for no injuries, hopefully the Bolivians aren't hatchet men 

Match fit Curtis and Doak in the same side are an exciting thought, Doak just looked short of sharpness at the weekend and final ball/decision making poor at times

[McTeeko]

[mccaughey85]

Interesting line up. Hes obviously resting mcginn which is maybe a smart move considering how much he has played this season.

Jack Hendry is an interesting choice as well as I can't see him starting v Haiti.

Big game for shankland. Hes already done enough to warrant starting against Haiti but a goal tonight would pretty much guarantee it.

Edited Saturday at 07:05 PM by mccaughey85

[mccaughey85]

32 degrees according to commentators. 

This will be a real test of our players fitness and ability to play in hot conditions.