giblet Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 15 years ago saw us draw with Belgium then play San Marino during the week. During that second game I witnessed Colin Hendry ignoring the bench and playing like a centre forward scoring two then doing the most obvious assault on a player to get a red card. something just didn't and still does not feel right what happened that night. Jump forward 6 years and Garty o'connors obvious attempt at getting a booking to prevent him travelling to the Georgia away game is another one that springs to mind. anyone got any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Didn't Barry Ferguson get a couple of convenient bookings in his time that ruled him out of "dead rubber" games ? Another weird action was the sensational news that shook world football to it's core in 2008 .................. Lee McCulloch calling in the journalists and TV cameras to announce he was retiring from international football ! What the feck was all that about ? Other weird actions from the past ..... The highly predictable way in which Kenny Miller's bottle would inevitably crash when attacking the other teams goal. The highly predictable way in which Gary Caldwell's bottle would inevitably crash when defending our goal. And I can't be the only one not to have noticed these two following points ? Steven Naismith has an infuriating habit of trying to walk the ball into the net instead of taking a shot. Wastes a lot of good opportunities. Any half decent defender easily dispossess him. Many of our players are extremely reluctant to take a shot from outside the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Re Caldwell, Miller and Naismith are/were they just not showing their level as footballers at international level. They are all 6/7 out of 10 footballers and normally got "found out" at international level after maybe excelling against the likes of St mirren, motherwell and championship level clubs for the majority of their careers. No real surprise to see Naismith having to leave Everton really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Alan Hutton pulling his socks up ridiculously high then telling a fan to eff off when told, "pull yer socks up, Hutton". Must have worked coz he played well that game (v Italy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 13 hours ago, giblet said: During that second game I witnessed Colin Hendry ignoring the bench and playing like a centre forward scoring two then doing the most obvious assault on a player to get a red card. something just didn't and still does not feel right what happened that night. IIRC he was desperate to get the elusive Scotland hat-trick and was getting a bit frustrated with their defence... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 14 hours ago, giblet said: 15 years ago saw us draw with Belgium then play San Marino during the week. During that second game I witnessed Colin Hendry ignoring the bench and playing like a centre forward scoring two then doing the most obvious assault on a player to get a red card. something just didn't and still does not feel right what happened that night. Jump forward 6 years and Garty o'connors obvious attempt at getting a booking to prevent him travelling to the Georgia away game is another one that springs to mind. anyone got any others? Pretty sure Hendry only got booked. Was also the night of his 50th cap if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbroath55 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 14 hours ago, giblet said: 15 years ago saw us draw with Belgium then play San Marino during the week. During that second game I witnessed Colin Hendry ignoring the bench and playing like a centre forward scoring two then doing the most obvious assault on a player to get a red card. something just didn't and still does not feel right what happened that night. Jump forward 6 years and Garty o'connors obvious attempt at getting a booking to prevent him travelling to the Georgia away game is another one that springs to mind. anyone got any others? In true Arsene style I never saw the incident but here`s how the Telegraph reported it Albani, a 19-year-old student, was sent on as a substitute while Scotland waited to take a corner in injury time and made straight for Hendry, grabbing the Scot's jersey as soon as he came within reach. As Hendry kept his eye on the ball, Albani hung on, almost dragging his jersey off in the process. Hendry tried twice to dislodge Albani with his right elbow and the youngster can be seen to punch the Scotland captain in the ribs with his free hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 He wasn't even booked as the referee missed it. He got a six match retrospective ban and that finished his career. It was a weird one right enough, totally out of character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I think he got sent off, can remember one of his goals was a screamer and he started shaking his head after celebrating then he started charging about like a bull in a china shop trying to get his hatrick and elbowed the boy and got sent off, can remember laughing my head off with my mates in the union watching him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 8 minutes ago, LewisEDI said: I think he got sent off, can remember one of his goals was a screamer and he started shaking his head after celebrating then he started charging about like a bull in a china shop trying to get his hatrick and elbowed the boy and got sent off, can remember laughing my head off with my mates in the union watching him He definitely didn't get sent off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 11 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: He definitely didn't get sent off. feck me, your right, could have sworn he got sent off that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy North Croy Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Toepoke said: IIRC he was desperate to get the elusive Scotland hat-trick and was getting a bit frustrated with their defence... Thanks Toepoke, thanks to your comment I now know what IIRC means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Will always remember that San Marino game, was my first Scotland game! Regarding the point of Scotland never shooting from outside the box, that really frustrates me. On so many occasions we should just pull the trigger but instead try one too many passes & lose the ball! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 9 minutes ago, Rory said: Regarding the point of Scotland never shooting from outside the box, that really frustrates me. On so many occasions we should just pull the trigger but instead try one too many passes & lose the ball! Naismith, Maloney and Steven Fletcher are very guilty of that. Our players just don't have the skills to shepherd the ball into the box for an easy tap in. We have to be ruthless and test the keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 1 hour ago, giblet said: feck me, your right, could have sworn he got sent off that night. I could have sworn he got booked but seems it was neither! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McToot Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 35 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: Naismith, Maloney and Steven Fletcher are very guilty of that. Our players just don't have the skills to shepherd the ball into the box for an easy tap in. We have to be ruthless and test the keeper. Agree. Ritchie seems a breath of fresh air in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Completely forgot about this one. What the hell was Gough thinking about here? Big champions league game coming up and wanted rested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 1 hour ago, giblet said: Completely forgot about this one. What the hell was Gough thinking about here? Big champions league game coming up and wanted rested? He said it came off a sprinkler and the bounce deceived him. Aye ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boynze Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 think that was his last scotland game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 10 minutes ago, Boynze said: think that was his last scotland game? Nah, he played 2 or 3 more games. His last one was the 5-0 drubbing in Lisbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boynze Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 always thought gough was a bit of a , and really did not care about playing for scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 7 minutes ago, Boynze said: always thought gough was a bit of a , and really did not care about playing for scotland My impression is that Richard Gough only cared about one thing, Richard Gough. That doesn't mean he wasn't a great player in his day though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow jock Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 He was a very good centre half - but an even better right back imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 1 hour ago, glasgow jock said: He was a very good centre half - but an even better right back imo. Aye his best games for Scotland were at full back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnpauls Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 On 4/13/2016 at 0:04 PM, glasgow jock said: He was a very good centre half - but an even better right back imo. On 4/13/2016 at 1:31 PM, Toepoke said: Aye his best games for Scotland were at full back... Totally agree: Gough at right back was superb for us, and with McLeish, Miller and Malpas alongside him, we had an awesome defence. Pity the rest of the areas of the team weren't as dependable in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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