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So next match, what changes would you make to the line up if any?

I would go for:

Marshall

Hutton

Martin

Hanley

Robertson

D.Fletcher

Brown

Bannan

Naismith

Anya

S.Fletcher

I would give Bannan a role on the right but part of me feels like he might get lost in a game like this.

The way Strachan was praising the teams performance after the match makes me think he won't make any changes though

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Poland still have to play Ireland twice. Until those results are determined I'm not going to be too worried.

That said, we NEED 4 points at a minimum against Poland to achieve second place. If we lose on Tuesday we're looking at 3rd place at best.

Maloney was awful tonight and Morrison was disappointing. Naismith can't finish his dinner, but with his strike rate I'm not sure goals are what we expect from him.

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A defeat here and Scotland are out. Not convinced even a draw will be good enough.

This is absolute nonsense. We don't know how well Ireland will do against Poland. For all we know, we could lose both games against Poland and drop points away to Georgia and still make the play-offs if Ireland are equally incompetent.

A defeat will put us in a very difficult position in terms of automatic qualification, but we won't be out of the running for that. A draw would be a very good result in the context of the group since it would leave us in a very positive position in our head-to-head against Poland.

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On Sky again. Baws! The SFA should think of the poor b*****ds like me who can't be arsed paying for telly. It should be ITV or BBC for away games. When did the beeb lose the away games?

Anyway, it'll be another game where I'll just be checking Sky Sports app for the result. C'est la vie.

A

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Marshall

Hutton Martin Hanley Robertson

Fletcher Brown

Bannan Morrison Anya

Naismith

Get back to a system and personnel that work for us.

The system and personnel tonight, worked fine for us. Plenty chances were created but unfortunately missed and Naismith was a prime offender.

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A defeat here and Scotland are out. Not convinced even a draw will be good enough.

I want to say you're a f***ing pessimist, but I think you're right. After their result against Germany tonight we realistically need 4 pts off of Poland. At least.

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Seriously, genuinely don't understand why we're starting with Morrison and in particular Maloney when Graham Dorrans is sitting on the bench.

Brown is one of our most important players and I'm certainly not suggesting he is dropped, but jesus I wish he could pass! Even the simplest of sideways passes are more often than not under or over-hit! When he and Hutton team up to harry a player though, basically we are getting the ball.

Defence picks itself, and Brown and Anya are must-starts...after that it's nice to have a few options but perhaps not easy to find the best combination.

Personally, against Poland I'd go with:

---------------Marshall---------------

Hutton--Martin--Hanley--Robertson

-----------Brown-----Fletcher-----------

Naismith------Dorrans----------Anya

-----------------Fletcher-----------------

or possibly:

---------------Marshall---------------

Hutton--Martin--Hanley--Robertson

-----------Brown-----Dorrans-----------

Anya---------Naismith---------Morrison

-----------------Fletcher-----------------

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On Sky again. Baws! The SFA should think of the poor b*****ds like me who can't be arsed paying for telly. It should be ITV or BBC for away games. When did the beeb lose the away games?

Anyway, it'll be another game where I'll just be checking Sky Sports app for the result. C'est la vie.

A

It's not the SFA's fault, blame the BBC or STV for failing to make a substantial enough bid for the rights.

There's of course an argument that the government should subsidise the BBC's coverage of the national team, maybe if we'd got rid of Trident we could have afforded it but there ye go.

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Poland still have to play Ireland twice. Until those results are determined I'm not going to be too worried.

That said, we NEED 4 points at a minimum against Poland to achieve second place. If we lose on Tuesday we're looking at 3rd place at best.

Maloney was awful tonight and Morrison was disappointing. Naismith can't finish his dinner, but with his strike rate I'm not sure goals are what we expect from him.

:lol:

Best player on the park mate.

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