FTOF Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 11 hours ago, Gordopolis said: Burke off at half time, hardly involved. Are they still pumping the ball up to him hopefully? Burke needs to have a word with Lee Griffiths about persevering in the lone striker role, even if the service is poor, rather than spitting the dummy half way through the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 4 hours ago, FTOF said: Burke needs to have a word with Lee Griffiths about persevering in the lone striker role, even if the service is poor, rather than spitting the dummy half way through the first half. I don't think Burke has ever played as a striker regularly. He usually plays on the wing for club so it is a hard task, plenty of regular strikers struggle to play up front on their own. Even against the Netherlands it was more of a 4-6-0 than Burke playing as a striker and we used all our midfield to play a high pressing game. Against England we backed off far too much and couldn't get anyone except Burke up the park. I think the solution is to drop Thomas who hasn't been very effective imo and bring in a proper striker. The midfield and attack would be ----- Cadden - Campbell - Mallan ------ Burke ------------------------------- Morgan -------------------McBurnie------------------- Burke would then either look for the ball on the wing or go inside and leave space for Cadden on the outside which is a role more suited to his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Yeah surprised they swapped Burke for McBurnie instead of moving him out wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanTyneArmy Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 The TartanTyneArmy was camped in the far corner with handful of other fellow Scots. England controlled the game well. Very poor tactics from Scotland. Burke is the standout player. A winger. They played him up top himself and isloated him, he dropped deeper and deeper throughout the first half to bring himself into the game but it looked like we were playing a 4-5-1- Problem with youth squads is that mangers and coaches try to play systems. All the players are rigid and look fearful to play the wrong ball. Can't help thinking the national team would be a lot better if told these lads to go out and fight and dig in. Yeah, some weeks you'll get hammered for being too ambitious and caught out. I would rather the youngsters learn from playing a dozen or so high tempo matches which better replicate senior international fixtures than a handful of games playing keep ball, they can do that in training at their clubs any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Scotland 2-0 up away to Latvia. Burke and McBurnie with the goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 Mallan was dropped for McBurnie so Burke wasn't toiling as a lone striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Won 2-0. Next month's double-header looking pretty vital now... H v Latvia then H v Ukraine, need 6pts tbh. We'll take 6pts off Andorra in the 2 games after that, leaving the 3 toughest games to finish... Netherlands (A), England (H), Ukraine (A). Only winners qualify; 4 best runners-up to playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Just now, HibeeJibee said: Won 2-0. Next month's double-header looking pretty vital now... H v Latvia then H v Ukraine, need 6pts tbh. We'll take 6pts off Andorra in the 2 games after that, leaving the 3 toughest games to finish... Netherlands (A), England (H), Ukraine (A). Only winners qualify; 4 best runners-up to playoffs. Hard to see that England won`t win the group. Hopefully 2nd a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafcburty Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ahead of tonights game, I conducted this interview with Robby McCrorie: https://jordanburtfootball.com/2017/11/10/exposure-in-league-two-benefits-mccrorie-after-scotland-under-21-recall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 The game v Latvia is live on YouTube, for anyone interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 floodlight failure lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 1-0 Latvia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof! Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, resk said: 1-0 Latvia. Very poor in the 1st half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 This is not good.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
same_ol_g35 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 That was a wild challenge by the Latvian number 7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 1-1, Hardie penalty in injury time. The defender had a wee tug on McKenna's shirt at a corner, bit soft but it is a foul. The ref has been itching to do something like that all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Scraping a draw with a last minute penalty against ten man Latvia. Encouraging stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy2015 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Lewis Morgan played well best player by a mile - horrible result though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimter-boys Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Weird performance like. Latvia playing like thugs, what an absolute gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Hard to see that England won`t win the group. Hopefully 2nd a possibility. Not now. Our under 21 are an absolute shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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