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It’s something I never really understand. Obviously they have to hit it ridiculously hard to score at that level but I never get how a professional footballer can blaze one miles over the bar. Surely they should all be able to hit the target with their eyes closed even at full power with little time.

Aye that’s the hope, never know with an injury like that at his age but we know never to rule him out.

Also I’d agree with the chat r.e Patterson. He really hasn’t kicked on. He’s not great at all.

We would be utterly, utterly fucked without Angus Gunn. We don’t have another keeper who is even close to being good enough.

Got one of the Guinness nitrosurge sets today. Only had one pint so far but it seems the real deal. Night and day from the standard cans.

Fucking hell that’s a sickener for Aberdeen. The penalty decision (they should’ve had) is a disgrace. That said, the defending was absolutely atrocious for both goals. Embarrassing to chuck it like that.

10 years at home. Beat Anderlecht away under Rodgers in 2017. Weird feeling tonight. Really quite proud of the performance overall. I feared a scudding, but we played well tonight - particularly the first half where I thought we were terrific. Knocked it about well and really pressed them. They’re a brilliant team and we basically have no bench, so the second half was always going to pan out that way. Overall a draw with Atletico Madrid can only be considered a good result, but in the context of the group it’s a wee bit frustrating. The earlier games biting us in the arse.

Aye tonight was a non event for me, 4-1 is fine. 5-1 is pumping territory strangely enough but 4-1 is fine. That game will disappear from my memory within about a fortnight. They’re ridiculous, they’ll batter far better teams than our B team. Even if we’d pumped loads into our infrastructure and produced our best ever crop of players, that lot would probably still give them a hiding. It’s a taster of playing against a top side for them again, will only be a learning experience. Im not going to pretend that I’m even slightly worked up about it, although strangely enough if we hadn’t qualified the other night I’d have cared and been a bit more concerned about this game. I’d maybe have liked to have seen our full strength team in that game, but ah well.

This has made me realise just how good an addition the Nations League has been. Not felt the international friendly vibe in a good while.

Shite defending again

Gareth Gates reading the phone book cover to cover.

Y’know, I’m not sure about Nathan Patterson anymore. Never really kicked on and has been at fault for a Everton a fair bit this season

Taken the lead against France and Kevin Thomson sounds like he’s hiding under his bed on the phone to the police as someone burgles his house

It’s not as if our qualifying situation changed much in the time between Anderson dropping out and now - we were on the brink of qualifying then. I don’t think we’ll see him in a Scotland shirt. Doak would be good for a bit of fun, and if nothing else it’d shut up the ‘Typical bloody Scotland not giving players a chance man, he’d have 90 caps if he was Spanish’ bores, who just conveniently ignore the times we’ve thrown youngsters in recently. I’d like to see young up and coming starlet Ryan Gauld in the squad, just to get a look at him. One for the future imo.

Winning the fucker

Being in my late 20s I’ve spent most of my life thinking I’d never see us at tournaments and that we were essentially locked out of the party - so this is a bit special. Another major tournament. Fucking hell man Although we’re better, and have to see ourselves as better than the ‘just happy to be there’ mindset now. Hope we have a right good go at whatever group we end up in.

Haaland ya pure heid the baw bam pot!!! Score a goal or awa’ n bile yer heid n haud yer weeesht!!

You forget how boring International football can be when you don’t have an emotional attachment to it. This has been murder.

I’d far rather hope for a Norway equaliser with qualification already in the bag than nervously wait the game out

Can Michael Stewart just shut up for a bit. He’s making this more confusing.

The atmosphere is bizarre for such a crucial game. Have they just given up? Off tube/remote commentary never helps mind. So flat.

Which you never get away with these days. At least if you’re doing it make it seem like you’re going for a header or something.

One thing that’s winding me up is that there was absolutely no reason for Hendry to go near the keeper. Totally needless.

I don’t really get the leniency with the hand signal stuff to be honest. ‘Ach he’s just gotten mixed up’ isn’t acceptable for a ref at the top level. That’s a major f**k up in those circumstances and shouldn’t be happening, regardless of the actual decision.

I’m fucking scunnered after that. Never gets easier, does it?