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He's no Maxwell Blackpool.

Jack should have leveled that little c**t.

Definitely a group we should be capable of finishing second in and one which there is no reason we can't even have a tilt at Spain to top if we do them at home early doors. Drawing Norway is a problem though for me. If Haaland maintains his current form, which seems his standard level, then he could quite easily bum any combination of our centre backs senseless and that gives me the fear. Of course he could also do the same to Spain. Both us and Spain will look to cut off his supply no doubt and given the rest of their side isn't Man City that should be doable. My main concern with him is that he has a good goal scoring record against your lower sides, and if Norway take 12 points from Cyprus and Georgia...we'll need to do the same and have very little margin for error.

By your logic we should only compare Iceland with their peers and Morocco is a much bigger country population wise. Iceland's population would have to increase 100 times over. I don't hate Scotland at all, but your claim that England aren't more succesful than us is absurd.

Hmm I'm not sure about that, Iceland are a decent side - see like most normal people I measure a side by it's results and players not population size. Being bummed senseless by a poor Ireland side was embarrassing. Being battered by Kazakstan was embarrassing. Drawing with the Faroes... Losing to Lithuania... That time Wales battered us 4-0. Or Morocco rinsing us back in 98... It's a litany of shameful results for us comparable to England losing to a strong Iceland side. I'm not sure what you're telling me to get over, I think you've misunderstood at some point, I'm merely observing that your talking a stream of pish.

Say what you want with your comparisons to peers but the joy of following your national team lies in the journey rather than the results and ours have been much shorter than those of England fans, limited to qualifying campaigns rather than main events. We were for two decades denied even the experience of seeing Scotland at a major tournament and the concept of a run to the knockout stages (whether destined for failure or not) gripping the nation is a mere dream for us. Following Scotland can basically be summed up with that Trainspotting meme and the "It's shite being Scottish" caption. At least England fans get to enjoy it some of the time. We get fleeting moments of elation (sometimes not even that) interspersed with long periods of despair and occasional periods of horrible, horrible tension that normally end up back in despair. Yes I'm a miserable b*****d.

Hoho! You don't like someone else other than yourself touting random (usually shite) Scots from the English lower leagues then? I'd be spitting feathers too at the thought of someone jumping ahead of Maxwell Blackpool in the queue.

I for one am keen to see a back 3 of Naismith, Hyam and the mighty Elliot Philadelphia drive us forward in the future.

Would be happy with that. The 3 at the back has worked for us but we can't get trapped in it. A chance here to try something else. Souttar and McKenna should be a solid partnership.

Realistically it's going to be Liam Kelly. And we're going to need to try and help him out by defending better which could even be a good idea to have been giving a go already in front of Gordon. Beyond that hopefully someone comes through. Ross Sinclair has the frame but needs to be playing.

Fair play to these lads.

Fair play to Ukraine. Looked a much better side. Here's hoping they bum Wales absolutely senseless.

I'm not sure that's the only reason. If you don't have two good centre halves then play three of them is an adage as old as time. Our centre back options are so bad we play a left back and a midfielder in the three if both are available.

Fair shout General, you called it. Though to be fair you've touted every Scot in the Championship at one point or another. A broken clock and all that. I'm off to put a fiver on Elliot Philadelphia getting called up when one of the centre backs gets crocked. I wish Campbell well should he get on the pitch though, didn't we all agree he has a good beard and we need more of that.

A better bet than Kal Naismith and one worth keeping an eye on but don't see him troubling Scotland squads for now.