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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.

I think you're mostly right however there is probably something to be said for players to have had either that first go stood for the national anthem in front of a big home crowd or that first run out in a Scotland shirt when they're subbed on to get some of the emotional side dealt with, it means a lot even to those guys orherwise used to the big stage.

Absolute roasters. Everything from full blown conspiracy theories to people seemingly genuinly confused about whether these are our new national colours.

I'm interested to see how he goes, as we've seen with Shankland it's easy to bang them in down the leagues but more difficult to step up. Some players manage it though. Make no mistake though, League 1 is not a good standard. There are some OK sides in there but a fair amount of very poor, route one football in that league too. I'd have left Stewart alone until he was scoring in the Championship to be frank. But perhaps needs must.

My word nothing like a squad announcement to squeeze so many absolute mares from the General into a short space. Squad is very much a Steve Clarke squad, no real surprises at all and little emotion generated for me but good to see Hickey involved and the continued slow inclusion of new players continuing, slowly.

For all the talk of Clark liking a settled squad he's done a superb job of slowly bringing more players in to the selection pool like Brown, Souttar and Ralston. Doubt there will be many surprises but we may certainly see a few more disappointed players than previously as Clark now has that bigger pool to draw from.

Not a bad goal from Campbell. And I must admit I didn't realise he'd been cultivating something of a beard, is this an area of the squad where he could be a handy addition? McGregor and McTominay are both very smooth faced and Gilmour probably can't grow one yet given he's only 12.

McKenna, Hendry, Hanley, Cooper and Souttar are surely a more than able 5 to share the 2 slots alongside Tierney? Do we really need more English Championship fodder at the back? Are any of those 3 better than those in the squad? Besides the Dissaraymeister General has very much converted me into seeing Kal Naismith and Elliot Philadelphia as the next cabs off the rank.

I'm not suggesting that he shouldn't have been picked at any stage. He's pretty clearly always been one of our better centre backs when available, probably our best option. However earlier in his career I think he had many a rash decision in him and he didn't always inspire confidence, much the reason as to why he's spent much of his career in the English Championship and not a level higher. In more recent times with the mistakes ironed out it's clear he's a serious player. Some of his partners at the back early on probably didn't help.

Not normally a fan of not picking a player in a cutting off your nose to spite your face type situation (he's a good enough player clearly) but I must admit Fraser's seeming view that he can pick and chose when to rock up and when to give it a miss irks me. I'm a fickle b*****d and I'll nae moan if he scores the winner against Ukraine but if its actually possible I may enjoy seeing us qualify just a tiny, tiny bit more if it's without him I think.

Appreciate he was an academy player but been starting or in first team squad for few years now. Managers comment, whilst encouraging, was a tad patronising imo I think it was about as clear a way he could say that McTominay is very much captaincy material without completely undermining his current captain.