Dryhorce Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 If he started out there or not,fact is he has played right across the back four for his teams.So Bardsley will play for Scotland again,be that centre back or full back.Is a guy that has the pace to actually be in there.Just not the natural athlete that Hutton is,or else he would probably be involved now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 is it not the case that we have never finished lower than third in a qualifying group? so unless we beat croatia and serbia lose to macedonia with a swing of 9 goals this will be the worst performing scotland team ever. We finished 4th in our group in the 1994 World Cup qualifying, and that was with a weaker UEFA than we have now - USSR, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia all competed as single entities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) We finished 4th in our group in the 1994 World Cup qualifying, and that was with a weaker UEFA than we have now - USSR, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia all competed as single entities. Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1 Italy 16 10 7 2 1 22 7 +15 2 Switzerland 15 10 6 3 1 23 6 +17 3 Portugal 14 10 6 2 2 18 5 +13 4 Scotland 11 10 4 3 3 14 13 +1 5 Malta 3 10 1 1 8 3 23 −20 6 Estonia 1 10 0 1 9 1 27 −26 Doesn't look a million miles away from where we could finish if we scrape a win on Tuesday Edited October 10, 2013 by Gordopolis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Can mind the 5 1 Portugal game,and the headlines A DAY A TEAM DIED in the record 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Can mind the 5 1 Portugal game,and the headlines A DAY A TEAM DIED in the record Yep, McCoist lying on the deck, leg totally obliterated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 People are saying on the other page that Rhodes has pulled out,well Russell has to be called in now its a no brainer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 People are saying on the other page that Rhodes has pulled out,well Russell has to be called in now its a no brainer Russell out for 6 weeks injured 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Christ that is no good at all,looks like Mackie will probably get called up instead then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Christ that is no good at all,looks like Mackie will probably get called up instead then. Aye, nobody resembling a direct forward apart from Griffiths. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Mackie has pace decent player good a lot of goals for QPR in the championship before injury 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Mackie has pace decent player good a lot of goals for QPR in the championship before injury I agree, he always looks right up for a battle too when he's played for us, but I just don't see him as the long term answer - certainly not the one I want to lead the line in the Euro 16 quals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Clearly he is not the answer,but it would be nice if he was getting Premiership football with Forest. Can play on the right wing as well,would be natural competition for Snodgrass Mackie is strong to hard to knock of the ball and has decent delivery Wonder how far away big May is from a call up,done really well and is on form. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) Clearly he is not the answer,but it would be nice if he was getting Premiership football with Forest. Can play on the right wing as well,would be natural competition for Snodgrass Mackie is strong to hard to knock of the ball and has decent delivery Wonder how far away big May is from a call up,done really well and is on form. Well some gimps on here claimed he should never play for Scotland u21s again cos he was in the team that got thrashed off England?!? Early days yet, but he looks like a prospect - seems to have a good attitude to the game and can bully defenders. Might be worth having him in the squad for the Nov friendlies, even just so Strachan can get a closer look at him. Edited October 10, 2013 by Gordopolis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Can mind the 5 1 Portugal game,and the headlines A DAY A TEAM DIED in the record Obviously not that well, as it finished 5-0 </pedantry> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Another homer Simpson moment from myself,though Ally scored and then got injured? I like May he is a good player you do not score and beat Rosenberg if your not. As for the thrashing pretty sure that was nowhere near our strongest squad. Look how many of the championship boys who never played in it. Guys like McCabe and Allan and so on Only Feruz,Fyfie,Archer,were involved from down south I think OK we would still have lost if we had played a stronger team We were up against full internationals after all,in Shelvey,and that Jamaican at Liverpool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Speaking of Feruz - anyone know how near or far he is from getting into the first team squad? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 Probably when he gets a loan,and plays well at league one or championship level. Strachan has no problems with calling up Gritthias 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Ah, yes - this article sums up his position nicely. Hope the reported interest is true http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8815105/chelsea-looking-to-tie-down-islam-feruz-to-a-new-deal-at-stamford-bridge 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamora Fan Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 "Big" May?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 "Big" May?! Well he's not the tallest but he's built like a tank these days 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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