DanMc99 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, Marshmallo said: Anyone calling for Robertson to be dropped isn't work paying attention to agreed, lets weaken the CB area and take a top class LB (out of form i know) out the side. robertson and tierney are the best we have and both have done well defensively , the issue is tierney is looking far more threatening going forward which then makes people demand robertson be dropped and tierney to LB so we can then bring in a CB whos not comfortable on the ball and lacks pace. makes sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I don't think Robertson should be dropped FFS, but if the squad were not obviously underperforming then this wouldn't remotely be a talking point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: He changed the shape of the team at half time? Yes? He watched 45 minutes of abject shite and waited until half time to change it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: If Denmark beat Austria twice then we wouldn't need 20 points IMO. 15 from the remaining games against Israel/Faroes/Moldova and a win in Vienna would be enough. I'd suggest that's unlikely and we would have more leeway if we hadn't shat the bed this week. If Austria lose both games to Denmark, yet win 5 of their other 6 games, they'll have 19/20 points excluding the game v us. Assuming we fail to beat Denmark, that leaves us needing to win every remaining game versus the lower seeds, beat Austria away, and hope they randomly lose or draw a game somewhere along the road. A huge ask IMO. Edited March 28, 2021 by Todd_is_God 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, edinabear said: We have a team full of premiership players who are playing well for their individual sides. Of course we're massively underperforming. Using world ranking as a way to justify your point just shows how bad scotland have performed over the years. I'm not happy with defeat. Too many people have a defeatist attitude when it comes to Scotland. This side could be so much more. We have our ( increasing number of ) problem positions though ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, St. Jude said: What? It was a decent strike but any good keeper stops that. In addition, any good keeper prevents the first goal on Sunday. Repeatedly Marshall saved us in first half tonight. Correct me if I'm wrong but are there not 10 players in front of Marshall who could/should have closed down scorer tonight and btw this is Sunday. I'm no fan boy of Marshall but you would be better directing you ire at the several pish performances from the outfield players. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMc99 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Father Ted said: Repeatedly Marshall saved us in first half tonight. Correct me if I'm wrong but are there not 10 players in front of Marshall who could/should have closed down scorer tonight and btw this is Sunday. I'm no fan boy of Marshall but you would be better directing you ire at the several pish performances from the outfield players. it was typical of our appoach first half, always too far off an israeli player, mctominay with man united would not have allowed that guy to get a shot off unopposed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, Father Ted said: Repeatedly Marshall saved us in first half tonight. Correct me if I'm wrong but are there not 10 players in front of Marshall who could/should have closed down scorer tonight and btw this is Sunday. I'm no fan boy of Marshall but you would be better directing you ire at the several pish performances from the outfield players. Im no fan boy of either, but I cant remember marshall making a good save tonight tbh. All the shots were right at him. Im not saying I would drop him from the team, I probably wouldn't. But he's made 2 mistakes in the last 2 games. The criticism is justified in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, BingMcCrosby said: If he saves shots that others wouldn't, then yes. He might. Maybe he’ll make the next squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, edinabear said: We have a team full of premiership players who are playing well for their individual sides. Of course we're massively underperforming. Using world ranking as a way to justify your point just shows how bad scotland have performed over the years. I'm not happy with defeat. Too many people have a defeatist attitude when it comes to Scotland. This side could be so much more. We have half a team of Premiership players. The back line isn't, which is why we are set-up in a formation to deal with that. World rankings aren't foolproof but they're a far better guide.than most folk think. Certainly better than the folk who look at Denmark and decide they're average because they don't.have any clue what they're talking about. We didn't lose 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, Insert Amusing Pseudonym said: Massively underperforming is nonsense tbh. The only team ranked below us who've beaten us under Clarke is Israel, once. Getting hounded off Kazakhstan is massively underperforming Are draws against Israel okay? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jude Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Father Ted said: Repeatedly Marshall saved us in first half tonight. Correct me if I'm wrong but are there not 10 players in front of Marshall who could/should have closed down scorer tonight and btw this is Sunday. I'm no fan boy of Marshall but you would be better directing you ire at the several pish performances from the outfield players. Right enough I did mean Thursday I agree he should have been closed down better, however that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have saved it. It was a relatively routine save. I’m not “directing my ire” towards Marshall, I just think McGregor is a better goalkeeper and we need our best players playing in each position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmfc 23 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Clarke has shat the bed twice in a few days a result against the fisherman on Wednesday will only papers over the cracks. First half tonight I thought we were playing Brazil 1970 we gave them that much room n respect completely unacceptable and has all but cost us a second place finish in this group. Clarke needs emptied ASAP he blew a 5 point lead in the nations group fkd up with team selections n substitutions on just about every occasion and that's before over seeing this shit start to our wc campaign. His record has been fkn stinking aswell if you take geeting us to the euros out of it he'd be getting quite rightly fkn slaughtered. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Insert Amusing Pseudonym said: World rankings aren't foolproof but they're a far better guide.than most folk think. Scotland are 48th. Israel are 87th. Why is a rankings follower happy-clapping this? This does doubly when you consider the distribution curve, which is an extremely steep slope. Edited March 28, 2021 by Thumper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 "if you take getting us to the Euros out of it" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, Andre Drazen said: "if you take getting us to the Euros out of it" limping over the line. one scuffed penalty and Clarke would be updating his LinkedIn profile tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, Thumper said: limping over the line. one scuffed penalty and Clarke would be updating his LinkedIn profile tonight. He still got us there. He should and will be the manager for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Ted Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, St. Jude said: Right enough I did mean Thursday I agree he should have been closed down better, however that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have saved it. It was a relatively routine save. I’m not “directing my ire” towards Marshall, I just think McGregor is a better goalkeeper and we need our best players playing in each position. You are fully entitled to your opinion and you have a point but McGregor isn't coming back ever. By all means try the other keepers but Clarke picked Marshall and that's that. Gordon actually has a better clean sheet record than Marshall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 A point at home to Austria - a team that are probably better than us - isn't shitting the bed. It's a decent result. A point in Israel is disappointing. But the pant-wetting "It's all over! Clarke out!" stuff is an overreaction. Chopping and changing the manager every three years isn't a particularly effective solution. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmfc 23 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Whats so fkn funny if we take that game against Serbia out of it his record is fkn rotten n even then he failed to win in 90 or 120 minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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