HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Cooper is getting better game by game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latapythelegend Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Denmark didn’t get out of first gear in the 2nd half mate. We were quite simply outclassed tonight. Not denying that but at the same time they probably done the same once they went 2 goals up in Vienna. Tonight was always a free hit. The next 2 are the big ones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 When you look at the players we are missing and add them to the squad what we really need is a guy that finishes. We have to take our chances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Kenny McLean is complete garbage. Wandered about all night doing nothing. Re-watching the first goal and his passivity is the problem. makes Hanley have to step out and creates the space in behind. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundskeeperWillie Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Positives: At least it was only 2-0 We at least looked slightly better second half We've got players back for Moldova on Saturday. Surely we can't get worse Negatives One of the most abject first half performances I've ever witnessed. Nearly as oafish and catastrophic as the pumping off Kazhakstan (which should have seen McLeish served his jotters on the spot) This game highlighted our technical deficiencies (i.e. we really don't have anybody technically gifted, perhaps Gilmour, but very little else) Andy Robertson - I'd be very tempted to drop him for at least the Moldova game, because defensively tonight he was atrocious (even in the second half when he went back to his natural position) I tried to make this point earlier, but the server decided to serve up as equally a dire performance as the team - technically we are miles away from some of the better teams, we have no real pace, no-one with a swagger that can cut open defences (I may get pelters here, but who cares, someone like McFadden in his pomp). Denmark offered all of what we can't, and while Clarke gets deserved flak for the selection choices and formation, particularly first half, I'd struggle to see what changes a new manager could affect, particularly when we are so short of technically proficient players (yes, I know we have players in the EPL etc, but mainly defence and midfield) We're probably saying the same things we've said for over a decade now, and that will never change with the shoddy, self-serving organisation we have. We can hype up the Performance Schools etc, but with no cohesion behind the organisation of it, we'll remain light years behind. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Austria only 1-0 up in Moldova inside last 10 mins. If I believed in God, I'd pray for an equaliser. I'll just have to hope instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D TOTAL Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: Cooper is getting better game by game. Was today day 1? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 And of course bottler Clarke was too afraid to start Fraser at RWB and shoehorned dud McKenna in at LCB. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said: Nisbet? I like him. I like the way he finishes but if we get a Kane or Lukaku. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Hanley was good tonight.Apart from that... [emoji848]Clarke's choice to mix up the wing backs backfired horribly. Fair play he changed it though instead of digging his heels in, bit I can't help but wonder if we might have managed to dig out a point if we had started with the lineup that kicked off the second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenockraver Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 It wisny nice tonight but it never is watching us for any extended period of time. The 2nd half definitely showed that if we cant compete with pot 1, we have some stuff that can at least challenge for 2I guess thats how i feel. Its shit lads.. i wish we were croatia but it is what it is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, CCB19035 said: 3 midfielders who don't really do tackling. We miss Ryan Jack massively 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 19 minutes ago, greenockraver said: Peckers up... moldova on sat then the real big one... austria If we fail to beat Moldova, the Austria game won't be very big for us at all. That's a perfectly conceivable scenario. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenockraver Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 If we fail to beat Moldova, the Austria game won't be very big for us at all. That's a perfectly conceivable scenario.This is true also . A schoolboy oversight -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Daft setup by Clarke in the first half and disrupting the back 5 hugely was costly. It didn't even need hindsight, not one of my group of pals picked Tierney and Robertson as the two wing backs. Tierney looked like a fish out of water and none of the three centre halves could carry the ball forward either. After the Czech game in the Euros, you wonder what Clarke thinks when he is faced with injuries and disruption to his first 11. He doesn't look able to react and setup a different team whatsoever.Second half was better albeit not amazing and the Danes clearly were happy with their lot. The positive signs were Gilmour, Fraser to me looks a good option at RWB and it gives us a better outlet going forward on that side. Christie to me probably should be the "second striker" as his energy allows us to press high up the park. Not convinced who should start up front as both struggle and lacking a final ball from the middle of the park.Yet another chastening night watching Scotland in the last 20 years. Must be absolutely daft to care as much as I do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, CCB19035 said: 3 midfielders who don't really do tackling. A lot "keep the shape" midfielders, none that are out to win the ball back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Monkey Tennis said: If we fail to beat Moldova, the Austria game won't be very big for us at all. That's a perfectly conceivable scenario. We'll beat Moldova comfortably 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, D TOTAL said: Was today day 1? Maybe but before he looked lost. You have to be fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IggyStooge Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Clarke in Parken Harakiri. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundskeeperWillie Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Gordopolis said: Hanley was good tonight. Apart from that... Clarke's choice to mix up the wing backs backfired horribly. Fair play he changed it though instead of digging his heels in, bit I can't help but wonder if we might have managed to dig out a point if we had started with the lineup that kicked off the second half. I thought Hanley did well, but my main concern was with him on the right side of defence. For me he's not got the pace for that position, as demonstrated by the fact that the two goals came down that side (although in fairness to Hanley he was ruthlessly exposed by McLean inexplicably going for a stroll without a care in the world...). I think Hanley is extremely effective the central defender in the three as he can do the bowling shoe-ugly stuff particularly well (and did tonight), but his lack of pace can be an issue, especially when we didn't really have a proper right wing-back to cover him. You're right though, as for the rest, at least Gilmour tried to stand up and be counted, but he wasn't helped by the rest of the midfield, and as someone else pointed out we actually miss someone like Jack, even McTominay in that defensive midfield role who can break up attacks effectively and try and kickstart attacks. McGregor, as he has been for a lot of his recent spell with Scotland, was aimless and McLean was sadly dire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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