sergie's no1 fan Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 On 13/10/2021 at 11:09, Clown Job said: Should probably take it with a pinch of salt, but it’s wild how many people you’ll see on social media who claim not to like international football yet get upset at Scotland succeeding or try to downplay it. The flag waving zombies are something else, especially on twitter. Accuse every natsi of being hateful of anything English yet want their own national team to fail. Not tarring the Rangers fans on here with that brush. Pretty much sound as a Scottish pound 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I notice that Che Adams missed Southampton v Leeds at the weekend. Hopefully he’s back soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 f**k, any chance tickets will be floating about when we're there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: f**k, any chance tickets will be floating about when we're there? As long as the Moldovan authorities aren't being arsey then home end should be fine even if at 50% capacity looking at their attendance v Denmark. Crowd was 2600 and capacity at 50% would be over 5k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 23 hours ago, Donathan said: I notice that Che Adams missed Southampton v Leeds at the weekend. Hopefully he’s back soon Adams trained yesterday (Tuesday 19th). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Gordon McTominay-Hanley-Tierney Patterson-Gilmour-McGregor-Robertson McGinn Nisbet-Adams 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Got booked up this morning, a bit planes, trains and automobiles but looking forward to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jag Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Ticket purchased... A massive £5, collect over there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Tierney an injury concern apparently:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/kieran-tierney-arsenal-injury-concern-25280370These scares seem to have happened a lot with him in the last 2 years, though they rarely seem to actually amount to anything (the annoying Euros Czech opener aside). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Tierney an injury concern apparently:https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/kieran-tierney-arsenal-injury-concern-25280370These scares seem to have happened a lot with him in the last 2 years, though they rarely seem to actually amount to anything (the annoying Euros Czech opener aside).Thankfully they don’t pull him from the squad each time he has a knock now. He missed all ten qualifying group games in the last campaign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Judging by previous Squad Announcements would it be fair to guess the Squad will be announced on or around Tuesday 2nd November? If so then it really only leaves this weekends games to catch the eye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I just want this game over and done with....with three points obviously....but the wait for 12th November is too long. I would love to be really confident but not liking all the scare stories regarding injuries...and still quite a few games for other key players to get through. I recall watching Moldova v Denmark in the pub after the israel game - they looked awful but I didnt think they were so bad when they played at Hampden - admitedly we should have taken our chances which were fairly numerous and they may well have crumbled if they had gone two or three down - as they did v Denmark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 As long as we don't play passive football and let them come at us at will, we should be alright. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 57 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: As long as we don't play passive football and let them come at us at will, we should be alright. That's very reassuring - thank you for those kind words. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Caledonian1 said: I just want this game over and done with....with three points obviously....but the wait for 12th November is too long. I would love to be really confident but not liking all the scare stories regarding injuries...and still quite a few games for other key players to get through. I recall watching Moldova v Denmark in the pub after the israel game - they looked awful but I didnt think they were so bad when they played at Hampden - admitedly we should have taken our chances which were fairly numerous and they may well have crumbled if they had gone two or three down - as they did v Denmark. If it helps, I thought Moldova were the worst side to visit Hampden, excepting Gibraltar and San Marino. Even the poor sides, Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Faroes etc. create the odd chance, and in fact, all three have scored against us. Moldova did the square root of F all that night. They were utterly abysmal, and the only reason we didn't score 6 was because of appalling shooting. Moldova conceded 8 to Denmark after all. No one even remotely reasonable concedes 8 in international football. Edited October 28, 2021 by HuttonDressedAsLahm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said: Moldova did the square root of F all that night. They were utterly abysmal, and the only reason we didn't score 6 was because of appalling shooting. Moldova conceded 8 to Denmark after all. No one even remotely reasonable concedes 8 in international football. I really don't get this point. It comes up a lot after we've struggled against minnows. Saying we'd have won handsomely if only we could shoot is exactly the same as saying that we'd have kept a clean sheet if only our goalkeeper didn't have one leg and our star defender didn't keep scoring own goals. Also, we conceded nine once when we were supposedly quite good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 2 hours ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said: If it helps, I thought Moldova were the worst side to visit Hampden, excepting Gibraltar and San Marino. Even the poor sides, Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Faroes etc. create the odd chance, and in fact, all three have scored against us. Moldova did the square root of F all that night. They were utterly abysmal, and the only reason we didn't score 6 was because of appalling shooting. Moldova conceded 8 to Denmark after all. No one even remotely reasonable concedes 8 in international football. It's tough when they sit 10 men behind the ball though,that is why more variation on the bench is needed With Forrest missing we need pace to come on fresh or have another CF in the Dykes mould for like for like if the long balls working and he needs to come off injured Fraser and Christie are different options more creative options in my opinion than another out and out classic 9 or pacey striker that would run the CB into the ground Especially against the tougher sides this could count for or against us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 2 hours ago, BFTD said: I really don't get this point. It comes up a lot after we've struggled against minnows. Saying we'd have won handsomely if only we could shoot is exactly the same as saying that we'd have kept a clean sheet if only our goalkeeper didn't have one leg and our star defender didn't keep scoring own goals. Also, we conceded nine once when we were supposedly quite good No it's not at all. It's to demonstrate that it wasn't a hit-and-run like beating France 1-0, twice. Surely, that much is obvious? Moldova haven't beaten a team inside the top 100 in the World since 2013. During that time their only wins are v San Marino, Azerbaijan, and Andorra. That's quite literally it. In 8 (eight) years. We utterly dominated them at Hampden. The score was not a reflection on the performance. That better? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said: No it's not at all. It's to demonstrate that it wasn't a hit-and-run like beating France 1-0, twice. Surely, that much is obvious? Moldova haven't beaten a team inside the top 100 in the World since 2013. During that time their only wins are v San Marino, Azerbaijan, and Andorra. That's quite literally it. In 8 (eight) years. We utterly dominated them at Hampden. The score was not a reflection on the performance. That better? I can't say I agree with that at all. We managed to scrape a 1-0 win at home against one of the worst teams in Europe, and were happy to settle for that by the end as we were out of ideas. We could have had 99% of the possession and 100 corners and it still wouldn't have been a good performance because we were almost incapable of doing the one thing that was required. The reason we didn't score six is because we weren't good enough to score six. We came even closer to disaster against the Faeroes too. Considering how well the team has done in some of the bigger games, this has certainly been one of the more memorable campaigns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, BFTD said: I can't say I agree with that at all. We managed to scrape a 1-0 win at home against one of the worst teams in Europe, and were happy to settle for that by the end as we were out of ideas. We could have had 99% of the possession and 100 corners and it still wouldn't have been a good performance because we were almost incapable of doing the one thing that was required. The reason we didn't score six is because we weren't good enough to score six. We came even closer to disaster against the Faeroes too. Considering how well the team has done in some of the bigger games, this has certainly been one of the more memorable campaigns. Scrape?! We scraped an 89th minute winner against The Faroes. We scored in 14 against Moldova and never remotely looked like conceding. I'm all for being critical on performances but this revisionist history that makes Moldova sound like Austria is just a wee bit absurd. Anyway, we can argue semantics all day. The facts state that Moldova are the bottom seed, and they are - by ranking - the third worst side we've ever played. They are 180th in the world and haven't won a WC/EC qualifier since 2013. I for one, am not panicking. We'll win this 2/3-0 and at a canter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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