BFTD Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 52 minutes ago, velo army said: The lad Brown to get an absolute hatful. The boy McGinn to net about 5 and the Gilmour fella to finally score a goal or two in a re-run of Australia's "Arbroathing" (as it's known in world football terms) of American Samoa. Moldova will resign from UEFA and FIFA the next day, and the country will re-form with Romania, never to be seen again. Easy peasy. Some day, we're bound to give a debut to an attacking player who scores a hat-trick and looks lethal. The shock will probably kill me, but I can't think of many better ways to die, offhand. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 We will undoubtedly either labour to a 1-0 like the home game/away to Faroes or completely shit the bed and draw. The only tricky away game in a hostile Eastern European trip that I remember us winning comfortably was the 3-0 in Lithuania. Trips to places like Georgia, Macedonia, Lithuania (apart from 2017) and Moldova regularly end in tears for us. I fancy us to do the business but 1-0 most likely and I'd bite your hand off for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 5pm on a Friday for this one. I’ll probably pay NowTV for it and suffer the agony of watching Scotland huff and puff against an inferior opponent. Hopefully we get the win. 42nd v 181st in the rankings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 If all the players in the squad are good enough to play for Scotland then now is the time to rest and rotate so our best players are ready and at their best for the game against Denmark. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: If all the players in the squad are good enough to play for Scotland then now is the time to rest and rotate so our best players are ready and at their best for the game against Denmark. Naw we need the three points against Moldova we canny afford any slip ups 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 55 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: If all the players in the squad are good enough to play for Scotland then now is the time to rest and rotate so our best players are ready and at their best for the game against Denmark. That would be a good counter point if anyone had actually said it. “There’s not a player to swap in that would weaken us” is not the same thing as saying out B team - that has never played together - would swat aside Moldova. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 For what its worth, using the Elo ratings archive, in the 2004 game we were ranked 55th in the world and Moldova 105th, whereas on Friday we'll be 44th and Moldova 158th. Or if you believe that you can't compare across federations, we're 25th in Europe (down 3 from a year ago) and they're 51st of 55, down eleven places in that same time span. That said, the Faroes are 50th... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Moldova. Tough away game. We should win but won't be easy. But we could cuff them. At the same time won't be unexpected if we drop points. And you can take that to the bank. I will be returning to this to post to pin it following the result. Once I have made a similar point 30 times in a variety of fashions ahead of the game, arguing with anyone and everyone who says differently as well as those who say exactly the same. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 1 hour ago, KingRocketman II said: Moldova. Tough away game. We should win but won't be easy. But we could cuff them. At the same time won't be unexpected if we drop points. And you can take that to the bank. I hate shite posts like this. You could say this with majority of games we play in. Oh we could win, oh might drop points... oh eh typical Scotland. Shite chat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insert Amusing Pseudonym Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Fuctifano said: For what its worth, using the Elo ratings archive, in the 2004 game we were ranked 55th in the world and Moldova 105th, whereas on Friday we'll be 44th and Moldova 158th. Or if you believe that you can't compare across federations, we're 25th in Europe (down 3 from a year ago) and they're 51st of 55, down eleven places in that same time span. That said, the Faroes are 50th... Their 2004 team was a lot better than this mob. In the 5 home games they beat Belarus, drew with us and Norway and had single goal defeats to Italy and Slovenia. While we drew there with a team including both Caldwells and Ian Murray 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 43 minutes ago, Robin.Hood said: I hate shite posts like this. You could say this with majority of games we play in. Oh we could win, oh might drop points... oh eh typical Scotland. Shite chat. still miles ahead of the whole 'should be cuffing this mob' crap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Robin.Hood said: I hate shite posts like this. You could say this with majority of games we play in. Oh we could win, oh might drop points... oh eh typical Scotland. Shite chat. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, BFTD said: Some day, we're bound to give a debut to an attacking player who scores a hat-trick and looks lethal. The shock will probably kill me, but I can't think of many better ways to die, offhand. If he scores a hat trick, he'll never play for Scotland again. Henry Morris (footballer) - Wikipedia Morris scored a hat-trick in his only Scotland cap, an 8-2 win over Ireland in October 1949. ETA. My mate's an East Fife fan and told me that little nugget. Big in the NE tartan army as well. Edited November 9, 2021 by Suspect Device 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Algebraist Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) I do think some day soon this group of players (or this group plus a striker TBA) will give a minnow a scudding. Can't see if being Friday though - 0-2 my prediction. Edited November 9, 2021 by The Algebraist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) Rather than fear the unknown, Clarke is embracing the chance to make more history. He said: Quote “I’ve looked at Moldova a lot in between camps. They’re a well-organised team who will be hard to beat on their own patch. In our game at Hampden I played one sitting midfielder (Gilmour) with John McGinn and Ryan Christie pushing on behind the strikers. It worked to a point, but we didn’t get the goal return we were looking for so I will maybe have a little tweak our formation over there. The game plan we’ve had in recent matches has been pretty good so we won’t stray too much from our tried and trusted. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andy-robertson-liverpool-scotland-comparison-25394867 Love a wee tweak. Edited November 9, 2021 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Rather than fear the unknown, Clarke is embracing the chance to make more history. He said: “I’ve looked at Moldova a lot in between camps. They’re a well-organised team who will be hard to beat on their own patch. In our game at Hampden I played one sitting midfielder (Gilmour) with John McGinn and Ryan Christie pushing on behind the strikers. It worked to a point, but we didn’t get the goal return we were looking for so I will maybe have a little tweak our formation over there. The game plan we’ve had in recent matches has been pretty good so we won’t stray too much from our tried and trusted. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andy-robertson-liverpool-scotland-comparison-25394867 Love a wee tweak. No sitting midfielder = more goals IMO. GordonMcTominay Hendry Tierney Patterson Armstrong McGinn Turnbull RobboAdams Nisbet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 19 hours ago, 2426255 said: I think he will stick as well, but thought maybe our lack of strikers and abundance of midfielders might see us tweak the system to 3-4-2-1. or 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just now, accies1874 said: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andy-robertson-liverpool-scotland-comparison-25394867 Love a wee tweak. No sitting midfielder = more goals IMO. Gordon McTominay Hendry Tierney Patterson Armstrong McGinn Turnbull Robbo Adams Nisbet Interesting you have used the exact same link and sentence Did you forget you had changed accounts? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Interesting you have used the exact same link and sentence [emoji848] Did you forget you had changed accounts?Yes I'll edit it now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, BingMcCrosby said: Interesting you have used the exact same link and sentence Did you forget you had changed accounts? mad levels of paranoia. Edited November 9, 2021 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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