Match Thread (International) Scotland Vs Kazakhstan & San Marino

[Scotty_Toronto]

Cheers, Dad! 

[Ke1t]

Scotland looking "exceptionally comfortable all over the park"...

 

...against a pub team. 

 

Exciting times. 

[shooftahmooftah]

Scotland looking "exceptionally comfortable all over the park"...

 

...against a pub team.

 

Exciting times.

Don't worry they will wish they didn't go on the park when they play the Russians and belgiums.

[Panda]

9 Tims + English second tier players including the sub. Which is what I said. 

 

vs 3 Aberdeen + Hamburg. 

 

Which is not 'as many as', it's 'three times more than'.

 

9 out of 14 is a pretty significant number. 

 

You said McLeish needs to get rid of the older players and bring in younger ones. It's been pointed out he already has, but for some reason you still don't agree.

 

Your whole "usual collection of Championship and Celtic players" doesn't stand up to scrutiny, and you're ignoring there's just four out of eleven in tonight's team.

 

McLeish may have his faults but he has clearly overhauled the squad since Strachan came in. Silly arguing otherwise.

[Ke1t]

I don't think I disagreed at all.

 

I'm not ignoring anything. My comments pertained to the game just played, not to future games. When I made my comments after the Kazakhstan game we hadn't played San Marino, so whether there's 4 or 14 Tims or English second tier players in tonight's squad has no relevance to prior commentary. 

 

I didn't argue otherwise. 

 

I said this would be the ideal campaign to build for the future. If McLeish agrees with that then that's great. I'm not 'arguing otherwise'. 

 

9 players out of 14 stands up to scrutiny. 

[V for Vendetta]

Shite performance tbh. San Marino are garbage, we should be putting them under much more pressure than this.

[Sheepo]

A pish half of football, Macgregor who got very little stick for his horrific performance on Thursday has been poor again tonight

[DD1903]

Shite performance tbh. San Marino are garbage, we should be putting them under much more pressure than this.

Was about to post the same thing. Garbage

[Ke1t]

Well, at least we're not losing. 

 

On track for my 3-0 prediction... assuming we win the second half 2-0. 

 

We'll be expected to think that's great and we're 'back on track', and anyone not happy with a 3-0 win in a competitive match against a team ranked 854th is simply being unrealistic and 'never happy'. 

[aberdeen1970]

We're shit but there's no point in going back to the players who have already failed. We need to build a side from this lot and any other young players who emerge.

 

We've got a year to get a decent 11 together to win the play off match.

[Sheepo]

Jonny Russell is an example of why we are so shit, slow obvious and generally not very good

[Sheepo]

1-0 and struggling to get a 2nd in San Marino, so Mcleish takes on a defensive midfielder, must be going down the game management route, at least the hopeless Macgregor is off

[G31DON]

Might be trying to get paid off.

[ab24_5qh]

Yet another poor performance, terrible to watch. Slow build up and no creativity. 

[shut up meg]

Yet another poor performance, terrible to watch. Slow build up and no creativity. 

 

I'm not a big fan of Forrest however this is exactly the type of game he would shine in, O'Donnell lumbering up the right wing is worse than Considine at left back.

[Sheepo]

One up front against this pish is unforgivable 

[Studebaker-90]

They can only muster 2 goals against the worst team in the world. Fucking disgraceful.

[dave_min]

Fucking painful.

[Ke1t]

I guess predicting 3-0 against the worst team in the word was just my fabulously optimistic nature coming to the fore. 

 

Still, 2-0... eh? 

[Scotty_Toronto]

Fore is just crazy talk.

[Dr_Manhattan]

Christ that was awful.

 

O'Donnell's nowhere near good enough

Paterson isn't a striker

Bates is a fucking hun

McGregor useless again

You don't need dedicated defensive midfielders against San Marino.

 

No fight, energy or creativity at all. Against the worst team in the world. Spineless cunts.

[BWG]

That should be McLeish's last game. Plenty time now to get a replacement in. I recommend Derek McInnes.

[V for Vendetta]

We're shit but there's no point in going back to the players who have already failed. We need to build a side from this lot and any other young players who emerge.

 

We've got a year to get a decent 11 together to win the play off match.

We'll build fuck all with McLeish, Grant and McFadden in charge.

[Ke1t]

Maybe it's not just the players that need to be younger. Maybe a management team with a bit of the Paterson/Shearers about them. 

 

Without the massive drink problem, obviously. 

[Sheepo]

Somebody with a bit of imagination and fresh ideas, a non Scot as Scottish coaching is awful and very one dimensional

[manboobs109]

When you watch NI you realise how bad a job McLeish is doing

[strachanmcgheegoal]

One up front against this pish is unforgivable

Willie Miller called it. Desperate to take off a midfielder and go two up top. Shit scared in case we lost a goal through less bodies in midfield.

[dave_min]

When you watch NI

Hun.

[Chewie37]

We'll build fuck all with McLeish, Grant and McFadden in charge.

Apart from an easy to improve on record

[Peter Pickles]

When you watch NI you realise how bad a job McLeish is doing

 

The biggest difference between us and Northern Ireland is they know how to defend. Our defensive organisation is pathetic in comparison to other sides at our level. Look at the first two goals against Kazakhstan or three of the four goals we lost to Belgium in the game last year. Completely amateurish - players not knowing where they're supposed to be, laughably giving the ball away in front of our own back four under no pressure, etc.