Wendy Saintss Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 We’ve got a Premiership winger Matt Ritchie, who plays for Newcastle every week not even in the squad. Snodgrass is another Premiership regular. James Forrest scores 4 at the weekend. Ryan Fraser another Premiership regular on the left wing. Last time out, McLeish plays him at right wing back.McLeish ignores them all in order to fit 2 left backs into the side.... and yet neither was actually playing as an out and out left back!We end up with Johnny Russell up front, Kevin McDonald in midfield and O’Donnell at right back.And Souttar is shite.When you put an idiot in charge then you end up with idiotic team selections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Wendy Saintss said: We’ve got a Premiership winger Matt Ritchie, who plays for Newcastle every week not even in the squad. Snodgrass is another Premiership regular. James Forrest scores 4 at the weekend. Ryan Fraser another Premiership regular on the left wing. Last time out, McLeish plays him at right wing back. McLeish ignores them all in order to fit 2 left backs into the side.... and yet neither was actually playing as an out and out left back! We end up with Johnny Russell up front, Kevin McDonald in midfield and O’Donnell at right back. And Souttar is shite. When you put an idiot in charge then you end up with idiotic team selections. I have no idea why he doesn't switch Tierney to right back and play 4 at the back, which means Steven O'Donnell, who is limited, wouldn't be exposed. Oh, wait. Its because he's a fud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Mcleish thought is was a game of two halves... FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood buddie Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, DougJamie said: Mcleish thought is was a game of two halves... FFS. Mcleish is clueless and this goes to show how out of his depth he is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 minute ago, linwood buddie said: Mcleish is clueless and this goes to show how out of his depth he is now. And it was hot. My god Iceland must be way more shit than us. Oh hold on ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Well the rank rotten team had 23 shots on target against us The SFA are a laughing stock and we need fresh blood in there before we have any chance of going forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Not entirely sure why people thought Scotland would win this one Can see the home sides in this group racking up the wins (as is what's happened so far). If anyone can grab a point on the road that could be job done for progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, windae cleaner said: Well the rank rotten team had 23 shots on target against us The SFA are a laughing stock and we need fresh blood in there before we have any chance of going forward It was 9 bud. However the rest of your post was spot on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Cornwall_Saint said: Not entirely sure why people thought Scotland would win this one Can see the home sides in this group racking up the wins (as is what's happened so far). If anyone can grab a point on the road that could be job done for progress. Possibly because Albania and NI stuffed them. And they have lost their last 4 games at home. But then again they always had us on the horizon .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Utter , utter shambles. Bordering on Iran 78. The jobs for the boys mentality has to stop now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, faraway saint said: Probably as bad as we've been in s competitive game for a while. Quite simply the players were pish poor, bad first touch, no willingness to move forward at any pace, nothing in midfield to stop them passing through us. Said after the last game we miss Brown in midfield, Robertson was never in it yet hailed as the great hope by the rags before the last game. The clown that got sent off only has himself to blame, first touch like an elephant put himself under pressure. Aye, poor doesn't cover it. But wait. Didn't you predict an easy win as Israel were Sxxxe? How well did Israel play? You'll be glad you didn't bet on the game! Edited October 12, 2018 by St.Ricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saintss Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 I have no idea why he doesn't switch Tierney to right back and play 4 at the back, which means Steven O'Donnell, who is limited, wouldn't be exposed. Oh, wait. Its because he's a fud.Yip.Wide players is one area where we do actually have a number of top quality players, Forrest, Fraser, Snodgrass, Ritchie, Phillips, even Burke in the U21s.Yet he’s dropped them all just so he can shoehorn Tierney into a 3 man central defence, a position he doesn’t even play in regularly! And that means that Robertson is playing wing back, again, a position he doesn’t normally play!As you say, play Tierney at right back. Most wingers cut inside these days anyway. It will suit him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 9/10/2018 at 8:56 PM, faraway saint said: They seem to pass/run through us very easily. We don't have a player, or two, that can break up play. On 9/10/2018 at 9:03 PM, faraway saint said: Not impressed with O'Donnell at right back, looks limited to me. On 9/10/2018 at 9:04 PM, faraway saint said: Souttar looks mince as well. Our defence is wide open to a decent team IMO. My observations from the Albania game. Aye, the set up/manager deserves some criticism but FFS the standard of football from the players is really woeful. We made a poor side look half decent, they deserved the win by some margin, shows how poor we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, faraway saint said: My observations from the Albania game. Aye, the set up/manager deserves some criticism but FFS the standard of football from the players is really woeful. We made a poor side look half decent, they deserved the win by some margin, shows how poor we are. Beforehand you described them as Shxte and ridiculed anyone who considered they might constitute a tougher opponent away from Hampden than Albania had been. Did you watch Red Bull Saltzburg before you came to that opinion. Their striker, an Israeli, scored twice and looked terrific. At least give Israel due credit. They dominated the game. Over 20 shots at goal with many on target requiring good saves. We had a handful with 2 on target, One was a penalty. They look like a side which is improving under their new coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsidebud Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Gutted. All pre match confidence gone due to the majority of that performance. The same 11 starters bossed Albania last month so I’ve no idea why we were so inept for most of that game last night. Home win and away draw for our remaining two games should be enough but confidence is not high. Thank goodness i didn’t cough up for that friendly on Sunday. Will be a struggle to watch it on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsidebud Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 I wonder if NowTV offer refunds on compassionate grounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 46 minutes ago, southsidebud said: Gutted. All pre match confidence gone due to the majority of that performance. The same 11 starters bossed Albania last month so I’ve no idea why we were so inept for most of that game last night. Home win and away draw for our remaining two games should be enough but confidence is not high. Thank goodness i didn’t cough up for that friendly on Sunday. Will be a struggle to watch it on TV. Aye, much more down to our performance that theirs. Only our goalie came out with any credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Aye, much more down to our performance that theirs. Only our goalie came out with any credit. Aye, the goalie who was banned from playing for Scotland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 53 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said: 1 hour ago, faraway saint said: Aye, much more down to our performance that theirs. Only our goalie came out with any credit. Aye, the goalie who was banned from playing for Scotland? What is your point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saintss Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, faraway saint said: What is your point? As is usual with his posts...... none! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saintss Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 The thing is as well, not only were Tierney & Robertson effectively both out position in order to accommodate both, it meant that most of the team was out of position. None of the players last night play in a 3-5-2 formation with their clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Can we not just sack the useless cnut and bring back Strachan I see Robertson has come out and said its hard to play in his system McLeish is a highly unsuccessful manager ..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 I wonder if NowTV offer refunds on compassionate grounds [emoji4]Try their sister channel, ‘Don’t watch now Tv’ Free & more enjoyable Wasn’t that dire last night ?Still, should turn Portugal over [emoji2] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Wendy Saintss said: The thing is as well, not only were Tierney & Robertson effectively both out position in order to accommodate both, it meant that most of the team was out of position. None of the players last night play in a 3-5-2 formation with their clubs. Unless you have great players the best way to grind out results is 4-4-2 Players understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saintss Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, magnus said: Unless you have great players the best way to grind out results is 4-4-2 Players understand it. Yeh, or 4-4-1-1 Just play as many players in the position they usually play or a position they know. For Portugal, I'd go: McGregor - Tierney, Souttar, McKenna, Robertson - Forrest, McTominay, McGinn, McGregor - Snodgrass - McBurnie I'd also have Ritchie back in the squad. Souttar wouldn't be my first choice at centre half mind you. Not a popular choice but I'd have Grant Hanley back in but he's injured just now. Another possibility is Leeds' Cooper but he's left sided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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