delpierro Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 I would suggest can anyone explain McGinn on tonight's performance, although there were a few invisible men. Fist half, poor, 2nd half, better, did we deserve anything more, not really. DeflectionRed card [emoji39] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, delpierro said: Deflection Red card Not at all, if your trying to point at McTominay without recognising McGinn was woeful I suggest Specsavers. As I said, there were a few who were poor, picking out one is poor form. 10 week ban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Not at all, if your trying to point at McTominay without recognising McGinn was woeful I suggest Specsavers. As I said, there were a few who were poor, picking out one is poor form. 10 week ban. Yep , McTominay was bad but Wee Meatball had one of his worst games in a Scotland shirt as far I am concerned. add to that , two of the best Left wingbacks in the uk and we can’t cross a f**king ball . All in all , a bad day at the office and we have made an already difficult section even more so. watching us in the final third fannying about with tippy tippy nonsense then three passes backwards and the keeper punts it up the park ..... was like watching Saints 🙄 Edited March 28, 2021 by Callum Gilhooley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpierro Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Not at all, if your trying to point at McTominay without recognising McGinn was woeful I suggest Specsavers. As I said, there were a few who were poor, picking out one is poor form. 10 week ban. [emoji14]Red card, upheld on appeal, extended suspension.No one has be jizzing over mcginn, however, mctominay, has been heralded as the 2nd coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 minute ago, delpierro said: Red card, upheld on appeal, extended suspension. No one has be jizzing over mcginn, however, mctominay, has been heralded as the 2nd coming Do you live in a cave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Callum Gilhooley said: Yep , McTominay was bad but Wee Meatball had one of his worst games in a Scotland shirt as far I am concerned. add to that , two of the best Left wingbacks in the uk and we can’t cross a f**king ball . All in all , a bad day at the office and we have made an already difficult section even more so. watching us in the final third fannying about with tippy tippy nonsense then three passes backwards and the keeper punts it up the park ..... was like watching Saints 🙄 Tierney never really done much at all, Robertson seemed to have slipped back into the 60's with them pointless high floated crosses. Aye, too many poor performances all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 The whole midfield was rotten, McGinn looks like a rugby player and played like one, Christie has not kicked a ball for anyone since the Serbia game was absolutely pish , McGregor just passes backwards, and McTominey looked lost.. And Robertson is not a patch on Tierney and should take the armband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint@Johnstone Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Only heard some radio commentary, but believe Scotland are out already. Clarke coming across very Strachan-esq. Won’t answer questions or take any criticism. Very poor show all round. The radio apologists, sorry, pundits, trying to smooth things over. Typical old pals act. Thank goodness I don’t really care much theses days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, portmahomack saint said: The whole midfield was rotten, McGinn looks like a rugby player and played like one, Christie has not kicked a ball for anyone since the Serbia game was absolutely pish , McGregor just passes backwards, and McTominey looked lost.. And Robertson is not a patch on Tierney and should take the armband Smallest rugby player in the world? Christie had 45 mins, hardly up there in the "worst player" award stakes. McTominay was reasonable, in the midst of a disappointing team. Aye, considering we had a few players who underperformed a draw was decent. As was discussed earlier in this thread Israel are certainly our bogie team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Saint@Johnstone said: Only heard some radio commentary, but believe Scotland are out already. Clarke coming across very Strachan-esq. Won’t answer questions or take any criticism. Very poor show all round. The radio apologists, sorry, pundits, trying to smooth things over. Typical old pals act. Thank goodness I don’t really care much theses days. Do you copy and paste these posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TediousTom Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 39 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Thursday was, IMO, more disappointing as we were, overall, the better team. Tonight, just the usual against our bogey team, could have went either way. Aye, already chasing the two top teams. A good start is always important in these campaigns.......this isn't a good start. I agree that we wee the better side in the Austria game, however it's points on the board that count. As we know all too well!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Smallest rugby player in the world? Christie had 45 mins, hardly up there in the "worst player" award stakes. McTominay was reasonable, in the midst of a disappointing team. Aye, considering we had a few players who underperformed a draw was decent. As was discussed earlier in this thread Israel are certainly our bogie team. He's taller than me and I play Rugby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 points, not enough IMO. We were always going to be chasing the 2nd position, more than unlikely we could have topped this group and we're already chasing Austria. They have played our next opponents so all is not lost. Wednesday is already a MUST WIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Wednesdays fixtures...................... Austria v Denmark Moldova v Israel Scotland v Faroe Islands All 7:45 kick offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 What’s the best result on Weds then? Denmark win and leave it to Scotland and Austria to fight it out for 2nd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Too negative first half giving up space in midfield Second half Christie came on and we pressed them in their half Pity like a few others he was shite on the ball Israel have certainly got into our heads as a boegy team with the respect we gave them Austria and Denmark will pump them Surely 2 up top on Wed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 hours ago, windae cleaner said: Too negative first half giving up space in midfield Second half Christie came on and we pressed them in their half Pity like a few others he was shite on the ball Israel have certainly got into our heads as a boegy team with the respect we gave them Austria and Denmark will pump them Surely 2 up top on Wed Apart from a spell of about 25 minutes in the second half where we were excellent and pinned them back, I thought our players looked exhausted throughout. Not sure that Austria will beat them out there but it's looking like a straight shootout with Austria to get 2nd place. Denmark already look too far ahead but we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 9 hours ago, HSS said: What’s the best result on Weds then? Denmark win and leave it to Scotland and Austria to fight it out for 2nd? It is now. Wouldn’t have said that if we’d won last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 7 hours ago, windae cleaner said: Too negative first half giving up space in midfield Second half Christie came on and we pressed them in their half Pity like a few others he was shite on the ball Israel have certainly got into our heads as a boegy team with the respect we gave them Austria and Denmark will pump them Surely 2 up top on Wed They don't get "pumped" very often, it's their inability to win games that keeps them in the lower ranking positions, they draw and lose narrowly most games. In the last 2 years they've played 19, won 5, drew 6 and lost 8. Definitely a bogie team, in theory we should be beating them 75% of the times we play them, unfortunately no wins, excluding the penalty game which was a 0-0 draw, from 4 is very disappointing. # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsidebud Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Nice wee home win for Israel against Austria two years ago. The three home defeats have been against Poland, Czech Republic and Denmark - the first two by the odd goal.Israel will not be an easy stop for Austria. Dropped points a real possibility. Nothing to say we can't get a result against Austria on their patch.I think Denmark will probably be a class apart in this group. But 2nd and a play off spot is definitely still realistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 15 hours ago, oaksoft said: Apart from a spell of about 25 minutes in the second half where we were excellent and pinned them back, I thought our players looked exhausted throughout. Not sure that Austria will beat them out there but it's looking like a straight shootout with Austria to get 2nd place. Denmark already look too far ahead but we'll see. Another of your favourites. Utterly meaningless and a load of bollox. Quite why our whole team would be exhausted is quite bizarre. If we qualify for the next world cup, then you might see some signs of REAL exhaustion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Slash said: The squad as I understand only flew into the country the day before. I don’t agree that they looked exhausted, but the effect of traveling 24hours before the game would have had some impact. Not the best preparation for such a key game. Perhaps restrictions played a part in this decision. Anyway f**k Qatar. The price of beer and hookers will be astronomical. 🍺 = 💰 💴 💰 We played on Thursday night, unless we'd traveled early Friday leaving on Saturday was the only realistic option. Aye, the prices will probably be outrageous but I'll stand you a pint anyway. 👍 Edited March 30, 2021 by faraway saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 We need a win tonight, a good performance would be nice but 3 points is a must. Get an early goal please then get in about them. C'mon Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 5 hours ago, faraway saint said: We need a win tonight, a good performance would be nice but 3 points is a must. Get an early goal please then get in about them. C'mon Scotland. Think we could do with giving them a good trouncing. A boring 2-0 or something isn’t going to do much to lift spirits. Will be easier said than done though. Although they are obviously still one of the lower ranked teams, they are not the whipping boys they once were and we struggled enough times to beat them back then! That said, for all our trials and tribulations on their soil, we have pretty much always given them a good doing at home. Hopefully another tonight. Speaking of the Faroes, still remains one of my favourite ever Tartan Army trips. Talk about convoluted travel. Flight from Jersey to Gatwick. Car from Gatwick to Stansted. Flight from Stansted to Copenhagen. Overnight in Copenhagen. Flight from Copenhagen to Faroes. Bus and two boats from Airport to Torshavn. On match day it was a boat from Torshavn to Toftir for the game. Same return journey! Lovely people. Very friendly and a beautiful country. Like the Scottish Highlands meet the Norwegian fjords. Oh and as a side note, the day we played them was the same day as the League Cup tie at Cappielow when big Yards scored the mazy winner. We were getting updates through on the boat from Torshavn to Toftir on the way to the game. One of our group was a Morton fan. Oh what fun we had. But there the fun stopped. The boat docked on a wee slip like the one on the Largs to Cumbrae ferry. However, there was nae handy wee bus into Millport. Instead we had to scramble up a big steep hill to the....ahem.....stadium. It’s was hilarious. Pished up owners of kilts and bare arses careering down the hill at high speed having failed in their attempts to safely make it to the top. By the time we got into the stadium we were already a goal down. Just as we took our place they scored their second. Most of you will remember we came back to scramble a 2-2 draw. The headline in the Record the next day was “Faroes 2 Fairies 2”. Don’t suppose that would be allowed now. 😆 Apologies in advance for that self indulgent waffle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Denmark are a fairly generous 5/4 away to Austria. Aye, hope they thump them, get's us back in it although with us having still to play Denmark twice it could paint a false picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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