antrin Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 19 minutes ago, antrin said: It’s the bloody hope, though….. Sigh…☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Had McGinn scored with 25 to go we had a chance. However I thought we were poor all night. Not sure why Cooper or hickey started. You start to feel we will never qualify for a World Cup again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 minute ago, antrin said: Sigh…☹️ Sigh and sigh again. Drubbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W6er Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 We were shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 minute ago, guinness said: Had McGinn scored with 25 to go we had a chance. However I thought we were poor all night. Not sure why Cooper or hickey started. You start to feel we will never qualify for a World Cup again. We did well to get ourselves into the playoffs but came up short against a good side. Well worth remembering the saves that Gordon made. It was bad but could have been so much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, guinness said: Had McGinn scored with 25 to go we had a chance. However I thought we were poor all night. Not sure why Cooper or hickey started. You start to feel we will never qualify for a World Cup again. Agree with the first part, quite why you can put an infinite time on us getting to a World Cup is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 I stopped buying into this corrupt SFA committee pension fund creator a while ago. And yet… I had to admire the players, the team… I was daft enough to “assume” that they’d just lose out to Wales in a penalty shoot out on Sunday. I have been, of course, let down again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, W6er said: We were shite. Maybe the bigot site you frequent is more up your street. Quite why you would visit that site, especially in the circumstances, is absolutely mind boggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 minute ago, antrin said: I stopped buying into this corrupt SFA committee pension fund creator a while ago. Gie it a rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, antrin said: I stopped buying into this corrupt SFA committee pension fund creator a while ago. And yet… I had to admire the players, the team… I was daft enough to “assume” that they’d just lose out to Wales in a penalty shoot out on Sunday. I have been, of course, let down again. As you said, it’s the hope that gets you. The thought that this might just be the time that Hope triumphs over experience. It was not to be and we were soundly beaten by a better team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 20 minutes ago, elvis said: Should have been about 7 The worry is Elvis that you are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Our worst performance since the first 45 against Denmark, bad timing. People will speculate the reasons but it was as much as we were poor as they were good, and they are no mugs. Ach, I'm having a bad time in the last few weeks. Never mind, life goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 McCoist, as usual, sums it up pretty well. Our best players didn't perform, we relied on the long ball too much in the first half, missing out the midfield and didn't pressure their goalie, who looked dodgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 I think Scotland just decided they'll boycott the World Cup in protest at Qatar's human rights record. You've got to admire their priniciples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Craig Gordon has some head of hair, just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 The after match analysis continues. First goal, fine line playing their forward onside, great control and finish. The 2nd goal, every goal COULD be stopped in theory, but a well worked goal. The sitter from McGinn, get's worse every time I see it, that was with about 20 mins to go and they were rocking. We get a wee bit of luck with out goal, their goalie is a bomb scare, unfortunately too little too late. The 3rd goal for them, well, games over at that stage, we're chasing the game,l ,doesn't really count TBH. Craig Gordon summed it up very well, we didn't really perform, they did, them's the breaks and that's fitba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazil85 Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Vast majority of the team let themselves, the fans and the country down today. Struggle to give a pass mark to any outfield player. Bitterly disappointing that we weren’t even competitive. Could have been game over at halftime if they had a bit more about them shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Oh by the way, with Souness saying before the game he wanted Ukraine to win, he then said if he was a current player he would have a real problem playing against them in the circumstances? That suggests a serious lack of professionalism and desire, which is a surprise for me TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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W6er Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 56 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Maybe the bigot site you frequent is more up your street. Quite why you would visit that site, especially in the circumstances, is absolutely mind boggling. Curiosity. I don't frequent it, but wanted to see their perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, W6er said: Curiosity. I don't frequent it, but wanted to see their perspective. Did ye, aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truesaint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 hours ago, exiledfan said: I think Steve Clark has done a great job however tonight I think he got it wrong. McKenna man of the match against in a play off final should start ahead of Cooper who hasn't played much. Christy should have started to allow Dykes to come off bench when needed. Gilmour lost confidence in his Norwich loan. Yep, Clarke got it wrong from the offset should have been a 4-5-1 from the offset against a team like Ukraine. We were driven back to a 5-3-2 from early on and never got enough control or grip of the game from the offset. Fairplay to the Ukrainian players and their manager though who exploited our set up and weaknesses. I would expect them to beat Wales based on that performance although Wales might be better prepared after watching tonights shambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W6er Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 hour ago, faraway saint said: Did ye, aye? Aye. 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, truesaint said: Yep, Clarke got it wrong from the offset should have been a 4-5-1 from the offset against a team like Ukraine. We were driven back to a 5-3-2 from early on and never got enough control or grip of the game from the offset. Fairplay to the Ukrainian players and their manager though who exploited our set up and weaknesses. I would expect them to beat Wales based on that performance although Wales might be better prepared after watching tonights shambles. Aye, hindsight. Retrospective on the way the game went. Can be looked at in many ways but at the end of the day the players didn't perform. He, Clarke, changed things at half time but we were 2-0 down before we knew it so he had to see how things went before changing things again. Ukraine are more than decent but I agree we were poor over the 90 minutes. Only threatened in the last 20, missed a sitter and scored a fortunate goal. Just disappointed we didn't play as well as we have in the last 18 months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 Summary. Beaten on the night by a better organised, prepared and more motivated team. Set up was wrong as well as tactics. Underperformance by a number of players on the night. Gordon and MacGregor excepted. I would say that the change in set up and substitutes in the second half led to an improvement and at least / last we started creating chances. Despite that they scored two in the second half compared to our one. A bad day at the office for the Scotland Manager and Players. The worst thing is that the 3 - 1 Final Score flatters us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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