Scotland, consolable in defeat

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I want Scotland to win at pretty much anything.  For me (fourth generation), this is my home and my country.  I also want Celtic players to be successful.  But the engagement with tonight’s qualifier against Serbia is not there.  If I’m really honest, my biggest wish is for Callum McGregor to have a midweek off.

Memories of the 1998 World Cup do not help.  Celtic contributed more players to that tournament than any other club in world football.  We paid a price the following season as exhaustion took its toll.  Do I really want Celtic players on international duty in throughout the summer, before another tortuous European qualification campaign?  Do you?  No need to pull that plaster off yet.

My country’s position on the international stage has always been viewed through pragmatism.  Will it hurt the poor, or the soon-to-be-poor (hmmm)?  Will it hurt what I really care about, like Celtic?

So good luck to them tonight, but if we are beaten by the better team, I will be consolable.

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  1. Watching that game would get football stopped as an entertainment. Do you think we can petition UEFA so neither country gets to the finals?

  2. Just seen the latest that we might get the Charlton boy Alfie on a free. Left sided defender, no doubt send the best player we have seen all season back to AC Milan. WTF

     

     

    Good business PL

  3. Good to see a back four holding its line, a commanding goalkeeper shouting instructions, a big centre forward winning every header ( all be it, 30 yards oot). Dykes just needs a The Griff to get on the end of some of them. C’mon the Scotland boys ……….but still ftSFA 😳

  4. FRIESDORFER on 12TH NOVEMBER 2020 8:07 PM

     

     

    That’s the thing…

     

     

    I never log out either but just find myself booted out like a noisy drunk at closing time.

  5. Cornelius

     

    Sorry, no rhyme or reason or magic trick. Does log me out, very occasionally, but no problem logging back in.

     

    HH

  6. FRIESDORFER

     

     

    No probs…

     

    It’s just consistently inconsistent for me.

     

    This morning I had no login issues having not logged out last night.

     

    This afternoon “La Gran Muralla” was back.

  7. Callum playing very well , great to see . Big Gallagher solid at the back Pity we missed him . Dykes

     

    Likewise . No rangers players playing asking for a friend

  8. I am going to ask something daft.

     

     

    Do the tv broadcasters have control of the background soundtrack ?

     

     

    so sky are playing all scottish crowd,

     

     

    and something different is playing in serbia ?

  9. The closer this gets to an amazing Scottish victory, the more I think something will happen to make us gallant losers again. Weird.

  10. why isnt Lennon making subs ?

     

    close out the game.

     

    Get the Griff on.

     

     

    they dont know what they are doing.

  11. Regardless of the outcome, it has to be acknowledged that Clarke has done an amazing job. This Scotland team actually look organized!

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