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. Fanadpatriot: I thought Ireland did well, especially in the first half. England were clinical in front of goal, we weren’t.

     

     

    I think Stephen Kenny is doing a good job. We are playing decent football – we just need a good finisher in front of goal.

     

     

    Best of luck to Alba.

  2. Home sides Hungary, Northern Ireland and Serbia all score in last 2 minutes of game. Hungary do it twice.

  3. Under pressure since they took off McGinn & Dykes.

     

    They can’t get control of the ball.

     

    Backs to the wall…

  4. Who thinks Jock would have taken off Jinky, Whispy and Bobby off in the last ten minutes at Lisbon?

     

    (Given that subs were allowed of course😀)

  5. The subs he’s brought on are three of the most embarrassingly bad players ever to play for Scotland. With Griff and Armstrong on the bench.

  6. Backs to the wall stuff, booting it anywhere. We just can’t keep the ball at all now. Be glad to be wrong but this can only end one way.

  7. 79CAPS on 12TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:56 PM

     

    The subs he’s brought on are three of the most embarrassingly bad players ever to play for Scotland. With Griff and Armstrong on the bench.

     

     

    yep they’re

     

    absolute pish with a capital’P’

  8. “Richard Gordon

     

     

    BBC Sport Scotland

     

     

    Quote Message: It’s a very different Scotland now, with Oli McBurnie strolling around up front as opposed to Lyndon Dykes giving absolutely everything for the cause.”

  9. JINKYREDSTAR on 12TH NOVEMBER 2020 10:01 PM

     

    It was literally like having three men sent off

     

     

    yep like 3 men playin wi broken legs

  10. Yes classy players like griff and armstrong could hold the ball with technique, I think all that came on were six footers to try and counter their heading/set piece options but they are crap even if they are 6 foot.