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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 15 Oct 18:57
Scotland: Gordon, Ralston, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, Doak, McTominay, Christie, Adams.
Substitutes: McCracken, McCrorie, Barron, Dykes, MacKenzie, Irving, Porteous, Lindsay, Morgan, Nisbet, Gauld, Devlin.
Portugal: Costa, Cancelo, Antonio Silva, Dias, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Palhinha, Fernandes, Conceicao, Jota, Ronaldo.
Substitutes: Velho, Rui Silva, Nelson Semedo, Dalot, Trincao, Bernardo Silva, Felix, Renato Veiga, Otavio, Leao, Ruben Neves.
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Topic Originator: doctordandruff
Date: Tue 15 Oct 19:32
Porteous had been solid for Scotland, except when the team had the Germany meltdown, but that was a squad wide disaster. Since then it`s pick the Norwich sub who has been awful every game.
The lack of pressure on Clarke is infuriating, almost feels like McLean, Ralston and Hanley is just takin the pi$$
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Topic Originator: Jeffery
Date: Tue 15 Oct 20:25
Really impressed by Portugals pressing. If a Scotland player gets a touch there is someone on them immediately. We can barely complete a pass.
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Topic Originator: RossF
Date: Tue 15 Oct 20:54
We have defended well but been absolutely brutal in possession. Portugal messed up a free kick in the first half that we should have countered from and created a chance. We always seem to make the wrong passes.
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:06
"Scotland are no gettin` in between they lines". I`m trying my best tae see where they lines are.
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Topic Originator: RossF
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:07
Another simple pass that Christie failed with to get us through. Always seems to be that final pass!
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:11
Time to get Christie off.
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:33
What a save!!! Craig Gordon wow!!!
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:40
Fantastic result!
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:44
That really is a great result. We actually had the better chances, could have nicked it!
COYP
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Topic Originator: Par
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:45
CR7 Baby!
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Topic Originator: RossF
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:47
Good result. Portugal missed a number of sitters but we’ve deserved some luck in this group. A number of our key players were poor tonight - Robertson, Christie, McTominay but Souttar (our best centre half by far in my opinion), Hanley, Ralston and Gilmour were fantastic. I still believe we can get results from Croatia and Poland if we cut out the stupid mistakes and make the most of our chances.
I would give Gauld a start in our next game. His 10-15 minute cameos have impressed me so far.
Gordon has also shown he should still be our number 1 at 41! He looks much more assured the Gunn
Post Edited (Tue 15 Oct 21:50)
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Tue 15 Oct 21:49
To think many people rate Ronaldo a better player than Messi
Staggering
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 15 Oct 22:05
It takes intense concentration to get a result like that and we maybe had a wee bit of the luck that eluded us in the previous three games. With Poland and Croatia drawing 3-3 we must still have an outside chance of third place.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Tue 15 Oct 22:08
Btw, Kenny McLean shouldn’t go unmentioned. At key moments, he made good decisions, broke up attacks, won free kicks, dropped into back 4 to receive the ball and play out. His best performance in a Scotland jersey
COYP
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Topic Originator: 87Par
Date: Tue 15 Oct 22:24
Fantastic performance and I think we had the best of the clear chances early on. Feel McTominay has lost an edge this camp he`d normally bury his chance. Wonder if anyone thinks we missed McGinn? I`m not so sure. Robbo or Souttar my MOTM. Gid seeing Ronaldo fuming. Guys a c*ck
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Tue 15 Oct 22:43
On the bus back, delighted with the effort the lads put in. I was laugh at in the Tartan Army Facebook Group when Soutter was chopped from the euros squad, I said if he stayed fit he was our best Defender and I standby that and once again I thought he was excellent tonight.
After the Euros I was Clarke out, fair play to him, we only have 1 point but he has introduced new blood and although he gets lambasted for playing Ralston & McLean, both have done well in the Nations League games (1 error each aside).
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Topic Originator: TAFKA_Super_Petrie
Date: Tue 15 Oct 23:44
Really notice in the flesh how far ahead of us teams like this are.
Wasn`t familiar with their #23 but he was like a wee magician with the pockets of space he dropped into and just knowing where to be when looking for a pass.
On the flipside we have Ryan Christie who looks like he won a competition inside a box of Frosties to train with the first team.
Credit to Souttar tonight for us, thought he had a good game.
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"People always talk about Ronaldinho and magic, but I didn't see him today. I saw Henrik Larsson; that's where the magic was."
Post Edited (Tue 15 Oct 23:49)
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Wed 16 Oct 00:35
I thought the same TAFKA and would also throw in the Right Winger Conceicao….i don’t really watch the Champions League, so on the bus coming home I googled them, one is at PSG and the other is at Juventus.
Really is scary how far ahead of us these nations are
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Topic Originator: the saline hill puma
Date: Wed 16 Oct 01:47
Quote:
Buster_Brown, Wed 16 Oct 00:35
I thought the same TAFKA and would also throw in the Right Winger Conceicao….i don’t really watch the Champions League, so on the bus coming home I googled them, one is at PSG and the other is at Juventus.
Really is scary how far ahead of us these nations are
And yet we had the better chances
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Wed 16 Oct 07:14
Quote:
the saline hill puma, Wed 16 Oct 01:47
Quote:
Buster_Brown, Wed 16 Oct 00:35
I thought the same TAFKA and would also throw in the Right Winger Conceicao….i don’t really watch the Champions League, so on the bus coming home I googled them, one is at PSG and the other is at Juventus.
Really is scary how far ahead of us these nations are
And yet we had the better chances
Agreed. They pass the ball to death 30 yards out creating virtually nothing. On the few occasions we broke we did it with purpose and created a few very good chances. McTominay has to score that header. And Che Adams in the 2nd half.
Fine lines but we defended brilliantly. It`s not just Devlins last minute block. It`s really hard to stay focused and disciplined for 90 minutes.
That`s a big point last night for us all.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Wed 16 Oct 07:19
Quote:
Buster_Brown, Wed 16 Oct 00:35
I thought the same TAFKA and would also throw in the Right Winger Conceicao….i don’t really watch the Champions League, so on the bus coming home I googled them, one is at PSG and the other is at Juventus.
Really is scary how far ahead of us these nations are
Not that far ahead of us, we competed well over both games.
They SHOULD be far ahead of us though, they have got twice the population and one of the greatest players of all time
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Wed 16 Oct 11:06
Find it astonishing that I’m having to defend my “streets ahead of us comment”. Football is football, anything can happen on the day/night, but you only have to look at where the current Portugal team is and has been in recent years, to see that they are.
I’ve hardly missed a Scotland home game in the last 20ish years, I’ve sat in the south stand and pretty much seen it all, so I’m full of praise for our own performance last night and can wax lyrical about the efforts of our own players, and have done elsewhere…..and yes, I agree that we did create the better chances. On another night, we’re probably repeating the scoreline of the Spain game.
However, I’m under no illusions on how good they are as a team and like TAFKA, I can admire individual players they have.
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Topic Originator: Playup_Pompey
Date: Wed 16 Oct 11:38
Back to Basics for Clarke. Disciplined, structured team, hard to break down. Ralston will never win a most talented footballer award but ran himself into the ground last night, as did gilmour. Agree that was McLeans best performance for us (that i can remember). Great to see Ben Doak keep his place, he is a real talent and has the workrate to go with it.
McTominays header, half a yard difference on ralstons ball across or McTominay making contact with the set piece from the main stand side were 3 really good chances.
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Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Wed 16 Oct 11:43
Really enjoyed being there. This isn`t a passive aggressive dig at anyone and more a reminder to myself that you can`t beat actually being there and getting lost in the passion of it all rather than the analysis paralysis of watching it remotely.
Hampden is a nightmare in many ways but if you have a decent view, and it`s a sell out then there`s still magic in the air.
Ralston must know he`s not Mr popularity and he`s what, 4th choice? But he played his heart out last night and I thought the ovation he got was lovely.
Doak has the potential to be a baller.
Post Edited (Wed 16 Oct 11:44)
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Topic Originator: Beeches Par
Date: Wed 16 Oct 14:52
Ronaldo needs his backside booted after his antics at the end. Like a spoiled overgrown schoolboy!
David G McLean
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 16 Oct 15:22
This new rule that only the captain can speak to the ref about decisions seems to allow a lot of behaviour that would normally be punished with a yellow card for dissent.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 16 Oct 15:32
I forgot it was on :-(
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: SusieQ
Date: Wed 16 Oct 18:02
Really good, positive display last night - defended well & could have nicked a goal at the other end with several decent breakaways.
Take that point all day long - great to get off 0 at last 👏🏼👏🏼
COME ON YE PARS!
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Topic Originator: thebear
Date: Wed 16 Oct 23:26
What a spoiled cry baby Ronaldo is, he should be embarrassed by his behaviour
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Thu 17 Oct 13:29
Quote:
thebear, Wed 16 Oct 23:26
What a spoiled cry baby Ronaldo is, he should be embarrassed by his behaviour
He`s a bad loser, but that`s a good thing for a professional footballer, if he accepted defeat readily he probably wouldn`t have become arguably the greatest footballer of all time.
I wouldn`t mind seeing some of The Pars players get this upset by only getting a draw. I guess for some of them, their attitude is why they are here. If they had the same mindset as Ronaldo and were willing to put in the sacrifice to be as good as it`s possible to be, making sure their diet is right, pushing their body to the limit in training, practicing and practicing, then probably a few of them could be playing at a higher level. Possibly a few of the players are doing this already and this is them at their peak fitness and if they weren`t they would be a few level below
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