posted Sep 14, 2007

Lets here more from the BBC about the fans. Ok we cant get on the pitch and kick the ball, but on wednesday we did everything but that.
From the word go France knew we were in town and thousands marched in a parade from the Eiffel Tower to the Stadium singing all the way.
At the stadium we joined in with the French to sing both National Anthems. Then on the whistle we hassled every French ball and cheered every Scottish ball.
McFadden may have scored the goal but believe me at least 15 thousand scottish fans in the stadium kicked the ball with him.

We often talk of the work done by the back room staff never being seen. Lets get the BBC right amongst the other back room staff THE FANS lets really show the people, how we organise it, how the fans get there, how we build the atmosphere before the team arrives, lets show what a fantastic support does to help a team.

Once again well done to the " TARTAN ARMY " probably the best supporters in the world

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posted Sep 14, 2007

Actually we need 6 points, as long as 3 of them are off Italy. A tall order.

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posted Sep 14, 2007

Fantastic performance by every single player on Wednesday night, was at the game on Saturday against Lithuania and didn't think McFadden could score a better goal, how wrong was I? What a screamer he scored, the man is a now a legend throughout Scotland.

The French were smug and cocky and it just shows you what hard work, grit and determination can do for you against a team who play as individuals but are more technically gifted.

Our destiny is in our own hands now, but good luck to the boys and Alex McLeish, the result helps but we've still got a lot to do!

If anyone's wanting to join the James McFadden tribute site on bebo click here: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4747168461

WE'LL BE COMING..........

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posted Sep 15, 2007

I just can't believe the result in Paris. Absolutely unbelievable. When I think back to the dark dark Bertie days, I remember thinking that any form of significant improvement was 10 years away. I ask myself to what extent he was responsible for this as he did blood quite a number of the guys that started the other night-and then I remember the tactical shambles he was responsible for that made us such a laughing stock.
Big thing for me is that we also have so many good young players coming through-I'd love to know who is responsible for all these brilliant young ex hibees. Scotty Brown for example, is a joy to watch.
Pleasing thing is also that we are not getting carried away here-we all know it is still going to be very difficult.

Dare I say it, but also pleased to see England doing well and the vulture Press getting of SMs back.

What a joy it is to have our footballing credibility back so wonderfully!

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posted Sep 15, 2007

"Barry Fergusons leads the team out. Darren will soon enough,He's a great player,maybe my fav.(along with mcfadden course).lol I'm a celtic fan but fair dues to our captain for scotland. he leads by example.Hated him before this campaign,Funny whats its done to us. Great feeling." After leaving Rangers in 2003 iv never forgiven Captain Fantastic. Ive never seen his worth as Scotland captain either, and think that Davie Weir really should hold the armband. But I suppose an armband doesnt prove much, Weir is a leader on the pitch, as are Fletcher, Gordon, McManus and as shown on Wednesday, Paul Hartley. I thought he was absolutely fantastic, and deserved MOTM.

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posted Sep 15, 2007

In my 43 years that is probably our greatest win and Mchaddens strike will live with me forever.
Although I am delighted we have got our self respect back I will be devastated if we do not qualify.I do not want this to be another glorious failure - our fans are the best in the world and desrve a little bit of glory.
Also given the fact that we cruelly denied the chance to stage next years tournament it would be fantastic if we could qualify for it the hard way

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posted Sep 17, 2007

We are still without doubt the underdogs to qualify but it is not inconceivable that some of the also-rans might still do us a favour.

1. Lithuania away to france - they are technically good enough to put on a good show against teams ranked well above them. Remeber away to Italy at the start. If the french heads are still in tatters after the scotland game, themy might bottle it again.

2. Ukraine at home to france - again, will the pressure get to them? Maybe the motivation of giving their fans a lift might be enough to spur the home team on (If they can resist the brown envelopes They've definently got the players.

3. Georgia in Italy - the least likely but anyone playing the world champions has got to be up for it and they are not without quality.

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posted Sep 17, 2007

I think now is the time more than ever for the National team to feel cocky and confident with themselves. We cant go into the nect two games with a "lucky to be at this stage" attitude. We need to approach the game with a self believe and a flare. Everyone knows Scotland play well as the underdogs, so we need to be carefull we dont slip up with the Ukraine, Georgia games. Both very hard games, but MUST WINS, or at least get 4 points out the two. It would be a bonus after that if we got a point against the Italians.

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posted Sep 18, 2007

beating france is an amazing achievement , now its reality check time. we still have 3 tough games to play and we could find ourselves in the position of depending on other results to qualify , maybe its our time to get a bit of luck.

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posted Sep 23, 2007

if we get the win against the ukraine and then manage to draw vs italy thn we wud ave qualified.

i dunno who berti vogts thinks that he is sayin that he deserves credit for what he did to our national team he basically put us in the gutter and made us a laughin stock. we gt 2nd seeds for the world cup in SA

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