posted Sep 8, 2008

not one pundit, not one fan who thought Faddy and Miller were the wrong combination up front or that Maloney should be on from the start.



Very true , but it became apparent pretty quickly .

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posted Sep 8, 2008

Nothing less than 3 points will do, I'm not even contemplating anything else and neither should the team be.

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posted Sep 8, 2008

If Scotland are to stand a chance on Wednesday George Burley has to look realistically at his squad. Messrs Smith and McLeish had 5 in their midfield with Hartley in the holding role and a lone striker up front. As a result, Scotland were not very spectacular but definetely very well organised and difficult to break down. On Saturday George Burley opted for a more ambitious 4-4-2 formation which turned out to be a disaster. Quite frankly I don`t think Scotland have a strong enough squad of players to be able to play expansive attacking football. Keep it tight and organised in the middle of the park with a lone hard-working striker up front and a solid back 4 and Scotland could beat anyone in this group (home and away).

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posted Sep 8, 2008

Playing five in the middle might have beenappropriate on Saturday; however, on Wednesday we actually have to win. Anything less and we can put our World Cup dreams to bed for another four years. This is not to be unduly pessimistic, but rather it is appraising the situation realistically.

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posted Sep 8, 2008

Maloney should start

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posted Sep 8, 2008

Scotland canīt lose against Iceland and will take all 3 points IF Iceland tries to play attacking football.

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posted Sep 8, 2008

I agree Maloney should start
I think scotland will ease to a 2-0 win or more

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posted Sep 8, 2008

scotland been too busy studying the fifa ranking table than the opposing teams!

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posted Sep 9, 2008

SITTING AT HOME HERE IN BREMEN WATCHING THE TICKER ON YAHOO IT WAS MORE THAN I COULD STAND: I WENT TO THE CINEMA AND SENT MY WIFE IN TO THE COMPUTER ROOM WHEN WE CAME HOME:WHAT A DISASTER FOR A TEAM WHO IN THE PAST SEASON SAW OF FRANCE AND VERY NEARLY ITALY AS WELL:LETS ALL HOPE FOR A RETURN OF THESE DAYS FOR THE FUTURE FIXTURES STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.

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posted Sep 10, 2008

My only crumb of comfort is that I couldn't see Scotland beating France twice. I also feel Burley has always been on a hiding to nothing and, as always, the Tartan Army are too soft on underperforming/over-rated players like Hartley or McFadden. Let's all be honest: there are no truly world-class outfield players in the team that's why we're struggling; but, then again, Brazil had unquestionably the strongest team and squad in the last world cup and still bombed.

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