Haiti v Scotland

[RicoS321]

Starting this one early, as I happened to watch the Haiti v Peru highlights from last night. Haiti weren't amazing, but they have pace on the counter attack. Isidor looks like a good player and Pierrot looks like a very good athlete. Both will cause us big problems, and I worry about Hanley in a back four when we're defending high up. I wonder if we might go back three instead? 

Defensively they weren't great, and their midfield could be passed through with ease. Gilmour would have been absolutely perfect for this game, and, to a lesser degree, Lennon Miller. Without those two, it'll almost certainly have to be McLean, who is by far our best option at slowing down counter attacks as well as moving it quickly forward. That means a decision to be made between McGinn, Christie, Doak, Curtis. Because of that, I'd expect us just to play one up front, so that we can get as many of the preferred players in. I'd much rather we played two, Dykes and Shankland, but I suspect it'll be just Adams on his own. 

[Ajja]

Hopefully Clarke doesn’t shut the bed and stick one up top. This is a must win game and we should be taking the game to them not closing down the game and hoping for a breakaway. Adams works hard but he’s not the finisher that Shankland is. 

[RicoS321]

49 minutes ago, Ajja said:

Hopefully Clarke doesn’t shut the bed and stick one up top. This is a must win game and we should be taking the game to them not closing down the game and hoping for a breakaway. Adams works hard but he’s not the finisher that Shankland is. 

I don't know why I found "shut the bed" quite so funny! 

I'm not sure it'll be shitting the bed, so much as trying to get all his best midfielders on the park. The good thing about this world cup is that it'll be fucking roasting. Clarke will have to use every outfield member of his squad in the three games and so it'll be much easier for him to drop guys he ordinarily wouldn't with a view to preserving them. It won't necessarily be about getting his best 11 footballers all on at once. That should hopefully allow him to let Adams take the bench for Haiti.

[Ajja]

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

I don't know why I found "shut the bed" quite so funny! 

I'm not sure it'll be shitting the bed, so much as trying to get all his best midfielders on the park. The good thing about this world cup is that it'll be fucking roasting. Clarke will have to use every outfield member of his squad in the three games and so it'll be much easier for him to drop guys he ordinarily wouldn't with a view to preserving them. It won't necessarily be about getting his best 11 footballers all on at once. That should hopefully allow him to let Adams take the bench for Haiti.

. My fat fingers at play.

Just don’t want to see us over think the Haiti game like we did against Hungary. We can’t afford to read it wrong and get caught out or we’re on our heels immediately. 

[Don Julio]

Que sera sera 

[OrlandoDon]

Sadly we need everything to go right for us to be successful. We severely lack creativity, that we need breaks and things to go our way. I really feel doak and Curtis on the field at the same time will be key, even though doak is rusty, with shankland ahead of them. They’ll stretch the field, and I do expect to see that for some part of the game today, in addition to a midfield of mctom mcginn and Ferguson alongside them.

[BigAl]

So on a slightly different note where are we all going to watch the game ?

So @tlg1903is going to be in the ground, what about the rest of us ?

I for one am going to be watching it in Malta as I will be for the other two games 

Think 2am in Scotland is a late kick off, well it'll be even later in Malta 

[Don Julio]

Not sure I can explain why, but I find myself completely uninspired and disinterested. I did used to be a paid up member of the tartan army. Just not feeling it.

32 countries? USA based? Gianni Infantile? FIFA price gouging ? 

[Goldie03]

16 minutes ago, BigAl said:

So on a slightly different note where are we all going to watch the game ?

So @tlg1903is going to be in the ground, what about the rest of us ?

I for one am going to be watching it in Malta as I will be for the other two games 

Think 2am in Scotland is a late kick off, well it'll be even later in Malta 

@tlg1903 wins for being there, Malta will be fab Al and I will be watching with my 5 week old granddaughter 

[BigAl]

34 minutes ago, Goldie03 said:

@tlg1903 wins for being there, Malta will be fab Al and I will be watching with my 5 week old granddaughter 

Hey missus, grand children are almost as good as having your own kids but have the added bonus of being able to hand them back at the end of the day and not have a sleep interupted night 

[OrlandoDon]

9 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Hey missus, grand children are almost as good as having your own kids but have the added bonus of being able to hand them back at the end of the day and not have a sleep interupted night 

I’m not a grand dad, have 10 and 7 year old boys, happy to let you borrow them and be grand dad any time!

[Goldie03]

21 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Hey missus, grand children are almost as good as having your own kids but have the added bonus of being able to hand them back at the end of the day and not have a sleep interupted night 

I'm loving being a grandma and especially no sleepless nights 

[Goldie03]

12 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

I’m not a grand dad, have 10 and 7 year old boys, happy to let you borrow them and be grand dad any time!

Oooft you still have the teenage years to come then 

[BigAl]

23 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

I’m not a grand dad, have 10 and 7 year old boys, happy to let you borrow them and be grand dad any time!

Fabulous offer mate but they would struggle to get home for dinner/supper/tea (fitever it is called in the states) so I'll pass 

[OrlandoDon]

15 minutes ago, Goldie03 said:

Oooft you still have the teenage years to come then 

It’s hard enough now. Non stop fighting, prefer to stay at work some days!

[Ajja]

I’m at an Irish wedding in Donegal on the Saturday night so will be stapling my eyes open by 2am in the hotel bar after a days boozing. I may miss the game