Haiti v Scotland

[swaddon]

I would take a nervy 1-0 all day long.

And anyway, the World Cup winners always start slowly.

[Radiored]

Top of the group after 1st game, sittin' atop the might Brazil .... disappointing goal difference .... shades of 74? 

[wee toon red]

A win was needed and achieved.

That 4-4-2 doesn’t work as it’s too lopsided with Gannon Doak high on the right side and McGinn tucked in on the left. I assume it’s designed to allow our full backs - especially Robertson - to bomb on but when we don’t dominate the ball it actually just exposes them. Hickey especially was under the cosh all night and it got better down that side when Patterson came on but I think much of that was to do with Christie also coming on for Doak and playing a bit deeper.

Fine against 10-man Curacao and Bolivia’s summer holiday squad but I don’t expect we’ll see it again at the start of a game, with Shankland making way for Christie I would think.

Edited 56 minutes ago by wee toon red

[manc_don]

Shankland was woeful. A truly abject performance from him. I was glad I didn’t need to stay up for it, and it was a post lunch game here as I have no idea how some of you did it. So, so lucky but the points are what matter. Hopefully we up up our performance level as we cannot play like that against either of the next two teams.