Scotland squad

[OrlandoDon]

1 hour ago, dons8321 said:

Kinda ruined your point by referencing St Mirren who've humped us 3-0 at Pittodrie in the recent seasons and last time could easily have been 6.

Not really. That result is the exception not the norm.

[dons8321]

26 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Not really. That result is the exception not the norm.

Should have said "twice" in recent seasons - Dec '23 and  Jan '25.

[wokinginashearerwonderland]

It’s just a bit frustrating watching us at times isn’t it? You feel like there are just too many times where we do not do ourselves justice and the team performance is not equal to the sum of the parts. We’re not world beaters but my god, we have such an inferiority complex when playing anybody remotely decent. We really should be aspiring to be at the same level as a Denmark, Sweden or Switzerland, surely that is not unrealistic?

You watch a team like Wales and they always seem to give any opposition a real tough match despite having a team that on paper that ain’t that great at all.

If we are starting a game with the likes of McGinn, McTominay, Robertson, Ferguson, Hickey, Tierney, Gilmour and Christie, why the hell should we feel inferior to what you might call a middle ranking kind of team? Yes, we have a handful of bang average players in there as well but not everyone playing for a Sweden or Denmark is a superstar. I just don’t think we believe in ourselves enough. Setting out with a mentality of “let’s not lose this” is just not very brave and even more so when our central defence and goalie are the weakest parts of the team.

 

[RicoS321]

1 hour ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

It’s just a bit frustrating watching us at times isn’t it? You feel like there are just too many times where we do not do ourselves justice and the team performance is not equal to the sum of the parts. We’re not world beaters but my god, we have such an inferiority complex when playing anybody remotely decent. We really should be aspiring to be at the same level as a Denmark, Sweden or Switzerland, surely that is not unrealistic?

You watch a team like Wales and they always seem to give any opposition a real tough match despite having a team that on paper that ain’t that great at all.

If we are starting a game with the likes of McGinn, McTominay, Robertson, Ferguson, Hickey, Tierney, Gilmour and Christie, why the hell should we feel inferior to what you might call a middle ranking kind of team? Yes, we have a handful of bang average players in there as well but not everyone playing for a Sweden or Denmark is a superstar. I just don’t think we believe in ourselves enough. Setting out with a mentality of “let’s not lose this” is just not very brave and even more so when our central defence and goalie are the weakest parts of the team.

 

Last time I watched Wales, they fluked a draw against North Macedonia, with some dirty Hun cunt scoring for the latter. 

I don't think we see ourselves as inferior to any of the teams you mention, more on a par with them. Which means that when you're the away side, setting up to contain and break isn't ridiculous. The only issue I have with the performance, and Scotland performances more generally, is that we don't react and change during games. I think it was an opportunity missed, as they were flat and so was the crowd. 

Another way of looking at it, though, is that Clarke saw the draw as enough, because he believes that we're good enough to beat both Denmark and Greece at Hampden. There can be little other way to interpret it. I think we are good enough to beat them both at Hampden, but I'm also aware that a bird in the hand is worth two in the tree, and that we might have injuries or suspensions and we end up dropping points come the home legs.