Slim

This was one of the games where we would have been better going more direct. Our defensive confidence was shot, our goalkeeper a bit jittery and Rocky Bushiri at the back for them was just putting everything straight out for a throw in, a good target to try and win the 2nd ball against. Certainly better than having defenders pass goal kicks to Doohan who then gives possession immediately back to Hibs in injury time. When we’re not on it like today, we end up with both Nilsen and Shinnie dropping back to help out, meaning we can’t really get the ball forward with pace as Clarkson is isolated and well-covered. As soon as Rubezic fucked up, that’s exactly what happened.

Calvin Ramsay not getting many games on loan at Wigan, could be an option.

If we end up with Denmark, we should have a fairly unique situation where you could potentially see us both win all of the games and also lose all of the games (possible exception of Belarus at home). Having everyone capable of taking points off each other probably benefits us more than having 1 strong team that will run away with the group, one shite team that will end up with 0 points and a straight shoot out between us and someone else for the play off place.

McGarry, Nilsen, Nisbet, Rubezic and McGrath off at half-time please.

Las Palmas pick up 3 points with a 2-1 win against Barcelona at the Nou Camp with Scott McKenna playing the whole match. Always surprises me that he’s not Scotland’s first choice left-sided central defender when fit.

That third goal was on Rubezic, fuck knows what goes on in his head.

That Christie/Shankland substitution has sucked the life and creativity out of us.

Did he though? Didn’t get a game in Dutch football, never gets called up to a shit New Zealand squad and has never really shown anything more than a purple patch of form in a tinpot league

Too much shitebag “dip half a foot in and hope for the best” defending.

We don’t need to get into that, glad that didn’t happen. As Jimmy says “we must stay humble”, don’t give our opposition ammunition. Goodwin is an irrelevance.

I’m assuming the colours are based on Fergie’s jacket in Gothenburg (and Forest’s colours are based on Brian Clough’s bright green jumper).

10 minutes???

25 minutes in, has Clarkson touched the ball yet?

Now being linked with a Swede who doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page. Tinpot as fuck.

Hopefully he sticks it in the top corner next time. Keane can GTF, if that was a Man Utd darling like Ronaldo or Beckham he’d be saying something about all top players having the arrogance and self belief to have a go in that situation.