Madbadteacher Posted June 21, 2023 Report Posted June 21, 2023 Stupid Euro Nations finals last week, you know, the one they just won? 1 Quote
DantheDon Posted June 21, 2023 Report Posted June 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, Madbadteacher said: Stupid Euro Nations finals last week, you know, the one they just won? It's funny how ive heard a few people expressing the opinion Spain aren't that great anymore. Yet they just went and won the nations league. Now granted its not as coveted a competition as most and I accept that Spain aren't the team they were 10 years ago, but are we downplaying how good a team we have become too much? I hope so... Quote
Reekie_Red Posted June 21, 2023 Report Posted June 21, 2023 34 minutes ago, Madbadteacher said: Stupid Euro Nations finals last week, you know, the one they just won? Cheers. Saves me Googling it which inevitably leads me down rabbit-holes and wondering 2 hours later why I went onto Google in the first place Quote
tom_widdows Posted June 22, 2023 Report Posted June 22, 2023 On 20/06/2023 at 22:46, Jute said: Had to leave at half time to try and get last train back. Raging. No help now but should a similar situation arise in the future megabus now do buses between Glasgow and Edinburgh through the night - 1am, 2am, 3am etc. Quote
Jute Posted June 22, 2023 Report Posted June 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, tom_widdows said: No help now but should a similar situation arise in the future megabus now do buses between Glasgow and Edinburgh through the night - 1am, 2am, 3am etc. Aye knew that but thought of sitting on a bus soaked to the skin just did not appeal. Plus phone didn’t start working until well after the game to even look at booking bus. Used it for games last year when no trains. Worked well enough. Quote
BigAl Posted June 23, 2023 Report Posted June 23, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 21:58, Reekie_Red said: I'm sure a hunt on Google could tell me, but how come Spain have only played 2 games so far? Nations League semi final & final. 1 Quote
OrlandoDon Posted June 23, 2023 Report Posted June 23, 2023 Been watching the highlights of our campaign to date and I have to say, the commentary is brilliant. I think it’s Michael Stewart and I don’t know the name of the other guy, but it certainly adds to the watching. Been big fans of Archie, jock brown, Derek Rae, rob McLean, even Arthur montford had a unique style, but I have to praise the current two. Excellent! Quote
Jute Posted July 13, 2023 Report Posted July 13, 2023 In case any one is booked to go the venue for Cyprus away has changed. From SFA: Please be advised due to operational issues, the Cyprus FA have changed the venue for our away fixture in September. The match will now take place at the AEK Arena in Larnaca as opposed to the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. This will fuck over a fair few folk who will have booked to go as capacity drops from 22,000 to 8,000 with change of venue. Quote
Jute Posted August 28, 2023 Report Posted August 28, 2023 Anderson from Newcastle called up is interesting as I vaguely remember reading he has turned us down in the past. Also looks like Clarke’s views on not picking players not playing in Europe do not extend to the sportswashing league in Saudi. Quote
RicoS321 Posted September 8, 2023 Report Posted September 8, 2023 Bit quiet on this one. Foregone conclusion.... Quote
dons8321 Posted September 8, 2023 Report Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Jute said: 2-0 now Porteous. 3-0 McGinn Edited September 8, 2023 by dons8321 Quote
RicoS321 Posted September 8, 2023 Report Posted September 8, 2023 Decent performance. All very much a formality against a poor side. Really takes the pressure off, and we should be looking to win the group now. Keep it tight against Spain and restrict them to one goal. Can't help but think that the money spinning unnecessary friendlies are a real hindrance to the manager and players. When you've got an unmatched level of confidence there really is no need to be risking that against two good teams during qualifying. 2 Quote
OrlandoDon Posted September 8, 2023 Report Posted September 8, 2023 1 hour ago, RicoS321 said: Decent performance. All very much a formality against a poor side. Really takes the pressure off, and we should be looking to win the group now. Keep it tight against Spain and restrict them to one goal. Can't help but think that the money spinning unnecessary friendlies are a real hindrance to the manager and players. When you've got an unmatched level of confidence there really is no need to be risking that against two good teams during qualifying. Your think it’s purely money? I don’t at all!! Our form is the best (one of) in Europe, unbeaten in a qualifier in 2 years, plus a bunch of stats I’m too lazy to remember from hearing during the game. What’s the next step, beat the big boys. How do you do that? Play the big boys. Friendlies against Luxembourg or Austria even don’t benefit, meaningless, we have to play some big guns to improve. We’re playing the best local team at home so no real travel, then we’re in Spain so play their neighbor, guess it could have been Portugal but no real travel inconvenience going to France either. For us to be better we have to play better against better teams, it’s the only option and makes perfect sense. If we are to advance out of the group in a major tournament we need to be used to playing these teams, we’re beating the next tier and lower, it’s the most natural and smart thing to do. Quote
OrlandoDon Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Jute said: 1-0 already McTominay again. Love the boys work rate, very technical player too. Wasted with the shackles on. He’s a forward converted to a midfielder and as an attacking mid for Scotland you see what he’s all about. Want him to do a john mcginn and be the man at villa, palace, brentford, even Brighton or the likes. Think he’s shown what he can do, just needs to get away from man utd. Quote
RicoS321 Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 7 hours ago, OrlandoDon said: Your think it’s purely money? I don’t at all!! Our form is the best (one of) in Europe, unbeaten in a qualifier in 2 years, plus a bunch of stats I’m too lazy to remember from hearing during the game. What’s the next step, beat the big boys. How do you do that? Play the big boys. Friendlies against Luxembourg or Austria even don’t benefit, meaningless, we have to play some big guns to improve. We’re playing the best local team at home so no real travel, then we’re in Spain so play their neighbor, guess it could have been Portugal but no real travel inconvenience going to France either. For us to be better we have to play better against better teams, it’s the only option and makes perfect sense. If we are to advance out of the group in a major tournament we need to be used to playing these teams, we’re beating the next tier and lower, it’s the most natural and smart thing to do. It's the SFA, it's always about money. We're in the top group in the nation's league, we'll have plenty opportunity to play against big sides. It just doesn't need to be done in the middle of an important qualifying campaign. Meaningless friendlies are just that, they don't really tell you anything. That's what the nation's league was supposed to prevent. England, especially, is a distraction that our players could do with out. For some reason, plenty of Scotland fans will hold it up as some sort of massive and important game, when it isn't. Lose, and we'll be going into our most important game in years on a slight low. Win and it will just be seen as a meaningless friendly where England weren't trying. Friendlies have always set fans expectations too high and do little for any team. Look at our preseasons every year - which are all about fitness - we're world beaters after thrashing Turra, or a disjointed mess destined for relegation after losing to some pish English side. You never learn anything about a side, and more often than not when you go into competitive fixtures the results are completely the opposite of set expectations. 1 Quote
Panda Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 If we qualify it'll be nice to know we finished top two and all, but we shouldn't be considering actually going to the Euros. Playing some top nations will only hurt the confidence ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. 2 Quote
OrlandoDon Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, RicoS321 said: It's the SFA, it's always about money. We're in the top group in the nation's league, we'll have plenty opportunity to play against big sides. It just doesn't need to be done in the middle of an important qualifying campaign. Meaningless friendlies are just that, they don't really tell you anything. That's what the nation's league was supposed to prevent. England, especially, is a distraction that our players could do with out. For some reason, plenty of Scotland fans will hold it up as some sort of massive and important game, when it isn't. Lose, and we'll be going into our most important game in years on a slight low. Win and it will just be seen as a meaningless friendly where England weren't trying. Friendlies have always set fans expectations too high and do little for any team. Look at our preseasons every year - which are all about fitness - we're world beaters after thrashing Turra, or a disjointed mess destined for relegation after losing to some pish English side. You never learn anything about a side, and more often than not when you go into competitive fixtures the results are completely the opposite of set expectations. You make my point. Preseason quite often we look world beaters, beat up on some euro pish in early rounds, or win every game in the group stage in the league cup, then come back down to earth with a thud. If we want to succeed at a higher level you have to play at a higher level, win and lose. The unbeaten run means nothing if we cannot compete at a higher level at the main tournament. You have to plan in advance and improve along the way. These are necessary games in the journey. Getting confidence is one thing, but we’re ready for the next level. We don’t just go to make up numbers, we want to compete. And that takes learning from mistakes and losing a game or two as well. That’s how to get better. Edited September 9, 2023 by OrlandoDon Quote
tlg1903 Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 7 hours ago, RicoS321 said: It's the SFA, it's always about money. We're in the top group in the nation's league, we'll have plenty opportunity to play against big sides. It just doesn't need to be done in the middle of an important qualifying campaign. Meaningless friendlies are just that, they don't really tell you anything. That's what the nation's league was supposed to prevent. England, especially, is a distraction that our players could do with out. For some reason, plenty of Scotland fans will hold it up as some sort of massive and important game, when it isn't. Lose, and we'll be going into our most important game in years on a slight low. Win and it will just be seen as a meaningless friendly where England weren't trying. Friendlies have always set fans expectations too high and do little for any team. Look at our preseasons every year - which are all about fitness - we're world beaters after thrashing Turra, or a disjointed mess destined for relegation after losing to some pish English side. You never learn anything about a side, and more often than not when you go into competitive fixtures the results are completely the opposite of set expectations. I mostly agree but not with your conclusion on the England game. I think a Scotland win on Tuesday would be quite a big moment for the team, a lot of them play down there and have no doubt endured a fair few pub league type jibes. I'm other words I think the squad would be fucking buzzing going into the Spain game and that is no bad thing. A point there and we have won the group imo. Quote
Reekie_Red Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 Plus the fact that its nice to play the international fixture that started it all 150 years ago. If Scotland can't commemorate 150 in the business, then Aberdeen shouldn't commemorate 1903 1 Quote
OrlandoDon Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 13 hours ago, Panda said: If we qualify it'll be nice to know we finished top two and all, but we shouldn't be considering actually going to the Euros. Playing some top nations will only hurt the confidence ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. So you are assuming we’ll lose and dent the confidence. What if we draw or win? We’re on an excellent run, why not approach these games with confidence, they are friendlies too so we have nothing to lose. I sense the chemistry in the squad is terrific, and they have the mentality to go at England at hampden, who knows what happens in Spain and France, it’s all part of our evolution. Good squad can still get better. Quote
OrlandoDon Posted September 9, 2023 Report Posted September 9, 2023 Interesting reading today that Harvey Barnes may consider switching nationality and be open to playing for Scotland. Scottish grandparents apparently. Was in The Sun online so not sure of accuracy or truth, but easy to want to play for us based on our recent success. The way the article is written makes me unsure of this, being snubbed by England so he’ll play for us. I know it’s idealistic but I’d rather players choose to play for us based on us, not based on being ignored by England. Quote
BigAl Posted September 10, 2023 Report Posted September 10, 2023 8 hours ago, OrlandoDon said: Interesting reading today that Harvey Barnes may consider switching nationality and be open to playing for Scotland. Scottish grandparents apparently. Was in The Sun online so not sure of accuracy or truth, but easy to want to play for us based on our recent success. The way the article is written makes me unsure of this, being snubbed by England so he’ll play for us. I know it’s idealistic but I’d rather players choose to play for us based on us, not based on being ignored by England. Thought he had already been capped at full international level by Engerlund Guess if he was, then it couldn't have been a full international ? Quote
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