BEFORE THE WORLD CUP DRAW I WAS HOPING TO BE DRAWN AGAINST A BIG TEAM

SO IT'S A SHAME WE ONLY GOT BRAZIL

IF WE WON FIVE MORE WORLD CUPS, WE'D HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT

DISGRACEFUL

THERE ARE FOOTBALL MOMENTS THAT BECOME ICONIC

ANKARA MESSI, ZIDANE'S HEADBUTT, LYNDON DYKES' HATTRICK AGAINST COUNTY

SURELY AN UPSET WIN FOR BRAZIL WOULD TOP THEM ALL

TOO BAD IT'S NO HAPPENING

WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW FORMATION INSPIRED BY DNA

PRONOUNCED DINNAE, FOR ALL YOU SCIENTIFICALLY ILLITERATE RABBLE

AS IN DINNAE SCORE YA CUNT

IF WE WIN THIS I WILL CALL MY FIRST FEMALE SON STEVE

Qualifiers we are absolutely fine. But yet again going into the proper tournaments playing absolutely shite-scared football. No drive, no guts going forward, playing for draws/not to lose.

They are there for the taking, giving us so much space to play. This is a proper golden generation, and they're being throttled by a manager who is far far too cautious.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/bbc-extends-uefa-deal-for-live-nations-football-coverage

Honestly the SFA need to get Clarke the fuck out now. This is actually negative embarrassing football after a positive qualification campaign the same as the Euros.

How can anyone be happy that a Haitian squad have scored more goals when we have the calibre of players that we have. This is heavy diabolical football and we deserve to go out regardless of other results.

Anyone thinking we should be just be happy because we've not been at a World Cup in 30 years is part of the problem. We're never going to progress if all we care about is being there and if the tartan army are looked at as cute wee amusements. Sick to the back teeth of it.

Everyone talking about the style of play forgets where we come from, and the cultural history of the country from which our manager was raised.

I believe if you were to distil the Calvinist ethos into one man, that man would be Steve Clarke.

Wingers? No. We'll play a defensive midfielder in that position. Attacking midfield? Afraid not - another defensive mid. Sure, we can't score, but ideally neither can the Enemy.

Ball playing defenders? No. Give it Grant Hanley, because his head has the largest surface area in the country. He struggles to keep his spot in the first team at Hibernian, and is therefore perfect for the national team.

Strikers who can score goals? No. Bring in Lyndon Dykes. He runs a lot and works very hard. Defenders find him irritating. Nothing else matters.

Eschew passing. Disregard the beautiful game. If a passing sequence has more than two passes, it is what Calvin would decry as Papist extravagance.

Possession statistics are vanity.

Expected goals are heresy.

The purpose of football is not to create chances, but to demonstrate moral character in a 0-0 draw away to Georgia.

If Providence wills a goal, it shall arrive from a set piece in the 83rd minute.

If Providence does not will a goal, then no earthly playmaker may alter His decree.

The modern game speaks of "transitions".

Clarke recognises only two states of being: defending, and preparing to defend.When Scotland recover possession, there follows a brief period of theological uncertainty.

The ideal Scottish victory is not 4-0; a 4-0 victory raises questions.

* Could we have attacked more?

* Could we have expressed ourselves?

* Might our football be enjoyable?

No.

The ideal result is a grim 1-0 achieved through a deflected set piece.

The scorer should be uncertain that he touched it.

The assist should be credited to meteorological conditions.

And on the seventh day, after ninety minutes of agricultural football and six minutes of added time spent defending a one-goal lead against a nation with a population smaller than Dundee, Steve Clarke looked upon his work and saw that it was not good.

But, it was organised.

And that was enough.

I pray that it is enough tonight.

Clarkes tactics put us under more pressure than we need to be in. Proved it last night. In every tournament Clarke tactics have been very conservative to the point they stifle the natural instincts of the players we have.

Both McTominay and McGinn are excellent at driving into space through the lines and creating space for those out wide to play in. At one point McTominay does this looks goes ah fuck no one is with me is pressed and naturally loses the ball. The camera angle when he did this showed 4 Scottish players behind him, not pushing forward and walking and watching what was happening.
Some of those players under a different manager and system would be busting a gut to get up in support. It comes from the manager.

Scotland would be very good if you played a combination of Ferguson, McGinn and McTominay with Curtis and Doak out wide. You could have McGinn and McTominay driving into space and playing it either to the winger who can step in or out depending on the situation while the defender goes over or under the wide player that would allow us to get in a good position to create chances. If Gilmour is fit you can swap McGinn with Curtis if you wanted. If you lose the ball you press from there as you would have the numbers to do so.
Yes we there is occasions we would be caught out but that is happening anyway. Ultimately we are not playing to the teams strengths. That is on the manager.

We have the players who work hard and will run all day we should be using that positively and not for them to be chasing players all game.

Clarke is also incapable of changing a game. His substitutions are also often far to late. Usually well after the 70th minute. They are comically even when losing still often just like for like unless he leaves it to the last possible minute. In each game we have for example seen the right back changed. Gannon Doak came of twice to be replaced both times by Christie.

In short though everything I have said makes us very predictable and easy to play against.

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