The All New FOOTY Thread 21/22

**Marco** · 09-10-2021, 18:07

Marco.

**rmcin626** · 09-10-2021, 18:19

Great second half performance

**rmcin626** · 12-10-2021, 20:54

Never in doubt again, another 3 points for Scotland, very much tongue-in-cheek

**struth** · 13-10-2021, 07:48

scraped win but 3 points.. denmark only beat them 1-0

**rmcin626** · 13-10-2021, 07:56

Didn’t see the first half thankfully, but its the points that count

**struth** · 13-10-2021, 08:03

Originally Posted by rmcin626

Didn’t see the first half thankfully, but its the points that count

getting second was best they could do, so they are on course to do that.

**rmcin626** · 13-10-2021, 08:07

Yeah, that was the target Denmark are much better side than us currently.

**Marco** · 13-10-2021, 10:54

I watched the whole of the game last night. First half was DIRE... Indeed, but for Craig Gordon, we could've been 2-0 down!

Lots of huffing and puffing from us with no real penetration. However, the Faroes are now a much more disciplined side than they once were and extremely well organised and hard to break down. I think most teams out with of the top six-ranked nations would struggle there, and on that artificial pitch.

However, we got there in the end after (rather like Saturday) a better second half performance. It was nowhere near as good as Saturday's, which was the best I've seen a Scotland team play in YEARS. However, we achieved what was needed, which was the three points, in a game that until Steve Clarke arrived we'd have lost or drawn, trust me!

Clarke will take us to the World Cup and be the first manager to make us qualify for two consecutive major tournaments since, I don't know, Craig Brown? The team has improved massively under him, and it's coincided with a time when many of our players are playing at the highest level domestically, and we have some real talent in the ranks. Even though he's not my type of striker, Dykes is doing well, and long may it continue, but he won't always be the answer.

In that respect, the sooner that Griffiths is fully fit and banging in goals again for Dundee, the better, as I'm convinced he'll make Scotland a better team and be the missing link we need to go onto the next level, even simply from the accuracy of his dead ball delivery and free kicks! How many free kicks that Scotland have been awarded outside or around the box, since he was last in the team, would he have scored from? Would he have missed the penalty Dykes did against Israel, which could've easily cost us 2 points? I very much doubt it. THINK about that.

Anyway, I'm predicting that we'll beat Moldova and take a point from Denmark at Hampden...! Quatar, here we come!!

Marco.

**rmcin626** · 13-10-2021, 11:39

Originally Posted by Marco

I watched the whole of the game last night. First half was DIRE... Indeed, but for Craig Gordon, we could've been 2-0 down!

Lots of huffing and puffing from us with no real penetration. However, the Faroes are now a much more disciplined side than they once were and extremely well organised and hard to break down. I think most teams out with of the top six-ranked nations would struggle there, and on that artificial pitch.

However, we got there in the end after (rather like Saturday) a better second half performance. It was nowhere near as good as Saturday's, which was the best I've seen a Scotland team play in YEARS. However, we achieved what was needed, which was the three points, in a game that until Steve Clarke arrived we'd have lost or drawn, trust me!

Clarke will take us to the World Cup and be the first manager to make us qualify for two consecutive major tournaments since, I don't know, Craig Brown? The team has improved massively under him, and it's coincided with a time when many of our players are playing at the highest level domestically, and we have some real talent in the ranks. Even though he's not my type of striker, Dykes is doing well, and long may it continue, but he won't always be the answer.

In that respect, the sooner that Griffiths is fully fit and banging in goals again for Dundee, the better, as I'm convinced he'll make Scotland a better team and be the missing link we need to go onto the next level, even simply from the accuracy of his dead ball delivery and free kicks! How many free kicks that Scotland have been awarded outside or around the box, since he was last in the team, would he have scored from? Would he have missed the penalty Dykes did against Israel, which could've easily cost us 2 points? I very much doubt it. THINK about that.

Anyway, I'm predicting that we'll beat Moldova and take a point from Denmark at Hampden...! Quatar, here we come!!

Marco.

I think the Griffiths ship has sailed, he was good but not sure he’ll come back. Hopefully Nisbet will improve because right now we have no one else.

**Marco** · 13-10-2021, 11:44

I agree about Nisbet, defo, but Griffo will be back, trust me! Don't forget he's only in his early 30s, and so if he screws the nut and plays to his potential, far from being a 'spent force'.

What we really need to be doing though is addressing why as a nation we're so good at producing great full-backs, but currently crap at producing international-class strikers!

Maybe it would help if Rangers and Celtic stopped signing so many foreigners?

Marco.

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