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World Cup Qualifying Delight · Scots With A Mic

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Welcome. To the noise, listen to the.
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Passion and hunger park. It's John again.
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It's done. It.
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It's done. It hello and welcome back to the
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Scots with a mic podcast. I am your host James Scott and
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I'm delighted to be bringing you our latest offering from
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everything Scotland team after what has been a successful week
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for the national team. Scotland, of course, kicking off
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their World Cup qualifying campaign with back-to-back games
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on the road. And we came home without
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dropping too much points. First of all, we went to
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Copenhagen to face pot one side Denmark keeping a clean sheet
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and they'll they'll draw there our first points on the road
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against a pot one side since Croatia in 2013.
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If I've got my my facts right there Robert Snodgrass goal.
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Of course, I won the win in Sigreb.
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And then of course, we then moved on from our match against
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Denmark down to Hungary for a more unusual fixture against
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Belarus. Joining me for this one is Finn
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Crocker. Finn, how are we doing?
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Good. Thank you mate.
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Good, good. And also we've got Adam from
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Gorgie talk on Good to have you back.
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Adam, how are you doing? Yeah, good mate, good to be
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back, Good to chat off on Scotland.
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I definitely it's been it has been a good week.
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I think Spitz are feeling quite good amongst the support.
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Obviously going away. Like I said, to put one side by
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Denmark, you can never really take for granted again anything
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away one of these teams. Obviously Denmark aren't the the
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Frances and the the Germanies of this world.
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They're not one of the elite European sides, but there are
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pot one side and and nil nil draw was an excellent result.
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I was at the game myself. It felt quite good in the
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stadium. It was an electric atmosphere.
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It's something sometimes a bit nervous in situations like this,
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but even towards the end of the game, I didn't really feel like
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really too uncomfortable. We we held their own.
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I'd say fan. What was I mean, obviously you
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watched it from Scotland. I did hear from people watching
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the telly saying it was a bit more of a boring a boring game,
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that it was quite hard watch as a Scotland fan but kind of a no
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no draw away against the pot one side really be that boring.
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Yeah, I mean it was, it was definitely no affair, but I'm
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very happy with the point. I like you said first time
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taking points away of a of a pot one sides since Croatia and that
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was a long, long while back. Obviously we didn't have too
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much of the ball set up an unusual system.
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I don't think anyone would have predicted that 11 before the
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game. But Even so, I think we
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contained them really well. Grant Hanley had an absolute
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blinder, albeit not many people will have been that excites him
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in the lineup. But you had a great game and
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yeah, really contained them. Well, they only had two shots
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from target, obviously we only had one, but away in Copenhagen
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you're not really expecting to see much of the ball as a
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Scotland side. So was overall. 74% possession
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against 26, so quite a dominating performance from the
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Danes there. Yeah, but I mean watch watching
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about the highlights of the of the Denmark Greece game, which
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we'll get into later on in the show.
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Obviously Denmark beat them three nil away from home in
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Greece. So I think we've we've done
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really, really well to get a point on the board.
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Probably the hardest game on fixture out the way as well.
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And yeah, throughout the game there wasn't really much
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opportunity for Denmark and there wasn't really many times
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where I was holding my breath, which is unusual when you're
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watching Scotland as a. Yeah, no, definitely.
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I mean, even when you look at the expected goals, going by the
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stats at Denmark one point 1.2 pretty much.
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I mean, while Scotland had 0.6, it is only numbers.
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But if you round them both, it's A11 draw that that comes back
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to. So it's not exactly screaming
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out that Denmark were hard done by and you know, us holding them
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10 nil, nil draw. You mentioned Grant Hanley there
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and we'll come back to him. But there was definitely a few
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standouts in terms of the performances from the Scotland
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players. Like you said, I don't think we
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really expected to go to up front.
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That was something, you know, I think we continue pulling.
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Everyone was questioning would it be 5 at the back or would be
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state the four, which I think we've definitely been more
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comfortable with recently, but we went with a four and we'll
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come to you now. Adam, obviously a Hearts fan,
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one of the standouts was one of your old boys, unhappy first
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start for Scotland since he pulled that hamstring back in
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Seville 2023 two years ago pretty much.
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What did you think I'm coming back in?
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Yeah, delighted. To be honest, I think right back
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it's not overly been a a great position for us.
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The national team in Hickey seemed like he was very much the
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answer when he came in two year ago, albeit he would have been
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about 2021 maybe and when he was starting to sort of consolidate
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that spot. So yeah, it feels like it's like
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a lifetime probably. Well, feel like a lifetime for
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him anyway, Certainly all that time out and especially when he
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got his move to the Premier League after so much success in
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Bologna. And so, yeah, I think really
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good to have him, but also good to have like Max Johnston as
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well as an option. I know that Judy's been a little
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bit when he looks on the socials and stuff, but again, he's still
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maybe adapted at that sort of international football.
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He's still young. So like, I think there's a lot
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of scope there with him. And yes, I would say could have
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potentially be a good able backup for hockey.
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But yeah, I mean, I think like overall in terms of that
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performance in Denmark, like I think I think that it was a
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really, really good point. I don't think, you know, if
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you'd been asked what you would take beforehand, you'd bite a
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hand off for a point in Denmark. They had a lot of the ball.
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They didn't seem to do very much with it.
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I'll kept quite looking at like looking at stats on these sort
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of games and like you think about like touches in the
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opposition box. So like Denmark had 74%
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possession, 28 touches in the box.
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We had 23 touches in the box, so only 26%.
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So goes to show that we were actually, let's say we're having
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the two guys up front. We're maybe trying to be a bit
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more impactful when we did have opportunities, albeit nothing
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came to fruition. But yeah, I hate to be honest,
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it's a bit as much as they were a bit toothless up front and it
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just looked like there were options.
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But partly that's probably because of how well organized we
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were at the back and think like obviously family was seem to be
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visually the standout. But like I mean the whole back
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for like suit or even like some Tommy McGinn, their defensive
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side of things and gone obviously as well out the cold
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sort of like I think like everyone really done their bit
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defensively. Like you can't really fix it
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wrong in terms of that save the performance.
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Yeah, I mean you say they look to us up front and I think
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that's credit to the defence as well because you know, they've
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got like Sambi Kabira, who obviously we all know from his
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time at Motherwell, but he's at Monaco now, scored three hat
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chicks in the second-half of last season.
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They've got Dahlberg obviously, who's Celtic we're trying to
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get, didn't end up getting, but to be able to bring someone off
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the bench like Rasmuss Hoyland, who was just at Man United,
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obviously didn't do too well there.
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He's at Napoli now, so we'll see how he does with with greats
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like McDonald and Gilmore by his side.
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But to bring someone off the bench that's, you know, gone for
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70 million, just just able to do that, bring on more firepower
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and for us to just still be able to hold strong and contain them,
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I think was really impressive. And I think one of the decisive
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moments in the game, obviously, was when Max Johnson was brought
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onto the pitch, just kind of as soon as he got on that, you
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know, heart and mouth kind of moment where yeah, yeah, referee
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went to the screen and I was going on, Here we go again.
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And you got to give Grant the referee for for actually having
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his own opinion, which you don't really see nowadays.
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Yeah, usually once they go to the screen, I mean we said.
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That's my head. Was my hands and you go, it's
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usually at that point it's just a case of, you know, it's a it's
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a process. They go over, they look at the
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screen, they go, OK, I'm overturning my original decision
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and then you're a man down. Yeah.
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And I think that was with 71st minute.
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Yeah, it was 71st minute a minute after it came on 20
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minutes to 20 minutes against, sorry, 20 minutes, you know,
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with 10 men. I think that would have been a
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very well. You obviously you can't say and,
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but it could have been a different.
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I've not found out how that would have gone.
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Yeah, exactly. So obviously really happy that
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the referee had an opinion of his own for once and.
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And just to just to be set up as well, you know, the defensive
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side you're talking about. You're right.
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It's more us sort of snuffing them out and, and came to
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leaving them looking to be a bit passive because I run out of
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ideas a bit. I think another mad start I've
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seen was about clearances. Scotland had 52 clearances in 90
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minutes. Yeah, Denmark 50.
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I mean, that's just like a wild number of clearances, 52
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clearances, 10 interceptions, 9 blocks.
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I was going to say that's just Hanley, but it wasn't.
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It was obviously everybody. Yeah, I mean.
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You had fifty of them, no. I mean, when you look at the
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defence like the in terms of what's even more impressive is
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the game time, including the goalkeeper that you know the
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guys are looking at on Hecky coming back and he's still not
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played 90 minutes since that injury way back in 23.
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I think there was also I mean, I think we expected him to be in
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the squad. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't
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surprised they started. It's obviously paid off
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massively. But again, credit to him for
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coming in and putting in such a shift.
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I don't think he's I mean he's played games for Bournemouth
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foot set and my friend, but he's definitely not.
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I mean, this is just the level above, isn't it?
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Coming away to Copenhagen, Hanley and gone as well.
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Not played too much football between them.
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If any. It's just, it's just so
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impressive guys that really maybe would have had an excuse
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to not have been as sharp and have been as a unit, maybe not
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as organized and fresh, but we really did shortly we said
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there's the number of clearances does speak for itself.
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Yeah, Lewis Ferguson. Sorry to jump in.
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Lewis Ferguson. 'S I thought the fastest what I
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was going to say. And then yeah, in the midfield,
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Lewis Ferguson getting I'd say that's his first proper stake
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acclaim for Scotland Jersey that game, you know, in terms of
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starting and a competitive friend, competitive game.
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And I think that that probably was his best performance in the
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Scotland shot for sure. Yeah, and 90 minutes in both
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games I've been calling out from, for, for God knows how
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long. Obviously the Aberdeen fan when
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he got the move to Bologna and started doing so well.
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I, I think it's kind of what we're seeing right now with
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Clark's stubbornness towards maybe Kieran Bowie didn't get a
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single minute. I'm sure we'll touch on him, but
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that's kind of how I felt about Lewis Ferguson when he was, you
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know, captain and belong and not getting on for a minute.
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Yeah, it's definitely had to be patient.
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When you look at those points, guys just sort of jump in there.
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It's when I'm looking at I'll just sort of try to scan each
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player. We're talking about the the
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defence, like Robertson bench for Liverpool, Hanley on the
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bench for Hibs, got on the bench for Forrest.
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Have you gradually come in at Brentford?
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But like you say, never done 90 minutes.
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Ferguson on the bench for. So like fitness levels to, well,
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won the fitness level and to the lacking match fitness for like
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nearly half the team didn't let you see get a point against the
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Portland team's massive right. Definitely and then like 1 I
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could get another player that was maybe sounds silly saying
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he's about a stand out because of how good he has been for
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Scotland in the past. I do think McGinn has blown
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slightly hot and cold for Scotland at points and I mean
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that game on Friday night I really did feel I was back to
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being closer to his best for Scotland.
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Not maybe in the sense of getting goals and stuff,
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obviously, but there was just a couple of times where I think it
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was second-half, it came down the right, barged the boy off
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the ball, kind of fell on top of it, got back up, held the ball
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up and it was just like fighting like a dog.
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That was closer to what we've seen him again in the past.
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And it was good to see him, you know, put in such a good shift.
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I mean, they all did across the board.
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I mean, I think we've we've kind of danced around this already.
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I mean, the result? Do we feel the Danes
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underperformed or were we just so organised?
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And I mean, we mentioned the fact that they felt a bit
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toothless commend. I think it was 88th minute.
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I looked at the big screen and in park and, and I thought, you
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know, usually at this point I'd be quite scared we were going to
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concede just by the nature of things, not because it's
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Scotland, but just because it's late on.
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The pressure is building. But I kind of sat there for a
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second. We'll put myself in Denmark
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shoes. What would I be thinking here?
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And the fault that came through was, you know, we're running at
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a time and we don't look like we've got any more ideas.
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Yeah, I think, I think that's, I think obviously it's like a bit
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cliffy, but it's always a bit of both.
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But I would say it was more down to I think us being very
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organized. I seem to be very resolute
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despite what we're up against in terms of that attacking fit that
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they have because it was in a national opening as well.
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But Denmark just seemed obviously the pressures on them
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to be the whole team and just get the points whilst having to
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handle a relatively experienced Scotland team.
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You would see now and obviously Scotland team, it's got a lot of
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players going to the top level. Like I think like it was that
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over time. And then the more that came in
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second-half, like you say it was, it was coming down and like
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we're just essentially just being smart, being intelligent
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and getting things away. And they're like I said, they
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just became quite passive and then desperate for Denmark.
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There wasn't a lot of they weren't using their experienced
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heads to like unlock the door, but then equally we weren't
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opening it. So it was a bit of both.
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But yeah, I think proper resilient performance would be,
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would be my my take on as Scotland played well in terms of
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what they were trying to do. Yeah, I think, I think they had
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one big chance maybe in the whole game, and that was really
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towards the end of the game where it was that double save
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from, from Angus Gunn, I think. Yeah, offside anyway though, I
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mean. I think, I think, yeah, I think
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it was. But yeah, I think apart.
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From that like. Yeah, exactly.
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I mean, I think they were really toothless at times, but I think
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kind of my frustration was, you know, I was happy with the
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point. Of course I would have bit your
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hand off it bit bit your hand off to get the point beforehand.
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But kind of I think around 6060, fifth minute, maybe 70th, around
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the time when ironic he was coming off.
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When I saw the substitution I was was happening, I was
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thinking, you know, surely get Ben Doke on right now.
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I think that was kind of when we were building momentum and when
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I saw it was just Hickey coming off I I was, I was really
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frustrated just because Dykes has.
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Something else to think about. Yeah, Dykes.
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And Adams had both been ineffective that game.
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Obviously they do bring different, different aspects,
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but not really having a single winger on the pitch with what
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dykes, Adams, McGinn and Christy.
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Obviously McGinn can play on the wing, but he's he's not a
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winger. No, he's not got that pace, that
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trickery, you know that you you want from a winger, one that
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we've, you know, the type of player that Scotland don't
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really have in recent years, which Ben Doak does now provide.
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So for him to to only get on the pitch 83rd minute and you know,
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within within 90 seconds gets the ball, run down the wing,
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saves the corner, which I think a lot of people are saying just
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let it go out for the corner, dribbles past 1 and almost puts
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it on the net. I mean bring him on 70th minute
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and I'd I'd love to see what happened.
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But obviously got to be happy with the point, but a bit
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frustrated that we didn't see him a bit earlier.
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Yeah, is is one of these things we always look back and you go,
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oh, but but what if what if we just, you know, like like you
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said before the game, you take it.
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But in the circumstances you think especially I mean the one
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that I'm going to heart back to is London Dykes getting played
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in by sheer Adams. Honestly, with a rather just
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ballooned over the bar first time and just took the shot on
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instead of just letting the defender get in front of him and
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get goals side. Why?
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Is he waiting for us? Yeah, I know.
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You know, you know, I'll say the same thing about Adams in the
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Belarus game where he goes around to keep her.
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I just want to see, Yeah. Or strikers stepping onto the
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ball confidently and just having that, taking a shot on, you
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know, I mean, not wanting that touch, having that.
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They've touched on that and they should have changed as well.
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I find that I think Scott Brown said, like you said, I can see
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what he's trying to do. Take it around Dom and he says,
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you know, if it wasn't for a clearance off the line, like
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obviously it's going on, he says, but the thing that I don't
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get is at that level, I would want my strike it always to that
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first time. The confidence is like, I think
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it's. A lack of confidence.
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Yeah, there must be a lack of confidence internationally
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though, because I mean, he's went to Tedino and started
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putting them in. So it's like he gets that and or
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it could be the the step up I suppose as well.
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I was more meaning dykes. I think Jay Adams is obviously
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with that, with that chance in the Belarus game he should be
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putting away. But I think having to get the
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goal earlier in the game or was it later in the game?
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I can't remember. I think he's stepped up more in
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the skull and shirt of recent times.
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Obviously you'd still want your striker to be back in the men,
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but compare it to, you know, a year ago where I think he hadn't
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scored a goal since San Marino or some crazy stuff like that.
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I think he stepped a little bit more.
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But London Dyke still he's, I still see him as, you know, he's
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on there to win headers. That's what his job is in the
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national team. I don't.
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I don't even do you know what do you know what?
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That's a great call out because when I was looking through
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stats, I could see dykes his name a lot, but it was for a lot
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of like winning stuff in their clearances, aerial jewels, like
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nothing. I mean, don't get me wrong, you
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can wind them up the patch and I know like you could argue I'll
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get us up the patch, but it's not really where you want to see
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his name like consistently. You would want to see it from an
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attacking perspective as well, like all the attacking stats you
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weren't seeing very much. So he's there for both sides, I
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suppose. But yeah, I was going to say
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when you think back to all of dyke schools as well, especially
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in that Airlife phase where he was, he did feel like he was
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kind of banging them in for Scotland.
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They weren't happens necessarily, but they were all
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one touch goals in and around the six yard box.
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Yeah. And you know, I mean, it maybe
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just isn't his game, but you, like you said, you just want to
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see guys take the shot on and at least make give the keeper or
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something, someone to think about instead of just going out
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for a corner. Yeah, I think, yeah, we should
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move on to the Belarus game now. Obviously it was a banana skin
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avoided, luckily. Yeah, Coolest steps over that.
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You know, there's been many a game or many a campaign where,
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you know, we have taken points off the the quote UN quote hard
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resides and then gone to the likes of Belarus or Georgia, not
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wanting to cast back any memories and failed to
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capitalize on a good position. So really happy that we could
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get that one out the way. It was really weird
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circumstances. Obviously behind closed doors.
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I, I, I don't see a quote from John McGinn before the game
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obviously saying, you know, we, we weren't into about during
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COVID, so we should be fine. But obviously no, no used to.
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Played in front of the fans and even even away games, having
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that Tartan Army behind you like like you were in Copenhagen,
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James, obviously, even in the even in the best of atmospheres
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like the park and in Copenhagen, you know the videos that we've
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seen in the you got the Tartan Army wherever they go, we'll
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push the team on and. Help.
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Results. Yeah, exactly.
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So yeah, obviously. No, no fans.
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Was really weird hearing John McGinn sing the national anthem
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was was a funny one. But yeah, glad to get the the
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three points. I think it's really just a touch
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on that Belarus game, like like you say, it's one where you
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always get that bit of fear, right, that this is really you
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don't want the slip up is where we end up getting it right.
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Not in the ones where you're kind of head to head with
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somebody that's a competitor. It's like a stupid banana skin
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game like like what Belarus was and then with no fans does not
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help. I just think that I was actually
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quite pleasantly surprised by like covering Gilmore there and
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Duke there. Obviously, I actually thought
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Gilmore was like, well, I always think Gilmore internationally
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and even now obviously I've I'm abroad and he's not getting
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regular time at Napoli, but I just think like uses quality,
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like he's just someday like it's just I was just describing was
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like a Scottish Javi basically. Like he just evidence so simple
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for him, like the way he takes a ball and he wins battles, gets
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the ball into the final four. He just seems to dictate a lot
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of play and what's Belarus? And it's like, you know, they're
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not pulling up any trees. But like even in bigger games
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where we've seen Gilmore as well, we can dominate midfield.
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So really good to see him there and obviously staking acclaim
21:38
for the games in October, right? Whoever the lineups will end up
21:41
being, McKenna was in for Hanley as well.
21:44
They're absolutely fine. Belarus only had eight touches
21:47
in the box for 90 minutes. So again, as much as you're not
21:50
expecting them to be 3 flown attacking, we did nullify pretty
21:55
much any threat they had to offer.
21:56
And then like you see, got the the three points and and leave,
22:00
frankly. Look, I did feel it was quite
22:03
obviously it was a strange game the way things worked, but if
22:06
and around Scotland dominated possession in that one, I think
22:10
we had what was it? It was similar to the Denmark
22:14
game, just the other way around. We had 73 against 27% for
22:19
Belarus. Goals expected for each team met
22:23
at the score line. I did find myself getting a
22:26
little bit frustrated throughout the first half because I didn't
22:29
really feel we were cutting through very well.
22:31
And Denmark, where Denmark, Belarus, we're posing a little
22:36
bit of fret on the counter. Like you said, they didn't
22:38
really get the touches in the box.
22:39
But when we were committing boys for, they seemed to have quite a
22:42
couple of fast runners up in their final front of the patch
22:46
and the long balls over the top. That gave us a little bit to
22:48
worry about a couple of times. Obviously Max Johnson was caught
22:51
sleeping at one point with the offside man not taking on the
22:54
ball and then has run again and then Andy Robertson's back
22:58
passed a gun. Kind of had my heart in my mouth
23:00
at that moment. But I mean, the goal came a good
23:03
time for us just for half time. I think we really need that
23:06
because I think it would have been disappointing to go and
23:08
nil, nil at half time. second-half with a lot more
23:11
chances. We touched on, OK, maybe like
23:16
she Adams not being as clinical in front of goal as he could
23:21
have been. There was a couple others
23:22
though. We did have chances.
23:25
Do you think maybe if this game was played in October or
23:28
November, once we were further into the season and players are
23:31
maybe just a little bit sharper, got a bit more games under the
23:33
belt into the season, do you think we win that by more goals?
23:38
To be honest, no. Yeah, well, to be honest.
23:41
I'd love to say, yeah, you know, if it was October, we'd do a
23:45
Norway where they beat Moldova 11/1.
23:47
But I think it'd still be two, two, maximum three.
23:52
I mean, look at, I think historically against these
23:55
nations, this caliber nation, we just do not rack up these goals.
23:59
I mean, look at Pharaoh Islands, you know, Moldova, yeah, that
24:06
was the one I was thinking of Moldova with where, you know, in
24:10
times we've we've been relying on last minute winners to get to
24:15
get 3 points. So I was happy to get a goal
24:18
before half time and felt quite comfortable.
24:21
Although obviously that, like you said, they did pose a bit of
24:24
a threat on the counter attack. And I think the start of the
24:27
window is that we conceded more shots on target to Belarus than
24:30
we did Denmark. Sounds about right.
24:34
I think, yeah, I think they will be able to set up though.
24:36
It gave that, I know what you're meaning, like visually they seem
24:38
to have people going forward and I think it's 'cause they set up
24:41
like 532. So they were trying to give a
24:42
balance whereby trying to shut us out.
24:45
But when they did get to go forward, they could move those
24:47
one backs up and another two upfront anyway.
24:49
So it looked like they had like a front 4 at one point.
24:52
So there was that Say that. Do you know what they're seeing
24:56
these games you're seeing against lower league teams,
24:57
lower league, lower ranked teams and sometimes feel like we, I
25:02
don't feel like we ever really play that way as well either.
25:04
We don't play like we're wanting to hammer them.
25:07
Like I think like, all right, I know like dates and Adams are
25:11
the obvious choices, but I just think like somebody like Bowie
25:13
was paying for that. Like, like for me as a Hearts
25:16
fan, Hibs fans, and I appreciate like the Shankland issue that we
25:21
had, Like when Shankland's like informer, doing well, scoring,
25:24
he's in the squad and then barely got any minutes.
25:27
And now that's probably in 2025. It always feels like somebody's
25:31
got a some, someone who's informed all right, maybe
25:35
because they're playing in Scotland, but I suppose we'd
25:37
see. But it feels like those guys
25:39
playing in Scotland seem to go like a sideshow, whoever's
25:41
already there. I think, I think Grant, I mean
25:44
look at Grant and Hamlet. He's been sitting on the bench,
25:46
bench ribs and he's starting. So I think it's more to do with
25:51
Clark's favourites, which is really annoying at times.
25:56
Obviously he's got his critics, but you know, the qualifying
26:00
record speaks for itself. But I think he could really do
26:04
him some himself some favours by being less stubborn and
26:09
experimenting. Because I mean, 3 strikers were
26:11
using that in in that window. 2 substitutes for strikers in in
26:17
the games. In the Denmark game, George
26:19
Hurst came off the bench and in the Belarus game, Linden Diggs
26:22
came off the bench. So for Canebury not to get a
26:26
single minute with how well he's playing and how young he is at
26:32
22. So, you know, but Linden Diggs,
26:34
who's not scored a Scotland goal in God, how many years who's 29?
26:39
You know, who's not our future? Let's be, let's be honest, he's
26:42
not our, he's not our future. If we want to compete at a
26:46
higher level, you know, go to these major tournaments, our
26:50
starting striker is not going to be London Dykes.
26:53
So if you're not trusting him when you're 2 nil up against
26:57
Belarus, when are you going to trust him?
27:00
I mean, it was yeah. I mean for Lennon Miller also to
27:05
get on in the 90th minute and that's it.
27:07
I know he's not had too much game time like you said, but
27:09
neither is Lewis Ferguson. So yeah, overall of.
27:13
Frustrating. That's that's what I think.
27:15
That's what I mean. I think like I just I don't
27:19
know, like I just I some not don't have all the answers.
27:21
I'm not the manager, but like I feel like some things like what
27:23
would it do any harm to like put like 433 against Belarus?
27:27
They like, you know, I bought the exact answers, but you may
27:30
put a belly up front. I'll like book on the left for
27:32
pace. You maybe end up having like a
27:34
Christie or I'm again or somebody.
27:36
Yeah, things like that. And then even CC, to be honest,
27:38
right as well. When you watch like comedy, for
27:40
example, at Napoli, right. I think the further forward he
27:43
is the better and like to the point where I like think if
27:46
we've got 2, well, obviously Duke's a wide option, but there
27:50
probably is maybe like Ferguson or Christy McGinn, whoever has
27:53
another option, right? I just think something that why
27:56
is McDonald just doing us in that central role?
27:58
Like why not just have him up there Because he'll do what
28:00
Dykes is doing. For example, he could be the
28:02
Talisman for us that is for Napoli essentially.
28:05
Like you didn't get a Ballin door nomination for all your
28:07
attacking threat, but can he really be one of the main ones
28:10
for your country that doesn't have the attacking threats that
28:13
Napoli have? It feels like just wild.
28:15
One, one thing you'd counter that where is like he has he's
28:20
get here he is allowed more space in the athlete because
28:24
they do have a world class striker in the Kaku occupying
28:27
that area as well, which does take up defenders.
28:31
You know, they they become occupied by him.
28:33
Whereas I think with Scotland, one thing since pink comedy has
28:37
started to hit these heights, he hasn't scored as frequently.
28:40
And it's possible because like when you look at the team, like
28:44
if you're going to you're going to mark like Sarah Mcdomany,
28:46
you're probably going to commit more men to keeping Mcdomany out
28:49
sort of thing. So I mean, I don't know if
28:51
that's a fair assessment. But I think I think that aids
28:55
more towards the argument of why Kieran Bowie should be on
28:59
because you watch him every time it helps.
29:01
He has a handful, he gets in defenders ways, he's strong,
29:05
he's powerful, he'll get into positions and you can't leave
29:08
him unmarked or he will score because he is clinical.
29:11
So I think to to combat that, you know, kind of because
29:16
obviously, obviously now when you're looking at Scotland,
29:22
Mctominy is the guy that's the the main focal point and the one
29:25
that will be double teamed if if needs be.
29:27
So if you put Kieran Bowie on, I think that kind of evens it out
29:33
where they will need to at times double teamed Kieran Bowie
29:36
because of how strong he is and then that will leave gaps for
29:41
McDonald to run onto it and score like he did in that in
29:44
that World Cup qualification run.
29:46
We've got also as well an abundance of like midfield
29:49
talent as well like so, but all the things that Lukaku produces
29:53
up top in terms of like already gives goals as well, but he's
29:57
also a big nuisance so by way. Can you think of anything that
30:01
cost the same today as it did 10 years ago?
30:05
There isn't much. That is, unless you're a Mid
30:07
American energy customer. Thanks to all the renewable
30:10
energy we're generating, our customers pay nearly the same
30:13
rate for electricity today as they did back when we were all
30:16
singing Call Me Maybe. And with Mid American making
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even more investments in clean energy, you can count on
30:22
enjoying those same affordable rates for the next decade.
30:25
Now that's obsessively, relentlessly at your service.
30:30
And or Dykes could provide that, but then also behind McDonald in
30:34
terms of like don't really think there's in the Holy Europe that
30:38
many teams apart from the obvious ones in port one, right?
30:41
There's not many of that teams that you look at our midfield
30:44
and you go, we'll not be able to take control of this.
30:47
Like we've got so many that are playing and not playing like
30:50
we've got. You've got obviously Christie,
30:53
for example, never plays defensive material for Scotland,
30:56
but does it like I can't or for Bournemouth and the best league
30:59
in the world. So you've got him.
31:00
You've got Ferguson not even talked about Miller yet and
31:02
Miller's again for the future. He he could easily have played
31:06
anywhere in midfield against Belarus to get 90 minutes or
31:09
even a decent hour and a national level and probably
31:12
strolled it the way he plays. I mean, that's before you talk
31:16
about it like McDonald, all these other guys, so many people
31:20
that could support McDonald if he was in that more of a 10 or
31:24
Talisman false name, whatever sort of rule you want to call
31:27
it. Like I just feel like we've got
31:29
so much talent and I ruined that area for them.
31:31
And Gilmore, sorry, Gilmore was the other one to dictate things
31:35
and allow them to have the freedom there.
31:37
You know, if you look at the table now where we were actually
31:41
second because Denmark had less yellow cards at one point, but
31:44
because they won 31, obviously we're a second on goal
31:46
difference, one point ahead of Greece.
31:49
So going into that October break, if we beat Greece at
31:53
home, we'll be 4 points ahead of them and we'll have Belarus at
31:59
home next and they'll have Denmark away next.
32:02
And if results go away in in those set of games, we will be
32:06
guaranteed a World Cup playoff spot.
32:09
So, you know, a couple weeks ago we were six, we were six games
32:13
away from a World Cup, whereas now in two games time we could
32:17
be guaranteed a playoff spot. So it's it's obviously a in this
32:21
nature now it's it's a really quick turn around.
32:23
But if we do have a good result against Greece, beat them and
32:27
then don't slip up on the banana skin against Belarus at home and
32:31
Denmark do anything like they did to them away at home, then
32:37
you know we could be looking at a playoff spot and a battle out
32:40
with with Denmark for first. Next, I mean, looking at the
32:45
group overall, when we came into this campaign, there was a fear
32:48
with Denmark been a part one side, that's totally normal.
32:51
Obviously, Greece been part two sides.
32:53
They were fearful and for reasons we only recently
32:56
discovered in March, like you said when we spoke to talk
33:00
talker in the opposition analysis last week, he actually
33:03
said he was more concerned about Scotland than he was about
33:06
Greece. And I think that came as a as me
33:08
and Aaron that were speaking to him and it came as a surprised
33:11
us both that you would say that because I'm just what we'd
33:14
recently experienced with Greece.
33:16
We felt that they were possibly stronger than us or you know,
33:19
they kind of turn us over at start.
33:22
Hamden no two ways about that. Obviously the free now when
33:27
against Greek and Athens maybe shows he knew what he was
33:32
talking about more than they kind of thought.
33:35
I mean, looking forward to the game at Hampden now, like you
33:39
said, it's almost like cup final vibes because of how short the
33:42
campaign is. A win against Greece will be
33:45
absolutely massive. Like you said, the game after
33:50
they've got a game in Copenhagen that'll be challenging.
33:53
We've got Belarus. Hopefully we can do the same
33:56
thing we just achieved on Monday, Luz Ferguson said.
34:00
We've seen what they're all about, they're a really good
34:03
side but a definitely tilt game at Hamden.
34:06
But we're better prepared to decide this time what what do
34:09
you guys think like and what had gone into this game now?
34:12
What's different about the Scotland team that was different
34:15
from the team that played at home in March?
34:22
You can go, honey, go. I think like key point as well.
34:27
Just put a touch on the Grease fan is through the home games
34:30
they've had and they've got three points 2 away games we've
34:33
had and we've got 4. So that will play in to our
34:37
favorite. Again, in terms of like going
34:39
forward, we've got these two own facts.
34:40
We've come in got to take positivity from that known that
34:43
Grease have only got 1 home game left.
34:47
I think we've probably learned a lot from the mistake and I think
34:52
it was a mistake and it was maybe maybe a bit naivety of,
34:57
you know, the qualities that Greece preserves for equal.
35:00
Obviously Greece came out just the way that we now know they
35:02
can. I don't know about digging on
35:04
Greece actually just just before the pod as well.
35:07
And I think like I think took is right in the sense of we are
35:12
probably more of a problem at Denmark.
35:14
Obviously at hindsight now it shows them to be right, I
35:16
suppose in a way, but I've not seen the reverse fixtures yet.
35:19
But I think there's a there's a couple of things with it.
35:21
I think like they're obviously like you say, a bit more open
35:25
Greece, but they are lacking a lot of experience as well.
35:28
I think that I said it's up and coming.
35:30
I think that I said it has the potential to be really good and
35:33
and actually going forward depending where all the players
35:36
end up. Yeah, I mean that there's two
35:38
teams in place. Yeah, Caretas, the two, the two
35:42
teams that they put out were nearly identical and actually
35:45
the only change they made was in in the number 10 position where
35:47
they obviously not too much knowledge of their players, but
35:50
they essentially took a 32 year old out that played in against
35:53
Belarus, but a 22 year old and against Denmark.
35:56
So against Denmark they only had one player over the age of 31
35:59
and then they only had three players over the age of 24, over
36:02
the age of 25. So when you take that versus our
36:05
team without trying to be a SWAT and remember everybody's ages, I
36:11
think we only had one under 25 in the last game, which was
36:14
Gilmore and then the ones underneath that Hickey 23 then
36:18
you're looking at like Dok Dok at 19.
36:20
I think it is really beyond that.
36:22
Everyone looked like they were pretty much in around like 2930
36:26
in terms of age. And obviously the number of caps
36:28
that comes with that, the experience.
36:30
And I think as well just a general more balanced and more
36:33
rounded site. Like we have our we have our
36:36
sort of issues in terms of like the forward data that we talked
36:38
about, which appears to be Greece is not problem.
36:41
I was when you look at Tiso lesson, I mean, if, if, if we're
36:44
the Mick Pavlidis upfront and that Greece have got then then
36:48
obviously I think we'd be in a lot better position than we are
36:51
probably this at 26 and he's he's a big threat and he will be
36:54
in Tazolas at 23, correct. It's a 17.
36:57
You know, they're going to be there for a long time.
37:00
But yeah, they're back like the keepers 22 centre back 21 right
37:03
back 23. So, you know, these guys are are
37:06
are good talents, but they've still got a bit of inexperience
37:10
in them and a bit of mistakes in them.
37:13
And I think we then like say naive is the word.
37:16
We just want smart enough. And I don't think Clark will
37:18
make those mistakes next month. And I think you'll be well aware
37:21
of the threat, but equally so you'll nullify that the way to
37:25
the Denmark, but then look to obviously impose us on them in
37:28
the defensive areas where, like I said, maybe I've got that bit
37:30
of an experience and look to be pressure.
37:33
I think that the home, the home advantage is a big factor as
37:36
well. Like if we can use that to an
37:38
advantage and please learn for the mistakes will be in a great
37:41
position. And obviously getting the one
37:43
that would be massive and like you say, guarantees a playoff of
37:46
pretty much get the inevitable one against Belarus, which and
37:49
like thought would get if we beat Greece a few days before
37:52
that. And yeah, it's just.
37:54
Going to be mindful, like I mean there is an opportunity for
37:56
Greece to get something in Copenhagen, but you know, you
38:00
never know how how these things will work out with the with the
38:03
overall group. I don't know if I knew how
38:04
they'd be comment on that. Yeah, I mean, I think it'll be
38:10
hard to to to make analysis on how different the team will play
38:16
against Greece until we play them.
38:17
Obviously we can sit here and say we look better against them,
38:21
Mark and Belarus, but obviously Greece do play just so
38:23
different, really open, really attacking.
38:26
So I think that's the the biggest game we've got left.
38:31
Next one a Hampden so. I think to be honest, like as
38:35
well, sorry, sorry if I'm gonna cut you out.
38:37
I think to be honest as well, the biggest thing, as well as
38:39
that Greece game against Denmark could actually, if we were to
38:42
beat Greece, could actually work in our favour to potentially one
38:46
anyway. Like then they win and they
38:48
asked to beat them because we'd be sitting on 10 points at the
38:50
top of the table with them on 7:00 and 6:00.
38:54
So Denmark on 7 and. Greece, I was, I was actually
38:57
thinking about this this morning, where if we beat
38:59
Greece, would I want Denmark to win or Greece to win?
39:05
And I I came to the conclusion I think a draw would be best for
39:09
everyone. If.
39:11
If if Denmark win, we are guaranteed a World Cup playoff
39:17
spot. If we did beat Belarus and
39:18
Greece, if Greece win, then they'd be one point behind us
39:23
breathing down our necks. And you know, one slip up is all
39:26
it takes. And you know, away in Greece is
39:30
a tough game as well. So I think a draw would put us 6
39:36
points, clear them if I'm right in saying that, or maybe 5
39:40
points. Yeah, five points, clear
39:42
degrees. Yeah, 6 points and then yeah.
39:49
So, so this is where a goal difference come into it because
39:52
for World Cup it's head to head, but for world qualification it
39:56
is goal difference. So currently we have a better
39:59
goal difference than them because they got scudded off of
40:00
Denmark. So if we beat them at home and
40:05
then was hoping for a draw, that is where we would really look to
40:12
try and, you know, hump Belarus. Something that we don't really
40:18
do often obviously, but Greece have already played their home
40:21
game against Belarus. Obviously they put 5 past them.
40:24
So we'd be hoping to do something similar.
40:26
And then if we did lose to Denmark at home, hopefully limit
40:32
that to to a small school length.
40:34
So yeah, I think it's too many scenarios to really go into.
40:38
It's if buts and maybes but bottom line is Greece game need
40:43
to win it. Yeah, bottom line is when all
40:46
are. You exactly.
40:46
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly.
40:48
I mean quite, he said in in his post match and if you after
40:54
bellows, he said it's a start, but it's only a start.
40:57
And that's something that's that's sort of drives me
41:00
summarize it really. He said.
41:01
He said four points doesn't qualify qualify here.
41:03
No, I mean, he's always, I mean, if you think back to Euro 24
41:07
campaign as well, I mean, we were flying 12 points and from
41:11
our first four games there and he still spoke quite candidly
41:14
about about that. He never really kept his feet
41:16
family on the ground, which I think is a good thing.
41:19
Doesn't he sort of put this Grease game next month on the
41:23
podium that I think a lot of fans are putting on for how much
41:26
it means. But yeah, we can.
41:29
We had. We had. 15.
41:32
Yeah, even 15, yeah. And I think the only, I'm still
41:36
bitter about the fact that we didn't qualify first and get a
41:39
pot one, get pot one for the EUR because I think the only reason
41:44
we didn't is because of that VR decision in Spain.
41:47
Oh, don't get me started on that.
41:48
Oh, don't, Because yeah, I, I put up a post the other day
41:53
about our last 20 major tournament qualifiers.
41:57
So World Cup 18, sorry, World Cup 22, EUR 24, and now the
42:02
start of World Cup 26. Those qualifying campaigns,
42:05
we've lost two of our last 20 and that was away in Denmark
42:11
where we lost two nil and away in Spain where arguably we
42:15
should have won. So I think where that Clarke
42:20
Christian comes from is 1A stubbornness for players and a
42:24
favouritism. But mainly our friendly record
42:31
is absolutely atrocious. You compare a friendly record to
42:37
to competitive qualifiers. It's, it's horrific and
42:41
obviously the the disappointment of when we do get to those major
42:46
tournaments, we've underperformed.
42:49
Obviously that EUR 2020 was a hard group, but 24, we really
42:53
should have beat Hungary. I was there for all three games
42:55
and that was the roughest one. But hopefully we do get to to
43:01
World Cup 26 and obviously with the the expanded format,
43:05
hopefully we get someone like Kuruka or Cape Verde in our
43:08
grip. Yeah, that's perfect.
43:11
Sorry, can you help me? No, I was just going to say this
43:15
could be the time as well. Like you said things have
43:18
started off well. This could may be the time we've
43:20
managed to secure automatic and finish top or not that we didn't
43:24
secure automatic for the EUR. But you know, I mean get
43:26
finished top of a group for the first time and I can't even tell
43:29
you the last time. Just got into that as possible
43:30
before my lifetime. Yeah.
43:34
I mean, I think we'll move on a wee bit now to just cover some
43:37
other Scotland stuff that happened in the international
43:40
break. Obviously under 20 ones played
43:42
the AD back-to-back defeats against the Czech Republic and
43:46
Portugal 2. Now both games it just seems to
43:50
be a reoccurring theme how disappointing the under 21
43:53
results are. Not just this campaign, but like
43:55
years gone by, so many good players coming through that age
43:59
group and just never really seeming to achieve much.
44:02
I don't want to use as a stat handy about Scott Gammell in
44:06
terms of, you know, how long he's been a manager and his
44:08
stats. But yeah, just he's been.
44:11
He's been. Manager, he's been manager of
44:13
the under 20 ones for nine years now and he's got eighteen wins
44:17
in 62 games. I mean, with the talent that's
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come through, I mean you even see recently the talent that's
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come through from the 20 ones now into the first team.
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It has to be. I mean, I can't think of another
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youth coach that has that job security.
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Any other coach in world football gets those results.
44:39
They will be gone out the door. I mean even look at the talent
44:43
that was in that squad. Finley Curtis has been flying at
44:46
Rangers. Robbie Uri who's been flying in
44:49
Sweden didn't get a minute. I mean putting putting players
44:54
like Diamond Buddy who is a winger upfront instead of I mean
44:58
I think they took 5 or 6 wingers in the squad and then played two
45:01
upfront with no wingers. I mean, it is.
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It's just incomprehensible how you can waste that amount of
45:07
talent like Emilio Lawrence, so much talent in the squad and to
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get nothing out of them and to not even play the right
45:17
formation. There's definitely quite a young
45:20
nest to that group of the current crop.
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I mean, when you look at Eden, Borland's only 18 or 19.
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There's a couple of guys are only like in the 18 to 19
45:29
bracket. And like you said that dearly
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midday is up. I think he's 21 now.
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There's a couple of 120. And it's just, I know you're
45:37
maybe maybe giving them an excuse there, but it definitely
45:39
has to get so much better out of these guys.
45:43
It's just crazy. We've not done achieved
45:45
anything. Yeah, I mean, correct me if I'm.
45:48
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we've qualified for
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a major tournament under Scott Gemmell, so no.
45:52
No, I don't think so. Definitely.
45:54
Not so. Yeah, in nine.
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Years we qualified us for anything.
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I mean, I, when I remember first really when I was old enough to
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like, not just be watching Scotland to start to taking and
46:04
you know who's coming. I was looking at under 20 ones
46:06
who's going to be coming through into the, the, the men's team.
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We had that sort of under 20 ones golden generation.
46:12
They had Ryan gold McGann. It felt like a golden generation
46:15
at the time, gold McGann and Christy Ryan Fraser was in
46:19
there. Jason Cummins was a Scotland
46:21
player back then. We had calm Patterson at right
46:24
back, maybe even John Souter in that group.
46:26
Andy Robertson played briefly for them but was promoted to the
46:30
first team. I mean, even a good A-Team like
46:32
that, which I mean, it just seemed so like that that's, I
46:37
mean, it's good to have a #21 crop as you'll find back in the
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day and that that team even didn't manage to, you know, get
46:43
past the qualifiers. Yeah, I think we should move on
46:47
to a more positive note under. 9 times, yeah.
46:51
Under nineteens did extremely well this window, albeit only
46:55
against the United Arab Emirates but they won 71 Hat trick from
46:59
Josh Landers who moved from I believe Hibs to West Ham.
47:07
He started in the under eighteens last season and then
47:10
he got 5 in his first six and then he's been moved up to the
47:13
under 20 ones. Looked really good so good to
47:16
see him grab a hat trick and definitely one to watch.
47:20
Ewan sorry even Mooney grabbed 1 as well.
47:24
He's at Saint Mirren I I believe Callum Adamson grabbed one who
47:30
is on loan at Alloa from Rangers and obviously the the up and
47:36
coming one that even for Britsy. Romano has been tweeting about
47:40
Kaylin. I'm going to butcher this
47:42
Kaylin. Is it kadam kadam kadam
47:46
Kalamatari. There we go.
47:48
But yeah, he's only 15 and came off the bench.
47:53
I believe in this one. Got a goal.
47:55
He came off the bench in their previous game as well and got an
47:59
assist. A name of the Man City from
48:02
Sheffield Wednesday this summer for reportedly over 1,000,000 as
48:06
a 15 year old. He was.
48:08
He was born. In 2009.
48:10
Yeah, born in 2009 and was the the top goal scorer in the under
48:16
18 Premier League division last last season.
48:19
So moved to Man City for over 1,000,000 lbs reportedly at 15
48:23
years old. And yeah, off the bench in both
48:26
games for the 1919's. Got a assist and a goal, so one
48:30
to definitely keep your eye on. Obviously I'm getting shades of
48:33
Karamoco down belly. Hopefully it doesn't turn out
48:35
like that. Yeah.
48:37
So scores as well with him as he was.
48:40
Danny Karamande Haddam when he was at Dundee United.
48:44
Yeah. Yeah, for that one.
48:48
Yeah, obviously his dad was somewhat of a wonder kid
48:52
himself. So yeah, hopefully continues.
48:57
No, no English switching, which I don't think is on the cards.
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Luckily also Tyler Fletcher was back in the squad.
49:04
Darren Fletcher, one of Darren Fletcher's sons, which was good
49:06
to see because obviously he went over to the English for a bit.
49:10
So it's good to see him back in the squad.
49:12
But yeah, definitely a few to keep our eyes on.
49:16
See, obviously very good for the under nineteens there.
49:19
Great result on the 20 ones, not so much.
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And then like we said, what week it's been for the men's team.
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Looking forward to next month very much now.
49:29
Thanks for coming on guys. It's been a really good one
49:32
chatting with tease again. Any leaving thoughts from News
49:35
before we wrap up? We're winning it all.
49:40
It's a conference here in North America.
49:43
Yeah, I was. I was genuinely looking at
49:45
venues on Wikipedia the other day.
49:47
I hate, I hate being that comforting.
49:51
I told my laughing so much. I was mentioning my my one of my
49:54
guys in the Tatan Army. It always seems to be in laws
49:55
going, you know. What's that?
49:57
How does it work with allocations for tickets again?
49:59
Reserve the national teams. So yeah, I mean, to be fair, I
50:02
think my dad always gets on me for getting a little bit too
50:06
excited before things have occurred.
50:07
But I think with Scotland, you've just got to enjoy, enjoy
50:10
the journey when it's happening. I booked my flights to Germany.
50:13
I booked my flights to Germany. I think after two games so.
50:17
I know, I know someone's booked the highest booked flights to to
50:20
America. They booked that's £99 or 200.
50:24
It was like the 199 or 99 LB flights from Barcelona or
50:27
Madrid, which to be fair is a decent guy.
50:30
I mean, if I'd known at the time, I'd probably gambled on
50:32
that because. I would have got them.
50:34
Yeah, the fights will probably go up a fair bit.
50:37
So I've been that's this. Look, these are all problems for
50:40
months down the line, maybe, maybe after the next month's
50:42
results, we'll be able to talk more sureness around what
50:45
flights to get. But no, thanks again guys.
50:48
And that's been a really good episode.
50:50
We'll catches in the next one. Perfect.
50:52
Thank you very much.