wanday Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Slovakia would in trouble - will take them a lot to get back. Despite the frustration I still reckon we can beat Lithuania over there. If the aim is 2nd place we can still do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 The campaign is fked mate. Needed to win the so called easy home games against a sh1t team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 1 hour ago, bonny78 said: The campaign is fked mate. Needed to win the so called easy home games against a sh1t team Not the way the other results have gone so far. We usually get crucified every time we drop a point........this group not so much. We need at least a point in Slovakia, but a win puts us exactly where I was hoping to be, with 4 points from these 2 games a realistic aim. As mentioned previously, I think we can with in Lithuania to balance the books. 6 points off Malta and 4 off everyone else barring England should do it. Once again, it might come down to who can take points off the top seeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 1 minute ago, killiefaetheferry said: Not the way the other results have gone so far. We usually get crucified every time we drop a point........this group not so much. We need at least a point in Slovakia, but a win puts us exactly where I was hoping to be, with 4 points from these 2 games a realistic aim. As mentioned previously, I think we can with in Lithuania to balance the books. 6 points off Malta and 4 off everyone else barring England should do it. Once again, it might come down to who can take points off the top seeds. We will not win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Scotland need to win home qualifiers as they are so spineless in the away qualifiers they really need to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 A decent result in Tuesday will be a sticking plaster over a huge crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 24 minutes ago, scoobydoo said: Scotland need to win home qualifiers as they are so spineless in the away qualifiers they really need to win. Against Lithuania for fck sake we shud be winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendricks Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Putting aside what was a dreadful overall performance and terrible result I've read a lot subsequently that Slovakia away is now a must win and I'm not sure I get that. Clearly we don't want to be losing on Tuesday night after the Lithuania debacle but in terms of finishing 2nd in the group (which was the only realistic outcome before the campaign started) a point there would be as much as we would have been expecting. Should we draw on Tuesday we would be on 5pts from 9 but more importantly Slovakia would be on 1pt from 9 and still to come to Hampden. Slovenia also dropped points to Lithuania and in all likelihood will drop more on Tuesday against England. I felt this before the first game and its even more prevalent now, we want England to beat all the other teams and its why even though it was disappointing for a minute or two I was actually pleased when they scored late against Slovakia. There is a hell of a lot of football still to play in this group so whilst yesterday was abysmal 2nd place in this group remains very much up for grabs even with a point in Slovakia. I still feel (call me crazy) that it will be between us and Slovakia for 2nd. NB. I hope I'm proven wrong but I think we will struggle big time to get anything on Tuesday but my point that we don't need to win to contend for a play off spot still stands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 And where exactly is a win coming from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu101 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Just now, Barney Rubble said: And where exactly is a win coming from? Chris Martin hat trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw22 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 100% correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw22 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 A decent result in Tuesday will be a sticking plaster over a huge crack. 100% agree with that, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return of Yermaw Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 a win on Tues will let Strachan off the hook. again. he is honking. the squad collectively are far better than how he has the team playing - yet he plays the overall ability down but manages to refer to pish performances and poor individidual squad choices as outstanding, he is all over the place and our media and a lot of the fans let him away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, wanday said: Slovakia would in trouble - will take them a lot to get back. Slovakia would be pretty much out it if we win - falling seven points behind us would be too much to make up in a ten game group, IMO. Edited October 9, 2016 by Clyde1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 To complete the original sentence.... ....We're stuck with Strachan for the foreseeable future. As someone said, a positive result in midweek is a sticking plaster. A lot of us got carried away with the Malta result, but in reality, 5-1 flattered us, we were under pressure until the ref killed Maltas chances with the penalty and red card. Conversely, we weren't good last night, but have played worse and got away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockholm 1980 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Remember that one of the second placed teams doesn't get into the playoffs. I think this could well be our section ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 A decent result on Tuesday and we're back on course for second. It's not like we didn't create chances last night, maybe luck levelling itself out from the Malta game. What's the worst that could happen? It's not like we're not use to not qualifying.Let's go again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) I don't understand how can some people think we will win in Slovakia. We will give them the perfect opportunity to be back in the running... Edited October 9, 2016 by McVinceSCT orthograph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stactuso85 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 6 hours ago, scoobydoo said: Scotland need to win home qualifiers as they are so spineless in the away qualifiers they really need to win. The old "we're not allowed to beat big teams away" mentality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) 27 minutes ago, stactuso85 said: The old "we're not allowed to beat big teams away" mentality We don't try to. We set up to not lose. have we beaten a higher ranked team away from home since Paris in 2007? Edited October 9, 2016 by sbcmfc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Hendricks said: Putting aside what was a dreadful overall performance and terrible result I've read a lot subsequently that Slovakia away is now a must win and I'm not sure I get that. Clearly we don't want to be losing on Tuesday night after the Lithuania debacle but in terms of finishing 2nd in the group (which was the only realistic outcome before the campaign started) a point there would be as much as we would have been expecting. Should we draw on Tuesday we would be on 5pts from 9 but more importantly Slovakia would be on 1pt from 9 and still to come to Hampden. Slovenia also dropped points to Lithuania and in all likelihood will drop more on Tuesday against England. I felt this before the first game and its even more prevalent now, we want England to beat all the other teams and its why even though it was disappointing for a minute or two I was actually pleased when they scored late against Slovakia. There is a hell of a lot of football still to play in this group so whilst yesterday was abysmal 2nd place in this group remains very much up for grabs even with a point in Slovakia. I still feel (call me crazy) that it will be between us and Slovakia for 2nd. NB. I hope I'm proven wrong but I think we will struggle big time to get anything on Tuesday but my point that we don't need to win to contend for a play off spot still stands! Slovakia have already played two of their three hardest games. We have played two of our three easiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 2 hours ago, sbcmfc said: have we beaten a higher ranked team away from home since Paris in 2007? Croatia in 2013... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batzek-osemba Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 And if you come 2nd? Youll be having a play off against Italy, Netherlands I bet. Or iceland. Shouldve went for 1st in a group with England. But they are pretty decent in qualifying in recent years tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Totally agree with this, we should be aiming for first... I would rather play England home and away to qualify than Italy or Spain. If we get either of thes teams Fifa will make sure that we don't get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 9 hours ago, Toepoke said: Croatia in 2013... So twice in ten years, and one was a dead rubber. That was a good performance though, I'd forgotten about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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