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  1. Well that's the first bit of good news in a week.
  2. For us we have it in us to be a good side capable of getting through to the knock-out stage but it requires a few things to happen for that to happen such as:- We must have all our key players fit and available. We need all our key players to play at their highest level or as close as possible to it. We need to settle on what our best side is and best formation. We need to be more clinical in front of goal when chances come about. At present, Sadly, none of that is happening.
  3. Suits me fine. And we leave the tribal pish to NI fans who were full of it last night. Have a good day.
  4. And no I don't. If you can bear it watch the game on iPlayer and listen for yourself. Fuck the SFA was the giveaway aside from booing of Scottish Celtic players and applauding the Ex Gers players.
  5. And if I were Gers Northern Irish I'd be more worried about when they'll next play in a major championship. No worries about our support. It is welcomed and loved around the world.
  6. I go solely to international matches now. I have seen various visiting fans who have been loud and very supportive of their team and players without resorting to antagonistic pish or aggressive posturing. As I said earlier nastiest, confrontational, total arsehole nobody supporters I have witnessed with absolutely no national identity of their own.
  7. Doak is out injured until the end of the season. Doig is an option but he has not been getting regular first team football either. Plus Robertson/Tierney cover that left-back/left wing-back role si is there a need for a third?
  8. Jeez a heck of a lot of fuss being made over why four goalies in this squad? It is crystal clear. He wanted to see for himself where Craig Gordon is at fitness-wise and sharphess-wise and no doubt learnt far more watching him first hand in trainng. No big deal at all.
  9. And you could counter Spanish player's slip with Hickey's slip away to Spain. We deserved to qualify - no two ways about it.
  10. No as I understand it he will nameva squad for those friendlies and then trim.it down after the matches for the Euro squad.
  11. We do not go from being a good team that qualified to a shite team in a few months thst much I am sure. Clarke's job is to sort out what has gone wrong and rectify it. I think there are a few factors in.play here. For some time we had a very settled line-up and we became a well-drilled compact side getting good results and confidence built up. But over the last few months we have missed key players through injuries and that knocked us out of our stride and we never worked out a fix. We have also resorted to a dangerous trait. Still selecting players out of form or not getting games for their club and it has cost us. I look at Patterson, Dykes and Cooper (but to be fair to him he did fine last night). Too many players have got comfortable with the idea they are going to the Euros and have let their standards slip. Clarke should call-up some fresh faces in the next squad even if just to worry some players into raising their standards again. We have had a run of games where, as we qualified with a couple of games to spare then had friendlies the competitive edge has been lackibg too. That needs to change also. At present our chances of getting out of the group stages have diminished a lot given these issues we have and a severe lack of confidence that we must have now diminishes our chances even more.
  12. Yes and That analogy sums them up as Celtic and Rangers are renowned for the poison they bring to matches with bigotted and confrontational chants in a bid to solely aggravate people. That sums up their support perfectly. They were more interested in aggravating. Their interest on the pitch was and is minimal given how much hope there is to be excited about on the pitch. What chants were aggravating:- Everywhere they go Scotland get battered....confrontational John McGinn what a w***er what a w***er....confrontational Something along lines of Euros your having a laugh.....confrontational Lots more today before we even get into the Rule Brittania and Dambusters pish. Wtf that has to do with Northern Ireland god knows. They done a lot of singing but right now I cannot thing of one chant about their players or team even after they scored. Detestable tossers. Worst bunch of nobody and no-hoper supporters to grace Hampden.
  13. Horse shit. They are the only supporters I know (even England do not plunge to their depth) that were chants based around aggravating confrontations. I was right next to them and they were constantly glaring over with arms out wide in a confrontational manner. Their chants were only confrontational. I could count in one hand the songs they sung about their team or their players. Poisonous bunch of tossers. If they float your boat then it just sums you up.
  14. What did we learn from this double header? Shankland is our best option up front. Patterson cannot start in the Euros if he is not playing for Everton. His confidence and self-belief which was low must now be rock bottom. If Hickey is not fit then, at present, has to be Ralston. When forced into playing four at the back after Robertson's injury we did look marginally better so that should be our default formation going forward should Robertson or Tierney be unavailable. Safe to say Taylor won't be on the plane or else it would have been a like-for-like substitution with Robertson and let Clarke have a look at him as everyone else (barring keepers) got some gametime in this double header.
  15. I can only put this down to lack of intensity in.our play since we qualified which has made us complacent in games which in turns has led to poor results which in turn knocks confidence. It is like being a home nation thats gets automatic qualification and has many months of matches with nothing on them. Poor finishing against top quality opposition last Friday cost us. Our attacking play was very encouraging but never took our many chances. Last night was down to not having the attacking guile or clinical passing in the final third. We appeared clueless (as we have in the past) when a side scores then parks the bus. The goal we conceded though was shocking - a schoolboy error which has no place in international football. We passed the ball fine in non-threatening areas but not in areas where it matters where crosses were too long or too near the keeper. Our midfield (normally our strength) was awful - only Christie did alright and perhaps Gilmour. Dykes was awful but in fairness to him he had no service.
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