Scotland's Road to World Cup 2010- Scotland vs Argentina

[Andygers]

He meant literally a road to the world cup, stretching from Scotland all the way to South Africa :lol: LMAO imagine if that was true and we didn't qualify! :lol:

[yogisbairns]

He meant literally a road to the world cup, stretching from Scotland all the way to South Africa :lol:

A road that we always fling banana skins in front of ourselves!:sad:

[Andygers]

Kevin Thomson, Alan Hutton and James McFadden have all pulled out of the squad for Friday.

Really bad news, now we must hope for a win.

[Andygers]

Kris Boyd has dropped out of the Scotland squad due to a hamstring injury, huge blow imo :boo:

[Andygers]

The game is on BBC 1 Scotland at 4:15 pm on Friday for anyone who is interested.

[nb-legenda]

A road that we always fling banana skins in front of ourselves!:sad:

dude that was great quote, they should make it like:

"Scotland are always close to completing the road to world cup, but the final banana peel ruined it all". nice...

[Andygers]

I have a feeling that this time we might just do it this time as many of the games are winnable for us, the only games I would be concerened about are games vs Holland and Norway.

Btw Steven Fletcher has also pulled out of the squad for Friday...:(

[nelly]

Night-mare nobody is gonna be playing in this game. At least for now at any rate the English players seem to realise that if they pull out he/Capello will chuck em out. Even though these games are often crap, you need to have the full squad whenever possible to give MGR and team a chance of gelling and to get that winning mentality. Playing only 4 or 5 of your 1st choice 11 is pretty f---ing useless.

[Andygers]

Night-mare nobody is gonna be playing in this game. At least for now at any rate the English players seem to realise that if they pull out he/Capello will chuck em out. Even though these games are often crap, you need to have the full squad whenever possible to give MGR and team a chance of gelling and to get that winning mentality. Playing only 4 or 5 of your 1st choice 11 is pretty f---ing useless. To be fair all pulled out because of injuries and these are not fake injuries because the Scotland doctors check them out before hand.

It is bad but I believe we are strong enough to nick a draw, this is a bad time to lose loads of players but its only a friendly and Nelly we showed with our 1-1 vs Croatia at home that we can succeed without every player fit.

[nelly]

True I guess, but none the less, frustrating.

[Andygers]

I am really looking forward to this match, hopefully scotland will get something although Czech Rep. are a good side.

[nb-legenda]

Rangers and Scotland always had problems with injuries of key players

[Andygers]

Yes but I still feel we have enough strength to go out and draw against the Czechs.

[Andygers]

The game is today, can't wait to see how we play today...

COME ON SCOTLAND!!!!

[ulster21]

The game is today, can't wait to see how we play today...

COME ON SCOTLAND!!!!

What is the projected line-up?

[Andygers]

HT: Czech Rep 0-0 Scotland

Well it has been a good first half, a few shaky moments but overall damn good! Morrison is playing well and we have made good chances and unfortunately missed because of sliping ect. Keep it up guys!

COME ON SCOTLAND!!

[I Am Legend]

Yes but I still feel we have enough strength to go out and draw against the Czechs.

I think the Czechs only fielded a very weakened side for half the game yet they still spanked you guys 3-1 and apparently it could have been a whole lot worse. The road to the 2010 WC is a tough one for the Scots.

[Andygers]

I think the Czechs only fielded a very weakened side for half the game yet they still spanked you guys 3-1 and apparently it could have been a whole lot worse. The road to the 2010 WC is a tough one for the Scots. I think our team was far much more weakened than them, 7 regulars out through injury. I thought we played well but they have class and it shone through in the end. If thats how we play with effectively our second string team against the sixth best team in the world atm, I can't wait to see what our full team will be like.

Well done lads, a tad unfortunate in the end...

[Andygers]

We are now officaly in WC 2010 qualification mode now with no more friendlies before the start of the campaign. So if you have any thoughts on how we are going to do post them here.

[DC92]

I think the Czechs only fielded a very weakened side for half the game yet they still spanked you guys 3-1 and apparently it could have been a whole lot worse. The road to the 2010 WC is a tough one for the Scots.

Did they have 11 players out like we did? Including...

Barry Ferguson (our captain)
Kris Boyd (frequently used forward with a decent record at international level and a very good record at club level)
Scott Brown (a regular)
David Weir (again, a regular, played every euro 08 match)
Allan McGregor (good back-up keeper)
Alan Hutton (our best player, cost Spurs £9 million)
James McFadden (another who is arguably our best player, 13 goals in 37 caps)
Steven Whittaker and Kevin Thomson, two promising Rangers players who would probably have played.
Steven Fletcher young striker, reportedly watched by Real Madrid.
Lee McCulloch is another regular whoplayed most games in Euro 08 qualifying.

On the game, I think we looked comfortable for a draw at least until McManus was replaced by Dailly.

And you say it could have been a lot worse? The Czechs missed a couple of chances, but so did we! Fletcher, Miller (twice) and Morrison all had very good chances, but failed to score.

[DC92]

We are now officaly in WC 2010 qualification mode now with no more friendlies before the start of the campaign. So if you have any thoughts on how we are going to do post them here.

We have Northern Ireland at Hampden in August in a friendly.

[Andygers]

Oh well thats me told! Oh yeah now I remember, that is going to be some match!

[Andygers]

Oh man how the hell are we going to beat Holland with the form that they are on at the moment! :worried:

[I Am Legend]

Oh man how the hell are we going to beat Holland with the form that they are on at the moment! :worried:

You're not going to beat Holland!

[nelly]

Oh man how the hell are we going to beat Holland with the form that they are on at the moment! :worried:


Food poisoning might work ?

Didn't Spurs lose a cup game in some strange Food poisoning drama?

[I Am Legend]

Seriously I can see Scotland being on the wrong end of 3 goals in each game. It could get real ugly! :D

[Andygers]

Seriously I can see Scotland being on the wrong end of 3 goals in each game. It could get real ugly! :D Keep dreaming...

[I Am Legend]

Keep dreaming...

This is no dream. Holland are going to be your worst nightmare! :D

[Andygers]

This is no dream. Holland are going to be your worst nightmare! :D Well if its a nightmare it will be a one off...Imagine if we had to play a team again that had beaten us 2:0 and 3:2 (in a game that they didn't even need to win), can you imagine that?

[ulster21]

Oh well thats me told! Oh yeah now I remember, that is going to be some match!

3-1 to the Boys from Ulster :D

[Andygers]

^ Lol No chance!

[Andygers]

For any of those worried about scotland next campaign...just remember

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[Andygers]

So it seems we will not be playing Argentina after fan power prevailed. I for one would never had payed £50 for a ticket to watch a weakened Argentina stroll around and use 10 subs!

[Andygers]

Scotland vs Northern Ireland

So the last friendly match of the season before we begin our World Cup campaign is against Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland will be tough to beat but I think we can do it. Hopefully we will win this by a few goals and that will put confidence into the team before the upcoming games against Macedonia and Iceland.

Scotland 2-0 Northern Ireland :thumbsup:

[ulster21]

We have some key players out so I say 2-1 to Scotland

[Andygers]

HT- Scotland 0-0 Northern Ireland

Meh we sounded quite good in the first half but I think that N.I played well as well. Pretty even to be honest but credit to the Ulster fans! Turned up in great numbers.

[Andygers]

McGregor just saved a penalty from Healy, apparently it was a fantastic save.

[ulster21]

The match finished up as a 0-0 draw...........The Boys from Ulster played better than the Scots. Healy missed a penalty which would have given us the win & McGivern got a red card in the 56th minute and the Scots still could not score on us. And did I mention this game was played in Scotland :D

Scotland has some soul-searching to do...they could not beat a Northern Irleand team that was missing key players and were down to 10 men for most of the second half :shocked:

[Andygers]

The match finished up as a 0-0 draw...........The Boys from Ulster played better than the Scots. Healy missed a penalty which would have given us the win & McGivern got a red card in the 56th minute and the Scots still could not score on us. And did I mention this game was played in Scotland :D No offence but what a load of utter crap that is, Scotland for the most part played well and so did N.I but to say that you guys were better than us is ridiculous, it was about even. Interesting that you say that Healy missed the penalty, I thought that was a fantastic save by McGregor.

Scotland has some soul-searching to do...they could not beat a Northern Irleand team that was missing key players and were down to 10 men for most of the second half :shocked: We were missing key players as well, Ferguson, Hartley, Hutton, Boyd and Robson wasn't fully fit. No soul searching needed at all because there were a few positives in that game and to be honest I don't see any shame in drawing with a very good Northern Ireland team considering we haven't won a home friendly international for 12 years!!!

[DC92]

You're being generous there with the 'about even' comment. Northern Ireland had one shot from a penalty. Sotland had all of the ball and created a few chances - Faddy had a couple of low shots, Barr's header, Robson's shot.

[I Am Legend]

Oh?

[ulster21]

Welcome back Joker......Sarajevo eh??

Scotland is not going to make the world cup....just my prediction.

[Amer711]

not to dampen anyones cheer macedonia leads 1-0 :sad:

[Blaz3]

Netherlands and Macedonia to take the top 2 spots and Scotland will fight for 4th with Iceland :D

[Andygers]

Netherlands and Macedonia to take the top 2 spots and Scotland will fight for 4th with Iceland :D You may well be right after yesterdays performance, we were shocking!

[Andygers]

Iceland vs Scotland

This will be a struggle, I can feel it right now. It seems like Burley doesn't know what hes doing and I feel this may end up like the bad days of he who shall not be named...:mad2:

I say 2-1 Scotland.

[Amer711]

please don't underestimate weaker teams they bite bosnia in the ass last time in the euro qualifiers if we would have won moldova hungary we would have been eating swiss chocolate with the spanish.

[DC92]

please don't underestimate weaker teams they bite bosnia in the ass last time in the euro qualifiers if we would have won moldova hungary we would have been eating swiss chocolate with the spanish.

:lol: We certainly don't underestimate weaker teams. We overestimate them and hype them up if anything.

[Andygers]

Scotland's team to play Iceland:

____________Gordon

Broadfoot Caldwell McManus Naysmith

______Brown Fletcher Robson
Maloney_________________Commons
___________McFadden

:thumbsup:

[Andygers]

please don't underestimate weaker teams they bite bosnia in the ass last time in the euro qualifiers if we would have won moldova hungary we would have been eating swiss chocolate with the spanish. I never underestimate weaker teams, I said it would only be 2-1. However if we show the bottom seeds in our group too much respect then we could be in trouble.

[I Am Legend]

Welcome back Joker......Sarajevo eh??

Scotland is not going to make the world cup....just my prediction.

SW Pennsylvania as of now. The UK tomorrow. I agree with your prediction.

[Andygers]

Iceland 1-2 Scotland

Great result for Scotland!

Bit nervous last 10 minutes though, Kirk Broadfoot was outstanding.

Come on the Scotland!!!!!

[Amer711]

Congrats on the win!

[Andygers]

^ Thanks man.

[Gunner]

well played scotland. got the job done.

[Andygers]

^ yep we did indeed get the job done, bit nervy at the end though.

[Andygers]

Scotland vs Norway

Lets get posting on the first home match of our campaign and hopefully another three points.

COME ON THE SCOTLAND!!!

[Dude0681]

Scotland vs Norway

Lets get posting on the first home match of our campaign and hopefully another three points.

COME ON THE SCOTLAND!!!

Play like we did in first half of Iceland game and the three points are in the bag.

[Andygers]

Scotland Squad vs Norway

Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Sunderland)
Allan McGregor (Rangers)
David Marshall (Norwich City)

Defenders
Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Darren Barr (Falkirk)
Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian)
Kirk Broadfoot (Rangers)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Jamie McAllister (Bristol City)
Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)
David Weir (Rangers)

Midfielders
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Kris Commons (Derby County)
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
Paul Hartley (Celtic)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic)
James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion)
Barry Robson (Celtic)
Kevin Thomson (Rangers)

Forwards
Kris Boyd (Rangers)
David Clarkson (Motherwell)
Steven Fletcher (Hibernian)
Chris Iwelumo (Wolverhampton W)
James McFadden (Birmingham City)
Kenny Miller (Rangers)

[Andygers]

Its all over guys, no offense to Burley but he isn't good enough for the Scotland job.

[benfica64]

Its all over guys, no offense to Burley but he isn't good enough for the Scotland job.

A draw is better than a loss. Do you know of any good soccer sites that carry live football games via video?

[Andygers]

A draw is better than a loss. Do you know of any good soccer sites that carry live football games via video? A draw is not good enough.

Try Myp2p.eu for live games :thumbsup:

[benfica64]

A draw is not good enough.

Try Myp2p.eu for live games :thumbsup:

Thanks!!

[Andygers]

So this is the equation people:

We must win against Norway and Holland. This is how I see it going.

Holland (A)- 0 Points
Macedonia (H)- 3 Points
Iceland (H)- 3 Points
Norway (A)- 1 Point or 3 Points
Holland (H)- Hopefully we will be motivated to win this so I say 3 Points

Total: 16 or 14 Points

[I Am Legend]

Scotland have fvcked it all up.

However, England and the best player on the planet pumped Borat tonight.

Get ya Rooney cheers out Andy.

[Andygers]

Scotland have fvcked it all up.

However, England and the best player on the planet pumped Borat tonight.

Get ya Rooney cheers out Andy. I didn't watch the England game, not interested in them at all. However yes Scotland are messing it up.

[I Am Legend]

It is looking increasingly unlikely that Scotland will qualify for South Africa 2010 after a series of poor results.

What do Scotlands fans think of this?

Will you still be able to qualify and which games do you think you should target as "must win" ?

How is the mood in Scotland? Especially as arch rivals England are storming their group and well on the way to qualification.

[Andygers]

How is the mood in Scotland? Especially as arch rivals England are storming their group and well on the way to qualification. I don't know why you keep on going on about this. Scotland fans are concentrating on their own team, to be honest I didn't hear the England score until about midnight last night. We know we were poor but we also know we can still achieve something.

Oh and to answer your question about what games Scotland fans think are "must win", all of them except Holland away.

[I Am Legend]

I don't know why you keep on going on about this. Scotland fans are concentrating on their own team, to be honest I didn't hear the England score until about midnight last night. We know we were poor but we also know we can still achieve something.

Oh and to answer your question about what games Scotland fans think are "must win", all of them except Holland away.

I'm just trying to be constructive as a football fan.

I know all Scotland fans look to see how the Auld Enemy is doing.

I think qualification is probably a bridge to far now. :sad:

[Andygers]

We better hope that Holland beat Norway tonight or Norway could be well in with a shout.

[Gunner]

Dupont.. lol

I hope Scotland qualify. Its good to have our neighbours in the tournament too.

[Andygers]

Good results tonight, it seems that we are back on track for qualification.

Bring on Holland!

[Andygers]

Scotland vs Argentina

Its the return of "the hand of god"!!!!!!!

However we are going to beat them and his return will be ruined...

COME ON THE SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!! :D

[Wabbit]

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the cake affected you!!!!

:lol:

have fun today man :)

[Andygers]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure andy suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

the cake affected you!!!!

:lol:

have fun today man :) I will have fun watching Scotland win :D

[Gunner]

haha. i actually want scotland to win this.. but i cant see it happening.

2-0 Argentina.

[Wabbit]

damn english....you guys hate each other but still go for Scotalnd nah nah nah
tsk tsk tsk