++ [ originally posted by Matto ] ++
By stating that all the big teams had draw little teams, you indirectly said that you think Scotland is a much lesser team than Holland and of course anyone would want his country face a lesser team than their own.
I never stated anything about any team...I mearly made comment on the fact that amazingly, defying the odds, the rated teams play the unrated... unsexy... unfavoured... smaller TV viewing potential teams.
Scotland ARE a lesser team than Holland, but so are all of the four other teams I rate as the smaller nations...(even Wales)...nothing specific here about Scotland or The Netherlands...so how does this make me unsporting or dissatisfied with the specific outcome of the draw ( the process behind the draw yes, but not the actual draw results themselves )
That's almost good enough, but not quite. C'mon! It's easy, is it not? Playing the victim! Get behind your team already and shout them past the Dutch you couard!
Like most Scottish Club teams...the Scotland NT don't deserve their fantastic fans. I'm not a victim, I'm a dissallusioned former NT fan...they really are crap. When the SFA appointed Andy (who?) Roxburgh to NT team coach we were shocked...the result, the team sucked; when the SFA appointed Craig (who?) Brown as NT coach we were dismayed...the result, the team sucked. At least now they are trying something new and I wish Bertie well...but the team still suck...although they do try unlike recent teams
As for being a coward...don't understand the analogy...only scared of being made fools of in Portugal...more than our pride could take
Latvia better than Scotland? Russia better than Scotland? Wales better than Scotland?
Do you have a self-esteem problem or what?
No, I have a reality trait which I can't ignore here. Remember, Scotland had to come from 2-0 down against the Faroe Island at the begining of this campaign for a draw. They lost away from home to Lithuania and were extremely fortunate to beat mighty Iceland home and away. On Saturday, the best team on the park was Lithuania...they had more attacks on target and off target, more attractive football, the full works...but less luck.
Scotland are 66th in the world...that's flattering...they should be lower.
IMHO Russia and Wales are superior in all positions.
We may have been to 8 WC's and I think 3 EC's but that's in the past. When you watch Wales they have good players in all positions...we don't,we suck
BOTTOMLINE: Scotland : Holland = 50% : 50%
Nah...Scotland are so poor the Dutch will win home and away...not because they are a super team...but because Scotland do not have any real quality anywere on the pitch. The last decent performance I can remember was beating England 1-0 at Wembley years ago, and even then England had already won the match away from home at Hampden
Only good thing about Scotland is that the future looks good. We have a super under 18's and 21's. The 21's are the only British nation to get to the play off for the EC's, finishing top of their group ahead of Germany (how come they won their group but still have to play qualification play off's?)