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I listened to Gordon Brown bemoaning Gary McAllister’s missed penalty a few minutes before Gasgoine’s great goal in 1996 today - if there’s one country in the world that has no right to whinge about penalties, it’s Scotland. Leaving aside Anfield in 1977 and Ninian Park in 1985, Scotland are only in these Finals because they came through two penalty shoot outs.
Yes, comfortably on a par with both Ireland sides, yet when they finally qualify for a tournament via the play off’s and even then via penalties, the media along with their fans are bugging them up as though they may reach the final.
A poor side with a very lucky qualification still makes them a poor team.
No real media mention of Wales yet we are a much higher ranked side with a much higher record of success in the last decade.
Andy Robertson interviewed after the game said Marshall was in the right position because he was covering for a ball “knocked in behind”.
Should have taken Paterson with them....
Probably wouldn't have made any difference to the result, mind.
Slavia Prague comfortably beat Scotland’s so called best teams comfortably in European competition last season. Their national team did exactly the same.
I haven't seen a team appeal for a foul every time they lost the ball as much as Scotland did, most teams appeal for some unlikely decisions but they were appealing for ridiculous stuff.
Robertson is only player that would get in our team easily even though I don't know where the hell he was for the 1st goal.
I'm finding it increasingly difficult to make comments like this. Kieffer Moore has scored 1 in 3 at international level but no one outside of Wales is saying they'd get into their national team because all they see is that he plays for Cardiff City and was fourth top scorer in the Championship.
Kelvin Philips plays for mid-table premier league side but might be Europe's most important midfielder after this tournament etc. etc.
Different players fit different international set-ups. I don't think Scotland are out of the competition yet, and will grow stronger from it, because they've got on paper some really exciting players and Croatia don't seem like a happy camp.
That Schick goal reminds me of the Vaulks goal against Brentford, only no one made such a fuss about it.
Im no big fan of the Jocks, but they’d give us a game any day of the week. It would be a 50/50 game all day long.