It's probably the last chance for this group and the worry is there's very little coming through the u21's to replace them.

Pundits and some fans were raving about how great a result it was the other night, Denmark is roughly the same size as Scotland, It was the equivalent of us going to Dens, sitting, in, offering little and getting a draw.

It's an acceptable result, only if the 3 points are gained at Hampden v them.

Steve Clarke is far too cautious, too safe in his approach, too loyal to guys who rarely offer anything.

McTominay plays in an advanced role for Napoli, why not use him there instead of Che Adams etc

I've noticed that if you offer any criticism of Scotland, even constructive you're see as a boo boy, yet we're only applying the same logic that we do to our club teams.

Already it looks like it'll come down to a showdown v Denmark for the play off spot, would anyone be surprised if the 5 goals Greece scored in 90 minutes v Belarus is more than the total we score in the group?

And even if we make it to the World Cup, who's to say we don't produce as pathetic a set of results as the last two Euros.

The only positive in International breaks is that this time it's allowed us  a few weeks to hopefully get some injured players back.


 

So, 3 of our 6 games played.

2 wins and 1 draw. Joint top of the group.

Win on Sunday against Belarus and we are possibly guaranteed a Play-Off spot at worst (if Denmark beat Greece at home).

We haven't been particularly good tbh, but so far, so good.

I'll just shut my pus then.

Slotbadger wrote:

Completely outplayed at home by 2 teams we should be beating in style.

For me this generation of players is the best we have had in 20 odd years.

The team performances perfectly match the mangers personality and approach to the game. Dull, cautious and uninspiring.

Summed up perfectly yesterday - they were clearly on top, completely outplaying us in 2nd half at 1-0. They had just scored/were about to score the disallowed goal that everyone could see was coming. Clark decided to bring on 2 defenders at home to a team shipping 5 & 6 to other teams in our group.

 
This ^^^

I can't forgive Clarke for bottling the Euros playoff v Ukraine, the negative tactics in the first one we actually qualified for and the absolute embarrassment of Germany.

That team selection against Greece and especially Belarus was shocking.
I'm not sure who the alternative is but Clarke has under achieved with the best group of Scottish players for years.