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First world cup appearance for 50 years or whatever, in a format where it is almost impossible for a halfway competent team to not qualify for the knock out stage, and yet they are going to be getting the first flight home.
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I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.
I don't think there's any chance they'll reduce the number of teams in the next world cup. It's all about the money. If anything, they might increase the numbers further.
I've heard the bass-tuds are even trying to get new countries invented before the next one so they can crank up the advertising to, like, numbers like nobody's ever seen before. The Infantino-Trump disease.
Good work by Philogene...... GREAT WORK BY PHILOGENE!!!
"...their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages for the first time in their history now stands at 0.07% according to Opta following overnight results.
They now need an unlikely sequence of results in tonight's matches to go through as one of the best eight third-place finishers:
Group L: Croatia to lose to Ghana by at least three goals. Group K: DR Congo v Uzbekistan to be a draw. Or Uzbekistan to win by no more than three goals. Group J: Austria and Algeria are on three points and a draw would send both through. Scotland need Algeria to lose by two or more goals, or Austria to be beaten by at least four goals. "
Adraw would send Austria and Algeria through? That's what will happen then
I don’t have any ill feeling towards the country and I’ve got Scottish friends, but when it comes to football it’s a rivalry and I do enjoy the banter. TBH if they were playing some nice football and had a knockout against most of the nations in it I’d probably want them to win. Same for Wales.
They’ve stunk the tournament out though, they’re dire to watch and Clarke is the very definition of a drab Scotsman. Reminds me of an old colleague of mine who was a proper knob. Their fans are really cringe this World Cup as well, far too try hard with the performative social media nonsense.
I did laugh at a video of England fans singing ‘yes sir, you can book it, you can book your ticket home’ last night to the boogie woogie tune they like to sing. The sort of banter football rivalry should be about imo and I’d expect similar ‘you’re going home’ to 3 Lions were the roles reversed.
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Poor old Scotland on 12:07 - Jun 27 with 989 views
No real issue with Scotland, and I wish Hirst had played some games, but it's a little reassuring that beating Haiti 1-0 isn't enough to qualify.
I don't get why they bothered taking Hirst if he was never going to get any game time, even at the end of matches when they were desperate for goals.
He may not be vastly consistent or prolific, but he has got a decent scoring record, sometimes on quite important occasions or under pressure, for Ipswich. Given the difference a single goal could have made to their fate (a draw with Morocco, or at least reducing the GD to give a better third place ranking), it seems daft he was not at least tried.
I don't get why they bothered taking Hirst if he was never going to get any game time, even at the end of matches when they were desperate for goals.
He may not be vastly consistent or prolific, but he has got a decent scoring record, sometimes on quite important occasions or under pressure, for Ipswich. Given the difference a single goal could have made to their fate (a draw with Morocco, or at least reducing the GD to give a better third place ranking), it seems daft he was not at least tried.
The look on some of the Scottish fans faces, and it was the same with the Uruguay fans last night, when they realised maxing out the credit cards on a short jolly to the USA probably wasn’t the best idea.
I've heard the bass-tuds are even trying to get new countries invented before the next one so they can crank up the advertising to, like, numbers like nobody's ever seen before. The Infantino-Trump disease.
Group T
Finland Scotland Disneyland Legoland Neverland Narnia
I'm Scottish and I'm in no way surprised at how things have panned out.
There seemed to be a notion that all that was needed was 3 points against Haiti and it would be job done to progress. However the win needed to be by 4 or 5 goals, not a scraped 1-0 win.
The games against Morocco and Brazil were a Steve Clarke masterclass. No ambition of winning, just trying not to lose. Guess what? It failed. Morocco scored within 2 minutes and Brazil simply decided to stand off and wait for us to gift them the ball - and we duly obliged.
SC was summed up at 0-3 against Brazil - we really needed to score and he brought on....., a right back!
There is nothing coming through - I've seen the u21s a few times and we are humpty at that level.
The most amusing thing is that Zaire - who Scotland played in 1974 and were one of the poorest sides ever to grace the WC - have come back in 2026, albeit rebranded as Democratic Republic of Congo, and will qualify for the KO stages with a win later against Uzbekistan. Scotland have been to a further 6 WCs and are no nearer getting beyond the groups!!
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Poor old Scotland on 13:16 - Jun 27 with 849 views
I don't get why they bothered taking Hirst if he was never going to get any game time, even at the end of matches when they were desperate for goals.
He may not be vastly consistent or prolific, but he has got a decent scoring record, sometimes on quite important occasions or under pressure, for Ipswich. Given the difference a single goal could have made to their fate (a draw with Morocco, or at least reducing the GD to give a better third place ranking), it seems daft he was not at least tried.
You've got to feel for the lad..
Ever since he was a wee bairn he'd dreamt of pulling on a Scottish shirt at a World Cup.
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Poor old Scotland on 13:35 - Jun 27 with 802 views
Poor old Scotland on 12:04 - Jun 27 by _CliveBaker_
I don’t have any ill feeling towards the country and I’ve got Scottish friends, but when it comes to football it’s a rivalry and I do enjoy the banter. TBH if they were playing some nice football and had a knockout against most of the nations in it I’d probably want them to win. Same for Wales.
They’ve stunk the tournament out though, they’re dire to watch and Clarke is the very definition of a drab Scotsman. Reminds me of an old colleague of mine who was a proper knob. Their fans are really cringe this World Cup as well, far too try hard with the performative social media nonsense.
I did laugh at a video of England fans singing ‘yes sir, you can book it, you can book your ticket home’ last night to the boogie woogie tune they like to sing. The sort of banter football rivalry should be about imo and I’d expect similar ‘you’re going home’ to 3 Lions were the roles reversed.
That first paragraph sums up my thoughts too. Nothing against the Scots in general, much like I have nothing against Norwich and its residents either, but in both cases it is funny to see them fail on the football pitch.
I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.
Poor old Scotland on 12:04 - Jun 27 by _CliveBaker_
I don’t have any ill feeling towards the country and I’ve got Scottish friends, but when it comes to football it’s a rivalry and I do enjoy the banter. TBH if they were playing some nice football and had a knockout against most of the nations in it I’d probably want them to win. Same for Wales.
They’ve stunk the tournament out though, they’re dire to watch and Clarke is the very definition of a drab Scotsman. Reminds me of an old colleague of mine who was a proper knob. Their fans are really cringe this World Cup as well, far too try hard with the performative social media nonsense.
I did laugh at a video of England fans singing ‘yes sir, you can book it, you can book your ticket home’ last night to the boogie woogie tune they like to sing. The sort of banter football rivalry should be about imo and I’d expect similar ‘you’re going home’ to 3 Lions were the roles reversed.
I'll not hear a word against someone born in Saltcoats.
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Poor old Scotland on 14:06 - Jun 27 with 716 views
I heard a commentator say it was typical Scotland to have to play teams ranked 6th and 8th (or something like that) in the group stage. But isn't that the point? There are two decent teams along with a half decent one and a low ranked one in each group. It comes with the territory of being half decent that Scotland end up with that. They only needed to finish third and not be one of the worst 2 or 3 teams to do so.
They’re 41st in the world so have played to the extent of their abilities. Yes 2 or 3 are better players than that but more than 2 or 3 aren’t. Always great entertainment though and reminds me of the old red dwarf joke about Scottish scientists in the future having created a mutant goalkeeper 8 yards wide and 8 feet tall but still failed to qualify for the second round in the 2064 World Cup
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Poor old Scotland on 17:16 - Jun 27 with 489 views
Poor old Scotland on 12:04 - Jun 27 by _CliveBaker_
I don’t have any ill feeling towards the country and I’ve got Scottish friends, but when it comes to football it’s a rivalry and I do enjoy the banter. TBH if they were playing some nice football and had a knockout against most of the nations in it I’d probably want them to win. Same for Wales.
They’ve stunk the tournament out though, they’re dire to watch and Clarke is the very definition of a drab Scotsman. Reminds me of an old colleague of mine who was a proper knob. Their fans are really cringe this World Cup as well, far too try hard with the performative social media nonsense.
I did laugh at a video of England fans singing ‘yes sir, you can book it, you can book your ticket home’ last night to the boogie woogie tune they like to sing. The sort of banter football rivalry should be about imo and I’d expect similar ‘you’re going home’ to 3 Lions were the roles reversed.
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Poor old Scotland on 19:21 - Jun 27 with 381 views
Well, as I've pointed out a few times, if you have a fit and firing in form striker who can both score and hold the ball up to bring others into play, and for some totally baffling reason chose to leave him at home while taking 4 other strikers who can do little of the above, I'd say you get what you deserve, or rather Steve Clarke does. I think their fans might have another view.
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