| Steve Clarke 10:20 - Jun 25 with 2684 views | hype313 |
If you worried about O'Neill being uninspiring (which I'm not btw), this guy makes him look like Jim Carrey. |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 10:34 - Jun 25 with 2171 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
His walking out mid interview last night after looking everywhere but at the person interviewing him was quite something |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 10:39 - Jun 25 with 2152 views | FlowerofScotland |
The responsibility of delivering for Scotland is probably something the English don't understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |  | | |
| Steve Clarke on 10:41 - Jun 25 with 2129 views | DanTheMan |
| Steve Clarke on 10:39 - Jun 25 by FlowerofScotland |
The responsibility of delivering for Scotland is probably something the English don't understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |
Niche idea for a comedy account for an Ipswich Town board but I'm interested to see where this goes. |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 10:48 - Jun 25 with 2050 views | FlowerofScotland |
| Steve Clarke on 10:41 - Jun 25 by DanTheMan |
Niche idea for a comedy account for an Ipswich Town board but I'm interested to see where this goes. |
You're questioning the extent of responsibility on Clarke's shoulders? | | | |
| Steve Clarke on 11:25 - Jun 25 with 1887 views | IndependentlyBlue |
| Steve Clarke on 10:39 - Jun 25 by FlowerofScotland |
The responsibility of delivering for Scotland is probably something the English don't understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |
The responsibility of delivering for England is probably something the Scottish don’t understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |  |
| Better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt |
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| Steve Clarke on 11:29 - Jun 25 with 1842 views | Illinoisblue |
| Steve Clarke on 10:41 - Jun 25 by DanTheMan |
Niche idea for a comedy account for an Ipswich Town board but I'm interested to see where this goes. |
If comedy was the aim, DeflowerOfScotland would have been a better choice. I suspect his confrontational arrogant posting style will seem him banned soon anyway. |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 11:30 - Jun 25 with 1831 views | giant_stow |
| Steve Clarke on 10:39 - Jun 25 by FlowerofScotland |
The responsibility of delivering for Scotland is probably something the English don't understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |
The guy's just maintaining the proud Scottish tradition of failure innit? |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 11:33 - Jun 25 with 1800 views | hype313 |
| Steve Clarke on 11:30 - Jun 25 by giant_stow |
The guy's just maintaining the proud Scottish tradition of failure innit? |
At least they've had a nice party. | |
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| Steve Clarke on 11:36 - Jun 25 with 1783 views | PrideOfTheEast |
I was surprised in the build up yesterday that people seemed to be suggesting they had a realistic chance of a result. A relatively poor squad with only a couple of good players at this level against a Brazil team wanting to win.
Predictably they were then dire in every respect. | | | |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 with 1745 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Steve Clarke on 10:39 - Jun 25 by FlowerofScotland |
The responsibility of delivering for Scotland is probably something the English don't understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |
Similar to pretty much every other country in the world then - why is England different? | | | |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 with 1750 views | giant_stow |
| Steve Clarke on 11:36 - Jun 25 by PrideOfTheEast |
I was surprised in the build up yesterday that people seemed to be suggesting they had a realistic chance of a result. A relatively poor squad with only a couple of good players at this level against a Brazil team wanting to win.
Predictably they were then dire in every respect. |
Given the circumstances, why didn't they go the Ghana route of a low block? They seemed so open. | |
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| Steve Clarke on 11:42 - Jun 25 with 1730 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 by giant_stow |
Given the circumstances, why didn't they go the Ghana route of a low block? They seemed so open. |
Agree although presumably they weighed it up and concluded that they don’t have the players for that either. | | | |
| Steve Clarke on 11:43 - Jun 25 with 1720 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 by giant_stow |
Given the circumstances, why didn't they go the Ghana route of a low block? They seemed so open. |
Weird wasn't it.
I don't understand why they didn't accept who and what they are at this level and try to shithouse their way to a draw or narrow defeat. Losing by 3 or more was the 1 outcome they needed to avoid, yet they tried to go toe to toe at times which was odd. Its not like they're capable of creating meaningful chances at the best of times, why tackle Brazil like that? |  | | |
| Steve Clarke on 11:46 - Jun 25 with 1695 views | giant_stow |
| Steve Clarke on 11:43 - Jun 25 by _CliveBaker_ |
Weird wasn't it.
I don't understand why they didn't accept who and what they are at this level and try to shithouse their way to a draw or narrow defeat. Losing by 3 or more was the 1 outcome they needed to avoid, yet they tried to go toe to toe at times which was odd. Its not like they're capable of creating meaningful chances at the best of times, why tackle Brazil like that? |
Maybe they underestimated Brazil, as daft as that sounds?
At the end, i thought they were all being a bit over gloomy on Scotland's 3rd place chances, but I was banking on the Czechs staying in third. Looks like the commentators were right about the 3rd going in.
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| Steve Clarke on 11:54 - Jun 25 with 1652 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Steve Clarke on 11:36 - Jun 25 by PrideOfTheEast |
I was surprised in the build up yesterday that people seemed to be suggesting they had a realistic chance of a result. A relatively poor squad with only a couple of good players at this level against a Brazil team wanting to win.
Predictably they were then dire in every respect. |
The TV coverage of Scotland is bizarre.
The idea that they would be hailed history makers and heroes if they scraped a win v Haiti, and two narrow defeats against Morocco and Brazil..... |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 11:55 - Jun 25 with 1625 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Steve Clarke on 10:39 - Jun 25 by FlowerofScotland |
The responsibility of delivering for Scotland is probably something the English don't understand.
It goes way beyond football and into the darkest corners of our proud history and heritage. |
Its a shame they never live up to the low expectations. | |
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| Steve Clarke on 12:58 - Jun 25 with 1431 views | FlowerofScotland |
| Steve Clarke on 11:55 - Jun 25 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Its a shame they never live up to the low expectations. |
I think the disappointment will be in not playing to their full potential. Off the field they have been a triumph and it probably hurts the manager as much that the tournament will be losing it's most interesting fanbase due to poor displays on the field of play.
Nobody can deny that as a nation we punch well above our weight. | | | |
| Steve Clarke on 13:09 - Jun 25 with 1391 views | monty_radio |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 by PrideOfTheEast |
Similar to pretty much every other country in the world then - why is England different? |
It's different by being exactly the same. Every nation thinks similarly of their difference. Was that not the point? | |
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| Steve Clarke on 13:12 - Jun 25 with 1373 views | monty_radio |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 by PrideOfTheEast |
Similar to pretty much every other country in the world then - why is England different? |
It's different by being exactly the same. Every nation thinks similarly of their difference. Was that not the point? | |
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| Steve Clarke on 13:12 - Jun 25 with 1376 views | jayessess |
| Steve Clarke on 11:46 - Jun 25 by giant_stow |
Maybe they underestimated Brazil, as daft as that sounds?
At the end, i thought they were all being a bit over gloomy on Scotland's 3rd place chances, but I was banking on the Czechs staying in third. Looks like the commentators were right about the 3rd going in.
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Need 4 of the remaining 9 groups to go their way.
D - Realistically need Australia to beat Paraguay by 2 (or Paraguay by 4) - Possible
E - Ivory Coast and Germany not to lose to Curacao and Ecuador - Highly likely
F - Need Japan to beat Sweden by 4 - Highly unlikely
G - Need Egypt to beat Iran - Likely
H - Need Spain to beat Uruguay - Likely
I - Need Senegal not to beat Iraq - Unlikely
J - Need Austria to beat Algeria by 2 - Possible
K - Need DR Congo not to beat Uzbekistan - Unlikely
L - Need Ghana to beat Croatia by 3 - Highly unlikely
Probably out but would only take 3 likely things and 1 unlikely thing to make the next round. [Post edited 25 Jun 13:14]
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| Steve Clarke on 13:19 - Jun 25 with 1305 views | hype313 |
| Steve Clarke on 12:58 - Jun 25 by FlowerofScotland |
I think the disappointment will be in not playing to their full potential. Off the field they have been a triumph and it probably hurts the manager as much that the tournament will be losing it's most interesting fanbase due to poor displays on the field of play.
Nobody can deny that as a nation we punch well above our weight. |
Punch above your weight? All I hear is how Celtic and Rangers would walk the PL.
The Norwegians who have a similar population as Scotland, their two biggest clubs (Rosenborg and Molde) have stadiums that hold 21k and 11k respectively.
The attendances Celtic and Rangers get dwarf those, even Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen hold more.
Don't know where this punching above weight comes from. | |
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| Steve Clarke on 13:19 - Jun 25 with 1302 views | giant_stow |
| Steve Clarke on 13:12 - Jun 25 by jayessess |
Need 4 of the remaining 9 groups to go their way.
D - Realistically need Australia to beat Paraguay by 2 (or Paraguay by 4) - Possible
E - Ivory Coast and Germany not to lose to Curacao and Ecuador - Highly likely
F - Need Japan to beat Sweden by 4 - Highly unlikely
G - Need Egypt to beat Iran - Likely
H - Need Spain to beat Uruguay - Likely
I - Need Senegal not to beat Iraq - Unlikely
J - Need Austria to beat Algeria by 2 - Possible
K - Need DR Congo not to beat Uzbekistan - Unlikely
L - Need Ghana to beat Croatia by 3 - Highly unlikely
Probably out but would only take 3 likely things and 1 unlikely thing to make the next round. [Post edited 25 Jun 13:14]
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Good list, although I heard them say on the telly box that a draw would see Austria and Algeria through. An old school agreed draw might be on the cards thanks to the 3rd place thing. | |
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| Steve Clarke on 13:23 - Jun 25 with 1277 views | giant_stow |
| Steve Clarke on 13:19 - Jun 25 by hype313 |
Punch above your weight? All I hear is how Celtic and Rangers would walk the PL.
The Norwegians who have a similar population as Scotland, their two biggest clubs (Rosenborg and Molde) have stadiums that hold 21k and 11k respectively.
The attendances Celtic and Rangers get dwarf those, even Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen hold more.
Don't know where this punching above weight comes from. |
Slovakia have done alright / maybe better too | |
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| Steve Clarke on 13:24 - Jun 25 with 1270 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Steve Clarke on 11:39 - Jun 25 by giant_stow |
Given the circumstances, why didn't they go the Ghana route of a low block? They seemed so open. |
I doubt that would have made much difference. They’d still have had to defend and not take all week dawdling on the ball. Ghana may well have a better defence (based on what we saw last night!). |  |
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| Steve Clarke on 13:27 - Jun 25 with 1254 views | jayessess |
| Steve Clarke on 13:19 - Jun 25 by giant_stow |
Good list, although I heard them say on the telly box that a draw would see Austria and Algeria through. An old school agreed draw might be on the cards thanks to the 3rd place thing. |
yes, puts them both on 4 points. As it stands the "prize" for finishing 2nd is playing Spain rather than Switzerland, so who knows what those two will cook up.
A draw would also likely put Australia and Paraguay through (although I don't think that would be confirmed whilst they're playing). [Post edited 25 Jun 13:35]
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