Group D - Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Scotland

[Spikey]

What's the keeper meant to do there, realistically?

I would have thought the only real thing is that the keeper probably should have been back-tracking as soon as the blocked shot landed in a better spot for the two Czech players

edit turns out I saw it wrong on the first replay, he did fine on this part

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Scotland have had 2 massive chances and not taken either.

 

[GIMH]

Its to give the centrebacks high up the pitch an extra option isnt it? Pretty standard these days

You don't do that below elite levels and get away with it though. I mean you don't see it in League 2 so you shouldn't see it from the Scots

 

[wpdavid]

Just such a Scotland goal to concede as well haha, goalkeeper scrambling backwards desperately, ending up tangled in the net, brilliant

If you want to see some classic Scottish keeping, check out the first few minutes in the 1973 match that I posted earlier.

 

[Furball]

Wait, Che Adams was available? Why the **** did he start Mike Pence?

Because Steve Clarke is a ****.

 

[Furball]

What's the keeper meant to do there, realistically?

He's practically in the centre circle when the ball breaks, I'm all for the keeper being high up but that's ****ing ridiculous.

 

[Spikey]

xG chart is gonna bang

 

[wpdavid]

Just put your laces through it ...

 

[Spark]

why would you not shoot there

 

[StephenZA]

Can someone please explain the difference between a genuine goal and a goal? Or is this a 'organic' tomato comment?

 

[sledger]

Haha some boos in the crowd, harsh/dire

 

[Uppercut]

Cheers Spark, that turned into a great game right after you posted about it being ****.

 

[wpdavid]

Haha some boos in the crowd, harsh/dire

Yeah, but a couple of the scots were on their knees after the match. The Czech fans wouldn't like that.

 

[Furball]

**** this 'unlucky' narrative. Not good enough.

 

[wpdavid]

Cheers Spark, that turned into a great game right after you posted about it being ****.

Yup, Spark MOM for me. The Scots were a bit unlucky actually, with a couple of deflections that could easily have gone in. Friday's game is going to be pretty lively.

EDIT
Furball not convinced, but there you go.

 

[Uppercut]

Scotland probably have more individual quality than the Czechs don’t they? Not a lot in it and with home advantage you’d really not want to be losing that one. Think expectations might be set a little too low.

 

[GIMH]

**** this 'unlucky' narrative. Not good enough.

Finishing was poor. Thought that was the only difference between the sides, albeit I was on conference calls for the bulk of it so didn't have my undivided attention

 

[wpdavid]

Finishing was poor. Thought that was the only difference between the sides

I think there's a lot of truth in that. No reason why they shouldn't take some of those chances on another day.

 

[Pothas]

Just such a Scotland goal to concede as well haha, goalkeeper scrambling backwards desperately, ending up tangled in the net, brilliant

The way you just knew it was in for ages as well.

 

[Furball]

I think there's a lot of truth in that. No reason why they shouldn't take some of those chances on another day.

Our players being poor is a big reason why they weren't taken.