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I'm going because i support Scotland, not Craig Levein. I'm guessing that he'll play a 4-2-3-1 the same formation he played against Spain, the World and European champions and the greatest footballing team on the planet at the moment (internationally anyway) Don't let one formation in one game fool you

I'll be there, kilt and all Really looking forward to this one! Who says that wearing a kilt makes them a better fan? In terms of your point about the locals, when I was in Prague there were numerous weddings in the main square in the morning and i got asked on 3 seperate occasions by brides to be in their wedding photos. Don't tar everyone with your skewered view of Scotland fans, not all of us are the same. I agree that Hamish doesn't speak for every scotland fan, but at no point has he ever claimed to do so. He is the spokesman for the club that he is part of and only ever comments on their behalf when asked to do so. He is actually a really nice guy too.

I'd actually dispute that, as sad as it may be. At Thistle's level this is definitely the case but for teams that will be contesting the Champions League final the income stream from their supporters is at the very worst equalled by TV money etc. It says it all whn the likes of Wigan can pay the wages they do playing in front of a half empty stadium every other week. Or the fact that it was £46 to see them play Crawley at the weekend

The only ones that you can genuinely compare from your list is Carroll and Agbonlahor. They were at the same stage of their careers as McGeady and McCarthy when Scotland approached them. The rest of them were obviously not going to be picked for their country of birth, so i believe that is slightly different. I want people playing for Scotland that consider themselves Scottish and actually want to play for the team. As such, the likes of McGeady and McCarthy are no great loss.

Ross Mathie approached Accies and McCarthy with a view to calling him up and he was told that he wanted to represent ROI. The SFA then respected his wishes and made no further move to cap him. As i said previously, the whole blaming the SFA thing was to try and take the pressure off him.

Whilst it is indeed true that he was never invited to play for Scotland at youth level, he had indictaed his desire to play for Ireland anyway. He had made it pretty clear he wanted to play for them and that Scotland was not really an option. See these pretty clear and direct comments from the man himself making it pretty clear what his intentions were. Edited to add; I think the whole issue with trying to blame the SFA was to try and take some of the pressure off the lad. He was getting a lot of abuse at various grounds all over the country and getting a lot of grief from Rangers fans.

No they didn't. He has never wanted to represent Scotland, he wanted to represent Ireland due to his grandfather.

I'm going to Dublin for the Scotland game so will miss it Cheers SFA

Pretty pish planning by the SFA for this to be honest. Was looking forward to going to the game at the weekend but won't make the rearranged game as I am heading to Dublin tomorrow for the Nations Cup game. Apparently if Aberdeen hadn;t scored that late winner they would have been playing Dunfy in the replay on Wednesday night, the same night Scotland are playing. Pure pish

Seventh goal in the game duly delivered. For Stirling though!

The laws of the game state that if a player uses "excessive force" or is "reckless" in the opinion of the referee, then he must be shown a red card. I think both tackles were fairly reckless, and as such both players had to go.

Was it not last season, or the season before that a Celtic player was brought down outside the box and the Accies player was sent off and a penalty awarded? Those kind of incidents are conveniently glossed over by Lennon and Co and only the "injustices" are continuously brought up. They say that these kind of decisions even themselves out, well certainly in terms of Accies v Celtic at NDP, the decisions do seem to have evened out. Not that you'll hear anyone at Celtic admitting to that

We signed Rod McDonald for 100k if memory serves. I have a hazy recollection of that being touted as our most expensive signing to date, but i can't be sure

The snow will be kept on the pitch until the very last minute i'd imagine. It's the only thing keeping the deep frost off the surface and is probably just as effective as the undersoil heating would be, and cheaper. I think it's the state of the surrounding areas that would be a bigger factor rather than the playing surface.

I think you'd be better heading in a little earlier and parking in the streets surrounding PC World (If it's still there). I've always found spaces around there if i've headed in early enough.

Scottish football is a joke

If you go to a take that gig, i'll laugh at you until i or you die (whichever comes first). However........if you make sure and force John to go along, i promise to rip the pish out of him and leave you out of it

Were we not also meant to be playing QOTS during that time, but that's not postponed due tot he Challenge Cup final?

Burke has made himself unavailable for Scotland. Crainey has looked suspect everytime i've seen him this season, but he probably should be in the squad as cover for left back. With regards to Bardsley, I can't think of any other natural right backs he could have called up

McCall has a 100% success rate in October, what more could they want??

Relegation.

What an embarrassment this team are.

Indeed. I think this is turning out to be the ideal opportunity for Murray to win a Grand Slam event. He seems to be hitting form at the right time after struggling for so long, and he's actually played his best tennis in the slams so far this year so that is promising. Federer does seem, on the face of it, to be on the wane slightly so that is a bonus for him. Ideally he'll want the draw to work as it has in Cincinnatti with Fed and Nadal on the one side and him on the other with Djokovic. I quite fancy him to win it this year and would actually prefer it if he were to go out of the Cincinnatti masters early to give him more prep time.

Federer is the exception though when it came to having a coach, i'm sure i've heard that he's actually taking one on now. It certainly seems to have freed Murray up slightly, as he was playing more aggressively adainst Nalbandian and Nadal which helped him. That's fine when you're playing well and winning matches and Masters events. As soon as his performances drop it he may start to think about getting another coach.

I think the term is "Slam" rather than a major He's done really well in the Slams this year, and poorly in the Masters tournaments until his win in Toronto. I think he'll put up another good showing in the US open in a few weeks. The psychological boost that he'll get from beating both Nadal and Fed will be good for him, especially beating Fed in a final. I think he's got too good a game to not win a slam before his career is over, but he needs to get his head sorted. It's certainly not his lack of ability that's holding him back!