lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Murrayfield. Evidently it was being considered for this match. But Stewart Regan in his wisdom didn't want to give any advantage to the opposition. He heard it was too close to the Georgian part of Edinburgh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Strachan has picked an attacking line-up. Marshall, Hutton, Robertson, R. Martin, Hanley, Maloney, Morrison, Brown ©, S. Fletcher, Naismith, Anya. Subs: Gordon, C. Martin, Reynolds, Whittaker, Bannan, Burke, D. Fletcher, G. Dorrans, Gilks, May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hat trick for Robbie Keane in the first 18 minutes. It could be a record score against Gibraltar as goal difference could be crucial in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One t in Scotland Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hat trick for Robbie Keane in the first 18 minutes. It could be a record score against Gibraltar as goal difference could be crucial in the group. Unlikely that 1-0 wins or 10-0 wins v. Gibraltar would have any difference on final positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglemon Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Gibralter along with all the other non countries should not be allowed in. What next? Vatican City, Isle of Man. Thw 24 team format is farcical enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billko Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 A wins a win and the 3pts is all that matters. Fourth official having problems with the electronic board Nothing new there with having problems with the board at Ibrox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Personal question billko, when did you make the switch? And welcome to the real world of football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cup Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 3 points are all that matters. A better performance will be required to beat Poland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Poland 1 Germany 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 decent 3 points I suppose considering ROI had to score a last minute winner to beat them. It was probably the most comfortable 1-0 I've seen in ages (apart from that shot they missed from 12 yards). Poland beating Germany 2-0 now screws the group up big time, we're going to need to win every home game, take 4 points from Poland and ROI away and also beat Gibraltar and Georgia away. I can't see that happening, I think we'll be lucky to see 1 point from Poland and ROI away to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billko Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Personal question billko, when did you make the switch? And welcome to the real world of football! Always been a Scotland fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Nixon Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Gibralter along with all the other non countries should not be allowed in. What next? Vatican City, Isle of Man. Thw 24 team format is farcical enough We should just have a Great Britain team, make things a lot simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 We should just have a Great Britain team, make things a lot simpler. Probably better to have a Europe team, that would make it simpler still. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 ^ In light of TTIP, probably a USA/Europe United side. National anthem: God Save The Star Spangled Flower Of Brussels Uber Alles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 We should just have a Great Britain team, make things a lot simpler. The Germans wouldn't allow it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Gibralter along with all the other non countries should not be allowed in. What next? Vatican City, Isle of Man. Thw 24 team format is farcical enough Scotland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Gibralter along with all the other non countries should not be allowed in. What next? Vatican City, Isle of Man. Thw 24 team format is farcical enough Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory. It is part of England's South West region in European elections. It does seem strange that UEFA recognised it as a separate country. The Isle of Man competed in the Commonwealth Games and IMO would have a legitimate claim to enter a team if it wanted to. It is a self-governing Crown dependency and has never been part of the UK. It's population is more than double that of Liechtenstein and San Marino. San Marino is a sovereign country and a member of the United Nations so its right to enter a team is clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 decent 3 points I suppose considering ROI had to score a last minute winner to beat them. It was probably the most comfortable 1-0 I've seen in ages (apart from that shot they missed from 12 yards). Poland beating Germany 2-0 now screws the group up big time, we're going to need to win every home game, take 4 points from Poland and ROI away and also beat Gibraltar and Georgia away. I can't see that happening, I think we'll be lucky to see 1 point from Poland and ROI away to be honest. Or match Poland and beat Germany at Hampden/Ibrox/Parkhead/Murryfield or wherever the game is played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 ALL of this campaign's matches for Scotland are inly live on Sky. never mind. stv is showing england game right now. thanks stv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory. It is part of England's South West region in European elections. It does seem strange that UEFA recognised it as a separate country. The Isle of Man competed in the Commonwealth Games and IMO would have a legitimate claim to enter a team if it wanted to. It is a self-governing Crown dependency and has never been part of the UK. It's population is more than double that of Liechtenstein and San Marino. San Marino is a sovereign country and a member of the United Nations so its right to enter a team is clear. Interesting. Scotland is neither a fully self-governing nor a sovereign country, and yet it is still allowed to enter a "national" team in football and rugby championships, but not for the Olympics. I think it would be difficult to defend our position if it were ever to be seriously challenged, especially in view of the referendum result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 A German friend of mine (who isn't particularly into football) recently asked me how many times we had won the world cup. After figuring out he wasn't taking the piss, and then figuring out he meant England, he was astonished to find out Scotland, Wales and NI had their own football teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Interesting. Scotland is neither a fully self-governing nor a sovereign country, and yet it is still allowed to enter a "national" team in football and rugby championships, but not for the Olympics. I think it would be difficult to defend our position if it were ever to be seriously challenged, especially in view of the referendum result. I think it might be written in to the FIFA constitution for the home nations to have separate teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I think it might be written in to the FIFA constitution for the home nations to have separate teams Could well be but I can mind many years ago there was real worry that Fifa might scrap that. We also at one point were technically only allowed one representative nation in the finals of the World Cup and/or the Euros. That's when the home nations were placed in a single qualifying section. Fairly sure that occurred on more than one occasion. I think the break up of the Eastern Bloc and the emergence of so many "new" nations may have taken much off any pressure to force thru a UK side. The fear tho' was still there re that Olympic nonsense recently. As an aside I don't think Northern Ireland compete internationally, excluding Commonwealth Games, in many sports. The norm being "All Ireland" teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billko Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 A German friend of mine (who isn't particularly into football) recently asked me how many times we had won the world cup. After figuring out he wasn't taking the piss, and then figuring out he meant England, he was astonished to find out Scotland, Wales and NI had their own football teams. Obviously he isn't into football at all if he didn't know this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Obviously he isn't into football at all if he didn't know this No doubt but look at the number of so called experts during the summer that couldn't differentiate between Germany & West Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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