Avril & Whitney should be fekkin jettisoned intae outer space.
... Fekkin space cadets he two ah them
G
FFS...talk about over reaction
We drew with Serbia...they arent exactly mugs ye know.
We were the better team for most of the game, created enough chances to win the game.....it was a combinaton of poor finishing and the manager not changing things early enough that has cost us the win likely, we should have got 3 points but it could have been a whole lot worse!!!
Out campaign isnt fecked after one draw tho, calm yer jets folks!!
Serbia arent exactly $hite like.....they are a decent side about our level if not higher and we limited them to about two chances.
We've got Macedonia on Tuesday night, another pretty good side but its a game we now must win and if we do, after everyone has played two games in the group, we will either be sitting joint top with a number of teams on 4 points, or 2 points behind either Croatia or Belgium.
If we dont win on Tuesday, then by all means give Levein pelters because 1 or 2 points from two vitally important home games is mince.....4 isnt sack the board stuff to me though
Aye, I'm not Levein's biggest fan either, but on paper, Serbia are a far better team than us, and we controlled most of the game and on another day (of if Miller hadn't been up front ) we might have nailed a win.
We didn't and it makes no odds to the qualifying campaign.
The 2 other teams realistically going to be in the hunt for the top of the group, recorded wins, but we can take points from them and they still have to play each other.
It's not the end of the world.
Take note
Levein: I pick the scotland team NOT YOU!
You tell them
We didn't control the game ! We had 44% and 41 % of possesion , 25% of our passes went astray and Lebein dithered over subs. I'll wait until tomorrow but if we dont beat Macedonia convincingly, the knives will be out and quite right too. He played Hutton who hasn't trained or kicked a ball, he played Miller who is on the slippy slope and playing ina 3rd rate league meanwhile Adam was awful and should have been pulled .
Tomorrow is crucial to Levein's and Scotland's future.
meuandcoop
The BBC says different to your stats mate:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19463788
BBC says we had 51% possession.
We also had the best of the chances and didnt take them.....not really Levein's fault that other than saying if Miller wasnt on the park perhaps we might've taken one, might've had someone else in the right place at the right time......perhaps not.
We forced 12 corners, and didnt utilise them, nearly caught them with the early ones but too many balls were also hung up at the back stick by Adam instead of whipping them into the danger area like he normally does......cant really blame Levein for that.
There were actually some positives to take away from the game on Saturday by the way.....like the fact we didnt look like a complete bunch of haddies and actually held our own against a team that has some quality players and have just as good a chance of qualifying as we do
I think it's natural to have reservations about Levein. His win record even this early is not great, even for a Scotland manager.
With regard to Fletcher, Levein is in the right, the player must do what he has to do.
But Levein is hardly inspiring confidence. Granted a lot of the opprobrium he is getting is media driven, and, if I may say, a few Rangers people have a chip on their shoulder with him after his time a United manager. (McCurry game for example) But his approach with the national team is a little negative.
True, you can only p!sh with what you're born with, and he does not have the most technically gifted players at his disposal. But he should play to the strengths we have. These mostly lie in wide areas. But he hasn't found the formula as yet.
"His win record even this early is not great, even for a Scotland manager."
He's lost one game at home....to Spain
"Levein is hardly inspiring confidence.".....its the negative attitude towards him becasue he played 0 strikers up front nearly 3 years ago now thats not inspiring confidence.
If people could put that mistake he made behind them, took a fresh approach and seen how far Levein and the team he is building have moved on from that farce.....confidence would be inspired.
Yes st3vie, commendable
who have his wins come against, and how convincing would you say they were?
that is what I was pointing out. you don't qualify for tournaments with draws mate
"that is what I was pointing out. you don't qualify for tournaments with draws mate"
No you dont.....but a draw is beter than a defeat....and when you've got a tougher task ahead of you than some of the guys that were in charge before becasue your seeding has dropped and you are now a pot four team.....a draw in the first match agasint the team drawn from pot two, in my eyes, isnt too bad...not great, but not a defeat.
Two draws in two home games will seriously dent our qualification hopes.....one draw against a side as good as ourselves is acceptable
Yep, I agree. My original point was only that it is natural to have reservations just now.
You are absolutely correct regarding the sins of his predecessors. I have one gripe. I made a point yesterday that Levein seems to have put on the same coat as Smith and McCleish in terms of approaching the game. It is over cautious at times, certainly compared with his philosophy as a club manager.
Time will tell I suppose.
Tim still at it.
Tim you should try watching some football at International level.
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posted on 9/9/12
Avril & Whitney should be fekkin jettisoned intae outer space.
... Fekkin space cadets he two ah them
G
posted on 10/9/12
FFS...talk about over reaction
We drew with Serbia...they arent exactly mugs ye know.
We were the better team for most of the game, created enough chances to win the game.....it was a combinaton of poor finishing and the manager not changing things early enough that has cost us the win likely, we should have got 3 points but it could have been a whole lot worse!!!
Out campaign isnt fecked after one draw tho, calm yer jets folks!!
Serbia arent exactly $hite like.....they are a decent side about our level if not higher and we limited them to about two chances.
We've got Macedonia on Tuesday night, another pretty good side but its a game we now must win and if we do, after everyone has played two games in the group, we will either be sitting joint top with a number of teams on 4 points, or 2 points behind either Croatia or Belgium.
If we dont win on Tuesday, then by all means give Levein pelters because 1 or 2 points from two vitally important home games is mince.....4 isnt sack the board stuff to me though
posted on 10/9/12
Aye, I'm not Levein's biggest fan either, but on paper, Serbia are a far better team than us, and we controlled most of the game and on another day (of if Miller hadn't been up front ) we might have nailed a win.
We didn't and it makes no odds to the qualifying campaign.
The 2 other teams realistically going to be in the hunt for the top of the group, recorded wins, but we can take points from them and they still have to play each other.
It's not the end of the world.
posted on 10/9/12
Take note
Levein: I pick the scotland team NOT YOU!
You tell them
posted on 10/9/12
We didn't control the game ! We had 44% and 41 % of possesion , 25% of our passes went astray and Lebein dithered over subs. I'll wait until tomorrow but if we dont beat Macedonia convincingly, the knives will be out and quite right too. He played Hutton who hasn't trained or kicked a ball, he played Miller who is on the slippy slope and playing ina 3rd rate league meanwhile Adam was awful and should have been pulled .
Tomorrow is crucial to Levein's and Scotland's future.
posted on 10/9/12
meuandcoop
The BBC says different to your stats mate:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19463788
BBC says we had 51% possession.
We also had the best of the chances and didnt take them.....not really Levein's fault that other than saying if Miller wasnt on the park perhaps we might've taken one, might've had someone else in the right place at the right time......perhaps not.
We forced 12 corners, and didnt utilise them, nearly caught them with the early ones but too many balls were also hung up at the back stick by Adam instead of whipping them into the danger area like he normally does......cant really blame Levein for that.
There were actually some positives to take away from the game on Saturday by the way.....like the fact we didnt look like a complete bunch of haddies and actually held our own against a team that has some quality players and have just as good a chance of qualifying as we do
posted on 10/9/12
I think it's natural to have reservations about Levein. His win record even this early is not great, even for a Scotland manager.
With regard to Fletcher, Levein is in the right, the player must do what he has to do.
But Levein is hardly inspiring confidence. Granted a lot of the opprobrium he is getting is media driven, and, if I may say, a few Rangers people have a chip on their shoulder with him after his time a United manager. (McCurry game for example) But his approach with the national team is a little negative.
True, you can only p!sh with what you're born with, and he does not have the most technically gifted players at his disposal. But he should play to the strengths we have. These mostly lie in wide areas. But he hasn't found the formula as yet.
posted on 10/9/12
"His win record even this early is not great, even for a Scotland manager."
He's lost one game at home....to Spain
"Levein is hardly inspiring confidence.".....its the negative attitude towards him becasue he played 0 strikers up front nearly 3 years ago now thats not inspiring confidence.
If people could put that mistake he made behind them, took a fresh approach and seen how far Levein and the team he is building have moved on from that farce.....confidence would be inspired.
posted on 10/9/12
St3vie
posted on 10/9/12
Yes st3vie, commendable
who have his wins come against, and how convincing would you say they were?
that is what I was pointing out. you don't qualify for tournaments with draws mate
posted on 10/9/12
"that is what I was pointing out. you don't qualify for tournaments with draws mate"
No you dont.....but a draw is beter than a defeat....and when you've got a tougher task ahead of you than some of the guys that were in charge before becasue your seeding has dropped and you are now a pot four team.....a draw in the first match agasint the team drawn from pot two, in my eyes, isnt too bad...not great, but not a defeat.
Two draws in two home games will seriously dent our qualification hopes.....one draw against a side as good as ourselves is acceptable
posted on 10/9/12
Yep, I agree. My original point was only that it is natural to have reservations just now.
You are absolutely correct regarding the sins of his predecessors. I have one gripe. I made a point yesterday that Levein seems to have put on the same coat as Smith and McCleish in terms of approaching the game. It is over cautious at times, certainly compared with his philosophy as a club manager.
Time will tell I suppose.
posted on 10/9/12
Tim still at it.
Tim you should try watching some football at International level.
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