TheLastOne36
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Well that Montenegro - Poland game was some piece of scheiße
He is a great manager, he had a brilliant time at Southampton FC. It was awful when Rupert Lowe (former Saints FC chairman) basically incapitated Strachan in the transfer market which made his position virtually impossible and had to leave.
Yes, it's more about a matter of confidence and trust, the players aren't that bad. As well as, of course, playing football and not rugby.Pangur Bán;11820550 said:In fairness, Middlesbrough's problems were inherited by Strachan. A lot of overpaid overvalued and under-performing players at the heart of the squad, who Strachan alienated by, among other things, bringing in too many of his own men; subsequently they got injured too often.
As Celtic manager he had the best record since Jock Stein; and got out the group stage of the CL twice (losing only to winners AC Milan in extra time and Barcelona). The big plus for Strachan as Scotland manager is the credibility he has at that level with the players; as a successful Old Firm manager and former world class player himself.
Pangur Bán;11817782 said:As people were saying before, Norway are top seeds and therefore one of Europe's mightier sides; the Swiss are surely unlucky to have them rather than inferior teams like Spain, Italy and Germany.
Immer wieder, immer wieder...freck you, germany. freck you.
The Socceroos just lost a qualifier to Jordan. JORDAN.
Two home draws isn't a good performance under any circumstances. Home games are must-wins, and Levein's tenure is helping screw over Socttish football even more. Nobody wants to watch football from a country that qualifies for nothign at all and has only one of two teams win anything. Scottish players will leave for other places and continues to prefer second division English teams to first-division Scotland sides if this continues.Pangur Bán;11823439 said:Disgusting performance by Scotland again. Listening to GL give his bs excuses. We need to lose all our games now to force the SFA to have him sacked. He's only ever beaten Lithuania and Liechtenstein (includ a 2-1 win at home 9 minutes into injury time) in competitive matches, although he claimed we had a midfield as good as Holland's.
If you're an outsider you probably think two home draws against Serbia and Macedonia ain't so bad, but if you see the performances and some of the stupid decision making, you'd understand.
Well, this is how it is playing in the grownups group. Wanna demote back to Oceania? You're always at war with Eurasia there.Absolutely terrible. It looks like we won't be going to Rio.The Socceroos just lost a qualifier to Jordan. JORDAN.