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PRE-SEASON 2026-2027
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tm4tj · Saturday at 05:59 PM1 day

We will add brief reports on here as and when we complete our pre-season fixtures. We started with a testimonial at Nairn and followed that with a friendly at Grant Street against Clach. 23.06.2026/19:30, 3-1 Nairn County(A): 27.06.2026/13:00, 3-1 Clachnacuddin(A): Next game is at home against Ross County next Saturday 04.07.2026/14:00, - Ross County(H): 07.07.2026/19:00, - Cove Rangers(A): TESTIMONIAL FOR DYLAN MACLEAN, CALLUM MACLEAN & KENNY McKENZIE T14 - Daniel Mackay. T1
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This is a very salient point. It also applies to England to a degree.
With the Auld Firm's dominance of the league they are always trying to get above the other. To this end they recruit overseas players. The Scottish players then are spread amongst the Auld Firm benches or other teams, but crucially get little European experience. Top Scottish players of the past would often have moved to England (Dalglish, Souness, Hansen, Jordan, McQueen, etc.), but with the money available to English clubs now, they too are looking for a higher quality player abroad, leaving fewer options for Scots (and Irish, Welsh and English) in England.
With this as the backdrop it'll be hard to buck the trend as what the best players are lacking is experience against high quality opposition. As I said at the start the same actually applies to English players, the depth of top quality players is not great. Even if you have, say, four top quality players - if they aren't testing themselves against better players regularly they won't improve anywhere near as quickly as they could. Whilst Norway may be doing OK now, how long will it last when Haarland retires (or goes off the boil) - their second string got thumped by France. Denmark were in the same qualifying group as Scotland but weren't good enough to win it. Ireland didn't qualify either.
I don't know the answer, but I do know that it won't be easy to come by. Perhaps a domestic quota on overseas players is what is needed (for all national teams), but I don't see that happening any time soon.

By The Hammer · 4 hours ago4 hr
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I feel sorry for Steve Clarke.
He seems a decent guy who was doing the best he could with the hand he was dealt, and I’m not sure that we can come up with a replacement who will be able to achieve more.
His task was to get us to major tournaments, and he did that. Sadly, we failed at them, in part due to being too cautious and in part because in some positions we are just not good enough.
I believe he has handled himself with dignity, including in his decision to step down, which I think is the right decision for him given the last few weeks.
As others have said, our structure doesn’t seem to help the national team and young talent is stifled as a result.
An example is Finlay Curtis, who is seen by many as integral to our national team’s future, but he’d to go out on loan from a poor Rangers team to get regular action.
How many of our squad of 26 were first pick starters at their club sides? Not as many as we needed, and it showed.
A disappointing campaign, but our fans were magnificent.

By Robert · 17 hours ago17 hr
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Ben Gardiner has also joined Brora.

By Robert · 18 hours ago18 hr
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Get Ange in 👍
Haven’t even seen the Brazil game although I’ve recorded it. We booked a cruise leaving from Helsinki a year ago. So left Helsinki on the Wednesday night for Tallin, and being 2 hours ahead, it kicked off at 1am. TV was dodgy at sea by satellite and saw a few minutes before it froze (a bit like Scott McKenna maybe). Saw two more snatches, each time realising we had lost another goal, then another bit in the second period when we seemed to be on top, before I gave up.

By The Mantis · 20 hours ago20 hr
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Some possibilities - including Ange - discussed here - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/28/scotland-search-new-coach-replace-steve-clarke

By snorbens_caleyman · 20 hours ago20 hr

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