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Well done Scotland, what a rollercoaster of a match tonight... that last 20mins! But a great 3rd goal ripped the heart out of the Danes Congratulations

I may have had it worse. Was on a training course in Harrogate for the then post office telecommunications, later to become BT, for a month in June. We had a Glasgow guy on the course, nice bloke, but couldn’t keep his mouth shut. 4 of us Scot’s in a class of 20 made up by English boys. He came in every morning singing Scotland chants. Feckin embarrassing. June 1978 it was. Pumped 3-1 by Cubillas of Peru. And still he came in chanting. Drew 1-1 with Iran. And still he came in chanting, but a little quieter. Beat Netherlands 3-2, Archie gemmil game, as David Coleman commentated “ Scotland are in dreamland” only for Johnny Rep to put us to the sword. Give the Glasgow guy his due, he went into overdrive the morning after that game. Gave it big style to the English guys. All good fun of course. Didn’t stop us all hitting pub the last night for our course doo. ( I took a wrong turning coming out of the pub and a 10 minute walk to the digs turned into a couple or hours as I reached the outskirts of Harrogate and it started to become pitch black as the street lights disappeared behind me) Ps… couldn’t get rid of the box below ***I couldn't find the buttons on the mobile either but easy enough on the laptop. Click on the box then a wee pop up tab opens with options, one of which is delete box. PS: I watched the Iran game in the pub in Brora. Grim night that.

And that’s three out of four major tournament qualifications for Clarke.

Now then. Let's check out some of these comments

That’s why we love this game and it’s good that we all have different perspectives. The priority undoubtedly is promotion, however we achieve it. I’m glad we are trying to win games rather than trying not to lose them and, in doing so, we’ve scored in every league game this season so far There will be hiccups along the way, it’s how we bounce back from them that matters. Maybe my glass is half fuller than some others but I’m enjoying this season 😂😂

I think a lot of posts in recent matchday threads highlight how far we have come and how high our expectations now are. We’ve enjoyed the much more positive approach we now take to games and winning the majority of them. That has led us to expect to see good football and plenty goals as we get wins, and we are now disappointed if we can only grind out a 1-0 win. We are in a good place and I do believe the goals will start coming again in league games but I’d highlight our goalkeeper and defence as we’ve only conceded 8 goals in 13 league games, and we’ve kept 8 clean sheets. That is quite an achievement.

Hey, that’s my line!

I hear what you say ICTP, however it’s up to each individual to decide what’s an acceptable level of performance and results for our national team. For me, what’s being (and been) served up over this and previous campaigns is dross and shows no sign of any progression or development of the national team / game in way of :- 1) the ability of players (skill and attitude). 2) selecting the best (form) players over loyalty. 3) tactics employed and inability to act and change to influence the outcome. I don’t blame Clarke as the core problem (I do for the past campaigns under his tenure), it’s the SFA and fans that accept the status-quo as our benchmark is good enough. As long as the fans continue to turn up blindly and pay for the fare on show then the SFA will continue to maintain the product they provide (as failure is the accepted norm). Using our opposition this Tuesday as a comparable country population, league structure and finances; Denmark has proved and have demonstrated IMO it is possible to develop and provide a high standard and quality of player and product for their national team resulting in better performance and results. Scotland has simply stagnated for decades and we continue to accept poor fare. I expect Denmark to win on Tuesday, simply because they are the better team. Hampden will be full of the expectant of course turning up in their numbers and tartan tat! I will not be too demanding or expecting of our team!! bc