Moderators PowerButchi Posted October 5, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted October 5, 2017 44 minutes ago, westlondonmist said: Scotland still hanging on. 13 points from 5 games, I really think this is the best Scotland side in 15 plus years Decidedly average then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted October 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2017 No matter the individual talent in the England team, they've never anything more than mediocre. How the fuck can this be the case tournament after tournament? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted October 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, SpursRiot2012 said: No matter the individual talent in the England team, they've never anything more than mediocre. How the fuck can this be the case tournament after tournament? Hiring managers with all the oomph of my Ford KA is playing no insignificant role. You want a manager you would go to war for. I wouldn't get out of fucking bed to play for England managed by Gareth Southgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted October 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2017 They should have given Redknapp the job when they were planning to when he was managing us. Redknapp, I think, was the kind of manager who had the potential to man manage a team over the course of a tournament to some success. I don't think he was ever a good long term pick, but for one Euros or whatever? Could have worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D@mm Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Shame Stuart Pearce or Tony Adams didn't have better managerial careers as they would of been good choices to be England manager one day, give the England job to Sean Dyche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 8 hours ago, PowerButchi said: Decidedly average then. Average is better than shit. The worst part is that if scotland held on against England or beat Lithuania at home they would be guaranteed 2nd. And D@mm surely if anybody had a better managerial career they would be good candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2017 29 minutes ago, westlondonmist said:  And D@mm surely if anybody had a better managerial career they would be good candidates. That was the first thing I thought when I read that. Baffling thing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2017 boydy has never knowingly said anything that isn't completely stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 It has opened my imagination to an England team manged by the angry Scotch Egg though. Imagine how wonderfully dull they would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted October 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2017 Overall, Scotland are perfectly average. A position I'll gladly accept, given some of the disasters over the past 17 years, or so. Fair play to Strachan. There was a lot of momentum building up over him getting the boot, but he's managed to get some decent performances out of some right shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted October 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2017 You just know us (Scotland) will be taking a hammering on Sunday. It's just us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MungoChutney Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Scotland's form in the last 5 qualifying games is the same as England's and better than the other home nations. If that's what average gets you then I'll gladly take it.  Strachan has built a team rather than building a team around a player, which was necessary really as we don't have any players better than mid table premiership at absolute best. Delighted with the campaign overall and my only wishes is that Strachan gets over his stubborn streak and drops Bannanfor either McGregor or McGinn on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 You mean the bang average England team who will scrape out of the group stages at the world cup and be knocked out straight away? They're the benchmark of average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevestofdeanambrose Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Our paper airplane making skills takes us a step above average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briefcase Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 14 hours ago, D@mm said: Shame Stuart Pearce or Tony Adams didn't have better managerial careers as they would of been good choices to be England manager one day, give the England job to Sean Dyche. I think its that time again where Southgate will fail miserably, the whole 'working your way up through the FA ladder' gets criticised and they decide to go for a non-english coach like Ancelotti who then also fails miserably and then they go for whoever looks half decent in the premier league, probably Eddie Howe. I think England's problem is that the players might good for club teams in the premier league but there isn't enough fight in the team, you need a few who will dig in, fight for the team and almost go to war for England. You look at the make up of this side and you struggle to really see it, not helped by not having a consistent captain and a mellow manager. I enjoy watching Wales/Scotland/Ireland as you feel there is a team spirit about them, England are just going through the motions as individuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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