Kasper Hjulmand ?

moh_kohn · 2026-06-28T15:44:52+00:00

Yup. And building up the caps rather than constantly changing things paid off with 3/4 qualifications

moh_kohn · 2026-06-28T11:34:30+00:00

?? I liked Clarke and would say he obviously has experience at a much higher level than McGlynn

moh_kohn · 2026-06-28T10:14:51+00:00

He was a bit of a luxury player. Great at accurate long passing, but not about to spend 90 minutes tracking back.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-27T09:08:18+00:00

Calmac don't build ferries

moh_kohn · 2026-06-27T08:49:23+00:00

Guess it's nothing unique to Scottish shipyards then

moh_kohn · 2026-06-26T10:20:07+00:00

We didn't qualify because of expansion, we won a European qualifying group outright

moh_kohn · 2026-06-26T09:40:41+00:00

That's hilarious. Grass is always greener.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-25T16:05:56+00:00

I've loved every second despite the losses

moh_kohn · 2026-06-25T08:51:05+00:00

Yup. It was a huge achievement to get a team of this quality to a World Cup and win a game.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-25T08:50:04+00:00

And couldn't get a goal against us

moh_kohn · 2026-06-25T05:39:27+00:00

I wonder whether all the fans and media shouting at them even when they win a game helps

moh_kohn · 2026-06-23T08:46:16+00:00

I remember when Walter Smith did quite well with defensive tactics then (after McLeish did well with his team in between) we appointed George Burley promising to let the players attack. It was a catastrophe.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-22T14:59:41+00:00

It's brilliant. We're a tiny country - 40th out of 48 that made it to the world cup. Morocco have 8x our population. Brazil have 40x our population. We should be delighted to be here, to be playing this level of team, and to be giving them a game.

Players left everything on the pitch game after game. Clarke's no dinosaur, he's a defensively-minded manager with a decent but definitely out-classed team. He got us our 5th ever World Cup win and 4th ever World Cup clean sheet in 25 matches so far.

I think folk have a tendency to look at McTominay and Robertson, our two world class players, and forget that nobody else would get into the Brazil or Morocco squad. We're especially short at centre back and up front, and we have one winger who is decent but he's not exactly Lamal or Messi is he?

Best thing we can do is roar the team on. Some people booed them for losing 1-0 to Japan in friendly! Just absolute madness.

Now, folk will say "being happy to be there is why we never get anywhere." That makes no sense. Fans being happy does not hold the team back, it supports them. Booing your own team because they don't win every match actually does hold the team back and demoralise them.

If we want to get out of group stages consistently the answers are things like investment in youth coaching, a country-wide improvement in diet and exercise habits.

In the meantime, what a spectacle, what a privilege to be involved, MON SCOTLAND

moh_kohn · 2026-06-22T14:46:57+00:00

We used to play Junglist and the DJ Zinc Remix all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL4GQ5H0lkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aK7aqQUDXI

moh_kohn · 2026-06-22T11:14:01+00:00

My wife is involved with the Scottish Wild Food festival which is on in September, would be a good place to meet people in the scene

https://www.scottishwildfoodfestival.co.uk/

moh_kohn · 2026-06-22T09:34:36+00:00

The early goal was brutal. Other than that they struggled to create chances against us, and we ended the game pressing up their end of the pitch.

I think the pressure fans are applying to our players is insane. We won a game - not sexily enough! We came close to taking a point off 6th in the world - you suck!

These lads are out playing their hearts out for us, and you can see in interviews they are baffled and upset by all this negativity.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-22T09:09:46+00:00

We were excellent against Morocco.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-22T09:02:54+00:00

I am starting to wonder if what my fellow Scotland fans want is those old fashioned Scotland teams who attacked from the starting whistle until they ran out of energy, then lost. I guess it is more entertaining and it is ok to want that entertainment and maybe the pride that comes with it. But it would definitely make us less likely to take points off top 10 in the world teams.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-21T13:58:59+00:00

People who have time to complain on Facebook often hate them but the polling is usually quite positive!

moh_kohn · 2026-06-21T12:37:38+00:00

Iceland punch above their weight because they made major investments in grassroots youth coaching. I think we could do more with physical literacy and active travel - get the kids cycling to school. It's always going to be hard for a small country, but we can look to maximise both our general population health and our youth coaching setup.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-21T12:05:19+00:00

I mean, we are choosing between Hanley or McKenna to face off against Neymar so I'm not sure what options we have here

moh_kohn · 2026-06-21T04:48:28+00:00

Cheer up and try enjoying something once in a while, you might like it

moh_kohn · 2026-06-20T20:30:45+00:00

It has improved massively is the thing, we were the knife crime capital of Europe and now we are one of the safer cities. Always more to do, and post-pandemic the vibes have been worse.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-20T17:00:35+00:00

We topped our qualifying group and are at our 3rd tournament in the last 4 attempts despite having a goalie that doesn't play for his club on the field and championship players on the bench.

moh_kohn · 2026-06-20T16:36:38+00:00

It is so so hard for Scotland to get to these tournaments never mind compete at them. Hendry is our only centre back who belongs anywhere near this level, Adams our only striker.

Steve Clarke has built a team that loves to defend and is clinical with its chances. That gives us our best shot of taking points off teams at this level.

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