Subject: [NT]World Cup Qualifiers

You guys, you have serious problems over there.
William Blake can see now what means to tolerate the non-fair-play in other areas as it can show up in more disgraceful situations. You leave a mouse in your house, you'll get even a rat later on.
It's nothing against the game regulation, but I won't give this answer I usually just get it from those who excuse the lack of fair-play......it's just an attitude problem: we'll do something for fair-play everywhere, everytime, not just here and there, or we'll keep sticking to a certain game regulation by not giving too much on fair-play, and we keep having top-outrageous behavior (like ours here) from time to time.
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As i said, it is based on their performance from past games, plus with the tactics ironside uses the chances for Scotland are extremely low, but maybe i'm being too harsh...
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i dont think my tactics are that bad considering i am so new to playing at this level i didnt really want to be NT manager infact when i agreed to stand to keep the job in scotland i thought i was going to be standing at U21 level so i could get used to it but i stood as NT to let stevie take the U21s

as for my tactics i agree going all out attack against holland was a bit suspect but basically we had nothing to lose we were expected to lose by 3-4 goals anyway

the other 2 games i lost would of been different if key players werent sent off at key points in game

apart from that i think my tactics have been spot on for a newbie learning experimenting obviously they werent perfect and i am still learning but saying my chances of winning a game based on my tactics is a bit below the belt i think its more to do with the quailty of our defence and keeper rather than my tactics

Its a learning process, I believe the game against Holland you showed a little bit of a Learner mistake.....but these things happen and you pulled off a great result today so well done. You can and will improve so do not take the criticism to heart.

It could be worse - you could be rtg. ;)

Canada 5 Malta 3

were 2-0 up...very unlucky my best player got injured and from there we suffered a lot in midfield...almost did the surprise :(

Unlucky that your mid got injured maybe, but lucky that you had a 2-0 lead :P Your keeper played amazingly the first 60 minutes.

Sweden advances from Group A, Canada can advance with another win against the Czech Republic next week.

Nice Denmark win.. was very close to not get WC qualification :) Sad Hellas..

Saudi Arabia scored a goal! ;D and 5:1 between 20 difference in average marks is not bad I think

Well this is my first season at WCQ so you can consider me also new at this high level... But i am sure you have been offered some help in tactics, and i guess you refused( based on your tactical progress during the season)...

And when i said that Scotland is underperforming due to tactics, the tactical mistake was the midfield, you played it inappropriate... it was like you were trying to make it look nice but neglected the effectivenes...

your guesses would be wrong

my progress through the season i went from losing 13-2 to holland to beating them 4-3

guess i havent learnt a thing

I suspect he is basing his experiences on rtg. I'm sure it's unfair to paint all Scottish managers with the same brush as him ;)

Indeed, but then again it could be worse....they could be basing it on you with England. :p

the progress in tactics were seen just in the last weeks... From week 9 the team was starting to bounceback... But don't consider i say everything you did was wrong or smthng like that... i'm talking about the mid line, half of season, it was imho awfully played, but later on you've changed it... still using Buchanan as AMC is wrong, he is a pure winger...
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I'd be disappointed with any manager which only got to the semi finals of the World Cup.

here here gibby.

@ all the whiners about Eesti cheating - behave yourself. Oooo I was lucky - yeah of course i was.

I was lucky to get hammered by the ME in the first game against greece and then even much luckier to get done over against India. For once i got "lucky", however it was intentional luck :)

I know it. You know it. Everyone knows it.

Two words: Mod Buttons

:P

ssshhhhh

I experimented with Brent twice once as an AM and once playing both wings, against teams we would beat it seemed a shame playing him in a position where he never got the ball, for the important game I took and listened to the advice to pick one wing and play him there, even though I still don't Thu.k he was that effective there