Fair Play Scotland

[-V-]

No because that had nothing to do with the question.

[Guest]

They are garbage and have the most paceless team ive ever seen. And when your hero is James Mcfadden, well, the less said the better really!

To be fair McFadden is a decent player. No world beater but as good as anyone in David Moyes' team.

[Chris]

To be fair McFadden is a decent player. No world beater but as good as anyone in David Moyes' team.

He really isnt. He was horrific in the Premier League.

And will be again this season.

[Guest]

He really isnt. He was horrific in the Premier League.

And will be again this season.

He ran Man. Utd ragged when Brum played them at OT earlier this season though.

[-V-]

He has his moments in big international games

But what do you expect Scotland has a tiny pool of players to choose from. Obviously 1 or 2 decent strikers would have made a massive difference

[Rafael Benítez Maudes]

let's not start hating on the scots

i've said it before

i'll say it again


SCOTLAND BUILT Liverpool FC.

dont forget it.

[Craig_H]

I felt sorry for Scotland. For the size of the nation and the pitiful amount of money they get to spend and developing players, they shouldnt be anywhere near qualifying for a major competition. They overachieve in just giving themselves a chance.

I wanted them to qualify personally.

[Assassin]

Should read

I feel sorry for Liverpool. For the size of the club and the pitiful amount of money they get to spend and developing players, they shouldnt be anywhere near qualifying for a major competition. They overachieve in just giving themselves a chance.

[kev776]

I felt sorry for Scotland. For the size of the nation and the pitiful amount of money they get to spend and developing players, they shouldnt be anywhere near qualifying for a major competition. They overachieve in just giving themselves a chance.

I wanted them to qualify personally.

A bit like Holland then.

[Joe King]

He ran Man. Utd ragged when Brum played them at OT earlier this season though.

He scored a hatful of goals that day

[FatTony]

let's not start hating on the scots

Where did that happen?

[FatTony]

He has his moments in big international games

But what do you expect Scotland has a tiny pool of players to choose from. Obviously 1 or 2 decent strikers would have made a massive difference

The reason they haven't qualified is not population, its because they dropped points against the likes of Macedonia and Norway, both of whom have a smaller pool of players to choose from.

Its fair to say that they've underachieved for a long time and this is as much to do with the way football is run in Scotland as it is down to population. Nobody should expect Scotland to win a tournament, but qualification should be realistic.

[Shaggy]

Yeah lots of smaller nations than Scotland regularly qualify. Just excuses. They used to produce great players. Now they're all utter ****

[Craig_H]

Yeah lots of smaller nations than Scotland regularly qualify. Just excuses. They used to produce great players. Now they're all utter ****

From the european groups? Who?

[Shaggy]

Smaller pools of players I meant.

Norway has a smaller population, as does Slovenia, then countries with a similarly sized pool of players to choose from such as Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Serbia, Czech Republic. OK so 'lots' was an exaggeration but they're up against similar sized nations who routinely out-perform them.