stewarty

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Blind optimism for a first post. Not bad! Welcome to Gersnet! :spl:

What purpose does this serve? If UEFA found them guilty, which would be difficult to prove and highly unlikely, what punishment would they dish out? The worst I can see happening is they dock Manure points which would only play into our hands.

Quite pathetic really. Desperate, pathetic, paranoid AND delusional.

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I loved the way it rolled off the tongue like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

What's that you said Barry darling?

Can't say I'm surprised! :devil:

I thought Sasa Papac was absolutely superb. Broadfoot too, but Big Sasa stood out. His timing in the tackle was excellent and he broke up a number of Man U attacks to good effect. Second half he also started to carry the ball into the midfield and try to push forward. He even had a half-chance to score - how many of our players can say that after last night?

Again, this is excellent stuff although I couldn't get the pdf to open properly. It may just be because I'm trying to access it at work though...

Happens all the time in football when teams up their game against stronger opponents. For us its the Sheep, for Scotland its Liechstenstein....

From twitter.... @RyanBabel: a very good friend ..former Celtic player Evander Sno had a heart attack

playing for Ajax reserves I'm hearing. Don't have any other details. Sad news if true - the guy must be only about 22/22 years old.

Great work guys. Happy to make a contribution as well.

Before big matches I always have hope and belief. Its when the heart takes over from the head in the build up. I guarantee that before the Man U game I'll reckon Fergie's men are there for the taking and that all we need is a bit of inspiration and some backs-to-the-wall defending.

Quite surprising since he has played reasonably well in 2 major tournaments (ACN and WC) in the last couple of years.

A good post Andy! Fingers crossed Levein learns quick although I have no problem with him giving players a bollocking. I suspect the only reason it has been leaked is because certain players nose's have been put out of joint.

Had you asked me that question before then I would have given you an answer! To answer directly - my rational brain says no, but my heart says YES! We need to beat Lithuania at home, get at least 4 points off Czech and hope other results go our way i.e. Lithuania dont keep up their promising start. A wee cheeky draw/win at home Spain would go a long way as well but thats me being overly optimistic. Hang on - you'll accuse me of sitting on the fence again so I'll say yes. Now, back to your pish about low expectations?

I suspect you are on the wind-up here. Nonetheless, regardless of how Scotland do during Levein's tenure, I don't suppose anything would persuade you it was a success, regardless of the results on the pitch. I suspect today's story in the Daily Rebel might give us a clue here. Apparently Levein roasted the team at half-time calling McFadden wasteful and selfish, and Boyd lazy. In other news, bears really do shite in the woods!

You can hark back to the halcyon days of Scottish fitba all day, it wont make us a better team right now. I've watched enough Scotland games to know better than to expect us to easily beat teams like Liechtenstein. Low expectations? I prefer to call it realism - a condition that doesn't stop me dreaming. I have not sat on the fence - my opinion is clear. In terms of performance we have been poor but results-wise we have done okay. It is too early to judge Levein's tenure. If you want to dive off the deep end then that's up to you.

I thought Levein was a good appointment and he has done okay so far. Too many folk are quick to judge - I'd prefer to see where things lie come the end of the qualifying campaign. Also, I think folks expectation levels are too high when you consider we are a nation who has not qualified for a major competition for 12 years now.

It was more than the press conference that indicated he was clueless. There was the Broadfoot "player of limited ability" comments, the bizarre team selection and tactics for that game too. Quite why he thought it was a good idea to sit in for the first half when a blind man could see we would struggle with the heat in the second half, I do not know. And, to be honest, that was just the start of the whole Burley debacle.

An over-reaction IMO. Not an untypical one although quite bizarre considering he won the match. The sharp knives are out for Levein much in the same way they were for Burley, except this time I'm not so sure its deserved. Not yet anyway. The performance was poor but its the result that counts. Should that change to poor performances AND poor results, then I will reconsider.