Tooting Gull
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I'm going for a braveheart victory v Slovakia tonight, then winning in Slovenia only for a last minute equaliser to cruelly deny them a place in Russia as Slovaks beat Malta 1-0.
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How agonising/heroic will Scotland's failure to reach the World Cup be?
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Two epic wins to sneak second place, before losing their play-off against Andorra.
Mackenzie
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Looking forward to this. International Monkey Tennis.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
1-1 after a last minute Slovakia goal tonight - either off side/handball/dodgy pen - combination of all three.
Nah. Scotland's ability to never manage to qualify (especially when most, or even ALL the other British/Irish teams do) is another level of shitness and comedy.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Surely you mean 2nd place but not good enough for the play offs
That will be Wales.
To be fair, the draw often seems to do them no favours - they nearly always (though not this time, admittedly) end up having to play all the Faroe Islands at once.................
Icy Gull
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Yeah but the world's not watching unlike at the finals where we have embarrassed ourselves regularly at European and World Cups recently. Much better to fly under the radar if you're going to **** up when you get in with the big boys. Well imo anyway, I appreciate that younger viewers still live in hope of us actually performing in the finals, they'll eventually learn
:I like it. Scotland don't want to embarrass themselves by losing to Argentina, Portugal, Germany or Brazil so they prefer to go out beforehand to save face.
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Icy Gull
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Hmm, I take your point much better to go out gloriosly as we did at
2014 World Cup
England fail to qualify against Costa Rica, Italy and Uruguay
2016 Euros
England fail to qualify from a group of Wales, Slovakia and Iceland
No other countries laughed they all sat back and admired our quality in failure. But obviously they all pissed themselves at Scotlands failure to even qualify.
The days when we could laugh at Scotland are long gone imo, we are nearly as shit.
Tooting Gull
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Can't agree with any of that. It's MILES better to be there, which is why Scotland fans are so anxious to end the 20 years of hurt. You get the build-up, and you get the party, and the experience. Just accept that England are very unlikely to do well, and enjoy it. It's a much more enjoyable tournament if your country is in it, even if you do go out early.
And Scotland have brought it on themselves in recent years. I think a lot of us used to cheer them on in these tournaments as kids. But they have got so chippy about England, we've had enough and are returning the favour.
Icy Gull
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Fair comment but I no longer enjoy watching us **** up in the finals. I am struggling to remember the last time I enjoyed watching England in the finals. When Venables or maybe Hoddle were In charge? Each to their own though.
I’m siding with this....
We’ll qualify tonight, win the group easily, then next summer perform woefully in the group stages whoever we play. On the off chance we get past the group, we’ll get humiliated in the the next round. It’s just so predictable.
As an Englishman who lived in Scotland for a number of years (and to be fair, I loved it, and made many Scottish friends) I can agree with that 100%. The hatred of the English at times is hard to believe, unless you've experienced it.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Jocks have no excuse now, Slovakia down to 10 with Mak OFF for diving