13 Jun 2015 17:24:32
Who the hell is this Forsyth? How can he be getting a game before Robertson! He's been woeful from the 1st min!
13 Jun 2015 18:07:34
I feel the same, the boy is nowhere need experienced or good enough for such an important game.
In fairness though, we haven't turned up and it's hard to find a star man for Scotland at half time.
Ireland are well up for it and seem to want it more and what they lack in skill are making up for in fight (and there have been a few bad tackles/challenges put in.
Strachan seems to have got it wrong with the whole left side with Forsyth and leaving Anya out as well.
I am also a perpetual hater of Naismith and think he is one of the most over-rated players I've ever seen.
13 Jun 2015 20:02:54
Strachan got it wrong we should have won this game Ireland are 30 places below us for a reason. Richie is nowhere good enough, Charlie has not played in defence for two years he should have played in midfield instead of Morrison; this with Berra or Greer in defence would have given us extra height to deal with their crosses which was their only tactic. Two fast wingers to run at their full backs and provide proper crosses - Anya and Forrest with Maloney being the link man in centre id. I also believe GG would have handled the crosses better than Marshall who I like
13 Jun 2015 22:34:32
strachan is a manager who has this overwhelming belief that he can do no wrong,which is fine,if he never made any wrong decisions,but his managerial career is littered with wrong team selections and wrong tactics,as for his stint as scotland manager,you can't deny he has made a huge difference since he came ,i think that is due to his confidence and optimisn and self belief ,which he has transferred to the players,scotland have good players,always have had ,sometimes great ones,but what they have had is an abundance of abyssmal managers,craig brown being the worst,him and others like him blamed the players quality or lack of it,for the results,which in most cases was down to the managers negativity,at least you can't say that about strachan,but you can say he makes terrible team selections
and his tactics are open to criticism,the one that stands out for me is jordan rhodes,how a free scoring forward can't get near the team because he does'nt suit stachans 'system' sums up strachans failings for me.
14 Jun 2015 00:33:29
Ireland out fought Scotland in midfield in the first half . However ROI didn't have craft to put Scotland under any pressure except crosses which were of the hit or miss variety . Disappointed with all ROI corners , they couldn't come up with a little variation . Didn't Walters get a lovely wee piece of space for himself ( a yard behind the defence ) for the goal. Scotland got their goal rather softly wee Shaun not picked up and hit a beautiful ball deflected off O'Shea for the equaliser . ROI could have scored a minute or so later but Murphy didn't get his shot far enough away from Marshall. ROI were not good enough to win , I think Scotland for about half of the second half could have scored . Both teams in the end just about cancelled each other out . A disastrous result for ROI and a poor enough result for Scotland . I thought Griffiths could have made a difference if he had been brought on after 55 mins or so.
14 Jun 2015 02:14:39
Honestly embarrassed for the Irish tonight! The only reason Scotland got a point tonight was because the
Irish are atrocious
My great Grandparents fled Ireland during some real hard times but a football match wasn't one of them, of that much I'd stake my life. Today's result was Ireland & Scotland's inability to score more than one goal a piece each, anybody using racism as an excuse to make themselves feel better can kiss my a*s. Booing Scott Brown, don't show your face in any Scottish football ground again
14 Jun 2015 08:44:53
Mrs e the only reason scotland got a point was cause they worked hard for it as for the irish well they plainly are not good enuf hail hail
14 Jun 2015 09:26:36
mrs e ,where did the racism come in?,i only listened to it on the radio inbetween doing something,and didn't hear any booing mentioned,and as the majority of the scots and irish are the same race,don't think you used the right word there.
14 Jun 2015 10:04:14
Yeh bit puzzled with the racism comment,don't know where u got that one from I don't know! And as for being embarrsed for the irish,I think that's a bit strong! It was like your typical Derby game,not a lot of quality and both teams givin it all they've got! Thought the quality from both teams was poor at times to be honest! But that's exactly how I expected it to go to be honest.very few chances with a few meaty challenges going in! wouldn't totally rule out the Irish just yet but! This group will go to the wire! Just hope WGS has learned that the boy Forsyth is no where near good enough for this level! Wee Robertson should have been on last nite!
14 Jun 2015 10:58:07
Not you guys. I just get fed up with the whole McGeady booing stuff and folk thinking its racism. McGeady is entitled to make his choice for whoever he wants to play but we all know the football terraces are unforgiving.
Comparing him to the likes of Paul Paton who is also Scottish but plays for Northern Ireland is plain daft, the boy Paton opted for NI because he wasn't good enough to get picked for Scotland and knew this. McGeady was good enough and would of eventually been a regular in the Scotland side. He'd of been booed even if he had been a Rangers player. To suggest every fan doing the booing is racist without having met them is ridiculous. (I know I was a wee bit of subject but this is what I meant)
Whilst I'm on it, why were Ireland fans booing Raheem Sterling last week and Scott Brown yesterday? Irish fans seem to have a love in with English sides, Celtic are way down the pecking order for them - it was obvious to see at the Celtic v Liverpool game 2 years ago, we had one stand behind the goal & Liverpool the rest of the stadium, which they more than filled.
Anyway, thought that was Wee Strachan's worst game but we got the point and still on course.
14 Jun 2015 12:53:24
Completly disagree JungleJim I think between Brown and Naismith you are looking at the 2 best players in the country by a distance, always very composed. like most in the team did not have the best of games yesterday! I think we all in agreement that Robertson should have started Jonace, but have to say starting Berra. Would not even be worth while showing up might aswell of given Ireland the points if that was the case he is anabsolute bombscare! Would have Effe in there before him
14 Jun 2015 15:34:26
yes tompo,naismith is one of the best of the current scottish players,but some people on here won't like him cause he used to play for rangers.
14 Jun 2015 19:28:15
Naismith is still the hateful diving wee runt he was in his Rangers days . MO'N when asked about the referee said that he wasn't surprised WGS had no complaints about the referee , as Naismith had kept him right all through the match .
I don't Fletcher would add much to our attack, like Murphy he can keep a defender busy but like Murphy after battling with the defence he hasn't got the ability to turn a half chance into a goal .
Did WGS play Forsyth instead of Robertson because he was afraid of the strength of Walters . In my opinion Robertson would have put a lot of pressure on the Irish defence and Maloney and Naismith would have got good service .
It's amazing the difference in the game once Anya came on , not only did Anya deliver but the Irish right back made no more meaningful runs .
ROI have very little chance of going to France and Scotland still have a very difficult chance as they are unlikely to finish better than third .
16 Jun 2015 01:17:55
you're still being hard on naismith because of his rangers days,chris ,try and see the bigger picture,he;s a talented footballer,roi have achance ,and that's it ,a chance,so have scotland,i have a sneaking feeling that the way the results go germany may not qualify,but I don't know if i'm brave enough to bet on it.
16 Jun 2015 12:44:08
Aindoh , the actions of Naismith in the match on Saturday were such that I would have criticised him even if he hadn't played for Rangers .
I have seen him play for Everton and I don't think he spent the whole game diving and moaning to the referee. Obviously M O' Neil also wasn't happy about Naismith either
and I don't think it was Naismith playing for Rangers that affected his judgement .