1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,520 Listen to the noise. Listen to the passion in Hamden 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:08,840 Park. Let's jump again. 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:17,080 Let's start it. Let's move on the grain. 4 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:19,360 Down by dunvish chance, down for Scotland. 5 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,800 Hello and welcome back to the Scots with a Mic podcast. 6 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,800 I am your host James Scott and I'm delighted again to be 7 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,880 bringing you another episode. We're in a good mood for this 8 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,560 one. Scotland have just reached the 9 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:48,040 halfway point in their World Cup qualification campaign and it 10 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,280 was a good one. It was a three one win against 11 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,360 the geeks, a bit of a roller coaster. 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,080 There was lots of highs and lows throughout the 90 and we've got 13 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,160 2, 2 speakers on to discuss it with me today. 14 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,280 Our regular on the podcast is Adam from Gorky Talk. 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,080 Adam, how we doing? Very well after that result, 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,040 James. Very well mate. 17 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,440 I definitely. And also we've got a special 18 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,520 guest coming on, someone that's not been on before, Gordon Shea 19 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,640 from the Tartan Scarf. Gordon, How are we doing? 20 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,680 Good. Very good. 21 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,200 Very, very good. Like you said, just good, good, 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,040 good to be sitting in this place where we are right now. 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,800 Yeah, halfway through the group. Good, good, good. 24 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,880 Yeah, I've known Garden for a while, so it's good to get an 25 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,600 old friend on the podcast with us. 26 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,320 So first of all, who was at the game last night? 27 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,120 Who was in the stadium? Yep, I was there. 28 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,520 I was there in my kind of a I've I've taken up a new spot this 29 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,160 for this campaign, some sort of South stand upper and get a 30 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,560 really nice view over the top of it and unfortunately the 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,960 opposite end from where most of the goals were last night. 32 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,720 You still got a pretty good view from up in the upper off the 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,280 South stand or pretty much class. 34 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,080 Even at the opposite end you still see it really well. 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,760 What about yard number are you? You're at home for this one, I 36 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,960 think. I was a first half, I was at 37 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,919 Porter Bell High School for my son's training session. 38 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:11,480 And so shout out for Muscle Browser for that. 39 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,920 And so I was watching out my iPad. 40 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:15,240 Between that and my son's training, the son's training was 41 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,400 probably a bit better, but we'll go into that in more detail. 42 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,640 And then a second-half, I was back home to watch a really good 43 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,880 second-half actually. And well, anything was better 44 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,680 than the first half. First half was pretty draft, but 45 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:26,760 we'll we'll get into that later on. 46 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,240 Fair enough. I mean, I thought you were going 47 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,560 to say you messed the first half completely, no. 48 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,800 No, no, that messed the first half well. 49 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,360 No, you didn't mess much, to be fair. 50 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,640 Yeah, it was a game with a good result and Clark said end 51 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:42,800 results are the only thing that qualify for major tournaments. 52 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,720 Which is true. I mean, I'll come to you item 53 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,600 first. Dead Scotland's performance 54 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:56,480 merit and deserve the one. It depends how you use the word 55 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,960 performance. I think like, I think like from 56 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,640 Clark's perspective, he is right. 57 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,000 That's the results business. And I think ever since he's been 58 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,400 at the helm, he's never really been someone where you know 59 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,080 you're going to get tech attack of football. 60 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,800 It's all going to be like all singing, all dancing, all 61 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,960 entertaining stuff, right? I mean, there has been spells 62 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,080 we've we have looked really good. 63 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,440 Then it has been good performances. 64 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,480 But he's right. At the end of the day, you know, 65 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,880 we'd rather play up, as you know, under par and get our 66 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,680 result, then play really well and get nothing. 67 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,880 So I think though, if you think about missed opportunities for 68 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,880 Greece and again, just take like picking up on chances and taking 69 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,080 the circumstances to work in our favour, then yeah, you could 70 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,600 argue second-half we've done really, really well and then 71 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,000 first half we've done what we could to contain Greece. 72 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,120 So I wouldn't say we don't deserve it. 73 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,720 Maybe say that obviously when you get the fee one and have it 74 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,480 happened, it maybe flattered us a wee bit. 75 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,880 Yeah, but I wouldn't say that. You know, it kinda looked like 76 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,120 it was heading for a draw at one point, especially when we sort 77 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,680 out the back and forth with the two goals that started in the 78 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,200 second-half. But yeah, I wouldn't say we 79 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,360 didn't deserve it. I thought we worked hard, we did 80 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,520 what we could and then the changes that we made, which 81 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,720 again we'll go into, and they made a lot of difference I felt 82 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:05,760 in the second-half. So yeah. 83 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,920 The change will come into the changes later but from me they 84 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,280 were definitely pivotal and shifting the game Scotland's 85 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,400 direction. Gordon obviously in the stadium 86 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,480 with me watching it last night, a similar take from you on that. 87 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,480 Yeah, I would say so. I would say so because I think 88 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,960 certainly pre match there was a there was a fair amount of 89 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,840 nascent growing optimism. Again, you know, obviously the 90 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:34,000 results in the last 12 months or so have kind of they've they've 91 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,720 come and gone a little bit. You know, obviously last 92 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,000 summer's EUR was obviously a real, real low point. 93 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,640 And then you go into a nation's league game where you start with 94 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,160 three losses in a row and you're thinking, Christ, are we ever 95 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,320 going to win again ever? You know, but then we rally 96 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,040 really strongly in that nation's league group. 97 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,320 We do really well. We, we beat Croatia, you know, 98 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,760 we get the draw against against Portugal, We beat, we beat 99 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,440 Poland out out there and then that takes us to the playoff. 100 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,720 And then again, a tale of two matches. 101 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,080 You you're just so devastated by that three nil game at home to 102 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,680 Greece. And certainly from the way the 103 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,960 game started, you thought this could be a similar story to what 104 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,360 the game was in March. And you, you think have what 105 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,000 have we learned here? What have we gained? 106 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,360 But ultimately, you know, as as as as you said there like the 107 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,600 the result is what matters here. The fact that we're sitting 108 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,880 halfway, halfway in this group with all of the power in our own 109 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,840 hands, all of our destiny in our own hands. 110 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,280 We're in as good a place as we could possibly hope to be in. 111 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,080 And again, let's let's not pretend that we haven't had 112 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,280 games, but in the past we've all been watching Scotland long 113 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:37,560 enough to know that we've seen games where we've played really, 114 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,160 really well in matches and not gotten the result we deserved. 115 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,880 So ultimately, this time fate shone on us a little bit last 116 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:45,720 night. Of course it did. 117 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,800 But that's that's something that's what you need and that's 118 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,000 what you need to get back to major, major tournaments like 119 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,880 World Cups. Yeah, I mean, 100% agree with 120 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,000 something you said there because as a Rovers fan as well, I feel 121 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,600 like I've seen a lot of this over the years where I mean, 122 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,240 there was a season we got relegated and there was games we 123 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,280 played well and we we just couldn't win. 124 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,720 And there will be, there will be some games and, and then and 125 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,120 there will be some teams who go on, win leagues, win 126 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,080 championships and they do have the occasional bad game, but 127 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,920 they still managed to find a way to win. 128 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,000 And for me that's a hallmark of a good team right there. 129 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:29,720 Good teams play bad at times but still find ways to win games and 130 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,920 I don't know if Geese are kind of feeling like the opposite end 131 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:37,200 that right now because the lack experience in their squad at 132 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,080 times with the younger boys. They played out last night. 133 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,560 They had chances and they couldn't put them to bed the 134 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,520 first half alone. I think we we we probably could 135 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,280 have gone in behind and Clark, but Clark, Clark acknowledged, 136 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,760 you know, the game in March, we went in half time. 137 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:56,040 The game was relatively similar, I'd say, But this time we didn't 138 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,280 go into no down. We went in, level came out, 139 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:01,400 second-half obviously still went behind after a bit, but it 140 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,240 wasn't by no means sort of similar to the game in March. 141 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,320 And then we got turned over and it gave us a platform to attack 142 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,360 and kick on, get something later on and they came out of it. 143 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:17,960 So yes, I mean, for me it was the first half was very poor, 144 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,200 but you know, the last half or more they made-up for that. 145 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,080 And again Clark said, what was that? 146 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,760 Sometimes you don't get what you deserve in football and 147 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,360 sometimes you get a little bit more than you deserve. 148 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,560 And I think free one definitely flattered us. 149 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,520 But like like many a time before with with with, there's been 150 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,840 games we've been involved in where the best teams not won or 151 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,120 not go what they deserved. Well, I mean, we'll touch on the 152 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,600 goals. Lewis Ferguson firstly, first 153 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,600 goal for Scotland in his 19th cap. 154 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,360 For a moment from him I would just open up to both you if he 155 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,240 was obviously man of the match. We see any of yours man of the 156 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,120 match or is there anyone else you want to pull and you think 157 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:01,800 was also very good on a day? I mean to be comment on my own X 158 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,880 page about Liz Ferguson today, actually I thought he was. 159 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,000 I know I think about Liz Ferguson. 160 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,080 I just think he's just really grown in our top football. 161 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,720 I think he's always had obviously the potential and 162 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,600 that's why he is now also over at Bologna, had some quick 163 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,640 success there as well. And then I just think the more 164 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,680 now that he's getting that international game team, just 165 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:23,840 the more you've seen him flourish. 166 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,080 And again, he's like, he's like a lot of midfielders now. 167 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,600 Our team, we have a lot of quality midfielders and a lot of 168 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,480 midfielders are quite fluid as well. 169 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,520 So like the Ferguson, they can play, you know, and A10 and A6, 170 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,039 whatever. Mcginn's the same. 171 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:38,320 He can move around. Obviously see Mcdonaldy playing 172 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,120 numerous possessions, albeit we know he's better, better and 173 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,800 A10, but you know, is starting to I think just get more 174 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,720 comfortable because obviously international football is all 175 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:48,880 different to anything else, right? 176 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,560 And I think we've all just been sitting waiting for him to get 177 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:53,280 an opportunity. And now that we've seen him get 178 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,040 a sort of running games, you're just starting to see him grow. 179 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,600 And I just think that again, he puts himself in the right places 180 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,720 at the right time in the box thinking that deep line 181 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,000 position. And Christie again, played 182 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,040 really well. I thought well at the chop and 183 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,040 change what he was doing last night, but he done really well 184 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,960 wherever he was put and and yeah, I just felt like it done 185 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,040 The Dirty work that needed done and I felt that Scotland 186 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:20,160 actually just looked a bit more the word I want to put on that 187 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,760 is like streetwise. I just feel like I've said this 188 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,320 on previous podcasts, but I feel like Greece are still that are 189 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,880 really talented squad and like you touched on they're quite 190 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,000 young and hanging with that that young side to them. 191 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,920 They are quite naive like they were given away silly fouls last 192 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,160 night. Scotland went out like nearly 23 193 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,640 kicks and and yeah, I just felt like Lewis Ferguson, McGann, 194 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,320 people at were were causing all that kind of havoc for them and 195 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,800 they were playing the game as best they could to match the 196 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,400 technical side to Greece. And I think as as the game went 197 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,480 on and things weren't going Greece's favour, our players in 198 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,040 the pitch were actually sensing that as well. 199 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,000 So yeah, I think Ferguson deserves a lot of credit just 200 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,680 for that progression he's making in a Scotland jersey and he 201 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:01,400 really looks like a proper starter. 202 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,680 Yeah, so big Showtime for me. Yeah, I think I, I would, I 203 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,480 would just want to build, build, build on what you say there, 204 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,840 Adam, about the kind of that streetwise nature of the squad. 205 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,000 And I think that's something that's really, really, really 206 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,280 impressed me, especially over the last couple of years as the 207 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,480 team has developed under Clark that, you know, again, we've, 208 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,520 we've all seen Scotland games in the past where we have been 209 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,720 arguably bullied by teams. You know, we've, we've been the 210 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,400 ones that have been sort of held at arm's length and they've, 211 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,920 they've mastered the dark arts and mastered the clock and 212 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,160 mastered the tempo of the game. And I just feel like we're 213 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,480 getting really, really good at that. 214 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,120 I think especially maybe slightly fortunate, but just the 215 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,320 fact that we were able to equalize so quickly after they 216 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,680 scored because obviously the atmosphere was turning quite bad 217 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,000 given that we'd we'd had a full hour of not very entertaining or 218 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,880 exciting or exhilarating football. 219 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,840 Then obviously you have the sucker punch of having Aaron 220 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,000 Hickey go off injured. Obviously a lot of the narrative 221 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,880 pre match was Hickeys in the squad, Ben Doakes in the squad. 222 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,280 They weren't there in March. So they're they'll be the 223 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,520 difference makers. Both of them go off at broadly 224 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,320 the same time and then we go one nil down. 225 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,240 All that combined in the stadium they except quite a negative. 226 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,680 Immediately I just remember feeling kind of numb. 227 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,960 A. 100% it. Felt the game was only going one 228 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,280 way at that point. And it's fun and it's funny as 229 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,080 well because obviously I got a hold of the game last night and 230 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,200 then I put the I, I Fast forward through the game and when you 231 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,160 see the Grease score, the commentary is so kind of end of 232 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,920 days. It was all a night of ignominy 233 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,160 for Scotland. And we've gone one nil down as 234 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,000 if it's been coming all night. And they weren't really, it did 235 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,880 feel like they were really hamming it up, though, how 236 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,040 terrible the conceding this goal was. 237 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,760 It was as as if it was we we'd conceded the fourth goal or a 238 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,120 fifth goal this night of ignominy. 239 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,360 But because we were able to get the get the equalizer so 240 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,200 quickly, that then suddenly put the massive mental pressure on 241 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:52,640 Greece. And I just don't think they 242 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,480 coped with it very well. And I think we did. 243 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,920 And what was really impressive is it we then were the ones 244 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,480 turning the screw, getting the pressure on, leading the press, 245 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,960 making them make mistakes. And you could see some of the 246 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,640 challenges they were flying into, the way they were going 247 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,800 down, looking for fouls, staying down. 248 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,440 I think collectively their heads went completely. 249 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,960 And from that moment onwards, it was kind of only looking like we 250 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,320 were the only team that was going to win the game. 251 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,480 Because you're seeing a bit master in the dark arts. 252 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,320 There was a, there's plenty of them rolling about in the ground 253 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,760 at points and you know, claiming for fails. 254 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,880 It looked very soft. But I think about how many free 255 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,360 kicks, especially down in front of me in the North Stand area, 256 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:34,920 we got a fair few and quite dangerous areas. 257 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,960 Free kicks at the I'd say they were softly given away just for 258 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,480 stuff that was like you said, not streetwise and it those sort 259 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,280 of errors put pressure on you. Balls in the box. 260 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,760 Things happen obviously quite quick after they score crusty 261 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:54,120 grabs at 1st and it just wasn't like when I spoke to Stephen 262 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,120 last weekend from the Greek side of things. 263 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,880 He did say the younger guys not known how to manage a game, not 264 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,800 know how experience at this level, qualifying for 265 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,560 tournaments, know what it takes to get over the line. 266 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,600 They did this kind of crumble and you know, and the crowd 267 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,320 really helped what I felt they were quite flat over the course 268 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,200 of the 90. Robertson did say he understood 269 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,680 the frustrations of the fans. He said for the 1st 60 minutes 270 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:22,280 they're clearly frustrated, which I can understand and I can 271 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:23,920 get behind. He's like, but sometimes it 272 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,560 doesn't help. But equally the players have got 273 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,720 to give the players something that players have got to give 274 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,080 the fans even something to to make noise about and especially 275 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,040 at home than it can. When it's quiet it really shows. 276 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,240 But as soon as that first goal went and even when we got the 277 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,360 free check to put the ball on the box for Christie, I really 278 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,800 noticed the rally and cry from the fans and you know it was a 279 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,960 joint effort from everyone in the Tartan Army and the boys on 280 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,120 the pitch to get us over the line. 281 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,240 I felt when I was talking about Ferguson been Mara much yeller 282 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,360 though I think one guy I wanted to touch on I thought was 283 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,240 brilliant for Scotland last night was Ryan Cresty getting 284 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:04,200 his goal as well. 100% passing rate, 100% successful dribbles, 285 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,320 0 times dispossessed. He was a 62nd cap and his eight 286 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,240 goal for me. I thought he was a man of the 287 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,480 match, one of the best players in the pitch and he, just like 288 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,640 you said, a lot of streetwise moments when he took the ball 289 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,880 and recycled that well, gave himself space, helped other guys 290 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,240 out and even helped drive us through the smaller gaps, 291 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,120 carrying the ball in the areas. I felt he was one of our best 292 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,360 players and I don't know if he if it's not because he's a John 293 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,760 McGann or Scotland comedy was last noticed. 294 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,360 But for me, I thought he was brilliant. 295 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,520 Obviously the goals from the boys got the crowd going. 296 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,440 When you look at the stats of the game, one thing I couldn't 297 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,440 believe because I think we could all agree could E dominate the 298 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,960 first half and the second-half felt more split across the two 299 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:55,160 teams, more even like contested. But for the possession stats 300 00:14:55,200 --> 00:15:00,800 overall we were only 33%, but in the second-half we only had 222% 301 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,760 possession in the second-half, which is incredibly low. 302 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,520 I can't actually believe it was that low. 303 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,840 And along with that, we only had one expected goal and our goal 304 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,680 XG. But it's just one of those games 305 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,360 were really we made our own luck in the end. 306 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,440 The final goal came just after a save from Angus Gunn. 307 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,960 If you've not seen it in the highlights or didn't get a 308 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,120 chance to appreciate during the game like myself when I was at 309 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,760 the opposite end of the stadium, that save happened at 21 against 310 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,680 what was a very good shot from characters very similar to his 311 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,360 goal at the opposite end that he scored in the playoffs. 312 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:44,280 I mean, the guy that's not played much league football at 313 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,520 all since last summer because of his move to Nottingham Forest 314 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,920 and been down the pecking order there. 315 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,480 For him to coming out the cold and produce a moment like that 316 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:57,800 to arguably get the win for us, I mean, what a moment for him as 317 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,880 well. Yeah, I think you're right. 318 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,360 You've kind of touched on that. That is obviously not getting 319 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,920 game time. I think I did see an interview 320 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,800 actually on Sky Sports just a few days ago talking to Gunn 321 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,880 about how obviously didn't think it was going to be that way when 322 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,720 he went to forest and he seen it as an opportunity. 323 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,400 And obviously like he sees down the pick and order in the And I 324 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,560 think there we've kind of recognized in various media 325 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,760 outlets that as a sort of goalkeeping issue there with 326 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:27,560 obviously were maybe maybe not us not naive, but I suppose as a 327 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,760 nation naive. You know, we'll have McGregor, 328 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,680 Marshall and Gordon forever. So I think and before we know 329 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,040 it, nowhere came to, you know, putting Gordon back in a squad 330 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,760 just in case Gun can't make it because that's who Clark can 331 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,040 only rely on because it isn't really anybody else that wants 332 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,400 to rely on. So yeah, that's the kind of 333 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,400 scenario we're in. But and seeing that think that 334 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,280 where it's due. I actually fought watching Gun 335 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,160 last night and I was watching it at home. 336 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,440 But again, sometimes you get that a different viewpoint of 337 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,320 it. I felt like Gun for for someone 338 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:01,400 who's not got game time is still looked like someone who was a 339 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,480 regular on a team every week, if that makes sense. 340 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,400 He still looked comfortable. He still looked assured in the 341 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:08,920 position. He was confident. 342 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,640 He kept speaking at the back four. 343 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,240 Yeah, I felt like like he hadn't been away from my first team 344 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,160 action, whereas obviously he's saying he's constant on the 345 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,119 bench. I think it does help him having 346 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,520 like sickly Gordon the year I think he mentioned that himself. 347 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,560 He can learn a lot for people like Craig Gordon. 348 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,640 So know that that helps him in the camps and that may be 349 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,360 another reason why Clark still takes Gordon along as well. 350 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,160 And albeit because Gordon hasn't had any game time himself to 351 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:39,000 injuries and and whatever else. But yeah, the save itself, like, 352 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,960 like you say, James, at that stage in the game. 91st minute. 353 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,200 That that, by the way, that kid, again, I don't know if he stole 354 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,880 17, The commentators say yes. It feels like he's 17 forever 355 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,840 but I believe. Next month or so I'm. 356 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:54,080 Sure. Anyway, regardless, the grease 357 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,560 spend oak came on and was starting to cause us all sort of 358 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,880 problems. But yeah, top save it was very 359 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,440 similar that you say to the goal they actually got and see, when 360 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,120 you look at the stats as well, we're going back on that. 361 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:10,200 And like I say, watching it from home, I feel like we came to 362 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,640 more as like from commentators wise and things Latin in the 363 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:15,920 builder. I feel like we gave these a 364 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,080 little bit too much respect. Like, I mean that in the sense 365 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,520 of like, again, we're more focusing on, you know, that 366 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,040 they're technically good, that they can cause people problems 367 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,240 and things like that. But to be honest, last night 368 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,520 they did have OK, a couple of chances and whatever, but like 369 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,760 the XG, there wasn't very much difference. 370 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:38,040 We had a lot, they had a lot of the ball, but there wasn't like 371 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,640 there wasn't a lot happening. Like we did contain them quite 372 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,040 well. We cleared a lot of things away 373 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,160 with, like I said, we were streetwise in our approach. 374 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,960 I think the commentary mentioned like first half how the biggest 375 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,560 issues seem to be like we didn't know when to press and when it 376 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,960 set off kind of thing. And I think it's because of how 377 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,200 well Greece had to like kept the ball. 378 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,680 But I think we just bathed our time with that. 379 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,240 And then let's say in that moment, like I thought it went 380 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,920 and you know, guns, guns saved us there in a sense because 381 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,640 especially with the Cadets is coming on, he gets his goal just 382 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,720 like he did, you know, however long ago a few months back and 383 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,720 again caused that nightmare for us. 384 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,760 It would have been thinking of Deja vu. 385 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,760 It's all going to happen again. And then we would have been back 386 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,400 to. That point like you never know 387 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,520 where the game goes. Yeah, we deem backs to the wall 388 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,680 again, he gets equalizer and it's back to the wall. 389 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:30,080 So yeah, a big, big moment from a guy who has not seen any first 390 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,280 team action at all. So I thought Gun had a good game 391 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:33,360 and that was a great moment from. 392 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,800 Because he wasn't actually tested most of the game. 393 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,440 Like you see, I didn't I don't know, only he made a couple of 394 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,320 saves you'd expect them to make. There was obviously the Madison 395 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,280 Pavilidas first half, which I mean yeah, that's that goes in 396 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,800 99 * 100 years bet especially onto a striker has quali. 397 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,520 That was the first time I really felt gun was stretched and he 398 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,720 answered the call. It was you know, I was standing 399 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,080 a minute later. We then go up the park lending 400 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,800 dykes. I mean when I was in the car on 401 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,200 the way home the word luck was getting thrown around about the 402 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,440 keeper spelling it. But he doesn't exact, I mean for 403 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,440 me he doesn't spell it 5 yards. London Dykes made his own luck 404 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,160 there because he gambled and pushed a right in the keeper 405 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,720 when other guys might not have and let the large stages of the 406 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,800 game. I mean he's club football wise 407 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,360 things have been up and down from recently. 408 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:26,760 But for Scotland I personally feel like he's some dependable. 409 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,480 Were you glad to see him grab that goal? 410 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,280 Gordon? Apart from obvious reasons, it 411 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,600 was the one that put us we better daylight just to see us 412 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,560 over the line. Make it 3/1 How good was London? 413 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,960 And like I said, just making that happen there. 414 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,760 Gordon Canada Gordon can add a tongue in cheek question and 415 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,360 that Gordon, did he actually try and miss it? 416 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:53,720 London as well, course. I mean, yeah, I can't. 417 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,600 I can't. I can't believe like he could he 418 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,760 could have literally walked it in, but decides that he wants to 419 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,200 curl it into the top corner just for just for the hell of it. 420 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,080 I mean, how how much can you possibly say about Linden Dykes? 421 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:12,200 I mean, genuinely, I think he will rightfully go down as 422 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,080 again, maybe not one of the best, maybe not one of the most 423 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,000 gifted strikers Scotland has ever had, but certainly one of 424 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:24,640 the most effective and efficient strikers and rightly one of the 425 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,600 most beloved. I think you look at obviously 426 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,720 last night was his 10th international goal for Scotland. 427 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,920 And I was thinking back this morning about just like all of 428 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,240 his other goals, and I think borderline almost every single 429 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,400 one of them was either a winning goal, a goal to give us the 430 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:44,760 lead, a goal off the bench. Like he makes an impact almost 431 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,800 everywhere he does. I think I've, I've something 432 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,000 described him as sort of like the human embodiment of just a 433 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,160 fist in human form because he just is just a relentless 434 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,480 physical assault on a defence. And it's exactly what you need. 435 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,080 And again, James, you're, you're, you're absolutely right 436 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,920 in saying that like he gambles. He, he, he makes that run again 437 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,880 when when the ball breaks off him, it breaks off the defender. 438 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,280 I'm sure he'd be gutted that he hadn't taken in first time 439 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,280 properly. Yeah. 440 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,600 And as the ball's going to the goalkeeper, the defender is 441 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,280 between dykes and and and and and the ball, but he make, he 442 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,640 goes quicker than defender. He thinks quicker than defender, 443 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,080 then moves quicker than defender. 444 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,880 So when the ball does spill, he's the first there to react to 445 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,800 it and it's not the defender to just shepherd it out. 446 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,840 So he's absolutely brilliant and he deserves everything he gets. 447 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,280 He deserves all the praise he gets. 448 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,280 Still broadly gutted that obviously he got injured before 449 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,360 the last EUR. That was absolutely 450 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,720 heartbreaking for him at least. Obviously he got to go to Euro 451 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,680 2020, which was a good thing for him. 452 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,240 But yeah, what a guy. And, and again, hopefully again, 453 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,560 I'm sure we might look ahead to Sunday and I, I hope he starts, 454 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,960 I hope he starts on Sunday and you can add to that tally. 455 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,960 No, it'd be good because I think he played well in Copenhagen, 456 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,400 you know, he did well, He was required of him there. 457 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,080 And obviously there's a chance. I felt like he could have done a 458 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,680 little bit better with maybe he wasn't the guy you wanted to 459 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,080 fall to. Because I do feel like a lot of 460 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,640 his goals are one touch finishes or ones like that where he makes 461 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,320 it happen. It's not like he's not someone 462 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,880 who's going to cut one and the edge of the box. 463 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,760 But I feel like he has been good for Scotland and he there has 464 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,320 been a bit of criticism recently around our strike force, the 465 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,200 options we've got. But Linden Dyke, so he doesn't 466 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,880 always give us goals. And he said in terms of the 467 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:29,040 human fest, he's a batter ram. He gives defenders problems and 468 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,760 he his work creates incredible. So yeah, for me I'd be I'd be 469 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,960 brilliant see him start Sunday. I'd love to see him get another 470 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:40,560 rerun the team because I think it does help when guys like 471 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,040 McDonald as well. She Adams is a different sort of 472 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,240 striker. He doesn't take up defenders 473 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,120 sort of attention the same way Dykes does. 474 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:53,480 And that maybe doesn't give guys like McDonald as much space, you 475 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,400 know what I mean? I think, I think that's, I know 476 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,720 you want goals from strikers, but I do feel there's more time 477 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,800 across. I mean, first half we didn't 478 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,160 play well and a lot of people put that down to Clark's tactics 479 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,640 More not, but Geese, we had a good side coming into the 480 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,720 second-half. Clark makes the changes. 481 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,520 For me, those changes were like the momentum swinger in the 482 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,680 game, bringing on Belly, Gilmore, obviously Ralston was 483 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,000 forced on for a hacky through injury. 484 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,080 Dykes as well coming on, such a good call by Clark there that 485 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,040 you know it was a material change in the game. 486 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,720 I felt bringing those guys on belly allowed us to control the 487 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,280 game a little bit more. And obviously Dykes just with a 488 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,280 hustle and bustle him up front, eventually getting his goal. 489 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,920 Clark, for all his Curtis, he doesn't know what he's doing. 490 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,000 Yeah, thank you. Let's just see the Scottish 491 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,280 chavi delivers again. Am I right, James? 492 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,240 This is a joke. Bella Gilmore. 493 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,680 This is a joke last a few episodes ago. 494 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,480 I think it might be one of the Belarus ones. 495 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,280 Adam described Bella Gilmore as the Scottish Chavi and been. 496 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,640 I don't know if it's just because I'm from Fife or what, 497 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:07,000 but when I heard that in my head I knew what you mean. 498 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:11,000 But the first thing I in my head it jumped, it was Chavi, he's 499 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,600 gone, he's gone. And he said he's gone. 500 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:13,920 You mean he's got to be in the team? 501 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,400 He's a Scottish Chavey. And I was like, I was like me, 502 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,520 they're all Scottish Chavey. That's why they play for 503 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:24,200 Scotland. I was getting absolutely torn 504 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,800 apart in the chat for that afterwards. 505 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:30,400 But yeah, I mean, he was like you said, he's just got that 506 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,640 ability to really help us out on the ball when we're under 507 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,760 pressure, get the passes gone. He controls the game. 508 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,480 I mean, I think like, don't get me wrong, there's like an 509 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,560 abundance of competition in that midfield data and that cannot be 510 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:49,000 an easy area for clocks to pick. It's a good headache to have, 511 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,040 right, But I just feel like belly Gilmore, he always 512 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,680 provides you with that bit equality, not bit assurance, and 513 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,800 he will just grab a game any midfield. 514 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,040 And this is a fingers bill, right? 515 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,320 It's not just like he needs to face certain teams. 516 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,680 So you know, like if you know, there's always like this talk 517 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,800 about how Chi Adams or scored against teams that are like like 518 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,120 Belarus, for example, they only scored against those type of 519 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,200 teams. If you put Bella go on a team 520 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,920 you then only put a man against, like I say, a Belarus, you came 521 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,360 on against Greece last night, takes the game by the scruff of 522 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:24,640 the neck. And it's just by like the sheer 523 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,480 technical brilliance that he has is somebody who we don't produce 524 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,000 players like that very often. I think even at the EUR where it 525 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,200 was no, no against England, all that talk about like England, 526 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,720 Smithfield and again Billy Gilmore was was a shining light. 527 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,040 So yeah, I think he really helped us. 528 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,200 So the move for Christie as well. 529 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,080 Christie was playing well when he was, but obviously again, 530 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,000 moving him around. I don't think I didn't see 531 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,000 should have been Duck went off. Somebody said he wasn't happy. 532 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,760 I seen online I didn't see that then. 533 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,920 I don't see that to know if he wasn't happy or if it was just 534 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,480 more, you know, that way where players can get be competitive 535 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,240 and they just want to stay on and they want to do something 536 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,600 about it. I don't know if it was that kind 537 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:06,680 of day. I didn't see it. 538 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,800 So I'm not not too sure what what people are meaning, but 539 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,800 that. Was for me, I mean, did Ben Doke 540 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:17,080 is undeniably best young talent. If you're not going to include 541 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,200 Gilmore now that he's a little bit older, he is the next big 542 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,240 thing coming through in that national team. 543 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,440 But I did feel last night, again, like you said, there's 544 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,920 anticipation coming back. Or maybe Gordon said the 545 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,480 anticipation coming into his faction was bad techie and Bad 546 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,640 Ben do come back. And two guys we didn't have in 547 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,160 March that were going to be big difference makers. 548 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,440 I really felt Ben Dook was miles off it last night. 549 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:45,160 I mean people might disagree but the time he got behind he didn't 550 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,440 really pretty much for us and for me. 551 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,000 When I got to half time I was sitting with my dad, my friends 552 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,280 and we looked each other and whose obvious change here and 553 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,440 all three of us agreed it was dog. 554 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,720 Yeah, I think like, I think you're right, James, like in the 555 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,360 sense like he was off at, he had a couple of moments, you know, 556 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:04,200 down the line, the sort of amazing runs you want. 557 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,360 And I think he at one point that maybe the he played off the guy 558 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,040 in a minute for a corner or each other moment. 559 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,720 And then he sort of fell down the patch towards the billboards 560 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,120 and was trying to like sort of seen a hand gesture at the code 561 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:15,280 to see like, come on, let's get in. 562 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,880 So, you know, he was he was trying to do, you know, the 563 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,080 things that he can do. But yeah, just wasn't, I'm the 564 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,160 same as what you just said there. 565 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,720 Like it had been. If we're talking about making 566 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,000 changes, it'd be one of the first people, if not the first, 567 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,160 like I'd want to go. And it's just because it wasn't 568 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,840 his night. And let's be fair, he's still 569 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,520 young as well. Like he's he's going to get 570 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,680 better, he's going to improve. He's got a good move to 571 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,520 Bournemouth now, you know, had an assessed just before the 572 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,560 international break there when Bournemouth got a win. 573 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,200 And so, you know, as long as you can stay firmly first team stuff 574 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,720 at Bournemouth at that kind of level, he's going to be huge for 575 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,720 us in years to come. But I just felt like end the 576 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,640 game at that time. Again, Clark something doesn't 577 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,080 get enough credit for this. Like he changes games at the 578 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,320 right time in the right moments. And it was the same with the 579 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,640 dykes thing as well with you know, we were talking about just 580 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,560 the earlier about how dykes and it's just like a nuisance like 581 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,200 something, even if you haven't got the goal, let's say, like 582 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,920 causes defenders like problems. It pulls some places they don't 583 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,320 want to go right. I think that summed them up 584 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,520 because Adams was like he was another one that was going to 585 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,760 frustrate me a little bit. But you're right is how he came 586 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,080 to place. The game isn't like Dykes and 587 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,760 when dates came on like I think I'm sure it was like within a 588 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,400 minute I'm coming on. I think like Gunn had maybe kept 589 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,160 up the patch looking for Dykes and the way dates leaped up, I 590 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,520 swearly jumped up like about 7 foot in there. 591 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,000 And one they had that they had, they went about 10 yards on the 592 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,680 next person and it was like an instant problem for a grease at 593 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,320 the back where they fought was not to deal with us for 80 594 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,040 minutes. So didn't know how to even 595 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,240 handle them. So, yeah, the changes were were 596 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,720 a really, really big deal in getting us that one last night. 597 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,480 And Clark again deserves credit for what he'd saved. 598 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,280 Is just just about getting the result right. 599 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,720 Yeah, 100%. I think I think the challenge I 600 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,360 had with them with Gallon Dog last night is that I wasn't 601 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,960 quite sure why he was on the left because obviously, you 602 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:02,600 know, he's he's predominantly right footed and really had 603 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,080 successful as last year in nations League. 604 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,880 You know, it was in that right wing position just being able to 605 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,440 take the ball in and burn past for the full back and keep the 606 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,560 full back on strings and get the byline. 607 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,640 And if that's what he wants to do, if he wants to drive the 608 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,520 byline, put the ball in, he's not really going to do that very 609 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,840 often on his left foot. So I just wasn't quite sure if 610 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,400 we were setting him up for success. 611 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,880 The most way to play the left and. 612 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,520 Again, that's all that was. That shocked me as well. 613 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,720 Because me again, whenever he's putting away position is always 614 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,840 on the left as well, Something tactically they're trying to do 615 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,800 different. But just for me it didn't work 616 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,840 because I think McGann was another guy. 617 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,840 I got touched on the radio and stuff as well on the BBC when I 618 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,280 was reading online too. He was just not absent for most 619 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,880 of the first half, you know? Especially. 620 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,760 Even if even if you say Gordon, like you said a bit like I'm 621 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,360 being inverted. So see, like they were, you 622 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,600 know, Mcgannway's left on the right and talk on the left on 623 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,000 the left with his right foot. I think you could see like a 624 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,040 clear part of them, like going in like on an inverted when you 625 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,640 could understand us daily play. But like you've pointed out, it 626 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,320 doesn't make sense when it feels like in the past all the 627 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,680 problems for Ganondo has always been when he's been on the right 628 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,040 and then all suddenly finished it. 629 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,320 And especially, especially with the with the way the game was 630 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,760 going in the first half where we were spending most of the time 631 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,720 in our own half with Greece having the ball. 632 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,440 I just kept thinking you you reference it there, Adam, about 633 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,080 Ganondoke's first assist for Bournemouth. 634 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,080 And if you haven't seen it, that was what the picture I had when 635 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:24,920 I. Went that's the right. 636 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:29,080 Frankly, I think I think we will see that quite a few times over 637 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,440 the coming years for Scotland where in that game, so basically 638 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,880 it was Bournemouth against Fulham and Bournemouth are 639 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,280 leading 21 and Fulham have got a corner and they've thrown 640 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,000 everyone up for it right in the last couple of minutes. 641 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,720 The game ball breaks, Bournemouth can hit a quick 642 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,120 counter and Ganondoke is just on his bike down the right wing and 643 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,120 the ball just gets sent right ahead of him into the channel 644 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,240 and he bursts through clear. But he's got the presence of 645 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,080 mind to look up, play the perfect ball across for Semenyo 646 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,720 to score first time. And I'm like, that felt like 647 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,080 with the way the game was going last night, I was like, that's 648 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,680 how we're going to score here is that if you've got someone with 649 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,760 that speed and pace down the wing, it keeps the defense 650 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,680 honest a little bit that they know that they can't just throw 651 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,400 everyone forward because we've got such an incredible speed 652 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,240 demon on the counter and then you take him off. 653 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,160 You did think, how are we going to score in this game? 654 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,560 Because we're, we're not, we're not spending any time in their 655 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:19,720 half. It was. 656 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,200 It was. You think You think they've done 657 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:22,560 it? Sorry it. 658 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,520 Was the kind of moment when Ben Doke went off as well. 659 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:30,480 It was the kind of moment like when again we said, who would 660 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,480 you take off? Ben Doke and we're going, well, 661 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:33,440 who would you want to bring on? Right. 662 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,000 And I was like, probably Ben Doke like it's it was a sort of 663 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,280 moment in the game as you felt they were maybe going to be 664 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,000 getting more tired. You're like, this is actually 665 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,480 the point. You don't want to bring them on. 666 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,760 It was just, it was a shame as game materialized in that way. 667 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,200 Yeah. I think they've done it effect 668 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,960 they've done it to count our semicast on the left. 669 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,880 So obviously she's couldn't again on that side defeat like a 670 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,880 sort of in this sort of conservative sense of what what 671 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,920 robustness McGann can bring. And obviously hecky was slightly 672 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,520 higher and certainly looked higher and he was playing higher 673 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,880 for the first half anyway and was there that say to as well 674 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,200 maybe just to get offer that cover. 675 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,440 We'll just see how hecky and Duke on the on Ganondoke sorry 676 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,360 on the right then it's maybe too aggressive than that one side. 677 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,280 I don't know I'm just that ball and I suppose, but maybe it was 678 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,240 that, but it just either way, either way, that element Clark 679 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,080 frankfully for us to let you see you recognized and changed it. 680 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,000 Yeah. And I think I think as as as we 681 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,880 alluded to earlier, like definitely bringing on Billy 682 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,800 Gilmore changed that game 100%. I mean, he is like you, you, you 683 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,720 said it yourself, Adam, He is our a special talent. 684 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,680 He's a different talent. He's a unique talent. 685 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,520 And I think what we lacked with Christine Ferguson playing in 686 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,800 those sort of deeper midfield roles is that when they were 687 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,240 taking the ball off the defenders, they were very much 688 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,480 facing backwards and they weren't often able to take the 689 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,400 ball in the half turn and turn up field. 690 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,840 So, so much of our passing was purely from center back to 691 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,480 defender to fill back. Whereas Billy Gilmore, just his 692 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,920 absolute spatial awareness is just 2nd 10 on that squad, 100%. 693 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,440 He's all, he never looks harried. 694 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,960 He never looks worried. He never looks stressed and he 695 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,080 always looks like he's got more. He's got all the time in the 696 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,960 world because he knows the touch he has to take before the ball 697 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,000 comes to him. So he's always turning in space 698 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,639 and he can always open the game up and he just makes the pitch 699 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:23,520 feel bigger. And frankly, that that's 700 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,600 something that is, is what Grease was so good at in the 701 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,320 first hour. You know, there was the guy 702 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,760 sitting behind me and they kept saying it's like they've got an 703 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,440 extra man. Like how do they keep doing 704 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,040 this? How do they always have a free 705 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,920 man all the time? That same thing, he's like they 706 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,760 we don't 10 men in this game. Somehow you said we just we just 707 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,520 look, they just look like they have that one extra guy. 708 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,520 You know, we were setting to every ball. 709 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,719 You know, the game was they were just on top of us and they 710 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,719 couldn't seem there's the white sharks just felt like they were 711 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:55,040 everywhere. I mean, one last thing, I won't 712 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,360 touch one of us. We're saying Clark made some 713 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,840 changes there and during the game it really benefited US1 714 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,440 change he made back in August was to bring in set piece coach 715 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,840 Andrew Hughes along with bringing in Naismith as I think 716 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,280 he's assistant manager now that Carver's gone. 717 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,120 Both those goals that we scored the first two of the night came 718 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:22,080 from sort of set piece routines. We lost Austin McPhee last year, 719 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,400 I think maybe earlier end of last year and he was quite, he 720 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,560 would you could he was influential for us because he's 721 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,760 a very talented coach. There was definitely times, 722 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,400 especially like in the Denmark game at home when we got our 723 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,960 first one is headed back across the box to John Sooter, who 724 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,480 scores, you know, the corner that goes in. 725 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,880 It was night. I felt you really noticed the 726 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,760 effects of having a later stages of the game. 727 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,120 I think even when the ball was floated across by Robertson to 728 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:55,400 the back post for the second, he was out in the technical area 729 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,680 barking instructions onto the patch, making gestures about 730 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,440 what he was wanting to happen. I mean, it's good. 731 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,120 I really feel like we've got a guy we're seeing, you know? 732 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,560 Clark has made a change in his paying dividends already, even 733 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:15,800 in the small moments. Yeah, I think set piece coach is 734 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,920 not something you need to preach to me as a Hearts fan. 735 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,520 We got we got Ross, we got Ross Grant and in the summer and 736 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,600 we've made a lot of signings, but he's up there as the best 737 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,840 signing for us. Like Hearts have been corner 738 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,880 King's champion since I've probably been about 8 year old 739 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,720 so but we're probably the Champions in not scoring them 740 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,640 either. So this season's seen a massive 741 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,000 turn around. We haven't like a set piece 742 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,080 coach. First time we've ever really had 743 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:39,320 one. Obviously we had ultimate fee 744 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,440 for a bet for Ross Grant. What will estimate fee at the 745 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,160 national team. And again we've let's say we've 746 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,840 got the new set piece of coach and I just think that they are 747 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,000 actually a really good thing to have in the game. 748 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,040 I just think they all for you a different outlay, an edge 749 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,400 sometimes in games as well, clearly an edge based on what 750 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,040 happened like you say last night. 751 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:01,280 And it's really different as well to see someone that's not 752 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,800 the head coach, like given instructions to players that set 753 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,720 pieces and stuff that's, you know, it's not head coach, not 754 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,880 the assistant. It's like another coach. 755 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,360 It's like, for example, the striker coach stunt in the other 756 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,960 linesman to give like the, you know, somebody to show not to be 757 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,120 off site. It's that kind of thing, you 758 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,040 know what I mean? It's it's different to see. 759 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,640 But it's yeah, like I say, it's working for me certainly at club 760 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:22,720 level. And again, I'm seeing at the 761 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,720 national level and I can't, I can't be put off it. 762 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:27,960 Like it seems like a really, if you obviously, if you find the 763 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,240 person that's, you know, good enough for the role, which it 764 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:33,280 appears to be like, I think it's a really good thing to have. 765 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,040 And it's like I say the word I've put on is it's like giving 766 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,880 you an edge in a game. And let's say it helps us in 767 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,400 both boxes, not just not just going forward, but again, the 768 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,360 threat that least has given us. We always seem to have good 769 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,680 positional awareness, I would say. 770 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,440 So for all the ball Greece had, they were, they were limited to 771 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,120 their chances. They only had three shots on 772 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,600 target. They only managed to get four 773 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,040 corners, which I think both of those starts were the same as 774 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,840 us. And then let you say we only had 775 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:02,920 22% possession second-half. Yeah, I think we were. 776 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,840 We're a lot more tactful than Greece, a lot more composed at 777 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,600 times as well. Like when the game was going our 778 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,720 way, we used the quality that we had. 779 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,320 I mean, when I was looking for the players as well, like I felt 780 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,000 like we've got a lot of Premier League players over the Cdr 781 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,720 players with Premier League experience. 782 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,680 It looks like Greece team, it's not quite the same and they do 783 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,160 have a couple that have been in the Premier League or at that 784 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,760 sort of level and the rest maybe aren't there yet. 785 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,640 And it showed. And the set piece factor to that 786 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,440 really helped as well I felt. So, I mean, I don't know if 787 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,480 you've got any more comments, Gordon, about the game last 788 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,440 night before move on to the Belarus game. 789 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,640 And I think, I think I think that was about one of my like 790 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,960 70th odd Scotland games that I've been to in my life and I've 791 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,560 probably not been to a more bizarre football game. 792 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:57,880 I just absolutely I still can't quite wrap my head around how 793 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:03,560 and why it happened, but the fact is it did, it did and the 794 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,320 place it puts. And again, you know, we you you 795 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,040 referenced the we referenced earlier that say from Angus gun 796 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,800 and that that could really be the real sliding doors moment of 797 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,560 this entire group because that's it more or less the exact 798 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,200 halfway point. If that goes in, it's two each. 799 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,080 Do we then just all say, right for fine, we'll all take a draw. 800 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,760 We're two points behind Denmark. We've got Greece snapping at our 801 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,040 heels. And then we've got a trip to 802 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:25,560 Athens, which would be miserable. 803 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:29,440 And just the whole complexion of the group completely changes 804 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,360 with that moment. And then Dyke's going up to make 805 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,760 it safe. So, yeah, let's look ahead 806 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,680 Sunday and and the the the opportunity that that brings 807 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,280 because it's it's massive. That's just at the halfway point 808 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,560 now. Three games, I know six were 809 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:47,400 joint top with Denmark going to Sunday, both on 7 points, Greece 810 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:52,240 on three, Belarus on none. Denmark obviously winning six 811 00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,680 nil against Belarus while we were playing at Hamden on 812 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,200 Thursday, On Sunday, slightly different. 813 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:03,160 We kick off a little bit earlier than the game in Copenhagen. 814 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,000 It will be Denmark against Greece over there. 815 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,360 We've got Belarus at Hamden. What we're thinking for the game 816 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,160 at Hamden, obviously it's a must win. 817 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,560 It's a game we expect to and but we can definitely make it easier 818 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,240 for ourselves by how we go about it. 819 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,000 So for me a nice yearly goal to ease attention because I don't 820 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,640 want to enjoy another half a football with the the crowds 821 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,680 getting quite as restless as they were on Thursday night. 822 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,440 Yeah, for sure. I think I think it'll, it's 823 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,400 obviously going to be a very, very different challenge. 824 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,480 Obviously when you go to a game like that where the expectation 825 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,400 is you're going to win it, the expectation is you're going to 826 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,720 score a few goals. The expectation is they're going 827 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:40,560 to sit in and put 11 men behind the ball and we have to deal 828 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,360 with a low block and how to get past them. 829 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,080 That it's going to be, it's going to be a whole different 830 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:47,160 challenge to what it was last night. 831 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,760 But again, that that's OK. And again, we have a fairly deep 832 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,240 squad now. We've got players that can come 833 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:54,280 in and I think Marine saying Ferguson and Chris are both 834 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,640 suspended. So there will be naturally 835 00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:01,200 changes to come. And again, like, like you said, 836 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,040 the only thing that matters here is that we win. 837 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,560 I think. So looking ahead, obviously we 838 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,960 know that the first tiebreaker if if teams are level is goal 839 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,320 difference. The fact that Denmark have now 840 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:15,840 got a five goal advantage on us in goal difference, I think that 841 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,160 ship has sailed personally. So I don't think we really need 842 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,840 to worry about, I don't think we will run up a cricket score. 843 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,920 We're not the kind of team really that's going to run up 844 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,240 678 goals against the team. So let's just win. 845 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,280 Let's just win. And then like you say, we get to 846 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,360 put our feet up. We see what happens in 847 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:37,000 Copenhagen but a wind again just puts us in an absolutely 848 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,720 unbelievable position to then to then qualify next month. 849 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:46,560 Providing me when as long as Denmark as Denmark beat Greece, 850 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,680 that'll take both of us and Denmark on to 10 points. 851 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,520 I know we're talking about like the different permutations of 852 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,840 what could happen, but that would create a 7 point gap 853 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,040 between US and Greece with only two games left. 854 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:04,400 So if you do the maths there that guarantees us a playoff and 855 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:09,440 then we means we'll definitely in March still have potential by 856 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,200 World Cup. We might already qualify by that 857 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,600 point depending on how the November window goes. 858 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,440 But you know, come Saturday, we could be guaranteed to have a 859 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:22,640 fighting chance at going to the States, Canada, Mexico next 860 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,600 March. What I'm curious to obviously we 861 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,320 can't control what goes on in Copenhagen. 862 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:35,160 How would you 2 rather see that game goes providing me when 863 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:39,240 would you rather it was a draw for both sides? 864 00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:43,760 Obviously getting a point means more chance of us finishing top, 865 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,840 but still, no matter how narrow, leaves the door open for Greece 866 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:53,440 to still come to Athens or prayers even for the game next 867 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,400 month. No one beating us Put the same 868 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,640 on, you know, sort of back in the hunt. 869 00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:01,800 Or would you just rather Denmark clean the floor with them and 870 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,120 we're home and drive for 2nd place at least? 871 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:09,000 I think for me, the, the situation that I've been mulling 872 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,280 over in my mind today, and I think the one that feels most 873 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:15,040 attractive, like obviously we've been through playoffs before. 874 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,800 We've, we, we went through playoffs to Euro 2020. 875 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,600 We obviously went through playoffs, the World Cup last 876 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,040 time and also got beaten by Ukraine. 877 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,160 I think playoffs are dangerous because you don't it's just pure 878 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:27,520 luck of the draw who you're going to get. 879 00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:31,800 Again, in both of the playoff situations that we've had, we we 880 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,000 haven't actually where we still haven't done the situation where 881 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,200 you play the two games in a week. 882 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:39,000 I think that's a really, really difficult thing to do to be able 883 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,840 to play like a one off semi final and a one off final. 884 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,200 I think that's not something that appeals to me. 885 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,560 I think the most attractive path here, and I think this, the more 886 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,240 I think about it, the more realistic I feel this is, is 887 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:58,080 that if Denmark were to draw on Sunday against Greece while we 888 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:02,800 beat Belarus, we then go to Athens or to to to Greece. 889 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,320 If we can take a draw there, that would effectively guarantee 890 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,840 that the final game at home to Denmark is a winner take all. 891 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,680 Whoever wins that game qualifies for the for the World Cup on 892 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:14,520 that night. And the more I think about that, 893 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,760 the more I think that that might be the thing I want most in my 894 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,720 entire life. Because the last time when we 895 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:23,160 qualified for year 2024, well, when we qualified for year 2020, 896 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,520 we were all locked in our houses and it was incredible. 897 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:29,000 But let's be honest, it wasn't what we wanted when we qualified 898 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,400 for year 2024. It was because Norway didn't 899 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,520 beat Spain and couch your. Home again. 900 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:38,840 In a couch or in a pub, in a quiet random pub and watching 901 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,840 that. And at the end of the game I was 902 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:42,200 like, Oh yeah, Hooray, we did it. 903 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,000 But there was no moment of togetherness. 904 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:48,560 Now just imagine. Imagine exactly imagining your 905 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:53,680 mind's die home game at Hampden. And again, like like I said, I 906 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,880 think that whatever way it comes out into that final game, again, 907 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,080 if we if we go into that game level on points with Denmark, 908 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,040 they will have the advantage over us because the head to 909 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,240 head. So we're going to have to win 910 00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:03,640 that game. We're just going to have to win 911 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,560 that game in the final one against Denmark. 912 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,840 I think we've got more of a chance of doing that than we do 913 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,000 of going through a playoff against two potentially quite 914 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,960 tough teams. So and that like you say that 915 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,840 there that fight. I'm just imagining my mind's 916 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,520 eye, that final whistle, fool Hamden to say you've done it, 917 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:21,560 you've qualified for the World Cup. 918 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,760 I just I can't shake that image out of my head, so that's what I 919 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:27,640 want. What be Adam? 920 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:33,160 Are you sitting on it? Yeah, I think, you know, I 921 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:35,960 figured whenever you get an opportunity like especially 922 00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:37,960 Scotland, they think all the years where we've we've been 923 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:41,920 nowhere near and obviously we have been keeping ever closer 924 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,480 and now we're getting to finals again. 925 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,360 We've put ourselves in a really good position to be honest. 926 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,440 And I think when you put yourself in a position like this 927 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:53,280 and you look at how we went about that one last night and to 928 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:54,640 be honest, how we go about our business. 929 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,960 A lot of times I think even if you look all the way back to the 930 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,080 Nation's League, right, if you look at us when we're in league 931 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,640 with that awful start to league, nobody finds this at all. 932 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,680 And then with a really good finish to it and obviously 933 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,920 didn't go away, we got relegated and that's what happened. 934 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:11,360 But again, it showed that we could actually go to tool with 935 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:16,760 top teams all the time. So yeah, we are maybe missing to 936 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:20,120 see world class players that put us like way up there. 937 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,080 But I think the point I'm trying to make is there's not too much 938 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,400 really between US, Denmark and Greece. 939 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,800 We all have our like, for example, I said earlier on about 940 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,280 the differences between US and Greece being that experience, 941 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,520 right? And obviously Denmark, you know, 942 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,920 they probably match us on that, maybe even better some would 943 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:36,440 say. But if you look at the game at 944 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:39,240 Denmark, they looked like they had no clue what to do when they 945 00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:40,160 were going forward with the ball. 946 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,600 They had no ideas and they would have the options and Scotland 947 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,720 held them well. And we've got the nil nil. 948 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:49,080 And I think we should be. I'm similar to what Gordon SIM. 949 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:53,600 So I'm in the main set of get the one against Belarus and then 950 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,200 hoping that it's a draw between Denmark and Greece. 951 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:01,240 And then that gives us a 2 point cushion for whatever happens 952 00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:04,120 next, but also puts us in a pole position for automatic 953 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:06,800 qualification. I don't think we should be. 954 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,800 I think we are quite bad as a nation for being like, oh, you 955 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,640 know, we can get to the playoffs, only get to playoff. 956 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,480 Yeah, but how what's our success rate in playoffs like? 957 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,360 It's not good. So if we have an opportunity. 958 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,040 On about this and you know, there's a list of teams that 959 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:22,680 could be in the playoffs. One of them is Italy. 960 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,080 And I was like, imagine, imagine we get to our first, you know, 961 00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:29,000 World Cup playoffs since, well, apart from the, the, you know, 962 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:34,360 the World Cup 2020. 2. It's been a while and you know, 963 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,040 there's a team following a bit like Gateway in there. 964 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,120 I just thought it'd be our luck to go and Draw Something like 965 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,400 that. And then I mean, they're 966 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:44,480 beatable, but I'd far rather there's an easier way to go 967 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,360 about it and it's topping your grip. 968 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,080 Yeah, and I think to be honest, I think they will go for it. 969 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,320 Like it's not it's not I'm not saying this in the sense of the 970 00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,520 players. I just think it's maybe it's 971 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,920 maybe not us on the call, but just genetically as a nation we 972 00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:00,720 are came to quite bad for like saying like, Oh well, you know, 973 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,480 if we get result in spellers in Denmark, one more guaranteed 974 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,600 playoff. Yeah, but that's no, it's not 975 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:06,760 guaranteed to go through the wizard. 976 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,760 So you really want to put yourself in the best place. 977 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,880 I am. I am slightly different for 978 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,320 Gordon. It's maybe just more optimistic 979 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:17,720 than anything else, but still, it's still realistic in a sense. 980 00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:22,520 But I think like the idea should be to go and hunt down that goal 981 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:27,120 difference because obviously if we get the result we want for 982 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:30,640 Denmark and these, which is a draw and that would leave them 983 00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,120 off in the airport +9, is it Gordon or something like that, 984 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,280 +9? We have +4. 985 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,600 So I mean, realistically, you're obviously you need to get five 986 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:42,400 goals to match them right now. Again, obviously anything can 987 00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,680 happen in the remaining two games, but if you can get there 988 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,200 or there abouts that like four or five, no, shouldn't be an 989 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,880 unreasonable ask. It feels unreasonable, like 990 00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:52,760 Gordon said, because we're know that kind of nation with again, 991 00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,000 we don't have like an abundance attack and players to 'cause 992 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,960 that kind of threat. But it could happen at home when 993 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,640 when people for the first ever last night were the more than 994 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,760 the performance itself and the players after the match were, 995 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,360 you know, quite vocal about like less than we know the 996 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:09,960 performance was nowhere needed, but we're really happy we got 997 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,480 the 1. So I think they're back in the 998 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,520 dressing room. And again, for that experience 999 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:16,360 thinking we need go out there on Sunday and put a performance out 1000 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:18,680 and we need the goals anyway. We need to be ruthless and we 1001 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,440 need to get this one so that we are, you know, like you say, 1002 00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:24,840 maybe going at that last game at Hamden against Denmark level on 1003 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:28,320 points and thinking right, you know, again, it's very 1004 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:30,120 optimistic. But if you're matching them for 1005 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,080 goal difference, see, like, and it could be anything, you could 1006 00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,680 end up going through on goals 4 or whatever. 1007 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,240 If you've got matching goal differences, another null or one 1008 00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:40,440 one or whatever. So yeah, I just think we should 1009 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,200 be given our all. And who's to say we can't do it 1010 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,040 in Greece? You know, I know we lost to them 1011 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,400 at Hampton, but we beat them in Greece in the first first leg. 1012 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:52,520 So as with an US to beat Greece. And I think, I think, I think 1013 00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:54,440 there's a level of frustration with Greece as well. 1014 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:57,720 I think they we are not their most enjoyable fixture and 1015 00:49:57,720 --> 00:49:59,480 they'll know that they lost us there before. 1016 00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:02,640 They'll not be happy what happened last night, but we are 1017 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:06,400 in their heads a little bit I feel as well, so that that might 1018 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,600 play in our favour of Amigo Athens depend on what happens 1019 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,840 again on Sunday. And especially especially the 1020 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,600 other thing I was thinking, Adam, was that obviously if if 1021 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:16,920 Greece were to lose on Sunday, then as we said, while while we 1022 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:18,520 beat Belarus, then obviously they're done. 1023 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:20,440 They they can't get the playoffs, they can't win the 1024 00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:21,920 group they're. Where's their heads then? 1025 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:26,440 And then our our game over there is their first game in front of 1026 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,040 their own fans since they've effectively thrown away the 1027 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:30,880 group. So like, that's hardly going to 1028 00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:33,800 be the most welcoming atmosphere for a home team, you know what I 1029 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,520 mean? So like again, it can sometimes 1030 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:38,280 be difficult. You never quite know when a team 1031 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,640 has nothing to play for. Sometimes either they just don't 1032 00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,480 bother or sometimes that gives them freedom to actually just 1033 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,720 let the hand break off and they actually completely even better. 1034 00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:50,000 So you never quite know that. As we've said, you never quite 1035 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,600 know, you can't control how how the other teams go about it and 1036 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,360 go about their business. Obviously for us in Denmark, 1037 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,200 we've both got a game against Belarus left. 1038 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:01,080 So ultimately it's what do we do in that other game against 1039 00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:03,480 Greece and then we play each other on the final day. 1040 00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:06,480 And, and yeah, like I said, I, I just, I just can't help but 1041 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,440 think that that is going to be a winner take all scenario. 1042 00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:14,480 I just, I'm so excited. Yeah, The other point I was 1043 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,240 going to make, as well as say it doesn't exactly go upon the 1044 00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:19,840 other reason I was hoping for. If like I say, we get 3 or 4, 1045 00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:21,120 let's say against Belarus, right? 1046 00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:23,120 Obviously, don't get me wrong, we just need to one. 1047 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:26,880 But if we get 3 or 4, that the safety net of that, of course is 1048 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,040 if if they do, Greece and Denmark do get a draw and Greece 1049 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:34,760 are 6 points behind us. And then obviously the 1050 00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:37,000 permutations of that as Greece will be looking to be us if 1051 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:38,640 they'd be us. Then again, we're stuck against 1052 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:39,840 Denmark. They're playing Belarus 1053 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,080 permutations of that as gold, most of any good score or 1054 00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,720 whatever. Not to be the the killjoy here, 1055 00:51:45,720 --> 00:51:49,360 but again, that's another key factor to trying to put on a 1056 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,760 good performance from the fans perspective, but also can get 1057 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,400 that few goals. It does give you like again and 1058 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,640 maybe the equivalent of an extra point in the sense of getting 1059 00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:58,880 those goals to just bump up that goal difference to what is 1060 00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:02,360 already a positive campaign. Yeah, because I mean, I would 1061 00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:04,240 it's been a while since Scotland's kind of put someone 1062 00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,360 away in that fashion. Like scored the handful of goals 1063 00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:10,440 made at a four nil or something. Even had more Dover a couple 1064 00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:11,520 years where they were the bottom seat. 1065 00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:13,080 I think it was only two nil at home. 1066 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,160 Kazakhstan might have been the bottom seat set of somebody over 1067 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,840 that actually campaign with with a quite a few passing. 1068 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:22,840 Obviously Sam, you know, I would just like to see a score a 1069 00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:24,560 handful. There's there's guys like McGann 1070 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,120 and McDonald. I don't know if they've had 1071 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:29,200 twenty goals yet again. They might be close, I think. 1072 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,840 McGann has, I think he has had 20. 1073 00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:35,200 Mccomnies and definitely not then, but these guys are chasing 1074 00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,520 them back. I mean, Mcgann's past 20, but 1075 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:41,160 Mcgann's actually he's he's he's in there or they're about to be 1076 00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:43,640 like one of the all time goal scorers. 1077 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:45,760 All time so. Like, you know, I'd like to just 1078 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:48,040 see these guys getting a better and like you said that we early 1079 00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:52,320 go just to calm the nerves in the stands, calm the nerve from 1080 00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:54,880 the patch even, you know, give us that lead because bellows 1081 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:56,200 didn't look like they offered much at all. 1082 00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:59,760 Once we got our lead over there. It would definitely it would 1083 00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:04,120 definitely just it would finish off what has been a great week 1084 00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:07,360 for the national team. Like, I mean, I don't I still 1085 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:10,000 don't know what I said about the game in Copenhagen. 1086 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,760 I know you've can the two snipers are obviously a draw or 1087 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,000 a win for a draw or one for Denmark. 1088 00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,200 There's a third which I don't really want to talk about 1089 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,120 because that's there's so many other options that warms up if 1090 00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:22,960 Greece somehow managed to get a result. 1091 00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:26,040 But I mean, for me, the bottom line is we can't control what 1092 00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:29,640 happens over there, but we can next month. 1093 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,560 And that's where that you know, there's a lot of football to 1094 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,920 still be played by only halfway the game and not the game over 1095 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:41,160 at Olympiakis is going that that's winnable and it'll be a 1096 00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:45,720 hard game again, I don't I don't buy into too much about if these 1097 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,400 are thrown away. Well, that way the heads be at 1098 00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:53,440 not not that they won't be somewhat a bit looser and you 1099 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:57,320 know about not not scrambled, but I bet disheartened by what's 1100 00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:58,760 happened. But they'll definitely they'll 1101 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,840 definitely want to put us to the sword because they'll feel hard 1102 00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,000 done by. But what happened last night? 1103 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:06,600 But I just feel like it's winnable and I don't, I don't 1104 00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:11,600 care if it's a Denmark when or a draw on Sunday, We've still got 1105 00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:13,320 a draw in the bag from Copenhagen. 1106 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,440 So surely even if Denmark, when we went in, if we went over 1107 00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,640 there next month, we come home to Denmark and no one, if we 1108 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,400 went, we top the group now no matter what. 1109 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,280 Yeah. So I think, I think I think as 1110 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,680 well, just like it's always a good thing, something to take 1111 00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,520 that big sort of step back and get a wee bit of perspective. 1112 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:37,440 Because I think people over the years have been very, very, very 1113 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,280 harsh on Steve Clark and his side. 1114 00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:43,120 And I think partly that is down to just purely raised 1115 00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:46,520 expectations because which is a good thing because performances 1116 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,280 and results have been good and we have good players and 1117 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:51,880 therefore expectation rises. People expect more of the team, 1118 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:54,840 which is a really good thing. But I think it's so easy for 1119 00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:59,040 people to forget that in the 20 odd years between France 98 and 1120 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:03,280 EUR 2020, like we were in the deepest of darkest of 1121 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,640 wildernesses. I mean, we went qualifying 1122 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:10,200 campaign after campaign, getting basically nowhere near like we 1123 00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,040 would get the amount, you remember, the amount of 1124 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:14,920 campaigns that we would have where in the last three or four 1125 00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,760 games you'd be thinking, well, we need to win every single 1126 00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:19,200 game. We're in the last chance saloon 1127 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:21,000 and we need that team to drop points there and that team to 1128 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,520 drop points there. And then on the last day we 1129 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,800 might have a chance to get a playoff. 1130 00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,000 You know, whereas you look now, you look at the campaigns we 1131 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:29,880 have now. I mean, the last World Cup 1132 00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:33,680 campaign, we lost one game away from home against the top seed. 1133 00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:36,840 You know, the last EUR campaign we started with five wins. 1134 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:38,240 No Scotland team have ever done that. 1135 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:41,360 This campaign we've started, we've barely dropped a point. 1136 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:45,040 Like our destiny is in our hands and we're in such a, we're 1137 00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:48,400 getting ourselves in such strong positions in groups like this 1138 00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,000 isn't normal. This has not been normal like 1139 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,680 for Scotland this century. So yeah, we we just have to 1140 00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:56,880 enjoy it. We have to very much again. 1141 00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,560 Look, there's a lot of fortune last night and there's, you 1142 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,240 can't shy away from that. There's a lot of good fortune to 1143 00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:04,320 win that game. But there was also a lot of 1144 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,880 character. I mean, you look at the way that 1145 00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:09,320 you look back to that Nations League game in March against 1146 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:12,560 Greece, like when Greece scored the first goal, the team kind of 1147 00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:15,280 wobbled a little bit and maybe kind of collapsed a little bit. 1148 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:18,360 But last night Greece scored the first goal and they bounced 1149 00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:20,560 straight back and they didn't stop and they didn't stop and 1150 00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:23,360 they didn't stop. And I think ultimately that is 1151 00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:26,240 the greatest credit from last night, that the quality might 1152 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:28,320 not have always been there for the full game, but the 1153 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:32,000 commitment and the passion and the belief in each other 100% 1154 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,320 was and that that could well be what takes us to the World Cup 1155 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,400 next year. You could be 100 and Cent, even 1156 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:41,120 though the football did lack a little bit at times. 1157 00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,080 Not a little bit I've been kind to, but they worked hard. 1158 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:47,520 They worked so hard for us. And Clark said that again at 1159 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,120 full time you went, that's what this group of players are all 1160 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:52,920 about. I've talked before about the 1161 00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:55,200 character of this group. They never know when they're 1162 00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:58,360 beat. And that was, I mean, we know 1163 00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,200 going into the setting to have this campaign, they'll certainly 1164 00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:02,240 look like they're up for the fight. 1165 00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:05,640 So I think, I think we'll wrap up there. 1166 00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:09,600 I hope you'll enjoy the episode. I'm certainly looking forward to 1167 00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:11,440 Sunday. I'm travelling through to 1168 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:13,080 Hamden. It's going to be a good day out 1169 00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:14,880 in Glasgow. It's nice to get a weekend 1170 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:18,040 fixture at home. Gordon, you headlong to this one 1171 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,800 as well, I'm sure. Absolutely, absolutely. 1172 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:24,280 As I'm saying, some folk the last couple of days I have this 1173 00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:26,920 really annoying thing that we've actually not missed a 1174 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:29,760 competitive home game that we've been allowed to load to go to, 1175 00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:33,320 obviously discounting COVID since 2009. 1176 00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:36,560 So that is just. Unfortunately, that's a run I 1177 00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:38,640 can never bring. Yeah, you're stuck. 1178 00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:39,640 Forever. I'm stuck. 1179 00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:43,440 We'll be Adam. Worst places to be stuck? 1180 00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:46,840 I'll not be there guys, I'll not be there, but I'm sure you'll 1181 00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:47,960 cheat on enough for. Me. 1182 00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:54,280 Yeah, no, definitely. Well, I'm just it's been just 24 1183 00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,560 hours tacked over since the game finished last night and fine 1184 00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,960 find my voices seems to have covered with aid of many cups of 1185 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,920 tea and water for the day. Just in time till to the court. 1186 00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:07,080 What has been a good hour long episode almost. 1187 00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:09,480 So I'd just like to thank you both again. 1188 00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:13,960 Adam from Gorgie talk coming on Gordon from the tartan scarf. 1189 00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:16,640 You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as well. 1190 00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:18,040 Make sure you go give him a follow. 1191 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:21,080 Very good content just like ourselves here at Everything 1192 00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:23,960 Scotland. So one last thing again, I 1193 00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:26,040 mentioned it last episode, but I'll mention it again. 1194 00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:30,040 If you enjoyed the episode, drop us a rating wherever you listen 1195 00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:32,840 to your podcasts or even if you think it's worth sharing with 1196 00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:35,080 your friends and you think you know people would enjoy it, 1197 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,320 certainly go ahead and do that. All the best. 1198 00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:39,840 Enjoy the weekend boys.