1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,800 Listen to the noise, listen to the passion in Hamden Park. 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,560 Let's jump again. Let's start it. 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,840 Let's move on the grain. Down by dunvish chance, down for 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:29,440 Scotland. Hello and welcome back to the 5 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,360 Scots with my podcast I'm back your host Finn Crocker. 6 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,600 I'm with James Scott today talking about that dramatic game 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,760 last night against Greece and Athens obviously didn't come 8 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,480 away with the result. We were hoping going into the 9 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:44,080 game we needed a draw is what we thought. 10 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,120 We ended up with a three two loss battling back from three 11 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,600 nil down at one point. But luckily Belarus of the one 12 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,440 was a big favour drawn away in Denmark after being one nil 13 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,360 down, they came back to to lead to one. 14 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,960 At even one point Denmark equalised. 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,480 Then it was a long wait after full time to see if they would 16 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,440 hang on. They did. 17 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,880 And now it's all in our hands. Come Tuesday, a win and we are 18 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,040 at the World Cup for the first time since 1998. 19 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,000 Can we do it? What do you think, James? 20 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:21,480 I mean, if we play as good as we played at the best parts on 21 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,960 Saturday night, I think we definitely can. 22 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,280 But if we play from much of how we started the game to buy a 23 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,560 different story. But yeah, I mean it's on our own 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,440 hands. That's the main thing stuff is 25 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,720 the case of common events. Thank you. 26 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,960 Look at length about the different combination results 27 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:43,920 that could happen. But a Belarus when or draw was 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,600 not something that ever came across. 29 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,280 I have discussion and that's the way that's how it ended up. 30 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,160 Yeah, I mean, Belarus have not got a point before that game 31 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,920 yesterday and obviously they looked a bit better against us 32 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,520 at Hampden, but no one expected them to to get a point. 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,440 So. So it's really good to see them. 34 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,200 Obviously we started extremely well. 35 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,320 The first sort of five to 10 minutes we actually were on the 36 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,680 front foot, I feel like. And then the defensive 37 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,240 performance from I think Grant Hanley and John Seuter last 38 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,720 night was was woeful. I think Grant Hanley on that 39 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:21,560 first goal. Yeah, I think it was Grant 40 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,080 Hanley or maybe it was John Suitor. 41 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,520 Where the ball. And John Suitor for the first 42 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,560 goal, you get kind of just tied in knots. 43 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,000 Him and Andy Robertson kind of go, go, go with a runner, you 44 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,520 know, and say one of them staying with the man. 45 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,280 I think it's John Suitor's really stay with the guy there 46 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,720 and just you don't like the. Block yeah, I think, I don't 47 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,480 know if it was John, John Suitor or Grant Hanley who actually 48 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,160 comes out to the man. And then as he's as he's 49 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,320 reaching the guy, he actually almost like kind of stops and 50 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,120 pauses and that kind of allows the guy to to shift. 51 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,600 Yeah. I mean, it's, I mean The thing 52 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,960 is as well, one of the most disappointing things that 53 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:58,160 concede now was Craig Gordon made a fantastic save and then, 54 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,880 you know, passing pass, like I said, that's even gets the ball 55 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,760 and slots away to make it on now. 56 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,920 So I watched that possible in that aspect. 57 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,960 Yeah, I mean, as you said, Craig Gordon made I think throughout 58 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,880 the game quite a few big saves to keep us in the game at first, 59 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,640 then I want to. Say given three nil. 60 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,040 A really, really bad start. I think it wasn't even until the 61 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,440 45th minute or an injury time where we actually had a first 62 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,480 shot on target. Obviously McDonald had that 63 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,960 chance. Really nice layoff by I think it 64 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,680 was Christy, maybe Chatham, I'm not sure. 65 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,200 And he hit the bar from that shot. 66 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,920 Then it was Che Adams at the back Post. 67 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,960 What a massive chance he had with that header and that went 68 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,920 wide. And then the last chance, the 69 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,680 half, Ben Duke, one-on-one really good movement to to get 70 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,720 that chance for himself. And then he has to for me, 71 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,160 either put that near post, lay it back or chip the goalkeeper. 72 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,160 I think far post was the wrong choice there. 73 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,200 Obviously he did get his his first senior Scotland goal later 74 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,560 in that game in that kind of fight back that we saw in the 75 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,640 second-half, which we'll talk about. 76 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,960 Yeah. But going into halftime, one 77 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:14,040 nil, despite how many chances Greece had, just because of how 78 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,560 many chances we had at the end of that first half, you kind of 79 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,160 felt like we should have been level. 80 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,480 Yeah. I mean, we went in half time 81 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,360 forward income at the best time for us, but it was a chance to 82 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,200 sort of reset and we knew if we came out and played how we had 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,760 been when we went and we'd be probably looking quite strong to 84 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,080 get a goal. And we we did that. 85 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,040 But we came in brilliantly. And then, you know, after a fair 86 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,480 bit of pressure against the run and play, you know, again, I 87 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,400 think it's kind of defensive mistake and highly I don't know 88 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,040 if I'm being unkind and seeing hesitated too much, but you 89 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,960 know, let's say a striker get up and round and then make but for 90 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,520 crisis. And it's just I mean that was 91 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,440 such a sucker punch because I felt worse. 92 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,760 We were moments away from 112 down. 93 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,360 Yeah, that Chay Adams chance, I think that was at one nil where 94 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,200 Ryan Christie's through one-on-one and he cuts it. 95 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,080 Yeah, he cuts it back to Chay Adams. 96 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:10,960 And again, kind of a reoccurring theme with throughout the whole 97 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,400 game, kind of just that split second hesitation, that maybe 98 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,440 lack of confidence. I'm not sure what it is, but but 99 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:26,280 we had, yeah, honestly just he is even even after he takes that 100 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,600 touch, he's hit it on the floor. I mean, you have to hit it high 101 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,680 into the net. Maybe more like London Dicks 102 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,960 against Greece. Hampden, obviously you were 103 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,480 there. James, you're in the airport 104 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,640 right now ready to fly back for for the game on Tuesday. 105 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,520 So if you can hear any background noise, apologies. 106 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,840 But obviously you had a different view, had the whole 107 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:50,600 build up, the whole atmosphere. Firstly, how was it in Athens in 108 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,280 the build up to the game? And secondly, how, how did you 109 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:57,360 feel the the the game and the atmosphere progressed as the 110 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,280 game went on? Obviously very up, up and down 111 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:03,000 night, obviously going three nil down. 112 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,280 Then the fight back thinking we're going to get that third 113 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,080 goal, it not happening, thinking we're out. 114 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,720 Then then the Belarus news. I mean, how was it all for you? 115 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,200 Yeah, I mean I arrived on the Friday morning, but it's usually 116 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:23,080 if she goes beside and always Budapest girlfriend for short 117 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,040 trap and then caught 50 LB fights on daft and so it was 118 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,400 decent and then you know they'll play extra away the sheer 119 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,200 numbers taking over. Thank you know guys in the cut 120 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,480 and I'm really estimating those of course, 4000 pillars 121 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,560 definitely a strong number in the home end and you know as the 122 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,080 day the Friday progressed, it was just good atmosphere, good 123 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,800 mood. Everyone was out making noise, 124 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,400 but decent areas. My fans were congregating. 125 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,920 I'd say the book was good. You know, realized that I speak 126 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,600 to someone that seemed to think we're going to lose. 127 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:56,400 Again, everyone seemed to be anticipating Scotland, at least 128 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,760 a draw. You know, match day came around 129 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,400 and again, skirts were high. You know, any Greek we spoke. 130 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,520 This seemed very pessimistic about the game. 131 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,440 I lost counting how many times they told me, oh, we've got 132 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,680 nothing to play for. But I always, always came back 133 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,960 and went, well, Scotland, I'm pretty sure on the vet, maybe 134 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,520 it's Scotland, maybe it's over, I can't remember. 135 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,280 But I seem to remember there's enough history of me going to 136 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,840 games where teams have nothing to play for and they gave us a 137 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,720 doing so. New Georgia, for example. 138 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,240 That's one. Don't get me started on those 139 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,560 games. Well, let's let's keep it. 140 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,000 I mean, but it's just, you know, that's how that was in it. 141 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,720 You know, everyone spoke to the geek was, you know, pitching a 142 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:42,120 Scotland run. I went to the dream, really good 143 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,480 numbers. Just again, it's a good 144 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,840 atmosphere. If you've been out of Scotland, 145 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,280 you know what it's like. Everyone's you know the song. 146 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,720 So we've got McGann and all that rest all the classets do a deer 147 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,560 on the train. Some of the locals want the 148 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:54,840 president. There's many some people that 149 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,120 are on their commute home after I sat out there working so. 150 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,520 A few renditions of Alexandria. Never might have been Yeah, it 151 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:04,880 was do a deer on the train that got me. 152 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,480 I like I like do agree a lot of the younger the younger 153 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,400 generation and the and that one. But I do like it yeah. 154 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,520 And, you know, we got onto the ground and I mean, the first 155 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,360 thing it struck me was how purely the Greeks had shown up. 156 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,840 I mean, it's a dead rubber. But when I say the place was 157 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,480 empty, it really felt like it, you know, less than how I feel. 158 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,200 That's that's what it struck me as most of who looked when were 159 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,200 kids, you know, when you just know by the sound that crowd, 160 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,320 it's quite a young audience. That's how it struck me. 161 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,919 And it's everything seemed to be pointing towards, you know, the 162 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:39,080 cage not there. We were making all the noise and 163 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,520 nothing like March. Hopefully we could, you know, 164 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:44,760 she kept going 1 and that's not how it went. 165 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:50,320 Like you said, we started quite clearly generally take any risks 166 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,000 then get the ball moving about quick and we're capitalized on 167 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,200 that. And the fans really stuck with 168 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,440 the team because you know, once we've gotten to half time and 169 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,280 the ward around the guys that were sending me was, you know, 170 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,600 the signs of life in there. You know, we started digging 171 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:04,840 purely, but we're showing it now. 172 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,320 We come out, we can do it second goal win and actually the fans 173 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,680 are still with the team at that point. 174 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,960 That is, you know again 2 two goals down. 175 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,880 It seems achievable, which obviously was because reminds 176 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:20,400 the bad two goals when the third goal went in the place dead 177 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,600 start to empty. A lot of people got off and left 178 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,800 that I met, but always things. Crazy from the Scotland awake 179 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,680 roads. Yeah, wow, wow. 180 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,720 How, how how much it cost to go from? 181 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,360 Yeah, I will never leave from an away game. 182 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:35,320 Never. Yeah, yeah, I've watched the 183 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,280 overs. Going to be 5 one. 184 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,360 I didn't leave early. Yeah, and I was in Athens when 185 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,440 we got beat 69. Well, we weren't allowed to 186 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,080 leave after 50th minute, but I wouldn't. 187 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,200 I don't know if they're, I don't know if they were allowed to 188 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,080 leave Ben Dope scores so quickly. 189 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,200 Those guys are trying to make their way down the stairs 190 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,320 towards exits that hadn't even reached the exit yet, so kind of 191 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,400 stopped and then went back and took their seats. 192 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,280 Yeah, then they. Came back, yeah. 193 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:59,320 Yeah, And then Keste gets a goal. 194 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,480 And to be honest, at that point, I genuinely, genuinely thought 195 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,280 it was just a matter of time before we thought, you know, I 196 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,360 didn't have so much confidence in the sport when they were 197 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,240 going up. And I just thought, it's coming. 198 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,280 I just thought it's coming. There was a similar roar for the 199 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,280 second Belarus goal in the stadium. 200 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,920 Like, because I heard that going up and I was like, I thought it 201 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,880 was just like a rallying title of players. 202 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,200 And the guy next to me is Gabby went it's 21 to Belarus and 203 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,840 that, you know, at that point I was like, right, steady. 204 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,320 They're still so compatible in both games, you know, I mean, 205 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,120 but yeah, they obviously managed a high on that was that was that 206 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,720 was what made them so interesting because I mean, 207 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,800 before, just before the Emmet comedy was going to squat goal, 208 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,240 it seemed like we'd thrown absolute everything after and 209 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,480 come short. But we knew the score in 210 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,480 Copenhagen. We knew there was 7 minutes had 211 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,720 it on that it really only just started when our 94th minute. 212 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,920 Eventually we knew and kid you not, you looked around and 213 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,240 everyone just go to their phones. 214 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,600 Yeah, I mean, I don't know how we only got 4 minutes, by the 215 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,960 way, It should have been at least 7, as John McGinn said in 216 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,840 his interview, I think, yeah, I was about to say, I think it's a 217 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,280 travesty we only got 4. The referee was I think per all 218 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:14,040 night and I think that's the most chances I think I've ever 219 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,760 seen a Scotland team create, whether it's again San Marino, 220 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,680 Lichtenstein, Cyprus, I think that's the most big chances I've 221 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,480 seen, was great and they were all in the second, second-half. 222 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,240 That's enough chances for a campaign, Yeah, like. 223 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,040 Honestly. Yeah, honestly, chances across. 224 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,280 All four other games, it's just it's just it's crazy, yeah. 225 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,720 We could have scored five or six there and on another day we 226 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,080 obviously do. It didn't go our way in that 227 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:44,160 game, but obviously we got a fortune elsewhere, which in 228 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,920 previous campaigns you feel like we haven't got those results to 229 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,720 go our way. So like we said in September, 230 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,680 we're riding our luck a bit. It's the sign of a good team 231 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:56,680 when when you play badly. But but when? 232 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:00,160 Anyway, we didn't win tonight, but we got a bit of luck and 233 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,480 yeah, maybe it's just falling our way and maybe it is is our 234 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,000 year. Yeah, I know. 235 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,440 So for me like there was just like I said, I don't know if I 236 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,560 mentioned already about the fact that those getting that result 237 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,240 against what mentioned about the pot. 238 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,040 One side thing, the Belarus. Or no, it's not. 239 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,120 Yeah, like I honestly, I've not checked about if someone, I 240 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,240 don't think there will have been in Hustler a game where Belarus 241 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,920 has taken a point away from home off the pot one side. 242 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,280 Yeah. Must be a first in their history 243 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,200 of the national team of that to come on the night where we. 244 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,320 Need that to happen. It's just. 245 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,080 That it's just, and for me, something's cooking here, 246 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,680 something there's extra forces at work. 247 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,160 Like I mean if someone tells me you're going to get to the whole 248 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,000 cup, you're going to get absolute torture to get there, 249 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,320 you're going to miss all these chances and Greece, it's going 250 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:48,560 to feel time. You're going to have to wait for 251 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:51,040 7 minutes because the team that moved the sentence halfway, 252 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,400 we're just sat there for 7 minutes all waiting and then 253 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,880 someone at the front got a notification 1st and the roar 254 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:57,240 that went up. It's just. 255 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:00,440 Oh, I can imagine. Tuesday night it's going to be 256 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,120 it's going to be different. I mean, yeah, we've, we've not 257 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:08,920 qualified. We've we've obviously 2024 258 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,360 euros. We officially qualified after 259 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:21,600 Norway drew with Spain €2020.00. We obviously qualified through 260 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,040 the playoffs and it was COVID, so we didn't get that moment. 261 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:30,040 So we've not had that one moment at Hampden yet since I think God 262 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:35,920 19, I'll get it up 1990 where we drew one run against Norway to 263 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,040 qualify for the World Cup. So we've not had that moment in 264 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:46,000 so long and I think if we do get that on Tuesday it would be it 265 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,720 just be such a moment to save her. 266 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,440 I think all everyone in the country that's followed the team 267 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,520 a holding way for so long deserves that moment. 268 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,840 Obviously probably the most supported country outside of 269 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,880 just the host in Germany at the 2024 Euros. 270 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,880 We brought so many fans over and it was such a great experience. 271 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:06,680 I was there for the full thing and yeah, I hope that we can do 272 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,600 it. I hope we can get to to the USA 273 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,560 and let's hope that the the team can can do it. 274 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,360 Let's all get behind the team, Steve Clark said in his press 275 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,840 conference after the game. We need the whole, we need the 276 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,360 the Tartan Army to get behind to get behind us. 277 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,840 He said that one of his favorite quotes to tell the players is to 278 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,240 play with an anticipation of success, not the fear of 279 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,040 failure. And he's going to ask the same 280 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,360 with the Hun hunting crowds. So yeah, if we can all get 281 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,840 behind the team, we all know how special Hampden can be and let's 282 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,640 hope for for a win. And something else to touch on, 283 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,040 there has been reports of a of a big sickness bug going around 284 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:49,480 the the Danish camp which ruled out Rasmus Hoyland and Joaquin 285 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,680 Anderson of Fulham out of the game against Bellerose. 286 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,280 How big maybe that was because what, on another day they're 287 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,640 both in the team and maybe Holland scores a couple, I don't 288 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,120 know. So let's hope that spreads as 289 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,160 much as possible. Hopefully it's nothing serious, 290 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,480 but hopefully it's just enough that they they missed the 291 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,280 Scotland game. Yeah, I don't know who's been 292 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,480 wasting their shit for whatever. So one of those style game 293 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,240 reactions where you know the actual. 294 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,320 Undercover Scottish, Yeah. Yeah, but the guy is putting 295 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,720 that it's the the guy that's the hygiene fig it's going on. 296 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,120 He's putting stuff in the soup. It's making everyone sick. 297 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,320 They catch on CCTV someone saying that Steve Clark placing 298 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,920 the the canteen food that the best. 299 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,280 Yeah, but yes, I mean, it's yeah. 300 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,200 I mean, again, that's a matter of fact that it's coming into 301 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,000 that like it's just it's something it's just so strange. 302 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,520 You know, I thought that make it you, you'd look back and go 303 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,120 well. What a peculiar. 304 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,760 It's all these little things that that are going our way, 305 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,520 yeah. Like that's touching what you 306 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,760 said at hand and like for me, I've been a wee bit disappointed 307 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,280 in recent years when things my valuable in Scotland very proud 308 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,040 haven't backed them. You know it isn't. 309 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,680 It doesn't take much for the crowd to turn. 310 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,480 I know we were really disappointed in September, but 311 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,920 even their way support was superb And and and after you 312 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,520 think we're two mil down team was still getting backed. 313 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,040 You can see the farther less like people seem to always 314 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,760 actually fair. But as soon as dog got the goal, 315 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,000 you know, they they were really around the 12th man and that can 316 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 be a difference around benefits. It's got a full house. 52,000 317 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,760 people get behind the team first minute class. 318 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,960 Do you know what, even if we end up going to nil down, just like 319 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,520 in Athens, we have proved so many times the team don't know 320 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,960 when they're beat and they keep on the final whistle. 321 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,440 So we've seen so many crazy things on supporting Scotland 322 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,720 over the years. You know, don't let don't let 323 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,320 little things get in the way of creating defensive atmosphere 324 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,480 possible for players in the first night last because they 325 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,880 look determined, they look they really want to. 326 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,320 I just get a feeling. Yeah. 327 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,320 I mean, no more than Andy Robertson. 328 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,800 No more than Andy Robertson. I think you can see in old press 329 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,240 conferences recently that obviously this is his last 330 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,240 chance to get into a World Cup. He's won Champions Leagues, he's 331 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,920 won Premier Leagues, he's been to the EUR of his country, but 332 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,599 he's never been to the World Cup, obviously. 333 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:09,520 And that's something that he's, I'm guessing, dreamed of since 334 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,240 he's a little kid. So for him to be able to 335 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,480 accomplish that, I think he'd be absolutely chuffed. 336 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:17,560 So, yeah, looking ahead to Tuesday, obviously there's been 337 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,680 calls for Trey Adams to be benched, maybe Grant Hanley to. 338 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,560 Would you make any changes? There's been a lot of Hearts fan 339 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,839 saying Craig Calcott and Lawrence Shankly need to start. 340 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,360 Personally, I think Lyndon Dykes would be better up front. 341 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:35,600 And then obviously Doke and Megan kind of the same as as 342 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,240 last night. Would you make any changes and 343 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:42,960 if So, what would it be? Yeah, I think, I think she, she 344 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,080 did a good background for us in Athens. 345 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:50,160 You know, no, the, the financial was more bizarre than that one. 346 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,800 But he did put in a good share for us and I think it would be 347 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,040 worth chucking. And Dykes from the start there 348 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:59,560 was Dykes we've said before he tends defenders, he occupies the 349 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,000 space, he makes him work hard, but it's not just a one man job. 350 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,280 Sometimes you need to double up on him and that that does things 351 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,200 for the other guys. Mccomany is a more room when 352 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,240 he's been a total nuisance, you know, up nearly seven halves. 353 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,880 And I think I'd like to see that data is good in Copenhagen as 354 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,120 well. So you know, like whether I know 355 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:22,000 questions, you know, everybody's playing league wise. 356 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,720 Well, you could like hope to that level. 357 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,000 He's proved time and time again you can score against also 358 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,080 opposition and all that's been. I think she Addams as well 359 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,680 because I think people. Yeah, that's what I was about to 360 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,720 say in. Fact he's he scores against the 361 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,920 lesser nations but yeah, I don't know I don't know why as if it's 362 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,680 confidence or what wish Adams but I would like to see dates on 363 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,920 from the start. You mentioned Hanley as well. 364 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:48,480 He again, I've defended them for a while, but he was incredible 365 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,800 on on on Saturday night and in the canal. 366 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,240 He's playing a good level DK and week out was a grab, you know, 367 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,040 and I've always admired his sort of physicality as well about 368 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,200 when balls he's passing as well. You know, he's a good player. 369 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,560 So I think for me that would be the only two changes I've made. 370 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,480 You know, Gilmore probably even if he's fat, I can't see him 371 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,560 getting rest from the start. It was a shame because I don't 372 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,760 think either Chrysler or Ferguson off those teams about 373 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,120 the guys in terms of taking the balls and and have them and you 374 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:24,320 know, he takes the balls was back from the field and so I 375 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:26,040 managed to get there and get it for a pass away. 376 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:30,440 But yeah, I think I'm a happier midfield dork and again played 377 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,640 their best football for Scotland in a while. 378 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,960 So I was not too back on you in September. 379 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,800 So yeah, I think, I think Doug was absolutely key to obviously 380 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,680 it wasn't a successful fight back, but I think Doug was 381 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,320 absolutely sensational. He made a lot of big chances. 382 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,760 Obviously that cross to Mcdorman right at the end there. 383 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:58,040 I think Duke in the last few games is kind of shown that he 384 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,600 was a lot of people were maybe thinking that he was better off 385 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,080 the bench and that he wasn't ready to start. 386 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,920 But I think last night he really showed that he can step up in 387 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,400 the big moments. And like you said, and when you 388 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,200 touched on Dykes there, he scored in the in the big moments 389 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,040 for Scotland. He scored against the the upper 390 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,320 echelon nations, if you want to call them that, whereas 391 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,720 chairman's apart from obviously that that one Denmark goal last 392 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,240 World qualification campaign has not really scored against 393 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,440 anyone. I mean, I think what Pharaoh 394 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:33,680 Islands, Belarus, San Marino, Liechtenstein, those types of 395 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,640 nations are the ones that you scored against. 396 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,040 Hopefully he can prove in the future that you can score 397 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,720 against bigger nations, but he's not done thus far. 398 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:47,760 And so I would start like on on Tuesday and then touching on 399 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,120 Gilmore, I'd completely forgotten about him. 400 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:53,520 Just I just put him to the back of my mind. 401 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:58,680 I really hope he is fit for for Tuesday because he is the only 402 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,840 midfielder I think that really does progress the ball forward. 403 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,200 That's his main aim. He gets the ball and he's always 404 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,680 looking up, he's always looking to progress it and to get us 405 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,480 moving up the pitch. Whereas Ferguson and Christie, 406 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,160 as good as they are sometimes to just take the safe option and 407 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,080 you kind of need that that tenacity that Gilmore brings. 408 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:22,000 And I think he'd be a big mess if he did miss the game on 409 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,760 Tuesday. Yeah, because I mean Christie, 410 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,200 Christie, one of Christie's great strengths to give them 411 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,760 some praise as his ability to carry the ball on for really 412 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,640 good at breaking the lines for us on Saturday night. 413 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,480 No, he's probably with all his feet but technically gifted like 414 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,400 that. So but like you said, he's just 415 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,080 not got he's not got that ghetto my husband standing passer of 416 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,240 the ball and maybe spoke a dog there again. 417 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,440 One thing I would be critical of him that's, you know, when he 418 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,360 thinks he's going to have to learn to bring to his game 419 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:54,880 because it's the next step for him. 420 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,320 He's a brilliant dribbler. You know, he beats his mind. 421 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,440 He does lots of good things, but his aim follow up is still to be 422 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,680 desired. You know, two clean cut chances 423 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,440 through. I mean he did well with his 424 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,680 goal, but he had the chance at the end of the first half and 425 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,760 then he also had the chance to be scores at the Adams. 426 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,920 I think that went I was offside anyway. 427 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,120 Wasn't it something there was his flag for so it wouldn't 428 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:19,720 stood and I said I accepted, you know, from dying noted at all. 429 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:25,520 But you know, I just I feel like he's definitely got to it was a 430 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,640 couple of times to go around and he just wasn't first half again, 431 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:30,120 especially he's getting him behind his mind. 432 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:33,280 But then stopping put me back to Crystal and Berks and the edge 433 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,120 of the box just wasn't packing the right choices. 434 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:37,600 His decision making wasn't there. 435 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,280 You know, for the important Tommy, the end is superb and 436 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,960 that's what we want more from. But I really hope we can learn 437 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,880 to bring this game. It'll be interesting to see how 438 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,280 that progresses with born my over the course of the season, 439 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,280 because that is how he gets to the next level. 440 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,560 That's how he gets done and so. Yeah, I mean, he's still so 441 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:55,800 young. He's still so young. 442 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,720 He's just turned 20. And it's not No, it's not. 443 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,840 And it's not his them, you know, Yeah, you know, if he's going to 444 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:06,480 be like the next ugly class, like someone of that level, you 445 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,560 know, this is when he has to start doing this. 446 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,760 You can't if he can start doing this when he's 26, that'll you 447 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,760 can still be a good player for if he's going to be a world 448 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,120 class player in my world class, we mean, you know, hot, hot 449 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,360 player above not so many world class, but you know what I mean? 450 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,320 I'm saying that you mean the step above is the elite almost 451 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,960 if he if you can, you can get, but he that's somebody really 452 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,040 supports on his game. And you know, I just I just hope 453 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,280 that I mean he did play fantastic on Saturday. 454 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:37,960 He's one of the first games of the team. 455 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,920 Shoot for me on Tuesday night and I'd love if he could he 456 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,520 could grab. I don't know why either Vision 457 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,160 hadn't scored the last minute goal last night. 458 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,040 Yeah, I mean, it was too bored with goal scorers actually on 459 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,040 Saturday. Obviously he's still 20, but 460 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,520 yeah, as you said, if I mean, look at how young Billy Gilmore 461 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,560 was when he was chucked in against England and, and to to 462 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,440 kind of seize those opportunities when you get them 463 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:00,880 because you don't know how many you will get. 464 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,120 So, you know, Tuesday night could be one of those those 465 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,760 those big career defining moments where you look back and 466 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:11,320 say, you know, that's where he broke out And and let's hope 467 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,480 that is Tuesday. Yeah, you know, yeah. 468 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,920 He's the one that qualified Scotland for the World Cup for 469 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,760 the first time since 1998. I mean, yeah, he he he's, he's 470 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,280 going to get more game time at Bournemouth. 471 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,560 Obviously he's he's integrated and still I bet Christie will be 472 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,440 a big help in that. So let's hope that you can get 473 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,520 as much game time at Bournemouth as possible. 474 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,280 But first, obviously main priorities on Tuesday. 475 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,200 Any last messages for the Tartan Army ahead of Tuesday? 476 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,560 And then can I get your unbiased score opinion please? 477 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,720 No, Mr. Tartan Army, it's just get to Hamden on Tuesday, get in 478 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,560 early and get the atmosphere gone. 479 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,800 We want to be the 12th man, back the team all the way, no matter 480 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,200 how the night is going. We've seen the Scotland team do 481 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,520 amazing things, you know, kill, kill wins from the jaws of 482 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,720 defeat. We could be the 12 man and 483 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:01,880 that's, you know, that's the past. 484 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,280 Yeah. What was the other question? 485 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,920 What's your score prediction? Protection, protections, 486 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,520 Parliament, then after, then when I'm posted, I always put 487 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,560 you guys not get away with it. Yeah. 488 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,840 I'm not going to predict anything other than a Scotland 1 489 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:23,200 and I'm going to go to 1 score. Yeah, let's hope for another 490 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,920 magical night at Hamden, one that we can remember for a long, 491 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,600 long time. That will be to the end of 492 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,920 today's episode. 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