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Welcome. 
To the noise, listen to the. 

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Passion and hunger park. 
It's John again. 

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It's done. 
It. 

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It's done. 
It hello and welcome back to the

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Scots with a mic podcast. 
I am your host James Scott and 

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I'm delighted to be bringing you
our latest offering from 

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everything Scotland team after 
what has been a successful week 

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for the national team. 
Scotland, of course, kicking off

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their World Cup qualifying 
campaign with back-to-back games

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on the road. 
And we came home without 

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dropping too much points. 
First of all, we went to 

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Copenhagen to face pot one side 
Denmark keeping a clean sheet 

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and they'll they'll draw there 
our first points on the road 

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against a pot one side since 
Croatia in 2013. 

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If I've got my my facts right 
there Robert Snodgrass goal. 

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Of course, I won the win in 
Sigreb. 

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And then of course, we then 
moved on from our match against 

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Denmark down to Hungary for a 
more unusual fixture against 

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Belarus. 
Joining me for this one is Finn 

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Crocker. 
Finn, how are we doing? 

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Good. 
Thank you mate. 

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Good, good. 
And also we've got Adam from 

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Gorgie talk on Good to have you 
back. 

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Adam, how are you doing? 
Yeah, good mate, good to be 

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back, Good to chat off on 
Scotland. 

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I definitely it's been it has 
been a good week. 

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I think Spitz are feeling quite 
good amongst the support. 

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Obviously going away. 
Like I said, to put one side by 

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Denmark, you can never really 
take for granted again anything 

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away one of these teams. 
Obviously Denmark aren't the the

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Frances and the the Germanies of
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They're not one of the elite 
European sides, but there are 

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pot one side and and nil nil 
draw was an excellent result. 

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I was at the game myself. 
It felt quite good in the 

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stadium. 
It was an electric atmosphere. 

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It's something sometimes a bit 
nervous in situations like this,

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but even towards the end of the 
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really too uncomfortable. 
We we held their own. 

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I'd say fan. 
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watched it from Scotland. 
I did hear from people watching 

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the telly saying it was a bit 
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that it was quite hard watch as 
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no draw away against the pot one
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Yeah, I mean it was, it was 
definitely no affair, but I'm 

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very happy with the point. 
I like you said first time 

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taking points away of a of a pot
one sides since Croatia and that

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was a long, long while back. 
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much of the ball set up an 
unusual system. 

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I don't think anyone would have 
predicted that 11 before the 

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game. 
But Even so, I think we 

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contained them really well. 
Grant Hanley had an absolute 

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blinder, albeit not many people 
will have been that excites him 

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in the lineup. 
But you had a great game and 

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yeah, really contained them. 
Well, they only had two shots 

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from target, obviously we only 
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you're not really expecting to 
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Scotland side. 
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against 26, so quite a 
dominating performance from the 

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Danes there. 
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about the highlights of the of 
the Denmark Greece game, which 

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we'll get into later on in the 
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Obviously Denmark beat them 
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Greece. 
So I think we've we've done 

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really, really well to get a 
point on the board. 

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Probably the hardest game on 
fixture out the way as well. 

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And yeah, throughout the game 
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opportunity for Denmark and 
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where I was holding my breath, 
which is unusual when you're 

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watching Scotland as a. 
Yeah, no, definitely. 

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I mean, even when you look at 
the expected goals, going by the

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stats at Denmark one point 1.2 
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I mean, while Scotland had 0.6, 
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But if you round them both, it's
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to. 
So it's not exactly screaming 

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out that Denmark were hard done 
by and you know, us holding them

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10 nil, nil draw. 
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and we'll come back to him. 
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standouts in terms of the 
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players. 
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really expected to go to up 
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That was something, you know, I 
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Everyone was questioning would 
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state the four, which I think 
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comfortable with recently, but 
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come to you now. 
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one of the standouts was one of 
your old boys, unhappy first 

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start for Scotland since he 
pulled that hamstring back in 

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Seville 2023 two years ago 
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What did you think I'm coming 
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Yeah, delighted. 
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it's not overly been a a great 
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The national team in Hickey 
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answer when he came in two year 
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about 2021 maybe and when he was
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that spot. 
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a lifetime probably. 
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him anyway, Certainly all that 
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got his move to the Premier 
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Bologna. 
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good to have him, but also good 
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well as an option. 
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bit when he looks on the socials
and stuff, but again, he's still

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maybe adapted at that sort of 
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He's still young. 
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of scope there with him. 
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potentially be a good able 
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But yeah, I mean, I think like 
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performance in Denmark, like I 
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really, really good point. 
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you'd been asked what you would 
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hand off for a point in Denmark.
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They didn't seem to do very much
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I'll kept quite looking at like 
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of games and like you think 
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opposition box. 
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possession, 28 touches in the 
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We had 23 touches in the box, so
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So goes to show that we were 
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the two guys up front. 
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more impactful when we did have 
opportunities, albeit nothing 

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came to fruition. 
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it's a bit as much as they were 
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just looked like there were 
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were at the back and think like 
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visually the standout. 
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for like suit or even like some 
Tommy McGinn, their defensive 

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side of things and gone 
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sort of like I think like 
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defensively. 
Like you can't really fix it 

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wrong in terms of that save the 
performance. 

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Yeah, I mean you say they look 
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that's credit to the defence as 
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got like Sambi Kabira, who 
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time at Motherwell, but he's at 
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chicks in the second-half of 
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They've got Dahlberg obviously, 
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get, didn't end up getting, but 
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the bench like Rasmuss Hoyland, 
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obviously didn't do too well 
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He's at Napoli now, so we'll see
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like McDonald and Gilmore by his
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But to bring someone off the 
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70 million, just just able to do
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and for us to just still be able
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I think was really impressive. 
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moments in the game, obviously, 
was when Max Johnson was brought

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onto the pitch, just kind of as 
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know, heart and mouth kind of 
moment where yeah, yeah, referee

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went to the screen and I was 
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And you got to give Grant the 
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his own opinion, which you don't
really see nowadays. 

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Yeah, usually once they go to 
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That's my head. 
Was my hands and you go, it's 

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usually at that point it's just 
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a process. 
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screen, they go, OK, I'm 
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and then you're a man down. 
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And I think that was with 71st 
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Yeah, it was 71st minute a 
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minutes to 20 minutes against, 
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with 10 men. 
I think that would have been a 

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very well. 
You obviously you can't say and,

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but it could have been a 
different. 

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I've not found out how that 
would have gone. 

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Yeah, exactly. 
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the referee had an opinion of 
his own for once and. 

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And just to just to be set up as
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side you're talking about. 
You're right. 

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It's more us sort of snuffing 
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leaving them looking to be a bit
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ideas a bit. 
I think another mad start I've 

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seen was about clearances. 
Scotland had 52 clearances in 90

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minutes. 
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I mean, that's just like a wild 
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clearances, 10 interceptions, 9 
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I was going to say that's just 
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It was obviously everybody. 
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You had fifty of them, no. 
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defence like the in terms of 
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the game time, including the 
goalkeeper that you know the 

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guys are looking at on Hecky 
coming back and he's still not 

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played 90 minutes since that 
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I think there was also I mean, I
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the squad. 
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't 

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surprised they started. 
It's obviously paid off 

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massively. 
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coming in and putting in such a 
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I don't think he's I mean he's 
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foot set and my friend, but he's
definitely not. 

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I mean, this is just the level 
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Coming away to Copenhagen, 
Hanley and gone as well. 

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Not played too much football 
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If any. 
It's just, it's just so 

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impressive guys that really 
maybe would have had an excuse 

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to not have been as sharp and 
have been as a unit, maybe not 

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as organized and fresh, but we 
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there's the number of clearances
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Yeah, Lewis Ferguson. 
Sorry to jump in. 

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Lewis Ferguson. 
'S I thought the fastest what I 

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was going to say. 
And then yeah, in the midfield, 

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Lewis Ferguson getting I'd say 
that's his first proper stake 

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acclaim for Scotland Jersey that
game, you know, in terms of 

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starting and a competitive 
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And I think that that probably 
was his best performance in the 

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Scotland shot for sure. 
Yeah, and 90 minutes in both 

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games I've been calling out 
from, for, for God knows how 

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long. 
Obviously the Aberdeen fan when 

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he got the move to Bologna and 
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I, I think it's kind of what 
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Clark's stubbornness towards 
maybe Kieran Bowie didn't get a 

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single minute. 
I'm sure we'll touch on him, but

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that's kind of how I felt about 
Lewis Ferguson when he was, you 

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know, captain and belong and not
getting on for a minute. 

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Yeah, it's definitely had to be 
patient. 

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When you look at those points, 
guys just sort of jump in there.

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It's when I'm looking at I'll 
just sort of try to scan each 

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player. 
We're talking about the the 

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defence, like Robertson bench 
for Liverpool, Hanley on the 

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bench for Hibs, got on the bench
for Forrest. 

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Have you gradually come in at 
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But like you say, never done 90 
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Ferguson on the bench for. 
So like fitness levels to, well,

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won the fitness level and to the
lacking match fitness for like 

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nearly half the team didn't let 
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Portland team's massive right. 
Definitely and then like 1 I 

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could get another player that 
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he's about a stand out because 
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Scotland in the past. 
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slightly hot and cold for 
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that game on Friday night I 
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being closer to his best for 
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obviously, but there was just a 
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was second-half, it came down 
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the ball, kind of fell on top of
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up and it was just like fighting
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That was closer to what we've 
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And it was good to see him, you 
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I mean, they all did across the 
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I mean, I think we've we've kind
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I mean, the result? 
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underperformed or were we just 
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toothless commend. 
I think it was 88th minute. 

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I looked at the big screen and 
in park and, and I thought, you 

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know, usually at this point I'd 
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concede just by the nature of 
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Scotland, but just because it's 
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The pressure is building. 
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second. 
We'll put myself in Denmark 

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shoes. 
What would I be thinking here? 

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And the fault that came through 
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a time and we don't look like 
we've got any more ideas. 

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Yeah, I think, I think that's, I
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cliffy, but it's always a bit of
both. 

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organized. 
I seem to be very resolute 

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despite what we're up against in
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they have because it was in a 
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to be the whole team and just 
get the points whilst having to 

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handle a relatively experienced 
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players going to the top level. 
Like I think like it was that 

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over time. 
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second-half, like you say it 
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we're just essentially just 
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and getting things away. 
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just became quite passive and 
then desperate for Denmark. 

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There wasn't a lot of they 
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heads to like unlock the door, 
but then equally we weren't 

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opening it. 
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But yeah, I think proper 
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would be my my take on as 
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what they were trying to do. 
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one big chance maybe in the 
whole game, and that was really 

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towards the end of the game 
where it was that double save 

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from, from Angus Gunn, I think. 
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it was. 
But yeah, I think apart. 

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From that like. 
Yeah, exactly. 

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I mean, I think they were really
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kind of my frustration was, you 
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point. 
Of course I would have bit your 

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hand off it bit bit your hand 
off to get the point beforehand.

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But kind of I think around 6060,
fifth minute, maybe 70th, around

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the time when ironic he was 
coming off. 

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When I saw the substitution I 
was was happening, I was 

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thinking, you know, surely get 
Ben Doke on right now. 

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I think that was kind of when we
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I saw it was just Hickey coming 
off I I was, I was really 

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frustrated just because Dykes 
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Something else to think about. 
Yeah, Dykes. 

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And Adams had both been 
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Obviously they do bring 
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but not really having a single 
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dykes, Adams, McGinn and 
Christy. 

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Obviously McGinn can play on the
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winger. 
No, he's not got that pace, that

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trickery, you know that you you 
want from a winger, one that 

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we've, you know, the type of 
player that Scotland don't 

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really have in recent years, 
which Ben Doak does now provide.

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So for him to to only get on the
pitch 83rd minute and you know, 

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within within 90 seconds gets 
the ball, run down the wing, 

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saves the corner, which I think 
a lot of people are saying just 

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let it go out for the corner, 
dribbles past 1 and almost puts 

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it on the net. 
I mean bring him on 70th minute 

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and I'd I'd love to see what 
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But obviously got to be happy 
with the point, but a bit 

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frustrated that we didn't see 
him a bit earlier. 

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Yeah, is is one of these things 
we always look back and you go, 

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oh, but but what if what if we 
just, you know, like like you 

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said before the game, you take 
it. 

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But in the circumstances you 
think especially I mean the one 

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that I'm going to heart back to 
is London Dykes getting played 

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in by sheer Adams. 
Honestly, with a rather just 

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ballooned over the bar first 
time and just took the shot on 

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instead of just letting the 
defender get in front of him and

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get goals side. 
Why? 

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Is he waiting for us? 
Yeah, I know. 

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You know, you know, I'll say the
same thing about Adams in the 

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Belarus game where he goes 
around to keep her. 

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I just want to see, Yeah. 
Or strikers stepping onto the 

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ball confidently and just having
that, taking a shot on, you 

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know, I mean, not wanting that 
touch, having that. 

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They've touched on that and they
should have changed as well. 

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I find that I think Scott Brown 
said, like you said, I can see 

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what he's trying to do. 
Take it around Dom and he says, 

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you know, if it wasn't for a 
clearance off the line, like 

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obviously it's going on, he 
says, but the thing that I don't

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get is at that level, I would 
want my strike it always to that

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first time. 
The confidence is like, I think 

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it's. 
A lack of confidence. 

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Yeah, there must be a lack of 
confidence internationally 

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though, because I mean, he's 
went to Tedino and started 

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putting them in. 
So it's like he gets that and or

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it could be the the step up I 
suppose as well. 

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I was more meaning dykes. 
I think Jay Adams is obviously 

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with that, with that chance in 
the Belarus game he should be 

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putting away. 
But I think having to get the 

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goal earlier in the game or was 
it later in the game? 

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I can't remember. 
I think he's stepped up more in 

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the skull and shirt of recent 
times. 

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Obviously you'd still want your 
striker to be back in the men, 

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but compare it to, you know, a 
year ago where I think he hadn't

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scored a goal since San Marino 
or some crazy stuff like that. 

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I think he stepped a little bit 
more. 

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But London Dyke still he's, I 
still see him as, you know, he's

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on there to win headers. 
That's what his job is in the 

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national team. 
I don't. 

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I don't even do you know what do
you know what? 

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That's a great call out because 
when I was looking through 

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stats, I could see dykes his 
name a lot, but it was for a lot

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of like winning stuff in their 
clearances, aerial jewels, like 

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nothing. 
I mean, don't get me wrong, you 

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can wind them up the patch and I
know like you could argue I'll 

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get us up the patch, but it's 
not really where you want to see

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his name like consistently. 
You would want to see it from an

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attacking perspective as well, 
like all the attacking stats you

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weren't seeing very much. 
So he's there for both sides, I 

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suppose. 
But yeah, I was going to say 

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when you think back to all of 
dyke schools as well, especially

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in that Airlife phase where he 
was, he did feel like he was 

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kind of banging them in for 
Scotland. 

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They weren't happens 
necessarily, but they were all 

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one touch goals in and around 
the six yard box. 

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Yeah. 
And you know, I mean, it maybe 

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just isn't his game, but you, 
like you said, you just want to 

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see guys take the shot on and at
least make give the keeper or 

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something, someone to think 
about instead of just going out 

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for a corner. 
Yeah, I think, yeah, we should 

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move on to the Belarus game now.
Obviously it was a banana skin 

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avoided, luckily. 
Yeah, Coolest steps over that. 

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You know, there's been many a 
game or many a campaign where, 

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you know, we have taken points 
off the the quote UN quote hard 

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resides and then gone to the 
likes of Belarus or Georgia, not

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wanting to cast back any 
memories and failed to 

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capitalize on a good position. 
So really happy that we could 

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get that one out the way. 
It was really weird 

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circumstances. 
Obviously behind closed doors. 

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I, I, I don't see a quote from 
John McGinn before the game 

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obviously saying, you know, we, 
we weren't into about during 

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COVID, so we should be fine. 
But obviously no, no used to. 

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Played in front of the fans and 
even even away games, having 

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that Tartan Army behind you like
like you were in Copenhagen, 

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James, obviously, even in the 
even in the best of atmospheres 

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like the park and in Copenhagen,
you know the videos that we've 

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seen in the you got the Tartan 
Army wherever they go, we'll 

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push the team on and. 
Help. 

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Results. 
Yeah, exactly. 

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So yeah, obviously. 
No, no fans. 

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Was really weird hearing John 
McGinn sing the national anthem 

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was was a funny one. 
But yeah, glad to get the the 

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three points. 
I think it's really just a touch

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on that Belarus game, like like 
you say, it's one where you 

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always get that bit of fear, 
right, that this is really you 

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don't want the slip up is where 
we end up getting it right. 

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Not in the ones where you're 
kind of head to head with 

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somebody that's a competitor. 
It's like a stupid banana skin 

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game like like what Belarus was 
and then with no fans does not 

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help. 
I just think that I was actually

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quite pleasantly surprised by 
like covering Gilmore there and 

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Duke there. 
Obviously, I actually thought 

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Gilmore was like, well, I always
think Gilmore internationally 

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and even now obviously I've I'm 
abroad and he's not getting 

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regular time at Napoli, but I 
just think like uses quality, 

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like he's just someday like it's
just I was just describing was 

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like a Scottish Javi basically. 
Like he just evidence so simple 

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for him, like the way he takes a
ball and he wins battles, gets 

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the ball into the final four. 
He just seems to dictate a lot 

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of play and what's Belarus? 
And it's like, you know, they're

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not pulling up any trees. 
But like even in bigger games 

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where we've seen Gilmore as 
well, we can dominate midfield. 

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So really good to see him there 
and obviously staking acclaim 

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for the games in October, right?
Whoever the lineups will end up 

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being, McKenna was in for Hanley
as well. 

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They're absolutely fine. 
Belarus only had eight touches 

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in the box for 90 minutes. 
So again, as much as you're not 

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expecting them to be 3 flown 
attacking, we did nullify pretty

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much any threat they had to 
offer. 

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And then like you see, got the 
the three points and and leave, 

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frankly. 
Look, I did feel it was quite 

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obviously it was a strange game 
the way things worked, but if 

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and around Scotland dominated 
possession in that one, I think 

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we had what was it? 
It was similar to the Denmark 

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game, just the other way around.
We had 73 against 27% for 

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Belarus. 
Goals expected for each team met

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at the score line. 
I did find myself getting a 

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little bit frustrated throughout
the first half because I didn't 

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really feel we were cutting 
through very well. 

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And Denmark, where Denmark, 
Belarus, we're posing a little 

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bit of fret on the counter. 
Like you said, they didn't 

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really get the touches in the 
box. 

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But when we were committing boys
for, they seemed to have quite a

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couple of fast runners up in 
their final front of the patch 

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and the long balls over the top.
That gave us a little bit to 

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worry about a couple of times. 
Obviously Max Johnson was caught

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sleeping at one point with the 
offside man not taking on the 

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ball and then has run again and 
then Andy Robertson's back 

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passed a gun. 
Kind of had my heart in my mouth

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at that moment. 
But I mean, the goal came a good

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time for us just for half time. 
I think we really need that 

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because I think it would have 
been disappointing to go and 

445
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,640
nil, nil at half time. 
second-half with a lot more 

446
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:16,080
chances. 
We touched on, OK, maybe like 

447
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,400
she Adams not being as clinical 
in front of goal as he could 

448
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,960
have been. 
There was a couple others 

449
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,120
though. 
We did have chances. 

450
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,240
Do you think maybe if this game 
was played in October or 

451
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,040
November, once we were further 
into the season and players are 

452
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,880
maybe just a little bit sharper,
got a bit more games under the 

453
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,160
belt into the season, do you 
think we win that by more goals?

454
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,760
To be honest, no. 
Yeah, well, to be honest. 

455
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,520
I'd love to say, yeah, you know,
if it was October, we'd do a 

456
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,840
Norway where they beat Moldova 
11/1. 

457
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,200
But I think it'd still be two, 
two, maximum three. 

458
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,520
I mean, look at, I think 
historically against these 

459
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,680
nations, this caliber nation, we
just do not rack up these goals.

460
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:06,880
I mean, look at Pharaoh Islands,
you know, Moldova, yeah, that 

461
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,880
was the one I was thinking of 
Moldova with where, you know, in

462
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:15,240
times we've we've been relying 
on last minute winners to get to

463
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,400
get 3 points. 
So I was happy to get a goal 

464
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,640
before half time and felt quite 
comfortable. 

465
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,840
Although obviously that, like 
you said, they did pose a bit of

466
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,600
a threat on the counter attack. 
And I think the start of the 

467
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,320
window is that we conceded more 
shots on target to Belarus than 

468
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,160
we did Denmark. 
Sounds about right. 

469
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,040
I think, yeah, I think they will
be able to set up though. 

470
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,280
It gave that, I know what you're
meaning, like visually they seem

471
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,040
to have people going forward and
I think it's 'cause they set up 

472
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,920
like 532. 
So they were trying to give a 

473
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,720
balance whereby trying to shut 
us out. 

474
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,880
But when they did get to go 
forward, they could move those 

475
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,800
one backs up and another two 
upfront anyway. 

476
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,360
So it looked like they had like 
a front 4 at one point. 

477
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,040
So there was that Say that. 
Do you know what they're seeing 

478
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,920
these games you're seeing 
against lower league teams, 

479
00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,600
lower league, lower ranked teams
and sometimes feel like we, I 

480
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,840
don't feel like we ever really 
play that way as well either. 

481
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,600
We don't play like we're wanting
to hammer them. 

482
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,080
Like I think like, all right, I 
know like dates and Adams are 

483
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,440
the obvious choices, but I just 
think like somebody like Bowie 

484
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,640
was paying for that. 
Like, like for me as a Hearts 

485
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,160
fan, Hibs fans, and I appreciate
like the Shankland issue that we

486
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,840
had, Like when Shankland's like 
informer, doing well, scoring, 

487
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,080
he's in the squad and then 
barely got any minutes. 

488
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,040
And now that's probably in 2025.
It always feels like somebody's 

489
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,880
got a some, someone who's 
informed all right, maybe 

490
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,440
because they're playing in 
Scotland, but I suppose we'd 

491
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,000
see. 
But it feels like those guys 

492
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,840
playing in Scotland seem to go 
like a sideshow, whoever's 

493
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,680
already there. 
I think, I think Grant, I mean 

494
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,440
look at Grant and Hamlet. 
He's been sitting on the bench, 

495
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:51,040
bench ribs and he's starting. 
So I think it's more to do with 

496
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,960
Clark's favourites, which is 
really annoying at times. 

497
00:25:56,120 --> 00:26:00,840
Obviously he's got his critics, 
but you know, the qualifying 

498
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,360
record speaks for itself. 
But I think he could really do 

499
00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:09,280
him some himself some favours by
being less stubborn and 

500
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,640
experimenting. 
Because I mean, 3 strikers were 

501
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:17,280
using that in in that window. 2 
substitutes for strikers in in 

502
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,360
the games. 
In the Denmark game, George 

503
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:22,640
Hurst came off the bench and in 
the Belarus game, Linden Diggs 

504
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,520
came off the bench. 
So for Canebury not to get a 

505
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:32,400
single minute with how well he's
playing and how young he is at 

506
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,840
22. 
So, you know, but Linden Diggs, 

507
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,800
who's not scored a Scotland goal
in God, how many years who's 29?

508
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,320
You know, who's not our future? 
Let's be, let's be honest, he's 

509
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,800
not our, he's not our future. 
If we want to compete at a 

510
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,960
higher level, you know, go to 
these major tournaments, our 

511
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,040
starting striker is not going to
be London Dykes. 

512
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,040
So if you're not trusting him 
when you're 2 nil up against 

513
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,720
Belarus, when are you going to 
trust him? 

514
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,760
I mean, it was yeah. 
I mean for Lennon Miller also to

515
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,800
get on in the 90th minute and 
that's it. 

516
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,400
I know he's not had too much 
game time like you said, but 

517
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,840
neither is Lewis Ferguson. 
So yeah, overall of. 

518
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,640
Frustrating. 
That's that's what I think. 

519
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,040
That's what I mean. 
I think like I just I don't 

520
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,280
know, like I just I some not 
don't have all the answers. 

521
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,440
I'm not the manager, but like I 
feel like some things like what 

522
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,520
would it do any harm to like put
like 433 against Belarus? 

523
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:30,080
They like, you know, I bought 
the exact answers, but you may 

524
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,760
put a belly up front. 
I'll like book on the left for 

525
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,480
pace. 
You maybe end up having like a 

526
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,080
Christie or I'm again or 
somebody. 

527
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,760
Yeah, things like that. 
And then even CC, to be honest, 

528
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,760
right as well. 
When you watch like comedy, for 

529
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,960
example, at Napoli, right. 
I think the further forward he 

530
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,840
is the better and like to the 
point where I like think if 

531
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,680
we've got 2, well, obviously 
Duke's a wide option, but there 

532
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,800
probably is maybe like Ferguson 
or Christy McGinn, whoever has 

533
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,560
another option, right? 
I just think something that why 

534
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,680
is McDonald just doing us in 
that central role? 

535
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,640
Like why not just have him up 
there Because he'll do what 

536
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,800
Dykes is doing. 
For example, he could be the 

537
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,880
Talisman for us that is for 
Napoli essentially. 

538
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,880
Like you didn't get a Ballin 
door nomination for all your 

539
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,560
attacking threat, but can he 
really be one of the main ones 

540
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,000
for your country that doesn't 
have the attacking threats that 

541
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,400
Napoli have? 
It feels like just wild. 

542
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:20,360
One, one thing you'd counter 
that where is like he has he's 

543
00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:23,960
get here he is allowed more 
space in the athlete because 

544
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,200
they do have a world class 
striker in the Kaku occupying 

545
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,160
that area as well, which does 
take up defenders. 

546
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,440
You know, they they become 
occupied by him. 

547
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,840
Whereas I think with Scotland, 
one thing since pink comedy has 

548
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,880
started to hit these heights, he
hasn't scored as frequently. 

549
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,400
And it's possible because like 
when you look at the team, like 

550
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,880
if you're going to you're going 
to mark like Sarah Mcdomany, 

551
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,640
you're probably going to commit 
more men to keeping Mcdomany out

552
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,480
sort of thing. 
So I mean, I don't know if 

553
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,400
that's a fair assessment. 
But I think I think that aids 

554
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,240
more towards the argument of why
Kieran Bowie should be on 

555
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,560
because you watch him every time
it helps. 

556
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,440
He has a handful, he gets in 
defenders ways, he's strong, 

557
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,960
he's powerful, he'll get into 
positions and you can't leave 

558
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,160
him unmarked or he will score 
because he is clinical. 

559
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:16,960
So I think to to combat that, 
you know, kind of because 

560
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:22,480
obviously, obviously now when 
you're looking at Scotland, 

561
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,080
Mctominy is the guy that's the 
the main focal point and the one

562
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,720
that will be double teamed if if
needs be. 

563
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:33,160
So if you put Kieran Bowie on, I
think that kind of evens it out 

564
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,280
where they will need to at times
double teamed Kieran Bowie 

565
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:41,280
because of how strong he is and 
then that will leave gaps for 

566
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,240
McDonald to run onto it and 
score like he did in that in 

567
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,720
that World Cup qualification 
run. 

568
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,760
We've got also as well an 
abundance of like midfield 

569
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,640
talent as well like so, but all 
the things that Lukaku produces 

570
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,840
up top in terms of like already 
gives goals as well, but he's 

571
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,680
also a big nuisance so by way. 
Can you think of anything that 

572
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,840
cost the same today as it did 10
years ago? 

573
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,880
There isn't much. 
That is, unless you're a Mid 

574
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,480
American energy customer. 
Thanks to all the renewable 

575
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,640
energy we're generating, our 
customers pay nearly the same 

576
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,720
rate for electricity today as 
they did back when we were all 

577
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,200
singing Call Me Maybe. 
And with Mid American making 

578
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,640
even more investments in clean 
energy, you can count on 

579
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,480
enjoying those same affordable 
rates for the next decade. 

580
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,320
Now that's obsessively, 
relentlessly at your service. 

581
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,000
And or Dykes could provide that,
but then also behind McDonald in

582
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,440
terms of like don't really think
there's in the Holy Europe that 

583
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,240
many teams apart from the 
obvious ones in port one, right?

584
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,640
There's not many of that teams 
that you look at our midfield 

585
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,840
and you go, we'll not be able to
take control of this. 

586
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,040
Like we've got so many that are 
playing and not playing like 

587
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,080
we've got. 
You've got obviously Christie, 

588
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,200
for example, never plays 
defensive material for Scotland,

589
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,000
but does it like I can't or for 
Bournemouth and the best league 

590
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,200
in the world. 
So you've got him. 

591
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,880
You've got Ferguson not even 
talked about Miller yet and 

592
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,760
Miller's again for the future. 
He he could easily have played 

593
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,520
anywhere in midfield against 
Belarus to get 90 minutes or 

594
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,680
even a decent hour and a 
national level and probably 

595
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,000
strolled it the way he plays. 
I mean, that's before you talk 

596
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,560
about it like McDonald, all 
these other guys, so many people

597
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,280
that could support McDonald if 
he was in that more of a 10 or 

598
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,040
Talisman false name, whatever 
sort of rule you want to call 

599
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,040
it. 
Like I just feel like we've got 

600
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,680
so much talent and I ruined that
area for them. 

601
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,440
And Gilmore, sorry, Gilmore was 
the other one to dictate things 

602
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,920
and allow them to have the 
freedom there. 

603
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,080
You know, if you look at the 
table now where we were actually

604
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,320
second because Denmark had less 
yellow cards at one point, but 

605
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,840
because they won 31, obviously 
we're a second on goal 

606
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,360
difference, one point ahead of 
Greece. 

607
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,200
So going into that October 
break, if we beat Greece at 

608
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:59,200
home, we'll be 4 points ahead of
them and we'll have Belarus at 

609
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,360
home next and they'll have 
Denmark away next. 

610
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,920
And if results go away in in 
those set of games, we will be 

611
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,880
guaranteed a World Cup playoff 
spot. 

612
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,520
So, you know, a couple weeks ago
we were six, we were six games 

613
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,760
away from a World Cup, whereas 
now in two games time we could 

614
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,640
be guaranteed a playoff spot. 
So it's it's obviously a in this

615
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,640
nature now it's it's a really 
quick turn around. 

616
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,160
But if we do have a good result 
against Greece, beat them and 

617
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:31,120
then don't slip up on the banana
skin against Belarus at home and

618
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:37,040
Denmark do anything like they 
did to them away at home, then 

619
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,800
you know we could be looking at 
a playoff spot and a battle out 

620
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:45,240
with with Denmark for first. 
Next, I mean, looking at the 

621
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,960
group overall, when we came into
this campaign, there was a fear 

622
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,320
with Denmark been a part one 
side, that's totally normal. 

623
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,560
Obviously, Greece been part two 
sides. 

624
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,600
They were fearful and for 
reasons we only recently 

625
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,040
discovered in March, like you 
said when we spoke to talk 

626
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,320
talker in the opposition 
analysis last week, he actually 

627
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,000
said he was more concerned about
Scotland than he was about 

628
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,160
Greece. 
And I think that came as a as me

629
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,280
and Aaron that were speaking to 
him and it came as a surprised 

630
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,320
us both that you would say that 
because I'm just what we'd 

631
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:15,720
recently experienced with 
Greece. 

632
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,600
We felt that they were possibly 
stronger than us or you know, 

633
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,520
they kind of turn us over at 
start. 

634
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:27,040
Hamden no two ways about that. 
Obviously the free now when 

635
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:32,080
against Greek and Athens maybe 
shows he knew what he was 

636
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:33,640
talking about more than they 
kind of thought. 

637
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,200
I mean, looking forward to the 
game at Hampden now, like you 

638
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,600
said, it's almost like cup final
vibes because of how short the 

639
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,800
campaign is. 
A win against Greece will be 

640
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,120
absolutely massive. 
Like you said, the game after 

641
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,800
they've got a game in Copenhagen
that'll be challenging. 

642
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,000
We've got Belarus. 
Hopefully we can do the same 

643
00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,760
thing we just achieved on 
Monday, Luz Ferguson said. 

644
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,640
We've seen what they're all 
about, they're a really good 

645
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,800
side but a definitely tilt game 
at Hamden. 

646
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,360
But we're better prepared to 
decide this time what what do 

647
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,560
you guys think like and what had
gone into this game now? 

648
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,159
What's different about the 
Scotland team that was different

649
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,400
from the team that played at 
home in March? 

650
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:27,679
You can go, honey, go. 
I think like key point as well. 

651
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:30,840
Just put a touch on the Grease 
fan is through the home games 

652
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,159
they've had and they've got 
three points 2 away games we've 

653
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:37,360
had and we've got 4. 
So that will play in to our 

654
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,239
favorite. 
Again, in terms of like going 

655
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:40,600
forward, we've got these two own
facts. 

656
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,880
We've come in got to take 
positivity from that known that 

657
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,080
Grease have only got 1 home game
left. 

658
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,199
I think we've probably learned a
lot from the mistake and I think

659
00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:55,880
it was a mistake and it was 
maybe maybe a bit naivety of, 

660
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,280
you know, the qualities that 
Greece preserves for equal. 

661
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,920
Obviously Greece came out just 
the way that we now know they 

662
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,960
can. 
I don't know about digging on 

663
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,600
Greece actually just just before
the pod as well. 

664
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,080
And I think like I think took is
right in the sense of we are 

665
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,640
probably more of a problem at 
Denmark. 

666
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,720
Obviously at hindsight now it 
shows them to be right, I 

667
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:19,200
suppose in a way, but I've not 
seen the reverse fixtures yet. 

668
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,840
But I think there's a there's a 
couple of things with it. 

669
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,120
I think like they're obviously 
like you say, a bit more open 

670
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,760
Greece, but they are lacking a 
lot of experience as well. 

671
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,280
I think that I said it's up and 
coming. 

672
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,240
I think that I said it has the 
potential to be really good and 

673
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,360
and actually going forward 
depending where all the players 

674
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,480
end up. 
Yeah, I mean that there's two 

675
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,160
teams in place. 
Yeah, Caretas, the two, the two 

676
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,360
teams that they put out were 
nearly identical and actually 

677
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,840
the only change they made was in
in the number 10 position where 

678
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,600
they obviously not too much 
knowledge of their players, but 

679
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,320
they essentially took a 32 year 
old out that played in against 

680
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,520
Belarus, but a 22 year old and 
against Denmark. 

681
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,040
So against Denmark they only had
one player over the age of 31 

682
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,240
and then they only had three 
players over the age of 24, over

683
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,600
the age of 25. 
So when you take that versus our

684
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:11,120
team without trying to be a SWAT
and remember everybody's ages, I

685
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,280
think we only had one under 25 
in the last game, which was 

686
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,000
Gilmore and then the ones 
underneath that Hickey 23 then 

687
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,600
you're looking at like Dok Dok 
at 19. 

688
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,680
I think it is really beyond 
that. 

689
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,680
Everyone looked like they were 
pretty much in around like 2930 

690
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,640
in terms of age. 
And obviously the number of caps

691
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,080
that comes with that, the 
experience. 

692
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,320
And I think as well just a 
general more balanced and more 

693
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,920
rounded site. 
Like we have our we have our 

694
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,520
sort of issues in terms of like 
the forward data that we talked 

695
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,240
about, which appears to be 
Greece is not problem. 

696
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,320
I was when you look at Tiso 
lesson, I mean, if, if, if we're

697
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,320
the Mick Pavlidis upfront and 
that Greece have got then then 

698
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,640
obviously I think we'd be in a 
lot better position than we are 

699
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,840
probably this at 26 and he's 
he's a big threat and he will be

700
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,360
in Tazolas at 23, correct. 
It's a 17. 

701
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,400
You know, they're going to be 
there for a long time. 

702
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,880
But yeah, they're back like the 
keepers 22 centre back 21 right 

703
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,160
back 23. 
So, you know, these guys are are

704
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:10,600
are good talents, but they've 
still got a bit of inexperience 

705
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,040
in them and a bit of mistakes in
them. 

706
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,560
And I think we then like say 
naive is the word. 

707
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,320
We just want smart enough. 
And I don't think Clark will 

708
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,480
make those mistakes next month. 
And I think you'll be well aware

709
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:25,320
of the threat, but equally so 
you'll nullify that the way to 

710
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,480
the Denmark, but then look to 
obviously impose us on them in 

711
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,640
the defensive areas where, like 
I said, maybe I've got that bit 

712
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,360
of an experience and look to be 
pressure. 

713
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,640
I think that the home, the home 
advantage is a big factor as 

714
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,640
well. 
Like if we can use that to an 

715
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,480
advantage and please learn for 
the mistakes will be in a great 

716
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,040
position. 
And obviously getting the one 

717
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,120
that would be massive and like 
you say, guarantees a playoff of

718
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,600
pretty much get the inevitable 
one against Belarus, which and 

719
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,200
like thought would get if we 
beat Greece a few days before 

720
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,360
that. 
And yeah, it's just. 

721
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,720
Going to be mindful, like I mean
there is an opportunity for 

722
00:37:56,720 --> 00:38:00,480
Greece to get something in 
Copenhagen, but you know, you 

723
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,280
never know how how these things 
will work out with the with the 

724
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,320
overall group. 
I don't know if I knew how 

725
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:10,840
they'd be comment on that. 
Yeah, I mean, I think it'll be 

726
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,440
hard to to to make analysis on 
how different the team will play

727
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,640
against Greece until we play 
them. 

728
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,200
Obviously we can sit here and 
say we look better against them,

729
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,920
Mark and Belarus, but obviously 
Greece do play just so 

730
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,120
different, really open, really 
attacking. 

731
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:30,240
So I think that's the the 
biggest game we've got left. 

732
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,800
Next one a Hampden so. 
I think to be honest, like as 

733
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,440
well, sorry, sorry if I'm gonna 
cut you out. 

734
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,680
I think to be honest as well, 
the biggest thing, as well as 

735
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,880
that Greece game against Denmark
could actually, if we were to 

736
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,960
beat Greece, could actually work
in our favour to potentially one

737
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,480
anyway. 
Like then they win and they 

738
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,920
asked to beat them because we'd 
be sitting on 10 points at the 

739
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,400
top of the table with them on 
7:00 and 6:00. 

740
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,000
So Denmark on 7 and. 
Greece, I was, I was actually 

741
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,880
thinking about this this 
morning, where if we beat 

742
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:04,960
Greece, would I want Denmark to 
win or Greece to win? 

743
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:09,360
And I I came to the conclusion I
think a draw would be best for 

744
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,560
everyone. 
If. 

745
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:17,400
If if Denmark win, we are 
guaranteed a World Cup playoff 

746
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:18,880
spot. 
If we did beat Belarus and 

747
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,520
Greece, if Greece win, then 
they'd be one point behind us 

748
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,800
breathing down our necks. 
And you know, one slip up is all

749
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,640
it takes. 
And you know, away in Greece is 

750
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:36,760
a tough game as well. 
So I think a draw would put us 6

751
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,320
points, clear them if I'm right 
in saying that, or maybe 5 

752
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,840
points. 
Yeah, five points, clear 

753
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:49,240
degrees. 
Yeah, 6 points and then yeah. 

754
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:52,080
So, so this is where a goal 
difference come into it because 

755
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:56,080
for World Cup it's head to head,
but for world qualification it 

756
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,000
is goal difference. 
So currently we have a better 

757
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,560
goal difference than them 
because they got scudded off of 

758
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,160
Denmark. 
So if we beat them at home and 

759
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:10,600
then was hoping for a draw, that
is where we would really look to

760
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:18,480
try and, you know, hump Belarus.
Something that we don't really 

761
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,240
do often obviously, but Greece 
have already played their home 

762
00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:24,160
game against Belarus. 
Obviously they put 5 past them. 

763
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,080
So we'd be hoping to do 
something similar. 

764
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:32,320
And then if we did lose to 
Denmark at home, hopefully limit

765
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,320
that to to a small school 
length. 

766
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,920
So yeah, I think it's too many 
scenarios to really go into. 

767
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:43,200
It's if buts and maybes but 
bottom line is Greece game need 

768
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,040
to win it. 
Yeah, bottom line is when all 

769
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:46,640
are. 
You exactly. 

770
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,760
Yeah, exactly. 
Yeah, exactly. 

771
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:54,760
I mean quite, he said in in his 
post match and if you after 

772
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,560
bellows, he said it's a start, 
but it's only a start. 

773
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,040
And that's something that's 
that's sort of drives me 

774
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,120
summarize it really. 
He said. 

775
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,560
He said four points doesn't 
qualify qualify here. 

776
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,600
No, I mean, he's always, I mean,
if you think back to Euro 24 

777
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:11,200
campaign as well, I mean, we 
were flying 12 points and from 

778
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,440
our first four games there and 
he still spoke quite candidly 

779
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,800
about about that. 
He never really kept his feet 

780
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,520
family on the ground, which I 
think is a good thing. 

781
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,840
Doesn't he sort of put this 
Grease game next month on the 

782
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,400
podium that I think a lot of 
fans are putting on for how much

783
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,440
it means. 
But yeah, we can. 

784
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,120
We had. 
We had. 15. 

785
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,160
Yeah, even 15, yeah. 
And I think the only, I'm still 

786
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,640
bitter about the fact that we 
didn't qualify first and get a 

787
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:44,040
pot one, get pot one for the EUR
because I think the only reason 

788
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,040
we didn't is because of that VR 
decision in Spain. 

789
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:48,560
Oh, don't get me started on 
that. 

790
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:53,600
Oh, don't, Because yeah, I, I 
put up a post the other day 

791
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,000
about our last 20 major 
tournament qualifiers. 

792
00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:02,560
So World Cup 18, sorry, World 
Cup 22, EUR 24, and now the 

793
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,640
start of World Cup 26. 
Those qualifying campaigns, 

794
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:11,080
we've lost two of our last 20 
and that was away in Denmark 

795
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:15,280
where we lost two nil and away 
in Spain where arguably we 

796
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:20,200
should have won. 
So I think where that Clarke 

797
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,720
Christian comes from is 1A 
stubbornness for players and a 

798
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:31,040
favouritism. 
But mainly our friendly record 

799
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:37,760
is absolutely atrocious. 
You compare a friendly record to

800
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,560
to competitive qualifiers. 
It's, it's horrific and 

801
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:46,040
obviously the the disappointment
of when we do get to those major

802
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:47,480
tournaments, we've 
underperformed. 

803
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,360
Obviously that EUR 2020 was a 
hard group, but 24, we really 

804
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,640
should have beat Hungary. 
I was there for all three games 

805
00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:01,600
and that was the roughest one. 
But hopefully we do get to to 

806
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:05,320
World Cup 26 and obviously with 
the the expanded format, 

807
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,320
hopefully we get someone like 
Kuruka or Cape Verde in our 

808
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,320
grip. 
Yeah, that's perfect. 

809
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:15,600
Sorry, can you help me? 
No, I was just going to say this

810
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,600
could be the time as well. 
Like you said things have 

811
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,440
started off well. 
This could may be the time we've

812
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:24,120
managed to secure automatic and 
finish top or not that we didn't

813
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,160
secure automatic for the EUR. 
But you know, I mean get 

814
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,120
finished top of a group for the 
first time and I can't even tell

815
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:30,960
you the last time. 
Just got into that as possible 

816
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,240
before my lifetime. 
Yeah. 

817
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:37,840
I mean, I think we'll move on a 
wee bit now to just cover some 

818
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,160
other Scotland stuff that 
happened in the international 

819
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,680
break. 
Obviously under 20 ones played 

820
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:46,080
the AD back-to-back defeats 
against the Czech Republic and 

821
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:50,680
Portugal 2. 
Now both games it just seems to 

822
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,240
be a reoccurring theme how 
disappointing the under 21 

823
00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:55,920
results are. 
Not just this campaign, but like

824
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,520
years gone by, so many good 
players coming through that age 

825
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,560
group and just never really 
seeming to achieve much. 

826
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,200
I don't want to use as a stat 
handy about Scott Gammell in 

827
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,240
terms of, you know, how long 
he's been a manager and his 

828
00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:11,800
stats. 
But yeah, just he's been. 

829
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,680
He's been. 
Manager, he's been manager of 

830
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:17,480
the under 20 ones for nine years
now and he's got eighteen wins 

831
00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:23,120
in 62 games. 
I mean, with the talent that's 

832
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,400
come through, I mean you even 
see recently the talent that's 

833
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,640
come through from the 20 ones 
now into the first team. 

834
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,280
It has to be. 
I mean, I can't think of another

835
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,840
youth coach that has that job 
security. 

836
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,800
Any other coach in world 
football gets those results. 

837
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:43,320
They will be gone out the door. 
I mean even look at the talent 

838
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,840
that was in that squad. 
Finley Curtis has been flying at

839
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,440
Rangers. 
Robbie Uri who's been flying in 

840
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:54,800
Sweden didn't get a minute. 
I mean putting putting players 

841
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,400
like Diamond Buddy who is a 
winger upfront instead of I mean

842
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:01,800
I think they took 5 or 6 wingers
in the squad and then played two

843
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,400
upfront with no wingers. 
I mean, it is. 

844
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,840
It's just incomprehensible how 
you can waste that amount of 

845
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:13,360
talent like Emilio Lawrence, so 
much talent in the squad and to 

846
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:17,360
get nothing out of them and to 
not even play the right 

847
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,520
formation. 
There's definitely quite a young

848
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,520
nest to that group of the 
current crop. 

849
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,800
I mean, when you look at Eden, 
Borland's only 18 or 19. 

850
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,800
There's a couple of guys are 
only like in the 18 to 19 

851
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,200
bracket. 
And like you said that dearly 

852
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,040
midday is up. 
I think he's 21 now. 

853
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:37,120
There's a couple of 120. 
And it's just, I know you're 

854
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,400
maybe maybe giving them an 
excuse there, but it definitely 

855
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:43,000
has to get so much better out of
these guys. 

856
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,080
It's just crazy. 
We've not done achieved 

857
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,080
anything. 
Yeah, I mean, correct me if I'm.

858
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,240
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I 
don't think we've qualified for 

859
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,480
a major tournament under Scott 
Gemmell, so no. 

860
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,000
No, I don't think so. 
Definitely. 

861
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:55,080
Not so. 
Yeah, in nine. 

862
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,840
Years we qualified us for 
anything. 

863
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:01,520
I mean, I, when I remember first
really when I was old enough to 

864
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,440
like, not just be watching 
Scotland to start to taking and 

865
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:06,840
you know who's coming. 
I was looking at under 20 ones 

866
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,240
who's going to be coming through
into the, the, the men's team. 

867
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,640
We had that sort of under 20 
ones golden generation. 

868
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,920
They had Ryan gold McGann. 
It felt like a golden generation

869
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:19,240
at the time, gold McGann and 
Christy Ryan Fraser was in 

870
00:46:19,240 --> 00:46:21,720
there. 
Jason Cummins was a Scotland 

871
00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:24,440
player back then. 
We had calm Patterson at right 

872
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,200
back, maybe even John Souter in 
that group. 

873
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,400
Andy Robertson played briefly 
for them but was promoted to the

874
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,640
first team. 
I mean, even a good A-Team like 

875
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:37,000
that, which I mean, it just 
seemed so like that that's, I 

876
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,600
mean, it's good to have a #21 
crop as you'll find back in the 

877
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:43,880
day and that that team even 
didn't manage to, you know, get 

878
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,840
past the qualifiers. 
Yeah, I think we should move on 

879
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:51,080
to a more positive note under. 9
times, yeah. 

880
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:55,960
Under nineteens did extremely 
well this window, albeit only 

881
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,960
against the United Arab Emirates
but they won 71 Hat trick from 

882
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:07,040
Josh Landers who moved from I 
believe Hibs to West Ham. 

883
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,040
He started in the under 
eighteens last season and then 

884
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,600
he got 5 in his first six and 
then he's been moved up to the 

885
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,720
under 20 ones. 
Looked really good so good to 

886
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:20,040
see him grab a hat trick and 
definitely one to watch. 

887
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,600
Ewan sorry even Mooney grabbed 1
as well. 

888
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:30,880
He's at Saint Mirren I I believe
Callum Adamson grabbed one who 

889
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:36,640
is on loan at Alloa from Rangers
and obviously the the up and 

890
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,760
coming one that even for Britsy.
Romano has been tweeting about 

891
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,480
Kaylin. 
I'm going to butcher this 

892
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,720
Kaylin. 
Is it kadam kadam kadam 

893
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:47,600
Kalamatari. 
There we go. 

894
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:53,440
But yeah, he's only 15 and came 
off the bench. 

895
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,000
I believe in this one. 
Got a goal. 

896
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:59,000
He came off the bench in their 
previous game as well and got an

897
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,560
assist. 
A name of the Man City from 

898
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:06,400
Sheffield Wednesday this summer 
for reportedly over 1,000,000 as

899
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:07,840
a 15 year old. 
He was. 

900
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:09,640
He was born. 
In 2009. 

901
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:16,560
Yeah, born in 2009 and was the 
the top goal scorer in the under

902
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,200
18 Premier League division last 
last season. 

903
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:23,840
So moved to Man City for over 
1,000,000 lbs reportedly at 15 

904
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,840
years old. 
And yeah, off the bench in both 

905
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:30,800
games for the 1919's. 
Got a assist and a goal, so one 

906
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,440
to definitely keep your eye on. 
Obviously I'm getting shades of 

907
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,240
Karamoco down belly. 
Hopefully it doesn't turn out 

908
00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:37,000
like that. 
Yeah. 

909
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:40,200
So scores as well with him as he
was. 

910
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,760
Danny Karamande Haddam when he 
was at Dundee United. 

911
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,680
Yeah. 
Yeah, for that one. 

912
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:52,280
Yeah, obviously his dad was 
somewhat of a wonder kid 

913
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:57,160
himself. 
So yeah, hopefully continues. 

914
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,880
No, no English switching, which 
I don't think is on the cards. 

915
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:04,360
Luckily also Tyler Fletcher was 
back in the squad. 

916
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,360
Darren Fletcher, one of Darren 
Fletcher's sons, which was good 

917
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:10,480
to see because obviously he went
over to the English for a bit. 

918
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,680
So it's good to see him back in 
the squad. 

919
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:15,800
But yeah, definitely a few to 
keep our eyes on. 

920
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:19,120
See, obviously very good for the
under nineteens there. 

921
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,040
Great result on the 20 ones, not
so much. 

922
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:25,200
And then like we said, what week
it's been for the men's team. 

923
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:28,440
Looking forward to next month 
very much now. 

924
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,680
Thanks for coming on guys. 
It's been a really good one 

925
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:35,280
chatting with tease again. 
Any leaving thoughts from News 

926
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,200
before we wrap up? 
We're winning it all. 

927
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:42,560
It's a conference here in North 
America. 

928
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,400
Yeah, I was. 
I was genuinely looking at 

929
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,680
venues on Wikipedia the other 
day. 

930
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,800
I hate, I hate being that 
comforting. 

931
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,120
I told my laughing so much. 
I was mentioning my my one of my

932
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:55,840
guys in the Tatan Army. 
It always seems to be in laws 

933
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,160
going, you know. 
What's that? 

934
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,280
How does it work with 
allocations for tickets again? 

935
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,280
Reserve the national teams. 
So yeah, I mean, to be fair, I 

936
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:05,800
think my dad always gets on me 
for getting a little bit too 

937
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:07,720
excited before things have 
occurred. 

938
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:10,640
But I think with Scotland, 
you've just got to enjoy, enjoy 

939
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,680
the journey when it's happening.
I booked my flights to Germany. 

940
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,400
I booked my flights to Germany. 
I think after two games so. 

941
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,560
I know, I know someone's booked 
the highest booked flights to to

942
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:24,160
America. 
They booked that's £99 or 200. 

943
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:27,480
It was like the 199 or 99 LB 
flights from Barcelona or 

944
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:30,240
Madrid, which to be fair is a 
decent guy. 

945
00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:32,200
I mean, if I'd known at the 
time, I'd probably gambled on 

946
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:33,640
that because. 
I would have got them. 

947
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,000
Yeah, the fights will probably 
go up a fair bit. 

948
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,960
So I've been that's this. 
Look, these are all problems for

949
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,720
months down the line, maybe, 
maybe after the next month's 

950
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:45,680
results, we'll be able to talk 
more sureness around what 

951
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,960
flights to get. 
But no, thanks again guys. 

952
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:50,040
And that's been a really good 
episode. 

953
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,240
We'll catches in the next one. 
Perfect. 

954
00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:53,440
Thank you very much.