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2 minutes ago, sadj said:

 

Certainly not heard his name mentioned. Just a friendly so id imagine they won’t play him 20mins left 1-1

They've used 3 subs, but with it being a friendly I'm not sure how many both sides have agreed to.

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1 minute ago, Coburg Hearts said:

They've used 3 subs, but with it being a friendly I'm not sure how many both sides have agreed to.

 

About 40 going by the constant stop start this half. I think they are about to bring on the 5th and 6th subs

 

edit its the 4th and 5th they are away to bring on according to Sky

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Just now, sadj said:

 

About 40 going by the constant stop start this half. I think they are about to bring on the 5th and 6th subs

Haha.

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3 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said:

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

England miss penalty

But but but the goalkeeper didnt have his foot on his line when it was taken, according to Happy Hoddle. England are really honking. 

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Commentators no making excuses for the penalty miss.

Kane waited 2 minutes before he could take the penalty.

Kosovo player getting booked never helped kane.

Keeper was off his line when kane took penalty.

Aye no making any excuses for the miss though.

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1 minute ago, alicante jambo said:

Commentators no making excuses for the penalty miss.

Kane waited 2 minutes before he could take the penalty.

Kosovo player getting booked never helped kane.

Keeper was off his line when kane took penalty.

Aye no making any excuses for the miss though.

 

Or that it was a dive

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1 minute ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

Good save

 

 

I had a feeling Kane was going to miss when the Kosovo player got booked.

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3 minutes ago, Sarah O said:

Kosovo are miles ahead of Scotland :facepalm:

One Nation playing for the jersey, no more boot lickers or uncle tams. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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6 minutes ago, Sarah O said:

Kosovo are miles ahead of Scotland :facepalm:

 

6 minutes ago, Sarah O said:

Kosovo are miles ahead of Scotland :facepalm:

 

 

In another ten years, at this rate we'll be in the bottom tier. 

 

Every country seems to be moving forward while we have been in a steady decline. 

 

Countries like Estonia and the faroes have moved forward. 

Only San Marino imo have stood still. 

 

Kazakhstan just skelped us recently Ffs. 

Our decline is not over unless we do something about it. 

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1 minute ago, JackLadd said:

Kosovo are the event winners for winning this half 2-0.

They also scored an England goal so its really 4-4

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Just now, The Frenchman Returns said:

They also scored an England goal so its really 4-4

 

Exactly, Kosovo are the event winners despite getting no points. 

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Really enjoyed that. They have balls thats for sure playing it out from the back and pushing forward at every chance. Tuesdays are normally crap tonight at least we seen some entertainment.

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So, for Scotland to get good at football... they need to fight a war.

 

Fortunately, Boris and Nigel can help with that one before much longer. World Cup glory beckons.

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8 minutes ago, Arthur Morgan said:

It's embarrassing that Kosovo are better than Scotland.

 

They have quite a big pool of players to choose from to be fair.  Players with family links to Kosovo and born in countries like Switzerland.  Noticed our under 21's won in Croatia tonight.  Hopefully we might get better soon.<_<

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12 minutes ago, Arthur Morgan said:

It's embarrassing that Kosovo are better than Scotland.

 

It is and it isn't. It is because, well, "who are yer? Who are yer?"

 

But it isn't because, before the country broke up, the biggest under-achievers in world football by a country mile were Yugoslavia. Everyone remembers the side which might well have won Euro 92 if only they'd been allowed to play. But as a country, they had incredible talent for decades on end: it's just that, very like the Pakistan cricket team or plenty of French rugby teams, you had no idea what you were gonna get from one game to the next. They had no idea themselves either.

 

Take that immense talent and technique. Then add nationalistic fervour and the pride of being a small country which only recently won independence, and wants desperately to announce itself to the world. And you can see immediately why Croatia - despite God-awful administrators - have been so successful across various sports. Serbia are too, albeit they're still chronic underachievers in football. Slovenia and Bosnia have had their moments... and now, here come Kosovo. 

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18 minutes ago, Arthur Morgan said:

It's embarrassing that Kosovo are better than Scotland.

 

This is the problem we have. When it comes to picking 22 players even the smaller countries can rustle up a decent squad. If you look at their squad they all play at a similar level to our players. They have no-one at as big clubs as Liverpool and Man Utd but overall many of their players play at good levels in Italy, England, Belgium, Turkey, Switzerland.

 

The thing that stands out for me looking at Kosovo's squad is they have 8 players 22 or under. I think we've got 1 or 2. This is why we're falling behind IMO. We're really slow at promoting youth. Even England have around 10 players in their squad under 22.

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6 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

It is and it isn't. It is because, well, "who are yer? Who are yer?"

 

But it isn't because, before the country broke up, the biggest under-achievers in world football by a country mile were Yugoslavia. Everyone remembers the side which might well have won Euro 92 if only they'd been allowed to play. But as a country, they had incredible talent for decades on end: it's just that, very like the Pakistan cricket team or plenty of French rugby teams, you had no idea what you were gonna get from one game to the next. They had no idea themselves either.

 

Take that immense talent and technique. Then add nationalistic fervour and the pride of being a small country which only recently won independence, and wants desperately to announce itself to the world. And you can see immediately why Croatia - despite God-awful administrators - have been so successful across various sports. Serbia are too, albeit they're still chronic underachievers in football. Slovenia and Bosnia have had their moments... and now, here come Kosovo. 

 

Nope. Still England.

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2 minutes ago, ToqueJambo said:

 

Nope. Still England.

 

Nope. Yugoslavia broke up in 1991. They never won a thing. Despite considerably more talent than we had much of the time. Until the late 2000s, their greatest underachievers mantle was then taken by Spain.

 

Is it England now? Arguably yes. Mexico and Colombia would both be in contention though.

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1 minute ago, JackLadd said:

Yugoslavia wasn't exactly a country was it. They all hated each other, or at least didn't share any common patriotism. 

 

A bit like the UK, without the ethnic cleansing.

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Just now, Fozzyonthefence said:

 

A bit like the UK, without the ethnic cleansing.

 

Well, thankfully we don't have a UK team. Not that Scotland is a totally harmonious place either.

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8 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

Nope. Yugoslavia broke up in 1991. They never won a thing. Despite considerably more talent than we had much of the time. Until the late 2000s, their greatest underachievers mantle was then taken by Spain.

 

Is it England now? Arguably yes. Mexico and Colombia would both be in contention though.

 

Still England. Since 1966 no other country that size and status has done as little as them. 

 

Do England see Mexico and Colombia, or Yugoslavia for that matter, as rivals? No, they see Germany, Argentina, France, etc as their rivals.

 

Even us, their actual local rivals, actually have a very decent overall record vs them over the decades considering the vast disparity in size and football wealth! And we actually had a better record at qualifying for tournaments for a while there in the 80s, early 90s. 5 in a row or something. We even did better than them in a Finals in 1992.

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5 minutes ago, JackLadd said:

Yugoslavia wasn't exactly a country was it. They all hated each other, or at least didn't share any common patriotism. 

 

A bit like Spain a huge amount of the time.

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Just now, ToqueJambo said:

 

Still England. Since 1966 no other country has done as little as them. 

 

Do England see Mexico and Colombia, or Yugoslavia for that matter, as rivals? No, they see Germany, Argentina, France, etc as their rivals.

 

Ever us, their actual local rivals, actually have a very decent overall record vs them over the decades considering the vast disparity in size and football wealth!

 

Indeed you do. But it's a total irrelevance now.

 

Is our overall record pathetic? Sure. In World Cup terms, it's top eight but no more than that. But then, that's kinda inevitable given we still had 11-year-olds running around on full size pitches until earlier this decade - and given the historic tendency in our league for the big hoof and football at 1000 mph. 

 

Is that changing now? Slowly, yes - with the biggest reason being the influence of brilliant foreign managers. Guardiola helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup. Guardiola and Klopp helped Germany win the 2014 World Cup. And Guardiola, Klopp and Pochettino have helped England become a good side again... if one with still plenty to do if it's to cross the huge chasm separating semi-finalists and winners.

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