Scotland v Albania

[Diclonius]

Let's get Glorious Failure #11 off to a good start.

Heard there will be less than 20k at the game tonight, apathy may have finally set in en masse. Team news?

[B.H.F.C]

Naismith and Russell start. Griffiths on bench.

O’Donnell of Killie starts on the right.

[SouthMoroccoStu]

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Let's get Glorious Failure #11 off to a good start.

Heard there will be less than 20k at the game tonight, apathy may have finally set in en masse. Team news?

The fact it’s a Monday night won’t help

The perfect type of game for Easter Road or Pittodrie instead of a Hampden

[SteveHFC]

That team is a joke.

Naismith who’s been here and done it before over our best striker avaiable.

Gonna be a long 90 minutes at hampden.

[B.H.F.C]

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That team is a joke.

Naismith who’s been here and done it before over our best striker avaiable.

Gonna be a long 90 minutes at hampden.

You’d have to think that Griffiths isn’t fit. But then why bother having him on the bench.....

[IGRIGI]

McGregor
Souttar Mulgrew Tierney
O'Donnell McDonald McGinn Robertson
Russell McGregor
Naismith

Naismith 😆

[Lendo]

5/1 for Albania. Seems like to good a price to turn up.

[SteveHFC]

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5/1 for Albania. Seems like to good a price to turn up.

Tempted myself

[makaveli1875]

Mcleish has lost the plot, 5 defenders and naismith up front at home to Albania jesus wept

[Zazu62]

Surely Martin Boyle must be worth a shot if this is the best team we have eh

[Aldo]

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Mcleish has lost the plot, 5 defenders and naismith up front at home to Albania jesus wept

Poor show from a man who should never have returned to the National job.

If Naismith is it then we really are struggling.

Hope I’m wrong but I’m going for a draw this evening.


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[GreenNWhiteArmy]

First Scotland home competitive game in about 10 years I'll be missing tonight.

Strange line up. No objection to the formation as we play similar and with pretty poor central defensive options going with 3 makes sense to me - can't grasp that Armstrong and Griffiths are on the bench though

Huge game. Lose this and i can't see how McLeish will turn it around.

Prediction - win tonight followed by the announcement tomorrow that we'll be remaining at Hampden.

[Off the bar]

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Surely Martin Boyle must be worth a shot if this is the best team we have eh

I think he's sensibly angling for a call up to the soceroos!

[Sir David Gray]

Garbage line up.

[Sylar]

Griffiths was hobbling a little at points during the Belgium game, so I suspect he probably has a knock.

That back 5 will quickly become a back 3 when we're attacking.

I know recent games have been grim, but FFS, some folk have us written off before we've stepped onto the field in McLeish's first competitive game. At least give him half an hour to see how it pans out first!

[H113EE5]

Prediction - win tonight followed by the announcement tomorrow that we'll be remaining at Hampden.[/QUOTE]

Heap o’****. Fed up with the whole weegie biased setup. They’ll never move out of Glasgow.

[Danderhall Hibs]

We always complain when the form player isn’t picked, particularly if it’s an OF player that is selected ahead of him.

So, based on that, why shouldn’t Naismith start ahead of Griffiths?

[Dinkydoo]

As much as we did fail under Strachan last campaign, the team he was playing picked up a lot of good results (the biggest non-losing streak in 15 years I believe).

McLeish not trying to build on that, but rather persevering with these bizzarre team selection experiments, suggests that he has no idea what he's doing.

[Hibbyradge]

Has anyone seen Albania play?

Are they any good?

They're only a few places below is in the UEFA coefficient rankings and they're 58th in FIFAs take on things. We're 40th.

[ekhibee]

Seems a bit strange to swap Griffiths for Naismith, but it would just be like Naismith to score in this one. Score draw.

[Hibbyradge]

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We always complain when the form player isn’t picked, particularly if it’s an OF player that is selected ahead of him.

So, based on that, why shouldn’t Naismith start ahead of Griffiths?

I'm sticking my neck out a bit here, but it might be because of who he plays for.



A bit left field, I know, but truth is often stranger than fiction.

[bigwheel]

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Seems a bit strange to swap Griffiths for Naismith, but it would just be like Naismith to score in this one. Score draw.

Got to assume Griffiths has a knock ....on the bench only for an emergency need .....tbh Naismith has started season well , he usually
Gives a decent contribution for Scotland

[Danderhall Hibs]

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I'm sticking my neck out a bit here, but it might be because of who he plays for.



A bit left field, I know, but truth is often stranger than fiction.

and who he used to play for.

[MWHIBBIES]

Dunno where this myth about ''5 defenders'' being a defensive formation came from. All about how it is played.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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Has anyone seen Albania play?

Are they any good?

They're only a few places below is in the UEFA coefficient rankings and they're 58th in FIFAs take on things. We're 40th.

I’m a big fan of Albanian football. This won’t be easy - mark my words.

[Nevi_SOL]

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Got to assume Griffiths has a knock ....on the bench only for an emergency need .....tbh Naismith has started season well , he usually
Gives a decent contribution for Scotland

Griffiths has a international scoring record of a goal every 4.5 games
Naismith has a goal in every 6 plus games

I know there is more to a striker than scoring but a lone striker with an out and out winger on one side and a left back on the other side. Griffiths also is a threat from set pieces

[bigwheel]

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Griffiths has a international scoring record of a goal every 4.5 games
Naismith has a goal in every 6 plus games

I know there is more to a striker than scoring but a lone striker with an out and out winger on one side and a left back on the other side. Griffiths also is a threat from set pieces

That’s fine. But if he is not fit to start what do you want McLeish to do ?

[Col2]

What a terrible starting line up. Griffiths, Armstrong and Forrest give energy and movement.

Naismith is on form but not a striker. He doesn’t have the legs or physical presence to be a lone striker (you need one of those attributes).

[BT58]

Did they beat Israel ???

[Paisley Hibby]

Biggest problem is we're playing this at Hampden. Well, that and having McLeish as manager, players out injured, lack of quality generally, it's a Monday night and it's raining. Other than that it's all good....