Hungary v Scotland

[Hibby Bairn]

Hungary are a strange one. Had a decent Euros then managed to lose to Kazakhstan, Andorra and Luxembourg recently.

They can't all have become bad players overnight but something is obviously wrong.

Aye. But also only lost 1-0 to Portugal and 3-2 to Switzerland. Also beat Costa Rica 1-0.

[Hiber-nation]

Mulgrew's getting slaughtered for the penalty miss and 1 mistake but who's going to be talking these 2 laddies through the game and pushing up at the right time etc? I was gutted Paul Hanlon wasn't in the squad and I haven't given up on him but some on here need to take the tinted specs off.

[Thecat23]

Scotland tonight played with pace and some of the quick passing was great to watch. McGinn done well again which hopefully keeps the price tag up for anyone looking.

Mulgrew though should not be on the pens. He may be doing well but I’d like to see Phillips or even Forrest take it. Hope that’s alright to say on here as it seems you can’t say anything negative without people saying you are slaughtering the team. The pen was the only black spot on what was a very good night for Scotland. As another poster has said Mulgrew’s communication to the other lads would have come in handy so you have to give him credit there!

[Gordy M]

Scotland tonight played with pace and some of the quick passing was great to watch. McGinn done well again which hopefully keeps the price tag up for anyone looking.

Mulgrew though should not be on the pens. He may be doing well but I’d like to see Phillips or even Forrest take it. Hope that’s alright to say on here as it seems you can’t say anything negative without people saying you are slaughtering the team. The pen was the only black spot on what was a very good night for Scotland. As another poster has said Mulgrew’s communication to the other lads would have come in handy so you have to give him credit there!

Mulgrew has scored 14 goals in about 50 games this season....most i would assume are pens or free kicks. I think he was the obvious choice to take the pen. If he hadnt and it had been missed folk would have been critisizing the management because Mulgrew was the obvious choice......cant win.

[Thecat23]

Mulgrew has scored 14 goals in about 50 games this season....most i would assume are pens or free kicks. I think he was the obvious choice to take the pen. If he hadnt and it had been missed folk would have been critisizing the management because Mulgrew was the obvious choice......cant win.

I honestly don’t think most would have said it’s bad management. Mulgrew didn’t even cross my mind as a penalty taker if I’m honest. Maybe that’s just me?

[Billy Whizz]

I honestly don’t think most would have said it’s bad management. Mulgrew didn’t even cross my mind as a penalty taker if I’m honest. Maybe that’s just me?

Always been great at free kicks, so a natural dead ball taker

[Thecat23]

Always been great at free kicks, so a natural dead ball taker

Maybe should have asked if he could have hit it outside the box then 😉

[One Day Soon]

It was encouraging but none of it really matters until its qualifiers so let's see what kind of team he fields then and how they do. Managers so often default back to the 'reliability' of older/usual suspect players when the chips are down, hope that doesn't happen here.

[Sir David Gray]

Did you reserve judgement after we lost on Friday?

Genuine question by the way, I can’t remember your thoughts on it.

I said that the first half was "utter pish" which it was. We did improve in the second half but I wasn't surprised with the score on Friday. Costa Rica are currently 26th in the world rankings so they're no pushovers. Hungary are nowhere near as good as Costa Rica at the moment.

I didn't think I went overboard in my criticism on Friday just like I'm not going to go overboard in my praise tonight. I expected us to lose on Friday night and I expected us to win tonight.

The team that played tonight is probably (and hopefully) a lot closer to the team that will be playing in the competitive matches than it was on Friday night so that's another reason for not being too critical of Friday night's performance.

I am a bit more optimistic after seeing that tonight and I genuinely do want Scotland to do well and to finally qualify for a major tournament. I hate that we're always having to be the armchair fans at tournaments.

[NAE NOOKIE]

Its hilarious watching some of you posters here on Scotland, half say you don't watch or even care, yet you still find time to comment on it.

And when you do comment, its normally why don't we play the youngsters, well tonight we played god knows how many youngsters, but the minute we miss a penalty the team is slaughtered and the laughing starts.

We had a team out there tonight who were made up with players in their early 20s bar about 3, yet now its the oppositions fault we beat them because they are pish.

:rolleyes:

Absolutely bang on .... couldn't watch the game tonight, but your comment could apply to any Scotland game ... some folk just canny wait.

[California-Hibs]

Reading some of the comments from you lot is absolutely laughable. Dig after dig and a strong sense of actually hoping we get beat so it can continue to fuel your negativity! Fans are usually pretty lenient regarding young players but you wouldn’t think that on this forum today. Bloody hell, he’s tried freashing it up in the last two games and we played a very nice high tempo tonight with good football at times to boot.

Look at the pages leading up to the goal in here, negative pish after negative pish, then look how many pages/poster actually talk about/praise the very well worked goal in comparison. Embarrassing.

It’s like reading a rival fans message board and makes me want to come on and say.....get it right up you’s!

So here it goes...,get it right up you’s!! :D

[JimBHibees]

Always been great at free kicks, so a natural dead ball taker

Yep it was just a poor penalty it can happen.

[Sauzee16]

Scotland will win 1-0 tonight.

No, I didn’t bet on it 😩

[Stokesy's on fire]

very good performance from Scotland last night.

Stuart Armstrong easily the man of the match followed closely by oor John.

I also thought Allan McGregor was solid last night.

[Famous Fiver]

Hibs specs on but my man of the match was John McGinn.

Competitive, intelligent, read the game well, cut Hungarian attacks off almost as soon as they started, short and long passes were excellent. Ran all night, linked well with his team mates, almost always in the right place.

For a guy looking to make his way in the team I feel he proved last night he is a first pick.

We were a poor lot in midfield on Friday without him.

Opinions, eh.

[southern hibby]

When was the last time Scotland had a consistent goalscorer at international level?

Dennis Law 30 from 55 games. Dalglish 30 from 105? ( around about that number of games ).

What I find strange about goal scorers at international
Level is Malta have Michael Mifsud ( if that’s how you spell it ) with 40 international goals from 120 odd games averaging a goal every 3 games. I’d say this is an amazing achievement for a Maltese international striker. And we definitely lack at putting the ball in the onion bag.

GGTTH

[G B Young]

Hungary are a strange one. Had a decent Euros then managed to lose to Kazakhstan, Andorra and Luxembourg recently.

They can't all have become bad players overnight but something is obviously wrong.

They're a very poor side, simple as that. They've now lost to Scotland, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg in three of their last four matches. In their World Cup qualifying group they toiled to finish above the Faroes, Latvia and Andorra, drawing 0-0 with the Faroes and even managing to lose to Andorra in the process.

[Sauzee16]

They're a very poor side, simple as that. They've now lost to Scotland, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg in three of their last four matches. In their World Cup qualifying group they toiled to finish above the Faroes, Latvia and Andorra, drawing 0-0 with the Faroes and even managing to lose to Andorra in the process.

Scotland lose it’s a disaster and the players are murder manager must go.

Scotland win its only a friendly and the opposition are *****.

By the way, the European champions beat them by the same score in qualifying plus Hungary where down to ten men.

[SquashedFrogg]

Always been great at free kicks, so a natural dead ball taker

I get what you're saying but would suggest penalties (and the pressure scoring them) make them completely different scenarios.

Prefer attackers to take them personally.

[Clerie Green]

Who cares ........ they’re not the Hibees !

:flag::flag::flag:

[221000]

It was encouraging but none of it really matters until its qualifiers so let's see what kind of team he fields then and how they do. Managers so often default back to the 'reliability' of older/usual suspect players when the chips are down, hope that doesn't happen here.

Yes it does, as with all teams in football, winning becomes a habit just like losing can. Another defeat last night would have just added to the negative focus on McLeish and the squad and more pressure to win the next game (which will be very tough). The win AND the improvement in performance and positive attitude we had to the game from the off, all go towards helping improve the confidence that surrounds the whole Scottish National set up and will hopefully free the team up to go into the next game with yet more belief. I say well played to the players and McLeish last night (despite Big Eck not exactly being my first pick for manager).

This is why picking friendlies against Italy and France in 2016 were stupid ideas. And it's the same reason playing Mexico and Peru away in the summer is also stupid. The f@nnys that run the game in the SFA pick these games for the £££, pure and simple.

[One Day Soon]

Yes it does, as with all teams in football, winning becomes a habit just like losing can. Another defeat last night would have just added to the negative focus on McLeish and the squad and more pressure to win the next game (which will be very tough). The win AND the improvement in performance and positive attitude we had to the game from the off, all go towards helping improve the confidence that surrounds the whole Scottish National set up and will hopefully free the team up to go into the next game with yet more belief. I say well played to the players and McLeish last night (despite Big Eck not exactly being my first pick for manager).

This is why picking friendlies against Italy and France in 2016 were stupid ideas. And it's the same reason playing Mexico and Peru away in the summer is also stupid. The f@nnys that run the game in the SFA pick these games for the £££, pure and simple.


Yes, that is all true. My point was simply that these games count for nothing in terms of qualifying for anything. So let's see how we do when there are qualifying points at stake.

Am I right in thinking that they help our co-efficient/world ranking though?

[Smartie]

As far as I am concerned it was an ideal few days.

You learn as much from trying something and it not working as you do from trying something and it working.

A few players staked a strong claim (McKenna, McGinn, McGregor, Fraser, Phillips) and a few did themselves no favours.

McLeish is in a better place than he was a week ago, which is good.

Still plenty to happen before the ones that matter come round.

[221000]

Yes, that is all true. My point was simply that these games count for nothing in terms of qualifying for anything. So let's see how we do when there are qualifying points at stake.

Am I right in thinking that they help our co-efficient/world ranking though?

I'm honestly not sure, but I'd imagine they do have some bearing on co-efficients yes. I think all games do to some degree.

[One Day Soon]

I'm honestly not sure, but I'd imagine they do have some bearing on co-efficients yes. I think all games do to some degree.


Makes the Mexico and Peru fixtures even more bizarre if that's true.

[221000]

Makes the Mexico and Peru fixtures even more bizarre if that's true.

Indubitably.

[JimBHibees]

Slightly bizarre Mulgrew played both games when Blackburn playing a game tonight. Bet they are not best pleased.

[California-Hibs]

As far as I am concerned it was an ideal few days.

You learn as much from trying something and it not working as you do from trying something and it working.

A few players staked a strong claim (McKenna, McGinn, McGregor, Fraser, Phillips) and a few did themselves no favours.

McLeish is in a better place than he was a week ago, which is good.

Still plenty to happen before the ones that matter come round.

Good summary

[Sauzee16]

Slightly bizarre Mulgrew played both games when Blackburn playing a game tonight. Bet they are not best pleased.

They requested he be left out but lack of options means he played.