During the summer Gala Fairydean Rovers pitch was packed quite a few times with kids playing in what were clearly well organised football events, with more than one of the coaches having Hibs gear on, so I presume we were involved. I think kids do want to play, but for some reason we just aren't turning that enthusiasm into talent.
What bugged me about last night ( and I only saw what was laughably billed as 'the highlights' ) wasn't the way Belgium kept the ball from us for embarrassingly long spells, they are a great team and that was to be expected. No, what boiled my wee wee was our utter inability to construct a move or retain possession on the few occasions we did manage to get the ball off them, apart from in the last 10 minutes or so by which time it didn't really matter. McGinn is taking some flak for losing the ball for their first goal and it has to be said that his touch ( on that occasion ) was a poor one. But even in my walking football team our keeper gets stick if he plays the ball up the middle to a player being pressed by opposition forwards, Craig Gordon should have known better and IMO he dropped SJM right in it.
All but one of their goals was caused by extremely poor passing and decision making by Scotland players … these guys are supposed to be professional players and IMO there's no excuse for such poor play under little pressure, by the time a player gets to the level these guys are at there is absolutely no defence for an inability to play a bread and butter 30 yard pass, to realise you cant play the ball to a guy under pressure right in front of your box and that when you are effectively last man its not a good idea to try and beat one of the worlds best midfielders one on one.
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08-09-2018 01:25 PM #61
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08-09-2018 01:26 PM #62
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There should be a 'B' Euros and World Cup for the smaller nations/those not good enough to play in the main event. It would be a competitive way for Scotland to develop and gain some confidence against sides more on our level. Not much to be gained by mis-matches like last night.
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08-09-2018 01:44 PM #63
The main downside to not qualifying for 20 years is the of finance received.
N.Ireland got around £7m for the 2016 Euros. Imagine what Scotland could do with with that sort of money, even if we’d qualified for a few in the last 20 years or so
How many indoor football pitches could we have built/employed more coaches
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08-09-2018 01:45 PM #64
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The Scottish national team has always been mince.
Easier to qualify for tournaments back in the day and even then they would get punted out with ease
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08-09-2018 01:57 PM #65
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We've just had one of the best summers in years, and yet every time I went round the park with my dogs, I never once seen a game of football, crossy or attack and defence?
The biggest problem today is parents who allow there kids to sit at video consols as it makes it easier to know where they are and safe!
In my day I was out playing football from morning till night at the Meadows, and when it was dark, I would play crossy at the Usher Hall under the street lights.
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08-09-2018 02:00 PM #66johnbc70Left by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They seem to be accountable to nobody? Actually who are they accountable to?
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Probably one of the things that holds them back, too many committees. Hope the new CEO shakes it up
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08-09-2018 02:33 PM #69
It's not just football, as a sporting nation, Scotland are very much in the doldrums. Both the numbers participating and the general standards of play have declined alarmingly in the last 15 or so years.
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08-09-2018 02:35 PM #70
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Just heard on TV how far were behind, tomorrow night has highlights of woman's Club football in England on the BBC and it may be on longer than Sportscene?????
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08-09-2018 02:42 PM #71
I still think we’ll come good in this campaign. Lots of good young players around just now. Up to McLeish to mould them into a team
Will take a 1-0 on Monday
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08-09-2018 03:52 PM #74
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Well seen Petrie is so high up in the SFA. Infrastructure first, team a very distant 2nd.
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Easiest way to get kids playing football is to give them somewhere to play.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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08-09-2018 04:12 PM #77
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[QUOTE=BILLYHIBS;5545247]Everyone laughed at Strachan but looking at both teams lining up before kick off our team looked like midgets in comparison?? Aye take a look at hibs midfield and there current forward one.
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08-09-2018 04:17 PM #78
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So, I don’t believe that kids are just sitting playing games consoles.
They’re now just keen on other sports and not just football.
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08-09-2018 04:31 PM #80
I'm just listening to Andy Roxburgh talking about this subject, on a twenty minute monologue on radio Scotland. It's all repeating the same tired clichés and stating the bleeding obvious; we need to invest in the youth systems, coaching excellence, Mourinho said Scottish coaching is great once so it must be fine, blah blah blah.
The problem is these erses like Roxburgh PRESIDED over the failure over decades. It's like asking Stalin why people got sent to the salt mines. He was blethering on about how hewatched Iniesta at Spain as a 9 year old and knew he was going to be special, fine, well done. The trick is to bother yourself to find out why and how these players developed like that and spend the money to do it in Scotland. The useless blazers at Troon just didn't bother themselves to do it. If we want real change we need to start by getting rid of the people at the top.
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It was a terrible deal for the SFA.
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It can be quite hard to get a young 8-10 year old into a club. Most of them are over subscribed and have a waiting list.
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08-09-2018 05:34 PM #88
Makes me laugh when people blame computers.
Do other counties not had the internet / mobiles / computer games ?
Fifa is actually a quite good learning tool for players.
The men’s game is run by dinosaurs and too many dinosaurs still involved.
I’ve been on various coaching courses and some of the stuff being taught is rubbish and they will give anyone a Coaching badge to say we qualified C amount of coaches this year.
You don’t want to put up barriers but there should be more help after these coaches have taken these qualifications - not just CPD.
The whole game in Scotland needs a fresh start and that includes the clowns on the radio and several ex pros who get jobs at academies coaching the next generation of talent.
We produce some good players at youth level but between about 14 onwards they are given bad advice / Coaching / realesed from clubs with no support.
The golden ages to Coach are really young but I’ve seen enough good players at 14 but many don’t progress like they should.
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You don’t need a 3G pitch to be good..
Though Winter you would probably need indoor.
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Not read all of the thread so apologies if this has been said already but my twopence worth
Scottish football declined when we lost confidence in ourselves. We went in to a state of national mourning of Diana Spencer proportions after the World Cup of 1978 and never recovered our pride or belief. Until we get those back we will never get back amongst the big boys. I genuinely believe we need another Ally MacLeod. Need to get the swagger back
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