England v Scotland

King Kenny belts the ball through the legs of Ray Clemence - I was there - right behind Clemence in line with Kenny - way up in the Celtic End - oh superfrabulous moment and joy unbridled - the likes of which I suspect I'll not experience again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtDJu_Ge8Sw

If you look closely - nah - can't quite spot me and my brother up near the floodlight pylon.
 
Well that was exciting.

Remember when they used to joke about Scottish keepers.;)

afters yesterday performance they still do 😁

Joking aside. Thought the first free kick was a booking for Cahill. Thought the second was a joke. thought the walls for both free kicks were a joke. Thought they were two of the best free kicks I have seen.
 
Was Craig Gordon frightened of the ball? He didn't want to catch it and he did very well to get out of the way for the first goal 😁. It was Alan Rough all over again.

Either Forster or Butland will be the England keeper next match up.
 
Scott brown should have been sent off, match was dull until the last 5, two good free kicks though, hart should have got at least one of them, but it was the wall side they went in, so perhaps they should take some of the blame, England very lucky in the end to get a point, if we think we can compete at the highest level we have a long way to go.
 
Scott brown should have been sent off, match was dull until the last 5, two good free kicks though, hart should have got at least one of them, but it was the wall side they went in, so perhaps they should take some of the blame, England very lucky in the end to get a point, if we think we can compete at the highest level we have a long way to go.

Not sure it's that bad, As demonstrated at Euro16 teams can easily set up not to lose rather than win. Portugal (hardly world beaters) won. Most internationals are close these days despite there often being a perceived gulf in class between sides.
Coming to Hampden shouldn't be easy for any international team and at 1-0 England looked home an dry. Those 2 free kicks were very unusual for Scotland, Griffiths took them both very well, Dembele's injury was a blessing for us as he couldn't get in the Celtic team earlier this season.
England could easily make the latter stages of the world cup, just need a bit of luck and trying to somehow avoid end of season burn out (EPL would not be sympathetic). Not sure about Joe Hart though.
 
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Hope so, but England seem hell bent on keeping Flapper Hart in the sticks for some reason.

He plays for England like he did for City, yet Pep was ripped to bits for getting rid of England's No1. Peps problem was not getting rid of flapper ( which incidentaly was my nickname at Skool) but putting a clown in nets for a replacement.
 
Well that was exciting.

Remember when they used to joke about Scottish keepers.;)

Hmm didn't see much of the game, just the last ten mins or so but Gordon was definitely at fault for the equaliser. A bit more composure (was it Armstrong?) though and England would never have had the opportunity to lump that into the box.
 
Scotland are pish and Scottish football is pish yet England fail to be Scotland and Man City fail to be Celtic home or away.

I'm not for a minute suggesting Scotland or Celtic are as good as England or Man City, however, it's a stat worth mentioning
 
I liked the look of the Scotland back four, especially Robertson, Mulgrew and Tierny.
Surprised and nervous that he picked Berra but he did OK, a bit at fault for the first goal maybe.
Brown had a bad game.

The England defence were quite poor especially Hart and Dier. Not up to England standard IMO.
 
Am I on my own thinking Joe Hart was not at fault for either of the Scottish goals and he is the best England have got? I find it strange he gets so much stick.
 
It's the same old England, hyped up to be better than we are. It's slow football with no tempo. Let's be honest we are crap.
As for Hart I don't think he was to blame for both goals, gotta give credit where it's due, they were great free kicks
 
Scotland are pish and Scottish football is pish yet England fail to be Scotland and Man City fail to be Celtic home or away.

I'm not for a minute suggesting Scotland or Celtic are as good as England or Man City, however, it's a stat worth mentioning
Stats can be confusing though mate, them same stats say Scottish teams only managed 3 points out of a possible 12 and that's pish ;)
 
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