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How agonising/heroic will Scotland's failure to reach the World Cup be?



Tooting Gull

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Jul 5, 2003
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I'm going for a braveheart victory v Slovakia tonight, then winning in Slovenia only for a last minute equaliser to cruelly deny them a place in Russia as Slovaks beat Malta 1-0.
 

hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
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Mar 16, 2005
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Chandlers Ford
Two epic wins to sneak second place, before losing their play-off against Andorra.
 

Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,498
East Wales
Looking forward to this. International Monkey Tennis.
 

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
About the same as Englands at the finals as they fail miserably to get out of their group

Arguably it's almost better not to get there in the first place.
 

Kinky Gerbil

Im The Scatman
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Jul 16, 2003
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hassocks
1-1 after a last minute Slovakia goal tonight - either off side/handball/dodgy pen - combination of all three.
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
About the same as Englands at the finals as they fail miserably to get out of their group

Arguably it's almost better not to get there in the first place.
Nah. Scotland's ability to never manage to qualify (especially when most, or even ALL the other British/Irish teams do) is another level of shitness and comedy.
 

NooBHA

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Jan 13, 2015
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It will end tonight in defeat. And that's from a Scotsman.

Slovakia are a better side. If they win I will be pleased but I just don't see it
 


GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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Gloucester
Nah. Scotland's ability to never manage to qualify (especially when most, or even ALL the other British/Irish teams do) is another level of shitness and comedy.
To be fair, the draw often seems to do them no favours - they nearly always (though not this time, admittedly) end up having to play all the Faroe Islands at once.................
 

Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Nah. Scotland's ability to never manage to qualify (especially when most, or even ALL the other British/Irish teams do) is another level of shitness and comedy.

Yeah but the world's not watching unlike at the finals where we have embarrassed ourselves regularly at European and World Cups recently. Much better to fly under the radar if you're going to **** up when you get in with the big boys. Well imo anyway, I appreciate that younger viewers still live in hope of us actually performing in the finals, they'll eventually learn :lolol::
 

LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Yeah but the world's not watching unlike at the finals where we have embarrassed ourselves regularly at European and World Cups recently. Much better to fly under the radar if you're going to **** up when you get in with the big boys. Well imo anyway, I appreciate that younger viewers still live in hope of us actually performing in the finals, they'll eventually learn [emoji38]ol::
I like it. Scotland don't want to embarrass themselves by losing to Argentina, Portugal, Germany or Brazil so they prefer to go out beforehand to save face.

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Icy Gull

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I like it. Scotland don't want to embarrass themselves by losing to Argentina, Portugal, Germany or Brazil so they prefer to go out beforehand to save face.

[emoji23]

Hmm, I take your point much better to go out gloriosly as we did at

2014 World Cup

England fail to qualify against Costa Rica, Italy and Uruguay

2016 Euros

England fail to qualify from a group of Wales, Slovakia and Iceland

No other countries laughed they all sat back and admired our quality in failure. But obviously they all pissed themselves at Scotlands failure to even qualify.

The days when we could laugh at Scotland are long gone imo, we are nearly as shit.
 

Tooting Gull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Hmm, I take your point much better to go out gloriosly as we did at

2014 World Cup

England fail to qualify against Costa Rica, Italy and Uruguay

2016 Euros

England fail to qualify from a group of Wales, Slovakia and Iceland

No other countries laughed they all sat back and admired our quality in failure. But obviously they all pissed themselves at Sciotalnds failure to even qualify.

The days when we could laugh at Scotland are long gone imo

Can't agree with any of that. It's MILES better to be there, which is why Scotland fans are so anxious to end the 20 years of hurt. You get the build-up, and you get the party, and the experience. Just accept that England are very unlikely to do well, and enjoy it. It's a much more enjoyable tournament if your country is in it, even if you do go out early.

And Scotland have brought it on themselves in recent years. I think a lot of us used to cheer them on in these tournaments as kids. But they have got so chippy about England, we've had enough and are returning the favour.
 

Icy Gull

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Can't agree with any of that. It's MILES better to be there, which is why Scotland fans are so anxious to end the 20 years of hurt. You get the build-up, and you get the party, and the experience. Just accept that England are very unlikely to do well, and enjoy it. It's a much more enjoyable tournament if your country is in it, even if you do go out early.

And Scotland have brought it on themselves in recent years. I think a lot of us used to cheer them on in these tournaments as kids. But they have got so chippy about England, we've had enough and are returning the favour.

Fair comment but I no longer enjoy watching us **** up in the finals. I am struggling to remember the last time I enjoyed watching England in the finals. When Venables or maybe Hoddle were In charge? Each to their own though.
 

dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
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Hmm, I take your point much better to go out gloriosly as we did at

2014 World Cup

England fail to qualify against Costa Rica, Italy and Uruguay

2016 Euros

England fail to qualify from a group of Wales, Slovakia and Iceland

No other countries laughed they all sat back and admired our quality in failure. But obviously they all pissed themselves at Scotlands failure to even qualify.

The days when we could laugh at Scotland are long gone imo, we are nearly as shit.

I’m siding with this....

We’ll qualify tonight, win the group easily, then next summer perform woefully in the group stages whoever we play. On the off chance we get past the group, we’ll get humiliated in the the next round. It’s just so predictable.
 


GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,378
Gloucester
And Scotland have brought it on themselves in recent years. I think a lot of us used to cheer them on in these tournaments as kids. But they have got so chippy about England, we've had enough and are returning the favour.
As an Englishman who lived in Scotland for a number of years (and to be fair, I loved it, and made many Scottish friends) I can agree with that 100%. The hatred of the English at times is hard to believe, unless you've experienced it.
 

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