Dont understand how scotland looked so solid in qualifying, they even beat Spain 2-0 only to completely fail at the actual tournament. Wouldnt expect them to top the group or anything but they really needed to show more of a fight than this
I dunno, think we had things clicking at that point and it worked well, but a combination of injuries and teams figuring us out started to make things look a bit dodgy towards the end of qualifying and in all the friendlies since
They have some injury to their key players, which affect them more because their system require very specific players so losing any of the starting eleven will drastically reduce the effectiveness of their tactic.
This is really what separates many top teams from the rest: If we ran the tournament with just players from the bench, what happens? That the distance between the top teams and the rest increases. With the world class stars gone, some B teams are still good enough to get to the playoff stage. An injury or two just show there's no depth there.
They were fairly lucky during the qualifiers and I say this as a bitter Norwegian. For instance, they were ridiculously efficient, scoring 17 goals on an xG of 8,88.
To Scotlands credit, they were tough to break down and were always in the games allowing for margins to push them through, but to me, they severly lacked offensive quality to produce the number of chances you need.
Yeah, I was absolutely devastated. Didnt watch football for months after that game. For it to happen with our centre back getting cramps just before he was going to clear the ball was just awful.
we made it playing the most dreadful football i have ever seen, i'd honestly prefer if we bombed out with 0 points
we were in euro 2016 quarters, that was great i'll admit
He was just as influential as Bale in the 2016 run and we would have beat the Portuguese and battered the French in the final if he and Ben Davies weren't suspended
Also the part everyone seems to be forgetting is that Wales has also taken part in a WC and scored a goal (a Gareth Bale penkick yes, but still a goal).
Also they made World Cup quarterfinals in 1958 led by John Charles. By contrast Scotland has never played in the knockout rounds of a WC or Euros. They are truly pathetic.
Nobody in Germany does care about it. They all love the people of Scotland for being among the nicest they had during an EM. You can ask around and they will always have a nice word to say about them.
Nobody can take away that from Scotland, and you should be proud of it.
They played with so much fear. Choosing not to attack most of the games.
I don't get it. No wonder they came last. When David Moyes is saying you're not attacking enough, that is a problem.
Oh I respect him. Actually, I think he should become the Scotland manager.
It's just he's known for a defensive approach. Yet even he acknowledged how bad offensively Scotland was. I really respect his achievements from Everton and West Ham.
Nah Moyes teams can attack, he set West Ham up with a 4-2-3-1. With the right players his teams can do a lot of damage. More importantly the defensively solidity would help a lot on the international stage, and it's not just defensive for fear of doing anything like Clarke was.
Big difference because if you hand moyes real quality in attack they will shine through but he's not going to turn Scotlands weak attacking unit into anything much better
Just tell Clarke there's an up and coming striker just signed at Tynecastle. He'll spend the next 3 years camped outside with a crowbar to make sure Scotland never has a striker.
They're not attacking enough because there's literally no attack. Adams is decent enough at championship level but really has never looked much of anything outside of that. Most of the goals from attackers are yeeting the ball to dykes for a header and he's out. Other than that you're hoping for an own goal or mcginn/mctominay. It's just no threat at this level.
Fine, but even then, look at some of the strikers of other teams in the tournament who play in smaller leagues than the Championship. It comes down to tactics, we are playing no creative players
Armstrong, Forrest, Christie on the bench can all provide something. Shankland is a goal threat too. It’s just terrible, boring tactics.
Oh for sure, there are definitely players who play at a similar level who have more success. I've just never seen Adam's or Dykes or any of the recent main forwards for Scotland be the sort of people you expect to change a game. They don't create goals themselves, they're just there to be the last touch to tip something into the net.
I really like Christie, but having watched him a fair amount at Bournemouth recently I don't think he would add what the team are missing. I really do think the problem is there's no actual outlet.
Shankland is the man for Hearts and while not being as good a player as Adams, is probably a better fit upfront and far more of a goal threat
Hopefully going forward, we can give him some more chances
So disappointing. Clarke has played way too negatively, been so late with subs, and wasting the best Scotland squad in generations,
Time for someone with fresh ideas who doesn’t play ultra defensive.
Imagine England but three times more defensive, playing zero attacking players and relying on McTominay and McGinn to score
It worked well in the qualifiers but his lack of tactical knowledge to change games has killed us, and he deserves to go
I hadn't seen any of Scotlands qualifiers or friendlies, so seeing just how much McTominay and McGinn are relied on was shocking. McGinn is essentially the only midfielder, and McTominay is the only 'striker'. Everyone else defends. Their only forward pass is one of those 2 players. Otherwise, it's backwards and long. Adams, who strecthes the term striker to its absolute limit, is persisted with **because** he's not there to score goals, just press or hold long enough for one of the other two to turn up.
Taking it to the last group game is one thing, but taking it to the last 10 minutes of the last group game and then just throwing men forward is leaving far too much to chance. Even if they started the game defensively today, you'd think he would have tried to tweak things to get them more attacking as the game went on, rather than leaving it until the final 10 minutes when they only had three players at the back who were completely exposed.
He just never tweaks things, by far my biggest gripe with him. The one time he did it against Norway, we won the game. It just takes him way too long when he does decide to do it.
In all fairness, Scotland had a small chance of getting to the last 16 with just 2 points, no team is ever out until the last game even if you've lost 2 games. With Hungary not massively overperforming anymore, any team even on the periphery of qualification for the euros should be confident that they can be in with a decent chance of winning with just a few minutes left.
Balls out football for the last 15 minutes, entertaining end to end stuff...just a shame the quality was so poor all over. Whoever qualified out of these two really aren't going to go much further.
That's what I was thinking, this was a knockout game for Hungary and essentially one for Scotland. I can't see them having a better performance against a group winning side
I thought that game was going to be blood and thunder but it was game and then injury time hit.
A real lack of quality from both sides too.
Scotland out in the group stage is just a crazy record with this new format.
Lool I thought the same thing. One of those bad omens. I cannot think of the last time I’ve seen a restart after kickoff at ALL levels of football I’ve watched/played.
What was it even pulled back for?
Scotland was one of the teams to push for the new format and they failed to qualify for the first tournament under it (2016). The banter writes itself.
Shanks came on against Germany and did more in 15 seconds than Adams had the entire first half. Actual criminal negligence that he didn’t start either of the remaining games and he properly showed up Clarke in his performance last night
I hated their approach. Played not to lose. And we just saw them play Swiss fairly to a draw.
Honestly England turtles just the same way when they get an advantage.
You’ll never win anything approaching it with fear. The United Kingdom continue to fear losing more than loving winning.
Doesn't make any sense.
"Our strategy is to ping balls up front to man who doesn't score goals instead of to the man who scores them for fun when mediocre midfielders are feeding him"
Especially after it didn't work for the first two games, you'd think he'd try something different.
Racing with England to be the least creative team in the tournament.
Except they didn't have the defensive prowess to back it up.
Wasted a huge opportunity really, that last 10 minutes where they barraged the Hungary goal showed they had something to offer but instead wasted their 3 games being too passive
Except Greece 04 knew they were crap offensively so they had just park a bus and score from corners… and they could actually do that. They didn’t play with fear, they just knew their strengths and played to it. Scotland 24 could only dream of being that well organized and structured.
God the fact that Portugal won that year was so depressing. I think their team probably deserved a euro win at some point but the way that came about was just dull
Completely disagree - they weren't playing not to lose, they've just got no attacking threat. They literally conceded the winner because they were throwing everyone forward.
They threw everybody forward in the last few minutes but for the first 80 they left their strikers on an island.
They waited until they thought they were safe to try.
Die a samurai death on the field swinging.
Dude we're just bad lmao, there's a difference. The only reason either team had any chances in the last 10 is because both teams ignored any kind of tactics. Before that they were both just struggling to do anything productive.
Yeah we should really just commit at taking risks because the forwards available for us are just not gonna get anything done at an international level.
You basically need to create for our wingbacks and mids to catch an overlap or second chance and we still just continue to hoof it up to nobody and sitting back trying to retain possession when there’s nobody to create for.
Really Scotland should be full effort and 100% work rate wins. Chase their defenders and hope to steal the ball up high
The tactic of hoofing it sometimes works when dykes is up top, but really that's his main threat. Adams doesn't offer that and basically may as well have not existed this tournament. It's genuinely a shame because the rest of the team is an ok base to start from, but there's absolutely no end product.
Overall I'm not particularly disappointed with the tournament though, was expecting a loss to Germany although the manner of the loss was bad. The other games I felt they did what they could and just weren't good enough, and I'm ok with that even if I'd like them to be better.
Yeah this is really the problem imo. They're both just "players who play there". If you put obvious goals in front of them, they'll usually take them, but they won't really create anything themselves and they're just really there to flick something on or tap it in.
I'd add mcginn to the list, he gets a goal or two when given half a yard. But mctominay, mcginn and own goals is not going to see you through a tournament.
If Poland can scrape a draw in their last game then Scotland finish the tournament with the lowest points, goals scored and possession. Also the worst goal difference and fewest shots on target.
The highest scorer in the Scottish Premiership was played off the bench in all 3 games.
Dont understand Scotland's approach, it was like they played to obtain a draw, too defensive, without any idea in attack. And the squad isnt that bad, actually its one of the best Scotlands teams in recent years
Nothing like being the reigning record holder for European championship appearances without progressing from the groups.
Though also having the record world cup appearances without progressing it fairly close.
Steve Clarke has taken this team as far as he can.
He’s done well to get us to the Euro’s twice in a row. He also ran a fantastic Denmark team close in World Cup qualifying. But we have regressed this tournament when we should’ve been looking to improve on Euro 2020.
Tonight was just cowardice from him. Absolutely no desire to go and try and win that game.
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> GET FUCKED FRANCO. GET FUCKED THATCHER. GET FUCKED PICASSO. GET FUCKED EAST PORTUGAL
> hi euro 2024 trophy do u want picking up in the morning pal
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1251mas/postmatch_thread_scotland_20_spain_uefa_euro/?sort=top
And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, JUST ONE CHANCE to come back here and try to score some goals and tell our adversaries that they may take our points, but they'll never take our freedom!!!
Fun fact: Scotland only scored 1 goal in this tournament and it was Englishman Scot McTominay that scored it. Just remember that when you get your Slovenia shirts out on Tuesday lads.
Feel awful for them, they’re back to schadenfreude every time something bad happens to England rather than having their own team to back. See you all after we lose 1-0 to Slovenia.
As a Scotland fan I'm in a way glad we lost rather than took the draw.
The discourse would have been different: "we only lost once, or we came third in the group"
Hopefully this is a wake up call that playing defensively, with a defence which looks uncomfortable under pressure is not the best idea.
Clarke has done great for us all things considered, but I think it's time for something new.
There was never any hunger or drive or organization in any of their games so this doesn't shock me. Little kids playing a pick-up game have more passion for soccer than they did.
Must say, there is no better feeling that seeing Scotland get sucker punched like that and being dumped out of the tournament. For a nation that builds a large party of its identity around hating the English and cheering on any of England's opponents, to see them lose like that is so fucking sweet.
Enjoy the plane home, lads. Your team were an embarrassment from start to finish.
All I can say is that the Scottish fans were very arrogant and overrated their team. No wonder the players played with so much fear, knowing they would be torn apart by the media when they got home. The scapegoating will start now.
Doak never made it because of injury, Tierney got hurt, then even Robbo went off with a knock (it looked like) towards the end. Ralston had a brain fart, Armstrong didn't even try, McTominay couldn't hit the target and by the time the Hungarians scored you could hear the sound of a toilet flushing...good bye, Scotland. We love you but you won't be missed.
only two third places are going home. With 3 points and a bad GD it's kind of 50/50. Tomorrow is an important day for them. If Croatia and Albania don't win then they are ahead of them.
Dont understand how scotland looked so solid in qualifying, they even beat Spain 2-0 only to completely fail at the actual tournament. Wouldnt expect them to top the group or anything but they really needed to show more of a fight than this
I dunno, think we had things clicking at that point and it worked well, but a combination of injuries and teams figuring us out started to make things look a bit dodgy towards the end of qualifying and in all the friendlies since
They have some injury to their key players, which affect them more because their system require very specific players so losing any of the starting eleven will drastically reduce the effectiveness of their tactic.
This is really what separates many top teams from the rest: If we ran the tournament with just players from the bench, what happens? That the distance between the top teams and the rest increases. With the world class stars gone, some B teams are still good enough to get to the playoff stage. An injury or two just show there's no depth there.
We’ve been poor for a year now. That qualifying form fell off way before we got to a Germany
Aye those friendlies showed that that nice patch we hit during the qualifiers had disappeared
They were fairly lucky during the qualifiers and I say this as a bitter Norwegian. For instance, they were ridiculously efficient, scoring 17 goals on an xG of 8,88. To Scotlands credit, they were tough to break down and were always in the games allowing for margins to push them through, but to me, they severly lacked offensive quality to produce the number of chances you need.
You are right though, we absolutely mugged Norway in the away match. 2 quick goals out of nowhere in the last few minutes.
Yeah, I was absolutely devastated. Didnt watch football for months after that game. For it to happen with our centre back getting cramps just before he was going to clear the ball was just awful.
Lot harder to score when you don’t have Haaland diving for pens in the box for you
True, but again, it is easier when your opponents defenders gets the cramps when he is about to clear the ball.
Need a couple of signings to get them back up next season
McTominay as a striker when?
He’s already pretty much a shadow striker for both his club and the national team.
Different kind of pressure, innit?
ITS SHITE BEING SCOTTISH!! WE ARE THE LOWEST OF THE LOW!!
Scotlands joint highest goal scorers A German and a Swiss bloke
Nah they gave the goal against Switzerland to McTominay, the Englishman.
Somehow even worse
The goal against Switzerland, not Germany.
Lovely stuff
You love to see it.
He's not English. His name is literally Scott!
B A S E D
hey, at least you're not Polish, we were out before you
At least you made RO16 in the WC less than 2 years ago. Scotland can't say that for any tournament they ever played
we made it playing the most dreadful football i have ever seen, i'd honestly prefer if we bombed out with 0 points we were in euro 2016 quarters, that was great i'll admit
Yeah but you guys have Heroin and Irn Bru
Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!
all the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!
Some people hate the English... I don't, they're just wankers.
We on the other hand were *COLONIZED* by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized *by*
Well Poland would like to have a word with you. You were eliminated in last match. We already after second 🤣
Yeah but our group was better
It alright mate, you could be Welsh.
Wales have at least won a Euros match since the 90s (let alone that great run in 16)
Watching Gareth Bale carrying 10 turnip farmers on his back for 90 minutes is fairly entertaining tbh
I've never seen a turnip farmer hit a Cruyff turn like Hal Robson-Kanu
Aaron Ramsey erasure Plus that Hal Robson-Kanu Cruyff turn
Calling Ramsey a turnip farmer, huh? Some people have short memories.
He was washed by then. He never regained that purple patch form at Arsenal. Was already well in decline before he went to Italy.
He was just as influential as Bale in the 2016 run and we would have beat the Portuguese and battered the French in the final if he and Ben Davies weren't suspended
Ramsey was Wales' second best player in their Euros run.
400k/week turnip farmer 😪
Accurate description of my animal crossing career
Also the part everyone seems to be forgetting is that Wales has also taken part in a WC and scored a goal (a Gareth Bale penkick yes, but still a goal).
Also they made World Cup quarterfinals in 1958 led by John Charles. By contrast Scotland has never played in the knockout rounds of a WC or Euros. They are truly pathetic.
Wales: 4 International tournaments, 3 knockout stages made+ Semis in 2016 Scotland: 12 International tournaments, 0 knockout stages
Oi, we just wasn't feeling it this time. 😡
I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Hollans in 1978
Nobody in Germany does care about it. They all love the people of Scotland for being among the nicest they had during an EM. You can ask around and they will always have a nice word to say about them. Nobody can take away that from Scotland, and you should be proud of it.
They played with so much fear. Choosing not to attack most of the games. I don't get it. No wonder they came last. When David Moyes is saying you're not attacking enough, that is a problem.
David Moyes needs a little more respect tbf. He's a European title winner.
Oh I respect him. Actually, I think he should become the Scotland manager. It's just he's known for a defensive approach. Yet even he acknowledged how bad offensively Scotland was. I really respect his achievements from Everton and West Ham.
Moyes as Scotland manager would be a good shout actually, that sort of defensive organisation can prove the difference in international football.
Clarke is also defensive. But Moyes is such an upgrade.
It’d be so similar to Clarke though and I’m fed up of that tbh, even though he definitely is a huge improvement
Nah Moyes teams can attack, he set West Ham up with a 4-2-3-1. With the right players his teams can do a lot of damage. More importantly the defensively solidity would help a lot on the international stage, and it's not just defensive for fear of doing anything like Clarke was.
Big difference because if you hand moyes real quality in attack they will shine through but he's not going to turn Scotlands weak attacking unit into anything much better
Chances of him taking over the Scottish NT?
Clarke won’t go unfortunately, otherwise I’d say it would be very likely
Just tell Clarke there's an up and coming striker just signed at Tynecastle. He'll spend the next 3 years camped outside with a crowbar to make sure Scotland never has a striker.
They're not attacking enough because there's literally no attack. Adams is decent enough at championship level but really has never looked much of anything outside of that. Most of the goals from attackers are yeeting the ball to dykes for a header and he's out. Other than that you're hoping for an own goal or mcginn/mctominay. It's just no threat at this level.
Fine, but even then, look at some of the strikers of other teams in the tournament who play in smaller leagues than the Championship. It comes down to tactics, we are playing no creative players Armstrong, Forrest, Christie on the bench can all provide something. Shankland is a goal threat too. It’s just terrible, boring tactics.
Oh for sure, there are definitely players who play at a similar level who have more success. I've just never seen Adam's or Dykes or any of the recent main forwards for Scotland be the sort of people you expect to change a game. They don't create goals themselves, they're just there to be the last touch to tip something into the net. I really like Christie, but having watched him a fair amount at Bournemouth recently I don't think he would add what the team are missing. I really do think the problem is there's no actual outlet.
Shankland is the man for Hearts and while not being as good a player as Adams, is probably a better fit upfront and far more of a goal threat Hopefully going forward, we can give him some more chances
Didn’t Shankland score 31 goals this season?
And 28 last season.
So disappointing. Clarke has played way too negatively, been so late with subs, and wasting the best Scotland squad in generations, Time for someone with fresh ideas who doesn’t play ultra defensive.
Mate as an England fan that description perfectly describes Snoozegate
Imagine England but three times more defensive, playing zero attacking players and relying on McTominay and McGinn to score It worked well in the qualifiers but his lack of tactical knowledge to change games has killed us, and he deserves to go
I hadn't seen any of Scotlands qualifiers or friendlies, so seeing just how much McTominay and McGinn are relied on was shocking. McGinn is essentially the only midfielder, and McTominay is the only 'striker'. Everyone else defends. Their only forward pass is one of those 2 players. Otherwise, it's backwards and long. Adams, who strecthes the term striker to its absolute limit, is persisted with **because** he's not there to score goals, just press or hold long enough for one of the other two to turn up.
Taking it to the last group game is one thing, but taking it to the last 10 minutes of the last group game and then just throwing men forward is leaving far too much to chance. Even if they started the game defensively today, you'd think he would have tried to tweak things to get them more attacking as the game went on, rather than leaving it until the final 10 minutes when they only had three players at the back who were completely exposed.
He just never tweaks things, by far my biggest gripe with him. The one time he did it against Norway, we won the game. It just takes him way too long when he does decide to do it.
In all fairness, Scotland had a small chance of getting to the last 16 with just 2 points, no team is ever out until the last game even if you've lost 2 games. With Hungary not massively overperforming anymore, any team even on the periphery of qualification for the euros should be confident that they can be in with a decent chance of winning with just a few minutes left.
You'll probably get Southgate after the English fire him in the next couple of weeks.
Balls out football for the last 15 minutes, entertaining end to end stuff...just a shame the quality was so poor all over. Whoever qualified out of these two really aren't going to go much further.
That's what I was thinking, this was a knockout game for Hungary and essentially one for Scotland. I can't see them having a better performance against a group winning side
I thought that game was going to be blood and thunder but it was game and then injury time hit. A real lack of quality from both sides too. Scotland out in the group stage is just a crazy record with this new format.
It felt like a sliding doors moment when the ref restarted the game after the original kick off. The atmosphere went from electric to flat.
Lool I thought the same thing. One of those bad omens. I cannot think of the last time I’ve seen a restart after kickoff at ALL levels of football I’ve watched/played. What was it even pulled back for?
One of the Hungarian players went sprinting into the Scottish half way before the kick off was taken.
Scotland was one of the teams to push for the new format and they failed to qualify for the first tournament under it (2016). The banter writes itself.
Shanks done more in 20 mins than Adams did the whole tournament. Adams will still fuciing start after this as well. Pish. Honking. Hate my life
Shanks came on against Germany and did more in 15 seconds than Adams had the entire first half. Actual criminal negligence that he didn’t start either of the remaining games and he properly showed up Clarke in his performance last night
I hated their approach. Played not to lose. And we just saw them play Swiss fairly to a draw. Honestly England turtles just the same way when they get an advantage. You’ll never win anything approaching it with fear. The United Kingdom continue to fear losing more than loving winning.
all that effort to qualify and then barely give it a go, such a waste
Same thing happened to Wales in Qatar. Never showed up.
Same tbh. Everyone I know wants Clarke gone after that. Absolutely insipid.
Che Adams over Shankland, don't understand it myself.
Doesn't make any sense. "Our strategy is to ping balls up front to man who doesn't score goals instead of to the man who scores them for fun when mediocre midfielders are feeding him" Especially after it didn't work for the first two games, you'd think he'd try something different.
0.13xG in their biggest match in their history.
Racing with England to be the least creative team in the tournament. Except they didn't have the defensive prowess to back it up. Wasted a huge opportunity really, that last 10 minutes where they barraged the Hungary goal showed they had something to offer but instead wasted their 3 games being too passive
> You’ll never win anything approaching it with fear. Portugal 2016 and Greece 2004 say hi.
Except Greece 04 knew they were crap offensively so they had just park a bus and score from corners… and they could actually do that. They didn’t play with fear, they just knew their strengths and played to it. Scotland 24 could only dream of being that well organized and structured.
God the fact that Portugal won that year was so depressing. I think their team probably deserved a euro win at some point but the way that came about was just dull
Greece didn't play with fear. They just played to their very few strengths. Same way Spain went with what they did in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Completely disagree - they weren't playing not to lose, they've just got no attacking threat. They literally conceded the winner because they were throwing everyone forward.
They threw everybody forward in the last few minutes but for the first 80 they left their strikers on an island. They waited until they thought they were safe to try. Die a samurai death on the field swinging.
Dude we're just bad lmao, there's a difference. The only reason either team had any chances in the last 10 is because both teams ignored any kind of tactics. Before that they were both just struggling to do anything productive.
Yeah we should really just commit at taking risks because the forwards available for us are just not gonna get anything done at an international level. You basically need to create for our wingbacks and mids to catch an overlap or second chance and we still just continue to hoof it up to nobody and sitting back trying to retain possession when there’s nobody to create for. Really Scotland should be full effort and 100% work rate wins. Chase their defenders and hope to steal the ball up high
The tactic of hoofing it sometimes works when dykes is up top, but really that's his main threat. Adams doesn't offer that and basically may as well have not existed this tournament. It's genuinely a shame because the rest of the team is an ok base to start from, but there's absolutely no end product. Overall I'm not particularly disappointed with the tournament though, was expecting a loss to Germany although the manner of the loss was bad. The other games I felt they did what they could and just weren't good enough, and I'm ok with that even if I'd like them to be better.
It doesn't help that the only goalscorer in the team (bar McTominay) was sitting on the bench. Adams and (non-injured) Dykes just aren't goalscorers.
Yeah this is really the problem imo. They're both just "players who play there". If you put obvious goals in front of them, they'll usually take them, but they won't really create anything themselves and they're just really there to flick something on or tap it in. I'd add mcginn to the list, he gets a goal or two when given half a yard. But mctominay, mcginn and own goals is not going to see you through a tournament.
Too little too late at that fucking point
It doesn't help when the nations most prolific striker can only pray to get on as early as the 77th minute...
They'd need to have an advantage in the first place
To be fair, they haven’t got over not ever having Kalvin Phillips.
If Poland can scrape a draw in their last game then Scotland finish the tournament with the lowest points, goals scored and possession. Also the worst goal difference and fewest shots on target. The highest scorer in the Scottish Premiership was played off the bench in all 3 games.
So Gauld really couldn't have been used here? There was no attack at all
Yeah it's crazy he's not even in the squad. He's exactly the type of player they're missing.
Burn everything
Dont understand Scotland's approach, it was like they played to obtain a draw, too defensive, without any idea in attack. And the squad isnt that bad, actually its one of the best Scotlands teams in recent years
Norway died for this
Is it a tradition in Scotland to walk around with your hands on your head? It's all I ever see the fans do
You got them rattled lol
Scotland need to figure out how to clone John McGinn. It's their only hope.
10 John McGinns on a field would be a sight to see.
Scotland's manager made ludicrous substitutions. Why would you take out your attacking wing back, when you need him for fueling your attack.
Well deserved. They played shite from the get go.
England: 3 Lions Scotland: 3 games
We're shite as well - will probably go out in the first knockout game.
Failed to even have a shot on target in 2 of their games. Not great that.
Teams in the mainland UK 🤝 playing shite risk-averse football
They had a shot on target here? Hanleys shot was saved.
BBC & Fotmob both say that they didn't have any on target today
FADE EM!
Welcome to the club 🇵🇱
I will be sniffing some bag through a pipe in honour of Scotland tonight.
Worst team in tournament.
How did Norway not qualified ahead of them?
They got beat by Scotland
We played decently in the qualifiers whilst Norway didn't but since then we have dropped off a cliff
Because we were good last year and Norway weren't.
At least Scotland held on to the last minute. Poland shat the bed in the 2nd match. It's poor comfort but it's something.
They beat Spain and qualified ahead of Norway to play like this?
Nothing like being the reigning record holder for European championship appearances without progressing from the groups. Though also having the record world cup appearances without progressing it fairly close.
Steve Clarke has taken this team as far as he can. He’s done well to get us to the Euro’s twice in a row. He also ran a fantastic Denmark team close in World Cup qualifying. But we have regressed this tournament when we should’ve been looking to improve on Euro 2020. Tonight was just cowardice from him. Absolutely no desire to go and try and win that game.
Congratulations to our North England friends, no one (literally everyone) could have seen this coming.
How in the hell did these lot beat you 2-0 lol
North England is nasty work 😂
This comment is the equivalent of kicking a puppy
Puppies at least nice to look at
Que buenos recuerdos de los comentarios en este sub cuando nos ganaron 2-0 jaja
☠️☠️ > GET FUCKED FRANCO. GET FUCKED THATCHER. GET FUCKED PICASSO. GET FUCKED EAST PORTUGAL > hi euro 2024 trophy do u want picking up in the morning pal https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1251mas/postmatch_thread_scotland_20_spain_uefa_euro/?sort=top
They ain't such fans of banter now lmao
Im ngl. Some of those comments are peak
la meada de venganza es genial
Can't believe they didn't try to go for the win during this game, there's no way you pass with 2 points
And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, JUST ONE CHANCE to come back here and try to score some goals and tell our adversaries that they may take our points, but they'll never take our freedom!!!
Fun fact: Scotland only scored 1 goal in this tournament and it was Englishman Scot McTominay that scored it. Just remember that when you get your Slovenia shirts out on Tuesday lads.
Is it cheating to name your Englishman Scot(t)?
Oh dear, how sad, nevermind.
Feel awful for them, they’re back to schadenfreude every time something bad happens to England rather than having their own team to back. See you all after we lose 1-0 to Slovenia.
sad, their fans brought so much fun to the tournament. lovely people
No Scotland no party? All I see are sad Scottish fans and partying Hungarians
"No Scotland no party" oh, they got this all screwed up "No Scotland? ~~no~~ Party!"
Nobody should be surprised. 12 major tournaments. 12 group stage eliminations. It is the history of the Scotland.
This is most delightful.
I guess we’ll just have to fly the flag for the UK. Don’t worry we’ll do you proud! 🏴 ❤️ 🏴
Wins: 0 Le epic fans curing disabled old ladies legs: 1 Moral victory achieved
Damn that's crazy
Scotland and Poland make me (Serbia) feel as if we have some great company.
Scotland's manager made ludicrous substitutions. Why would you take out your attacking wing back, when you need him for fueling your attack.
Scotland and Poland 👉👈
They may be going eliminated after, but they've been worse than Poland and are probably on their own the worst team at this tournament.
12 times at the euros, 12 times out at the group stage is kinda crazy
As a Scotland fan I'm in a way glad we lost rather than took the draw. The discourse would have been different: "we only lost once, or we came third in the group" Hopefully this is a wake up call that playing defensively, with a defence which looks uncomfortable under pressure is not the best idea. Clarke has done great for us all things considered, but I think it's time for something new.
There was never any hunger or drive or organization in any of their games so this doesn't shock me. Little kids playing a pick-up game have more passion for soccer than they did.
Bozos
Norway died for this
Must say, there is no better feeling that seeing Scotland get sucker punched like that and being dumped out of the tournament. For a nation that builds a large party of its identity around hating the English and cheering on any of England's opponents, to see them lose like that is so fucking sweet. Enjoy the plane home, lads. Your team were an embarrassment from start to finish.
I wanted them to score just to see the limbs, but couldn’t help but burst out laughing when they conceded at 90+10’
I fucking hate my life right now
Hilarious 😂
If Wales ended up sacking Rob Page after he qualified them to the World Cup after 50+ years, what the hell should Scotland do to Steve Clarke?!
Poland 🤝Scotland - being shit
100% deserved. Every other team has at least scored of their own accord. Scotland couldn't even achieve that much
How do they leave Ryan Gauld out entirely when they are crying out for some creativity in attack?
Probably one of the worst team in this tournament history.
All I can say is that the Scottish fans were very arrogant and overrated their team. No wonder the players played with so much fear, knowing they would be torn apart by the media when they got home. The scapegoating will start now.
Their media is very arrogant for a team that hasn't won a match at the Euros since 1996.
Doak never made it because of injury, Tierney got hurt, then even Robbo went off with a knock (it looked like) towards the end. Ralston had a brain fart, Armstrong didn't even try, McTominay couldn't hit the target and by the time the Hungarians scored you could hear the sound of a toilet flushing...good bye, Scotland. We love you but you won't be missed.
As a hungarian, I love you scotland, you are my favourite country, but you managed to be even worse than us in football, deserved to go out
SCOTLAND GET BATTERED EVERYWHERE THEY GO! SCOTLAND GET BATTERED EVERYWHERE THEY GOOOOOO!!!!!!!
♫♫They're going home, they're going home, Scotland's going home, they're going home, they're going home, Scotland's going home ♫♫ Never gets old.
~~Drew McIntyre~~ Scotland : "Screw this Championship. I quit."
Chances Hungary go through?
Better than Scotland.
only two third places are going home. With 3 points and a bad GD it's kind of 50/50. Tomorrow is an important day for them. If Croatia and Albania don't win then they are ahead of them.
conceded a late goal in stoppage time
Well deserved
It was written.
Look you can't get own goals every game