Scotland Vs England Match Thread (+Other EuroQaul)

Massive game this evening, as 61st take on 13th!! Heavy-Weight match up!

Group:



Scotland squad
Goalkeepers: Craig Gordon (Celtic), Jack Hamilton (Hearts), David Marshall (Hull City)

Defenders: Ikechi Anya (Derby County), Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town), Stephen Kingsley (Swansea City), Russell Martin (Norwich City), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen), Andrew Robertson (Hull City), Kieran Tierney (Celtic)

Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), Scott Brown (Celtic), Tom Cairney (Fulham), Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion), Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth), James Forrest (Celtic), James McArthur (Crystal Palace), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion), Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United)

Forwards: Leigh Griffiths (Celtic), Chris Martin (Derby County), Steven Naismith (Norwich City)

Few Norwich and Ex-Norwich players in the Scotty Squad.

England squad
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley)

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United), Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Forwards: Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)

Elsewhere Northern Ireland travel to Azerbaijan.

And Germany are probably going to hit double figures at home to poor old San Marino.

 

I might actually make the effort to watch this. Always enjoy beating Scotland, and is infinitely more fun beating them in their own back yard

 

Let's hope Gareth Southgate doesn't do a Theresa May!

 

I think the Norwich/ex-Norwich players will all have worldies.

 

As long as his calculations are better than Diane Abbott's, all should be just dandy

 

Scotland XI: Gordon, Tierney,Berra, Mulgrew, Robertson, Brown, Morrison, Forrest, Armstrong, Snodgrass, Griffiths.

England XI: Hart, Walker, Cahill, Smalling, Bertrand, Livermore, Dier, Lallana, Alli, Rashford, Kane.

I don't know why Livermore is in the squad, let alone starting! Question marks for Smalling as well.

Excited by seeing Kane, Rashford, Alli and Lallana combine. Hopefully they will be a mainstay.

 

I am a bit surprised to see Snodgrass in the Scotland team. By all accounts he has been awful this season (maybe I have been reading the wrong sites?)

 

Has he played much for West Ham? I thought he might have been injured. I don't remember seeing him on Match Of The Day?

 

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Can't find a screen grab picture of the England side yet.

 

Mis-matching pictures, but:

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Not many England games I get excited about these days, but us playing the Jocks comes a close second to a Norwich v Ipswich match for me.

COME ON ENGLAND !

 

I think we can all agree, my Match Day Threads are just as good as yours KIO!

 

Captain and regional Hot-Head Scott Brown, booked already. Good start for us.

 

The atmosphere when Scotland got a corner was electric. Good start from Scotland, and the fans are right up for it. Snoddy hits his first corner (after the commentator saying "he's a good set-piece taker") hits it low and the first defender clears it. Nothings changed since Norwich. I think he builds a career on commentators saying his great at set-pieces. Despite what he keeps doing.

 

England don't look at all good, or comfortable. They look asleep. This feels like watching Norwich at Portman Road when the passion of the players and the noise and passion of the crowd, intimidate the players and they start really badly.

 

Aye. I have only been watching for 4 minutes. England look all over the place

 

15 minutes in, Scotland look comfortable.

What did I say they were earlier? 61st in the world rankings? Something like that. This looks like Hodgson, Big Sam, McClarren etc etc.

I think it is all about pressure and mental strength. It has to be. All those managers, a change in players. Yet again we are playing against a Championship level nation, and they are bossing us.

 

Decent spell of England pressure.

 

That. Was a pretty poor first half again for England. Incredible. No matter who manages, What the squad is. This is all way too familiar.