Found it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_team_in_Tallinn Funny that one team showed up and it was 0-0 still. Was hoping that was 60 mins in, but sadly just a few seconds.
The ludicrous thing there was Scotland were awarded the win...then FIFA changed their minds and ordered the match replayed. Also, given they were facing 0 men and all they did was pass sideways in the centre circle, it can be argued that Craig Brown invented tiki-taka.
Apologies if someone has said this already but I think Josh Onomah is in the squad for tonight, would love to see him get minutes. Huge talent.
This game and the Cyprus game may vie for the coveted title of "worst atmosphere ever." I love the fact that FIFA has apologized to the Valencia (?) fans who came to Kiev, only to find the game moved to Cyprus. I'm sure that'll make it all better. On the bright side, they have a golden opportunity to be shot by police or burned to death.
If you read the article, the suggestion isn't that there was anti-British bias (even though they have Brits in prominent positions throughout the organisation, such as Jim Boyce as vice president of the Executive Committee, Richard Scudamore on their Football Committee, and Peter Goldsmith on their Independent Governance Committee - and between 1946 and 2012 the vice presidency was shared between the four home nations, none of whom were elected) but a pro-Swedish bias.
UEFA's Swedish President making an unusual decision which directly benefited his own country? I'm shocked.
Considering how FIFA's vice presidency at the time was shared between four (unelected) members, one from each of the home nations, they were in a position to do something about it. No wonder the Scots want independence!
Friedel; Naughton, Dawson, Vertonghen, Rose; Bentaleb, Capoue, Paulinho; Chadli, Soldado, Townsend. subs: Archer, Fryers, Veljkovic, Eriksen, McEvoy, Onomah, Kane.
would have preferred not to have seen Vertonghen and Rose tbh. We seem a bit fragile and short in defence.
Hopefully the team watched Battle Royale on the way to the stadium to give them tips on how to get back for the Norwich game. Hope that Veljkovic gets an appearance, as when we were down to our last pair of centre backs he was always on the bench but never brought on. Same goes for Mini Bale, who could've been brought on in Tromso but AVB was scared of losing by then.
Timmy must tell the boys to get it done and dusted by HT. Then he can sub Rose, Vert etc and de-risk the squad.
This is why we need the NFL at WHL. We should be able to field a different 11 whenever the ref stops play.
Josh Onomah is still only 16, yet he's made the bench. SC said that he was one to watch nearly 18 months ago. Heavily depleted squad, but it's really positive for him to be involved at such a young age. Bentaleb's progress must be extremely encouraging for anyone in our youth system.
" Bentaleb's progress must be extremely encouraging for anyone in our youth system." TBF, it is classic "big kids" stuff in his case. I doubt Bentaleb would be featuring if he was Carroll or Pritchards' size.
Pitch looks very dodgy. Wasn't sure about Eriksen's omission, but it makes sense having seen that. Strachan thinks that Naughton's two footed!
