Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland

[allen]

 

[tsubaki]

Hungary and Switzerland to come, Scotland will sail through to the knockout stages

by knockout stages you mean go home at the end of the group stages, surely

 

[Jamiednm]

I imagine it's being consumed in vast quantities north of Hadrian's Wall, just to numb the pain.

Standard every day routine for them.

It’ll be Heroine tonight.

 

[bluerobert]

The Germans need to take off their better players. The Scottish are a team of absolute dogs, they’ll end up injuring one of the German players

 

[Papa Shango]

Hungary are very ordinary

Yeah they are.

Which makes them miles better than Scotland.

 

[ste d' indica]

Tough half for the Scotch.

Spare a thought for poor Robertson who must be suffering out there.

I'm hoping he calls Klopp for some consolation after the game.
And Klopp completely ghosts him.
Then Klopp goes back to find his hotel room is flooded.
Then he stands on some some lego.

 

[St Domingos]

Scotland being famously the only part of Europe where the Romans came, conquered and then sodded off because it was so crap it wasnt worth ruling.

To be fair, it is a beautiful country and nice people, well most

 

[davek]

That Porteus assault was a disgrace.

'kin dog.

 

[chrismpw]

For so many reasons, this is exactly why USAians should not be allowed near the beloved global game.

English
Three to nil
Half time show
Franchise

Ffs.

 

[St Domingos]

I'm hoping he calls Klopp for some consolation after the game.
And Klopp completely ghosts him.
Then Klopp goes back to find his hotel room is flooded.
Then he stands on some some lego.

or a upside down plug, the bad meff....

 

[Papa Shango]

To be fair, it is a beautiful country and nice people, well most

Scotland is boss.

They just have a rubbish football team.

If he plays the next game Che Adams will have the same amount of caps at Graeme Sharp and Andy Gray combined.

Funny old game and all that.

 

[Papa Shango]

For so many reasons, this is exactly why USAians should not be allowed near the beloved global game.

English
Three to nil
Half time show
Franchise

Ffs.

I dunno, its both really wrong and really right at the same time.

 

[tsubaki]

To be fair, it is a beautiful country and nice people, well most

it is basically the Tory version of Wales

 

[Runub]

by knockout stages you mean go home at the end of the group stages, surely

It was tongue in cheek but finish second or best third and you progress. It is quite difficult to get knocked out unless you’re really crap, which maybe a problem in Scotland’s case but you never know

 

[Drico]

Cup needs reducing back to 8 teams.

Yes, I can't take these preliminaries seriously. The better sides are merely playing for position in the draw. In the 1980s, the tournament was at its optimum size: 8 teams. Nobody qualified for that without being generally excellent (well, maybe England in 1988 and 1992, but you get my point). The opening match the last time this tournament was played in Germany was West Germany v Italy in 1988. A heavyweight confrontation. Tonight is a mismatch, and all for UEFA marketing. Basically, quality has been diluted so the Scottish fans - who are marvelous - can bring genuine colour and atmosphere to the "product". I'll be judiciously selecting my matches from here. Just Spain-Croatia for me tomorrow.