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vasco de gama said:
It is very humid here in Boston. So it says it’s 33 degrees but it feels like 42 and you are running through treacle while someone is pinching your nose. It showed after the first hydration break - Scottish players were walking or standing most the time
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Yeah, noticed the drop-off in tempo in other games too, notably Brazil v Morocco
 
Greenmachine said:
Shankland is a penalty box goalscorer.
If you create chances for him in the box, he will score goals.
The problem is in games like last night when there are barely any chances being created in the box, he is lost as he doesn't have much more to his game.
We will be back to 4-5-1 for both the Morocco and the Brazil matches with Che Adams ploughing a lone furrow up front.
Shankland will only be brought on if we are desperate for a goal.
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I think we'll be back to a 4-5-1 for the rest of the tournament too, which might suit us. I hope we see McGinn on the right, or more centrally as I feel he's wasted on the left. It's not his more natural position and he just doesn't look comfortable in that position. No surprise that his goal came more from his natural position on the right.
 
Ryan69 said:
You just feel that Clarke is always very cautious.

He needs to take the handbrake off a little against Morocco.
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There’s incremental improvements over time, but I think until we go into major tournaments with a much bigger goal threat we’re going to struggle to push through to the next level.

If we were good enough to keep clean sheets more often than not we’d be fine, but against the better sides we rarely do.
 
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SuperTortolano said:
I think we'll be back to a 4-5-1 for the rest of the tournament too, which might suit us. I hope we see McGinn on the right, or more centrally as I feel he's wasted on the left. It's not his more natural position and he just doesn't look comfortable in that position. No surprise that his goal came more from his natural position on the right.
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I think it might be the 3-5-1-1 we revert to, and we might see a few changes in personnel.
 
Cavalier said:
Devils advocate for a moment here.

Did you watch the first half of the Morocco match yesterday?
We go too open on them and they will tear us to shreds.
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We can lose the next 2...and probably go out.
We needed more than 1-0

Or we can have a go.

Scotland are very good going forward,and very clinical.

Shots to goals average in qualifying against Denmark and Greece was incredible.

Our defence will run through a wall to keep cleansheets too.
 
Think we've more chance against Brazil than we do against Morocco.

Brazil look very average with 1 or 2 true stars who can change things.
Morocco look like a confident team that works hard for everything.
 
Hattie said:
Bolivia also beat Brazil in their World Cup qualifiers…..
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True, but...

The game was played at La Alto, which is the highest altitude city in the world. I think it gives Bolivia a huge advantage in home - they've never been beaten there since they started playing games there 3 years ago.

As comfortably as we beat them, I'd be virtually certain we'd lose to them at altitude.
 
Hammi said:
Think we've more chance against Brazil than we do against Morocco.

Brazil look very average with 1 or 2 true stars who can change things.
Morocco look like a confident team that works hard for everything.
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Morocco are on a 29! game unbeaten run, but, a lot of that is volleying stiffs and they haven't played much quality.

Interestingly having watched their game on Saturday, they don't score much and concede even less. A trait that seems to go all the way back to the last World Cup.

Brazil are patchy, and have lost more recent games to their South American neighbours than they might normally do but their players play at a better standard and they play harder games.

I think if Scotland up their performance there might be a point in either game for us - but - the heat will be tough going and suits Brazil and Morocco much more than it suits us I think.
 
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Purple & Green said:
Morocco are on a 29! game unbeaten run, but, a lot of that is volleying stiffs and they haven't played much quality.

Interestingly having watched their game on Saturday, they don't score much and concede even less. A trait that seems to go all the way back to the last World Cup.

Brazil are patchy, and have lost more recent games to their South American neighbours than they might normally do but their players play at a better standard and they play harder games.

I think if Scotland up their performance there might be a point in either game for us - but - the heat will be tough going and suits Brazil and Morocco much more than it suits us I think.
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The Gunts of Africa?
 
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