Rousseau

1 hour ago, Franc Ergs said:

Still like it ?

 

I like it. 

33 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

But it's got a Walter Smith quote on the inside... 

I like it. 

3 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

Switzerland 0-1 Italy

Germany 2-0 Denmark

 

England 1-0 Slovakia

Spain 2-0 Georgia JOKER

 

France 1-0 Belgium

Portugal 1-0 Slovenia JOKER

 

Romania 2-2 Netherlands 

Austria 1-0 Turkey

We now know what the scores won't be... 

6 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

If you had a decent League structure, then I could see some sense in it.

(Frankly, there are too many teams in Scotland's SPFL. It should be culled.)

 

I don't think you could have, in Scotland, two leagues, with the lower division containing, what, say up to 10, or12, (or so) B teams.  Unless you were able to have a B Team league on its own. (At least that would prevent a team being relegated, and having to play its own B Team, home and away.)

 

 

We should have bigger leagues. 

A B-Team league would just be a reserve league, which doesn't allow youngsters to play first-team professionals, just other youngsters. 

B-Teams can't play in the same league as their main team. (Barca B cannot be promoted to La Liga; if Barca were relegated, their B-team would also be relegated, to the third division.) 

14 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

I thought that we had tried that, or something similar.

 

You have a pretty mundane, uncompetitive, mostly, Premier League, so what level of competition, and tactical challenge, does the league structure below this provide?

 

(The whole SPFL requires surgery, but that is a debate for elsewhere.)

Not fully. 

It was only one season (for us, anyway) and we were stuck in the Lowland League. 

Spanish sides, for example, are allowed up to the Segunda Division - if their teams are in La Liga. Villarreal B currently play in the Segunda Division.

It allows them to get a lot of experience, against men. 

I actually think it allows us to develop the tactical side of their game internally, instead of farming them out to the rubbish we have in this country, which doesn't teach them anything that is useful to us. That's just me, though. 

32 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

What is needed is for the home schooled players to gain the necessary experience. This seems to be difficult, internally, and externally, and I am not sure how you solve the problem. 

B-teams in the league structure, like Spain, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands. 

6 points behind in September?

Switzerland 1-2 Italy

Germany 2-0 Denmark

England 2-0 Slovakia

Spain 3-0 Georgia JOKER

France 1-0 Belgium

Portugal 1-1 Slovenia

Romania 1-2 Netherlands 

Austria 2-0 Turkey

That was a horrible round of games. 

We averaged 10 points from Matchday1, 8 points from Matchday 2 and this round we only averaged 6 points each from matches. 

Points from each matchday:

@WorthingBear91 and @weebluedevil were the big movers in yesterday's 4 games, with both gaining 6 points from 2 Correct Scores. 

@lenny3k and @ChelseaBoy not far behind with 4 points gained. 

The Slovakia-Romania game saw a massive 7 Correct Scores, with the Georgia-Portugal providing no points whatsoever. 

Rules:

1. You will receive 2 points for a correct score (CS).
2. You will receive 1 point for a correct result (CR).
3. Jokers applied to a game will double the points. 
4. Jokers can be used once per round (Matchday 1, Matchday 2, Matchday 3, Round of 16, etc.).
5. Your prediction for the Knockout phase will include extra time but NOT penalties.

Round of 16 fixtures:

29 June - 2 July 

Switzerland v Italy

Germany v Denmark

England v Slovakia

Spain v Georgia

France v Belgium

Portugal v Slovenia

Romania v Netherlands 

Austria v Turkey

Please indicate your JOKER.

2 hours ago, WorthingBear91 said:

Did you add my point for England vs Slovenia?

Did you change your prediction? I have 1-2 in my spreadsheet. 

Edit: I see now that a couple of you have edited your posts. I'll go back over those. 

Edit: I've updated your scores on my spreadsheet. You get your point. 

What a horrible set of results! Only 4 players gained points from 4 games!

Unfortunately for us, @Ted McMinnime got a Correct Score in the FRA-POL game, picking up 4 points in total yesterday to extend his lead at the top.

 @lenny3k, @weebluedevil and @ChelseaBoy picked up a single point from yesterday's 4 games. 

The rest got nothing. Crazy.

1 hour ago, compo said:

So if Barron went to a club outside Scotland the dons would get around 525000 pounds training fee so why are we fannying about pay them the money 

He chose to come to us. 

Dems da rules. 

F*ck them.

8 minutes ago, buster. said:

Fall out after a Slovenia win would be delicious 🤞🏻

I'd rather see the fallout when they get kicked out. 

10 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

The last group matches are always difficult to predict because some who have already qualified will rest players, not give a shit, some teams will be desperate to win and others will already have their minds on their Summer holidays.  

Spain changed their whole first XI, I think? 

I was under the impression that Alex Rae's contract was ending.

Have I just made that up?

@buster. and @der Berliner were the big gainers in yesterday's matches, picking up 5 points each.

@Ted McMinnime also takes the lead outright after picking up 4 points. 

14 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

His title with Scotland is: Assistant Coach (Failed).

 

 

I can't argue with that. 

2 hours ago, Uilleam said:

So, is no-one is coaching set pieces, not even AVFC's 'set piece coach'?

 

What does the assistant coach do: open, and regularly replenish, the mini-bar in the principal coach's room?

I was merely pointing out that that's not his title with Scotland. 

I don't think MacPhee is the Scotland set-piece coach; he's an assistant coach. 

He is Aston Villa's set-piece coach, though. 

I wasn't too happy with the McLean links but I can see the benefit of signing an experienced player to go alongside all our youngsters. 

4 minutes ago, der Berliner said:

@Rousseau  to push away from the relegation zone. 

 

So there is a GPL Euro 2028 - Division 2 in the future? 

Of course not. Merely a figure of speech, to lend gravitas to the competition.