On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:33:05 +0100, The Iceberg
<iceberg.rules@gmail.com> wrote:

No wonder Custom is so angry today! this was in the headlines again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9777vz1d08o

What now for Clarke as Scotland's ongoing deterioration continues?

The agony, the ignominy and the long road home. The team that said they
were in Germany to make history retreated on Monday with a notoriety of
an altogether different kind.

Scotland’s performance was, indeed, the stuff of legend, in one sense.
Their statistics belong in a hall of shame, or one of those odditoriums
with magic mirrors and optical illusions.

Generations would stare in wonder at the numbers Scotland delivered here
and question how on earth they could be so poor. Two goals (neither of
them finished by a Scottish player) was bad enough, but three shots on
target in three games is a lamentable figure.

Seven individual players from other nations have had more shots on
target than all of Scotland’s players put together - and six of that
seven have only played two games. Fifteen other players have already
equalled Scotland’s overall total.

They rank bottom in the shots on target table, bottom on the expected
goals table (an inept 0.97), currently second from bottom on the xG
conceded table (4.3) and joint bottom on the attempts on goal table.
They will surely end up bottom of that list, too.

It is only in the saves and clearances and tackles categories where
Scotland are top end. High marks for heart, no marks in many other senses.

LOL! You appear to be labouring under the misapprehension that I could
give a fuck about Scottiish football. Or any football. You'll need to
look a lot harder if you're hoping to find a stick to beat me with.

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On 31.7.2024 11.33, The Iceberg wrote:

No wonder Custom is so angry today! this was in the headlines again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9777vz1d08o

What now for Clarke as Scotland's ongoing deterioration continues?

The agony, the ignominy and the long road home. The team that said they
were in Germany to make history retreated on Monday with a notoriety of
an altogether different kind.

Scotland’s performance was, indeed, the stuff of legend, in one sense. Their statistics belong in a hall of shame, or one of those odditoriums
with magic mirrors and optical illusions.

Generations would stare in wonder at the numbers Scotland delivered here
and question how on earth they could be so poor. Two goals (neither of
them finished by a Scottish player) was bad enough, but three shots on
target in three games is a lamentable figure.

Seven individual players from other nations have had more shots on
target than all of Scotland’s players put together - and six of that
seven have only played two games. Fifteen other players have already
equalled Scotland’s overall total.

They rank bottom in the shots on target table, bottom on the expected
goals table (an inept 0.97), currently second from bottom on the xG
conceded table (4.3) and joint bottom on the attempts on goal table.
They will surely end up bottom of that list, too.

It is only in the saves and clearances and tackles categories where
Scotland are top end. High marks for heart, no marks in many other senses.

You're still miffed about the second HUGE crash against the wall named
... Mediterranean football.

--
"And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
-- Traditional

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