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Thursday, August 12, 2010

The reason Scotland are doomed to failure, now and forever

Yes, it's a football blog. Well, mainly, I'll probably get distracted and start to ramble about other things.
So, new manager, same shite eh? Watching Scotland lose 3-0 to Sweden (or 3-1 if you read The Scotsman) last night, it wasn't even disappointing, it was just expected. Firstly, "giving a chance" to players such as Gary Kenneth at international level is pointless. Anyone could have said before the game that he wasn't good enough to play for Scotland. But no, he hadn't been given a chance, he should get the opportunity to TRY. Well, sorry, but I've never had the opportunity to play for Scotland, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't mark Zlatan Ibrahimovic either. On this basis, I should turn up at Prestwick airport and demand to fly a plane. Do I have a pilot's licence? No, but I've never tried flying a plane, so how do we know whether I'm good enough for that altitude? I have to say, I'm probably being unfair, the entire defence was a shambles, the first two goals were both the result of the wing-backs failing to stop a cross. The second goal for example. Kim Kallstrom, Football Manager superstar goes to the byline. He stops, the ball probably goes out of play. Guess the next move of our Scottish heroes? They stop. They just stop. Don't they know to play to the whistle? Did they make the classic mistake of confusing Swedish people with Tyrannosaurus Rex and assume if they stood still they wouldn't be seen? Or are they just Kirk Broadfoot and Lee Wallace? Kirk Broadfoot is a man who tried to cook and egg in a microwave, and was almost blinded when the egg exploded in his face. How is he meant to read the game when he probably can't read the team sheet? The line-ups are probably posted in the dressing room in the form of Quentin Blake drawings whenever dear Kirk is in the squad. Furthermore, we have a midfield which can't string two passes together. Seriously, the first thing we did in the game was give the ball straight to Sweden, it's kinda difficult to score if you don't have the ball no? And remember, we're facing Spain in the qualifying for Euro 2012, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas... How are we supposed to contain that midfield when we can't contain Pontus Vernbloom (best name ever?), Behrang Safari, Anders Svensson and Ola Toivinen? Yes, we are doomed ladies and gentlemen, doomed. I actually prefer it when Scotland get humped. Obviously I'd rather we qualified, but it's much better to be terrible and get nowhere near success, than to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the last game just as qualification is in our grasp.
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