Scottish National Team Thread (R)

[markdickson]

Berti Vogts has named a 23 man squad for the international in Portugal later this month. Paul Dickov and Derek McInnes return to the squad, but there are no real surprises.

The match, in Braga on 20 November, is another opportunity for the coach to build on the successes against Iceland and Canada, and he will be hoping to maintain the winning formula.

SCOTLAND SQUAD
Goalkeepers
Neil Alexander (Cardiff City)
Robert Douglas (Celtic)
Paul Gallacher (Dundee United)
Defenders
Graham Alexander (Preston North End)
Russell Anderson (Aberdeen)
Christian Dailly (West Ham United)
Callum Davidson (Leicester City)
Steven Pressley (Heart of Midlothian)
Maurice Ross (Rangers)
Robbie Stockdale (Middlesbrough)
Lee Wilkie (Dundee)
Midfield
Paul Devlin (Birmingham City)
Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
Paul Lambert (Celtic)
Derek McInnes (West Bromwich Albion)
Gary Naysmith (Everton
Scott Severin (Heart of Midlothian)
Gareth Williams (Nottingham Forest)
Forwards
Stephen Crawford (Dunfermline Athletic)
Paul Dickov (Leicester City)
Scott Dobie (West Bromwich Albion)
Kevin Kyle (Sunderland)
Steven Thompson (Dundee United)


Meanwhile, Rainer Bonhof has also named his Under 21 squad to face Belgium in Molenbeek on 19 November.

SCOTLAND UNDER 21 SQUAD
Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Heart of Midlothian)
Allan McGregor (Rangers)
Derek Soutar (Dundee)
Defenders
Gary Caldwell (Newcastle United)
Stephen Crainey (Celtic)
Chris Doig (Nottingham Forest)
Andrew Dowie (Rangers)
Steven Hammell (Motherwell)
John Kennedy (Celtic)
Midfield
Peter Canero (Kilmarnock)
Stuart Duff (Dundee United)
Stephen Hughes (Rangers)
Brian Kerr (Newcastle United)
James McFadden (Motherwell)
Ian Murray (Hibernian)
Stephen Pearson (Motherwell)
Michael Stewart (Manchester United)
Forwards
Simon Lynch (Celtic)
Tom McManus (Hibernian)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic)
Garry O’Connor (Hibernian).

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Im a bit dissapointed with this squad, playing a team like portugal youre almost guaranteed a humping, i would have thought it would be used to blood some of the younger boys and give them some experience, what can the likes of Dickov and McInnes show us that they havent shown us before?
Even then I dont rate either too highly.

[Senor Askew]

Originally posted by markdickson


The match, in Braga on 20 November, is another opportunity for the coach to build on the successes against Iceland and Canada, and he will be hoping to maintain the winning formula.


You'll forgive me, chaps, for bringing this up yet again but does it not strike you lot as obsenely depressing that Scottish football success is now measured by wins against Iceland and Canada?

*sigh*

:(

[Senor Askew]

Originally posted by Parkhead_Faithful
.............what can the likes of Dickov and McInnes show us that they havent shown us before?
Even then I dont rate either too highly.

1. Precious little.

2. Me neither.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by Senor Askew


You'll forgive me, chaps, for bringing this up yet again but does it not strike you lot as obsenely depressing that Scottish football success is now measured by wins against Iceland and Canada?

*sigh*

:(

I think he was talking relatively, after losing 5 on the bounce it would have been a confidence boost to beat san marino, and some good teams have been beaten in iceland in recent times.
What I took as positive from the canada game is that it looked like we had found as system and were moving forward as regards selecting players who want to play who can give something different and then he brings in a load of duffers again, I dont know anybody whos happy with that squad.

[Ed NYC Firm]

Just want to mention that the Portugal match will be shown live here in North America . Setanta will have it up on the sat. . Contact your local pub that shows football to see if they are showing the match . Kickoff is 4 PM EST .

[markdickson]

Steven Thompson out with an ankle injury.

Kevin Kyle likely to go into U-21s to replace injured McFadden & O'Connor.

Shame about losing Thopmson after his performances against Canada & Iceland, but he's suspended for the Iceland return match next March so it'll give Berti a chance to find another partner for Crawford. I fear it'll be Dickov but he's a small guy, as it Crawford, and Vogts likes a little and large partnership up front so who knows, especially with Kyle dropping out?

[markdickson]

The Portugal squad to face Scotland in Braga next Wednesday has now been announced. It includes many famous names such as Figo, Rui Costa, Fernando Couto and Pauleta.

The full squad is:
Goalkeepers
Quim (SC Braga)
Nelson (Sporting Lisbon)
Defenders
Fernando Couto (Lazio)
Jorge Ribeiro (Varzim)
Ricardo Silva (Vitoria Guimaraes)
Ricardo Rocha (Benfica)
Rui Jorge (Sporting Lisbon)
Midfield
Fernando Meira (Stuttgart)
Hugo Viana (Newcastle United)
Neca (Belenenses)
Marco Ferreira (Vitoria Setubal)
Pedro Mendes (Vitoria Guimaraes)
Rui Costa (AC Milan)
Tiago (Benfica)
Forwards
Boa Morte (Fulham)
Figo (Real Madrid)
Nuno Gomes (Benfica)
Pauleta (Bordeaux)
Sergio Conceicao (Inter Milan)
Simao (Benfica)

The Portuguese squad does not include players from league leaders Porto or from Boavista, as both have matches on Monday evening.

...help!!! :(

[markdickson]

Scotland Under 18s went down 2-0 to Germany this morning, following on from their 1-0 defeat on Tuesday.

The Scots made the running in the first half of the friendly international in Barsinghausen, and Ross Wallace hit a post. However, with the Germans refreshed by several second half substitutes, the home country took the lead in 65 minutes through Podolski's long range shot, and made sure of victory ten minutes later with a header from Sahr.

In Tuesday's match, played before a crowd of 5,500 in Herzlake, the Germans achieved victory through a 72nd minute strike from Glasner.

[SJFC4ever]

What a shock, sicknote Ferguson has pulled out of Wednesday's match.

He still only has 13 caps from 4+ years of international football.

:rolleyes:

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by SJFC4ever
What a shock, sicknote Ferguson has pulled out of Wednesday's match.

He still only has 13 caps from 4+ years of international football.

:rolleyes:

No great loss IMO.
Dickov is injured, I'm much happier about that, a decent striker might get a go now.

[SJFC4ever]

It's now being reported that Kevin Kyle might start the game.

Uh-oh.

['Eck RFC]

Germany B 3 - 3 Scotland B
Kuranyi 16' --- Kyle 43'
Meier --- Hughes
Voigt 90' --- B. Malcolm

Cant find the other scoring times but a good result for Scotland. We were winning 2-3 in the last minute until Voigt scored from a free-kick at the death.

[SJFC4ever]

the other goals were scored within a minute of each other, just before the hour. (Germany went 2-1 up)

Team was:

Gallacher (GK)

G Caldwell
S Caldwell
Malcolm

Rae (Kennedy, 89')
Nicholson (Hughes, H/T)
I Murray
Glass (S Murray, 41')
Crainey (Canero, 65')

Kyle
Miller (Harper 81')

Germany:

Jentzsch (GK)
Hinkel (Kringe 57')
Voigt
Preuss
Franz
Schindzielorz
Bierofka
Ernst
Daun
Kuranyi (Meier, H/T)
Frommer (Meyer, 67')

['Eck RFC]

Thanx, It was a good result though eh? I would liked to have been able to see it live or atleast some highlights.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Ive never put that much faith in under-21 games, B games whatever, didnt we win a world or european championship at youth level something like 12 years ago?
Im sure we did, beating a portugal side with, to name but a few, Figo and Rui Costa in it.
The best you can hope for from them is maybe one or two young players earning a promotion to the full squad.

[SJFC4ever]

Scotland has arranged a friendly with New Zealand on May 27 as preparation for European qualifier against Germany in early June. Hopefully the game will be played at Easter Road, ;) It should be, there was a cracking atmosphere for the Canada game.

[port talbot #1]

good luck scotland hope you make it to the finals bit of luck and we will be there together .scotland ,wales and the scum over the border can stay at home .all the best to celtic fans

[markdickson]

Venues for all of Scotland's home international matches in 2003, for the A, Under 21 and Future teams, have now been agreed by the Scottish FA.

The Safeway International Challenge match between Scotland and New Zealand will be at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh, the only home match not to be played at Hampden Park this year.

However, fans around Scotland will be able to see the Future and Under 21 teams at their local venues. Inverness will host the Scotland Future Team's match against the Czech Republic in May, with other matches being played in Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth, Kilmarnock and Cumbernauld.

SCOTLAND A INTERNATIONALS

Scotland v Republic of Ireland
Wednesday 12 February, 2003
Hampden Park, Glasgow, 8.00 pm

Scotland v. Iceland (Euro 2004)
Saturday 29 March, 2003
Hampden Park, Glasgow, 3.00 pm

Lithuania v. Scotland (Euro 2004)
Wednesday 2 April, 2003
St Darius and St Girenas Stadium, Kaunas

Scotland v. Austria
Wednesday 30 April, 2003
Hampden Park, Glasgow, 8.00 pm

Scotland v. New Zealand
Tuesday 27 May, 2003
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, 8.00 pm

Scotland v. Germany (Euro 2004)
Saturday 7 June, 2003
Hampden Park, Glasgow, 3.00 pm

Norway v. Scotland
Wednesday 20 August, 2003
Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo

Scotland v. Faroe Islands (Euro 2004)
Saturday 6 September, 2003
Hampden Park, Glasgow, 3.00 pm

Germany v. Scotland (Euro 2004)
Wednesday 10 September, 2003
Westfalen Stadium, Dortmund

Scotland v. Lithuania (Euro 2004)
Saturday 11 October, 2003
Hampden Park, Glasgow

Euro 2004 play-off dates (if necessary):
Saturday 15 November, and Wednesday 19 November, 2003

SCOTLAND FUTURE TEAM

Turkey v. Scotland
Tuesday 25 February, 2003
Venue to be decided

Scotland v. Czech Republic
Tuesday 20 May, 2003
Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

Czech Republic v. Scotland
September, 2003 (tbc)
Venue to be decided

Scotland v. Turkey
October, 2003 (tbc)
Dens Park, Dundee

Scotland v. Germany
November, 2003 (tbc)
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

SCOTLAND UNDER 21 TEAM

Scotland v. Republic of Ireland
Tuesday 11 February, 2003
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, 8.00 pm

Scotland v. Iceland
Friday 28 March, 2003
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, 7.30 pm

Lithuania v. Scotland
Tuesday 1 April, 2003
Zalgiris Stadium, Vilnius

Scotland v. Austria
Tuesday 29 April, 2003
Tannadice Park, Dundee

Scotland v. Germany
Friday 6 June, 2003
Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Germany v. Scotland
Tuesday 9 September, 2003
SSV Stadion, Aalen

Scotland v. Lithuania
Friday 10 October, 2003
McDiarmid Park, Perth

[markdickson]

Any thoughts on the Scotland squad to be named on Tuesday? I hope Kenny Miller is included and Paul Dickov, not the most fashionable of strikers, but is in good form. Chris Iwelumo of Stoke has done well lately as well. There's a bit of a goalkeeping crisis with Douglas & Gallacher injured, Sullivan not 100% (and not having played first team football for about 4 months!). However, Hutchison and Matteo should return.

Scotland win!!!