Having now listened to Strachan's interview, the most important word that wee Gogsy used was 'partly' - genetics are 'partly' responsible for our failure. I don't have a problem with that comment TBH! I then listened to the bbc pundit, Stephen Thompson, commenting that it was ridiculous that Strachan totally (??) blamed genetics on this failure (and then continued to say he should resign). No he didn't!! All he said was it's a factor and in the case of having big players on the subs' bench, IMO Strachan's issue is having the privilege of selecting from a good variety of Scottish players who have the physical and skilful attributes to do something at international level. That restriction has been glaring for years in a number of defensive and defensive mid positions. Therefore it is a factor as described and it's clear today on radio, tv and social media that lotsa Scottish fans concur with that view. It's the misinterpretation of the comment that irritates me! Another factor for failure last night was Fletcher's diabolical 'miss' at a crucial point of the match when we were fighting back to try n win it! Another factor was that poor 1-1 draw v Lithuania. Another factor was Broony's unwelcome injury IMO and another factor was the crazy decision-making of certain Scotland players v England in the last 30 secs of an epic match that we should have won and gained those precious 2 pts that England could've squandered anyway with no damage done to winning Group F!!
We've never qualified for a major tournament in 20 years and there are lotsa reasons why that failure has haunted us. The genetic one is just one of many reasons! Imagine if we fielded a Scotland team of 10 small but skilful outfield players?? We'd be destroyed by 'big teams' with decent skills attached to them and that's a fact! It's that 'fine balance' of different sizes, physicality and competent skills of players that make the difference in providing a top football team and Strachan knows that fact only too well!
We've never qualified for a major tournament in 20 years and there are lotsa reasons why that failure has haunted us. The genetic one is just one of many reasons! Imagine if we fielded a Scotland team of 10 small but skilful outfield players?? We'd be destroyed by 'big teams' with decent skills attached to them and that's a fact! It's that 'fine balance' of different sizes, physicality and competent skills of players that make the difference in providing a top football team and Strachan knows that fact only too well!