I think the "alarm bells are already ringing" re the possibility of another "banana skin" for Scotland in Moldova next month. The evidence was there for all to see last night - lotsa players who just couldn't get going, mispassing, losing out on the 50-50 challenges, "flat as a pancake". The Kazakhstan debacle last year was a prime example of this "out of the blue" failure in an away fixture. The good news re Moldova's WC group form is they only have one point and have lost 24 goals so far. Lets hope Clarke finds the right line-up of players who are primed and motivated enough to realise the importance of the fixture and actually play properly as well as scoring the requisite goals without Dykes in the team.
The warnings re this "card happy" Slovenian ref were issued well before this match Jim. The guy has a black history of issuing yellow cards for next to nothing! In his last match before this one in the Faroes, he apparently "dished out" 13 yellow cards.
(13-10-2021, 10:26)hibeejim21 Wrote: I think Dykes is an absolute donkey but credit where it's due, he has stuck to the task in these games.
A win in Moldova will be enough to make the play offs, but we will be without christie and dykes. Some of the bookings last night were a joke.
The warnings re this "card happy" Slovenian ref were issued well before this match Jim. The guy has a black history of issuing yellow cards for next to nothing! In his last match before this one in the Faroes, he apparently "dished out" 13 yellow cards.