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This is already horrendous!

Nothing you've said is a lie... We aren't very good and we do have a habit of losing. Those average players that are missing, ARE some of our better players so chances are we'll be out before England fans actually start supporting their team but here is the rub... WE DON'T CARE. We are just happy to be involved and we will enjoy it for what it is... we won't be throwing tantrums OR garden furniture around, we won't be racially abusing our own players for missing penalties. We are just happy we don't have to pick a team to support for it.

Che Adams starts.... best we can hope for is 0-0!

The two oldest squads in the tournament playing tonight. Scotland edge it but both have an average age of just over 28! .....You'll never sing that!

I'm OK with either Potter or Corberan.

I'm not holding out any hope for tonight. A decent performance, don't get embarrassed and no injuries would be a good result.

The most Scottish thing in the world would be a draw against Germany that we could have won, an unlucky defeat against Switzerland, go into the game against Hungary full of hope and get goosed!

This is true but it's also been over 3 weeks since we knew he was going. That's when the process should've started, and it might has well have but I wouldn't be surprised at all if we just started our search in the last week.

Nah, they got Lopetegui.

I wouldn't be too upset with that situation... Think about it. We aren't in a great place. There is so much uncertainty with the points deduction, our finances, who's going to leave etc... If he comes in and does well enough that Utd come for him at Christmas, then we are undoubtedly going to be in a better place. We will know what's happening with our punishment. We will know what kind of squad we have to work with and if Utd are taking him then we will likely be in in a good league position. That will make us a more attractive proposition and give us even more compo from a manager.

To all the people who have concluded that he doesn't want to be here because he's taking his time in deciding, just remember we almost had to sign James fvcking McCarthur in order to convince Cambiasso to sign for us.

Like I said.... we would be lucky! 2 draws is doable if improbable.

I think a lot of people are overlooking Portugal. I have it as a ross up between them and France in the final.

Agreed. Immediately following the qualification, I was definately optimistic for a decent showing but how we've looked since and the rotten run of injuries... I think we'll be lucky to finish the group on 2 points.

He won't even see that reply! That phone is done for tonight!

We should rename the thread Game of thrones because everyone is going to be left disappointed.

Posh spice.... The Posh....Peterborough...Managed by Darren Ferguson, son of Alex Ferguson who coached the husband of....VICTORIA BECKHAM!! Dear lord, it's Darren fvcking Ferguson, isn't it??!!

I was thinking the same... Best I could come up with is Fatawu as RWB and potentially Mavididi as striker buy neither is really ideal and we'll lose dangerous parts of their play.

I couldn't care less what our new managers preference is... as long as he's not married to it and realises that there is a time and place for both.

People really need to manage their expectations on who we can attract. Let's look at where we are... A favourite for relegation. One of the weakest squads in the league. Possibly heavy restrictions on how much we can spend. Looking at least one points deduction for FFP. Possibly another for not submitting finances in time and potential punishment if we faulted last season. Run by a gaggle of idiots. We all would like an exciting up and coming manager who plays great football and can improve but there aren't many of them who would be attracted to our current position. It's also a risk. We took one last year with a manager in this mould and it worked out but we had a bit more room to do so as Enzo was coming in to the strongest squad in the league. The fact is, we CAN'T be turning our nose up to people like Cooper, Potter or Moyes as they are the options on par with the position we are in, sadly. Realistically, we need a manager to come in, keep us up for a few seasons whilst building foundations for a team that can kick on but do it on a budget whilst we steady the ship financially. The next manager after that will be the one to hopefully push on and take advantage of what this one needs to do.

He resigned our best ever player and only current striker that can score goals anywhere near consistently because we are going to struggle to replace him with anyone better due to the sh!tshow that he has contributed to in terms of our finances! I'll start organising his fvcking parade shall I?!

I said this a few days ago. If signings are going to be limited and the new manager wants to play to our squads strength, he simply NEEDS to play deep. Vesty, Faes, Coady, Souttar.... none of them will really benefit from a high line.

Mate, I'm Scottish, if I text like I spoke you would think that I dropped my phone...

If the club cared about what the fans thought, Rodgers would have went about a year before he did and Rudkin would have been stuffed in his boot. They don't put enough stock into what we think to let it influence major business decisions.

They clearly never had any intention of signing him for that fee. Their season went as well as they could ever have hoped and he played a decent part of that. If they don't want to pay that even now then they never where. Is there a time limit on their option? I don't want them to have him so I don't want them to trigger the fee in the case of him having a great Euros.