22-06-2021, 23:30
Reverted back to our performance v the Czechs ....maybe even worse. Once again Stevie has questions to answer I feel.
He got the team and tactics wrong again IMO. Armstrong isn't a good enough passer of the ball at this level, isn't even a like for like change for Gilmour and Dykes is a complete dumpling and got the 90 mins again. O'donnell reverted to type after a good showing v England and got done for the first goal. Why would you spend so long sitting off a team like Croatia ? Modric absolutely strolled it out there, great range of passing.
McGregor scored a fine goal to get us back involved, but Clarke should have changed it at H/T when it was so obvious the Croatians had way too much space and time on the ball.
McGinn had the chance at 1-1 but we fell out the game afterwards. We had already rode our luck big time by that point and the Croatians more than deserved their 2 second half goals.
There has been some progress, and Clarke has made us respectable again but until we can do better in the final quarter we will struggle to make the next step forward.
He got the team and tactics wrong again IMO. Armstrong isn't a good enough passer of the ball at this level, isn't even a like for like change for Gilmour and Dykes is a complete dumpling and got the 90 mins again. O'donnell reverted to type after a good showing v England and got done for the first goal. Why would you spend so long sitting off a team like Croatia ? Modric absolutely strolled it out there, great range of passing.
McGregor scored a fine goal to get us back involved, but Clarke should have changed it at H/T when it was so obvious the Croatians had way too much space and time on the ball.
McGinn had the chance at 1-1 but we fell out the game afterwards. We had already rode our luck big time by that point and the Croatians more than deserved their 2 second half goals.
There has been some progress, and Clarke has made us respectable again but until we can do better in the final quarter we will struggle to make the next step forward.