[hibeejim21]

Clarke's devotion to Dykes just amazes me. And surely Turnbull or Forrest would have been worth a try-out. Another disappointing night, but we're bound to be getting used to it by now.

Its mental Ritchie....the guy played every minute of all our games I think He's xxxx rotten, never near international level.

Take your point about Turnbull, he was probably the nearest equivalent to Gilmour, in that he could have kept the ball better and take the ball into feet which is what was really lacking tonight. Anyway trying to close down aggressively players like Kovacic, Modric and Brozovic was just daft really, they aren't going to be unsettled by that. As 0762 says England used Phillips to disrupt them quite smartly. Instead when we ran out of steam we just sat off them.

Overall I don't think the 2 up front worked well in this tournament. Adams is a good wee player but he needs a better partner.