Well we are now at the point where many Scot footie fans will be saying, "I've seen this movie before"!!! 
Scotland's great draw v England on their own "patch" will mean nothing unless we make it count v Croatia on Tuesday night. This is most definitely Scotland's cup final as well as it being Croatia's cup final - both teams need a victory while Scotland need to finally "bust a bogey", one that has rendered Scotland never qualifying from any World Cup or Euro group no matter how good a footie team they have fielded in the past 50 years. And Scotland have had some vg teams from World Cup Germany '74 onwards where no good fortune has ever favoured even the great teams. So how do we "bust the bogey"????? Can we do it?? I've watched Croatia twice in their group matches and perceive them to be an ageing team that has lost many of their great players. But they still have quality in certain areas of the pitch. Hence my initial view is to "man mark" Perisic and Modric - try to nullify their contribution. I wanna see a physical cup final confrontation v Croatia. We don't want a draw and, in fact, a hi-press attacking strategy is in order for IMO one of the biggest Scotland footie internationals in 30 years - we need to focus on scoring as many goals as poss from a team that clearly doesn't generally score more than two goals v anybody - the footie stats don't lie!! I think Clarke must try to prime every Scotland player who is capable of scoring a goal to "have a pop" at every opportunity - that is the clarion call!! C'MON SCOTLAND, WE DON'T WANNA SEE THE SAME MOVIE AGAIN!! A NEW ERA OF OPTIMISM AND POSITIVITY IS THERE TO BE GRASPED!!!
Scotland's great draw v England on their own "patch" will mean nothing unless we make it count v Croatia on Tuesday night. This is most definitely Scotland's cup final as well as it being Croatia's cup final - both teams need a victory while Scotland need to finally "bust a bogey", one that has rendered Scotland never qualifying from any World Cup or Euro group no matter how good a footie team they have fielded in the past 50 years. And Scotland have had some vg teams from World Cup Germany '74 onwards where no good fortune has ever favoured even the great teams. So how do we "bust the bogey"????? Can we do it?? I've watched Croatia twice in their group matches and perceive them to be an ageing team that has lost many of their great players. But they still have quality in certain areas of the pitch. Hence my initial view is to "man mark" Perisic and Modric - try to nullify their contribution. I wanna see a physical cup final confrontation v Croatia. We don't want a draw and, in fact, a hi-press attacking strategy is in order for IMO one of the biggest Scotland footie internationals in 30 years - we need to focus on scoring as many goals as poss from a team that clearly doesn't generally score more than two goals v anybody - the footie stats don't lie!! I think Clarke must try to prime every Scotland player who is capable of scoring a goal to "have a pop" at every opportunity - that is the clarion call!! C'MON SCOTLAND, WE DON'T WANNA SEE THE SAME MOVIE AGAIN!! A NEW ERA OF OPTIMISM AND POSITIVITY IS THERE TO BE GRASPED!!!
