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Scotland are about to kick off another qualification campaign. It | :00:22. | :00:29. | |
is 24 days and counting. Which hopefully can take us to our first | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
major final since 98. That made tonight's match with Australia | :00:35. | :00:41. | |
significant. We will get the thoughts of two internationals, Pat | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
Nevin and Steven Thompson after the Nevin and Steven Thompson after the | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
action from Easter Road. There is a sense that Scotland need to get a | :00:50. | :00:59. | |
positive result, although it is just a friendly. Leave leave -- | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
Craig Levein will hope the hammering from the United States | :01:02. | :01:12. | |
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will not undo the work from what he feels has been a good start. We | :01:13. | :01:20. | |
knew his team last night. A first start for Jordan Rhodes after the | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
withdrawal of Mackie. 40 girls in English League One last season. | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
Danny Fox is back for the first time since George Burley's last | :01:31. | :01:38. | |
game in charge nearly three years ago. Only Andy Webster in that line | :01:38. | :01:46. | |
up plys his trade in Scotland. The Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer is 39 | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
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now and laubg welcomeshire helped his team knock Dundee United out of | :01:59. | :02:09. | |
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Europa league. The referee is Tom Hagueen. -- Hagen. Scotland get us | :02:09. | :02:18. | |
under way as international football returns to Easter Road. Not much | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
more time for tinkering, the Serbians lying in wait for the | :02:22. | :02:32. | |
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he didn't know where it was. He would have loved that to have been | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
just in front of him. I think he does the rate thing. Snodgrass | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
releases Morrison and the centre half has got to come out and that | :02:58. | :03:08. | |
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means Rhodes is spare. It just for the the diving header. | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
striker's dream, getting a lot of joy down this right hand side. A | :03:20. | :03:30. | |
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great ball and a striker's dream. distance. He gets a corner. They're | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
getting so much joy in midfield with that extra man. Morrison gets | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
a turn and the defendser has to go to him. James Morrison was, if | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
there were any stars, he was one of them in the European Championship | :04:56. | :05:06. | |
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a run on the defender, Berra has to Naismith goes himself. Again the | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
movement is all important. The referee does a good advantage, | :06:01. | :06:09. | |
Naismith picks up. Ognenovski goes to him. But you will need better | :06:09. | :06:19. | |
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Carney, but it wasn't given. And Kruse comes through. McGregor made | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
himself available. Was that a hand used? No, says the referee. How on | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
earth did that stay out? Billy Dodds. I don't know. But there is a | :06:58. | :07:05. | |
hint of a band ball. But Scotland switch off and I don't know what | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
Hutton's doing. I think that is out of pitch. I think that is hand ball. | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
I think it is over the line and it is three bad decisions. We have got | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
away with one there. No doubt. Stone wall penalty. And a sending | :07:20. | :07:29. | |
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off as well. We got away with a big Simply stunning from Bresciano. | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
With the laces, one thump of his right foot and Scotland are behind. | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
It is a strike and a half. We clear the box well enough and get height | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
and distance. But you do nothing about that. That is as sweet as you | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
like. Allan McGregor left with no chance. A dipping, stinging volley | :07:57. | :08:04. | |
to put Australia ahead. Just before the 18-minute mark. A stunner from | :08:04. | :08:14. | |
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Mark Bresciano. His 12th Craig Levein's 19 games in charge. | :08:50. | :09:00. | |
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goal now. It is a great strike. That can't be any nearer the post. | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
McGregor no chance. I think if we go back to build up and thousand | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
corner came about, it was -- how the corner came about. It was | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
incredible. The first ball out. They had the one where it was over | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
the line, the penalty claim. We did get awhich with one after they got | :09:24. | :09:33. | |
away with one. Scotland have a problem with Allan McGregor. And | :09:33. | :09:41. | |
the change will be made now. Craig Levein was going to give Matt Gilks | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
a chance any way. But he wouldn't want it in these circumstances. | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
Allan McGregor has just moved to a new club in Turkey after leaving | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
Rangers and all the problems they have had. McGregor in a bit of | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
distress. Look like he will return to Turkey injured. And Matt Gilks, | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
who has been in squad after squad for some time will come on to win | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
his first cap. I think we should lack at the build up to the goal. | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
The ball, I think they have got away with unbut two wrongs don't | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
make a right. Then they have the shot. That is over the line and it | :10:23. | :10:30. | |
is a band ball. It is ehear the goal or a personality. I -- it is | :10:30. | :10:36. | |
either a goal or a penalty. There is three clear mistakes by the | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
referee and his assistants. James Morrison is going to come off with | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
a knock on his hip. He will be replaced by Maloney. Well he | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
started brightly. A few chances. An able replacement in Shaun Maloney. | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
But it is not going for Scotland. The keeper going off and going a | :10:58. | :11:08. | |
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down and now Morrison off. We have of them. A first international goal | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
for Jordan Rhodes. He has taken that so well, stooping low with the | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
header. Will this be the first of many for Jordan Rhodes in dark | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
blue? Again it is Naismith. The movement was great. He has come | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
from penalty spot to six yard box. But he has still got to get the | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
right correction and he certainly does that. For -- correction and he | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
certainly does. For your first start. What a great goal. Header, | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
movement, different class. Jordan Rhodes, such a brilliant season | :12:35. | :12:42. | |
last term for Huddersfield. Some ask could he make the step up. Well | :12:42. | :12:52. | |
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he has answered some of those qualifies to play for Scotland | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
through the school rule. Because he was at school initially in Scotland, | :13:05. | :13:11. | |
because his old man played up here for Dunfermline and St Johnstone. | :13:11. | :13:17. | |
was a team mate of his old man. He was a character. You said a couple | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
of moments ago, must keep it going. There have been some set backs and | :13:22. | :13:32. | |
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it may have rocked us, but it was bobbing about in the area. | :13:50. | :14:00. | |
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They're not slow with the movement think both teams haven't been | :14:24. | :14:34. | |
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shoddy in passing it and taking slack ones. In another time that is | :15:26. | :15:35. | |
a booking. Yes, Berra, and Gary Caldwell after her back as well | :15:35. | :15:42. | |
because it was his fault. It is Brett Holman, the Aston Villa | :15:42. | :15:52. | |
player, who is down. 54th Cup. Scored a couple of times in the | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
World Cup a couple of years ago. Against Ghana and Serbia. Scotland | :15:57. | :16:07. | |
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meet next month at the start of the World Cup qualifiers. Their German | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
coach it looks on. Two minutes being added on at the end of the | :16:13. | :16:22. | |
first half. Brett Holman walks off. This must be a worry for his boss, | :16:22. | :16:32. | |
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the former Scotland captain Paul Australia will make the change | :16:56. | :17:06. | |
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on this ground. Trainee dad and Tobago. -- Trinidad and Tobago. | :17:54. | :18:01. | |
That was a long time ago. They have played the two minutes of stoppage | :18:01. | :18:07. | |
time and the Norwegian referee ends an entertaining first half in least. | :18:07. | :18:14. | |
Australia got the lead with a quite stunning goal. Allan McGregor could | :18:15. | :18:24. | |
get nowhere near it. And Jordan Rhodes' first start, first goal for | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
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his home side. Half-time at Easter Road. Scotland 1, Australia won. -- | :18:38. | :18:48. | |
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goalscorers. He has been replaced of the World Cup. The Scots get | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
their qualification campaign under way next month. Will Craig Levein | :19:41. | :19:51. | |
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be happy just now? I think he will be delighted at the first half. | :19:52. | :19:55. | |
Overall, I think he will be really pleased with their performance so | :19:55. | :20:05. | |
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decision to make a few years back. fantastic save. -- Matthew Gilks. | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
Good strike. I do not know if the goalkeeper got a touch, all the | :22:16. | :22:26. | |
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goal from the man who has just scored. A Jason Day its and turning | :22:38. | :22:45. | |
past his own goalkeeper. And the Scot's lead 2-1. One at an | :22:46. | :22:55. | |
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introduction that is. The Jordan right in the top corner. The touch | :23:02. | :23:11. | |
from Jordan Rhodes was superb. A cross from Danny Fox was brilliant. | :23:11. | :23:20. | |
Davidson will not want to see that again. Ross McCormack is coming on, | :23:20. | :23:25. | |
a new hero for the Tartan Army. Jordan Rhodes, who scored the | :23:25. | :23:35. | |
equaliser, goes off. Jordan Rhodes, a world-class goal. The movement | :23:35. | :23:41. | |
and execution. The effort, desire, commitment. It was all there from | :23:41. | :23:51. | |
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do read for Celtic. -- do it for returned to action, really. Last | :24:46. | :24:55. | |
game was in the autumn. For Rangers, before he moved to Everton. His | :24:56. | :25:05. | |
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feels he should have been back last season. He has just reminded his | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
manager what he can do. That was good defending from their point of | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
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lot to do and he does reverses it Black is coming on for Scotland. | :26:19. | :26:27. | |
This is a source of controversy. Ian Black to come on. Currently | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
playing in a Scottish Football League third division. And you can | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
hear what the Tartan Army maker of this. The Tartan Army are not too | :26:34. | :26:44. | |
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sure about this, because he is decent enough chance from Webster | :28:41. | :28:51. | |
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it used Dartmouth. -- to start with. the Norwegian referee. A thoroughly | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
satisfactory night's worked from Craig Levein. He will feel a very | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
appreciative pat on the back four Jordan Rhodes as well. A night he | :29:45. | :29:51. | |
will never forget either. Set up by Danny Fox. He also set up the M | :29:51. | :29:57. | |
goal from Jason Davidson which made it 2-1. Ross McCormack men making | :29:57. | :30:02. | |
its three to one with a cool finish as well are. Just Davidson, who got | :30:02. | :30:08. | |
the own goal who turned this game on their head after at the Scots | :30:08. | :30:13. | |
went ahead. Craig Levein will be happy with that, as we look ahead | :30:13. | :30:17. | |
to Serbia and Macedonia next month, because that is when it counts. At | :30:17. | :30:27. | |
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You got to be happy with that especially after the game with the | :30:31. | :30:37. | |
United States. It was important that we... Got back on track. | :30:37. | :30:44. | |
Jordan Rhodes grabbed the head lanes, scoring and coming off to a | :30:44. | :30:48. | |
standing ovation? Yes I'm pleased for him. Said there is pressure on | :30:48. | :30:52. | |
him, because of what he has done on the field and the goals he has | :30:52. | :30:56. | |
scored. I'm pleased that he managed to get on the score sheet. Everyone | :30:56. | :31:02. | |
was here to watch him. How do you feel, first international zart and | :31:02. | :31:07. | |
first goal? Delighted. I won't do much sleeping tonight. But what a | :31:07. | :31:12. | |
feeling to go out there and the kick off and singing the anthem and | :31:12. | :31:17. | |
hearing the fans. So brilliant. A real proud moment for me. Ryan, not | :31:17. | :31:23. | |
a great result for you, but your international debut, how did that | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
feel? I on thinking about that since I was a boy. So it was a | :31:28. | :31:31. | |
proud moment to represent Australia. I remember speaking to you after | :31:31. | :31:36. | |
the first Gyme of last season at Ibrox, where you started at Hearts, | :31:36. | :31:41. | |
you have come a long way and forced your way into the team, won a cup | :31:41. | :31:48. | |
and made your international debut. It has been a whirlwind 12 months. | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
That was one of my first starts last year. If you were to say then | :31:52. | :31:57. | |
in 12 months you would be playing for the Socceroos, I would have | :31:57. | :32:03. | |
laughed at you. It was a will the of hard work and I'm delighted. | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
Iain Black, he dominated the headlines. Is he somebody that will | :32:07. | :32:14. | |
be playing against, who may well come into your minds. It shouldn't | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
have dominated any headlines, the whole thing was none sensical. He | :32:18. | :32:23. | |
was next in the line to be chosen and he got on the park. He would | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
have been with us in America if he had had that injury. It was, the | :32:27. | :32:34. | |
whole thing is, for me, is inconsequential. I don't think | :32:34. | :32:39. | |
people doubts his ability. But the questions were being asked... It | :32:39. | :32:45. | |
has divided the supporters. What's happened. He made an issue out of | :32:45. | :32:49. | |
something that is nothing. Can you ask me some questions about | :32:49. | :32:52. | |
positive things, rather than trying to brick you down. I'm not trying | :32:52. | :33:00. | |
to bring you down A3-1 victory going into a massive thing. Yes, I | :33:00. | :33:04. | |
said I'm pleased with the result and the way we played. But we don't | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
get any points for that tonight. And what is important now is the | :33:09. | :33:14. | |
Serbia match. That is an opportunity for some guys to stake | :33:14. | :33:18. | |
a claim. Some have done that. I hope we don't lose any more players | :33:18. | :33:23. | |
and I will play trie to put out the best team possible for that match. | :33:23. | :33:28. | |
Thank you. I think we are all worried about what happened in | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
America last season. I certainly was. We're feeling happier now | :33:34. | :33:37. | |
about the qualification campaign after what happened tonight. Let's | :33:37. | :33:45. | |
talk to Pat and Steven. Before we go further. Let's nail this Black | :33:45. | :33:49. | |
gate. If Scotland were playing as winning as they did tonight, do we | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
care what league the players come from? Not just because we won | :33:53. | :33:58. | |
tonight. But I said it today, you know, he is a good player. I think | :33:58. | :34:02. | |
his style of play is suited to international football. So if he is | :34:02. | :34:05. | |
playing well and gets his opportunity for Scotland and does | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
play well, I couldn't care less what league he is playing in. Well | :34:09. | :34:15. | |
done to Craig to bat it away. But it shouldn't have been a story. He | :34:15. | :34:22. | |
got booed on tonight. I felt sorry for him. It should be his proudest | :34:22. | :34:30. | |
day and to have this negativity, he was there on merit and was one of | :34:30. | :34:35. | |
best player last season. He is pulling on a Scotland jersey. | :34:35. | :34:41. | |
was just what Scotland wanted, going into three and a half weeks | :34:41. | :34:47. | |
against Serbia. Yes they need toad -- needed to build confidence. It | :34:47. | :34:51. | |
was a good result and some good performances. That will please | :34:51. | :34:57. | |
Craig Levein. Craig Levein probably said, let's set the tone in the | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
first 20 minutes. They certainly first 20 minutes. They certainly | :35:02. | :35:08. | |
did. He probably also said, you ruined my summer! That is the first | :35:08. | :35:11. | |
ball played to Hutton. Look where he is playing, he is right up there. | :35:11. | :35:16. | |
And he doesn't go back. And he wants to get forward. This is, this | :35:16. | :35:21. | |
happened all the way through. Getting to the line and getting | :35:21. | :35:26. | |
csss in. We love to see that. The first 15 minutes were particularly | :35:26. | :35:32. | |
good. It wasen just Hutton. But a lot was down the right hand side. | :35:32. | :35:41. | |
You get the first sight of Rhodes there. He is unluckly it comes off | :35:41. | :35:47. | |
his standing foot. Brilliant movement here. Some strikers just | :35:47. | :35:53. | |
naturally do it, find space. get coached to death on it, but | :35:53. | :35:58. | |
some strikers have just got it. That was a fabulous ball again. | :35:58. | :36:03. | |
a striker, you were droolling at the amount of ammunition there was. | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
There must have been a dozen-plus good crosses. Here is another one. | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
Rhodes was on the end of everything. What I liked, even when the ball | :36:13. | :36:19. | |
doesn't come in, he will go to right place. And if we stop this, | :36:19. | :36:24. | |
the ball come back. If its played in first time, there is Rhodes at | :36:24. | :36:31. | |
the back post. He will get in fronts of his defender. He always | :36:31. | :36:37. | |
seems to nick in front and get a half yard. The defenders don't know | :36:37. | :36:42. | |
where he is. That is the secret. That was an example of the final | :36:42. | :36:45. | |
ball not being the right one and that is great, because there is | :36:45. | :36:51. | |
more to come. Yes, I think in the system that they were playing with | :36:51. | :36:57. | |
Naismith on one side and Snodgrass on the other, allow Hutton and Fox, | :36:57. | :37:02. | |
who are both capable of bomb down the flank and putting in crosses, | :37:02. | :37:07. | |
especially Danny Fox and getting the deliveries in and Naismith, | :37:07. | :37:11. | |
Rhodes and Snodgrass with make it into the box. It is a dangerous way | :37:11. | :37:17. | |
to play. This was the big negative of the night for Scotland A switch | :37:17. | :37:21. | |
off which was matched by a switch off from the officials. You see | :37:21. | :37:29. | |
Hutton is jogging back. Get ahold of the guy. But this a multitude of | :37:29. | :37:35. | |
mistakes. It is a shocker. I heard Billy Dodds say two wrongs don't | :37:35. | :37:42. | |
make a right fplg I think there were three or four. This ball was | :37:42. | :37:48. | |
out of play by a foot easy. Where is the assistant. And where is the | :37:48. | :37:52. | |
goal line technology. That is a hand ball. It should have been a | :37:52. | :37:59. | |
sending off. But it is actually in. What Dodds said, there is a hint of | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
hand ball. I don't think there is anybody in the stadium who didn't | :38:04. | :38:08. | |
realise. It would have been a shame for Scotland to lose a goal. | :38:08. | :38:13. | |
However they do. Sometimes from a Scottish point of view you want to | :38:13. | :38:19. | |
pick holes in a goal against. There wasn't much wrong with that. Berra | :38:19. | :38:23. | |
does everything right. Nobody thinks it is going in there. | :38:23. | :38:30. | |
Including breshian know. It is an outrageous strike. -- Bresciano. | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
There are four players between the keeper and the ball. It is an | :38:36. | :38:40. | |
incredible strike. McGregor's got no chance. I think we can say it | :38:40. | :38:46. | |
was a decent goal. The Rhodes goal was also special. He had been | :38:46. | :38:53. | |
building up to it. This is all movement. Fox is in acres of space. | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
The quality of ball is great great. If you watch lods' movement. He | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
drags the centre half away. He this he is peeling to the back post and | :39:05. | :39:09. | |
it is a wonderful header. He will be a happy young man. Ffrpblgt you | :39:09. | :39:16. | |
put three keepers in, they don't save this. It is not a fluke. The | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
movement is all timed. It is natural and he has been doing it | :39:21. | :39:26. | |
for a couple of years. So that is the guy, it is not as if it is not | :39:26. | :39:30. | |
going to happen. I have every confidence he will have a big | :39:30. | :39:33. | |
career for Scotland for many years. That is just a natural thing. He | :39:34. | :39:38. | |
has woshed on it. He is a hard worker and he has just about | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
everything you want. Rhodes is screaming out for a place in the | :39:44. | :39:49. | |
real stuff, sois Danny Fox. You played with him. I played with | :39:49. | :39:54. | |
Danny at Burnley and he has good quality in his left foot. Even | :39:54. | :40:01. | |
balls into feet for striker, but his delivery from the side is | :40:01. | :40:07. | |
superb. The second goal, comes from Danny's delivery. He has got that | :40:07. | :40:12. | |
quality and he has improssed -- improved defensively. He is ready | :40:12. | :40:19. | |
to be a Scotland left back. I was about Danny Fox and Jordan Rhodes | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
in the build up. Yes. Great willingness to get in there. That | :40:23. | :40:29. | |
is a lovely touch and a brave touch. He knows he will take a hit. | :40:29. | :40:35. | |
Composure from Fox was great. He could have slid in Adam. But you | :40:35. | :40:42. | |
see it now. It is a good ball into an area and a wonderful finish. | :40:42. | :40:49. | |
is only millimetres above Adams' head. Into a good area. But I that, | :40:49. | :40:54. | |
I don't know what he is thinking of. He doesen miss though. Scotland | :40:54. | :40:58. | |
deserved it. You may say it is lucky, but Scotland deserved it. | :40:58. | :41:04. | |
They had a lot of. It is about putting pressure on the opposition. | :41:04. | :41:11. | |
That was a ball that he was uncome formable with. Yes he has panicked. | :41:11. | :41:15. | |
He had Scotland player behind him and in front of him and he doesn't | :41:15. | :41:23. | |
know what to do. Not much went wrong for manager. He brought on | :41:23. | :41:29. | |
Ross MacCormack and he scored. Another former team mate of mine. | :41:29. | :41:38. | |
He links up well. He comes across and gives the keeper the eyes. The | :41:38. | :41:42. | |
keeper thinks he is going to the bottom left and me whips it the | :41:42. | :41:47. | |
other way. He shapes his foot around this ball. We see at first, | :41:47. | :41:53. | |
maybe he mishit it. Absolutely not. He has pull it back and the keeper | :41:53. | :41:58. | |
can do nothing. There was a great willingness about him. He has a lot | :41:58. | :42:03. | |
of energy. We often say about Scotland players are we going to | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
upset if we don't pick them. You know? The attitude is you're not | :42:08. | :42:13. | |
picked, the next time you are picked you show the manager. He | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
came on and showed a fantastic attitude and got the goal and gave | :42:17. | :42:23. | |
the manager the best lake in the worlds. He has another couple of | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
forwards to look at. That is a problem for Craig Levein not just | :42:27. | :42:32. | |
in picking the team, but in picking the squad. Yes, I think in every | :42:32. | :42:37. | |
position he is covered now. There is a couple of players in every | :42:37. | :42:40. | |
position now. And it is a great problem to have. Maybe the only | :42:40. | :42:47. | |
position you are conserd about now if you look at the injury to | :42:47. | :42:50. | |
McGregor. There afs great moment where I thought, we have had two | :42:50. | :42:55. | |
players taken off, we were one goal down and we have come back and won | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
the game with ease. So so many positives to take out of the game | :43:00. | :43:06. | |
for the manager. But I think he will think, oh daerbgs keeper, we | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
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smai -- dear, we may have a problem. You imagine Gilks will come in. The | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
word on McGregor is is a groin injury and a serious injury. | :43:25. | :43:29. | |
have David Marshall in Cardiff. not pushing a St Mirren player. | :43:29. | :43:33. | |
Well he was in the squad for Cyprus game and there is cover there. But | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
maybe not somebody with a lot of experience and a lot of caps. | :43:39. | :43:44. | |
shouldn't be too negative. We have got cover for most places on the | :43:44. | :43:50. | |
pitch. At one time we were wondering who we will play at full | :43:50. | :43:53. | |
back. But we have so many choices. It is good that we have got that. | :43:53. | :43:57. | |
It is just about all over the pitch. In we have got everyone fit it is a | :43:57. | :44:02. | |
tough one to decide to go, which ones to go with. I hope McGregor or | :44:02. | :44:09. | |
Gordon come back soon. Scotland won by a distance. Against a team | :44:09. | :44:16. | |
ranked 4th in the world. -- 24th in the world. You take the rankings | :44:16. | :44:24. | |
with a buck tet of -- buck ket of salt. Lack at the first two games | :44:24. | :44:30. | |
that we have got, the Serbia Macedonia game is at home. They are | :44:30. | :44:35. | |
must win games. Then you're away to Wales and Belgium and you talked | :44:35. | :44:45. | |
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about Belgium. You fancy them. I do not think anyone will run away | :44:49. | :44:54. | |
with this group but I do not think you can lose your home games. A | :44:55. | :45:00. | |
good sign going into these games is the weather. You mentioned Belgium. | :45:00. | :45:09. | |
Let's look at tonight's's friendly matches involving our group rivals. | :45:09. | :45:16. | |
Holland were beaten 4-2 by a Belgian. Croatia beaten by the St | :45:16. | :45:26. | |
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score line by it Switzerland. Wales lost at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina. | :45:32. | :45:38. | |
England beat Italy 2-1 in Switzerland. Let's have a look at | :45:38. | :45:41. | |
what lies ahead for Scotland in terms of qualification and | :45:41. | :45:50. | |
campaigns. The two home games to come. The first one is in three- | :45:50. | :45:53. | |
and-a-half weeks, Serbia, followed quickly by the game against | :45:53. | :46:03. | |
Macedonia. Those are the 2012 matches and after the turn of the | :46:03. | :46:13. | |
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better about those games on the Yes, it was a big worry, what | :46:28. | :46:35. | |
happened in the USA. But we were talking about it before, it was | :46:35. | :46:41. | |
ended season, the guys were gone completely. Craig Levein said today, | :46:41. | :46:48. | |
I thought about it and watched the game. Let's make you Scotland | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
manager. What is your team for the Serbia again? This is tough. Maybe | :46:52. | :47:02. | |
a couple of surprises. Because they are home games coming up... I would | :47:02. | :47:10. | |
not get rid of Kevin Miller. A little bit in, allowing her agent | :47:10. | :47:16. | |
to come up on the outside today. They the only thing I would change | :47:16. | :47:22. | |
his... I liked Caldwell to lights in the back four Because it gives | :47:22. | :47:31. | |
them security. With Hutton and Fox bombing forward. I thought Gary | :47:31. | :47:36. | |
Caldwell did very well tonight in that decision. A tough one. Fox | :47:36. | :47:44. | |
Mulgrew. He has come armed and played very well tonight. -- he has | :47:44. | :47:52. | |
come on. Suddenly, we can be excited. Not too carried away. It | :47:52. | :47:59. | |
is a friendly but I tell you what, I am really looking forward to this. | :47:59. | :48:09. | |
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That is it. Here is what we have Our new home for the highlights | :48:13. | :48:20. |