
Originally Posted by
sonofrgmsdad
Scotland's players deserve some credit for going 9 games in a row unbeaten. Also for qualifying (albeit via the playoffs rather than the groups). They also deserve credit for appearing to put in greater effort in games than some of their predecessors.
However within this there are some questions that need asking. We qualified by penalties because we couldn't score enough goals. We threw away the latest nations league group by winning both games against the group winners but not scoring enough goals against the weaker teams.
Although we got away with it, we took off our best penalty takers when it looked like we needed them to win a game.
I couldn't understand why, when in the pole position, we played our 'B' team against the weakest team in the group when, if we had won, there would have been no pressure on the final game, where we could have played the 'B' team for experience without pressure to win. I understand we may not have wanted to play the top team in all three games but surely securing qualifying against the bottom team with out top team would have been the way to go.
The manager has a few decisions that are questionable.