Scotland vs France

Shame its on the same time as England vs Macedonia. France should be favourites but the Scots have a great home record. Seems Gallas is starting the war of words already

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_1568683,00.html

Last time we played them, we won 5-0

In France?

Also was that before World cup 2002? As I remember you beating them heavily and every one thinking you'd stroll the World cup.

Haggis

I like Walter Smith so I actually feel like I'm developing a soft spot for Scotland

But I also like Henry and HATE Italy - so come on France

Fletcher > Vieira.

Boyd>France

Miller = Henry.

I'll give France some credit.

what a horrible game...I think we need a Scotland win or a draw

Hope Fletcher does well , as he usually does for Scotland.

Yeah they have improved recently, got much better results.
Surprising how well they are doing in this group.
Seems the team is finally balanced.
But i still think scotland will have too much for them.

If we don't win, then all respect i had suddenly found for Domenech will be gone again.

theflyingfrenchman wrote:If we don't win, then all respect i had suddenly found for Domenech will be gone again.

why?? You are away from home and Scotland are not pushovers anymore

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:If we don't win, then all respect i had suddenly found for Domenech will be gone again.

why?? You are away from home and Scotland are not pushovers anymore

Scotland beat Lithuania and the Faroes and suddenly they're good? Their best players are Fletcher and McFadden FFS.

& Fletcher > Vieira.

theflyingfrenchman wrote:

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:If we don't win, then all respect i had suddenly found for Domenech will be gone again.

why?? You are away from home and Scotland are not pushovers anymore

Scotland beat Lithuania and the Faroes and suddenly they're good? Their best players are Fletcher and McFadden FFS.

didnt say they were "good" i said they are not pushovers and are at home

Scotland under Walter Smith have been very impressive

It will not be a walkover, I anticipate a draw

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:If we don't win, then all respect i had suddenly found for Domenech will be gone again.

why?? You are away from home and Scotland are not pushovers anymore

Scotland beat Lithuania and the Faroes and suddenly they're good? Their best players are Fletcher and McFadden FFS.

didnt say they were "good" i said they are not pushovers and are at home

If we're good enough to beat Georgia three-nil away, we're good enough to beat Scotland away.

Parks Lives wrote:Shame its on the same time as England vs Macedonia. France should be favourites but the Scots have a great home record. Seems Gallas is starting the war of words already

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_1568683,00.html

I wish the Scots well, but this reminds me a little of when we played them in WC 1978. The Scots felt 'superior' to us because they had beaten England prior to the start of the WC as if England meant anything to us. Now it appears to be the same thing, they have beaten some weak teams, and feel very good about themselves. France could do a Peru on them.

We crushed them Scots, and could've easily won by 6-1 or more. They were so demoralized, so soundly destroyed, they couldn't scored one goal against Iran in their next game. I believe the Iranians scored an own goal. The Scots then played well against the just-don't-lose-by-more-than-four-goals- very loose Dutch team. We won the group and progressed with Holland.

Be careful Scotland! France could do a Peru on your ass, and your whole house may crumble.

Why would the Scots be overconfident though?

They must know the task in front of them.

I like how somehow you manage to mention Peru and 1978 in a Scotland VFrance thread Puro.

10/10

Puro wrote:
Be careful Scotland! France could do a Peru on your ass :

Ahh Puro, France can only dream of emulating the mighty Peru

Tweedledum wrote:I like how somehow you manage to mention Peru and 1978 in a Scotland VFrance thread Puro.

10/10

Yo Tweedle! All I'm saying is that the Scots are about to face the first real test in France just like when they faced Peru.

The Scots better be careful.

Puro wrote:

Tweedledum wrote:I like how somehow you manage to mention Peru and 1978 in a Scotland VFrance thread Puro.

10/10

Yo Tweedle! All I'm saying is that the Scots are about to face the first real test in France just like when they faced Peru.

The Scots better be careful.

The Scots have less to lose than the French though...any other result but a loss of them and they will be over the moon! so i Can't grasp what point you are trying to make

Roger_Hunt wrote:

Puro wrote:
Be careful Scotland! France could do a Peru on your ass :

Ahh Puro, France can only dream of emulating the mighty Peru

Roger, at the time Peru were Copa America champions. We could play with anyone back then, and defeat almost everyone. We only lost to the eventual World Cup champion or runner up.

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:

Puro wrote:

Tweedledum wrote:I like how somehow you manage to mention Peru and 1978 in a Scotland VFrance thread Puro.

10/10

Yo Tweedle! All I'm saying is that the Scots are about to face the first real test in France just like when they faced Peru.

The Scots better be careful.

The Scots have less to lose than the French though...any other result but a loss of them and they will be over the moon! so i Can't grasp what point you are trying to make

The Scots have a good team. Not as good as the one in WC 1978 (they were awesome- tough they drew us and Holland). I'll be watching this game on Setanta. It promises to be a cracker.

What I'm trying to say is I hope they don't get demoralized like in 1978 in case they lose to France. Scotland seem to be turning the corner with their football team, but they're not there yet.

Puro wrote:

italian_hammer(DEANO!) wrote:

Puro wrote:

Tweedledum wrote:I like how somehow you manage to mention Peru and 1978 in a Scotland VFrance thread Puro.

10/10

Yo Tweedle! All I'm saying is that the Scots are about to face the first real test in France just like when they faced Peru.

The Scots better be careful.

The Scots have less to lose than the French though...any other result but a loss of them and they will be over the moon! so i Can't grasp what point you are trying to make

The Scots have a good team. Not as good as the one in WC 1978 (they were awesome- tough they drew us and Holland). I'll be watching this game on Setanta. It promises to be a cracker.

What I'm trying to say is I hope they don't get demoralized like in 1978 in case they lose to France. Scotland seem to be turning the corner with their football team, but they're not there yet.

ahh i see...that last bit explains it

Darren Fletcher > Patrick Vieira = Noberto Solano.

Puro wrote:

Roger_Hunt wrote:

Puro wrote:
Be careful Scotland! France could do a Peru on your ass :

Ahh Puro, France can only dream of emulating the mighty Peru

Roger, at the time Peru were Copa America champions. We could play with anyone back then, and defeat almost everyone. We only lost to the eventual World Cup champion or runner up.

Sorry, remind me of the number of WC final appearances have compared to France?

I think a draw would be a good result for France. Scotland have improved a lot recently, France as well. It should be a very interesting game.