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Replying To eoghan6688:  "Deary me, will Scotland ever get out of the group stage?

In saying that Clarke has got to 3 tournaments, he still should not be in the job so hopefully the SFA were going to sack him if he did not resign.

Pretty much every Scottish person online is glad he's gone.

The British media though, really need to stop with this nonsense claim that he is the most successful Scottish manager ever.

It is way easier to qualify for tournaments these days so any manager who qualified Scotland for a tournament in the 20th century should automatically be considered better than Clarke"
In fairness there's no one who you could say has been more successful than him when you look at it when they've never gone anywhere

Lúla571210 (Louth) - Posts: 191 - 29/06/2026 00:41:44    2682736

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Replying To katser:  "Canada, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, Argentina, USA, Egypt, France, England, Spain, Portugal, Norway,Switzerland, Belgium and Colombia all to qualify for last 16 of the World Cup 80/1.
One down 15 to go!!!!"
I agree with almost all of that, but I think Senegal will beat Belgium.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10404 - 29/06/2026 11:26:37    2682799

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For my sins I watched South Africa v Canada last night.
Not for the first time, I lamented the fact that we bungled a golden opportunity to qualify for this World Cup.
We should have beaten Czechia, and ok we still had a tricky home game against Denmark, but Dhia sabháil, even Scotland could beat them so they're hardly world beaters.

Group A is what I'd call the Group of Life. Mexico have eased to the round of 32 without conceding a goal.
The other teams in the group were extremely limited.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10404 - 29/06/2026 14:00:40    2682873

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