2-2 against the cheating Czechs, so no Euro 2012 for the so-called, self-styled Tartan Army (unless the team from some obscure European state has a player called 'Scotland' or 'William Wallace'). A performance like that shouldn't win anyone a game at this level, but it was in the bag before the blatant simulation. Sadly, we couldn't hold on. There'll be some good players on show in Poland and Ukraine, so taking the nerves out of a night in front of the telly can only be a good thing, but I'd be glad if Scotland could, for once, get through to the finals of a tournament. The odds are against us, though, thanks to the break up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia (and similar post-Communism jiggery-pokery). Unless half the Spanish team come to live here and their children and grand-children grow up to be footballers, we have no chance of ever getting there.
Two puzzling things, though:
- Why is Levein falling into the old trap of playing guys who have been out for an age with injury or who can't get a game for their club? Perhaps someone with more experience, awareness and match sharpness than Danny Wilson would have kept a few more inches away from the Czech cheat? He's played more for the full Scotland team than for Liverpool (4 vs 2, according to Wikipedia)!
- Why did Sky Sports invite the traitor Smith on to their panel for the game? I can only guess that it's David Tanner's birthday. All that was needed was an intervention from Jim White. Mind you, I'd not want to be the studio cleaner after that.
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