28 Jun 2026 23:39:13
Angus i seen your reply far to down that pages you talk about Cape Verde having players in different countries which maybe correct they still entitled to play for that nation and just like the English players we have and the Australian one also imagine coming back with that . I am positive about Rangers and Scotland if there is something to be positive about. I don't lie about things just to be positive for the sake of it like you.
There is nothing to be positive about the Scotland in the World Cup we failed ?.
Bb4 I said Miller 1st before Barron you obviously didn't notice that and a headless chicken is better than a player that's played 18 mins of 1st team football it's not rocket science mate.
You are entitled to your opinion just like I am mine. We won't agree and you keep celebrating failure ?
29 Jun 2026 00:16:04
What is it with you and your constant digs at other people stromtrooper? Can you not articulate your point and discussions without the need to try and insult. It's what separates intelligence from a lack of, you do know that right? .
I bet the majority of people on here think you are the most annoying. You are like that kid at school that craves attention that no one can be bothered with. Why can't you just say why you disagree constructively?
29 Jun 2026 00:31:29
You saw the reply too far down the pages but scrolled all the way back to the top to create another thread when you could have just replied to thread when you were down there. That makes so much sense.
You are an attention seeker and just like to create drama, so you've created another thread just to start the argument all over again. Can anyone else see through these antics?
29 Jun 2026 01:46:08
Who's celebrating failure storm? Show me one post where I've celebrated failure, or even a post that remotely suggests that I'm celebrating failure, your actually telling lies mate as its never happened, you can repeat that till your blue in the face, it's no going to make it any more truer ?
You actually said Miller, Barron or whoever else. So if you break that down what you were actually saying was that clark got it wrong by taking Fletcher because you think he should have took Miller or Barron, Barron being a player you have absolutely slaughtered on here calling him a headless chicken, so we might have qualified if we took a headless chicken? ? ???
I'll await your post showing me celebrating failure, you really shouldn't talk ? with no way to back it up.
We won't agree on a lot of things storm, but let's not lie to make your debate to sound more plausible.
29 Jun 2026 07:27:11
If you are who some think you are, then who craves attention more with the constant name changes ? Storm's not everyone's cup of tea, and yes, he can be a dick, but he says what he feels, wrong or right. If you are who some posters think, I don't know or care tbh, then you must be due a name change again.
29 Jun 2026 07:55:50
How can you know who anyone is on an anonymous internet forum?
Who do you think that guy is, Fork? You're not another one of these people that think former managers are coming on here and actually making posts, are you? Who exactly do you think he is in the real world?
29 Jun 2026 08:08:20
Read my post. I don't say what u suggest, I said "some think", and "I don't know or care". Is that too hard to comprehend? I have, and always will, walk my own path, ask anyone. Why u asking stupid questions when my post suggests nothing about what you have said in anyway, but keep trying, maybe wait till u can understand the written word first.
29 Jun 2026 08:13:39
Rohl, there has been a poster on here who keeps coming back under different names, he ends up getting found out and disappearing again for a bit, that is what Fork is referring to. ?
29 Jun 2026 08:22:19
Spot on RFC, "referring" as u say, me as I said in my post "I don't know or care", but some choose to make crap up. Cheers bud. ?
29 Jun 2026 08:24:15
Storm, I don't think you are able to follow the discussion here, as I am only answering the points you make, which are ill-informed and poorly researched. So let's try this:
On performance: Cape Verde and Scotland finished with the exact same points total. Cape Verde advanced because they were in a structurally easier group based on FIFA rankings for Pot 1 and Pot 2 teams. In any other group, that points total would have seen them eliminated.
On squad demographics: While Cape Verde, as you pointed out, has a population of 500, 000, their national team relies heavily on a massive global diaspora.
The majority of their squad members were born, raised, and trained in other countries. This isn't a comparison to Scotland; it is simply a factual correction regarding the size of the pool of people they can choose from.
And none of us are celebrating this early exit. But a lot of us don't feel the need to trash our own country or the club we support when things go wrong. We choose to stand by them instead. The fact that you go out of your way to revel in their struggles says a lot about where your head is at.
29 Jun 2026 08:35:14
Oh, and accusing me of lying just because I have a positive attitude is honestly laughable, but nothing less than I would expect from you. Fork is right, you can be a dick, but you are managing to be that remarkably often these days, which is disappointing because you can be a good poster.
Just to clarify though, my having a positive attitude isn't about lying; it is about mindset.
Optimism provides proven mental and physical health benefits, helping me stay resilient during tough times. I am not denying reality, I am choosing to meet it with hope and a constructive focus. A totally different concept to lying.
29 Jun 2026 08:48:53
Have to agree with Angus and some other posters here, observation that Storm has been much more negative, condescending to other posters and generally ill spirited. With all that being said, I hope things in your personal life are fine, bud, and please seek some positive influence / conversation. Giving me major red flags, mate, and it isn't nice to witness.
29 Jun 2026 09:48:52
I like a straight shooter. I'd never change my opinion or hold back on it to fit in or to not rock the boat. Equally, I like folk who return fire with robust responses. As long as it doesn't come down to petty name calling, keep it up, guys and girls. Every functional society has robust debate.
29 Jun 2026 10:04:26
Going by the goal difference for top 8, we would have had to have a positive goal of +3 in the end, so would probably never have happened anyway. For me it was the manner of performances that was the worst thing. Cape Verde or whoever else gave it their best and performed above and beyond. We were lucky to scrape a win against Haiti, who outplayed us but couldn't score, and were rubbish against Morocco and Brazil.
Almost all our players underperformed.
And he's right about some accepting and celebrating mediocrity. The country announced a national holiday purely on the basis of getting to play Haiti a day and a half before. For goodness sake, it was embarrassing.
29 Jun 2026 10:11:33
Angus, a bit like myself, mate, always looking at the positives, negative thinking will never get you anywhere, not just about the club you follow but in life in general.
29 Jun 2026 10:20:30
Mystar, you're a good poster mate, sometimes your positivity can be annoying, but your heart's always in the right place mate. ?
29 Jun 2026 10:33:55
Some of you guys are needing a good cuddle from your good ladies or mem, if bat that way, lol. Will out its only a game off football. It's only someone's opinion. It could be worse, and you support the darkside and your obsessive about the famous Rangers.
29 Jun 2026 10:38:46
Beale is my favourite poster on here.
We're online pals, Beale, aren't we mate. ???
29 Jun 2026 10:47:36
Aye Stevie, always positive, Wishy, one thing about my personality I would never change, mate, few others I wouldn't mind changing right enough. ?
29 Jun 2026 10:55:30
Stevie's really Cindy btw. ??
29 Jun 2026 11:46:37
Kaiser, I am not disagreeing that the performances were poor and that our style of play was poor. I would rather we went at it full pelt and lost by 3 or 4, tbh, but I suspect that would have attracted criticism as well. Not sure 100% if it was all on Clarke or whether the players don't want to go for it, even if the instructions are to.
I just can't believe they were sent out against Haiti in particular to defend that much.
The fact that politicians decided to go down the populist route by announcing a national holiday at the time of elections has got very little to do with celebrating qualification, imo, and more to do with trying to persuade people to vote for them.
29 Jun 2026 12:54:15
Angus, of course they weren't sent out to defend that much v Haiti, we just weren't good enough to keep attacking, or get more goals.
Even you saying about attacking more, Angus, I agree to a point, as we got out win in first game, the second game we tried to keep it tight knowing a point would secure our place, also bearing in mind we had Brazil next, imo that was probably the right thing to do. If we had won our first game then went toe to toe with Morocco and Brazil, the same people would be calling him out now, that's the point I'm making, it's a no win situation.
btw we did have a go v Brazil, we just weren't good enough to play to the game plan.
Kaiser, I'll throw the same question over to you, who on here, or anywhere else is celebrating those 3 games? Bearing in mind the holiday was put in place before a ball was kicked. Yes we celebrated getting there, to right we did after 28 years, but nobody is celebrating those 3 games, lbh mate.
29 Jun 2026 12:41:29
Bb4 the proof is all over the place news media social media for everyone to see and it's been all over the place for years that Scottish fans celebrate failure because getting there is good enoug.
Angus that's my opinion you don't tell the truth as you just always go against the grain on everything. My opinion won't change on that.
Coldo/restore with the many names changes Jesus wept you change your name constantly on here for getting found out and also attack other posters left right and centre I will take nothing you say at all ?
29 Jun 2026 13:29:02
Bb4 I would rather take a headless chicken than a guy that's played 18 mins of football. Not once did I say that would make us qualify also I was only naming the players that were on the list I didn't lie I will leave that to you and Angus. You don't think anyone in Scotland celebrates failure you must be blind and deaf
29 Jun 2026 13:46:20
BB4, I know exactly what you mean. But, hindsight, I'd have preferred we went out and attacked all three games. If we still lost, at least we'd have gone out without regrets, though obviously hindsight is 20/20 and we didn't have that benefit beforehand, so a point against Morocco would have been enough.
What annoys me most is that Clarke takes disproportionate flak here simply because of his supposed Celtic-leaning past.
There's also a massive difference between enjoying the tournament experience regardless of the results and actually celebrating defeats.
As for the coverage, I just Googled Scotland's performance online, and I couldn't find a single purely celebratory piece on the pitch performance.
Speaking of which, I was tempted to claim I scrolled through twenty pages of results just to be sure, but I'll spare you as I only checked three. I am sure our resident forum detective will be along shortly to call me a liar for that one, too, just like he does with literally everything else I post here. Seems everyone is allowed an opinion (from that poster's own words) except for me as mine is different.
29 Jun 2026 13:58:13
The celebration of qualifying came after the Denmark game was absolutely right at that moment, but the mentality at the start was definitely an acceptance of mediocrity, and the declaring a national holiday just for participation is a celebration, and shows the mentality around the whole Cup, not just the individual performances that resulted from it.
I'm total contrast to many of the small nations who fought to be their best, not one player "raised his game".
29 Jun 2026 14:40:20
I don't doubt few celebrated the results themselves mate. The culture of acceptance and mediocrity came before it even started, and that creates the results and mentality. If u create a culture where mere participation is enough to celebrate and reward with new contracts, then that is all u will ever achieve.
Like u, I would have much rather they were more attacking. Looking at all the other groups, it was unlikely we could qualify, but at least u could return with pride in your performance that u gave your all, but it just wasn't enough. I don't think any can return believing that, and that is largely down to the manager.
29 Jun 2026 15:00:04
Storm, I will leave you to the name calling as everyone else in the forum sees the real you every time you do. The rest of us desperate disagreeing are managing to show some respect to other posters rather than resorting to name calling and questioning people's integrity.
He took Fletcher btw I suspect to get him in the squad.
He seems to have a good future ahead of him so showing him he has a path to the international team might have been his rationale. But the way the games went he couldn't give him minutes as that would have cemented his choice of national team. Whereas the other two have already chosen and will get chances again.
29 Jun 2026 16:08:18
Storm, we celebrated getting there, yes of course we did, but again nobody celebrated the failure of not qualifying. Also you said I personally celebrated failure, go back, check your post. I'm asking you to show me where I did this, it's not that hard, mate. You also keep saying it's all over social media, whereabouts, Storm? You're making things up but not willing to back it up, because you can't obviously. Storm, you were listing reasons why we didn't qualify, one was Clark not having a go and his choice of players, correct me if I'm wrong but you're assuming that if he had a go and took different players, the headless chicken being one of them, then it would have been better somehow.
If that's not what you're saying then what are you saying?
Angus, he can be a right moaner, but he's our resident moaner, wouldn't have him any other way tbh.
29 Jun 2026 16:53:59
We have celebrated failure for years, we ain't going to agree on it. I can see it with my own eyes. For years we have done this, we celebrated a draw against England as if we won. ?
Angus, I ain't name calling at all.
I just say you lie, as that's my opinion, mate. You just play devils advocate on here, nothing wrong with it. Also, I don't give a damn what people think of me on here, obviously unlike yourself.
29 Jun 2026 16:55:00
Barron could have gone and sat on the bench like Fletcher. It was Miller I named first, as he should have gone, but you went straight to Barron as that's all you could get me on. ?
29 Jun 2026 18:08:29
All I could get you on? I'm not trying to get you on anything, chill out. You've obviously told a lie that I celebrate failure, asked you to show me where 4 times now (nothing), also asked you to show me where Scotland fans are celebrating getting beat twice, which you can't produce either ? yet calling angus a liar ? I obviously jumped to Barron because you think he's a headless chicken.
Still waiting on you producing some facts, to the nonsense you talk, no actually waiting though, as it can't possibly happen, saying it's all over sm, doesn't count storm, facts do. going to leave it there.