The big news of the week has been Scotland’s group of near-death for the upcoming European Championship Qualifying odyssey.
Spain (by that time quite possibly Word Cup Winners) are just another Holland, so we fear the worst. We’ve actually performed better against Spain, statistically, than against the Czech Republic (or Czechoslovakia, for those of you born before 1989), so you may want to hedge your bets. Personally, I fear for our game against Lithuania and the prospect of playing Lichtenstein keeps me awake at night – the scope for things to go wrong know no earthly bounds.
» [Pie and Bovril] does a grand job of summing up the draw, as does [The Scottish football blog]
» In preparation, Scotland get their man [Unprofessional Foul]
» … but Barry Ferguson is not the only one having second thoughts about playing for Scotland [BBC]
Meanwhile back at the coalface,
» life at the arse-end of Division One ain’t all that and a bag of chips [Scotzine]
» Mark McGhee resorts to bad language [We Know SFA] and then goes all out to win over the hearts and minds of Aberdeen supporters [BBC]
» and all is not lost for Stirling Albion, as Scotland’s top sports surgeon Gordon Mackay says his bid to buy-out Stirling Albion owner Peter McKenzie is “not dead”. [Daily Record]
Finally: a new template. What do you think? Does my bum look big in it? (don’t bother, changed my mind).
