Steven Fletcher scored Scotland's first hat-trick for 46 years yesterday.
Thats quite a stat.
It also makes the point I am about to make a lot more difficult to justify, but I am going to make it anyway.
Why is Fletcher getting all these plaudits??
In the game I watched, he missed two absolute sitters.
He could have and really should have scored more.
46 years ago may have been the last hat-trick....but Stein actually scored 4 that day, against the might of Cyprus.
If Fletcher needs 5-7 clear cut chances in order to score 3 goals against a defence and goalkeeper as poor as Gibraltar's......is he going to take that one chance he might get against Germany, or one of the two or three he might get away to Ireland or at home to Poland, coz thats what we need at international level.
Up until yesterday, he'd played 19 games for Scotland and scored just the one goal and that was against Iceland, hardly world beaters.
If he can only do it against the wee teams, and needs several chances before he bags one or two.....
A hat-trick yes, Hero??
posted on 30/3/15
Na love international fitba just that so many of the folk here are too young to remember when we were a player
posted on 30/3/15
At one point I can recall hoping Scottish players would not get hurt playing some diddy glub game when there was an important international coming up
posted on 30/3/15
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posted on 30/3/15
Aint it great to be talking about how we might have done better here or there etc but we actually won the game.
We have done so more in the last 18 months than we have in corrosponding years gone bye
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posted on 30/3/15
Good start to our campaign at least, the rematch with Ireland and the game against Poland key for us.
I fancy us for a 3rd spot, Ireland are pretty crap.
posted on 30/3/15
Know where your coming from Dave was of the same mind till I heard the record as held was against Cypres as part of an 8-0 win.
Honestly this one is maybe even better quality
posted on 30/3/15
Halfway stage at this point and we are an active player. As many games to be played as have been already.
Enjoying it
posted on 30/3/15
Wolf I reckon we would not be arrogant to seek 2nd spot on the results thus far.