Predict starting XI and score?

[paul_oshea]

It's exactly what I believed and for as little as I'm right I'm still more right than you and more often.

I always feel against a broad spectrum of teams in or around us as 2nd 3rd and some 4th seeds that we will draw, it's based purely on experience I'm not trying to foretell the future.

So what did you predict for last Friday?

[geysir]

I went for a draw, same as you did.

[Charlie Darwin]

I think we will get a draw here or could be one of those last minute winners for Scotland even though we have had most of the possession.

Another A1 prediction.

[geysir]

is that one better than this one?

Mccarthy was never going to be the difference between winning by 2 and not conceding any goals.


A draw was always likely, its still likely but slight chance our shabby CD pairing are exposed more often than usual without him there or Whelan there. But they werent going to be the ones making the difference with us scoring 2 goals, conceding 2 possibly.


Its a bit of an over reaction of an overswing in 2 goals because of one person.

[Charlie Darwin]

Paul's reading of the game is so incisive that sometimes I'm convinced he's from the future.

[Stuttgart88]

I think I predicted a Scotland win myself. But probably for the wrong reason or in the wrong way rendering paul's prediction more accurate despite being more wrong.

[DannyInvincible]

What scoreline had Paul predicted for tonight's game?

[Charlie Darwin]

What scoreline had Paul predicted for tonight's game?

I don't know but whatever it was I'm sure it was more accurate than anybody else's.

[paul_oshea]

Stutts you said we would beat them stop trying to backtrack, at worst a draw. YOu were uber confident.

[Stuttgart88]

Ok, assuming Wilson is out:

I think O'Neill will pick

Forde
Coleman
O'Shea
Keogh
Ward
McCarthy
Gibson
Quinn
McGeady
McClean
Keane

I think he might opt straight for Hendrick instead of Gibson though. In fact I think he might gor for a straight 442 with Walters or Long beside Keane and pick McCarthy and Quinn together.

Actually I don't know enough of O'Neill's thinking in competitive games yet except early signs are he is conservative, goes with safe rather than adventure and goes with established rather than potential.

Score? 2-1 Scotland.

I wasn't über confident. I was adamant it was a game we could win and I was rallying against some uber pessimism. I thought there were plenty of reasons why we could have won the game. I think there are plenty of reasons why we can win our next two home games, but, as I said, I wouldn't bet any money on it.