O'Neill At Last?

Originally posted by Mctayto
Ahem you did not qualify in :
1970
1974
1978
1982
etc
You have been on a lucky streak in more recent times due to seeding but get found wanting come the finals 😛

1982 they qualified - went out unbeaten. 1994 they missed out - presumably that's what you mean by "etc".

Also interesting to note that "found wanting come the finals" generally still means "getting out of the group stage".

That must be irritating. Even when you were laughing at England's poor performance in the last World Cup, there's still the awareness that Scotland have never done even that well.

Originally posted by mtthw
1982 they qualified - went out unbeaten. 1994 they missed out - presumably that's what you mean by "etc".

Also interesting to note that "found wanting come the finals" generally still means "getting out of the group stage".

That must be irritating. Even when you were laughing at England's poor performance in the last World Cup, there's still the awareness that Scotland have never done even that well.

Per capita Scotland is and always will be streets ahead 😛
What I love about england playing decent sides is the floods that hit the nort of england shortly after the result is announced, caused by us all north of the border pi$$ing ourselves laughing :p

Originally posted by Virtue76
Not a history expert after all!

England did qualify for Mexico 70.

Ahem they surely did not qualify 😛
They got in for being dubious winners at the previous cup 😛

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
[b]The english had years to train and recruit and were better equipped and were soldiers
Of course, they were professional soldiers, no doubt.

The scots were merely men coming from their farms etc...
There were a good proportion of French, Scottish and Irish professional soldiers, but I'll grant you the majority of them were highland ...[text shortened]... ere wouldn't have been a battle at Culloden because they would have already been defeated.[/b]

English had soldiers as they were aggressors across the globe

All scots were happy to follow their clan leaders when they heard that their soli was being used by sassenachs

Scots the aggressor hundreds of miles north of the border - wake up your kin were the agressors and that is why they were on our soil

Originally posted by Mctayto
Ahem they surely did not qualify 😛
They got in for being dubious winners at the previous cup 😛

"got in" = "qualified"

Originally posted by mtthw
"got in" = "qualified"

'let in' = 'invited' 😉

Originally posted by Mctayto
English had soldiers as they were aggressors across the globe

All scots were happy to follow their clan leaders when they heard that their soli was being used by sassenachs

Scots the aggressor hundreds of miles north of the border - wake up your kin were the agressors and that is why they were on our soil

Honestly mate, read some history - context is everything.

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Honestly mate, read some history - context is everything.

Ditto but an englishman will never accept a game is fixed simply because he won

Originally posted by Mctayto
Ditto but an englishman will never accept a game is fixed simply because he won

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferiority_complex

Martin O'Neill has certainly sparked a cracking debate, fair play ...

Originally posted by Virtue76
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferiority_complex

I know you have but what about me 😛

Originally posted by Angry Boy
Martin O'Neill has certainly sparked a cracking debate, fair play ...

😀

Originally posted by Mctayto
I know you have but what about me 😛

Are you 8 years old?

Originally posted by Virtue76
Are you 8 years old?

I know you are but what age am I 😛

Originally posted by Mctayto
I know you are but what age am I 😛

I think I begin to understand...