Beam me up, Scotty - Rangers & Scotland CM Story
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No Brazil. Now that would make a headline in itself.
Interesting group paired with England.
No Celtic players in the squad? Has that ever happened before?
@CO88LER5 wrote:No Brazil. Now that would make a headline in itself.
Interesting group paired with England.
No Celtic players in the squad? Has that ever happened before?
No Brazil, yeah that was kind of a shock. But I know there's been some licensing issues, don't know whether that had anything to do with it. At first I was a bit frustrated, but they are actually struggling a bit in their IRL qualifiers, so if ever they were going to miss one, this could actually be it. It would be nice with a few other South American teams present then though. Netherlands and the other teams absent, I think that's more random, given there are no world cup qualifiers in the game.
No Celtic players, yeah I didn't really think about that myself, perhaps still counting Callum McGregor as such. But I suppose you're right, and even though I'm too lazy to check it just now, I'm inclined to agree with you; this has to be a first major tournament Scotland squad without a single Celtic player. To be fair, Greg Taylor might have a case that he should be called up, captaining them now (in game), taking them to the Europa League final (where they lost though) and having a nice 78 OVR to show. However, he would just have been ANOTHER left back in my already stacked group, and I'm no Southgate, am I?
" It would be nice with a few other South American teams present then though"
I'm beginning to wonder what is going on, as the number of countries you can send scouts to, especially in South America, has shrunk to almost nothing. Yes, you can still scout for the academy, but not for first-team players.
If EA doesn't get its act together, it's going to be quite farcical soon.
@CO88LER5 wrote:" It would be nice with a few other South American teams present then though"
I'm beginning to wonder what is going on, as the number of countries you can send scouts to, especially in South America, has shrunk to almost nothing. Yes, you can still scout for the academy, but not for first-team players.
If EA doesn't get its act together, it's going to be quite farcical soon.
Yes, I agree. On one hand we have the organization FIFA, who are SO tied up on having and maintaining a worldwide appeal. Even if the quality drops, it's all about including more teams/nations, referees from smaller leagues etc. And then we have EA, who are completely opposite, only focusing on Europe, well, and then the occational South American league, but not having the full inclusion to actually make it interesting. Sad. So much wasted potential.
- @JustinCase0110 It'll be interesting to see how Scotl;and fare against Morocco, who were the surprise package at the last World Cup.
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Good win, especially with the dearth of shots you managed. The kind of shot conversion rate that most teams would envy, especially United IRL at the moment (bottom of the shot conversion table, at 7.4%!).
Looks like you have a good draw in the next round, too, before it gets tricky.
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Good win, especially with the dearth of shots you managed. The kind of shot conversion rate that most teams would envy, especially United IRL at the moment (bottom of the shot conversion table, at 7.4%!).
Looks like you have a good draw in the next round, too, before it gets tricky.Yes, I can't complain about the path so far. There are some proper players in both these African teams, but historically they should always be considered easier than the "giants". And with only half of the remaining 8 teams having won it before, we could be in for an upset here. I mean, with France out, Brazil not qualified etc.
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Semi final against the Auld Enemey. Couldn't have set it up better, really.
Surely whoever wins that will face Germany, but you never can tell...
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Semi final against the Auld Enemey. Couldn't have set it up better, really.
Surely whoever wins that will face Germany, but you never can tell...Haha, no you can never tell. Mexico beating France in the Quarter Final, I did NOT see that coming. Especially after Mexico lost 2-1 to Finland in their first game and 3-0 to Spain in their second. But I have to say that their attacking trio, Vega, Giménez and Lozano have put some impressive numbers in so far.
Edit: Which is quite opposite to Kylian Mbappé, I might add. I did expect him to score at least 4 at tie Klose as the most scoring player ever in World Cup history. But he's scored 0 and only has one assist to show. What a let-down!
- @JustinCase0110 England win a penalty shootout (two actually). That's not normal!
Fancy Scotland finishing third...
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England win a penalty shootout (two actually). That's not normal!
Fancy Scotland finishing third...Haha, yeah that's not normal, usually being their Achilles' heel. Yes, a third place was a nice finish. A lucrative path during the knockouts and an honorable defeat to the English in the semi final. I think this was as good as I could have hoped for. A few good individual performances too:
Lewis Ferguson: 2 goals, 4 assists (joint most assists).
John McGinn: 3 goals, 1 assist.
Scott McTominay: 2 goals, 1 assist.
Ché Adams: 3 goals.
Oliver Burke: 3 goals.
Elliot Anderson: 1 goal, 1 assist.
Josh Doig: 3 assists.
Andy Robertson: 2 assists.
Billy Gilmour: 1 assist.
Angus Gunn: 2 clean sheets (joint most).
I somehow knew that England wouldn't win it. The Scots will be delerious...
Scotland did well in the team of the tournament. Interesting that a freebie (in the game) was also in there; Alexis Vega. I've used him before, last year in my Blackpool career. On of my favouurites - Lautaro Martinez - too.
@CO88LER5 wrote:I somehow knew that England wouldn't win it. The Scots will be delerious...
Scotland did well in the team of the tournament. Interesting that a freebie (in the game) was also in there; Alexis Vega. I've used him before, last year in my Blackpool career. On of my favouurites - Lautaro Martinez - too.
Vega wasn't just in the Team of the Tournament. He was arguably the Player of the Tournament, being the standout player in a dangerous front three with Lozano and Giménez. 3 goals and 4 assists, stuff of legends.
A freebie, yes, but only in game due to the Mexican clubs being left out. It's not like he's out of club in real life, so I also don't consider ham as a freebie. Perhaps a season in or more, if he is still out of club then. Then I might consider him on a free. But I won't see him as a free agent from the start, when I know he's not unassigned IRL.
I did sign him for a sporadic role in a Man United career some time ago. And he was an absolute beast, pushing well above his value. He was brilliant in that save.
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