Summary
THE STATISTICS make ugly reading. Scotland's 1-0 midweek loss to Argentina leaves them with one win from seven games in 2008 under George Burley, the first year in two decades that they have secured only a single victory. By contrast, as Scotland were capitulating at Hampden, their next World Cup opponents, Netherlands, were enjoying a 3-1 home win over Sweden. It was their 11th win from 15 games in 2008 - a new Dutch record for victories in a calendar year.
Maybe Scotland should spare themselves and their followers a whole lot of grief by simply forfeiting the Group 9 tie awaiting them at the Amsterdam Arena on March 28. As Burley finds all aspects of his stewardship micro-analysed and macro-criticised, maybe he should have had the good sense to avoid exposing himself to the unflattering scrutiny always likely to follow a friendly against the world's sixth ranked side.See the full content of this document
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Burley Seeks His Dutch of Class
The Scotland manager maintains the encounter was an "education"; allowed his players to demonstrate they could compete with the sort of quality a fourth-ranked Dutch will ooze, albeit following a flailing in the first 20 minutes; ...
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