Youthful Policy at Last Gives Us Hope; Signs That the Depression Is Coming to an End, but Vogts' Hand May Be Forced Again, Says Hugh Macdonald
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IF football fans live in hope, the Tartan Army has been on death row for much of the new century. The expectation level was lowered during the dog days of the Craig Brown regime. The Berti Vogts years have been so depressing the team should have been sponsored by Prozac.
To be fair to Berti, he never lulled us into a sense of security. His cunning plan in taking on World and European champions France in his first game in charge must surely have been along the lines of "let's get a doing and things can only get better". We did, then we didn't.See the full content of this document
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Youthful Policy at Last Gives Us Hope; Signs That the Depression Is Coming to an End, but Vogts' Hand May Be Forced Again, Says Hugh Macdonald
France lived up to their part of the diabolical plan by slotting five past the thin blue line, but the results have hardly improved, with the exception of a worthy draw against Germany and an entirely flukey win over Holland.
Crucially, though, performances have similarly been disappointing. The Scotland fan, contrar...See the full content of this document
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