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[Paul Lyell @PaulLyell23]

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[iScot Magazine @iScotNews]

Cape Verde has a population of little more than half a million people - less than Glasow.
This week their team stood toe-to-toe with Uruguay, Spain and Argentina.
They have their own country. Their own currency. Their own passport. Their own TV broadcaster. Their own seat at the United Nations.
Scotland has ten times the population, yet we're constantly told what we can't have.
Perhaps the biggest barrier to Scottish independence isn't Westminster.
Perhaps it's believing Westminster approval to be the 'gold standard',

[Hazel Stewart @HazelStewart09]

I’ve followed Scotland since I was 15 years old. I’ve travelled to all three games here in America and, like thousands of other members of the Tartan Army, I’ve lived every kick of the ball. The Tartan Army have put in the performances, brought the creativity and backed the team relentlessly. That’s why this isn’t about two defeats. It’s about recognising a pattern we’ve now seen for far too long.

The biggest question isn’t whether Scotland have reached the knockout stages. It’s whether we actually deserve to.

Against Haiti, yes, we won, but a deflected John McGinn goal was all we had to show for it. This was our chance to announce ourselves back on the World Cup stage. Instead, we laboured, created very little and never really put Haiti under sustained pressure. Winning matters, but performances matter too.

Against Morocco, we once again paid the price for poor defending. We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and although Morocco looked vulnerable in the second half, Scotland never adapted. We remained disjointed, failed to take advantage when the game was there to be rescued and ultimately paid the price.

Then came Brazil.

Nobody expected Scotland to dominate Brazil. But there is a difference between respecting the opposition and fearing them. Scotland looked like a team waiting for something to happen rather than trying to make something happen.

The biggest frustration for me was the lack of adventure. Why wasn’t Ben Gannon-Doak starting? Against the world’s best teams, pace and unpredictability are exactly what you need. Instead, we reverted to caution.

It also felt like our biggest players disappeared. Scott McTominay and John McGinn have carried Scotland for years, but they struggled to influence the biggest games when we needed them most.

And that’s what concerns me.

This feels remarkably similar to Euro 2024. Two years later we’re having exactly the same conversation. The same tactical approach. The same lack of creativity. The same inability to turn possession into genuine chances.

People will point to qualification and say, “We got here.”

They’re right.

But qualification papered over cracks that were already visible.

Even during qualifying there were warning signs. The performances weren’t consistently convincing. We relied on moments rather than sustained quality. Yes, there were outstanding performances, particularly against Denmark, but too often results masked deeper issues.

At major tournaments that simply isn’t enough.

There’s another uncomfortable conversation we have to have.

This is an ageing Scotland squad. We’ve remained heavily reliant on the same core of players for years. These players deserve enormous respect for ending Scotland’s long wait for tournaments, but international football moves quickly.

Every player has an expiry date at the highest level. Some of our core players now look a yard slower against elite opposition, and that matters.

Steve Clarke deserves huge credit for transforming Scotland’s fortunes and leading us back to major tournaments.

But with a new four-year contract comes a new challenge.

Can he evolve?

Can he trust younger players sooner?

Can he refresh a squad that now looks in need of fresh energy?

Because if we continue with the same personnel and the same tactical approach, we’ll be having this exact conversation again after the next tournament.

The Nations League in September gives Scotland an opportunity to reset.

To introduce younger players.

To challenge established names.

To build a team that isn’t simply grateful to be there, but genuinely believes it belongs there.

Scotland has made enormous progress.

But qualification cannot be the destination.

It has to be the starting point.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

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[Mikey @MikeyTheBuddie]

Prince Andrew shagging kids, HS2 costing £100b, PPI fraud, and excessive energy bills don’t appear to matter to BritNats, but they’re fucking raging about a man embezzling money from a party they hate.

Weird cunts.

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

People across Scotland will be deeply worried by another rise in energy bills announced today.

We produce enormous amounts of energy, yet despite Labour’s promises to cut them, bills keep soaring.

It’s time Scotland had control of Scotland’s energy.

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

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[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

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[The Indy Poet @TheIndyPoet]

@ionafyfe Deposit Return Scheme laughed at by Unionist MSPs in Holyrood............adopted by Westminster and applauded.

Cap Supermarket Food Prices laughed at by Unionist MSPs in Holyrood............adopted by Westminster and applauded.

Wake up Scotland.

[Catholic United FC @CatholicUtdFC]

Huge congratulations to our friends and family at the biggest club in the world, @CelticFC. Title winners 🍀

#titlewinners #WENEVERSTOP

[The Global Tablet of Jurisprudence @gtj1247]

Callum Osmand running through on goal & Frankie Kent wipes him out with the most blatant foul you will ever see. Kent last man, nothing on the ball & wipes Osmand out when he's running through on goal. No foul & no red card for Kent of course

[Ped @PEDN341]

Scientific evidence to prove how far a ball can travel with a hand ball.

[Partik @partikthist]

If Keir Starmer bans Pro Palestinian marches as they allegedly hurt the feelings of British Jews, then he must also ban orange order marches in Scotland and the North of Ireland, to ensure the Catholic community are no longer actually terrorised by Sectarian anti-catholic bigots

[Cú Chullain @paddyb53]

So...little potato eating Ireland is predicted by the IMF to surpass Luxembourg and become the richest country in Europe by 2030....no gas, no oil, no England....when the feck are Scottish people going to wake up and take notice....?

[Gordon Macdonald SNP @GMacdonaldSNP]

No mention that France introduced a similar scheme back 2023 to cap essential food items due to high food prices.

The same policy was being considered by the UK gov.

But it’s only a ‘gimmick’ because it is an SNP policy,

Meanwhile, Tesco profits last year were £3.15 billion!

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[James Campbell @J4m35c4mpb3ll]

Former Bank of England & Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirming that Scotland's finance sector ALONE is worth almost 2 trillion pounds.

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

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[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Scotland produces more energy than we need, yet we pay sky-high bills. That’s unacceptable and our people deserve better.

Scotland’s energy should work for people in Scotland, not Westminster.

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

I call upon the dissolution of the U.K. state and the introduction of a Scottish Parliament with full powers

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