Why are the Scotland football team so crap?

false equation though. ?You needed a penalty to beat holland , Argentina didnt need a hand of god to beat England.  




even the England fans are wondering how the worst manager in European football got England to euro final. The German press and others are accusing you of similar to what im posting.

 I fink England simply sussed out how corrupt and ripe for brown envelopes Uefa are , and hired man cities lawyers to do the rest.

 Honestly mate , if England win , the Scottish independence support will put statues of Southgate in George square .

Population size has alot to do with it.

Just like anything, to be a world class footballer, you are at the extremes of the population in your field.

Nations with far larger populations, statistically will just have more people of this quality. Obviously, things like how much emphasis and interest a nation has in a particular sport will also have an appeal, as will training, skill, and the effort the national team puts into playing together.

When you try to pick the top 20 males out of a large EU country like England, France, Germany, Spain etc, then at the very extremes, there is just going to stastically be more people at the very elite level to select from.

Scotland has a much lower population, and if you compare them to nations of similar population sizes (the baltics & smaller nordic countries), then you'll see those countries have also met with little success. About the only exception that comes immediately to mind, is Denmark.

I thought I would give you a breather Buckie , when you started calling me a bellend , and talking of flouncing off the forum if England lose , I could see you couldn't take much more.

Nobody in the civilised world drinks that pond water the English call bitter. After drinking that watered down pish , you can see why the proper German beer went to your heads after a few pints.

 the pictures we saw of English lard arses dribbling after half a stein would be enough to shame even the the most brassed neck Englishman.
 

totally disagree. Why are Croatia great footballers , and why do the worlds most populated nation china not win world cups then?

Scotland is ranked something like 11th in the Uefa co efficient out of 55 , yet only 7 nations have lower population densities than scotland. There are a multitude  of factors behind why some nations are great at football and others poorer. Scotland punches far above its weight . 

buckie , I keep telling you mate im absolutely torn between my natural tendency as a scot to be ABE , and my political selfishness on wanting England to win to have Scots flooding to independence support. It's a tough call. I can just see the statue of Gareth Southgate in George square in an indy scotland years from now , as the straw that broke the camels back.