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The Scotsman Bulletin Thursday October 12 2023 #Euros
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12/10/2023
The Scotsman Bulletin Thursday October 12 2023 #Euros
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Hello and welcome to the Scotsman's Daily Bulletin for Thursday. I'm Alan Young, I'm
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Deputy Head of Sports for the Scotsman. I'm joined today from our sports desk by Matt
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Elder. Hi Matt.
00:17
Morning Alan.
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Let's have a look at the front page first, then we'll speak to Matt. We read today on
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this, an old story that has resurfaced, if you remember this, the Covid WhatsApp furore.
00:36
So the messages between Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson were released to the UK Covid
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Inquiry this week and within them there's a very interesting reference to daily meetings
00:50
they were having in Downing Street and the suggestion by Dominic Cummings that they should
00:55
exclude members of the devolved administrations, of course including the Scottish Government
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and at that time Nicola Sturgeon. It is causing a fair old stoogey and Conor Matchett's story
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leads the paper today and is on the website at scotsman.com. We picture there Israeli
01:13
troops firing into Gaza. And at the top of the page we preview tonight's big game in
01:22
Spain as Scotland go for Euros glory. So Matt, this is a huge night for Scotland. Maybe just
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go through what they need to do to qualify.
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Yeah, potentially a historic night in Seville where Scotland need just a point. I say just
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a point, it is a way to Spain. Easier said than done. But yeah, they need a point from
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tonight's match, a draw and that will be enough to guarantee their place in Euro 2024 in Germany
01:55
next summer. A defeat might be enough as well if Norway fail to win in Cyprus tonight. So
02:03
we could be looking for a favour from the separates if we can't get it done ourselves.
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If neither of those two eventualities come up tonight then we'll be moving on to Sunday
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over in Oslo where we'll be hoping that Norway fail to beat Spain. And if that becomes the
02:19
case then Scotland will be at Euro 2024. So a few different scenarios this week at play.
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There's some complicated arithmetic but the simple fact is if Scotland get a point tonight
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we'll move on to 16 points and only one of Spain and Norway can overtake them in the
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top two. So Scotland will be guaranteed their place.
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A huge ask. We've got Alan Patillo out there for us. You've been speaking to him. What's
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the mood like?
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Surprisingly confident given the size of the task away to Spain. This is a powerhouse football
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nation as we all know. They won the Nations League last summer. They recovered quite well
02:58
from their defeat to Scotland at Hampden in March. It was obviously a momentous night
03:04
there but they have recovered. They've actually won their last two games 7-1 and 6-0 against
03:11
Georgia and Cyprus. So they'll be going in with confidence. But Scotland, incredibly,
03:16
are going for a 12th straight win in qualification. A historic run that Steve Clarke's side are
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on so don't rule us out. There is a blow obviously losing Kieran Tierney. He's so crucial to
03:27
what Scotland do. So Steve Clarke has a dilemma over how to cope with that absence as he changes
03:32
tactics from the back to floor. We'll find all that out later. But it promises to be
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an exciting night. Hopefully Scotland can do themselves justice and at least keep us
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interested right up until the end.
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I really liked Kenny Dalglish's comments yesterday. He doesn't care if it's a rubbish performance.
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If Scotland manage to get a result somehow, would you expect Steve Clarke to set up with
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a very defensive team? Maybe not quite a Craig Levine playing with that striker but especially
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with the absence of Tierney?
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Steve Clarke's been quite clear that he won't be looking to do that. His thoughts are that
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we need to go there and cause Spain trouble. We need to give them something to think about
04:14
in defence. If Spain are just thinking about attacking all night long, that's a long 90
04:18
minutes for Scotland to try and see out. So Scotland will be going there with a plan to
04:22
actually try and win the game, according to Steve Clarke. At least that's what he's seen
04:26
in public anyway. So he's leading us to believe that we'll be going there to win the match
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and keep an amazing run going. Then who needs a draw if you win?
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Just remind us of the timings and how we can watch it tonight.
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The game is 7.45 kick-off UK time. That's 8.45 over in Spain. It's on the Via Play Sports
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subscription channel. So that's where you'll catch that one.
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But obviously all the important stuff is at scotsman.com during the game and afterwards
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where we'll have full reaction and analysis and fingers crossed celebrations. Please keep
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an eye on scotsman.com throughout the day for all the very latest news. There's huge
05:09
breaking news from within the SNP this morning as Dr Lisa Cameron MP defects from the SNP
05:17
to the Tories. We are getting our heads around that at the moment. So please keep checking
05:25
for the latest. And if you're out and about today as ever please do pick up a copy of
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the paper from me. And from that it's bye for now.
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