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Euro 2032 Albania (h) We start our Tournament and indeed the entire Tournament with (on paper) our easiest fixture. Nice to get a win under the belt early in this Tournament. Takes the pressure off the rest of the games a wee bit. The expectation is just to qualify from the Group. If I don't then it's probably going to be my job. And well deserved to. First time I've been able to post Odds for ages! We are favourites but its not odds on. This could be tight but we really should be winning it if we want to be taken seriously. We will play this game at Celtic Park. Imagine if we somehow finish ahead of England in the Rankings after this and finally convince all those players to join us! Our first competitive fixture in what feels like forever. Lets get to it! A brilliant freekick from Turnbull and Celtic Park erupts. Dylan Munro. On the wing but still scoring goals. Brilliant start for us. Alex Lowry with the finish and I was not expecting this. I didn't know where I stood after a year of easy games but this is brilliant stuff. Hardwick with an easy finish after a Turnbull shot smashes the bar. It fell kindly. We've had worse halves of football. Job done in the first we took our foot off the gas for the second. Brilliant performance and fantastic start to the Tournament.

I shall call this post "Records that will never be broken unless we host another Tournament". Catchy. 16 Matches won in a row 14 Matches without conceding a goal. Cue a competitive fixture....

Friendly Botswana (h) If the last game was my strongest XI this will be the opposite. Keeping players fit is the key. Not an entire XI change but enough. The starters will be off at half time. Turnbull fires us into an early lead. Gilmour...misses a penalty...stunned silence hits the Ground...somewhere in the World....a sink hole opens up...this is it people...the end is here. Nairn gets a somewhat rare start and takes advantage. It appears to be Turnbull's turn for the unlikely hattrick. One away. Ben Doak. He's been in good form. Turnbull hattrick. Things you love to see. Nice kickabout before the serious stuff begins. Lowry comes off the bench and adds some gloss to a boring second half. Lowry with a beautiful second. Dominant performance.

Friendly El Salvador (h) I'm going to use this as my platform to try the starting XI I want to rock with going forward in Euro 2032. Last time I did this I was left quite disappointed. This is what I think is my strongest XI although. Doig can be swapped with Hickey. Erhahon can be swapped with Gilmour or Hunter. Looking at it I think its the best side we have taken to a Major Finals. The most well rounded either way. We were made to work for it but finally, Hardwick fires us into the lead. Not used to such a low scoring affair but we have been dominant. Not totally discouraged! Hardwick again and we start the half strong. Hardwick hattrick. Him and Munro are our best players I think. Laidlaw grabs a goal and this is more like it! Strong stuff against a semi decent team.

Friendly Gabon (h) For some reason this tab refreshed so lost the screenshots with team sheet etc so lets dive straight into the game. We started well and its Munro on his way to 100. Has a chance of getting it this Tournament if he had a good one! Hardwick double the lead and we are looking good for ticking another Country off the list. Turbull penalty. Hope these penalties don't dry up during the Finals. Ben Doak grabs 2 quick goals before the half. Wasn't expecting this good of a performance really. Slow second half but Munro gets us firing. Doak grabs an unlikely hattrick. He's made an impression recently. Solid outing.

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Euro 2032 Actual Squad I found this quite tricky not going to lie! Liam Kelly will start. He will pick up at least 6 caps. He won't reach 100 however. Hopefully he had a successful send off. Luckily McGinty has stepped up and will help bridge the gap until after the next Euros I imagine. Looking at it. I think I've made a mistake. I picked McTominay over another CB because of his ability to play numerous roles. I think I should have gone another CB. Cross the bridge when we get to it. George Buchan is perhaps the biggest drop of the entire squad. I felt we had enough cover there not to warrant his place on the plane (the imaginary plane cos we at home). Not picture but deffo picked is Hardwick. No surprises here but I can see Laidlaw being the starter and Munro on the wing.

Goddamn it Liam. You know how I feel about giving guys send offs. You can start in your final Tournament. You only 36! Craig Gordan went on till he was like 81.

European Championship 2032 Squad Well not the squad. That crappy entended squad I have to do. When the biggest decision is dropping a keeper who hasn't played for Scotland in years then you know you've done something right. I'm going to rock with McGinty I think. Patterson is only a mini injury he will be fit for the start of the Tournament. In a bizarre decision McGregor retires before the Tournament so I couldn't even call him up for one final swansong. I imagine 1 of these will be cut and I imagine it will be Wilkie! I have to cut a number of players and for once it's going to be a tricky decision.

I have. The FA don’t want me travelling! Lost cause at the moment.

I've lasted longer than I thought before it started to slow down if I'm honest so I'm happy so far.

Nations League Draw I meant it. Time for the Serious Business to recommence. All I ask is a Group that's either, easier or a chance to tick off some European Countries. I don't know, you wait 10 years for a shot at England and then 3 come around at once! As of writing this we haven't beaten any of these teams so its a brilliant chance to knock a few big names off...and Wales. Spain will be absolutely delighted with their draw. Romania and Albania can fight each other to stay in it. Group 4 looks tricky. Happy with that. Could have been better but could have been much worse. We will fancy our chances at staying up again.

Euro 2032 Draw Feels like we have been waiting ages for this... We go into Group A. Its been 10 years coming. Our first game against England. We once again face Austria, must be our most faced Nations so far? Them or Spain? England are the only team we haven't played and beat so far. Shame but its a group we should be getting through with. Group B looks like it could be anybodies. Group C is harsh on North Macedonia. Look at Group F. Bit of a Group of Death there!

Nations League and Euro Playoffs While we were playing training exercices there were some serious games on. Belarus keep their place in the 3rd Tier by the skin of their teeth. Luxembourg maybe a surprise they managed it. Italy win their first Nations League. Belgium won't be at the Euro's quite a surprise there. Albania get through by the skin of their teeth. Lithuania surprised Switzerland but couldn't get the job done. Well done to North Macedonia. A nice record to break.

Friendly Kiribati (h) This could be a thrashing. Last really easy Friendly booked in but I'm sure there will be 3 before the Euros! Buchan fires us into an early lead after a mistake from the keeper. Ewing with his second goal in as many caps. Doak with the goal. Laidlaw is the 4th different scorer. Doak with another goal. Laidlaw. We on pace for a record. I don't know who scored this one. I missed it. Good stuff so far. Not so much on pace for a record any more. Ewing. More goals than caps now. Laidlaw gets his 4th. 5th makes it 10. Remember when 10 was a special occasion. Laidlaw gets a double hattrick. Laidlaw gets a 7th. Unreal game. Playtime is over. Its now onto serious business.

Friendly Lesotho (h) We lost McGurk to injury. Shame. The squad will be picked around the dreaded 45 minute restriction placed on players. Some surprises in the side but its a friendly we should be winning. Hunter with a penalty. We have so many penalties recently. Munro and Doak with 2 very close together goals. That close I missed one. Munro with a lovely chip. Sam Campbell is becoming a good Tierney replacement. He gets the goal here. Munro completes his hattrick. Easy stuff so far. Hunter with a lovely low driven shot. Ewing with his first goal for Scotland. Hunter with his second penalty and his hattrick. Laidlaw gets a goal off the bench. Another 10 goal win. We are on a bit of a role with scoring goals.

Bloody Celtic. McGinty will start, because I will do anything within reason to stop Kelly getting to 100 caps hehehe. I couldn't tell you how this is being sorted by the way. Normally caps but hey ho. Oh no. Callum McGregor is degressing at a rate of knots. Will be make it to the Euros? No surprises here.

Top 10 in the World still not enough. Am I going to have to win a Tournament? They can no longer Qualify for the World Cup 2034 either. World Cup 2034 will be in Australia by the way. A nice different location.

Euro 2032 Qualifying Was weird not being apart of it but I'm not complaining. Been a good chance to tick off more Countries outside of Europe. So how did it all go? Group A and B saw no real surprises although North Macedonia ran Turkey close. Ive only ticked 1 out of those 4 so far. Belgium once again fail to qualify but I imagine they will have Playoffs to fall back on. I had to look into why Kosovo got pipped. 0-0 and 1-0 Sweden win in 2 very tight games. Albania will be disappointed following their recent good run. Are Germany back? No real surprises here. Group I looked tasty! Switzerland once again miss out. Playoffs look like this... Moldova with a big chance! That's been for more than 120 days now! Just pray we don't pick up any more major injuries between now and the Summer!

Friendly Chad (h) This game will round up what has been a very easy and quite frankly boring Year of Scottish Football. Lots of goals but no real threat. Be glad to get back to a normal year with competitive games. I need to feel the rush! Actually using this friendly as it should be intended. Second string mainly trying to shove their way into my plans. Probably the hardest game we have played in a while. This was scored in less than a minute but it caught me unaware. Laidlaw with the goal. Laidlaw sets up Buchan for a lovely goal. Laidlaw with two quick goals and his numbers have taken an inflation this Window! Another perfect hattrick. Bit of a calmer game than what we have been used to seeing. Honestly 6 from 24 is woeful! Laidlaw has been fantastic recently. The question is, can he do it on the big stage? Turnbull adds the gloss. Job done. It will do for me.

And its been done with sheer hard work and determination...right? RIGHT?!

Friendly Samoa (h) Well...at least I know the game is going ahead! The more I see it the more I like Munro on the wing and Laidlaw upfront. It just works. Although its worked against Teams in the bottom 150 in the World. Lowry with a stunner of a free kick. Hardwick has been loving a goal recently. Scotland v Samoa, more likely to see in Rugby. This could be a Rugby score. First Munro then Laidlaw. 4 different scorers so far. 5th different scorer as Sam Campbell (CB) curls a delicious ball into the bottom corner. 6 different scorers as Turnbull scores from the spot in what seems to be our gamely penalty. Not very often that happens I bet. Wonder how many we will end up with come the end after subs are made. Turnbull with his second penalty of the game. Hardwick gets his second. Race to the hattrick. Buchan becomes the 7th different scorer today. The goals weren't this close together I was just late with the first screenshot. Laidlaw gets his 2nd. Laidlaw wins the battle with a perfect hattrick. Laidlaw with his 4th of the game. We've had worse games.

The random OFC revenge tour continues! The Euro Qualifying Groups should be finished at the end of this International Window as well so I'll provide an update as to how they went. I wanted him to be our Oldest ever Player. Anybody has a fight to beat David Weir mind! His last apperance will be at the Euro 2032 Tournament on home soil. A fitting end to what has been a very good and loyal player to us. I'm Rangers but I can appreciate a Celtic Scottish legend! This could be one of our top CB's out for his home Tournament. Heartbreaking. Back to the usual and back to Kelly being the Number 1. He could be the worst player ever to hit 100 caps for their Nation. Just nobody has come through! George Johnston comes in to replace the dead Welsh. Ben Doak, what can I say? He's impressed me. McGregor gets the sympathy call up. Usual two. Can't believe its likely Munro will hit 69 caps this break. Feels like two minutes ago he was bursting onto the scene.

Friendly New Caledonia (h) This OFC binge wasn't done on purpose. Will look good when the update comes after the Euro's though! I have noticed one Nation that is on the list that is impossible. Russia. I can't offer them a Friendly. There is nothing I can do to make them a playable against Nation. They will be deleted from the Spreadsheet. Should be another high scoring game as these players continue to pad their stats. Something amazing has happened in between games however... We break into the Top 10! I'll ask Mozambique for a friendly as soon as I can. A few changes made but still a very strong line up. Turnbull with a lovely goal giving the keeper no chance. Munro with the easiest goal he will score in his career. Munro again. Even on the wing he's banging in goals for fun. Hardwick with a lovely finish. Hardwick again. Gilmour, a team player, gives up the penalty so Hardwick has a chance at a hattrick. He delivers. A part of me thinks I should have Instant Resulted the entire year! Finally Laidlaw gets in on the act. Munro secures his hattrick. Laidlaw scores from about 1 inch out. Chance for back to back 10s. 10! We got 10! Lovely stuff!

Friendly Solomon Islands (h) One of the "tricker" OFC teams but still should be a walkover. A strong side with Kelly playing for the first time in a while. Hardwick to Munro. Good start. Turnbull to Munro. 2 cracking assists so far today. OG. Rough for them. Munro with a brilliant finish to secure his hattrick. Turnbull with a cracking free kick. You don't save those! Munro pounces just before the break for his 4th of the game. 6 goals from 5 shots on target. Things you love to see. Buchan gets in on the act. Gilmour and penalties. The best double act. Hunter pops with up a rare goal giving us the chance of 10. Hardwick with a brilliant goal brings up 10! Another goal Munro. Buchan at the death. That was us at our clinical best.