A Son of the Rock

Dariaus Ir Gireno Stadium, Kaunas, 3/9/10.

This was so frustrating. I expected Lithuania to be much better than they were. Given that we were so dominant in the first half while playing an essentially defensive formation why not change to something more attacking at half-time? (That was also the perfect time to replace Scott Brown who had become a liability.)

As it was McFadden wasn’t brought on till 25 minutes to go which didn’t give him enough time to be effective. Not that the ball was delivered to him often enough anyway.

And Kris Boyd wasn’t brought on at all: whatever you think of him he’s more of a natural goalscorer than anything we had on show in the starting line-up.

We’ll probably struggle against Liechtenstein on Tuesday night too.

Spain, now, we just might beat when they come round. We’re perverse that way.