Davie Silva's becoming a first pick for City now he's, y'know, had some training with the squad and found out who his teammates are... Much as I dislike Mancini and the way City play under him, he's playing the Silva situation well. The lad had no real break over the summer, came back into training for three days before going on international duty and there's no way he could have integrated into the squad like that. Anyway... 4-2-4-0? Avril, fuck off, eh? You were decent with the Arabs, but you're playing international football entirely wrong. By all means, Scotland need to play defensively against the better teams, but fuck me... the Czechs are as dire as us. And no matter how defensively you play, you need a striker. (NB: This is not a call for Kenny Miller to have been playing. I said a fucking striker) I feel sorry for Jamie Mackie. Imagine being an in-form striker, and spending your international debut watching the ball being pinged over your head by your defender... to the opposition defence. Bollocks. Christ, even if we'd played as we did for an hour, and then attacked a defence that had no idea what to expect for the final 30 mins... But no, Avril was sticking with the 4-2-4-0 until we lost a goal. FUCK THAT. Raging.