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[RWC2019][Pool A] Round 4 - Japan vs. Scotland (13/10/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 967667" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>Thing is this Scottish Squad are a hell of a lot better than the sides of 10-15 years ago that were basically competing with Italy to avoid the wooden spoon. It was one of the main worries of having relegation, that you would lose the calcutta cup and other derbies of the home nations. They've definitely improved from there. However they definitely got too big for their boots and it was back in 2015 they said they were going to win the 6N's (they actually came bottom) and World Cup. I think it was 2017 when I thought they actually could win it and they just feel short and they tied for second on points difference, which coincidentally was Cotter's last tournament. However instead of giving themselves clear goals like winning 4/5 games and coming second, they keep creating grand targets of winning tournaments that haven't won before. I have no problem with ambition, but they keep talking as though they should win and should be competing at the highest level when actually they haven't earned the right. Feels like they need to look at where they are instead of where they want to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 967667, member: 72977"] Thing is this Scottish Squad are a hell of a lot better than the sides of 10-15 years ago that were basically competing with Italy to avoid the wooden spoon. It was one of the main worries of having relegation, that you would lose the calcutta cup and other derbies of the home nations. They've definitely improved from there. However they definitely got too big for their boots and it was back in 2015 they said they were going to win the 6N's (they actually came bottom) and World Cup. I think it was 2017 when I thought they actually could win it and they just feel short and they tied for second on points difference, which coincidentally was Cotter's last tournament. However instead of giving themselves clear goals like winning 4/5 games and coming second, they keep creating grand targets of winning tournaments that haven't won before. I have no problem with ambition, but they keep talking as though they should win and should be competing at the highest level when actually they haven't earned the right. Feels like they need to look at where they are instead of where they want to be. [/QUOTE]
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