Scottish women “in transition” but where should they go after the loss of 4-0 in Germany?
Interim coach Michael Mcardle should be admired for using his time at the helm as a possibility of changing things a little.
Only five players who started in Helsinki in December did it in Tannadice, while three who recited did not even have made this team.
It was rather the Shaw-up and probably one requested, after the golden generation He seemed to lose their golden hour, failing to reach an important tournament for the third time in a row.
But this group, scattered with future stars and expert players at the height, seems a bit in limbo.
Understandably, players claim to want to be in the championship A, test themselves against the cream of the continent, but the results would constantly show that it is a real scope. When do the Scuddings begin to overcome learning?
If the Scottish were to return to the League B, which are on the route to be done, then, in most cases, they would have gone to the games as favorites against the sides, they are simply stronger than.
The message from the 2023 campaign, which ended with the Calamito Thrashing at home in EnglandIt was that they believed they had matured and improved against the best teams. Something that would prepare them for the qualifications for the euros.
This, of course, did not come to complete.
Mcardle states that the goal for now is to break out and remain, among the top 20 in the world. Scotland is currently 24th, while there are 12 European nations in the target area. On paper, this would suggest that the Scottish should be a team in the championship.
But from the predecessor of Mcardle, Martinez Losa, took over in July 2021, only once the Scots beat a top-30 team in a competitive-a semifinal game of play-offs of the World Cup 1-0 against Austria more than two years ago.
Games like Friday offer “precious experience and exposure to international football” insists Cthbert, but exactly what Scotland is gaining and where they are growing, it remains in the air.
