September 2013
With Scotland out of the FIFA World Cup, attention turns towards the Euro 2016 qualifiers. We have three friendlies currently in the books - a home date against the Belgians on November 20, and two away trips to Algiers and Bogota during 2014. I will be using those three games to field a developmental team, rather than reward the same team that missed out on World Cup qualification.
October 2013
World Cup qualifying playoffs
Belgium v Greece - 0-1, 2-0 - Belgium qualifies
Slovenia v Sweden - 0-3, 3-4 - Sweden qualifies
Spain v Czech Republic - 4-1, 1-1 - Spain qualifies
Ukraine v Portugal - 0-2, 0-1 - Portugal qualifies
November 2013
We chose a 26 man squad for our game against Belgium and change our tactic to 5-3-2.
GK - McGregor (30)
DEF - Wilson (7), Berra (30), Hanley (8), Fox (4), Sutton (33)
MID - Adam (23), Fletcher (62), Morrison (30)
FOR - Rhodes (11), Naismith (25)
34 - Belgium 1-0 (Fellaini)
42 - Tied 1-1 (Rhodes)
45 - Martin on for Hanley, Whittaker on for Wilson, Maloney on for Adam
65 - Scotland 2-1 (Morrison)
65 - Watt on for Fletcher, Goodwillie on for Rhodes
77 - Scotland 3-1 (Watt)
December 2013
The pools for the 2014 FIFA World Cup are drawn.
Group A
Brazil
England
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Group B
Chile
Iran
Russia
Spain
Group C
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ghana
Japan
Mexico
Group D
Australia
Egypt
Holland
Sweden
Group E
Cameroon
Colombia
Italy
Portugal
Group F
Belgium
France
South Korea
Uruguay
Group G
Argentina
Croatia
New Zealand
Saudi Arabia
Group H
Germany
Morocco
Norway
USA