Laudrup1
Well-Known Member
Hearts should have suited us as well ... we tend to struggle against the low block and not the ones that come at us.
I just hope we score early or the atmosphere will be horrible if we lose a goal / go in at half time 0-0.
hopefully a much better performance both with and without the ball.
Do we struggle against them more than teams who attack us? I'm beginning to think this is a bit of a myth.
We've dropped points twice now against Hearts who came at us and against Celtic at Ibrox plus Aberdeen which is always an anomaly of a game anyway.
Would be I right in saying that we've beaten every team who employ this "low block" this season?
I don't know so much that we struggle in these games more at all.
If we don't apply ourselves we struggle whoever the opposition are and that was the issue on Sunday. We let them dictate the first 20 minutes of the game.
A bit like in Europe, we generally look a far superior team when someone tries to play against us rather than park the bus.
Again, this is verging on "Scotland play better against better teams (though ultimately lose all games anyway)" territory.
We've had good European results. We've had good domestic results.
All of them are because we've played well enough on the occasion itself far more than what other teams are letting us do.