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	Scotland take on Curaçao on Saturday at Hampden. It kicks off at 1 pm, presumably to avoid a clash with the moneybags league final at 5.
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	Curaçao is located in the Carribean, to the north of Venezuela. They qualified for their first World Cup this year. Ex-Hun manager Dick Advocaat resigned as their manager earlier this year, but was re-appointed a couple of weeks ago.
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	They can't be all bad if they qualified for the World Cup, so I predict a 1-1 draw on the basis that we never win friendlies.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10852</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:22:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Haiti v Scotland</title><link>https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/10856-haiti-v-scotland/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Starting this one early, as I happened to watch the Haiti v Peru highlights from last night. Haiti weren't amazing, but they have pace on the counter attack. Isidor looks like a good player and Pierrot looks like a very good athlete. Both will cause us big problems, and I worry about Hanley in a back four when we're defending high up. I wonder if we might go back three instead? 
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	Defensively they weren't great, and their midfield could be passed through with ease. Gilmour would have been absolutely perfect for this game, and, to a lesser degree, Lennon Miller. Without those two, it'll almost certainly have to be McLean, who is by far our best option at slowing down counter attacks as well as moving it quickly forward. That means a decision to be made between McGinn, Christie, Doak, Curtis. Because of that, I'd expect us just to play one up front, so that we can get as many of the preferred players in. I'd much rather we played two, Dykes and Shankland, but I suspect it'll be just Adams on his own. 
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10856</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:57:40 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Scotland squad</title><link>https://dev.donstalk.co.uk/topic/8224-scotland-squad/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>No Shinnie or Christie???</p><p> </p><p>
Wtf Strachan. </p><p> </p><p>
I agree we should keep the same team who should've beaten England but bringing in Whittaker and excluding them?</p><p> </p><p>
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