World Cup qual. - Team news: Scots depleted

Eurosport - Sat, 28 Mar 19:40:00 2009

Brief team news ahead of this weekend's World Cup qualifiers, with Scotland boss George Burley having to contend with a plethora of injuries.

FOOTBALL 2008 World Cup qual. Scotland George Burley - 0

Click on the links below the photos for predicted line-ups.

(Kick-offs 15:00 UK time unless otherwise stated)

Group 9 - Holland v Scotland (19:45)

Several Premier League stars are in contention to play in Amsterdam, including Dirk Kuyt, Robin van Persie and Ryan Babel. Real Madrid trio Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Rafael van der Vaart and Arjen Robben are all expected to play some part while Maarten Stekelenburg is expected to start in goal for the Dutch after Edwin van der Sar's refusal to come out of international retirement.

Scotland boss George Burley has to contend with a host of injuries ahead of the trip to Amsterdam. Alan Hutton, Stephen McManus, David Weir, Kirk Broadfoot, Paul Hartley, Kevin Thomson, Barry Robson, Shaun Maloney, Kris Commons James McFadden and Lee Miller are all out injured, so Burley is expected to hand Cristophe Berra a debut in defence alongside Gary Caldwell. Meanwhile Allan McGregor will start in goal ahead of Craig Gordon and Barry Ferguson is expected to be fit enough to skipper the side.

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  1. I WILL BEAT U UP DEREK W

    From sharonmclaughlan, on Sat 28 Mar 7:32PM
  2. LOL... I just read this news on some tall interesting­ place called: ___T allmingle Co M____ the most popular­ place for h ot mo dels, handsome men me et and mi ngle!­ u might be surprise what u end up with!!LOL :-)

    From tallbbw22, on Sat 28 Mar 7:28PM
  3. comon holland to beat the jocks up big time

    From derek w, on Sat 28 Mar 7:12PM
  4. Let,s hope the wee boy who has his finger inthe dam­ wall goes tae the game and allow,s Scotland tae find­ the leak,s in the Dutch wall CO,MON SOTLAND

    From williamdenholm, on Sat 28 Mar 5:15PM
  5. It's a shame we have so many injuries for this­ game, as a full strength team would have been more than­ a match for the Dutch. I still believe we can get a­ result over in Holland though. It's time for the­ lads on the fringes of the team to get a shot playing­ for their country. While it's not under the best­ circumstances to give them caps today, I think whoever­ Burley picks will come in and do well. 1-0­ Scotland.

    'Mon the Scotland! Do us proud!

    From Chris, on Sat 28 Mar 3:05PM
  6. SCOTLAND FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From kevin, on Sat 28 Mar 2:41PM
  7. when is the England game been played ?

    From lboy04, on Sat 28 Mar 2:27PM
  8. Come on you Scots !!!!!!!!

    From Stuart, on Sat 28 Mar 1:48PM
  9. C'moan SCOTLAND!
    Patrick Maclaine
    Scot & Proud

    From P M, on Sat 28 Mar 1:39PM
  10. for all the english supporters SCOTLAND BEAT FRANCE­ HOME AND AWAY , YOU SCUM GOT BEAT and you say the­ problems with scotland

    From mallaney, on Sat 28 Mar 1:30PM
  11. Go oot an try yer best lads. Whit mair kin ye dae. ­ Hope big Gouranga smiles on ye awe the day.
    Go fur ir­ lads.
    Best wishes. GOURANGA HEY!
    SCOTLAND SCOTLAND­ SCOTLAND
    GOURANGA GOURANGA GOURANGA
    WHIT???

    From Kusum Sraman Swami M, on Sat 28 Mar 1:25PM
  12. well i have every fath in scots today

    From Alex, on Sat 28 Mar 1:00PM
  13. Ive got 1-0 Scotland .. great odds

    From Lee B, on Sat 28 Mar 10:46AM
  14. Cant see Scotland getting anything out of this match­ heavy defeat 4-0

    From Chris M, on Sat 28 Mar 8:48AM
  15. pegz ear, stop sticking up for players who dont want to­ play because they dont like the manager, they're­ playing for Scotland not for Burley, i would never play­ boyd ever again, never, that's one of the reasons­ we're as bad as we are, we have put up with this­ for years and encouraged future generations to act as­ if they're bigger than their country, they're­ not, and it's time we let them know.

    From inverkenny, on Sat 28 Mar 12:57AM
  16. pegz ear, stop sticking up for players who dont want to­ play because they dont like the manager, they're­ playing for Scotland not for Burley, i would never play­ boyd ever again, never, that's one of the reasons­ we're as bad as we are, we have put up with this­ for years and encouraged future generations to act as­ if they're bigger than their country, they're­ not, and it's time we let them know.

    From inverkenny, on Sat 28 Mar 12:57AM
  17. pegz ear, stop sticking up for players who dont want to­ play because they dont like the manager, they're­ playing for Scotland not for Burley, i would never play­ boyd ever again, never, that's one of the reasons­ we're as bad as we are, we have put up with this­ for years and encouraged future generations to act as­ if they're bigger than their country, they're­ not, and it's time we let them know.

    From inverkenny, on Sat 28 Mar 12:57AM
  18. dicanio your arguing with yourself, that's because­ your an ignorant englishman or a rangers fan, or both.

    From inverkenny, on Sat 28 Mar 12:52AM
  19. Im an England fan and I can honestly say that the scots­ have the passion and will to be good. There is plenty­ of raw talent in scotland in the youth teams, but they­ need to be clever enough to nurture it. I miss the­ England v Scotland battles of the past

    From laboca123, on Fri 27 Mar 2:26PM
  20. 'Injuries' - cos naebody wants to play fur­ curly-burley. he's shown himself to be a­ 'shortie tin' manager - the guy is pure mince!­ Scotland needs someone with gumption - and a­ Capello-like strength to play good players, not the­ typical old-boys act. He can't even get the best­ from who he picks, unlike Smith and McLeish.

    Plus,­ there is no reason why Scotland cannot be consistently­ at Englands's level - like no.4 - we need academies­ and get rid of the narrow-mindedness that characterises­ SFA

    From pegez, on Fri 27 Mar 2:19PM
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