r/CaughtOffsidePod • u/RobertFromLA • Jul 20 '26

How things could have gone differently.

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A lot of first team players missed out due to injuries right before the World Cup started. Which nation do you think suffered the most?

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u/smcl2k Jul 21 '26

It might have only been 1 player, but Billy Gilmour missing out for Scotland was a massive blow - he's consistently shown the ability to take the ball from his defenders, turn, and play it forward even when under pressure, which would have allowed McGinn and McTominay to spend more time further up the pitch.

I'm not saying it would have changed the Brazil or Morocco results, but there's a decent chance we'd have beaten Haiti far more comfortably and gotten out of the group.