I wonder what the phrase Lucky Bastards is in Italian, Good result albeit very lucky Brazil vs Scotland at least it's not Argentina.
Ferguson Makes It Three: A Scottish Football Timeline
- Thread starter jmmcb94
- Start date
- Netherlands vs Argentina
- Scotland vs Brazil
- England vs France
- Morocco vs Portugal
2022 World Cup, Part 3
2022 World Cup, Part 3
When Scotland first won a knockout match at a major tournament, fourteen years earlier at Euro 2008, it was seen as a historic moment that would go down in the annals of national history. Since then, of the six tournaments they’d played in, the 2022 World Cup was the fourth in which they’d cleared the first knockout round, and the third in a row.
Yet, there was a feeling that their performances in each were getting less and less impressive, and more and more lucky, every time they did it. And nothing suggested this more than their win over Italy.
Nonetheless, now that they were through to the quarter-finals of a third tournament in a row, they would be playing Brazil, the same team they had played in their first ever knockout match twenty years ago, and the big favourites for the tournament following the Azzuri’s demise.
The pre-match expectations were almost universal, even among the most optimistic Tartan Army member: Scotland were going to lose, probably quite heavily. And if they somehow managed to beat the best Brazil team in 20 odd years, it would be, not so much a miracle, more a travesty.
Not that they weren’t going to give it a go anyway. That was what they’d been doing so far and it had worked.
That said, despite the win, the disgruntlement among the Tartan Army of Steve Clarke and his management style was growing, and, more significantly, doing so among non-Rangers fans. And, while they’d happily take the win over Italy, there was also a feeling of dread, dread that Clarke’s defensive tactics had worked so luckily well against Italy, that there was no way he was ever going to deviate from them ever again.
Sure enough, Clarke would field an identical starting XI to that from the previous match, save for Adams replacing Shankland up front. This was going to be another game of defending for 90 mins and trying to nick a lucky goal if they could.
Or so everyone thought…
Scotland kicked the match off, in their white change kits, and, straight from the off, they actually went for it and tried to play attacking football. Indeed, they ended up having the first real chance of the game, as Hickey threaded a ball in from the wall into the box, but neither striker managed to get a foot on it.
It was probably only a half chance really, but it was a sign that Scotland had learned from before and were actually going to try and go for it this time.
That said, Brazil, as expected, were easily dominating the game and having the better opportunities. Scotland were actually defending well though and forcing them into half chances. It wasn’t spectacular, but it was working, and they were at least trying themselves whenever they could.
That said, the defensive setup wasn’t really allowing for any proper attacking chances and, when Scotland did manage to get possession promisingly, the narrow system was preventing them from getting forwards and seriously threatening, save for that afore-mentioned chance.
Just before half-time, Brazil did get a pretty good chance to break the deadlock. Vinicius Jr, managing to dodge the excellent marking of Hickey, managed to thread it to Richarlison, who duly gave it back to the Real man, only for Tierney to get in the way of his shot and send it behind for a corner, which had been easily dealt with.
Half-time came and, once again, it was goalless. But, unlike the previous game, both sides and their fans were actually pretty satisfied. The Tartan Army especially: having expected another ‘Catenaccio’ session, their team were actually at least having a go at getting forwards when they could, but their defensive setup was letting them down.
For Steve Clarke, he now faced a big decision at half-time: stick with his current setup, which was working defensively but not offensively, or switch formations, which might aid the attack, but unsettle the so-far good defence.
For once, he did what the fans wanted him to do, and chose the latter. Just minutes into the second half, he took McKenna off, replacing him with Stuart Armstrong, and pushed McGinn forwards, so it was now more of an early 10’s style 4-2-2-2 they were playing.
But this new more attack minded setup weren’t going to get many chances to attack, as Brazil, determined to get the game over and done with in normal time, forced everything forward in the second half. With the likes of Neymar, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta all having chances that, on another day, would’ve all been converted and Brazil would’ve been at least four or five up. It was starting to become clear that Clarke’s gamble was starting to backfire, as the defence was nowhere near as confident as the first half. Only some inspired keeping from Craig Gordon was keeping them in the game.
Somehow, Brazil were unable to find a way through. Full time came, 0-0, and this game was going to extra time.
Clarke must’ve been tempted to bring another defender on as one of his substitutions at the start of extra time, but he resisted doing so. Instead, he replaced an exhausted McGinn with Ryan Christie and McTominay with Ryan Jack, whose only prior minutes in the tournament had been as a late sub against Canada (to be fair, though, he was just coming back from injury going into the tournament, so he was never going to play much).
As extra time kicked off, it was more of the same: Brazil pushing forwards, Scotland valiantly defending. Tierney made a fine tackle to halt Richarlison, and found the substitute Jack, who managed set the other sub Christie away; somehow, he managed to wriggle through the Brazilian defence, and played it back to McGregor, who looked in a fine position to fire it home…
…but his shot was too powerful was went just over the bar.
Oh oh oh, that was the moment Scotland had been waiting for.
Having been let off big time, Brazil redoubled their efforts and pushed forward again. Just minutes later, Neymar received the ball, and made two separate one-twos with two different teammates to give the Scotland defence the slip and, dragging Gordon out of position, fired it into the roof of the net. Brazil were finally in front.
That was the hammer blow Scotland must have been dreading after missing their own big chance moments earlier. The players sank to the turf, knowing it could’ve been all so different. Their luck, it seemed, had run out.
Or had it?
As the second half kicked off, Brazil, perhaps wary after seeing Scotland’s late showing against Italy the previous round, seemed to suddenly decide to pack it in and be the ones playing ‘Catenaccio’. In contrast, Scotland, with Shankland now on for Dykes to provide some much needed fresh attacking input, were now trying to go for it.
But with just three minutes to go, it looked like Brazil would hold on, and Scotland run at this most contentious of World Cups would be over.
But then, a mistake by Fred allowed his Manchester United teammate Robertson to thread the ball to McGregor, who gave it to Christie, and suddenly, Scotland had half a chance building. Christie pulled it across and it found the substitute Shankland, who, out of nowhere, fired it goalbound…
…and it hit the post! And bounced back to Sandro, who fired it safely back upfield. Another glorious chance gone for Scotland.
And that was that; Scotland could do no more. Brazil saw out the remaining minutes of the game, won 1-0, and were through to the semi-finals.
For Scotland, the feeling was very conflicted. On the one hand, it was a gutting defeat on the basis of those two huge chances they’d had and missed. But, on the other hand, there was a feeling that this was a good defeat, if ever there was one.
Most Scotland fans had expected the team to play boring, defensive football, for it not to work and for them to get trounced resoundingly. So, given that they had actually taken the game to Brazil and played some decent attacking stuff in the process, they’d actually done pretty good all things considered.
And also, if they had taken one of those chances, especially Shankland’s, it would’ve been another most lucky break, and most Scotland fans wouldn’t have wanted to get a reputation as lucky overachievers, even if that’s what they arguably already were!
Brazil would go on to meet Argentina in a hotly anticipated semi-final, which would not disappoint, as it would be one of the all-time great World Cup games, with a late Julian Alvarez goal, following on from a classic assist from Lionel Messi, would give the Albiceleste an epic 3-2 over their most hated rivals (who would go on to beat Morocco to finish third).
But the final itself, an epic 3-all draw decided via penalty shootout (the only fair way to decide it really), would unquestionably top it. Quite by accident, and some would say undeservedly for its hosts, 2022 had proven a pretty awesome tournament.
For Scotland, Steve Clarke and his team were reasonably satisfied with their run; it wasn’t going to live long in the memory like their previous two, but they’d still done pretty well, and the quarter-finals were probably the furthest they were realistically going to go. Especially as the epic high they’d been on a year earlier following their unbeaten qualifying campaign had slightly soured a bit following a rather meh year.
And indeed, the fans also felt that this team and setup that had looked upwardly mobile a year earlier was starting to look a bit weary. And so, even though they had a favourable draw for Euro 2024 feeling, many wee feeling that 2021 had been peak-Steve Clarke’s Scotland and things weren’t going to go as well from here on in.
Were they to be proved right? Only time would tell…
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Yep, one game too many for Scotland in the end. But at least we get that epic semi-final we were denied IOTL. I did consider having Brazil go on to win the tournament, but ultimately decided I owe Argentina one given how harsh I've been to them on this site before, so they win here as well. Plus, even if we are getting an epic semi-final, there's no way I'd want to lose that fantastic final.
Anyway, that's this TL finished again for now. Next week, we move on to my other TL, although, actually,
the tournament there is actually going to be quite similar to OTL.
2022-23 in Scottish and English league football
2022-23 in Scottish and English league football
(NOTE: a small part of this chapter has been retconned; for details, see here)
The positivity gained from their unexpected successes (in the League and the Europa League respectively) left both Old Firm teams looking to the new season with tonnes of optimism, and both started the season in fine form. Then came the first derby of the season, however, and a rampant Celtic demolished Rangers 4-0. Ange Postecoglou's side never looked back, and would ultimately win a second title in a row most comfortably, losing only three league games all season (and two of them were after they'd already won the title).
Rangers, or more precisely Gio van Bronckhorst's Rangers, never recovered from that defeat, and that poor form coupled with a historically bad Champions League performance (Celtic didn't do much better to be fair) saw the Dutchman fired during the World Cup break. His replacement would be a certain Liverpool legend looking to get his management career back on track after being fired by Aston Villa just weeks previously.
Steven Gerrard's arrival at Ibrox saw a marked improvement in the team's form and, while they didn't manage to catch up with Celtic, a 2-2 draw in the second derby of the season killing off their remaining chances, he did at least appear to be laying solid foundations for a proper title race next season. Ultimately, it would be a trophyless season for the blue side of Glasgow, thanks to a League Cup final defeat to their hated rivals, and a Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to them as well. Celtic would go on to see off a worthy challenge from Inverness Caley Thistle in the final to complete a treble, a fitting conclusion to the Ange Postecoglou era as he departed the opposite direction to Gerrard to take over at Tottenham.
And the Celtic fanbase wasn't entirely pleased with you the board had lined up to replace him...
Gerrard wasn't the only EPL stalwart to arrive in the Scottish Premiership that season. His former England 'teammate' John Terry would surprisingly arrive in Kirkcaldy to replace the departed John McGlynn at Raith Rovers. After the initial excitement wore off, Terry's team would settle into lower end of the table mediocrity and, though they did ultimately finish 16th, they were comfortably clear of the bottom two. And they did make up for it somewhat with a good Scottish Cup run, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Rangers.
Nor was Gerrard the only former EPL manager arriving in Scotland in search of redemption after getting fired.
Graham Potter's arrival at Aberdeen to replace the departing club legend Derek McInnes was considered a bit of a coup for the Dons, though there were also some who said that he'd been unemployed since being sacked by Brighton after relegation a year earlier for a reason. Potter's Dons would start the season strongly, but, after the World Cup break, their form quickly dipped alarmingly.
Then came two 'easy' away games in a row. Firstly, away at Arbroath, who hadn't won at all all season. Arbroath won 1-0. The calls for Potter to go from the away fans were loud and clear.
Then, five days later, they travelled to amateur side Darvel in the Scottish Cup... and lost 1-0 again. The greatest giant killing in Scottish Cup history unquestionably.
The following day, Potter would be dismissed as Dons manager. (A certain Irish YouTuber's video posted the following day was half an hour long and consisted mostly of him laughing maniacally!).
To make it worse for the former Ostersunds manager, his assistant Barry Robson would take over, and oversee an incredible recovery in form that saw the Dons finish third. His career in Britain was now almost certainly over for good.
Saudi Arabia beckoned...
Honours
Scottish Premiership: Celtic
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Arbroath
Promoted: Dunfermline, Ayr
Scottish Cup: Celtic
Scottish League Cup: Celtic
Down South, it was becoming apparant that Manchester was becoming the footballing capital of, not just England, but possibly all of Europe as well! Pep Guardiola and Erik ten Hag's sides would finish the top two in the league, and would compete in the final of the Champions League and the final of the FA Cup! City would claim bragging rights by winning the first two, but United would deny them a treble (which meant their unique treble of 98-99 remainined unmatched) with victory in the latter, a Julian Alvarez hat-trick seeing them beat their neighbours 3-2 in an exciting contest. They would also win the League Cup, beating Newcastle 2-0 in that final, with City having been surprisingly knocked out by eventually relegated Southampton in the quarter-finals (meaning the Saints' otherwise maligned manager Nathan Jones would go down in history for denying a quadruple of all-Manchester top twos!). And, with a takeover at Old Trafford possibly on the horizon, the Mancunian dominance looked only set to continue.
Chelsea would finish the best of the best in third, with the decision by new owner Todd Boehly to replace Thomas Tuchel with Mauricio Pochettino just weeks into the season paying off nicely, though the large numbers of new players signed at great expense probably helped too. Patrick Vieira's Arsenal would surprise many by claiming the final place in the next season's Champions League, finishing fourth to secure a return to Europe's top table after a six season absence.
Newcastle's first season under their controversial new owners saw them finish fifth ahead of Liverpool, who surprisingly faltered after coming so close to a quadruple last season and finished sixth. Aston Villa, under Gerrard's replacement Unai Emery, would complete the top seven, securing a place in the Conference League, a tournament won that season by West Ham, giving England an eighth team in Europe for the next season.
Gerrard's other former team, Ipswich Town, under the new management of Vincent Kompany, would romp away with the Championship title to secure an instant return to the Prem. QPR, under the management, ironically, of Gerrard's former assistant Michael Beale, would surprise many by finishing second ahead of the more fancied Bournemouth and Sheffield United teams, both of whom were expected to then compete in the play-off final. Neither would make it, losing to Middlesbrough and Luton respectively. And it would be the latter who completed their fairy tale rise from non-league to Premier League by beating Boro on penalties at Wembley.
No wonder many say the Championship is now much more interesting than the Prem.
Honours
Premier League: Manchester City
Relegated: Leicester, Leeds, Southampton
Promoted: Ipswich, QPR, Luton
FA Cup: Manchester United
League Cup: Manchester United
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Aaaaand, that's how this past season went ITTL! Rather similar to OTL in some cases, but very much not in others! Yeah, Man Utd getting to the CL final might sound a bit ASB, but bear in mind, ITTL, ten Hag would now be into his fourth season and the club and they are thus probably a few years ahead of where they are IOTL, so, considering they'd have taken Spurs' place in the tournament and the route to the final would've been achievable for them, not so much.
Also, Potter goes to (and flops at) Aberdeen instead of Chelsea here because, as Brighton were relegated a couple of seasons ago ITTL, he would thus be 'damaged goods' in the English Prem and thus be in need of redemption somewhere else. Which, in turn, would see Chelsea turn to Poch straight away instead of after the Potter mess they had IOTL, so they fare a LOT better here too.
If you've lost track of the various league changes ITTL, I am actively considering starting a new spin-off TL in which I go into the leagues of this TL in greater detail. If you'd like to see that, do let me know below.
As for this TL as a whole, I'm currently considering whether I want to carry on with it, or start again with an earlier POD. No firm decisions yet, but I'll hopefully make a decision before the year is out.
So, unless I decide otherwise, we'll be back here around Christmas time with Euro 2024 qualifying. Until then, back into hibernation this TL goes...
(NOTE: a small part of this chapter has been retconned; for details, see here)
The positivity gained from their unexpected successes (in the League and the Europa League respectively) left both Old Firm teams looking to the new season with tonnes of optimism, and both started the season in fine form. Then came the first derby of the season, however, and a rampant Celtic demolished Rangers 4-0. Ange Postecoglou's side never looked back, and would ultimately win a second title in a row most comfortably, losing only three league games all season (and two of them were after they'd already won the title).
Rangers, or more precisely Gio van Bronckhorst's Rangers, never recovered from that defeat, and that poor form coupled with a historically bad Champions League performance (Celtic didn't do much better to be fair) saw the Dutchman fired during the World Cup break. His replacement would be a certain Liverpool legend looking to get his management career back on track after being fired by Aston Villa just weeks previously.
Steven Gerrard's arrival at Ibrox saw a marked improvement in the team's form and, while they didn't manage to catch up with Celtic, a 2-2 draw in the second derby of the season killing off their remaining chances, he did at least appear to be laying solid foundations for a proper title race next season. Ultimately, it would be a trophyless season for the blue side of Glasgow, thanks to a League Cup final defeat to their hated rivals, and a Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to them as well. Celtic would go on to see off a worthy challenge from Inverness Caley Thistle in the final to complete a treble, a fitting conclusion to the Ange Postecoglou era as he departed the opposite direction to Gerrard to take over at Tottenham.
And the Celtic fanbase wasn't entirely pleased with you the board had lined up to replace him...
Gerrard wasn't the only EPL stalwart to arrive in the Scottish Premiership that season. His former England 'teammate' John Terry would surprisingly arrive in Kirkcaldy to replace the departed John McGlynn at Raith Rovers. After the initial excitement wore off, Terry's team would settle into lower end of the table mediocrity and, though they did ultimately finish 16th, they were comfortably clear of the bottom two. And they did make up for it somewhat with a good Scottish Cup run, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Rangers.
Nor was Gerrard the only former EPL manager arriving in Scotland in search of redemption after getting fired.
Graham Potter's arrival at Aberdeen to replace the departing club legend Derek McInnes was considered a bit of a coup for the Dons, though there were also some who said that he'd been unemployed since being sacked by Brighton after relegation a year earlier for a reason. Potter's Dons would start the season strongly, but, after the World Cup break, their form quickly dipped alarmingly.
Then came two 'easy' away games in a row. Firstly, away at Arbroath, who hadn't won at all all season. Arbroath won 1-0. The calls for Potter to go from the away fans were loud and clear.
Then, five days later, they travelled to amateur side Darvel in the Scottish Cup... and lost 1-0 again. The greatest giant killing in Scottish Cup history unquestionably.
The following day, Potter would be dismissed as Dons manager. (A certain Irish YouTuber's video posted the following day was half an hour long and consisted mostly of him laughing maniacally!).
To make it worse for the former Ostersunds manager, his assistant Barry Robson would take over, and oversee an incredible recovery in form that saw the Dons finish third. His career in Britain was now almost certainly over for good.
Saudi Arabia beckoned...
Honours
Scottish Premiership: Celtic
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Arbroath
Promoted: Dunfermline, Ayr
Scottish Cup: Celtic
Scottish League Cup: Celtic
Down South, it was becoming apparant that Manchester was becoming the footballing capital of, not just England, but possibly all of Europe as well! Pep Guardiola and Erik ten Hag's sides would finish the top two in the league, and would compete in the final of the Champions League and the final of the FA Cup! City would claim bragging rights by winning the first two, but United would deny them a treble (which meant their unique treble of 98-99 remainined unmatched) with victory in the latter, a Julian Alvarez hat-trick seeing them beat their neighbours 3-2 in an exciting contest. They would also win the League Cup, beating Newcastle 2-0 in that final, with City having been surprisingly knocked out by eventually relegated Southampton in the quarter-finals (meaning the Saints' otherwise maligned manager Nathan Jones would go down in history for denying a quadruple of all-Manchester top twos!). And, with a takeover at Old Trafford possibly on the horizon, the Mancunian dominance looked only set to continue.
Chelsea would finish the best of the best in third, with the decision by new owner Todd Boehly to replace Thomas Tuchel with Mauricio Pochettino just weeks into the season paying off nicely, though the large numbers of new players signed at great expense probably helped too. Patrick Vieira's Arsenal would surprise many by claiming the final place in the next season's Champions League, finishing fourth to secure a return to Europe's top table after a six season absence.
Newcastle's first season under their controversial new owners saw them finish fifth ahead of Liverpool, who surprisingly faltered after coming so close to a quadruple last season and finished sixth. Aston Villa, under Gerrard's replacement Unai Emery, would complete the top seven, securing a place in the Conference League, a tournament won that season by West Ham, giving England an eighth team in Europe for the next season.
Gerrard's other former team, Ipswich Town, under the new management of Vincent Kompany, would romp away with the Championship title to secure an instant return to the Prem. QPR, under the management, ironically, of Gerrard's former assistant Michael Beale, would surprise many by finishing second ahead of the more fancied Bournemouth and Sheffield United teams, both of whom were expected to then compete in the play-off final. Neither would make it, losing to Middlesbrough and Luton respectively. And it would be the latter who completed their fairy tale rise from non-league to Premier League by beating Boro on penalties at Wembley.
No wonder many say the Championship is now much more interesting than the Prem.
Honours
Premier League: Manchester City
Relegated: Leicester, Leeds, Southampton
Promoted: Ipswich, QPR, Luton
FA Cup: Manchester United
League Cup: Manchester United
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Aaaaand, that's how this past season went ITTL! Rather similar to OTL in some cases, but very much not in others! Yeah, Man Utd getting to the CL final might sound a bit ASB, but bear in mind, ITTL, ten Hag would now be into his fourth season and the club and they are thus probably a few years ahead of where they are IOTL, so, considering they'd have taken Spurs' place in the tournament and the route to the final would've been achievable for them, not so much.
Also, Potter goes to (and flops at) Aberdeen instead of Chelsea here because, as Brighton were relegated a couple of seasons ago ITTL, he would thus be 'damaged goods' in the English Prem and thus be in need of redemption somewhere else. Which, in turn, would see Chelsea turn to Poch straight away instead of after the Potter mess they had IOTL, so they fare a LOT better here too.
If you've lost track of the various league changes ITTL, I am actively considering starting a new spin-off TL in which I go into the leagues of this TL in greater detail. If you'd like to see that, do let me know below.
As for this TL as a whole, I'm currently considering whether I want to carry on with it, or start again with an earlier POD. No firm decisions yet, but I'll hopefully make a decision before the year is out.
So, unless I decide otherwise, we'll be back here around Christmas time with Euro 2024 qualifying. Until then, back into hibernation this TL goes...
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John Terry at Raith?! Not sure if this timeline is a utopia or dystopia for Raith but I didn't see that one coming.
Anyway, you were saying about doing another TL with an early POD. I remember we did have a chat about one which had an earlier introduction of the league pyramid system in Scotland either at the formation of the SPL or sooner say the early 90s. Maybe the POD could be of Rangers getting into the Champions League final of 1993 and winning it (which in truth that team deserved it) which that victory could spark the chance for making changes to the league system?
Just an idea to throw around which has interesting butterflies in which if Rangers win the CL that year, then likely they wouldn’t feel the need to later spend themselves silly that puts them into financial oblivion which I know you've already mentioned ITTL but it could be one that they don't have to act all austerity and remain somewhat competitive during that time?
Anyway, you were saying about doing another TL with an early POD. I remember we did have a chat about one which had an earlier introduction of the league pyramid system in Scotland either at the formation of the SPL or sooner say the early 90s. Maybe the POD could be of Rangers getting into the Champions League final of 1993 and winning it (which in truth that team deserved it) which that victory could spark the chance for making changes to the league system?
Just an idea to throw around which has interesting butterflies in which if Rangers win the CL that year, then likely they wouldn’t feel the need to later spend themselves silly that puts them into financial oblivion which I know you've already mentioned ITTL but it could be one that they don't have to act all austerity and remain somewhat competitive during that time?
You have this to 'thank' for that idea:
The POD I had in mind is a tiny bit later than Rangers winning the CL in '93; I'll talk a bit more about it once I've got a few more things straight in my mind, but, suffice to say, it would mean a lot more glory for Craig Brown, God rest his soul, than ITTL even.
EPL Spin-Off TL
I have started a spin-off TL from this TL covering the English Leagues: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...e-spin-off-tl-english-league-football.544440/
The Future of this TL
OK, so, yesterday I concluded the EPL spin-off of this TL, and that means this TL really is completed for the time being. There really is nothing else to talk about now really, until the Euros next summer of course! But I've learned my lesson from the World Cup, where I pulled the trigger on qualification for it before the actual tournament had actually begun IOTL, and ended up butterflying the eventual third place finishers out of it! (Not that we were to know Croatia would overachieve so much again TBF)
So, yeah, I'm waiting until after the Euros are actually over next year before covering them here. And when I do, it'll probably be the last tournament I cover ITTL. After that, I'll probably be reduxing it, as I alluded to earlier on, with an earlier starting POD.
But, as I said, it won't be until next summer at the earliest that I do that. So, for the time being, I'll be taking a break from my writing for this site and focussing instead on some other series for other sites that I've been thinking of doing for a while now.
So, for now, thanks once again to all who've been reading my work here over the past two and a bit years; your continued support and contributions are much appreciated!
So, yeah, I'm waiting until after the Euros are actually over next year before covering them here. And when I do, it'll probably be the last tournament I cover ITTL. After that, I'll probably be reduxing it, as I alluded to earlier on, with an earlier starting POD.
But, as I said, it won't be until next summer at the earliest that I do that. So, for the time being, I'll be taking a break from my writing for this site and focussing instead on some other series for other sites that I've been thinking of doing for a while now.
So, for now, thanks once again to all who've been reading my work here over the past two and a bit years; your continued support and contributions are much appreciated!
One of the timelines that inspired me to start with AH. Good job.
What is a redux? I see that word on here a bit but don't know what it means.
My understanding is it simply means restarting a TL so as to make changes to it.
