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Scotland v UkraineSome squad news...
- Robbie Neilson is expected to make his Scotland debut in place of the suspended Christian Dailly
- Hibernian right-back Steven Whittaker was called into the squad
- Kenny Miller will return from his ban to start
- James McFadden probably going to start on the bench
- Darren Fletcher had a knock on the side of his knee, but he'll be okay
- Andriy Shevchenko has recovered from illness to start for Ukraine
- fellow forward Oleksiy Byelik and defender Oleh Romanchuk are sidelined and Volodymyr Yezerskyi suspended.
- Andriy Gusin should be available after missing Saturday's defeat by Italy through injury.
- midfielder Anatoliy Tymoschuk is likely to have recovered from a knock he received at the weekend.
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azzuri
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I'm praying we can get a point in this game but I really can't see it. I think we used up all our luck on Saturday. This is possibly going to be our hardest game of the whole group - we're playing an unknown team in strange conditions far away from home.
Considering all of that, we'll probably either lose 5-0 or go and beat the buggers! 
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mairead
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Arrrgh, Don't even think that Azzuri, mind you, Scotland are quite famous for beating top teams and then being dispatched by unknowns. Let's hope they change that pattern today.
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frank rizzo
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Wouldn't say the Ukraine is an unknown football nation - far from it! A draw would be an amazing result but it's going to be extremely tough.
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Reluctant Hero
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I would start McFadden in midfield in place of McCulloch, although due to his lack of matches recently, he may be better used coming on in the second half and running at a tiring defence.
Glad to see Miller back. I think he plays the lone striker role pretty well.
Is Boyd in the squad? If he is, I think he could nick a goal for us if he comes on in the second half.
C'mon Scotland 
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Morph
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I think we shouold go into this game without high hopes. The ukraine are a very solid country and play a style not unlike ours making it hard to 'get in about them' like we did with france. However we may just make it
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mairead
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Not being a footie fan (until last Saturday that is) I have little knowlege of who's who in the world of football. Ukraine are just a name I hadn't heard much of, so thought they were fairly unknown.
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