BraveheartGordon
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5 hours ago, Barney Rubble said:
On what basis is James Tavernier one of the best players in the country??
That he was player of the year last season for a start? Captain of the unbeaten league winning team? Top assist leader in the league? One of the top goal scorers?
Any of those reasons do? Or do you just dislike Rangers so much that you’re incapable of reasoned debate concerning Rangers players?
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5 hours ago, slasher said:
You're one of these tiresome XG, expected goals cunts aren't you. 🙄
I actually watch the guy every week and your assessment of his performance this season is bullshit.
I watch him every week too.
Been difficult to watch much of him over the last few years mind as literally none of his managers have rated him and Ange only started playing him this season because of an emergency that was seeing teenagers starting in the back 4 at the start of the season.
Every time I watch him he looks like he’s waiting to make another awful mistake.
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3 hours ago, Barney Rubble said:
The dilemma with Patterson is not whether he is better than SOD or Ralston. It is that his club manager does not consider him to be better defensively or offensively than James Tavernier and hence he doesn't get picked.
James fucking Tavernier - who no other club is interested in.
Let all that sink in and wonder why.
Patterson's ability is demonstrable, however it is not sustainable, short-term or long term, for him to be first pick for Scotland while continually getting skelfs on his arse at Ibrox if SOD and Ralston are playing regularly and in decent form.
James “fucking” Tavernier who has 25 assists and 22 goals in the last season and a half from right back is someone you think is easily droppable? 🥴
Doubt many Scotland players can match those numbers in the same time period if any.
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On 11/5/2021 at 10:11 AM, slasher said:
I'm not too sure why some are trying to change the narrative here on Ralston even resorting to some crystal ball gazing.
The facts are that he's been consistently excellent this season playing 21 games and scoring 4 goals. We've picked two full backs ahead of him, one of whom is out of form and another who can't even get a few minutes in the Rangers team.
I get Clarkes club/loyalty approach completely but there still has to be a degree of meritocracy about squad selection surely?
I think he’s a poor player and his stats for a team gaining 70% of the ball in most domestic matches don’t change that.
Anyone I speak to in the game feels the same way, he’s sloppy in possession, most of his crosses are aimless smashes that no one can connect with and his 1v1 defending leaves a lot to be desired.
I think O’Donnell would have better numbers if he played for this dominant Celtic team.
The one thing I’ll give him credit for is his recovery runs and counter pressing but he’s been found out whenever he’s come up against good opposition this season.
I’ll be surprised if he’s still starting every week for Celtic at this point next season.
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10 hours ago, Malcolm said:
Soutter needs a move to bigger club… top half premiership ideally. The spl is no indication of talent.
The fact that you don’t even know what the Scottish Premiership is called pretty much destroys any value your opinion should hold on how challenging the level is.
The real reason Souttar isn’t in the squad will be because Clarke is incredibly loyal and won’t want to drop any of the CB’s he has in his squad.
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21 hours ago, theabsentee said:
I'm not having a go as i would support all Scottish clubs in europe whether they field Scots or not though i don't agree that they can't afford young Scottish talent.
Helander cost Rangers 3.5m, i can't believe Hearts would have turned down anywhere near that for Souttar.
Rangers were quoted 5 million for Souttar.
I know it’s a tabloid but heard this was accurate at the time.
So they signed Helander instead.
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11 hours ago, Third Lanark said:
While I'm disapoointed that Rangers haven't produced more talent from their ranks, they are no more obligated than any other side to provide players for the national team. You don't hear the same argument about Chelsea or Man City and England; difference is they are proof of the argument that cream rises to the top. Rangers couldn't compete with what Chelsea were offering Gilmour and as for Patterson - same problem Clarke has with Tierney/Robertson. Better direct your ire against the Livis and RossCo's who keep importing League One and Two Joe Averages instead of giving Scottish youth a chance.
Rangers have provided a huge amount of players between 17’s to 21’s just now, with probably the best players of all the clubs in Scotland.
Id expect a different outlook in 5 years, Gilmour and Patterson are just the start.
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12 hours ago, Tartan blood said:
Oh come on. When did Rangers last "snap up all the best talent in the league"? 12 years ago? Scott Wright is the only talent Rangers have bought lately and (so far) wasted . Even if the argument that Rangers can't afford the best SPFL talent was true, they are still able to develop and play youth. Patterson is one of the best young talents to come out of their academy in a decade and he barely plays and, if rumours are to be believed, might be sold.
Gilmour, who spent 4 years at the performance schools and then left 30 seconds after turning 16. Thanks, Rangers.
So just to clarify you’re saying Rangers developing a generational talent who signed for one of the best teams in the world is a negative?
Very good.
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4 hours ago, todd said:
Rangers representing 'Scotland' in Europe again I see 🙄
Hear this guff all the time.
The fact of the matter is Rangers and Celtic can no longer afford the best young Scottish players from Hibs/Hearts/Aberdeen etc because they can command higher fees from English clubs like McKenna etc.
This means if you don’t come through the youth system like McGregor/Patterson/Tierney etc then the only home grown players available are ones that are probably earlier in the process than they’d like.
The fees are obviously good news for the other clubs and in some cases mean they keep players for longer.
To put it into perspective though Rangers were quoted a far lower fee for a Swedish international, Serie-A regular defender in Helander than they were for an at the time constantly injured John Souttar who had never played above Scottish Premiership.
Easy to see why they have so few Scottish players now.
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On 10/20/2021 at 6:31 AM, Blantyre_Braveheart said:
There's also Urain at Bilbao, Rudden at Thistle and Bowie at Fulham.
Nah instead let's play a 5'9 winger as a lone striker and punt the ball long to him all game... That'll definitely work.
Honestly when are the u21s finally going to be put out of their misery?
Despite some big results that look good on paper, their is a reason no club has touched Gemmell. He is a honking coach that is a throw back to the 80s.
Problem is we'd just end up with someone like him again because the SFA are clueless when it comes to our youth game.
I really like Pedro Martinez Losa the woman’s team coach, his track record is outstanding, he develops a possession based, technical style of football and absolutely loves Scotland.
Wonder if giving him the 21’s job could be an option at some stage with the positive fit him being the possibility of him being a contender for the senior men’s post one day.
Genuinely couldn’t do worse than Gemmill imo.
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11 hours ago, er yir macaroon said:
Good to see Mikey Johnston back for Celtic and looking dangerous.
Thought he looked really lively.
interesting to see if we can fit a winger into this system anywhere who can’t play wing-back though.
Same point goes for the likes of Scott Wright if an attacking front 3 winger like one of those was to go on a really good run and score/create a lot of goals.
The only position open for them is as a second striker or in the hole behind the front 2 imo.
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8 hours ago, noctonjock said:
Ross Stewart has scored for Sunderland. Might be worth a look ( the player not the goal )
I think he’s the next striker in line tbh beyond Adams, Dykes and Nisbet.
If he starts playing championship or above he’s guaranteed a call up imo and the fact that he’s playing in league is probably all that’s holding him back at the minute.
Could see Dykes moving to someone like Burnley or Watford and QPR using the money to replace him with Stewart.
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Always find the arguments about whether it’s right to call someone up on the grandparent time a bit ridiculous when so many countries regularly fill their squad with players who have qualified through often spurious citizenship rules.
Its easy to argue our traditionalism in this regard has held us back at times.
7 of the most recent Portugal squad weren’t born in Portugal for instance.
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1 hour ago, Orraloon said:
McFadden was awful in that game. Probably his worst game in a Scotland shirt. He got subbed at halftime and quite rightly too.
He was awful because he gave him 45 mins in a rigid 4-4-2 and zero freedom to play.
He was awful because Levein only started him and Boyd to throw them under the bus. McFadden has said so himself.
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In the game following the 4-6-0 when we played Liechtenstein at home he literally played McFadden and Boyd so that he could throw them under the bus.
Must be up there with some of the weirdest/worst man management ever.
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The game reminded me of one of the old firm playing Livingston away on an artificial pitch on a horrible night.
Credit to the team for pulling through with 3 points which was all that we should care about here.
Big shout out to Lyndon Dykes who is one of the more effective Scotland strikers in my lifetime and Nathan Patterson who created the winners against Moldova and the Faroes over the last month in crucial 1-0 wins.
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13 hours ago, Texas Pete said:
I’m not sure but artificial pitches shouldn’t be allowed in international football.
At least our Scotland based players will be used to it but the other guys won’t.
I still have nightmares about the last time we played on a plastic pitch.
Think out of our potential starting eleven tomorrow it’s only maybe Hanley who won’t have regularly played on artificial surfaces in their career.
Worth remembering though too that we had one of our best away performances of the last 5-10 years on an artificial surface in Lithuania.
Every youth player coming through now trains and plays on artificial surfaces every week, it definitely changes the way games are played but players won’t make excuses now like they did 20 years ago because kids grow up playing and training on it.
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1 hour ago, Big Ramy 1314 said:
I heard or read, his wee brother is even better than Billy. No idea what position though.
Think this was a nonsense headline in the tabloids.
I saw Billy regularly at youth level and I’ve never seen such a good player coming through in Scotland, incredible talent.
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Euro 2008 qualifying kit was my favourite.
The gold GK kit was a favourite of mine.
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On 10/1/2021 at 11:56 AM, gaz7 said:
Felt sorry for ralston being asked to move into centre mid when celtics two cbs have ball. he isnt comfortable in there and when he gets ball he is never on the half turn or always looking over his shoulder like top class centre mids and he got found out. His determination and attitude to drive up the line will make him a gd choice rb for us imo. He has got too many jobs to do in that celtic team at present and he does not have that capability. If he was just playing rb then he has a big future. I think the celtic manager is asking players to do stuff that they cannot do. Its maybe ok for pep guardiola to to that with his players but they are top level whereas celtic players arent.
He’s a weak link in the Celtic team regardless of how he’s asked to play.
He’s poor in possession, can’t deliver, rash at defending and has looked out of his depth any time I’ve seen him.
I don’t think he’d start for most top flight teams in Scotland.
Calvin Ramsey has a much big future.
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On 9/30/2021 at 8:10 PM, ceudmilefailte said:
Good to see Ralston keeping his place, starting to think he should have been picked not Paterson.
He’s awful.
He was out of his depth against Dundee United last week never mind Leverkusen, should be nowhere near the squad.
Patterson has so much potential and can grow exponentially, Ralston is as good as he’ll ever be too.
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On 9/22/2021 at 11:00 PM, Blantyre_Braveheart said:Are we seriously only playing one game again next month? That is utterly bizarre that we aren't even setting up friendlies to give these lads gametime together.
Can imagine it’s hard to convince countries to travel or vice versa for friendlies with the quarantine rules.
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29 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said:
I am guessing by the scoreline he had a decent game? Very promising for a 16 year old to be starting at centre back against Celtic.
I thought he was exceptional.
Defensively did well and was really composed on the ball, splitting the Celtic lines a number of times with forward passes.
Really looking forward to seeing how he develops with games under his belt, he could potentially play 100 league games before he becomes the same age Nathan Patterson is today.
Really good potential.
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15 hours ago, Tartan blood said:
The thing is, Gordon, McGregor and Marshall are on a completely different level to any of those names. At 18, Marshall was getting MOTM vs Barcelona and Rangers. Gordon sold for a british record to Sunderland. McGregor getting to the Europa league final and playing in the EPL in his 20s.
From a very young age all 3 had proved they were top class internationals. None of our hopefuls are anywhere near the 3 of them. Sorry to sound negative, but we were lucky to have a golden generation of goalkeepers. On the positive side, I think we have 2-3 years left of both Gordon and Marshall
McGregor and Robbie McCrorie’s early careers are nearly identical.
Both had SPL loan moves and become serious options at the same age after being involved in the Scotland under 21 set up.
The next 2 seasons are key for McCrorie now to see if he can establish himself just as McGregor’s careee comes to an end.
Scotland u21 squad. Elliot Anderson returns to the fold
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Fiorini was outstanding, had a physical presence that made him look like a man against boys.