LewisEDI

what a shame for the guy, on the verge of potentially a life changing move as well. wonder if gauld could be in for finally getting a call up now? fully expecting tom cairney to be called up as a replacement mind you.

tbh to me this doesnt sound good at all, for the following reasons, happy to be corrected if i am mistaken.... 1) he hasn't done any press where he has said he has decided to play for scotland. only clark has stated this. 2) Carver said yesterday which i thought was ominous at the time "we are having a look at him and hes having a look at us" I reckon hes come up didnt enjoy training and took an easy way out, also he will have seen how England have now called up several players from the U21 squad into the main, hes probably thinking that could have been me. imagine if he ends up getting called up for the game next week.....for England

I see he has been doing really well for Man City U18s got something like 5 goals and 6 assists in 15 games from attacking midfield position. I would have thought he would have been in the U19s squad alongside Dire Mebude and Liam Smith who is playing with for city. It looks like he hasn't played a game for scotland since U16s over 3 years ago. Any idea why he hasnt been getting called up?

i wouldn't be surprised at all if clarke uses the extra spaces to call up players that have been in previous squads, burke and patterson etc i really hope he draws a line in the sand and starts blooding some more fresh players after the euros but i think it will be pretty much the same squad for the WC campaign as well and then if we dont qualify it will be a remodel. anyway my squad... marshall gordon the backup keeper at rangers robertson taylor o'donnell paterson tierney gallacher mckenna hendry hanley cooper mcgregor mctominay mclean gauld christie mcginn armstrong forrest fraser adams dykes nisbet griffiths

large squad, turnbull, gauld and paterson starting the luxembourg game

what i'd like to see.... marshall hanley gallacher tierney armstrong robertson mcgregor mctominay mcginn adams dykes what i think it will be....... marshall mctominay hanley tierney o'donnell robertson mcgregor mclean armstrong mcginn dykes

he's not going to drop a player who played a massive part in getting us to the euros though is he? like it or lump it we have to accept that he is going to be loyal to the majority of players. i'm sure if the WC games were after the euros then some these players called up would not be in the squad. but he is not going to say to players you are out of the squad for now but because there are better players than you but you can come back in for the euros because you've been part of the euro squad

awash with defenders, almost like a craig brown squad. considine should have been punted to accommodate turnbull and gauld should have been called up over nisbett (and i say that as a hibs fan). obviously mcburnie shouldnt be there but we all know he would be and maclean wont make way for any of the up and coming midfielders till after the euros or the WC campaign.

need to start cutting the dead wood there should be at least 2 promising young/improving players in the squad in line to replace players that are not ideal first team players, burke, mcburnie, patterson, o'donnel, palmer

Gordon Marshall McLaughlin Robertson McKenna O'Donnell Tierney Gallagher Palmer replace with Hendry Cooper Taylor REMOVED Considine REMOVED McGinn McGregor Armstrong McTominay McLean Christie Jack Griffiths Paterson - replace with Turnbull McBurnie Burke - replace with Forrest if he is back fit Dykes Shankland - replace with Fraser if he starts getting starts I would go with this above unless theres a miracle and gilmour starts getting proper game time

hickey hasnt had a game for ages and in the highlights i saw when he was playing he was often at fault for goals and getting bullied, i cant see him being an international player for a few years

taking sentiment out of it you would expect mclean to drop out for him. he really has to be in the squad though, I would hope he would come in for burke or paterson but then there is forrest to come back and also fraser who could come in for them. i wouldnt be surprised if clarke drops players from the euro squad for the wc qualifiers and replaces them with the likes of turnbull but takes them back for the euros out of gratitude for the part they have played in getting scotland to the euros. maclean, burke, paterson, shankland for instance

at least Harper has been able to score a professional goal. had a good run in the malaga side all be it in the second division and is still giving football a crack. its been said enough on here but its really remarkable how feruz managed to completely wreck any chance he had of a career and has retired in his early 20s, probably a mullti millionaire from his chelsea days mind you.

disagree he should be a playmaker not a number 6, totally wasted there with his passing ability and vision

I think the change of manager might actually be good for his development, if tuchel is impressed with him but concerned about his physical attributes then maybe he will be more inclined to play him further up the pitch, i think he has been wasted playing in the def midfield role, i think we (scotland) would get a lot more out of him in the number 10 position.

dailly record reporting that all the italian stars have already left italy unfortunately

pretty dire squad that, be lucky to get 3 full internationals out of that

nothing in the press about the game being closed doors. i'm sure they would have got hold of it by now if this had been decided over the last couple of days. its 2 weeks tomorrow to the game so if it is going to be played behind closed doors you would think they would do so tomorrow rather than allow people to be making plans to be in attendance from all over and call it off last minute

I can remember the last time we took a chance with a young player that had a glowing reputation who had played a handful of first team games. fletcher in the squad for the lithuania game who came on to score the winner! gilmour has already made more of a mark on the premiership than fletcher had at that time

if maclean or shinnie, 2 players that will never likely to be first picks again, get called up ahead of him then its farcical and will put everyone on a downer. finally we get something to be excited about, just calling him up would give us a boost and who knows he could be so amazing in training that clarke feels he should play a part at some stage. drop a squad filler and put him in ffs.

Boyle spoke to McLeish after austalia made their interest known and was told he was way down the list of players for getting game time as we had strength in the wide areas although he would have bee. Called up for the shit show tour of he hadn’t been injured. Why would he not take The call for international football and be able to retire in the sun at the end of career. Sputters car is different as he is of a younger age. Boyle is 26 not exactly young for a player whose game is built on pace, good luck to him

the standard from both sides has been appalling, none of the scotland players look like they could make a step up right now.

mcarthur is no loss at all, there is no way he would be getting in the side if he was still available with the other options we have, armstrong who is a far superior player would be lucky to start just now. Souttar is still to prove himself capable of playing international football.

no fletcher or mcburnie suggests to me that oli burke could be leading the line. brophy and russell are pretty much like for like, suprised to see mcnulty still in the squad as hasnt been great for hibs for a while but he is a different option also surprised mcburnie isnt in there for his height but not disappointed as he has been poor for scotland

Armstrong or Tierney.