mccaughey85

Yeh I suppose it is a positive to have as many young players at top clubs as possible. Hopefully we see some of them break into the first team or make it at a good level. Mctominay has been relatively successful and will probably make it at EPL level. Hopefully Hornby and gilmour can make an impact soon.

Ruben sammut captained the Chelsea u23s for a couple of years I think but now struggles to get consistent game time with Falkirk. I always take any achievements at that level as very little to base wether a player will make it at a decent level. Hopefully he does make it but a loan move to a league 1 side or spl would be good to see if he has any potential.

Nani has had a great career and is a really good player. Hopefully Hamilton has half the career he had. Also has anyone seen his goal for Rochdale, it a was cracker.

There's a couple of vids on YouTube that I watched and he looked good from those but obviously that doesn't mean he is any good. He looked skillful and technically very good but with tenacious tackling.

Evaluate the situation and think of the comparison, mcgeady and McCarthy got dogs abuse because they were born and bred in Scotland and their parents were born and bred in Scotland. Now ask yourself the same question of dembele. He wasn't born in Scotland and he doesn't have Scottish parents. I can fully understand wanting to represent ivory coast but he is eligible for England and he seems to want to take that opportunity, sadly that is not what we want but he hasnt got huge ties til our country and England are a country he is eligible to play for.

Brophy looks a decent player, a move til Leeds wouldn't be a bad place as they look like they could get promoted although that would mean less game time for him.

His family are from the ivory coast so I wouldnt begrudge him playing for them but it is a bit shit losing him to England when he's been brought up here most of his life. Either way its understandable that he isn't a die hard Scot and would like to consider his options but it would be nice if he picked us.

I think they would want nearer to 1 million for him.

You would think there must be a top 6 team interested in signing him. He was instrumental in all three goals Bournemouth scored tonight and is probably the main reason they ain't fighting relegation.

What a game Fraser is having, won the free kick for the first goal, gets an assist with the second goal and scores Bournemouths third.

We have been like this for a good 20 years though. Chances are we will never be a Germany or Spain so English championship players will have to be considered. Just a fact of life. With regards archer he is relatively young for a goalkeeper so he can hopefully improve and given the fact we have very little coming through in that position then reality is we may have to turn to him. I agree Liam Kelly looks good and is one of the reasons livi have done well this season. Hopefully a couple more come through because as it stands we will be using archer wether any of us like it or not.

You are forgetting that we are Scotland and not Brazil or Germany. We don't have alot of young talented goalkeepers coming up so we have to look to guys like archer who is playing in the English championship and is only 25. Gordon and McGregor both play in the spl, a league that's not exactly high standard so it's unfair to be critical of archer for playing English championship.

Well maybe not 2 years but my point was more that he may well turn into a really good RB in a couple of years and we will then have a good option there. If he performs well in the second half of the season then he should be in the squad.

Tbf to Ralston he deserves a chance to prove himself, he has shown he can handle a certain level domestically and shouldn't be judged on the psg game where Celtic were pretty dreadful and most ppl get roasted by neymar anyways. If he's performing reasonably well in 2 years time and has developed into a decent RB then he will definitely be a squad option.

Che Adams is definitely someone we should be looking til bring in. Guys form has been great and we lack young talented strikers. He's still only 22 so he will probably want to wait for England but hopefully we can nab him in a year or two.