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Johnston, Hornby, Burke and the two McCrories. Gimours only 17 and already playing U23s he's doing well. The others should be in first teams regularly at their age.

Just a shame some of the more talented ones in the squad are at bigger clubs and not getting as much minutes as they need at this stage of their development

I actually don't think either of them should be in the squad as our best 3 holding Midfielders play in the English Premiership. But if there is room for one more and it is between Fleck and Jack, Fleck is more deserving

Who do we have coming through? I like the look of McCrorie. Any Ayr United fans know how young Ross Doohan isvdoing on loan there? They two seem to be our best U21 Keepers

I don't know why people still think of Fleck as this Rooneyesque attacking Midfielder/Striker creating and scoring when he is and has been for the past 4 seasons exactly the same type of Midfielder as Scott Brown, which is exactly the type of Midfielder Ryan Jack is. A holding Midfielder who controls the tempo of the game. A couple of decent games is not a harsh assesment of Jack's season so far, it is actually spot on as that is all he has had in the last year as you quite rightly point out he has been injured, and before his injury was very poor to say the least. John Fleck on the other hand has been playing consistently well for the last few years, and last season was brilliant in the Championship. Now I'm not saying Ryan Jack is crap and shouldn't be looked at but he should be in no way shape or form be thrown straight in just because he has had a couple of decent games for Rangers. There are boys far more deserving who have showed more consistent form over the last year or so than Ryan Jack. If Fleck and Jack both turn out to be fantastic players for Scotland then great, but right now there would only really be room for one and it is irritating to know some players are still being picked purely just for the club they are playing for, because let's be honest, if Ryan Jack was still playing for Aberdeen he would barely get a mention, no matter how well he started the season.

Just talking about the English U23 League's, we actually have a lot of talented players under the age of 23, not just in those league's but others as well. I wonder what our team would look like fielding a team based entirely on Under 23s. I've given it a quick go so here is my team, anyone else think if some talented players we have under 23. McCrorie. McCrorie. Souttar. McKenna. Tierney McTominay Henderson. Gilmour Burke. Johnston McBurnie

This boy is class, forget Dembele Gilmour is the future

Mikey Johnston played well on Saturday before getting taken off

What are people's opinions on Ryan Jacks inevitable call up ahead of the likes of John Fleck then? If Fleck ever wants to play for Scotland he'd better try and angle a move back to the Rangers eh. Never mind having a couple of great seasons down south, it seems a couple of decent games for Rangers is the way into the National Team

Tbf it is between McArthur and McTominay for the holding role for me but McArthur seems to have started the season not bad for Palace. Hopefully McTominay starts tomorrow

First time I've watched Souttar in the flesh today at East End Park and as you would hope from someone being touted for Scotland he absolutely strolled it apart from one yellow card where one of his team mates put him in trouble. I was impressed especially being against the mighty Pars, swap especially for albeit lol. He does look good though and would be happy to see him tried against Belgium to see how he does. He looked better than Hendry did v Particles anyway especially at bringing the ball forward. So my team against Belgium would be... Gordon Souttar. Mulgrew. Tierney Fraser. Robertson McCarthur Armstrong. McGregor. McGinn Griffiths

We also aren't as bad as you make out there are still countries like Hungary who are worse than us just now and we should be capable of winning this Nations League group against Albania and Israel. To be honest the Nation's League will be great to judge where we are really at.

Gordon used to be the superior keeper but recently he doesn't fill you with the same confidence as he once did. Let's be honest Gordon at one time was one of the best young keepers in Europe. He has done amazing to come back from his injury troubles and to play at the standard he has, he has had a few moments in recent season which has seen our confidence in him drop slightly but he and McGregor are both very much neck and neck for the starting spot now, happy enough with either tbh as both are capable of making big saves at big moments in games

I actually see Umbro are making kits again, they are now Everton's kit makers. Would be fantastic to see us go back to Umbro kits tbh

I don't really know why you have brought Jack Hendry into this anyway, you seem keen to put the lad down. It's probably between Hanley and Hendry to start tbh

He played well on his Scotland debut in a back 3 v Hungary

I have been a big advocate of putting Tierney on the left of a back 3, but he got switched to that position in Athens the other night when Celtic went chasing the game and didn't look to comfortable at all, positionally got caught out a few times. He did still manage to burst forward though and set up their goal but again does this just highlight where he does his best work. It's a conundrum, a good one, but still a difficult one

You are right regarding the stage of development Hendry is at, but every player develops at different rates depending on circumstances. Hendry is nearly the same age as McGinn who has just been bought for over 2 million by Aston Villa. Now obviously I am not comparing the players as they play in different positions but more their career paths which have been very different. McGinn has played regularly from a very young age has played a large number of games and is now ready for the move down south, whereas Hendry showed great potential at a very young age and went down south too early and going by his current level would not have been ready then to start games down south therefore a lack of games has hindered him and his confidence and it's only since coming back up the road and playing games again at Dundee he has started to show his potential again which won him the move to Celtic. In comparison to McGinn though, although roughly the same age he is still well behind him in his development stage as he has simply just not played enough games of football. It is the age old argument about developing players, but to become a better player you have to play football. I hope the experience Hendry has gained from these games and a consistent run of games for Celtic over the next year or two years he will start to put everything together as he has the raw ingredients to be a really good centre back for Scotland. He should be further along in his development but career decisions have put him back. He still has time though and is still very young. He could have over ten years still in the game.

Jack Hendry has become the new whipping boy already I see. He has potential, but desperately needs an experienced Centre Back in there to help him and learn from, much like Souttar with Berra, who has massively improved his game since Berra arrived. Hendry played very well on his Scotland debut he has pace, height, strengths, good on the ball but needs to be more aggressive needs to improve his concentration and positional play, all things that can be taught or come with experience.

John Souttar on the radar according to Eck McLeish

I really do not understand where you are coming from with players playing out of position in a 3-5-2! Professional football players are capable of playing in different formations. Brendan Rodgers changes his formation net enough every week between 3-5-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3 depending on the opposition. Good players are flexible and can play a number of formations. As for Tierney and Robertson. We played 3-5-2 at home v England, Tierney played left sided Centre back and done very well. The 3-5-2 seems to suit the players we have in the squad at the minute as we have no decent right back whereas Ryan Fraser and James Forrest have both played very well as Wing Backs for their clubs. Anyway we don't have to pick a formation and be fixed with it, if things aren't going well we should be able to be flexible and change things at any point during a match.

Bang on mate, exactly what I would go with right now. The 3-5-2 allows us to get Robertson and Tierney in the same team. Then the way I see it we have a choice of 3 for the holding role in Midfield, McTominay, McArthur or McDonald. Then a choice of McGinn, Cairney, Armstrong or McGregor for the more offensive Midfield positions. Either 3 offensive Midfielders or 2 Strikers. Would be tempted with two Strikers against teams we are ranked higher than but I think McTominay in the holding role and McGinn, Mcregor and Armstrong ahead of him would be great as every one brings something different with McGinn a great ball winner and can carry it, McGregor very industrious finds little pockets of space agoal threat and Armstrong is dynamic quick and a goal threat also. McTominay lying deep, McGinn and Armstrong box to box and McGregor in the hole behind Griffith's.

McTominay really can't win with some people can he. Most are just desperate to see him fail so they can say I told you so, and even if he does become one of the best in the world at what he does, it's not good enough because Scotland fans want him to be something else. Incredible really. We all want a Gareth Bale in our team but good players in other positions should be appreciated just as much, it is a team sport after all.

Surely any Scotland fan with any real interest and knowledge in our players should know what his position is and what role he plays in the Man Utd team is. It is exactly as you describe and exactly the type of player Darren Fletcher was. Darren Fletcher turned into one of the best ball winning midfielders in Europe for Man Utd before his illness struck and if McTominay can reach those standards we should all be delighted. He is not gona beat 4 men and stick it in the top corner, but if he turns out to be one of the best in his position, as Andy Robertson is in his, it would be fantastic for us.

So McTominay is in your view on the same level as Fellaini, a starter for a team in the World Cup semi finals. But you doubt him for Scotland? I do respect your opinion, I am just not entirely sure what it is as it changes every post. I don't know if McTominay will be a great player, but if he is currently the standard of Fellaini he will be first name on our team sheet.