Arbroath1320's Content - Tartan Army Message Board Jump to content

Arbroath1320

Member
  • Posts

    96
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Arbroath1320

  1. Gary Linekar said on Match of the Day that England should cap Livramento as soon as possible because he was eligible for one or two "other countries." Could someone please explain to nice Mr Linekar that the BBC is a British Broadcasting Corporation to which Scots [still] pay a licence fee. One day, perhaps, he will be broadcasting to an exclusively English audience but that day has not arrived yet.
  2. Clarke got Robertson and Tierney into the same team. He can do the same with other players, if he wants to.
  3. Mark Wotte used to get pelters from the dinosaurs who masqueraded as Scottish youth coaches. He always said that the purpose of the youth teams was not to win matches at youth level (it's nice if they do, obviously) but to provide players for the senior team. A lot of fantastic young prospects (remember Feruz?) don't go on to make it at senior level, for whatever reason. If a youth team produces one player who goes on to become an important player for Scotland, that's more useful than getting to the World Cup final like the Under-16s did in 1989 with a group of players who never went anywhere.
  4. Perhaps someone should remind Macron that the Scots who fought for Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans would have been carrying the Lion Rampant (the symbol of the Scottish monarchy), not the saltire.
  5. You’ll be among the first to demand Clarke gets sacked if we go on a losing run. He has no choice but to scout English-born players.
  6. How many of us remember Craig Brown’s teams? No one under 30 got a look in. The average age of the squad was about 45.
  7. I didn't hear Clarke say "He's committed to Scotland." I think this is more than idle speculation.
  8. He’s realised an appearance in the finals of Euro 24 will look good on his CV. Does he care about Scotland?
  9. He’s in the frame for the first team squad?
  10. I don't think he was ever the same again after that injury in 1978 that kept him out of the World Cup. A wholehearted, totally committed player and one of the best central defenders ever to play for Scotland.
  11. Do we want mercenaries in the team because it looks good on their CV and will help them get a new contract with a big club? If a player is committed to playing for Scotland then it doesn't matter where he was born but the Scotland jersey is not for faint hearts.
  12. Agbonlahor, Gallagher... Anderson will get 15 minutes against a bunch of no-hopers in a match that doesn't matter to stop him playing for Scotland.
  13. If Clark or Kelly is in goal, I'll never be out of the toilet.
  14. Some of us are old enough to remember the exciting Celtic youth team of 1970. The player everyone was looking forward to seeing in a Scotland shirt was Vic Davidson. There were other players in that team - such as Dalglish and McGrain - but they did not generate the same level of excitement. But even Davidson was eclipsed by the Hibs starlet of that era - Peter Marinello. And the moral of the tale? Keep your fingers crossed for Doak but let's not get carried away quite yet...
  15. We're kidding ourselves if we think McLoughlin is international standard.
  16. Celtic fans will hate it when I say this, but Jock Brown was an intelligent and thoughtful commentator who did not resort to hyperbole (like most of the rest).
  17. With Duncan Ferguson in the news, who's up for a prima donna eleven - guys who thought they were too good to play for Scotland? Big Dunk, Steven Fletcher, Kris Boyd, Matt Ritchie...
  18. I agree - a fabulous two-footed player who could shoot, tackle and run with the ball. His problem was his versatility - he was not a specialist who could only play one position. Sometimes players are just too good for dim-witted Scottish managers who do not know what to do with them. I think Dalglish also falls into this category: trying to get on the end of knock-downs from Joe Jordan when he was capable of giving us much, much more.
  19. So the Dutch were not professionals, in your opinion? I'm not replying to any more of your posts.
  20. We beat The Netherlands 3-2 in 90 minutes; Argentina needed extra time to beat them in the final. Even with McGrain and McQueen missing, that was a good squad of players. Ally McLeod had his Aberdeen pal Joe Harper in the squad and left Andy Gray (winner of England's golden boot) at home. McLeod didn't last long after that debacle.
  21. Fingers crossed for Ramsay but, let's face it, this could backfire spectacularly. Liverpool are not paying £4m for a first-team player.
×
×
  • Create New...