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  1. No. I think if we had a vote Clarke would get the nod. That was my thinking, too. It would be like when McLeish's first stint.
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/snooker/47311055 0.23 seconds in. (Woman on the left)
  3. Kazakhstan beat us 3:0, so I'm guessing it would be larger than 3 nil. I quite like seeing smaller nations getting their act together and pulling in the same direction. It shows that there are FA's out there who really care about their national team. Honestly, our stock is so low that I could only see us beating Faroe Islands and San Marino... anyone else and I'd be worried.
  4. I know. In fairness, though, their country is too small to really produce players that are going to play for Real Madrid or Barca, etc. Agreed. I know. Their achievements haven't been an overnight thing. They've been doing the proper things for more than a decade now. They're a country of 300k and they'd probably beat us 4 or 5 nil.
  5. Andy Robertson is an anomaly. He made it because of his character and because of a steely resolve. The general Scottish player thinks they've made it simply by being a professional player. What makes top players what they are is the continual will to improve. Look at Tony Watt for example, he scored against Barcelona and he his progression stopped as he believed the hype. On the continent they don't just produce top footballers, they also produce top human beings. Just look at Clairefontaine, they don't just teach kids how to play football, they also teach the mind as the schooling goes hand-in-hand with coaching. Meanwhile in Scotland, we're producing human beings like Garry O'Connor and Jason Cummings...
  6. It's not just about confidence. Have you any idea how many indoor facilities and general pitches they have in Iceland? They're a country of about 300k people and yet they have more proper facilities than we do, both for summer and winter training. If people wonder why we're useless at football, that's one reason.
  7. Do you see what I mean, though? We've been playing with a four for 18 years. No success. We play with 3 at the back for a few matches, the results don't go our way, so we go back to the tried and failed system. Oh, there's no doubting that the next manager will play 4 at the back. I would play Robertson as an anchorman, as he'd be more involved in that position and I'd play Tierney as a left wingback. Too many people are stuck on the "natural position" thing. I suggest people read the article about David Alaba I posted. He's been left back, anchorman and apparently his best position is as a number 10. Top players are versatile.
  8. Irrelevant. People are saying that he's "inexperienced". He is not. Ew. SPL goldfish bowl? You do realize that I want to rip up the SPL and begin again, right? lol. He ended up at Killie because he was treated horribly by West Brom. There's a reason why Fulham are looking at him. There's a reason why Mourinho trusted him. There's a reason why Dalglish trusted him. There's a reason why Gullit trusted him. People are saying that he's inexperienced and he's this and he's that, but the fact of the matter is that he's worked with superstars, he's worked under a great manager and he's on a different level to the other names on our shortlist. He has no experience at international level? I disagree. He's worked with top foreign players, he's coached them and knows how they work. This to me gives him "international" experience. And what international experience did O'Neill have? Craig Brown? You can only have international experience if you're given a chance. If every single international team only hired managers with international experience then it would be akin to musical chairs and eventually they wouldn't be able to hire anyone, as the ones with international experience have all died.
  9. Is that really the gold standard? Yikes. If we're really using the Irish team as a barometer of success then we truly are doomed.
  10. I wasn't watching. Not to sound like a misogynist, but did anyone watch the Robertson vs Murphy match? To the left of the players seats, second to the right, was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen at a snooker match. Hopefully she's there for the second session tomorrow.
  11. So, you're citing one match over a period of 18 years? How about when we almost beat England? We've been playing with 4 at the back continuously for 18 years. We've played with 3 at the back for what, five matches in that period? I don't think it's fair to bring up one match, as I could mention 18 years worth of embarrassment. If we had played with a 3/5 at the back for two or three year and we were still hopeless at it, then fine, but we haven't given it a consistent chance.
  12. A few years ago I'd say yes, but I don't know. He's always flirted with the Scotland job saying that he wants it one day... but his stock has fallen so far that I'm not even sure he's in the frame. His confidence must be dented with the United, Sunderland debacle and not to mention his La Liga journey.
  13. Errrrr… that's what we said about Armstrong, and he's struggling. But yes, the EPL isn't an incredible league where only the strongest survive. Look at McArthur and Arfield, those two did well in the EPL. But yes, I would imagine that McGregor, Griffiths and Forrest would be with an EPL team like Burnley. The only player out of those Celtic players that would do well with a top 6 team is Tierney. The others would be treading water. Errr…. If Armstrong can't break into a pretty poor Southampton team then I don't think we should pin our hopes on him. Snodgrass is pretty much retired. McGinn getting rave reviews in the Championship is akin to a player getting rave reviews in the SPL. It means nothing. And yes, an EPL team will probably buy him for £15m (Probably a team like Burnley), but that just goes to show how crazy English football is. No. They are that bad. The struggled against the worst ranked international team on planet Earth. People can blame McLeish all they like, but the fact is that the players are the ones who froze against Kazakhstan and the players are the ones who looked the equal of the worst team on Earth. Which just goes to show how bad our players are, and how over-rated English football is (barring the top 6 of the EPL) In order to shape our team we must scrap the 4 at the back system. It's too open and we don't have the central defenders for it. In other worse, we have to pack the defence and condense the middle of the park. We have to be hard to beat and that can only be done by playing with a 3/5 defence. The tagline of "our players are comfortable with four at the back as they play it every week" got obliterated when Kazakhstan pulverized us.
  14. Seriously?! If you really take stock of who Clarke has worked with and who he's coached I think it's clear that the SFA should bend over backwards to get him in. If they don't... I think we should all chuck it in.
  15. Nah. It won't change anytime soon. I don't expect it to ever change, as no one who has any real say in Scottish football wants change. It's me being pragmatic when I call those players useless, because they are. Why dance around the subject. The expectation you personally have is that we can field a team of players that are good players in the epl or any of Europe's top leagues and to have a few players who are at top clubs in Europe, eg Robertson and McTominay? I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon, to be fair. We have how many eligible players in the EPL (apart from Robertson and McTominay)? two or three? And one of them is McDonald.... Ever since I called for the reintroduction of the 3-5-2 in this place I've been soundly mocked, but in reality if we play a system that everyone else plays we will get thrashed. Man United played 3-5-2 against Man City because City are better than them. That pretty much sums it up. Okay, City won (through two goalkeeping errors) but that had nothing to do with the system that United played.
  16. I know. He hasn't exactly had many stand out games for Scotland, mainly because the supply-line is not up the standard that he's used to. Moving him into midfield would involve him more and he'd make a greater influence. Imagine him and McTominay in central midfield, add a more creative spark and we'd be getting somewhere. Plus the fact that we have Tierney, it makes more sense.
  17. I'd bet a lot of money on that being the case.
  18. But that's the point, isn't it? The fact that those players are even in our squad speaks volumes of how rotten we are. I wouldn't agree with you, though, Cooper is easily as good as Souttar or McKenna, etc. And Fleck and McLean are pretty much the same standard as McGregor, etc. I kinda agree and kinda not on the third point. It's not always a high standard, it's just a different standard. The fact that so many of our clubs keep getting knocked out at early stages of domestic European competitions is pretty much a signal that our players can't compete with foreign players. They can't even compete against Kazakhstan!
  19. The lad is tigerish. Imagine him in midfield. He's be like John McGinn but with more intelligence and far more class.
  20. This is a good article about Alaba's versatility, and it also touches on Kimmich, too: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2677560-bayern-munichs-david-alaba-is-so-much-more-than-the-worlds-best-left-back The youth academy director of Austria Vienna actually says that Alaba's best position is just behind the striker. Robertson is easily the equal of both Kimmich and Alaba, so if anyone is genuinely suggesting that Robertson couldn't be equally as effective in midfield as he is at left back then I'd suggest that those people are underestimating how good Robertson is. As far as midfielders, all we have is McTominay. The rest are garbage. Moving Robertson into midfield would be a masterstroke. Let's just hope our next manager is genius enough to notice.
  21. Liverpool have Keita, Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri to play in midfield. If they had to rely on players of the ilk of Christie, McGregor, McDonald, McGinn, Fleck then I'd image that Andrew Robertson would be reimagined into an anchorman. If he played in midfield he'd be involved a lot more than he is. And generally, in terms of football, having your better players more involved is a good thing, just ask Austria with Alaba (Full back for club, anchorman for country) or Germany with Kimmich (fullback for club, anchorman for country).
  22. Honestly, I think "hopeless" is still too kind. All of them are Championship/lower half of the EPL standard players. International level is a couple of notches above, which is why our players struggle even against the poorest of teams.
  23. Why do some people think Steve Clarke is inexperienced? Are they new to Earth? In coaching terms he was Gullit's assistant manager at Newcastle, he also had a spell were he was caretaker, coaching players like Alan Shearer, etc. He was Mourinho's assistant where they won two EPL titles, an FA cup and two league cups. In season 08/09 he was the highest paid assistant manager in the EPL whilst at West Ham. At Liverpool he was first team coach under Dalglish, coaching players like Suarez. He gave WBA their highest top league finish since 1981. He was manager of Reading, but it was never a good fit. He was also assistant manager to Di Matteo at Aston Villa. Is this is inexperience then Levein, Burley, McLeish, Strachan, etc, were newcomers to football.
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