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Agreed. I would much rather the Scotland fans focus on how to break the SFA, though.

It isn't and it is. In the case of Tierney, it clearly isn't, because he could definitely play at a higher level. As for the rest of our players, there's a reason no big team have put in bids. Mmmmm… I'd say no to that one. McTominay is a better passer, a better tackler and his technique is superior. McGregor might beat him in terms of shooting, but I think that's about it. I'd say that McTominay has a better engine, too, as well as being much stronger. I know. That's why I said "i'll give you Forrest", because he has shown signs that he's a good player. He wouldn't be out of my Scotland team. He could definitely hold his own in the EPL, the same as Fraser has. Ask David Alaba? The Bundesliga isn't that bad.

Yes, because it's worked so far... I'm willing to embrace any manager who will improve us, whether he's Scottish, Dutch, French, Vulcan...

That's the sign of the times and it just shows the burgeoning intellect of society. Personally, I've been called every name under the sun in this place, but I see it as a hand handed compliment. That's what they should teach kids who are the victim of bullying, cyber or otherwise. If it saved even one kid from suicide then the advice would've been worth it.

I gave him Forrest, I didn't put Forrest in my list, nor would I.

I'd take that. I'd take anything as long as the SFA are taken down. It's that ridiculous, though? Here's a bunch of people who aren't doing their jobs properly, who are imcompetent, so much so that they appoint an obviously frail man to be Scotland boss, and yet they cannot be fired. It's absolutely ridiculous and could only happen in Scotland! If people don't like a government they overthrow them. The SFA should be physically taken out of office. I'd say that he could only do what he did. The players around him weren't of the same standard. Put Rakitic in our team and he wouldn't be able to do very much. I wouldn't keep any of them. I would literally get rid of them all and begin again. I would clear them out root and branch. Who would I bring in? Well, that's putting the cart before the horse. There are levels to the SFA, and any company, so I'd bring in a head-hunter to employ the best people for the job. The current lot were probably employed because of who they know, not what they know. I'd like Dempster and Budge brought in. The business part of the SFA is a discussion for another time, though. I'd bring in Dalglish, Souness, Hansen, SAF, Fabio Capello, anyone and everyone who knows football and has a progress blueprint of how we can get out of this hole that they're stuck in. The whole structure of Scottish football is broken. Have you been to a division one match lately (I refuse to say Championship)? Yeah, don't! Unless you want your neck in a brace for the next few days. The skill, the technique, the intelligence in the SPL is bad, but in lower leagues it's just laughable. I have many ideas of how to improve Scottish football, just a shame the SFA is a dictatorship ruled by football Nazis who are immune from being fired.

Who would I remove? An easier question would be "who would I keep?" A football association should have at least a handful of football people on the board, so I'm saying that there should be a smattering of football experts on the SFA board. We have ex pros who know what they're doing and have an idea or two, or better yet, go abroad and employ progressive football people that would shake up the entire framework of Scottish football. And for starters, I would tell Petrie that he has no place at the helm of the SFA. He's not a football person, he's never been a football person, he's an accountant. He might know figures but he doesn't know a shred about football.

Yeah, I'd say that, too. The zenith of our youngsters at the time was March Burchill and...errrr….. Lots of people say about Brown, a tad unfairly. He gave Ferguson his debut at 20.

Against who? Personally I don't rate him. Southampton bought Armstrong for around £8m, he's around the same quality as McGregor, and Armstrong is warming the bench. Don't believe the hype, we only have one top central midfielder. The rest are English Championship/Bottom of the EPL standard.

I think it's unfair to judge him in a couple of matches. That's like me citing the match against Brazil in 98 when he was superb. To be honest, I'd take either striker from that era over the current crop.

It's all about small increments. All the central midfielders, apart from McTominay, are pretty much around about the same standard.

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree with that one. Hendry was a rock for Scotland and as for McCoist, I don't think we'll ever have enough 19 goal striker.

Austria aren't all that good, either. Christie, McGregor, Fletch, McDonald, Shinnie, etc. You could throw a blanket over them in terms of quality. There's much of a muchness.

Off topic, but do people still understand the fraction system in betting? Decimal makes much more sense to me.

Against Albania and Israel, though.

Can't disagree with that. I want us to be crap. I'm 100% serious with this one. I want the SFA out, and if that means we get worse, then I suppose I'd take it. Wouldn't you? Fletcher was verging towards world class, I think we all saw this, even United fans who hated him to begin with.

Craig Brown. He got us two one world cup and one European championships (almost two if we didn't lose in the play-off to England) He had Leighton, Colin Hendry, Lambert, Collins and McAllister, McCoist in his time. The rest of his players were average.

I'll give you Forrest, but the other three are awful. Christie and McGregor have only looked good against free transfers in the SPL. And for McGinn, he's the McEnergizer Bunny, nothing more.

Wales have been extremely lucky to get players like Bale and then Ramsey. But we've have had McFadden and Fletcher in that time. If someone wants to rip me for saying that McFadde was comparable to Bale, please feel free. McFadden pulled out trees for us and produced magic and he scored against teams like Holland, Spain, France. Hardly minnows. And yes, I'd say that Fletcher was better than Ramsey. I may be alone in this one, but I want things to get worse. I want us to plummet in the rankings and things to be so bad that there has to be change.

I should be on the list.

Let's be honest, though, we've produced those four out of a combination of luck and personal stubbornness and professions: Robertson was rejected by Celtic, if it was up to Celtic and he was weak willed then he'd still be packing the shelves at Marks and Spencer's. McTominay is a product of Man United's academy, Tierney and Fraser were produced because out of sheer luck rather than design. I don't care about the here and now, all I care about is a long term solution.

I don't see anything at all wrong with your post. As long as you have the same opinion about the SFA.

I've abstained.

Agreed. It's about time we all agreed that the SFA just don't care about the fans, about the national team and they don't care if things are gloomy or sunny. I wanted McLeish to go, but I want the SFA to go 100% more.

Valid point. Robertson was rejected by Celtic because he was too small. Our kids don't have the skill-set which is why their careers always stall when they reach 18/19. Kids abroad have the fundamentals drilled into them from an early age, which is why as adults they can fall back of those skills. Just look at our professionals, under any kind of duress they lump the ball as far as they can. If they were trained properly as kids their football/muscle memory would kick in and they'd deal with the situation whilst keeping the ball in the process.