The_Dark_Knight

He's having a good season. Certainly better than Fred, Pogba, Matic, etc. People forget that this is his first real season as as first team member. The start of next season he'll be a far better player.

Errrrr.... Ok. Are you joking? Dude, if "Dark Knight/Mrniaboc/Rab." (This suggests that all three usernames are me) doesn't fill in the dots then maybe you aren't as educated as you think you are.

Brilliant. Starting against teams like Brugges and Antwerp, etc, will be great for his development. I'd put him ahead of McBurnie. McBurnie wishes that he won't called up, we should contact "Make a wish foundation" and get Steve Clarke to make his wish a reality.

I think you should re-read what i said. "Contingent" means a group.

I don't think they want to produce their own, same with Rangers. They would rather spend millions on a product of another team's youth academy than spent time and effort and money on their own. Which is shameful.

No, it wasn't: https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14413-what-is-our-best-starting-11/&do=findComment&comment=543314

https://mobile.twitter.com/StatmanDave/status/1189151142036561920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1189151142036561920&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redcafe.net%2Fthreads%2Fscott-mctominay-2019-20-performances.448811%2Fpage-42 This puts a stake through the anchorman status. "Take-on" pretty much means dribbles.

The design should be, surely, to produce the best players that they can, and yes, to recoup as much transfer fee as they can. If it's good enough for Ajax, etc. But maybe you're right, maybe they don't want to be a selling club, which would explain why they don't produce any players. Which is a shame as it's having a detrimental effect on the national team.

£25m for McGregor? Maybe if you take out the "M". Ajax just sold two players for £144m. And no, receiving £50m over a period of about ten years (might be longer, when's the last time Celtic sold a player for good money?) Isn't vindication of good coaching, it's vindication that they think they're a buying club, as supposed to what they are.

Celtic play with a back four. Most of the successful team's do. I would have Scotland play with a back four, in a perfect world.

The design is to produce a whole conveyer belt of world class players, or even good players or very good players. Yeah, I'd say that Tierney was Celtic's fluke. People might point to McGregor and Forrest, but what exactly have they done? They've won 1000 trophies in Scotland, but that doesn't mean anything. They're playing against teams that have no folding money. Even Michael Johnston won't turn out to be that good. I think the next generation of players, like Barry Hepburn, etc, will turn out better, as they have had better foundations built into them, from a coaching point of view. Totally. But how do you think Ajax produced most of that turnover? By selling the players that they produced. Celtic have the means to build academies/schools, dot them in different areas in Scotland, and produce the same calibre of players that Ajax are producing.

They are playing against teams that are comprised entirely of free transfers Nothing but tin pot trophies. Those three have won 0 real trophies.

You're wrong. Mate, I think you're highly underestimating the paranoia of one particular person. It rhymes with "Varcity" Read their other posts and you'll see that he's serious. He thinks that I have three usernames, and you're one of them. Hilarious? Yes. Cringe-worthy? Oh my yes! Of course they're good. And I agree with you. Play them in a three man midfield, add some defensive cover and we'll see how good they are.

Wow, check you out in the fast lane! So, it's two one legged affairs? Got it. Bulgaria looked like traffic pylons during their recent event of race relations, but I'd still be wary of them. Players like Jack, Forrest, Christie and McGregor come up against Scottish pylons on a weekly basis, but I'm not sure how they'd fare against Bulgarian pylons. As for Norway and Serbia, I think they'd take five off us. Another reason for my lack of interest/enthusiasm/optimism towards the playoffs is that a player actually retired before the playoffs. So, either Snodgrass has zero belief that we'll qualify via the playoff route or.... Remember prior to the Euros in 1992 when Michael Laudrup decided not to participate, as he thought Denmark wouldn't go far, and then went ahead and won it? I don't think history will repeat itself. Gee, thanks. All my calls are gold and well thought-out. Seriously, I have a lab and everything... It's a shame, as I've been a regular since I was about 17. Not every home match, but I'd say 50ish%. I'm done with the SFA, though. Yes, I like what they've done with the performance schools, and for that they should be applauded (they'll probably tear them down tomorrow), but the state of the domestic game is entirely their fault. For a start, the leagues should be expanded and their should be some sort of a homegrown rule in place. I mean, there's no point in producing players if the clubs aren't being forced to give them first team matches. I've lost my enthusiasm for the senior team. I applaud you for flying the flag, though, metaphorically speaking... unless you do actual fly a flag at matches, If that is the case then I applaud you for flying the metaphorical AND the literal flag... Yeah. That's why players aren't allowed to attend clown college and clubs aren't allowed to employ clowns, as all the enjoying themselves and all the laugher would make it unfair for the competition. I know. Tons of people have said it and been completely serious, though. I genuinely think that some people here really think that if a player plays out of position he'll blow up. I mean, they play on the same park, the same ball, they most certainly cover that position during the match, but for some strange, even mystical reason, people think if a player begins a match in any other position for which he's accustomed, he'll implode.... To be honest, I think the cliched thing about coaching in Scotland is accurate. Generally, coaches, from all levels in Scotland (I do think it's changing, though) focus more on cardio than skills. Why else do you think we've been treated to mediocrity for so long? I've been watching the under 17s and under 19s a lot recently, I'd actually say, as a collective, they have better technical skills than the senior Scotland team. And that tells you everything you have to know. My nephew was in the Hamilton youth teams. Whilst, I don't think they're a good example of not producing their own (they have been decent at it, nothing more than that), they aren't/haven't been the most professional at youth level. As I said, over the years it's been more about running over hills x1000 times than learning to control the ball, pass the ball, making decisions with the ball and without the ball, etc. I have a couple of books about Dutch coaching methods, no idea were they are, though. Basically, it's all about morphing kids, not into machines, but into players that have high football IQ, players who has the optimum skill-to-ceiling for each individual player and to be more rounded people. The way that we've coached players, with the minimum of effort, and thrown them on the football scrapheap is deplorable. I mean, if Andy Robertson didn't have the inner drive that he does, he'd still be packing shelves, as opposed to being a European Cup winner and looking likely to add an EPL winner's medal to it. We've looked at the Spaniards and the Dutch, etc, as if they were Extra Terrestrials. They aren't. They're human beings. It's just that those nations have been professional in their coaching of their kids, whereas, our coaching has been nothing but lip-service. I hope we're turning the corner. I don't know. Generally, I make an attempt to watch Scots at EPL level, but with Tierney, I'm not even going to try. I'm not writing him off, I'm just waiting for him to start showing the same desire playing for Scotland as he did for Celtic, and will for Arsenal. Highlight the text you want to reply to, a window will come up that says "quote selection", just click on it.

That's a complete false equivalency. Yes, Gilmour came through the Rangers youth system, but was it more of a fluke or was it by design? If it were by design there would be a conveyer belt filled with Billy Gilmours at Rangers... But there is not. They didn't make Billy Gilmour the player he is. The point is that Celtic have the resources (money) to produce the same calibre of players that Ajax, etc, do. But they can't be bothered.

You still don't get it, do you? He's a part of the very small contingent of people that think you're me. He's not laughing at your "A midfield of McT and McG will be the envy of the world", etc. He's laughing AT you, as he think you're me. Here endeth the lesson.

Yeah. When it's a rigid system of 4-2-3-1 you're hardly going to get any movement in front of the ball. And the 3 and the 1 are going to easily be outnumbered by the opposition midfield and defence. Not to mention the fact that a 4-2-3-1 doesn't accommodate central midfielders, which just encourages the opposition onto you. I agree that all the players look comfortable on the ball, which is why I want to see our managers at youth level allow them freedom.

Tierney, McKenna and Souttar

4-2-3-1 is a system you play in the final 5 minutes of a match, to shut-up-shop. Not for 90 minutes, at every single level. Unless you're a fan of anti-football.

Our player are more suited to 4-3-3 1:1

The 6-3-1... I mean, 4-2-3-1, works at no levels for Scotland. 1:0 Croatia.

Croatia U17 v Scotland U17 UEFA Under-17 Championship Qualifier Kick Off: 19:05 Live coverage: BBC Sport Website

That's probably what Man City said before their match with Norwich a few week ago.. Yeah, and McLean, who barely bad a touch of the ball. I doubt anyone is getting carried away. But since it's pretty much the lad's first real season, outshing a duo that cost a combined £152m, as well as dominating Norwich's (as well as Leicester's) midfield is pretty good going. Hopefully he stays away from any serious injury and plays an entire season. He'll progress more in one season at United than McGregor and Christie will in ten years at Celtic.

I don't really care how tall midfielder are. I don't think most people care, either, to be honest. We need to put more stock in technique and skill rather than feet and inches.

Height is irrelevant. It's football, not basketball. "If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there" ~ Brian Clough