Toepoke Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, DoonTheSlope said: Maybe, might have been. I know Clyde I think it was got rejected from entering one year because of Rangers. They tried to claim Rutherglen but UEFA said they were from Glasgow Aye I think the rules of the Fairs Cup were only one club per city could enter. A combined London team got to the final one year. Edited May 23, 2018 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 17 hours ago, JECK said: Who on earth is Callum Mallace? I heard him get interviewed on Sportsound the other week ahead of the LA derby match... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum_Mallace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 13 hours ago, aaid said: We also used to play four games in a two year qualifying campaign and hardly any other friendlies. In 1978, Liverpool played 6 games to get to the final of the European Cup Final, to get to the final this year, they had to play 14. There's far too much football these days and it's just getting worse each year. There is a lot more football played nowadays but at the same time, players are fitter and stronger than ever before. They are all on better diets too. The teams who have to play more games also have much bigger squads than the team in the 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 50 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: There is a lot more football played nowadays but at the same time, players are fitter and stronger than ever before. They are all on better diets too. The teams who have to play more games also have much bigger squads than the team in the 70's. I'll grant you that players are fitter and stronger however, they have to be as the game itself is quicker and more intense. Teams might have bigger squads but the best players - the internationals - tend to play every week. How many games has Tierney played this season. It's got to be around 60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, aaid said: I'll grant you that players are fitter and stronger however, they have to be as the game itself is quicker and more intense. Teams might have bigger squads but the best players - the internationals - tend to play every week. How many games has Tierney played this season. It's got to be around 60. I think the Tierney debate has been done on here, Rodgers had opportunities to rest him and others in certain matches but didn't. Again, I repeat that the fitness levels of players are there to handle these extra matches. I'm sure I read the likes of Miller and MCliesh played an obscene amount of games in the early 80s for that era and they were on the plane to the world cup twice. Its the price of being succesful, you end up doing more but its no excuse for skipping international duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rude Gullit Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 21 hours ago, Bino's said: By getting all to go and getting a result, he would have achieved belief Which is basically what happened to n Ireland Northern Ireland certainly began to build belief with their trip to the Americas 4 or so years ago, but they suffered lots of drop outs too. MON said he always remembered the players who dropped out and those who had made the effort to come along, and that he favoured that latter group going forward. 19 hours ago, andyD said: The cynic in me thinks perhaps that's part of why he left out so many 1st choices from the initial squad. Go there with an 'experimental side' so that when we get gubbed he can try and avoid accountability. Let's not overplay the withdrawals.. Armstrong and Fraser are the only ones that were likely to play any significant part. Maybe Douglas, but since he's the 3rd choice, i'd put him in the "it's experimental" bracket. Did any of us actually want Ritchie, Hanley, Martin or Souttar to play? None of them are up to par and would probably have just been sitting on the bench anyway. Hanley wasn't even in the original squad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Rude Gullit said: Hanley wasn't even in the original squad! Fair enough, for some reason i'd got it in my head he was. Do you disagree with the point tho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rude Gullit Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, andyD said: Fair enough, for some reason i'd got it in my head he was. Do you disagree with the point tho? I'm not convinced Hanley is as bad as people make out and I think he's in the Berra camp - i.e. he'll be back in come September. But yeah this DBL header was never going to revolve around him anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 12 minutes ago, Rude Gullit said: I'm not convinced Hanley is as bad as people make out and I think he's in the Berra camp - i.e. he'll be back in come September. But yeah this DBL header was never going to revolve around him anyway. He’s way shitter than Berra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanmartin Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/22/2018 at 3:02 PM, ONeils4oyarder said: I don't feel sorry for football players in the slightest, I'd love a crack at what they do, but when it comes to the most meaningless set of friendlies since we played in Hong Kong, I can see why so many have opted out. under the last manager to get us to the play-offs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanmartin Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/22/2018 at 10:26 PM, scotlad said: If that team starts one of the games it could possibly be one of the weakest line-ups to ever represent Scotland - on a par with anything fielded during the early days of Berti. the halcyon days when we made the play-offs who'd have thought we'd look back at that time as the most successful since France '98? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 5 hours ago, tartanmartin said: the halcyon days when we made the play-offs who'd have thought we'd look back at that time as the most successful since France '98? God that’s depressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 12 hours ago, tartanmartin said: the halcyon days when we made the play-offs who'd have thought we'd look back at that time as the most successful since France '98? I know. In fairness, we achieved that play-off place after finishing second in a group where we were second seeds. I seriously doubt we'd walk away from four games against Germany and Iceland with 7 points now though, although that says as much about them as it does us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraveheartGordon Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 5/22/2018 at 3:37 PM, andyD said: Because he's not good enough. Neither are most of the squad members, Lewis Stevenson wouldn’t get a look in at left back if the entire first 23 left the squad in protest. I still think Cummings has potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraveheartGordon Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 9:08 AM, vanderark14 said: I think the Tierney debate has been done on here, Rodgers had opportunities to rest him and others in certain matches but didn't. Again, I repeat that the fitness levels of players are there to handle these extra matches. I'm sure I read the likes of Miller and MCliesh played an obscene amount of games in the early 80s for that era and they were on the plane to the world cup twice. Its the price of being succesful, you end up doing more but its no excuse for skipping international duty. When Miller and McLeish played those games the average distance covered by a player in an international match was 5km, it’s now well over 10 km a match. Playing Saturday, Wednesday back then is the equivalent of playing one game now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 6 hours ago, BraveheartGordon said: When Miller and McLeish played those games the average distance covered by a player in an international match was 5km, it’s now well over 10 km a match. Playing Saturday, Wednesday back then is the equivalent of playing one game now. To be fair when Miller & McLeish we’re playing top players were still smoking 40 a Day washed down with 6 pints. With the advances in sports science, nutrition and physio/recovery there should be no excuse for a pro not being able to play twice in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bino's Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 1:30 PM, Rude Gullit said: Northern Ireland certainly began to build belief with their trip to the Americas 4 or so years ago, but they suffered lots of drop outs too. MON said he always remembered the players who dropped out and those who had made the effort to come along, and that he favoured that latter group going forward. Hanley wasn't even in the original squad! We wouldn't have a squad to speak if he didn't favour the one's that dropped out or were exused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Where's John fleck. Surely he must be an option given all the players that have pulled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, mccaughey85 said: Where's John fleck. Surely he must be an option given all the players that have pulled out. 100% should be in this squad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 11 hours ago, ProudScot said: 100% should be in this squad Who'd you drop for him? He's up against McGinn, McLean, McTominay and Shinnie in this squad. McGinn and McTominay should be there ahead of Fleck for sure imo. Shinnie probably deserves an opportunity, he's been pretty consistent for a few seasons now. Fleck ahead of McLean, maybe? He's had a few caps and not really shown much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 6 hours ago, andyD said: Who'd you drop for him? He's up against McGinn, McLean, McTominay and Shinnie in this squad. McGinn and McTominay should be there ahead of Fleck for sure imo. Shinnie probably deserves an opportunity, he's been pretty consistent for a few seasons now. Fleck ahead of McLean, maybe? He's had a few caps and not really shown much. Wouldn’t drop anyone for him would just have him in too - Armstrong’s replacement if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Goodness knows how we'll get on but I see that a very youthful experimental Welsh side has just drawn 0 - 0 away to Mexico. I'm sure that for all those involved they'll take some massive positives from that game yet all some people do is bleat about Scotland playing a couple of games in S. America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Stevenson and Phillips are returning home now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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