mccaughey85 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Malaga games on hesgoals.com, standard looks really good. Technically looks superior to the English championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab The Crab Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 John Souttar out for 5 to 6 months with a hip problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rab The Crab said: John Souttar out for 5 to 6 months with a hip problem. Was this an existing problem? Never seemed injured against Israel (no jokes at the back) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab The Crab Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Squirrelhumper said: Was this an existing problem? Never seemed injured against Israel (no jokes at the back) I’m guessing there’s been some niggle, might force Eck’s hand to ditch 3-5-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Rab The Crab said: John Souttar out for 5 to 6 months with a hip problem. Says he picked it up on Scotland duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Rab The Crab said: John Souttar out for 5 to 6 months with a hip problem. Terrible news, he was starting to look very good. I think Hanley will be back (he was injured for the last round of matches). Norwich think very highly of him and to be fair he’s now reaching a good age for a centre half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Was this an existing problem? Never seemed injured against Israel (no jokes at the back) He did go back to Hearts after the Israel game saying he was injured. Seemed ok as he was walking off after the red card but he must have picked up the injury at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Rab The Crab said: I’m guessing there’s been some niggle, might force Eck’s hand to ditch 3-5-2. He’s only definitely going to miss one match for us as he is suspended for Albania anyway. Hopefully he’ll be back and match fit for the qualifiers starting in March. I still hope McLeish ditches the three at the back though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab The Crab Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 3 hours ago, er yir macaroon said: Terrible news, he was starting to look very good. I think Hanley will be back (he was injured for the last round of matches). Norwich think very highly of him and to be fair he’s now reaching a good age for a centre half. We could actually do worse than bring Hanley back. He’s a better player than Liam Cooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 3 hours ago, er yir macaroon said: Terrible news, he was starting to look very good. I think Hanley will be back (he was injured for the last round of matches). Norwich think very highly of him and to be fair he’s now reaching a good age for a centre half. 3 minutes ago, Rab The Crab said: We could actually do worse than bring Hanley back. He’s a better player than Liam Cooper. God no. It’s time to look to the future, not backwards. Ryan Porteous should be called up as cover for Mulgrew and McKenna who should either start as the centre halves in a back 4 or in a back 3 with Tierney against Albania and Israel. We also have Jack Hendry so there’s no need to go back to the likes of Hanley who has had his day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 24 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: God no. It’s time to look to the future, not backwards. Ryan Porteous should be called up as cover for Mulgrew and McKenna who should either start as the centre halves in a back 4 or in a back 3 with Tierney against Albania and Israel. We also have Jack Hendry so there’s no need to go back to the likes of Hanley who has had his day. Hanley’s only 26 and at an age where he can now properly be judged. Some Norwich fans are saying he’s the best centre half in the Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Devlin also. That's a shter for soutar though. Starting to come on leaps and bounds. At least we now have options at the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Hanley’s only 26 and at an age where he can now properly be judged. Some Norwich fans are saying he’s the best centre half in the Championship. I know he’s only 26 but he has about 30 caps or something and he filled me with dread almost every time he played for us. If he has improved (a lot of defenders do improve with age) then I won’t have a problem with him getting back in the squad but I think we need better defenders than him to progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: I know he’s only 26 but he has about 30 caps or something and he filled me with dread almost every time he played for us. If he has improved (a lot of defenders do improve with age) then I won’t have a problem with him getting back in the squad but I think we need better defenders than him to progress. We need to win our next two games. I like Porteous but he’s not ready for that kind of situation. He was also played on the left side for many of his caps which wasn’t ideal for a young right footed centre half. Edited October 18, 2018 by er yir macaroon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: We need to win our next two games. I like Porteous but he’s not ready for that kind of situation. He was also played on the left side for many of his caps which wasn’t ideal for a young right footed centre half. We don’t actually need to win both games although it would be ideal if we did. I’m not suggesting we throw Porteous in at the deep end and you’re right, he’s not ready to start for us yet but exposure to the first team wouldn’t be a bad thing. We may well need to turn to him next year. If Hanley is recalled I doubt he would start. McLeish obviously prefers Mulgrew and McKenna so I would imagine they would start, if fit. We’ll find out in a few weeks I suppose. Edited October 18, 2018 by Texas Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 46 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: We don’t actually need to win both games although it would be ideal if we did. I’m not suggesting we throw Porteous in at the deep end and you’re right, he’s not ready to start for us yet but exposure to the first team wouldn’t be a bad thing. We may well need to turn to him next year. If Hanley is recalled I doubt he would start. McLeish obviously prefers Mulgrew and McKenna so I would imagine they would start, if fit. We’ll find out in a few weeks I suppose. Hanley was played on the left that is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Hanley was played on the left that is.. I knew what you meant. You don’t really need to be left footed to play as the left centre half though although it doesn’t hurt. Surely McLeish and his team have been watching him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Jack Hendry is struggling for celtic never mind scotland. What happened to liam lindsay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 11 minutes ago, Malcolm said: Jack Hendry is struggling for celtic never mind scotland. What happened to liam lindsay? Jack Hendry needs taken out the fucking limelight. What happened to 'blooding' young players gradually ? That boy could be excellent but he needs a wee while on the fringes if he's going to be in the frame for Celtic and Scotland. Can only imagine his stress levels being on the receiving end of (deserved) criticism. The boy needs looked after for a wee while, from a mental health point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Texas Pete said: I knew what you meant. You don’t really need to be left footed to play as the left centre half though although it doesn’t hurt. Surely McLeish and his team have been watching him? He’s been injured for the last few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 21 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: He’s been injured for the last few weeks. Yeah I remember him getting injured in September. I think it was after the Scotland squad was announced for the Albania and Belgium games so I don’t think McLeish would have picked him. I could be wrong about the dates though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWMM82 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Texas Pete said: God no. It’s time to look to the future, not backwards. Ryan Porteous should be called up as cover for Mulgrew and McKenna who should either start as the centre halves in a back 4 or in a back 3 with Tierney against Albania and Israel. We also have Jack Hendry so there’s no need to go back to the likes of Hanley who has had his day. If you’ve watched Porteous play, he is a far too rash to be used in the full squad at the moment, would probably end up getting sent off! Having said that, once he matures a bit as a player he will be a Scotland cap, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Jack Harper in the Malaga starting line-up again this evening. He is now a first team regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 32 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: Jack Harper in the Malaga starting line-up again this evening. He is now a first team regular. Talk about jinxing. Harper substituted at half-time and Malaga trail 1-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Just now, Caledonian Craig said: Talk about jinxing. Harper substituted at half-time and Malaga trail 1-0. Watched it. Was only involved in giving the ball away, misjudging balls played to him and fouling the opposition. Disappointed! This is his first run of games in proper senior football though. Maybe just lost a bit of confidence and got frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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