SkyBlueScot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 46 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: I'm sticking my neck out here but I think FIndlay is a better CH than at least one of them. Well, along with someone like Porteous coming along too we'll have competition for places. Maybe Bates will make it too. For all the gloom of Kazakhstan it's still a positive future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Squirrelhumper said: I'm sticking my neck out here but I think FIndlay is a better CH than at least one of them. He’s better than all bar Souttar. IMO our best centre backs once injuries settle down are; Souttar, Findlay, McKenna, Porteous & Bates with Bates well off the other 4 and Porteous with potentially to be better than them all maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, ProudScot said: He’s better than all bar Souttar. IMO our best centre backs once injuries settle down are; Souttar, Findlay, McKenna, Porteous & Bates with Bates well off the other 4 and Porteous with potentially to be better than them all maybe. There’s also the lad at Liverpool, George Johnston, who seems to be highly rated. It will be interesting to see if he emerges. A loan no doubt required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, er yir macaroon said: There’s also the lad at Liverpool, George Johnston, who seems to be highly rated. It will be interesting to see if he emerges. A loan no doubt required. He turns 21 this September and has still to make his professional debut. It's highly unlikely that he will make it at Liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: He turns 21 this September and has still to make his professional debut. It's highly unlikely that he will make it at Liverpool. Doesn’t mean he won’t make it with Scotland. He did play for the first team in a friendly and centre halves don’t often make debuts at young ages for clubs going for the top prizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 6 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Doesn’t mean he won’t make it with Scotland. He did play for the first team in a friendly and centre halves don’t often make debuts at young ages for clubs going for the top prizes. First team in a friendly woo hoo. So what ? Thousands of youth team players, at every club and in every league in Europe, will get the chance to play for their clubs first team in friendly matches over the next couple of months. He's nearly 21 and is still to make his professional debut. I appreciate he has had a couple of bad injuries but he needs to either go out on loan next season or get a permanent transfer somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 8 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: I thought he was okay until I saw him in the flesh for Leeds this season. How many times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 7 hours ago, ProudScot said: He’s better than all bar Souttar. IMO our best centre backs once injuries settle down are; Souttar, Findlay, McKenna, Porteous & Bates with Bates well off the other 4 and Porteous with potentially to be better than them all maybe. But, but, but.................where's Berra???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 8 hours ago, ProudScot said: He’s better than all bar Souttar. IMO our best centre backs once injuries settle down are; Souttar, Findlay, McKenna, Porteous & Bates with Bates well off the other 4 and Porteous with potentially to be better than them all maybe. That's a pretty fair statement. Stuart Findlay certainly deserves a couple of games to prove himself for Scotland and it looks like Clarke wants to give Liam Cooper a chance later at some point. Michael Devlin deserves to be kept in mind if we are hit by injuries and suspensions. We might consider Liam Lindsay but only if he is playing well this coming season for Barnsley. Christophe Berra, Grant Hanley, Paul Hanlon, Jack Hendry I don't think we need bother selecting again. Whilst Russell Martin and Mark Reynolds are a million miles away from selection now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 8 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: That's a pretty fair statement. Stuart Findlay certainly deserves a couple of games to prove himself for Scotland and it looks like Clarke wants to give Liam Cooper a chance later at some point. Michael Devlin deserves to be kept in mind if we are hit by injuries and suspensions. We might consider Liam Lindsay but only if he is playing well this coming season for Barnsley. Christophe Berra, Grant Hanley, Paul Hanlon, Jack Hendry I don't think we need bother selecting again. Whilst Russell Martin and Mark Reynolds are a million miles away from selection now. Bizarrely the best game I’ve seen Hendry play was for Scotland. Looked very assured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 22 minutes ago, ProudScot said: Bizarrely the best game I’ve seen Hendry play was for Scotland. Looked very assured. A fluke. So woefully out of his depth at Celtic it makes one feel sorry for him. He's very far away from ever being picked again for Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 32 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: That's a pretty fair statement. Stuart Findlay certainly deserves a couple of games to prove himself for Scotland and it looks like Clarke wants to give Liam Cooper a chance later at some point. Michael Devlin deserves to be kept in mind if we are hit by injuries and suspensions. We might consider Liam Lindsay but only if he is playing well this coming season for Barnsley. Christophe Berra, Grant Hanley, Paul Hanlon, Jack Hendry I don't think we need bother selecting again. Whilst Russell Martin and Mark Reynolds are a million miles away from selection now. Agree with all of that especially Lindsay. Considering he was a standout in the SPL two years ago and has nothing wrong down south other than joining a team that got relegated it amazes me that he seems to have been totally forgotten on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbroath1320 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 What's a sqaud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 14 minutes ago, Arbroath1320 said: What's a sqaud? It's a group of disorganized letters that don't know what position they should be in. A bit like a group of Scotland players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 43 minutes ago, Arbroath1320 said: What's a sqaud? And who is Clake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 15 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: How many times? Twice, watched him plenty on TV since and noticed the same issues. Makes too many mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 12 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: Agree with all of that especially Lindsay. Considering he was a standout in the SPL two years ago and has nothing wrong down south other than joining a team that got relegated it amazes me that he seems to have been totally forgotten on here. Craig Bryson was POTY with Derby more than once, captain and playing every single week for season after season and never got a look in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Craig Bryson was POTY with Derby more than once, captain and playing every single week for season after season and never got a look in! Aye, Bryson should have gotten more opportunities to show what he could have done for Scotland. There were quite a few of us on here calling for him to be included, along with Stuart Armstrong who Strachan strangely ignored for quite a while. On the other side of the coin, Strachan did have Fletcher, Brown, Maloney, Snodgrass, McArthur, Adam, Bannan and Dorrans all available for a central midfield role at the time. Edited June 1, 2019 by ErsatzThistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 22 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: That's a pretty fair statement. Stuart Findlay certainly deserves a couple of games to prove himself for Scotland and it looks like Clarke wants to give Liam Cooper a chance later at some point. Michael Devlin deserves to be kept in mind if we are hit by injuries and suspensions. We might consider Liam Lindsay but only if he is playing well this coming season for Barnsley. Christophe Berra, Grant Hanley, Paul Hanlon, Jack Hendry I don't think we need bother selecting again. Whilst Russell Martin and Mark Reynolds are a million miles away from selection now. Haud on there. All the 4/5 mentioned have everything except..experience. Grant Hanley will playing in the prem next year and is only 27 with stacks of caps. Plus he is left-footed though plays on the right and balance is key. Just don't discount him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: Haud on there. All the 4/5 mentioned have everything except..experience. Grant Hanley will playing in the prem next year and is only 27 with stacks of caps. Plus he is left-footed though plays on the right and balance is key. Just don't discount him yet. His season at Norwich was a stop/start one with recurring injuries. And how do we know Norwich won't do what Fulham did and buy almost a whole new team this summer ? How many of you would like to see Grant Hanley back in the squad ? Not I for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csinclair Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Jesus, I thought Hanley was much older, we always looked sluggish with him and Martin at the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I'll take a 27 year old Grant Hanley playing for a Premiership club in the squad long before the museum piece called Christophe Berra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 28 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: How many of you would like to see Grant Hanley back in the squad ? Not I for one. Hopefully we won’t need to recall him if the younger guys step up and stay injury free. Having said that, if he does manage to stay in the Norwich team then a season (at least) in the EPL will only make him a better player. Central defenders tend to peak a bit later than other positions. I’m sure Colin Hendry was 28 before he even got his first cap so who knows? Maybe Hanley will still do a job for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) Will be interesting to see how he gets on in the Premiership,or if he even gets game time as it looks like he is fourth choice at the moment But all the SPL defenders mentioned on here with next to no experience are all risky propositions at least Hanley has played at a higher level and for longer. So as others are saying don't rule him out yet. Didn't realise he was Blackburn captain at 22. Edited June 1, 2019 by ceudmilefailte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrniaboc Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 6/1/2019 at 7:31 PM, Texas Pete said: Hopefully we won’t need to recall him if the younger guys step up and stay injury free. Having said that, if he does manage to stay in the Norwich team then a season (at least) in the EPL will only make him a better player. Central defenders tend to peak a bit later than other positions. I’m sure Colin Hendry was 28 before he even got his first cap so who knows? Maybe Hanley will still do a job for us Yeah, Davie Weir didn't get his first of 69 caps until he was 27! Hanly reminds me a bit of Weir in that he's not technically that gifted but he has a real understanding that if the ball is not in the box then it's much less likely to go in the goal. He gets his head on a lot of balls that come into the box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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