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1 minute ago, Tartan_McCole said:

Be interesting to see how many goals he bags this year if he stays injury free. Off to a belting start. Will be very important this year.

He's fast becoming our best player IMO.

Big player for Scotland too. 

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28 minutes ago, PASTA Mick said:

He's fast becoming our best player IMO.

Big player for Scotland too. 

agreed

one of the first names on the team sheet for me if he picks up where he left last season

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2 hours ago, PASTA Mick said:

He's fast becoming our best player IMO.

Big player for Scotland too. 

Hold on.

He played well against the champions of Estonia, not PSG or Barcelona.

Christie is decent, same with McGregor and Forrest. Let's not reward players with undeserved praise for playing well against teams with 500 capacity stadiums.

Scotland fans have a bad habit of hyping up players. Then on international duty those same players chase shadows against the likes of Israel and Kazakhstan.

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4 minutes ago, The_Dark_Knight said:

Hold on.

He played well against the champions of Estonia, not PSG or Barcelona.

Christie is decent, same with McGregor and Forrest. Let's not reward players with undeserved praise for playing well against teams with 500 capacity stadiums.

Scotland fans have a bad habit of hyping up players. Then on international duty those same players chase shadows against the likes of Israel and Kazakhstan.

I can't speak for PM but I am basing my own opinion of him having watched him grown into a brilliant player from ICT to Celtic to Aberdeen and back to celtic. Before his injury I thought he was one of the best scottish players around and I think he will flourish this season.

I doubt anyone else is basing their opinion off the back of one CL qualifier

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49 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

I can't speak for PM but I am basing my own opinion of him having watched him grown into a brilliant player from ICT to Celtic to Aberdeen and back to celtic. Before his injury I thought he was one of the best scottish players around and I think he will flourish this season.

I doubt anyone else is basing their opinion off the back of one CL qualifier

I just know how much better Celtic and Scotland look when he is playing. 

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1 hour ago, vanderark14 said:

I can't speak for PM but I am basing my own opinion of him having watched him grown into a brilliant player from ICT to Celtic to Aberdeen and back to celtic. Before his injury I thought he was one of the best scottish players around and I think he will flourish this season.

I doubt anyone else is basing their opinion off the back of one CL qualifier

The jury is still out, in my opinion, as it is with the vast majority of our players.

As we speak McTominay is bossing the Spurs midfield, including making a Scholes like pass in the first 8 mins and then muscling Sissoko (sp?) off the ball.

Now almost an assist.

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People say "you can only beat what's in front of you", but that's wrong. My point of view, players and teams should only be judged by how they perform against peers, not theirs inferiors.

Rangers best a team 6:0, Celtic do it 5:0, but who gives a crap.

The United vs Spurs game is a friendly, but it's not very friendly. McTominay stepped in (and stood up to Kane) when James was stamped on. He's not afraid to stick up for his team-mates, which bodes well for his Scotland team-mates.

Listening to him being interviewed before the match he seems very level-headed and articulate. A lot of United fans think he's captain material, I would agree.

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4 hours ago, vanderark14 said:

agreed

one of the first names on the team sheet for me if he picks up where he left last season

Back to the old problem of were does he fit into a Scotland formation, to be one off the first names on the team sheet suggests that there is a slot he can fit into ahead of one of the players all ready there or we settle on a formation.

Could play 4-4-1-1 or 4-5-1 I suppose and leave out the likes of McGregor,Armstrong and McGinn. That's assuming we keep McTominay and McLean in as a defensive part of a central midfield.  With Fraser and Forest any thing else would look far too attacking.

 

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28 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said:

Back to the old problem of were does he fit into a Scotland formation, to be one off the first names on the team sheet suggests that there is a slot he can fit into ahead of one of the players all ready there or we settle on a formation.

Could play 4-4-1-1 or 4-5-1 I suppose and leave out the likes of McGregor,Armstrong and McGinn. That's assuming we keep McTominay and McLean in as a defensive part of a central midfield.  With Fraser and Forest any thing else would look far too attacking.

 

I think Christie will exceed all three of the attacking midfielders you mention. 

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54 minutes ago, bigfingers said:

Our centre midfield options are quite impressive, in both defensive and attacking sense. Not getting too carried away though.

Mctominay, Mcgregor and Christie are surely first choice.

A lot of it boils down to the usual "how good id the SPL" argument. Need to see what McLean and McGinn and Armstrong for that matter are capable of in the EPL. as well as Christie in hopefully the champions league or at least the group stages of the Europa League.

I really rate Christie so hopefully he can prove himself against the big boys.

This is not a thread to compare leagues before some one starts. (we all know who I mean)

 

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1 hour ago, bigfingers said:

Our centre midfield options are quite impressive, in both defensive and attacking sense. Not getting too carried away though.

Mctominay, Mcgregor and Christie are surely first choice.

No. Our midfield options are probably as bad as it's ever been.

We only have one midfielder playing for a top club. The rest are making a living for teams that win nothing (apart from the Celtic players that win tin-pot trophies).

I mean, how many players (apart from the Celtic players) win trophies, or are in the running to win trophies? Robertson and McTominay. Two players is pretty dire.

And as far as an anchorman goes, we have no one on the horizon. The only one we have is McRorie and he's in, what, league one, for the season ahead? Not exactly anything to be optimistic about.

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13 minutes ago, The_Dark_Knight said:

No. Our midfield options are probably as bad as it's ever been.

We only have one midfielder playing for a top club. The rest are making a living for teams that win nothing (apart from the Celtic players that win tin-pot trophies).

I mean, how many players (apart from the Celtic players) win trophies, or are in the running to win trophies? Robertson and McTominay. Two players is pretty dire.

And as far as an anchorman goes, we have no one on the horizon. The only one we have is McRorie and he's in, what, league one, for the season ahead? Not exactly anything to be optimistic about.

I don't think winning trophies matters too much. Performing at a high level week in week out does.

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12 minutes ago, bigfingers said:

I don't think winning trophies matters too much. Performing at a high level week in week out does.

If a player wins trophies it means he's with a big club (small clubs win trophies, but it's rare) and because of this it means that he's a top player.

Plus it breeds a winning mentality.

Top countries have tons of players winning trophies. It's no coincidence.

I mean, look at Armstrong and McGinn. Those two are EPL players and there's a percentage of us that wouldn't have them in our starting 11.

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38 minutes ago, The_Dark_Knight said:

If a player wins trophies it means he's with a big club (small clubs win trophies, but it's rare) and because of this it means that he's a top player.

Plus it breeds a winning mentality.

Top countries have tons of players winning trophies. It's no coincidence.

I mean, look at Armstrong and McGinn. Those two are EPL players and there's a percentage of us that wouldn't have them in our starting 11.

And Kenny maclean would because he won a championship trophy??

What happens half way through the season when nobodies won anything?? 

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23 minutes ago, bigfingers said:

And Kenny maclean would because he won a championship trophy??

I said a trophy that isn't a tin-pot trophy: A league title from a credible league, a cup from a credible league or a European Trophy.

Do you think the English Championship is a top league? Kenny McLean will probably get relegated this season, so does that answer your question?

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1 hour ago, The_Dark_Knight said:

No. Our midfield options are probably as bad as it's ever been.

We only have one midfielder playing for a top club. The rest are making a living for teams that win nothing (apart from the Celtic players that win tin-pot trophies).

I mean, how many players (apart from the Celtic players) win trophies, or are in the running to win trophies? Robertson and McTominay. Two players is pretty dire.

And as far as an anchorman goes, we have no one on the horizon. The only one we have is McRorie and he's in, what, league one, for the season ahead? Not exactly anything to be optimistic about.

Out of curiosity is it better to win trophies you are expected to win (McGregor) or not win trophies you are expected to win (McTominay)?

Not sure were you are going on this thread you seem to be saying all our players are rubbish and we shouldn't pick any of them.

McLean plays as an anchorman and so can McTominay. We will find out how good McLean is this season, feel free to say he will be found out, it's the percentage shot, but stop writing players off.

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6 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said:

Out of curiosity is it better to win trophies you are expected to win (McGregor) or not win trophies you are expected to win (McTominay)?

Not sure were you are going on this thread you seem to be saying all our players are rubbish and we shouldn't pick any of them.

McLean plays as an anchorman and so can McTominay. We will find out how good McLean is this season, feel free to say he will be found out, it's the percentage shot, but stop writing players off.

It depends. We can't really talk about Scottish football in the context of winning trophies. Celtic are coming up against teams that rely on free transfers (barring Rangers), so it would be a miracle if they weren't in the mix to win the treble. 

I'm definitely saying that 99% of our players are rubbish, unfortunately, not picking any of them isn't an option.

McLean plays as an anchorman? I'll take your word for it, I didn't watch Norwich once last season. Bang goes the "Players can't play in more than one position" theory. I'm not writing McLean off, if Arfield,, McArthur, Snodgrass, etc, can forge a career in the EPL then Mclean certainly can... he just won't win anything.

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