0Neils40yarder Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 23 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: Tierney playing well again, arsenal have looked a much better side with him in it. We should be a bit more positive about our squad as it has some very good epl players playing for big clubs. It's as positive I've been in years and years...if we could find a centre back or two and a keeper, we'd be looking pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 30 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said: It's as positive I've been in years and years...if we could find a centre back or two and a keeper, we'd be looking pretty good We would need to see more commitment from players IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just now, vanderark14 said: We would need to see more commitment from players IMO I think success and consistency go hand in hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just now, vanderark14 said: We would need to see more commitment from players IMO And more confidence, we look like a broken team in alot of games. Not surprising given the last 20 years of failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 35 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said: It's as positive I've been in years and years...if we could find a centre back or two and a keeper, we'd be looking pretty good And a striker or 2. The centre forward/striker area is shocking. Barring an if fit Griffiths we’ve got an ageing hardly clinical Naismith who won’t be around much longer then next to nothing imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Plenty raving about Tierney on Twitter, like Liverpool fans for Robertson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said: Plenty raving about Tierney on Twitter, like Liverpool fans for Robertson. Raving about him on Arsenal forum as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Ill get excited about tierney when he turns up for a match and gives his all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrniaboc Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 30 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: And more confidence, we look like a broken team in alot of games. Not surprising given the last 20 years of failure. This is so true. Robbo recently gave an interview where he compared Scotland to Liverpool and how players who have only been around for a couple of years can feel the weight of decades of failure on them. He was saying the Scotland players should try to shake that off as much as possible. It's not their fault we haven't qualified in 22 years. Something Klopp has worked on with the Liverpool team apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 25 minutes ago, JECK said: And a striker or 2. The centre forward/striker area is shocking. Barring an if fit Griffiths we’ve got an ageing hardly clinical Naismith who won’t be around much longer then next to nothing imo. Countries our size rarely have players in every position playing in the top European leagues. I would be happy enough with two decent centre backs playing epl or equivalent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 48 minutes ago, JECK said: And a striker or 2. The centre forward/striker area is shocking. Barring an if fit Griffiths we’ve got an ageing hardly clinical Naismith who won’t be around much longer then next to nothing imo. McBurnie is playing at as good a level as any striker we've had in 20years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Ill get excited about tierney when he turns up for a match and gives his all That's my thoughts too. No point in having a brilliant player if he's only playing for his club side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, mrniaboc said: This is so true. Robbo recently gave an interview where he compared Scotland to Liverpool and how players who have only been around for a couple of years can feel the weight of decades of failure on them. He was saying the Scotland players should try to shake that off as much as possible. It's not their fault we haven't qualified in 22 years. Something Klopp has worked on with the Liverpool team apparently. They also have a Scottish sports phycologist who was interviewed the other day pretty much saying the same thing https://ttpo.substack.com/p/lee-richardson-scots-can-repeat-liverpool Edited July 1, 2020 by Bobby Russell's Lovechild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said: McBurnie is playing at as good a level as any striker we've had in 20years Yeh its mental because he is genuinely crap. Can't believe Sheffield United paid 20m for him. Give me Griffiths anyday over him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Amazing what a few games can do for you, 3 games ago the 'EPL' fans had Tierney away to Leicester. Like some of said, lets see him turn up for these games in September and October before I get excited about him doing well down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: Yeh its mental because he is genuinely crap. Can't believe Sheffield United paid 20m for him. Give me Griffiths anyday over him. Hes genuinely not crap...maybe not 20m worth but hes the best we have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 minute ago, 0Neils40yarder said: Hes genuinely not crap...maybe not 20m worth but hes the best we have The best we have is Griffiths. Just need to keep him on the straight and narrow regarding his mental health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 33 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: The best we have is Griffiths. Just need to keep him on the straight and narrow regarding his mental health. I'd be amazed if Griffiths got a game for a top half epl side...and I say that as a big fan of his Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mccaughey85 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 32 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said: I'd be amazed if Griffiths got a game for a top half epl side...and I say that as a big fan of his Fleck plays for a top half epl team but I would still have Mcginn, Armstrong and mcgregor before him. Plenty of players who play for epl teams are rubbish. Also I can't see mcburnie lasting at a top half epl team in the long run, hes scored 4 goals in all comps this season. Sheffield United are looking like they will finish around 10th so they are mid table team and they have average players, celtic would probably beat them. I genuinely think mcburnie will drop back down to championship level in a couple of seasons as hes not good enough for the epl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 14 hours ago, mccaughey85 said: Fleck plays for a top half epl team but I would still have Mcginn, Armstrong and mcgregor before him. Plenty of players who play for epl teams are rubbish. Also I can't see mcburnie lasting at a top half epl team in the long run, hes scored 4 goals in all comps this season. Sheffield United are looking like they will finish around 10th so they are mid table team and they have average players, celtic would probably beat them. I genuinely think mcburnie will drop back down to championship level in a couple of seasons as hes not good enough for the epl. Loads of supposition in there...I'd rather have a guy who is playing against top players every week, than a guy who is mostly playing against dug meat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 We need an international quality striker. Griffiths looks good in spl, but he is not even good enough to keep Édouard out the team at Celtic, but possibly the best we have. decent set piece from memory. To be fair we have not had a really good striker since the 80s. I just don’t see it with mcburnie... a poor mans joe jordan. Doesn’t score many goals. Our best striker is John McGinn. We need a goal every two or three games striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, 0Neils40yarder said: Loads of supposition in there...I'd rather have a guy who is playing against top players every week, than a guy who is mostly playing against dug meat Tbf I think we have argued this to death on here so i am happy to agree to disagree. I have no real beef with mcburnie and he will probably be a mainstay of our squad for many years so I wish him well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Malcolm said: We need an international quality striker. Griffiths looks good in spl, but he is not even good enough to keep Édouard out the team at Celtic, but possibly the best we have. decent set piece from memory. To be fair we have not had a really good striker since the 80s. I just don’t see it with mcburnie... a poor mans joe jordan. Doesn’t score many goals. Our best striker is John McGinn. We need a goal every two or three games striker. I used til say the same about Griffiths but i genuinely think hes an underrated striker. He has goal record that is better than dembele and edouard, his record is nearly a goal every 1.5 games. Your saying he's not good enough to keep edouard out the team, there's no shame in that, edouard looks class and will play for a top club in Europe. I think he would be a good player for a lower half epl team if he keeps his mental health in check. Theres average strikers like pukki and callum Wilson who score goals in the epl and I think hes around the same level as those two. I would have him over any of our other options but Tbf we don't have a great deal of decent strikers. Hes 29 so we should be looking to get three or more years from him and he could be the key to us qualifying for the euros. His freekicks could make the difference in these upcoming games. Last time we had a really international class striker was the early/mid 90s and that was mccoist. Thats 24 years which is pretty terrible really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: I used til say the same about Griffiths but i genuinely think hes an underrated striker. He has goal record that is better than dembele and edouard, his record is nearly a goal every 1.5 games. Your saying he's not good enough to keep edouard out the team, there's no shame in that, edouard looks class and will play for a top club in Europe. I think he would be a good player for a lower half epl team if he keeps his mental health in check. Theres average strikers like pukki and callum Wilson who score goals in the epl and I think hes around the same level as those two. I would have him over any of our other options but Tbf we don't have a great deal of decent strikers. Hes 29 so we should be looking to get three or more years from him and he could be the key to us qualifying for the euros. His freekicks could make the difference in these upcoming games. Last time we had a really international class striker was the early/mid 90s and that was mccoist. Thats 24 years which is pretty terrible really. Callum Wilson is a terrific player. That said, Griffiths when fully fit and ready is a very good striker, and still our number one. I’m still hopeful over Hornby, and Burke is at least playing that role regularly at the highest level of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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