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9 minutes ago, ProudScot said:

He actually says he would be proud to play for either and has dual nationality. 
 

Very common nowadays but some people struggle to comprehend it but we do shoot ourselves in the foot persuading English players to play for us a bit too often. 

He makes it quite clear that we are his second choice. That is not good enough.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49953456

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"It's a hard one," said the Livingston goalscorer when asked if he'd prefer to play for Scotland or Australia.

"I think if I had both of them on the table, I would probably choose Australia. I grew up in Australia but it would be hard.

"If Scotland came and Australia didn't come then I would love to play for Scotland as well. My parents are Scottish and I think I could do a job for them as well.

 

Case closed.

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16 hours ago, PASTA Mick said:

I think your memory is playing games with you here. Plenty of folk on here have rated Hornby for a long time. 

I concur. A search would confirm this. Lots of people have been complimenting the lad for a while.

I remember in June saying that he's better than McBurnie. He is. He's the closest thing to Duncan Ferguson I've seen, plus he has deceptive pace. 

He should be called up asap, along with Gilmour. No idea what Clarke is waiting for.

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8 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said:

He makes it quite clear that we are his second choice. That is not good enough.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49953456

Case closed.

I think he's being honest, which is refreshing. Also, I see absolutely nothing wrong with a player feeling allegiance to two different countries, especially in the modern world.

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I am. A Queen of rhw South supporter, and whilst he has some qualities, he should be nowhere near our squad. 

To those that say that players can improve, fair enough, but in half a dozen games for Livi he is suddenly Scotland material? Behave! At times he was not even an above average Championship player last season... No thank you! 

Sunday's goal aside... His finishing is usually woeful, trust me on that one. I wish him all the best, but I was not that bothered whether he stayed at Queens or not... .. That says it all really. 

Besides, I am pretty sure he said last year that he felt Australian and if he every got good enough to play international football (which I highly doubt) he would pick the Aussies over us. 

Forget about him as a potential Scotland cap.... It is not going to happen. 

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22 hours ago, ProudScot said:

He actually says he would be proud to play for either and has dual nationality. 
 

Very common nowadays but some people struggle to comprehend it but we do shoot ourselves in the foot persuading English players to play for us a bit too often. 

He actually said he was Australian but his parents were Scottish in the interview I saw. He also said Australia was his first choice.

I have nothing against the guy but he's an average player who wants to play for Australia. 

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14 minutes ago, JandC said:

I’m just glad that Steve Clarke took my advice on Dykes!

He was excellent last night and just shows that we shouldn’t write any player off

You know what, I remembered this thread and was trying to look for it (the search function is not reliable) so thanks for posting this.

 

You were 100% correct and I applaud you. You're also correct about people making snap-judgements without engaging their brain:

 

https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14367-lyndon-dykes/&do=findComment&comment=541024

 

https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14367-lyndon-dykes/&do=findComment&comment=541116

 

https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14367-lyndon-dykes/&do=findComment&comment=541450

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31 minutes ago, Taylor1996 said:

You know what, I remembered this thread and was trying to look for it (the search function is not reliable) so thanks for posting this.

 

You were 100% correct and I applaud you. You're also correct about people making snap-judgements without engaging their brain:

 

https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14367-lyndon-dykes/&do=findComment&comment=541024

 

https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14367-lyndon-dykes/&do=findComment&comment=541116

 

https://www.tamb.net/forum/index.php?/topic/14367-lyndon-dykes/&do=findComment&comment=541450

Cheers Taylor. 
 

 

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Love the lad.

Love his for want of a better word 'cheeky' (Hi Berti!) nature and his confidence.

He is a terrific player. His hold up play is magnificent, he's so good and winning headers, flick on's and he's basically a 100% better version of what McBurnie is meant to offer us.

Delighted he choose his parents homeland.

 

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1 hour ago, JandC said:

Cheers Taylor. 
 

 

:)

2 hours ago, weekevie04 said:

Love the lad.

Love his for want of a better word 'cheeky' (Hi Berti!) nature and his confidence.

He is a terrific player. His hold up play is magnificent, he's so good and winning headers, flick on's and he's basically a 100% better version of what McBurnie is meant to offer us.

Delighted he choose his parents homeland.

 

Me, too.

He's what Duncan Ferguson could've been for us.

Have you ever seen Aussie rules football? He grew up playing that sport, and you can tell. Very brutal (and honest) sport.

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