Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) Few newspapers saying this morning that Dembele has told the SFA he has no interest in playing for Scotland. Hope that puts the matter to bed now Edited October 17, 2019 by Bobby Russell's Lovechild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggycoo Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Seen this. Didn't realise he was actually born in England and moved to Scotland at a very young age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Quite right, he's presumably a proud Englishman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Now the words in his ear from people in the English setup to get out of Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctonjock Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Dapo Mebude could be every bit as good as Dembele and we won't have to wait as long . Looked good for the under 19s the other night v Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan_McCole Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Always seemed to be the likely outcome recently. A shame, but such is life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElChris04 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 A let down? Absolutely, he’s a brilliant talent. But if he doesn’t want to play for us then so be it. We have tremendous players coming through the youth teams from the U21’s to U19’s who don’t get nearly as much hype but continue to progress well. The days of us begging players to play for us needs to be put in the bin, it should be a privilege playing for Scotland, not the other way around regardless of how shite we are right now, it comes back to we have some of the most promising youth we’ve had in 20 years. We move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Here's hoping he's another Ryan Christie/Islam Feruz, then. Entitled to make the call he has made, even though you'd like to think living here, growing up here and coming through a youth system in Scottish football would make him feel more affinity us. But hey ho, that's the way the mop flops. At least we can now end all future discussion about the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrniaboc Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, AndyDD said: Here's hoping he's another Ryan Christie/Islam Feruz, then. Entitled to make the call he has made, even though you'd like to think living here, growing up here and coming through a youth system in Scottish football would make him feel more affinity us. But hey ho, that's the way the mop flops. At least we can now end all future discussion about the guy Seems a bit harsh to lump one of our best performing players in with Feruz. I'm assuming you meant Gauld hahaha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 This is obviously a move that has been brought on by supposedly furthering his career (it'll be a joke to say he has a long burning ambition to represent England). I just hope we don't go crawling back to his representatives at 21-22, when they've realised the amount of competition he'll be up against and he doesn't make the grade. We've heard about these wonderkids at 16 time and time and time again. He will be pushed to move to England now and I find it strange a few months back, some Celtic fans on Twitter were congratulating the initial switch, as he will be constantly be reminded the older he gets, the less likely he'll make it with the national team whilst playing in Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Certainly looks like he sees playing for England as an opportunity to make more money. Sad that someone who's been brought up in Scotland would make that decision. In conclusion, wee fanny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, mrniaboc said: Seems a bit harsh to lump one of our best performing players in with Feruz. I'm assuming you meant Gauld hahaha? Hahaha aye sorry, Gauld is definitely who I mean. Hope Christie deleted his TAMB account along wi his twitter, wouldnae want him thinking I meant him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 49 minutes ago, ElChris04 said: A let down? Absolutely, he’s a brilliant talent. But if he doesn’t want to play for us then so be it. We have tremendous players coming through the youth teams from the U21’s to U19’s who don’t get nearly as much hype but continue to progress well. The days of us begging players to play for us needs to be put in the bin, it should be a privilege playing for Scotland, not the other way around regardless of how shite we are right now, it comes back to we have some of the most promising youth we’ve had in 20 years. We move on. We can call him up in 10 years if he’s not good enough like we might do with Caulker. If he’s got any ambition he’ll leave Scotland and never look back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, ParisInAKilt said: We can call him up in 10 years if he’s not good enough like we might do with Caulker. If he’s got any ambition he’ll leave Scotland and never look back. Difference is, Dembele is, for all purposes, Scottish. He has no memory of England and his family is not English. In fact, he is more Ivorian than English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 He's sixteen, more than old enough to decide his nationality, well according to Nicola anyway. Once memories of deep fried Mars Bars and Irn Bru set in he'll regret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said: Few newspapers saying this morning that Dembele has told the SFA he has no interest in playing for Scotland. Hope that puts the matter to bed now Well I for one am truly shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, noctonjock said: Dapo Mebude could be every bit as good as Dembele and we won't have to wait as long . Looked good for the under 19s the other night v Germany Also born in London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan_McCole Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 51 minutes ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said: Difference is, Dembele is, for all purposes, Scottish. He has no memory of England and his family is not English. In fact, he is more Ivorian than English. In your opinion. Saying he's more Ivorian than English may not represent him in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, Tartan_McCole said: In your opinion. Saying he's more Ivorian than English may not represent him in the slightest. It's just me guessing but I think his connection to ivory coast will be strong given his parents are from there. It's a shame he's picked England but he obviously doesn't feel Scottish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: It's just me guessing but I think his connection to ivory coast will be strong given his parents are from there. It's a shame he's picked England but he obviously doesn't feel Scottish. You would imagine that, it really looks like an agents idea. He himself can in no way see himself as English unless a couple of trips to St Georges park for training convinced him. Not sure what the SFA version of St Georges Park is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 32 minutes ago, Tartan_McCole said: In your opinion. Saying he's more Ivorian than English may not represent him in the slightest Maybe you're right, but at a guess, someone who has spent literally an unmemorable few weeks south of the border, then moving up with his Ivorian family, I cannot see where he would gain his 'Englishness'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: He himself can in no way see himself as English unless a couple of trips to St Georges park for training convinced him. Not sure what the SFA version of St Georges Park is. Oriam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDD Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 It would seem he has made a call based entirely on which route is likely to take him furthest in the game. Not only do England routinely qualify and often go deep into tournaments, but he will be right in the faces of epl scouts as part of the england youth set-up, more so than as part of the scotland youth set-up. The smart money is that he's not destined to be at celtic for long, either. It's a bit of a mercenary, cut-throat way to look at it, but I suppose you could argue it's a calculation based purely on pragmatism and the best interests of his career, shorn of any sentimentality, be it for the land of his birth, the land of his parents or the land that has mostly reared him. He's 16. He can get hitched, have weans, ditch fitba for a normal job etc etc, so he can decide for whom he wishes to play. And of the 3 choices he had, he has gone for the biggest and most successful. Oh well. Who knows how we will look at the guy in 10 years time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Celtic players seem to have a habit of picking other nations over Scotland, so I'm not surprised at this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dark_Knight Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The very best of luck to him. I've been ribbed for my backing of Scott McTominay, but he is a lad that chose Scotland over England. And he's every bit as good as Rice or Henderson of Longstaff so he's definitely good enough to be in the England squad. He sacrificed playing in the World Cup and the European Championships and enhancing his wage potential to wear a Scotland shirt. The boy has immense integrity and we should be proud he's one of us. I'm just waiting till United appoint a real manager so that McTominay develops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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