romanticscot Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Nisbet - Out today with injury Shankland - No sign of him after his knock McBurnie - A certain for a call up, but probably getting drunk somewhere despite its pre-season Naimsith - Scottish championship hasn't even started yet Griffiths - May get called up purely because others are out Dykes - Might get his call up, but pre-season doesn't start until next weekend. Anyone else out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 36 minutes ago, romanticscot said: Nisbet - Out today with injury Shankland - No sign of him after his knock McBurnie - A certain for a call up, but probably getting drunk somewhere despite its pre-season Naimsith - Scottish championship hasn't even started yet Griffiths - May get called up purely because others are out Dykes - Might get his call up, but pre-season doesn't start until next weekend. Anyone else out there? Dykes played and scored for QPR in a friendly against Wimbledon just yesterday. Mind you we still need official confirmation of his switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loanhead-tartan Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Still a bit too early for nisbet hopefully he’s not out for too long with injury, same goes for shankland. Before lockdown I think griffiths was a dead cert for the play off squad but not so sure now after what’s went on . Mcburnie and Dykes look like the safe bets to be in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Mcburnie probably our main man now love him or hate him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Callum Paterson is as good a shout as any, it's that bad. McBurnie is close enough to the only striker we have still playing at a decent level who has scored more than a handful of goals in the EPL, SPL or Championship. Leigh Griffiths unfortunately isn't playing and hasn't been for some time now. Craig Levien predicted this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 This board has gone seriously down hill since simple people were given a confused emoji to use rather than explain the part they disagree with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyBlueScot Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 14 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: This board has gone seriously down hill since simple people were given a confused emoji to use rather than explain the part they disagree with. I do agree with that. Not sure about the Paterson bit but I think you should have to explain why you don't agree rather than just use that emoji (unless it's blindingly obvious). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: This board has gone seriously down hill since simple people were given a confused emoji to use rather than explain the part they disagree with. Agreed. It's a form of online bullying. There's zero accountability. If you could see which people were doing it, you would notice that it was the same group of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Or person. Four consecutive posts in a row with confused emojis? Well, five, because I sense this will receive one. (Thanks for the rep) 😉 I think there's a perpetually confused person here who can't form thought into words. lol. Bless their cotton heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 10 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: This board has gone seriously down hill since simple people were given a confused emoji to use rather than explain the part they disagree with. Just playing Devil's advocate here, but it could have been your Craig Levein comment that caused the confusion - would I be right in thinking it was a joke based on his infamous striker-less formation? Alternatively, it could just have been good old-fashioned TAMB smart-arsery at play again. (If our strikers played as much this thread probably wouldn't exist!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I think Burke will be in with a shout given he’s bound to be in good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, er yir macaroon said: I think Burke will be in with a shout given he’s bound to be in good shape. Chris or Oli? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Just now, stocky said: Chris or Oli? Oil, since he’s a striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 minute ago, er yir macaroon said: Oil, since he’s a striker. 😉 Chris is joint top scorer in Scotland this year.. he is on fire.,... or was... Oli a striker ? But ,aye Oli will get a call methinx not Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, er yir macaroon said: I think Burke will be in with a shout given he’s bound to be in good shape. Bound to be in the squad and probably a major option for Clarke depending what's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 18 hours ago, romanticscot said: Nisbet - Out today with injury Shankland - No sign of him after his knock McBurnie - A certain for a call up, but probably getting drunk somewhere despite its pre-season Naimsith - Scottish championship hasn't even started yet Griffiths - May get called up purely because others are out Dykes - Might get his call up, but pre-season doesn't start until next weekend. Anyone else out there? Depressing list. Does McCoist fancy a game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 15 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: This board has gone seriously down hill since simple people were given a confused emoji to use rather than explain the part they disagree with. Agreed...its the last refuge of the retarded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said: Agreed...its the last refuge of the retarded On the plus side all the confused reactions have awarded me the poster of the day for yesterday, and at the current rate I might get it two days running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 19 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: Mind you we still need official confirmation of his switch. Press seem to be very wary of this, as none so far have went out on a limb to say he is actually in he squad (Times seem to be hinting at it strongest just now, but just falling short of saying he is in the squad.... but they are also talking him up from a QPR point of view). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 If it’s not mcburnie, I’d probably play Naismith. He links up well with mcginn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Malcolm said: If it’s not mcburnie, I’d probably play Naismith. He links up well with mcginn. When was the last time Naismith kicked a ball ? 4 hours ago, wanderer said: Press seem to be very wary of this, as none so far have went out on a limb to say he is actually in he squad (Times seem to be hinting at it strongest ust now, but just falling short of saying he is in the squad.... but they are also talking him up from a QPR point of view). Aye, when non-Scots born players have declared for us in the past, the SFA were usually always keen to get them interviewed by one of our rags. Please don't tell me Dykes is still dithering on who to play for . He's had more than enough time now to think about that. And if he does turn up for the games, please let's not have this situation where he sits on the bench for both games and then fecks off to play for Australia in six months time. That would be embarrassing. Make sure he gets on the pitch even as an injury time sub. And finally put an end to all this "will he ? - won't he ?" pish. Edited August 24, 2020 by ErsatzThistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeTA Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Its a bit bleak up front. Mcburnie is the obvious choice to start. Hopefully with the starting striker role there for the taking he can step up and grab it. Get his 1st goal then kick on 🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 6 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: On the plus side all the confused reactions have awarded me the poster of the day for yesterday, and at the current rate I might get it two days running! Exactly. They don't seem to realize that, with every emoji, comes a rep point. So, it's a backhanded compliment. Oh look, I received three in the one thread! Yay me! Back on topic. Dykes won't enter my thoughts till he's made up his mind. Till then, I could not care less. In the striking department we really are scraping the bottom of the barrel. When it's all done and dusted, though, we need to play with twin strikers... There's strength in numbers. If we played two strikers in the days of Kenny Miller and Steven Fletcher, we might've qualified for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: When was the last time Naismith kicked a ball ? Aye, when non-Scots born players have declared for us in the past, the SFA were usually always keen to get them interviewed by one of our rags. Please don't tell me Dykes is still dithering on who to play for . He's had more than enough time now to think about that. And if he does turn up for the games, please let's not have this situation where he sits on the bench for both games and then fecks off to play for Australia in six months time. That would be embarrassing. Make sure he gets on the pitch even as an injury time sub. And finally put an end to all this "will he ? - won't he ?" pish. To be fair, this just shows how different both Clarke and Maxwell are compared to some of their predecessors, as the papers do not seem to get anywhere near as many “exclusives” these days (Mate who is a Thistle fan told me this is how Maxwell worked at Thistle that he would tell press nothing until the ink is dry on the contracts) as both just seem to get on with the job and only speak to the press when only there is something to say (had this been Levein, Dykes would have been on his wish list months ago and every squad announcement would be him going on and on about how he will build team around him next time around if he says yes). If in the squad tomorrow, I suspect he will start at least one match ahead of McBurnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Not sure why there is any excitement about dykes. He isn’t that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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