mccaughey85 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: Bit worried about McGregor after watching him play v Sparta. Lacks freal defensive instincts and he will play next to Jack. If only we could borrow Steven Davis for one match. Theres no need to borrow anyone let alone a 35 year old Steven Davis considering we have good midfielders. Mcgregor shouldn't start for us, would rather mctominay, Mcginn, christie in midfield with Armstrong and Jack as replacements if needed. Mcgregor hasn't been impressive for Scotland but I do think he's a good player. There is a good chance Clarke picks him to start tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: Bit worried about McGregor after watching him play v Sparta. Lacks freal defensive instincts and he will play next to Jack. If only we could borrow Steven Davis for one match. Exactly right. Who first played him as an anchorman? When he was at Notts County he scored goals galore as an attacking midfielder. When he's in a double pivot he's way too conservative. And as you say, he has no defensive instincts. He's wasted in that position. Same way that McTominay is wasted as an anchorman at Manchester United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 From his recent interviews, Billy Gilmour seems desperate to get back playing and is confident he can get first team action for Chelsea in the new year. I do wonder if we'll see him make an appearance off the bench for the U21s ? Chelsea would probably rather he just trained with them though. It was also refreshing to read that Gilmour spent a lot of his time in lockdown learning sign language so he can communicate with deaf fans. What a nice lad. Not many players would be interested in doing something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Looks like injury prone Ryan Fraser is out of the play off with injury. Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, bigfingers said: Looks like injury prone Ryan Fraser is out of the play off with injury. Shame. Proper blow that. Created a good partnership with Dykes. Christie is the direct replacement but this leaves us with a lack of pace. And Christie won’t make the same runs in behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Super_Scotlandfan said: Proper blow that. Created a good partnership with Dykes. Christie is the direct replacement but this leaves us with a lack of pace. And Christie won’t make the same runs in behind. Yeah nothing surprises me with call offs anymore. Wouldn’t be surprised to see more in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I guess Burke or Armstrong could play Fraser’s role too. Hopefully Armstrong plays well today and Burke can somehow get a start and do well for Sheffield United tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Super_Scotlandfan said: I guess Burke or Armstrong could play Fraser’s role too. Hopefully Armstrong plays well today and Burke can somehow get a start and do well for Sheffield United tomorrow. Armstrong seems to be in more of an advanced role tonight. If he does well then could be a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 59 minutes ago, bigfingers said: Looks like injury prone Ryan Fraser is out of the play off with injury. Shame. Is that confirmed? Or are you just assuming because he's not even on the bench tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: Is that confirmed? Or are you just assuming because he's not even on the bench tonight? Tbh, if he's not in the Newcastle squad, I'd assume he really is injured. He's had some stick over the past couple of years with pull outs, but I thought he came across really well in past couple of post match interviews about turning out for Scotland Edited November 6, 2020 by Bobby Russell's Lovechild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDB46 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Stuart Armstrong having a really good game here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burj_Alba Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, DAVIDB46 said: Stuart Armstrong having a really good game here Agreed. Playing a much more central role. and great picking the ball up from deep and bursting forward. Great goal by Adams, just saying like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Noticed that Jack Harper's second loan is going as well as his first..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Great goal by Armstrong. Candidate for Fraser replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: Great goal by Armstrong. Candidate for Fraser replacement. Yeah think it'll be Armstrong or Christie. Don't mind too much either way. Would like Gauld called up to replace Fraser in the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Ryan gauld called up 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Arsmtrong or christie will be a direct replacement for fraser in the stadting 11 with griffiths to come on in the latter stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 16 hours ago, mccaughey85 said: Theres no need to borrow anyone let alone a 35 year old Steven Davis considering we have good midfielders. Mcgregor shouldn't start for us, would rather mctominay, Mcginn, christie in midfield with Armstrong and Jack as replacements if needed. Mcgregor hasn't been impressive for Scotland but I do think he's a good player. There is a good chance Clarke picks him to start tho. McGregor is never good enough for international football...playing for Celtic in the spl is an absolute skoosh, but put him in an environment where he is up against good players and he is fucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 17 hours ago, mccaughey85 said: Theres no need to borrow anyone let alone a 35 year old Steven Davis considering we have good midfielders. Mcgregor shouldn't start for us, would rather mctominay, Mcginn, christie in midfield with Armstrong and Jack as replacements if needed. Mcgregor hasn't been impressive for Scotland but I do think he's a good player. There is a good chance Clarke picks him to start tho. Jack will be first name on the team sheet at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, er yir macaroon said: Jack will be first name on the team sheet at the moment. Not sure why tbh, we have better midfielders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Mctominay starts for man utd today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scot1 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I agree Macgregor is a liability in central midfield. I’ve no idea why almost all fans and pundits and Clarke have him as the first name on the team sheet. I wasn’t too impressed with Jack or Maclean either but to be fair both played well in the last 2 matches for Scotland. I’d have Jack and Maclean filling those two midfield slots behind McGinn. Otherwise I’m predicting a similar game to the Czech Republic, were we get overrun with wave after wave of opposition attacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Lets just hope all of our players come through their matches unscathed. It would seem Considine came through last night's match fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Surely there’s a virus test sh*tstorm coming our way in the next couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, JECK said: Surely there’s a virus test sh*tstorm coming our way in the next couple of days. More chance it going Serbia's way given that they have players playing across more countries in Europe and where the virus is rife as in Italy, France and Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 18 hours ago, DAVIDB46 said: Stuart Armstrong having a really good game here Must be the most underrated Scots player around of last 2-3 years. Got good under Rodgers at Celtic and helped improved the 2018 qualification group halfway through. Southampton results always seem to pick up when he gets a run of starts. False position but he's currently a regular for number one team in premier league. Would be starting him no danger in Belgrade as he's capable of making forward runs and getting the odd goal and hugely important Dykes dosen't get massively isolated. Had covid already so that won't be a problem this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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