mccaughey85 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 17 hours ago, Tartan blood said: Yeah, I'm fine with not seeing the final 11 before the tournament anyway. You don't want to give too much away. I'd love to see a midfield duo of McTominay and Gilmour against Luxembourg. It could be a delicious taster of the future. In fact, stick Patterson and Turnbull in as well from the start. With friendlies being rarer these days, we should take the opportunity to try out new players. i would rather try out a mctominay gilmour pairing against the netherlands. if its tried against luxembourg and is successful ppl will just put that down to luxembourg being shite whereas a good performance against the netherlands might tempt clarke to start a mctominay gilmour pairing in the euro games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 hours ago, mccaughey85 said: i would rather try out a mctominay gilmour pairing against the netherlands. if its tried against luxembourg and is successful ppl will just put that down to luxembourg being shite whereas a good performance against the netherlands might tempt clarke to start a mctominay gilmour pairing in the euro games. Gilmour and Mctominay won’t feature against the Netherlands. We are a bit light in the middle of the park tonight. Could potentially see Turnbull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 First XI (Version 184676546784677532...1) Marshall Hendry Cooper Tierney O'Donnell Robertson McTominay Gilmour McGinn Dykes Christie Hanley had a chance to stake a claim against Luxembourg... what did he do? Almost score an og. I'm not sold on Patterson. He's behind Fraser, Forrest and O'Donnell for me. He still looks raw but it's good experience for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bino's Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Gordon Patterson Hanley Cooper Tierney Robertson Mctominay Gilmour Mcginn Fraser Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scot1 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, Taylor1996 said: First XI (Version 184676546784677532...1) Marshall Hendry Cooper Tierney O'Donnell Robertson McTominay Gilmour McGinn Dykes Christie Hanley had a chance to stake a claim against Luxembourg... what did he do? Almost score an og. I'm not sold on Patterson. He's behind Fraser, Forrest and O'Donnell for me. He still looks raw but it's good experience for him. Much the same except Fraser instead of Christie And I’d go with Gallagher and Hendry alongside Tierney. But whatever combination of centre backs Clarke goes with I’d be happy, they’ve all performed decently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan blood Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 28 minutes ago, Taylor1996 said: First XI (Version 184676546784677532...1) Marshall Hendry Cooper Tierney O'Donnell Robertson McTominay Gilmour McGinn Dykes Christie Hanley had a chance to stake a claim against Luxembourg... what did he do? Almost score an og. I'm not sold on Patterson. He's behind Fraser, Forrest and O'Donnell for me. He still looks raw but it's good experience for him. We now have so many positions with alternatives that we'd be happy with. For example, I'd go with Fraser over Christie, but I'm content with both. Dykes over Adams, but there is very little in it. Same goes for CB and RCB. Pick any combination and I'd be hard pushed to disagree. Patterson's time will come. Playing him over O'Donnell is maybe slightly too risky, though it may pay off. But Gilmour over McGregor is no risk, in my opinion. Though I would also be fine with Armstrong or Turnbull playing in midfield as well. So many options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 36 minutes ago, Taylor1996 said: First XI (Version 184676546784677532...1) Marshall Hendry Cooper Tierney O'Donnell Robertson McTominay Gilmour McGinn Dykes Christie Hanley had a chance to stake a claim against Luxembourg... what did he do? Almost score an og. I'm not sold on Patterson. He's behind Fraser, Forrest and O'Donnell for me. He still looks raw but it's good experience for him. I thought Hanly played well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, ceudmilefailte said: I thought Hanly played well. In retrospect, at least he didn't give away any fouls, unlike Hendry. I think we can always expect a certain number of mistakes from our centerbacks. That's pretty much the reason why we play with a three, so that the other two can cover for the one who makes an error. It's a coin toss between Hendry and Hanley at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor1996 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Tartan blood said: We now have so many positions with alternatives that we'd be happy with. For example, I'd go with Fraser over Christie, but I'm content with both. Dykes over Adams, but there is very little in it. Same goes for CB and RCB. Pick any combination and I'd be hard pushed to disagree. Patterson's time will come. Playing him over O'Donnell is maybe slightly too risky, though it may pay off. But Gilmour over McGregor is no risk, in my opinion. Though I would also be fine with Armstrong or Turnbull playing in midfield as well. So many options! Totally. The amount we have now, as opposed to about a year or so ago, is basically night and day. We're actually at a stage where we're discussing who to leave out, that to me is impressive progression in such a relatively short space of time. Steve Clarke deserves a lot of credit. Our problems were in defence (we moved to a three) and up front (we play with a false 9) and he's sorted them and now we genuinely look like a cohesive and structured unit. I'm buzzing for the start of the Euros! Just a week for our first match. Then it's off to our three points at Wembley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) My team: Marshall Hendry Hanley Tierney O'Donnell Robertson McTominay Gilmour McGinn Dykes Christie Edited June 7, 2021 by bigfingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Marshall Hendry Hanley Tierney Patterson Robertson Gilmour McTominay McGinn Dykes Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I'd start with this side:- Marshall Hendry Cooper Tierney O'Donnell Robertson McTominay McGinn Gilmour Dykes Fraser The side Clarke will go for:- Marshall Hendry Hanley Tierney O 'Donnell Robertson McGinn Mctominay McGregor Dykes Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Everyone seems to have forgotten Armstrong’s man of the match v the Netherlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Marshall Patterson Hendry Hanley Tierney Robertson McTominay Gilmour Armstrong Dykes McGinn Fraser to come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan blood Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 11 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Everyone seems to have forgotten Armstrong’s man of the match v the Netherlands. I don't think anyone has, it's just that McGinn and McTominay are undroppable. Personally, I'd play Gilmour in centre mid, but I also wouldn't be against Armstrong playing deeper in midfield if Gilmour isn't deemed ready. 7 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Marshall Patterson Hendry Hanley Tierney Robertson McTominay Gilmour Armstrong Dykes McGinn Fraser to come on. I'd be more than happy to see that team. It's so bloody hard to choose though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Everyone seems to have forgotten Armstrong’s man of the match v the Netherlands. Very fair point. On these two games evidence you'd start with Armstrong for sure. But then you have to factor in other things like: Will Clarke leave out McGregor, O'Donnell or McTominay? Answer would be no so to fit Armstrong in would mean maybe leaving McGinn out which is a big no no as he is our main goal threat. It is at times like this where you yearn for the old 4-4-2 as it opens up an extra midfield berth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan blood Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: Very fair point. On these two games evidence you'd start with Armstrong for sure. But then you have to factor in other things like: Will Clarke leave out McGregor, O'Donnell or McTominay? Answer would be no so to fit Armstrong in would mean maybe leaving McGinn out which is a big no no as he is our main goal threat. It is at times like this where you yearn for the old 4-4-2 as it opens up an extra midfield berth. It's also why I'm one of the people against playing both Dykes and Adams together i.e 2 strikers. We say midfield is our strongest area, yet we sometimes play with only 3 midfielders. Which means if even 1 of them has an off day, the midfield just gets totally isolated and we become overly reliant on our fullbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Tartan blood said: It's also why I'm one of the people against playing both Dykes and Adams together i.e 2 strikers. We say midfield is our strongest area, yet we sometimes play with only 3 midfielders. Which means if even 1 of them has an off day, the midfield just gets totally isolated and we become overly reliant on our fullbacks. I think maybe McGinn was a bit hindered by having less space in front of him with the two strikers ahead. I favour just Dykes, with McGinn in a kind of wrecking-ball, free role off him and supplementing midfield. This would allow Armstrong to play the same left centre midfield role he played against the Netherlands with McTominay on the other side where he’s probably more comfortable. The full backs (and outside centre backs) would then need to do their thing. The extra man in midfield justifies Patterson getting the nod to provide an attacking threat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, Tartan blood said: It's also why I'm one of the people against playing both Dykes and Adams together i.e 2 strikers. We say midfield is our strongest area, yet we sometimes play with only 3 midfielders. Which means if even 1 of them has an off day, the midfield just gets totally isolated and we become overly reliant on our fullbacks. No I wouldn't start with Dykes and Adams up front either in the Euros. It is the strike partnership against lesser sides when we can afford to be a bit more attacking and I think Clarke sees it that way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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