vanderark14 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 11 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: Tbf up until a couple of seasons ago celtic always had 4/5 in their starting line ups. Back then celtic didn't have the fear of losing to anyone so they didn't spend big. Now that win at all costs is back between the OF they will spend to bring in the finished article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Back then celtic didn't have the fear of losing to anyone so they didn't spend big. Now that win at all costs is back between the OF they will spend to bring in the finished article. Yeh maybe so, i doubt both teams will have lots of scots starting for the next few years. Celtic have just lost that ben doak who looked like he could be a future first team player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan II Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Caledonian Craig said: I know it was one game but it shone a light on why McGregor is ahead of Jack in the pecking order for Scotland at the moment. He’s on a different level to Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Ryan's Jack's attempts at being hard man were laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan blood Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, vanderark14 said: Back then celtic didn't have the fear of losing to anyone so they didn't spend big. Now that win at all costs is back between the OF they will spend to bring in the finished article. I fear you might be right. Especially now that they'll have the guaranteed £40m champions league money. To give Celtic some credit, a fully fit Turnbull and Forrest might have started yesterday. That would have been 4 Scots in the starting 11, which I think is as much as we can hope for from the Old Firm. However, with that CL money, Greg Taylor will almost certainly be the first guy to be replaced. Forrest can't have much left in his legs either. It's especially worrying that, as McCaughey85 said, they can't even keep a hold of the best young Scots. So youngsters breaking through may become increasingly rare. Edited April 4, 2022 by Tartan blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 18 hours ago, Malcolm said: I’m not worried about many Scottish players playing for the old firm. The English league is a far superior test. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 7 hours ago, Tartan blood said: I fear you might be right. Especially now that they'll have the guaranteed £40m champions league money. To give Celtic some credit, a fully fit Turnbull and Forrest might have started yesterday. That would have been 4 Scots in the starting 11, which I think is as much as we can hope for from the Old Firm. However, with that CL money, Greg Taylor will almost certainly be the first guy to be replaced. Forrest can't have much left in his legs either. It's especially worrying that, as McCaughey85 said, they can't even keep a hold of the best young Scots. So youngsters breaking through may become increasingly rare. As I said on another post there are a number of reasons for less Scots at Old Firm clubs. They have had Scots lured away to the EPL as in Gilmour, Patterson, Armstrong, Christie and Doak. On top of that they have had young Scottish talent prefer a move to the EPL or further afield in the form of John McGinn and Aaron Hickey. Players are seeing there is another world outside of the Old Firm and they can be a success there instead of stagnating at Ibrox and Parkhead which some of our past players have been guilty of doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 No Tierney tonight, I take it he's injured? Also, according to, the ever reliable Flashscores, Hickey is starting on the right side of midfield tonight 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, todd said: No Tierney tonight, I take it he's injured? Also, according to, the ever reliable Flashscores, Hickey is starting on the right side of midfield tonight 🤔 His season is over going by reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan II Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 No Tierney for playoffs. Always suspected we’d lose someone big. Probably the most irreplaceable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 34 minutes ago, todd said: No Tierney tonight, I take it he's injured? Also, according to, the ever reliable Flashscores, Hickey is starting on the right side of midfield tonight 🤔 Right wing back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, duncan II said: No Tierney for playoffs. Always suspected we’d lose someone big. Probably the most irreplaceable. Agree,cant see a way of playing the formation without him unless we just play mega defensive or lopsided. Be easier to go back to the bad old days of 4-5-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan II Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: Agree,cant see a way of playing the formation without him unless we just play mega defensive or lopsided. Be easier to go back to the bad old days of 4-5-1 Although I said irreplaceable 😀 I’d rather just replace him rather than change formation. Cooper in at LCB. I’d then put McTominay in at right so we at least have one forward-carrying central defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, duncan II said: Although I said irreplaceable 😀 I’d rather just replace him rather than change formation. Cooper in at LCB. I’d then put McTominay in at right so we at least have one forward-carrying central defender. As I said lopsided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, bigfingers said: His season is over going by reports. Totally unbelievable.Of all the players we could have lost.Well,that's us suffering already regarding the play offs getting put off in March.If the final had been played when it should have,we would have either qualified or failed with our best team.Absolute SHITE.Always felt that we would end up getting shafted somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 29 minutes ago, thesaint said: Totally unbelievable.Of all the players we could have lost.Well,that's us suffering already regarding the play offs getting put off in March.If the final had been played when it should have,we would have either qualified or failed with our best team.Absolute SHITE.Always felt that we would end up getting shafted somehow. It just wouldn't be Scotland without getting shat on from a great height! 😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctonjock Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Could Hickey not play in Tierneys position ? Just a thought , he may be inexperienced at international level but looks decent and is fairly tall for a full back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, todd said: It just wouldn't be Scotland without getting shat on from a great height! 😡 World Cup qualification just got that bit harder. 🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 49 minutes ago, todd said: It just wouldn't be Scotland without getting shat on from a great height! 😡 Ain't that the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Bra Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Arteta is on the BBC sport website saying Tierney’s injury is ‘not looking good, they’ll know more on Tuesday’ Has anyone seen it confirmed that he’ll be out for the season? Suppose I’m clutching at straws…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, The Black Bra said: Arteta is on the BBC sport website saying Tierney’s injury is ‘not looking good, they’ll know more on Tuesday’ Has anyone seen it confirmed that he’ll be out for the season? Suppose I’m clutching at straws…. Lets see what Tuesday brings, his vulnerability to injuries does have me surprised that the big two in Spain would be seriously looking at him. Edited April 5, 2022 by romanticscot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Arteta says he will know more on Tuesday whereas shitty tabloid press full of knee specialists who have already scanned and diagnosed his knee say he is out for the season. Hmm who should we believe? Arteta any day of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 He could easily be out for the season but okay to play for us in June. Tbh missing 3-4 Arsenal games now is a disaster for them so that could be all Arteta means. Let’s chill out till we know and hope he’s okay for June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) In any case even if he is out then are our supporters really so defeatist? After all I have listened long enough to people on here saying Wales are a one-man team all about Bale so are we just the same with Tierney? Of course not. Edited April 5, 2022 by Caledonian Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 12 hours ago, duncan II said: No Tierney for playoffs. Always suspected we’d lose someone big. Probably the most irreplaceable. That's McGinn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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