todd Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Ferguson and Hendry both taken off injured. Hopefully nothing too serious 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Siriki Dembele started and impressed for Auxerre today. Looks like he’ll become a regular. Would be a good replacement for Ryan Fraser but don’t see it happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Broken record on this forum but Gauld played the first game of the MLS season last night and apparently impressed too. Should be in the squad, particularly when Ryan Fraser is nowhere, Christie isn’t playing for the worst team in the EPL, Armstrong struggling for form/fitness for arguably the worst team and Turnbull not playing for Celtic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 14 minutes ago, Super_Scotlandfan said: Broken record on this forum but Gauld played the first game of the MLS season last night and apparently impressed too. Should be in the squad, particularly when Ryan Fraser is nowhere, Christie isn’t playing for the worst team in the EPL, Armstrong struggling for form/fitness for arguably the worst team and Turnbull not playing for Celtic. I think guys who are playing regulary and in form should get priority for this upcoming games. I think ferguson should get a chance as hes doing well for top half serie a team. Saying that its a bit shitty that alot of our players are not playing/starting regulary. Guys like christie fraser mctominay gilmour hendry have all struggled to get starts this season. You couple that in with the injuries to guys like gordon mckenna dykes stewart patterson then its a case that we need big performances from ppl like robbo tierney mcginn etc in these upcoming games. We have been quite unlucky with regards our players this season. Thankfully one of our fixtures is against cyprus so that should be winnable with a weakened squad and spain will always be tough ask anytime. A win v cyprus and a good performance v spain is all i ask for even if we lose to spain which i think we will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighlandScot Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Talking of form players, apart from Ferguson the other playing really well in Serie A is Josh Doig. He is a big physical unit making storming forward runs, and I would play him on left side of midfield. Especially when established squad midfielders like McTominay, Armstrong, Gilmour, Turnbull are hardly getting game time. Unfortunately Clark considers loyalty to old favorites over form, so very unlikely to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 49 minutes ago, HighlandScot said: Talking of form players, apart from Ferguson the other playing really well in Serie A is Josh Doig. He is a big physical unit making storming forward runs, and I would play him on left side of midfield. Especially when established squad midfielders like McTominay, Armstrong, Gilmour, Turnbull are hardly getting game time. Unfortunately Clark considers loyalty to old favorites over form, so very unlikely to happen. Josh doig should be called up but i would be tempted to play tierney at left midfield. It would allow both tierney and robbo to play. Your criticism of clarke being loyal to favourites over form is daft. Of course hes going to have favourites but hes given caps out to young players like gilmour patterson and hickey. I reckon he will be fully aware of doigs ability and form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 16 hours ago, Super_Scotlandfan said: Siriki Dembele started and impressed for Auxerre today. Looks like he’ll become a regular. Would be a good replacement for Ryan Fraser but don’t see it happening. I'm not sure he's interested in playing for Scotland. Could be wrong, of course. As for Ryan Gauld, if he can't get in the Scotland squad now he never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, scotlad said: I'm not sure he's interested in playing for Scotland. Could be wrong, of course. As for Ryan Gauld, if he can't get in the Scotland squad now he never will. Could be right about Dembele. Think him and his brother might end up playing for Ivory Coast which would be fair enough. Just think Steve Clarke is missing a trick if he is available , would be good to to have a pacy, dribbling winger in the squad. Even as an option in the last 10mins of games against tired players. It’ll hopefully be Doak in the future but would be good to have an option now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghorne67 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Super_Scotlandfan said: Could be right about Dembele. Think him and his brother might end up playing for Ivory Coast which would be fair enough. Just think Steve Clarke is missing a trick if he is available , would be good to to have a pacy, dribbling winger in the squad. Even as an option in the last 10mins of games against tired players. It’ll hopefully be Doak in the future but would be good to have an option now. I don't think him and his brother will end up playing for anybody because ultimately, they aren't very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 42 minutes ago, ghorne67 said: I don't think him and his brother will end up playing for anybody because ultimately, they aren't very good. 🤞😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csinclair Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 This time last year Dembele said he was looking at an Ivory Coast call up but he was still open to playing for Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Just waiting for confirmation of the teams but Hellas Verona ko at 5.30 v Fiorentina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Doig starts. Live on BT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 17 hours ago, HighlandScot said: Talking of form players, apart from Ferguson the other playing really well in Serie A is Josh Doig. He is a big physical unit making storming forward runs, and I would play him on left side of midfield. Especially when established squad midfielders like McTominay, Armstrong, Gilmour, Turnbull are hardly getting game time. Unfortunately Clark considers loyalty to old favorites over form, so very unlikely to happen. Mctominay played for the better part of half an hour yesterday, I dont really think that playing week in week out at any top tier team is as important as it is at relegatoon candidates. Not sure why top teams can have their players ready to peform when not match fit but it seems the case. Guess it could simply be that they are better players or that they are playing with better players. Interesting comments on The Man United forum about Mctominay playing further up the field yesterday suiting him. Basically he gets slated 90% of the time he is asked to play deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 McTominay working his way back from injury I think I heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, csinclair said: This time last year Dembele said he was looking at an Ivory Coast call up but he was still open to playing for Scotland Very good of him i'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, killiefaetheferry said: McTominay working his way back from injury I think I heard? That's right, but would be amazed if he becomes a regular starter for Man U again. Would probably be best for us if he moved but I can't see that happening any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csinclair Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 14 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: That's right, but would be amazed if he becomes a regular starter for Man U again. Would probably be best for us if he moved but I can't see that happening any time soon. I's be surprised if he moves as he seems to love being at Man Utd and they're a club who play in multiple competitions so need a big squad. I think the surprising thing for me this season has been that whenever Ten Hag starts him he plays his usual centre mid position but whenever he brings him on as a sub he plays him much further forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 15 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: That's right, but would be amazed if he becomes a regular starter for Man U again. Would probably be best for us if he moved but I can't see that happening any time soon. I think he will play more than enough games for his club to be in very good condition for us. I’m not sure I’d even want our players playing absolutely every week in the EPL, I don’t think it does much for players’ international performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4Footsoldier Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 20 hours ago, killiefaetheferry said: Doig starts. Live on BT. Highlights worth a watch just for the goal from the halfway line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 👍 Doig will be in Serie A next season even if Hellas Verona get relegated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I really enjoyed reading 'A Season with Verona' by Tim Parks about 10 years ago. A travelogue around Italy, with political and social slant. Right wing fans. Casual racism and hooliganism aplenty. A very interesting study of the reality of football fanaticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 That and 'Morbo' are my favourite football books so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) My wee boy has just turned 12. Got him a couple of books for his birthday that I'm looking forward to reading at Easter or in the summer 😂 Edited February 28, 2023 by killiefaetheferry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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