Big Ramy 1314 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Ok, at work, bored again, 🤣. I quite enjoy reading the replies to these questions. So, here we go. Who, over all the years you have been following Scotland, is our greatest ever Captain. I mean maybe not the most skilled, but the best leader, inspiration, motivator, we have ever had.. I will add to this, who picks our Captain? Is it the manager, or a combination of Manager and Players, or the players themselves... You don't always have to be a great player to be a proper leader on, and off the park...🏴🏴 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 For me it was Hendry until he started throwing elbows against San Marino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Souness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbroath1320 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 15 hours ago, Malcolm said: Souness Souness was Jock Stein's choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Arbroath1320 said: Souness was Jock Stein's choice. i think he knew a thing or two about football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Arbroath1320 said: Souness was Jock Stein's choice. I never knew that. Cheers. I always liked Souness for Scotland, just a shame what an utter fud he has turned into... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Darren Fletcher was class... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo cop Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Billy Bremner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Always liked Gary McAllister 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) This is a great thread. I am looking at the list on a Wikipedia article, I can really only consider players that I am familiar with and observing them as captain so that limits me from 1990 onwards - if I didn't, I wanted to go with my heart and say Willie Miller but I have no idea how was as a Captain. The two that stick out to me at Colin Hendry and Paul Lambert. I am inclined to go with Colin, maybe mostly led by my heart but some head but He fits for me what I want from a captain. A vocal player on the pitch, a commanding presence and a steady consistent performer. If I was to pick from any era, I reckon Danny Mcgrain is someone who would stand out as a Captain of Captain's. Edited July 15, 2022 by romanticscot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Barry Ferguson. Shame he didn’t play in a tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, bigfingers said: Barry Ferguson. Shame he didn’t play in a tournament. I find this controversial because some of his behavior was not becoming of a professional player nevermind a captain in Boozegate. He did publicly confess his regret's but for me, the rest of his residency as Captain would have to be impeccable to be able to take the embarrassment of Boozegate and still be chosen as our best ever Captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 For me it has to be between John Greig and Billy Bremner. At that time we had two of the best captains in world football competing for the same job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 34 minutes ago, Orraloon said: For me it has to be between John Greig and Billy Bremner. At that time we had two of the best captains in world football competing for the same job. As has been said many times before, the best international teams are full of captains. On 7/14/2022 at 8:33 PM, Malcolm said: Souness Fantastic player but too much of a poser on the park at times for me. I preferred Roy Aitken as a captain, technically not as good but he certainly made sure the team was motivated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Fantastic player but too much of a poser on the park at times for me. I preferred Roy Aitken as a captain, technically not as good but he certainly made sure the team was motivated! Aye, same for me. I was never the greatest fan of Souness in a Scotland shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I think a lot of the apathy to Souness stems from a view that he was Liverpool first and Scotland second and that he was too big for Scotland. I don’t remember him being anything other than committed playing for us. all of the three Liverpool boys got bad press for withdrawing from squads if i remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Statistically it is probably Bruce Rioch off the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: Statistically it is probably Bruce Rioch off the top of my head If we go by win %, then George Young beats him by quite a bit. As do Eric Caldow and Danny McGrain and even Scott Brown. Kinda depends on the opposition each of them played against, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Orraloon said: If we go by win %, then George Young beats him by quite a bit. As do Eric Caldow and Danny McGrain and even Scott Brown. Kinda depends on the opposition each of them played against, though. I was talking shite anyway Rioch's Scotland career started in 1975 and ended in 1978 (Argentina) I assumed he was captain in the period of 1976 to Argentina where we went unbeaten and on rankings were one of the World's top sides However his captaincy was only from May 77 to June 78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 2:10 PM, Big Ramy 1314 said: I never knew that. Cheers. I always liked Souness for Scotland, just a shame what an utter fud he has turned into... You're right big man.Always all the more disapointing when a former hero turns into a total cock muncher.He can go and fry his prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviebee Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 16 hours ago, Malcolm said: I think a lot of the apathy to Souness stems from a view that he was Liverpool first and Scotland second and that he was too big for Scotland. I don’t remember him being anything other than committed playing for us. all of the three Liverpool boys got bad press for withdrawing from squads if i remember. He was anything but committed. He said himself that he pulled out of squads for no reason at all if he didn't deem it to be an important international. He became a better Scotland player in many folks' eyes after he became Rangers player-manager. He was anything but popular in the early 80's with his below-par performances for the national side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 10 hours ago, daviebee said: He was anything but committed. He said himself that he pulled out of squads for no reason at all if he didn't deem it to be an important international. He became a better Scotland player in many folks' eyes after he became Rangers player-manager. He was anything but popular in the early 80's with his below-par performances for the national side. I liked him. Always had a swagger on the park, and not afraid to put the boot in if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Malcolm said: I liked him. Always had a swagger on the park, and not afraid to put the boot in if needed. Aye. He certainly put the boot into us before that Ukraine game. Should never be near a Scotland game again. Total toss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 10 hours ago, Malcolm said: I liked him. Always had a swagger on the park, and not afraid to put the boot in if needed. Aye and when not needed. Didn't he smash a young Icelandic player. He's a c#nt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Just popped up on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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