scotlad Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Taylor has been celtics player of the year by all qccounts. He possibly is but he's third choice left-back as far as the national team is concerned. 11 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: I know folk who know/knew mcgeady and that's not the perception they gave but one was related to him! Whether we like it or not, both those players had more links to Ireland than some of our squad have to Scotland. They wanted to play for Ireland, that's their preoperative. Doubt there's many England fans losing sleep over Anderson. If he chooses yto commit to us then all the better but fuck calling up players in order to convince them to commit. They shouldn't need convincing. If they are holding off in hope for England then leave them to it. Did they? I thought they both qualified to play for Ireland through a grandparent - that's more tenuous than a lot of our team, e.g. Dykes and McTominay who qualify through parentage. On Anderson, I don't think there's any harm in trying to make him feel wanted; Wales did that with a few of their players who were eligible for other countries and it appears to have worked out well for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 47 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: Not happy with that at all. The SFA should have stood their ground, the rules were in their favour. Now that we are minus a few players, if I were Clarke, I'd tell Gemmill that Anderson, Conway, Doig and Ramsay are going with the senior squad to play Turkey. He won't do that of course but I'd love it if he did. They should have stood their ground, you're right, but come on, this is the same organisation who once allowed a league fixture to be rearranged because Celtic had agreed to play a friendly in Asia! 😂 Nae chance of them putting their foot down over an international friendly. To be honest I'd rather see some of those youngsters get minutes against Turkey. Ralston's got a few caps under his belt now, Forrest is past his best and Turnbull is out of form - none are a huge loss to Scotland at this moment in time. Best of luck to them flogging replica shirts to ex-pats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, ProudScot said: Postecoglu says no Celtic players will be in the Scotland squad for the turkey match so that rules out Taylor, Ralston & Forrest This is the key reason why I'm happy we have the Nations League - clubs cannot decide their players can't play for their country as they're considered competitive games. Celtic aren't playing any competitive matches and have about a month before their next competitive game following this; they shouldn't be preventing their players from playing international football. The SFA really shouldn't be taking no for an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan blood Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, N4Footsoldier said: Not allowing themselves to be pushed around is definitely not the SFA's strong suit in any regard Anyway, I'm hardly raging about missing our two 3rd choice full backs and about our 10th choice midfielder Well Patterson might not be available as he's just getting back to fitness and Hickey is injured. So Ralston may have been our first choice right back for this game. Not really sure who I'd play at right back if all 3 aren't available. Ramsay is the most obvious choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ProudScot Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Strange squad. Ramsay is there but why not more youngsters. How is Ryan Jack in there also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, ProudScot said: How is Ryan Jack in there also. As he was picked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, ProudScot said: Strange squad. Ramsay is there but why not more youngsters. How is Ryan Jack in there also. I thought Jack was supposed to be injured ? At least Ramsay is there, that is something. I would rather have had Dominic Hyam in over Grant Hanley and Alan Campbell in over Kenny McLean. Hanley and McLean two players whom I think we should move on from. Has Liam Cooper retired or is he injured again ? Expect three or four withdrawals. Edited November 9, 2022 by ErsatzThistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, ProudScot said: Thats a pretty strong squad considering its a meaningless friendly. Pretty much all our best players are there. My team would be Gordon Patterson mckenna hendry robbo mctominay Fraser Armstrong mcginn tierney Adams Unlikely tierney plays left midfield/wing but i would like to see him tried there as it allows robertson to play as well. Make 5 or 6 subs around the 60min mark. A chance for hendry and mckenna to build on their recent success. Just hope both teams take it seriously as turkey can potentially be a good test for our players and help the players gel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I'd go with Gordon (sub for Kelly at H/T) Ramsay Hendry McKenna Robertson (sub for Tierney at H/T) Ferguson McTominay Armstrong McGinn Christie Adams I'm concerned about Patterson. Looks like he's been rushed back too soon after injury by an under pressure manager and is not fully fit or playing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: As he was picked. He’s injured until the new year according to his club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Cooper has been playing so he should be called up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Why are the Celtic players exempt from this match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4Footsoldier Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 Expect plenty of call-offs before the end of the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, bigfingers said: Cooper has been playing so he should be called up. Possibly he has now decided to retire from international football ? 1 minute ago, vanderark14 said: Why are the Celtic players exempt from this match? Because the SFA are stupid, weak, cowardly bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: Possibly he has now decided to retire from international football ? Because the SFA are stupid, weak, cowardly bastards. It's cos it's not an official international window. Sfa can do fuck all about it. Celtic have refused other players to play for their countries in order to play in the provofest for expats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, N4Footsoldier said: Expect plenty of call-offs before the end of the weekend I'm not sure they'll be too many. Especially given they have time off afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Why are the Celtic players exempt from this match? No club has to release players for a friendly outside the window. Ifs pretty poor from them to be honest but they probably need the money from this friendly in Oz to pay for their court cases 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Strange that coopers not there. Would be shame if he chucked it as we dont have many epl centre backs we can call on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, mccaughey85 said: Is the u21s game/s important? They never are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ErsatzThistle said: I thought Jack was supposed to be injured ? At least Ramsay is there, that is something. I would rather have had Dominic Hyam in over Grant Hanley and Alan Campbell in over Kenny McLean. Hanley and McLean two players whom I think we should move on from. Has Liam Cooper retired or is he injured again ? Expect three or four withdrawals. Jack is a funny one, considering he's 30 and hasn't played for Rangers for a month. Liam Cooper I'd have expected to see in the squad too; he played and scored for Leeds at the weekend so either he's injured himself subsequently, has surgery or something scheduled and asked to be left out, or he's chucked international football altogether (or Option D - Leeds are doing a Celtic and prostituting themselves during the international break!) Edited November 9, 2022 by scotlad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On the bright side, Calvin Ramsay has quite correctly been called up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 The seethe from the pathetic bigots amongst the TA is extremely enjoyable this morning 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, slasher said: The seethe from the pathetic bigots amongst the TA is extremely enjoyable this morning 😃 Pathetic bigots? That's a bit OTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Pathetic bigots? That's a bit OTT Is it? I’ve seen plenty of vile comments online. In here? More veiled comments about needing money for paedo cases, provo fests and McCarthy & McGeady being trawled out again. It’s entirely predictable and pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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