romanticscot Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Squad Goalkeepers Zander Clark Heart of Midlothian Craig Gordon Heart of Midlothian Angus Gunn Norwich City Liam Kelly Motherwell Defenders Liam Cooper Leeds United Grant Hanley Norwich City Jack Hendry Al-Ettifaq Scott McKenna FC Copenhagen (on loan from Nottingham Forest) Nathan Patterson* Everton Ryan Porteous Watford Anthony Ralston Celtic Andy Robertson Liverpool John Souttar Rangers Greg Taylor Celtic Kieran Tierney Real Sociedad (on loan from Arsenal) Midfielders Stuart Armstrong Southampton Ryan Christie Bournemouth Lewis Ferguson Bologna Billy Gilmour* Brighton & Hove Albion John McGinn Aston Villa Kenny McLean Norwich City Scott McTominay Manchester United Forwards Ché Adams Southampton Lyndon Dykes Queens Park Rangers Lawrence Shankland Heart of Midlothian *Denotes Scottish FA JD Performance School graduate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Biggest surprises are 25 names and four jeepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syecosse Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 More keepers than strikers is interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Looks like he's just bottled dropping Kelly or Clark 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just now, Marky said: Looks like he's just bottled dropping Kelly or Clark 🤣 I don't think so. What's the point in pissing them off for no reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRoy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Embarrassing. He fucked the last Euros with his loyalty nonsense with Marshall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 12 minutes ago, romanticscot said: Biggest surprises are 25 names and four jeepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 9 minutes ago, adamntg said: 🤣"WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE EYES" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 According to the SFA there's a welcome return for Grant 'Hanlon' 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 13 minutes ago, LoganRoy said: Embarrassing. He fucked the last Euros with his loyalty nonsense with Marshall. Take Gunn out and we are short of keepers with international experience. Kelly had a great game at Ibrox recently but he's not international standard yet, same for Zander. I don't think Gordon will start against Germany, but he would be my number 2 due to his experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiScotsman Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I was hoping he'd take someone like Hardie in the team to see if he can make the step-up as the striker position is the weakest area in the team & maybe give him something like 25 mins in the Netherlands game and then 45 mins in the Northern Ireland game. Then again, I think that is the Euro squad right there that is going to Germany with Hickey & McGregor coming in & Kelly, Ralston, Taylor & Cooper dropping out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRoy Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 36 minutes ago, GroundsKeeper said: Take Gunn out and we are short of keepers with international experience. Kelly had a great game at Ibrox recently but he's not international standard yet, same for Zander. I don't think Gordon will start against Germany, but he would be my number 2 due to his experience. Let's recall Jim Leighton, he handled those 4 balls perfectly on Monday night. 😂 If Kelly and Clark are in the squad, they're there because they should be able to step in. Having FOUR keepers in what is really his last chance to experiment (he won't do it with Finland and Gibraltar) is bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 21 minutes ago, LoganRoy said: Let's recall Jim Leighton 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiScotsman Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 57 minutes ago, LoganRoy said: Let's recall Jim Leighton, he handled those 4 balls perfectly on Monday night. 😂 If Kelly and Clark are in the squad, they're there because they should be able to step in. Having FOUR keepers in what is really his last chance to experiment (he won't do it with Finland and Gibraltar) is bonkers. I agree, I do not get the reason why there has been 4 GK's selected. Wish that extra place had gone to an outfield player. Edited March 12 by DesiScotsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, DesiScotsman said: I agree, I do not get the reason why there has been 4 GK's selected. Wish that extra place had gone to an outfield player. Probably to have a look at the 4 and decide on final 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiScotsman Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 11 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: Probably to have a look at the 4 and decide on final 3. I think Gunn & Gordon are the certainties for Germany barring any injury that rules them out. Gunn is the number 1. Gordon you would take just for the wealth of experience at international level and a very good backup to have. Clarke gave both Kelly & Clark a half each against France and then opted for Clark in the final two group games so you would have thought that was his preferred choice out of the 2. If he plays lets say Clark for the 90 mins against Netherlands and then Kelly the 90 mins for the Northern Ireland game then I will totally get his rationale in the selection but personally can't see it happening. Edited March 12 by DesiScotsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Was never expecting any great surprises (maybe Harvey Barnes at the most) but pretty clear that Clarke is extremely settled with his squad and happy with what he has got now. One from Gordon, Clark and Kelly will drop out..... Hickey being a long term injury doubt means he needs to have Ralston there as a back up for the time being.... Cooper and Taylor probably depend of the fitness of Tierney and (especially) Souttar between now and the Euro's (Souttar is especially frustrating with how stop-start his career is). Really its only McGregor to come back in to the final squad, and if he will take a last minute gamble on Barnes, as I suspect he was all set for the November games, but injury has ruled him out of them, and was probably set for this squad but picked up a injury last night (this might explain the 4 keepers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 No Ryan Fraser. Maybe Clarke has had enough of him and doesn't want to give him another chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 9 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: No Ryan Fraser. Maybe Clarke has had enough of him and doesn't want to give him another chance. He got injured last week... I think he'll be in the Euros squad. If fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 10 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: No Ryan Fraser. Maybe Clarke has had enough of him and doesn't want to give him another chance. I initially had the same thought, but I believe he is injured or just back and lacking fitness. Fraser we really should be taking to the EURO's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 I think the rationale with the stacked defenders is other than Hickey everyone is present and its a good window to trim atleast two if not three. Same with the four keepers, final rehearsal to see which three make it. I think we have a missed opportunity with a wild card striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 16 minutes ago, stocky said: He got injured last week... I think he'll be in the Euros squad. If fit 15 minutes ago, romanticscot said: I initially had the same thought, but I believe he is injured or just back and lacking fitness. Fraser we really should be taking to the EURO's. Fair enough. I agree Fraser needs to be in our squad. We don't have many players like him and he could be useful even if it's just him coming off the bench late on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, DesiScotsman said: I agree, I do not get the reason why there has been 4 GK's selected. Wish that extra place had gone to an outfield player. I don't there was a limit on the squad numbers. Maybe he's going to give each keeper a half? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burj_Alba Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 So that is the end of the Newcastle wanabees connection. None in this squad so in all likelihood none at the Euros so let's put that to bed. If Hickey is not fit by May then Archie Gray? A nothingy but timely article on Team talk (.....I know.....) Major Archie Gray approach to be rejected as family urge Leeds starlet against following their path for now (msn.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiScotsman Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, wanderer said: Was never expecting any great surprises (maybe Harvey Barnes at the most) but pretty clear that Clarke is extremely settled with his squad and happy with what he has got now. One from Gordon, Clark and Kelly will drop out..... Hickey being a long term injury doubt means he needs to have Ralston there as a back up for the time being.... Cooper and Taylor probably depend of the fitness of Tierney and (especially) Souttar between now and the Euro's (Souttar is especially frustrating with how stop-start his career is). Really its only McGregor to come back in to the final squad, and if he will take a last minute gamble on Barnes, as I suspect he was all set for the November games, but injury has ruled him out of them, and was probably set for this squad but picked up a injury last night (this might explain the 4 keepers) Harvey Barnes still wants to represent England so a Scotland call-up ain’t coming anytime soon as he quoted in the below article published last week. “There’s no reason why, if I get back to having a good run of games and hit my best form, I can’t be back involved in the squad. That’s my dream, to be back involved in there and get myself more caps – that would be amazing.” https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/24159629.newcastle-uniteds-harvey-barnes-injury-battle-england-goals/# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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