Scott McTominay !! They love him !!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[er yir macaroon]

1 hour ago, Squirrelhumper said:

McCoist had a marginally better strike rate than Kenny Miller. 

Out with their scoring, Miller, IMO did more for the team than McCoist. 

I liked Miller a lot, certainly a different player from McCoist in terms of closing down defenders. He was at the high press before it was a thing. McCoist was also good as an all round footballer (rather than just as a finisher) and good at building passages of play.

[GHfaeGTA]

On 4/17/2025 at 8:39 PM, AtVsfan said:

Talking of strikers:

He's definitely mellowed. Sound like a guy who is humble enough to admit that he made mistakes. Sounds like a nice guy.

Takes a big man to be able to learn from mistakes and grow from them.

Props to him.

As a coach, It defies convention thinking of him being enamoured by Barcelona's possession based football. But he It.

Plus his preferred formation is three at the back. To quote him. "It's what you play against better teams."

To hell with it. Dunc for next Scotland boss! 😛

 

 

Apart from his off pitch issues when he was younger. I didn’t realise how many bad injuries he had. Said in that talk that he had 10 operations. When fit he was a quality player. I saw him in one of his first games for DuFC and immediately saw him as a great Scotland player for the future. Pity how it turned out. Unbelievable that he never scored a goal for Scotland and had so few caps. He mentioned having regrets and his stance on the national team was one of them. His autobiography out in a few weeks should be a good read 

Edited April 18, 2025 by GHfaeGTA

[Tartan blood]

On 4/16/2025 at 11:26 PM, Diamond Scot said:

 

A Robbie Keane level striker takes us to major tournaments between 2000 and 2020 imo. A Robbie Keane level striker takes us out of group stages at major tournaments with the current squad.

Bang on. Especially the 2020 tournament. We created a heck of a lot of chances. I vaguely remember Robertson being one of the highest chance creators in the group stages. If we had a sharp spearhead, capable of just finishing moves, we'd be winning far more games.

I actually think we did have a striker that was capable of that. Leigh Griffiths should have been our 30+ goal striker. He had the ability. Obviously other stuff was going on that prevented that, sadly. 

It sometimes feels like we have a curse with strikers. 

[Big Ramy 1314]

Napoli level at the top of Seria A. McTominay scores again in a 1-0 victory.... Some boy..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Big Ramy 1314]

1 hour ago, AtVsfan said:

Bologna beat Inter Milan 1-0

That means Inter Milan and Napoli are joint top with 71 points with five games to go.

Inter Milan have the more difficult run-in on paper. They're playing Roma and Lazio. Whereas Napoli are playing teams below the top five.

Plus Inter Milan have the distraction of the European Cup.

If both Inter Milan and Napoli finish joint top, they'll play a one legged play off to decide who wins the league.

Hopefully Napoli win five on the spin and Inter Milan slip up.

 

👍👍

[Rich NATA]

In addition to the Champions League, Inter are playing Milan in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday, before they play Roma in the league on Saturday.

Napoli, on the other hand, don't face Torino until Sunday.

[The Black Bra]

On 4/20/2025 at 9:00 PM, AtVsfan said:

Bologna beat Inter Milan 1-0

That means Inter Milan and Napoli are joint top with 71 points with five games to go.

Inter Milan have the more difficult run-in on paper. They're playing Roma and Lazio. Whereas Napoli are playing teams below the top five.

Plus Inter Milan have the distraction of the European Cup.

If both Inter Milan and Napoli finish joint top, they'll play a one legged play off to decide who wins the league.

Hopefully Napoli win five on the spin and Inter Milan slip up.

 

Is that how they do it in Italy? Goal difference doesn’t come into it?

[McTeeko]

1 hour ago, The Black Bra said:

Is that how they do it in Italy? Goal difference doesn’t come into it?

Goal diffence only comes into it to decided Champions League places etc, but NOT the title. The DO use goal difference to decide where the championship play-off is held though, for the one-off match. 

Should be a cracking run-in! Fingers crossed for Napoli 👍🏼

[Guest]

18 hours ago, AtVsfan said:

Further evidence that the winner of Serie A will be determined by a one legged playoff. if teams are locked on the same points.

Could even go into penalties.

https://www.thenational.scot/sport/25105685.lesser-known-serie-rule-determine-title-winner/?ref=rss

 

And McTominay still has family in Scotland so was probably a regular visitor. I think he probably sees himself as having English and Scottish identities. I have no problem with that.

[Rich NATA]

Owing to the Pope's funeral, the Saturday matches will now be played on Sunday or Monday.

Inter v Roma will now be played on Sunday afternoon.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, AtVsfan said:

How is that relevant to Serie A being determined by a playoff?

I was wondering what happened to my post. Turns out I put it in the wrong thread

[duncan II]

22 minutes ago, todd said:

He must be the most in form midfielder in European football right now 

In-form striker... if you listen to the resident lunatic. 🙄

[ceudmilefailte]

4 minutes ago, duncan II said:

In-form striker... if you listen to the resident lunatic. 🙄

Prepare for the Lukaka is better than Adam’s counter attack. 

[Malcolm]

4-6-0 formation….

                                 Gordon

       Hickey         Souttar    McKenna     Robertson

doak  Mcginn  gilmour Mctominay Ferguson tierney

 

 

 

 

[Super_Scotlandfan]

The role McTominay is doing at Napoli is exactly what he should be doing for Scotland. 
 

Adams or whoever can occupy the 6 yard box and central defenders and McTominay can arrive late into the space. 

[exile]

Couple of great goals for McTominay

Not getting carried away or anything

[StirlingEgg]

9 hours ago, exile said:

Couple of great goals for McTominay

Not getting carried away or anything

😄

He looks quite blown away himself after the second! 

[Burj_Alba]

Fantastic goals, arriving late into the box and tucking them away into the corner.

What he does best.

Napoli have a good run in ( teams in bottom half) so hopefully no slip ups. 

[vanderark14]

Delighted for him.

I hope they go on to win it 

[vanderark14]

54 minutes ago, AtVsfan said:

Everyone says what a lovely guy he is and how humble and kind he is.

We're lucky to have him.

He deserves all the success that he has at Napoli.

The Manchester United fans don't rate him as a player (Wrongly) but the majority of them like as a person and wish him well.

Hopefully Napoli win the next 4 matches. Hopefully.

Plenty of them did and do rate him. 

[RDFH64]

1 hour ago, vanderark14 said:

Plenty of them did and do rate him. 

How dare you contradict the football brainiac, shame on you 🫵

[Squirrelhumper]

7 hours ago, AtVsfan said:

Arriving?

He was in the box way before the crosses came in for both goals.

Hopefully Steve Clarke has the balls to play him as the no 9.

 

Hopefully he doesn't. 

Only one moon unit wants that. 

[immcinto]

7 hours ago, AtVsfan said:

Everyone says what a lovely guy he is and how humble and kind he is.

We're lucky to have him.

He deserves all the success that he has at Napoli.

The Manchester United fans don't rate him as a player (Wrongly) but the majority of them like as a person and wish him well.

Hopefully Napoli win the next 4 matches. Hopefully.

The real fans always rated him as a player. It is just online trolls hiding behind anonymous accounts who used to abuse him. 

Stuart Armstrong had something similar. 

[stocky]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/28/scott-mctominay-bathes-in-the-adoration-as-napoli-leap-clear-in-serie-a-title-race

 

Excellent article....

Surprisingly all through it no one says he should be a striker.🤔😜

 

He's called Maradominay in the comments section..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎⚽

I quite like that .🇦🇷⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎🇮🇹

[RDFH64]

1 hour ago, AtVsfan said:

"The wise man listens to meaning; the fool only gets the noise"

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c511gw2gd56o

You seem to make plenty of noise & you certainly don’t listen 🤔