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2 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:

Gauld has not played for over six months and he has only just returned to training. I think it will be Lennon Miller in there. And Findlay Curtis in place of Stewart. I think that is how Clarke will go.

You not read my last sentence?

Lennon miller will probably be included but I would rather take burke or Morgan.

I don't think Curtis has done enough to warrant a place.

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2 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said:

You not read my last sentence?

Lennon miller will probably be included but I would rather take burke or Morgan.

I don't think Curtis has done enough to warrant a place.

Sorry.

What fans want and what Clarke wants are usually two different things. Morgan and Gauld haven't featured for around a year so cannot see him selecting them on those grounds just as I can't see McBurnie and Burke making the squad for the same reason.

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21 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said:

You not read my last sentence?

Lennon miller will probably be included but I would rather take burke or Morgan.

I don't think Curtis has done enough to warrant a place.

I tend to agree with Curtis. He's only 19 and has had a decent breakout season, but I'm thinking he has been included lately for the same reason James Wilson was included - his potential, and for Clarke to have a look at up close. Neither have/had stats that are mind-blowing.

Calvin Miller actually has better stats than Findlay Curtis. Not saying Miller should be picked, though. I'd 100% take Burke ahead of both. Especially now that Conway is officially out. Though I'd have taken him ahead of Conway, too.

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26 minutes ago, Tartan blood said:

I tend to agree with Curtis. He's only 19 and has had a decent breakout season, but I'm thinking he has been included lately for the same reason James Wilson was included - his potential, and for Clarke to have a look at up close. Neither have/had stats that are mind-blowing.

Calvin Miller actually has better stats than Findlay Curtis. Not saying Miller should be picked, though. I'd 100% take Burke ahead of both. Especially now that Conway is officially out. Though I'd have taken him ahead of Conway, too.

Dunno where the hype is coming from. A few goals in the spfl shouldn't get you a spot in our world cup squad. 

Tbf I don't watch him every week so maybe hes doing amazing things, maybe some Killie fans might know better.

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1 hour ago, Tartan blood said:

I tend to agree with Curtis. He's only 19 and has had a decent breakout season, but I'm thinking he has been included lately for the same reason James Wilson was included - his potential, and for Clarke to have a look at up close. Neither have/had stats that are mind-blowing.

Calvin Miller actually has better stats than Findlay Curtis. Not saying Miller should be picked, though. I'd 100% take Burke ahead of both. Especially now that Conway is officially out. Though I'd have taken him ahead of Conway, too.

I have said before I would take Burke but I am going by Clarke's ways of working he is not going to re-instate someone into a major tournament squad not involved for such a long time.

Posted
2 hours ago, radian_13 said:

Craig Gordon not being in the Hearts squad, presumingly tells us he isn’t 100%.  Do we think he misses out?  Was hoping he’d be our no1 but looking unlikely to the point, im wondering if he’ll even go.  


i hope Gordon and Shankland tell the SFA to stick the world cup up their arse.  it wouldn’t surprise me if they did.

Posted (edited)
9 minutes ago, Malcolm said:


i hope Gordon and Shankland tell the SFA to stick the world cup up their arse.  it wouldn’t surprise me if they did.

Yeh shanklands going to give up the opportunity of a lifetime because hearts bottled their title challenge 😂.

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Just now, mccaughey85 said:

Yeh shanklands going to give up the opportunity of a lifetime because hearts bottled their title challenge 😂.



depends how aggrieved he feels at the SFA.  
 

i imagine next year McInnes might be having words with Hearts players about how tight their hamstrings might be feeling in international week.

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Just now, Malcolm said:



depends how aggrieved he feels at the SFA.  
 

i imagine next year McInnes might be having words with Hearts players about how tight their hamstrings might be feeling in international week.

Don't be silly. He would have been off to rangers if he had gotten the chance. He doesn't care that much about hearts to jeopardize his opportunity of a lifetime. It's every players dream to play at a world cup.

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29 minutes ago, Malcolm said:


i hope Gordon and Shankland tell the SFA to stick the world cup up their arse.  it wouldn’t surprise me if they did.

I’m sure if you asked either of them if they would do that, they’d probably turn around and laugh at you.

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45 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said:

Yeh shanklands going to give up the opportunity of a lifetime because hearts bottled their title challenge 😂.

No, keep up min, he's missing out because he's got a broken nose and a fractured skull. His situation is deteriorating by the day.

Posted
2 hours ago, mccaughey85 said:

Dunno where the hype is coming from. A few goals in the spfl shouldn't get you a spot in our world cup squad. 

Tbf I don't watch him every week so maybe hes doing amazing things, maybe some Killie fans might know better.

I think the hype is fair enough considering 9 goals and 4 assists in season for a 19 year old winger even if it’s the SPL. He’s fearless and got a good shot on him. I’d argue he’s got a higher ceiling than the alternatives being discussed. We always give Clarke a hard time for being too slow to bring in the youngsters. I’d expect Curtis to be around the squad for years to come.

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6 minutes ago, breeks_mctavish said:

I think the hype is fair enough considering 9 goals and 4 assists in season for a 19 year old winger even if it’s the SPL. He’s fearless and got a good shot on him. I’d argue he’s got a higher ceiling than the alternatives being discussed. We always give Clarke a hard time for being too slow to bring in the youngsters. I’d expect Curtis to be around the squad for years to come.

It's a decent return but hardly crazy numbers. We don't know what level he will end up at. We have seen plenty of young players do well in the spl and then fade out and end up fairly average players. 

We have seen guys like Turnbull or gauld do well and then fade out. 

The ppl who claim Clarke doesn't give young players a chance are talking shite. Hes given a chance to every young player who was worthy of a shot.

I am not totally against him getting in the squad but guys like Morgan, Gauld and burke should really be ahead of him.

Posted
1 hour ago, Malcolm said:


i hope Gordon and Shankland tell the SFA to stick the world cup up their arse.  it wouldn’t surprise me if they did.

This is where you lose any credibility with your arguments about hearts. Your being a petulant child

The Scotland national team has nothing to do with what happened yesterday

Do the rest of us a favour and have the balls to fuck off off this part of the board and don't support Scotland. Your dying to do this anyway, let's see if you actually have the balls

Posted
2 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said:

It's a decent return but hardly crazy numbers. We don't know what level he will end up at. We have seen plenty of young players do well in the spl and then fade out and end up fairly average players. 

We have seen guys like Turnbull or gauld do well and then fade out. 

The ppl who claim Clarke doesn't give young players a chance are talking shite. Hes given a chance to every young player who was worthy of a shot.

I am not totally against him getting in the squad but guys like Morgan, Gauld and burke should really be ahead of him.

I’d have Curtis ahead of all 3 of those you mentioned and I think Clarke will do the same.

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Don’t forget he spent half the season warming the bench at Rangers. They’re good numbers, better than Burke produced when he was in the SPL at Celtic.

Gauld and Morgan have been injured for a long time

Posted
1 hour ago, Caledonian Craig said:

I have said before I would take Burke but I am going by Clarke's ways of working he is not going to re-instate someone into a major tournament squad not involved for such a long time.

Well, going by the 2 previous tournaments, he's picked a few wildcards in each tournament as well as recalling players that have been out of the picture for a while. So, based on history, it's not outwith the realms of possibility that he calls up Burke.

Forrest had been out of the picture for quite a while before the Euros but had a strong end to the season and forced himself in. Burke has arguably done that. But you could also make a case for most of our fringe forwards.

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Just now, Tartan blood said:

Well, going by the 2 previous tournaments, he's picked a few wildcards in each tournament as well as recalling players that have been out of the picture for a while. So, based on history, it's not outwith the realms of possibility that he calls up Burke.

Forrest had been out of the picture for quite a while before the Euros but had a strong end to the season and forced himself in. Burke has arguably done that. But you could also make a case for most of our fringe forwards.

I'd like to see it happen but I cannot see it. Fingers crossed though.

Posted
15 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

This is where you lose any credibility with your arguments about hearts. Your being a petulant child

The Scotland national team has nothing to do with what happened yesterday

Do the rest of us a favour and have the balls to fuck off off this part of the board and don't support Scotland. Your dying to do this anyway, let's see if you actually have the balls


i am acting like a petulant child as my team has been done over by the sfa.  I have heard all the previous chat about the game being run for the two Glasgow clubs, but the past few weeks Have brought it in to sharp, clear focus.

The Scottish national team literally has “Scotland football association” on the badge.

 

 

Posted
45 minutes ago, Malcolm said:


i am acting like a petulant child as my team has been done over by the sfa.  I have heard all the previous chat about the game being run for the two Glasgow clubs, but the past few weeks Have brought it in to sharp, clear focus.

The Scottish national team literally has “Scotland football association” on the badge.

 

 

That's at least you agree with my assesment. Your support won't be missed

Posted
1 hour ago, Malcolm said:


.

The Scottish national team literally has “Scotland football association” on the badge.

 

 

It actually doesn't 

It used to be "The Scottish Football Association"

It's now only "Scotland" and EST 1873 

Posted

Morgan has played most of season so far for Salt Lake in MLS. Missed two games with injury but was back on  the bench at the weekend.

I would take Burke as well, he would give us something very different. 

Posted (edited)

This is the squad I think Clarke will go with:-

Goalkeepers

Scott Bain

Craig Gordon

Angus Gunn

Defenders

Jack Henry

Aaron Hickey

Dominic Hyam

Scott McKenna

Nathan Patterson

Ryan Porteous

Andy Robertson

John Souttar

Kieran Tierney

Midfielders

Ryan Christie

Lewis Ferguson

Ben Gannon-Doak

Billy Gilmour

John McGinn

Kenny McLean

Scott McTominay

Lennon Miller

Strikers

Che Adams

Kieron Bowie

Findlay Curtis

Lyndon Dykes

George Hirst

Lawrence Shankland

 

 

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Posted
37 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said:

This is the squad I think Clarke will go with:-

Goalkeepers

Scott Bain

Craig Gordon

Angus Gunn

Defenders

Jack Henry

Aaron Hickey

Dominic Hyam

Scott McKenna

Nathan Patterson

Ryan Porteous

Andy Robertson

John Souttar

Kieran Tierney

Midfielders

Ryan Christie

Lewis Ferguson

Ben Gannon-Doak

Billy Gilmour

John McGinn

Kenny McLean

Scott McTominay

Lennon Miller

Strikers

Che Adams

Kieron Bowie

Findlay Curtis

Lyndon Dykes

George Hirst

Lawrence Shankland

 

 

I'd agree, it'll probably be this unless Hanley is actually fit in which case he'd replace Porteous. 

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