Orraloon Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Agreed. If he was a youth player at Celtic, then he should go straight into the starting XI. But this Aberdonian kid? No Chance. Laurencekirk isnae in Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASTA Mick Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Aye, fair point but would it be the worst thing in the world for him to start a friendly? I can see the worth in giving him some game time but I'd start with the strongest team v Northern Ireland and look to bring players like Gauld on at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Should give him last 30mins v norniron, depending how game goes Hopefully he is called up, and if he is i hope he starts vs NI. Let him take Naismiths place in a friendly, we know what he does. I just hope his first ten caps arent 8 minutes here, 20 minutes there, let's commit to him from the beginning. That's is of course he is what we all think/hope he is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagDude Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I can see the worth in giving him some game time but I'd start with the strongest team v Northern Ireland and look to bring players like Gauld on at some point. Aye, fair doos, canny argue with that. I'd like to see him play for scotland soon, looks like a "once in a generation" sort of fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Aye, fair doos, canny argue with that. I'd like to see him play for scotland soon, looks like a "once in a generation" sort of fella.We are all so desperate for that to be true, but it's probably worth remembering that at the moment it is all purely hype and potential. There aren't many examples from his career that you could say, wow, he's the real deal,it's been more word of mouth and people in the know talking about his ability situation, albeit that some of the statements attributed to him have been remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 There's the 2nd and WHAT.A.GOAL. http://youtu.be/tW2_pOFbhXU Gauld makes a great decoy run for this goal. Alright, it's all Nani, but some strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Screamer !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Laurencekirk isnae in Aberdeen. True. It's Glasgow IMO. But he was born under the Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) http://youtu.be/tW2_pOFbhXU Gauld makes a great decoy run for this goal. . That's more tenuous than Phil bardsleys claim to a scotland shirt! Edited February 22, 2015 by Paulo2576 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 what's all this replace Naismith stuff? He could just as easily replace Maloney or Morrison. An odd assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm not sure about that. Sporting play a 4-3-3 which, I think, ends up like 4-1-4-1. Gauld can then play either position in the centre of the midfield 4 with a licence to get forward. Scotland have been playing more of a 4-4-1-1 with the two central midfielders being more holding midfielders. Gauld isn't a holding midfielder (like Morrison is these days) and he's not a winger (like Maloney is these days), so he has to compete for the position behind the striker. That means he's competing with Naismith, Snodgrass, and McCormack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Maloney isn't a conventional winger and Morrison may not get the holding role with Brown and Fletcher available. Gauld can play any of the three positions behind the striker, who could well be Naismith based on the form of him and the alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 That's more tenuous than Phil bardsleys claim to a scotland shirt! I smiled at the silliness of that, but still.. Bardsley's dad's from Glasgow and he turned down England u21s when they came calling. He also put the effort in during a tough period for our national side. So, a little more respect is due, i think. Back on point, I thought the same about Gauld tho. Nani needs that run to make the space and time for him to hit it. Not saying Gauld 'made the goal' or even knew Nani was going to have a go, but it's the right run to make, at the right time and the team benefited, albeit due to a spectacular individual strike. So good to see that he's fitting in and doing the right things in the senior side. I doubt me and davew are the only ones to have noticed the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 <p>Bardsley's dad isn't really "from Glasgow" but it's not really relevant to this thread.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I thought Paulo's comment was brilliant. I think someone posted above that Gauld doesn't look out of place in that Sporting side, and that's some achievement for a teenager, but there's not really much else to get excited about at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastiebeastie Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Bardsleys dad was born in Scotland. The circumstances are irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I smiled at the silliness of that, but still.. Bardsley's dad's from Glasgow and he turned down England u21s when they came calling. He also put the effort in during a tough period for our national side. So, a little more respect is due, i think. There's plenty in there I disagree with and I will never not argue on the eligibility issue, but in In this instance I wasnt trying to reopen the debate, I was just trying to be funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 what's all this replace Naismith stuff? He could just as easily replace Maloney or Morrison. An odd assumption. It's pretty clear I was not suggesting a full time replacement for Naismith, just that the position he plays, in my opinion, is where it looks like Gauld will excel, and this is the time to give him a go. But at the same time, I really do hope that this time next year gauld has made that position his and naisy will have to fit in somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Bardsleys dad was born in Scotland. The circumstances are irrelevant.He's not "from glasgow" though. That's a complete misrepresentation of the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 He's not "from glasgow" though. That's a complete misrepresentation of the facts. im sure bardsley turned us down at least once before he got called up. levein came out with some pish that his dad was in floods of tears when he played for us (against spain i think) tbf he has done a good job when he has played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aljay Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/27/scotland-ryan-gauld-sporting-lisbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 im sure bardsley turned us down at least once before he got called up. levein came out with some pish that his dad was in floods of tears when he played for us (against spain i think) tbf he has done a good job when he has played. Walter Smith tried to get him when he was manager, so he was on the SFA radar for a good number of years before he finally switched (Eck might have also had a shot at getting him also)..... sure I have heard the story that it was Smith using Ferguson to put the pressure on Bardsley to switch, but he didn't want to at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/27/scotland-ryan-gauld-sporting-lisbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/27/scotland-ryan-gauld-sporting-lisbon Ive said it before, its scary having a promising player who sounds increadibly sensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 He says the food is brilliant ? Must cost them a fortune to import the Monster Munch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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