Parklife Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, King Of Paisley said: I still like Strachan. He's insulted my intelligence too many times for me to "like" him anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunoon_Ton Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 16 hours ago, kumnio said: I'm incandescent with anger at that. Sfa must want us to fail. Utterly pathetic decision. Strachan, top yourself you prck. Think you need to get out more mucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 39 minutes ago, King Of Paisley said: As an aside, I'm sad it's came to all of this. Despite being frustrated as hell at the likes of the one up front/Chris Martin experiment which ain't working and the slump in form I still like Strachan. I can't bring myself to boo him like I did with Levein. Strachan strikes me as a decent guy who is a Scotland fan as well as manager who is as desperate for success as we all are. Sadly, I can't see any way out of this rut we are in. Hence the reasons why I think his time has come and gone. I agree with that, although I do also see what parklife is saying. Strachan rubs people up the wrong way with his smart remarks and while he's hardly Mark McGhee, he has a condescending tone at times. He also contradicts himself more and more trying to excuse his bizarre and inconsistent reasonings. However I agree he does seem like he had the best of intentions, it's just all started to go a bit wrong and I feel it's a case of when not if he goes barring a massive turnaround which I just can't see. The only thing I can think that has gone wrong is that over the long quiet spells, much like Levein he has massively over thought things as well as letting a stubborn streak and/or petty prejudices get in the way of picking the best players available. (Remember Riordan at Celtic?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Once again the SFA failing spectacularly to do what most people see as the sensible thing. They really are clowns the lot of them. I just don't see how we can ever recover as a nation without massive change in the SFA. If this means no-one going to games then fck it that has to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 9 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: I agree with that, although I do also see what parklife is saying. Strachan rubs people up the wrong way with his smart remarks and while he's hardly Mark McGhee, he has a condescending tone at times. He also contradicts himself more and more trying to excuse his bizarre and inconsistent reasonings. However I agree he does seem like he had the best of intentions, it's just all started to go a bit wrong and I feel it's a case of when not if he goes barring a massive turnaround which I just can't see. The only thing I can think that has gone wrong is that over the long quiet spells, much like Levein he has massively over thought things as well as letting a stubborn streak and/or petty prejudices get in the way of picking the best players available. (Remember Riordan at Celtic?) The last paragraph is bang on. I think he has tweaked things for the sake of tweaking. I don't know if it's coincidence where our lack of form is partly down to the midfield partnership of Mulgrew and Brown being no more which I thought worked a great deal. Agree that the absence of the likes of Griffiths and McCormack have been utterly lamentable. God knows what has happened there. But I think the rot set in over in Dublin when he benched an in-form Anya for a clearly exposed Craig Forsyth. Instead of playing to our own strengths, he was guilty of worrying too much about Ireland's threat in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 48 minutes ago, Parklife said: He's insulted my intelligence too many times for me to "like" him anymore. In what way though? The comment about Chris Martin being outstanding last Saturday, which to be frank was laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 minute ago, King Of Paisley said: In what way though? The comment about Chris Martin being outstanding last Saturday, which to be frank was laughable. By coming out with ridiculous comments to try and deflect any criticism. He's been doing it since the home game vs Georgia. After a decent (and it was no better than that) display against one of the poorest teams in Europe, he tried to tell us that we played "outstandingly" or some pish like that. It was insulting. We played ok, dominated the game but created very few chances and won thanks to a very lucky own goal. He's been doing the same kind of shit ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 To be fair I think we played outstandingly well in Poland and at home to Ireland. But post Dublin that's where we have gone downhill. What frustrates me is his loyalty to certain players, not playing the players clearly in form and not being ruthless enough. That's my biggest gripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2501 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Bitterly disappointed with the performances and team set up on Saturday and Tuesday, but the fact is he will be in the dug out against England. I only hope that he actually selects the form players for that squad. Too many guys in that first 11 for no reason (Bannan, Martin etc), when we have boys like Griffiths, McCormack, Burke sitting on the bench or in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 2 hours ago, Dunoon_Ton said: Think you need to get out more mucker Get out plenty thanks. If you can't have a drunk wee rant on here, then what's the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Chris2501 said: Bitterly disappointed with the performances and team set up on Saturday and Tuesday, but the fact is he will be in the dug out against England. I only hope that he actually selects the form players for that squad. Too many guys in that first 11 for no reason (Bannan, Martin etc), when we have boys like Griffiths, McCormack, Burke sitting on the bench or in the house. I'll answer that for you just now if you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losinkiltpins Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Bugger, nothing else. Just Bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Strachan in the paper again today; Gordon Strachan warns that Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths faces a difficult task, on account of his smaller stature, to work his way into the starting line-up for the World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley next month. In Scotland's two recent matches Strachan opted for more physical players up front - Steven Fletcher and Chris Martin. The Scotland boss says, "You need to have a certain amount of height in international football teams to defend set plays". (Herald) Is he just trying to wind us up now!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee- Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Is defending set plays and corners an SFA coaching manual compulsory ? Why do we always have eleven men back? It's time to break free from this nonsense and keep the likes of Griffiths up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannannan Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 5 minutes ago, teecee- said: Is defending set plays and corners an SFA coaching manual compulsory ? Why do we always have eleven men back? It's time to break free from this nonsense and keep the likes of Griffiths up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustroSchotte Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 On 14/10/2016 at 1:19 PM, Chris2501 said: Too many guys in that first 11 for no reason (Bannan, Martin etc), when we have boys like Griffiths, McCormack, Burke sitting on the bench or in the house. Spot on coff but Bananen and Martin are the golden boys they can never be dropped ! Oh...god!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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