Craig McCulloch Burley Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Scotland need bring striker with experience to help own team and more goals Scotland got Steven Fletcher but Martin not good player tonight and last game Ireland Scotland manager need look someone to striker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Steven Fletcher is a class player and should start every game when fit. He's absolutely imperative to how we play. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clueless tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Steven Fletcher is a class player and should start every game when fit. He's absolutely imperative to how we play. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clueless tbh. If our system stands or falls by steven fletcher then we're utterly f*cked tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Steven Fletcher is a class player and should start every game when fit. He's absolutely imperative to how we play. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clueless tbh. We played very successfully without Fletcher at the tail end of the last campaign. Naismith is more than capable of playing as the lone striker and we tend to have a lot more joy with high pressing and movement in attack when he's up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Scotland need bring striker with experience to help own team and more goals Scotland got Steven Fletcher but Martin not good player tonight and last game Ireland Scotland manager need look someone to striker? Am I the only one that read that as if Ivan Drago was saying it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 4-6-0 is the future tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Correct. We aren't good enough to play an out and out striker. Fletcher is the best we have. We? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 We played very successfully without Fletcher at the tail end of the last campaign. Naismith is more than capable of playing as the lone striker and we tend to have a lot more joy with high pressing and movement in attack when he's up there. 100% agree. Fletcher flatters to deceive as our number 9. Not that I'd advocate dicking around with the system, but perhaps fletcher could be employed in the number 10 role for certain games - his touch and flick ons might be just the thing a Stevie may or the like could thrive off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 We? Dee seems like a Scotland supporter. Don't get the emoticons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I'm sorry, are you more 'Scottish' than me because you voted 'Yes'? Please answer in one syllable as I don't want another thread being taken off topic by this (settled) argument. Aye Dee seems like a Scotland supporter. Don't get the emoticons? I once went to a Spain v Germany game at which I supported Spain, It didn't make me Spanish though. Anyway, for the sake of the forum, I've put him on ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 He's one of the saddos who spend most of their time posting on the Rangers administration thread, or generally talking about Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taza Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Bull. I joined up for this part of the board originally. The shenanigans with Rangers was/is the biggest story in Scottish football and drew me in for a while but I'm hardly ever on there now. Of course, I wouldn't expect a smarmy twat to accept that and guess how much I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Does it not worry anyone that wgs has placed so much faith/fast-tracked Chris martin to his current status in the squad? Surely he saw cm's shortcomings in all the training sessions? Eta: not trying to rip the pish out of Chris martin, more that I'm worried that our manager doesn't really know what type of fwd player completes his otherwise effective system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Bull. I joined up for this part of the board originally. The shenanigans with Rangers was/is the biggest story in Scottish football and drew me in for a while but I'm hardly ever on there now. Of course, I wouldn't expect a smarmy twat to accept that and guess how much I care. Aye, that heeds gone rant really showed us how much you don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Leyenda Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Does it not worry anyone that wgs has placed so much faith/fast-tracked Chris martin to his current status in the squad? Surely he saw cm's shortcomings in all the training sessions? Eta: not trying to rip the pish out of Chris martin, more that I'm worried that our manager doesn't really know what type of fwd player completes his otherwise effective system I tend to think Strachan is good at getting the best out of the players he's got, but isn't actually the best judge of what players should be in the squad in the first place. A bit like Clough/Taylor. Clough knew the tactics but it was Taylor who had an eye for a player. Unfortunately, Strachan's number two is Mark McGhee. I have little idea what he actually brings to the set-up. In response to the OP, as unpopular an opinion it is I still think Scotland's best striker is Leigh Griffiths, but he's barely playing for Celtic at the moment. On form though he's far better than the likes of Martin. A Griffiths-Naismith frontline for me would be the one. By god the defence needs changed though. Hanley and Whittaker are not international players. I think Martin is overrated too. Berra is on form at club level, he should have had at least had 45 mins v England. Just a shame Reynolds' form has dipped so badly, he's struggled at Aberdeen this season. Hopefully by early next year he's back to his best and in the squad again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Jenkins Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Stevie May, that is all. What we need is a couple of Center backs, weakest part of our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellyboy Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Stevie May for me as well and cant see how Martin could fit into any Scotland Team after is last two displays. Not a dig at him just didn't work for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I'm just hoping that we've not seen the best of Chris Martin. I've heard - admittedly I haven't watched - that he's playing pretty well for Derby, but he's looked desperately poor in both the Ireland and England games. Just looks far too slow and cumbersome, and throws himself down and greets when he gets touched. It seems like WGS has a bit of a thing for him, so I don't imagine he'll be dropped. Maybe a match against the likes of Gibraltar is what he needs, but can't help he'll be another Craig Mikail-Smith, getting the odd "important" goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Chris Martin is so so shite, I don't care how much he scores for Derby - on the international stage he has been fucking dreadful. Time to give May his chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Was also happy to see Russell come on last night, good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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