Sarto Mutiny Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Harper is 6 foot 1. He's hardly a midget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 It helped France win the world cup did it not ? Deschamps being the only exclusion . That was 17 years ago and Sbragia still wasn't relevant then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 It helped France win the world cup did it not ? Deschamps being the only exclusion . Not sure if serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/international/314939-real-madrids-jack-harper-is-a-luxury-player-says-scotland-u19-coach/ Ah, yes. What we need is more of the ol' "Get it up the park! Welly it! Get stuck in! It's a man's game! And so forth!" Depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Unbelievable If I was Harper I'd tell Scotland to ram it and go and play for Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 this is gonna bite us on the arse eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyAffro Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 "At Real Madrid, Jack can float all over the place, which he does. But with us he has to be more disciplined. "He's an exceptionally gifted lad but we can't carry him. He can be a luxury sometimes. "In some cases, if it's going well, he can be a good luxury. And listen, Jack's time will come. "I've gone for a physical side and runners. Hopefully I'm proved right in Austria. It's purely a tactical decision." Honestly fire him right now. Somebody start a petition, I've never read anything as depressing in my life. How are people like that still getting jobs in football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Watch us go and do Austria with a commanding performance, hattrick from the selected striker (which is likely who, btw?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthefife Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Carry this nonsense on and this will be another James McCarthy monumental f**k-up by the SFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThePirate Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Everything that is wrong with Scottish football. "Sorry lad, ken you've been scoring for fun for Real Madrid's youth side, but we're gonny go wi the tried and tested big lads fi Hamilton Accies* and that". *Nothing against Hamilton, just the first team that popped into my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Fire him today and give the job to Ian Cathro. Most ridiculous thing I've ever read. Heard a guy on the radio a few years ago who was a coach at Everton, said he recommended Modric to them after he demolished England for Croatia. Everton's head scout said he was too small. This is why foreigners are better than us at football. This is a classic Scottish National Team post, right here. Chuck a bunch of names, a vague, unsourced quote, use an example of someone that's too small, use it as an explanation as to why foreigners are better, because there is definitely a reason. A single, fixable issue of having more wee players running about, and a young, in vogue coach, which fixes everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 It helped France win the world cup did it not ? Deschamps being the only exclusion . Lizarazu was smaller than Deschamps. So only the 2 'tiny' players in the WC winning side, roughly 20% of the team! Deschamps is 5'9" btw, not exactly small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 He looks vaguely like Armando Ianucci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 For only picking tall players? I think we should strap Sbragia to the back of a donkey and make it run off the edge of a cliff. Then, for being an utter fuckwit and missing the fact that Harper is really tall anyway, we should perform a rite to resurrect Sbragia before lowering him into a pit of snakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Sbragia has said nothing about players being tall, by the way. He's said he's taken a physical side with "runners" (I take that as hard workers). I haven't seen Harper play but I wouldn't say many attacking midfielders in Spain are physical and hard working. Sbragia's still an idiot mind you but let's call him an idiot for the right reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Embarrassing really. Presumably Brian McClair agrees with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Sbragia has said nothing about players being tall, by the way. He's said he's taken a physical side with "runners" (I take that as hard workers). I haven't seen Harper play but I wouldn't say many attacking midfielders in Spain are physical and hard working. Sbragia's still an idiot mind you but let's call him an idiot for the right reasons. "we've deliberately taken a squad with more height... That's one of the reasons Jack isn't in." He absolutely has said Harper isn't tall enough. Screw Sbragia and his retrograde views. I wonder how many other guys are being missed out upon because they are less than 6 ft 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Is this Harper any good by the way? He was in the B youth team last season, now progressed to the A youth team. Good stuff, but hardly stellar for a nineteen year old, I would have thought. We have plenty first team players. Not for Real Madrid admittedly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 "we've deliberately taken a squad with more height... That's one of the reasons Jack isn't in." He absolutely has said Harper isn't tall enough. Screw Sbragia and his retrograde views. I wonder how many other guys are being missed out upon because they are less than 6 ft 1? Sorry, I just read the link on the previous page and assumed that was all he had said on the matter (no mention of height on that STV link). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Is this Harper any good by the way? He was in the B youth team last season, now progressed to the A youth team. Good stuff, but hardly stellar for a nineteen year old, I would have thought. We have plenty first team players. Not for Real Madrid admittedly.. Sid Lowe reckons he's very good. Mind you, Sid Lowe comes from the journalist who thinks he's a coach school of ego. So, who knows is your answer. Probably. But Sbragia has made it harder to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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