cults_sheep Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Leaving out Shinnie & McLean, yet including Barrie McKay is an absolute farce. If we are to improve as a country, we need to select players based on performance and merit, rather than who they play for. The culture of picking players, purely because they play in England or for the Old Firm has gotten us absolutely nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cults_sheep Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Forgot to add, Alan Hutton? Known for being one of the worst players in the poorest side in EPL history? Mulgrew also is another shocker, as well as the omission of Griffiths. Strachan is a pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 I notice he hasn't called up a few Celtic players too. Maybe he wants the Aberdeen players to get better rest before their more important Qualifiers? I came in here to ask what the Rangers fans will be moaning about this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Barrie McKay. Good grief. Is this what it's come to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Overreaction central yet again! For the 800th time. Alan Hutton is our best right back. End of. Despite a poor season, he's an experienced Premier League player. There isn't anyone else who plays that position consistently at the level he's at. Regardless of how much he's disliked, we will need to rely on him in the next campaign unless someone else takes off. The rest of the squad isn't at all controversial. Strachan feels, quite rightly, that we have better options than Shinnie and he is only in the extended pool. As much as I like Shinnie, we have Robertson who is miles ahead of him and then Mulgrew who is very experienced at this level (and had a very good first half of the last campaign before injuries). Lee Wallace is very highly rated too and coming into a squad before the return to the top flight will let Strachan compare him and Shinnie to gauge what sort of level they are at. McLean got a wee turn last time in an extended squad and I don't really see why he should be commanding a place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Im at a loss to what McKays done to be selected ahead of Jamie Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Litt Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 I genuinely had no clue these matches were due to happen until this morning tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Agree with the squad. Some players are in there due to Strachan allowing the Celtic boys excluding Mulgrew and perhaps McLean from Aberdeen rest ahead of their pre season starting around that time. Well that's the way I see it anyway. I think McLean would have been in there and Shinnie as well, Shinnie ahead of Wallace and McLean ahead of McGinn. The only decision that baffles me is the exclusion of Rhodes and Martin picked ahead of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum_gers Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Leaving out Shinnie & McLean, yet including Barrie McKay is an absolute farce. If we are to improve as a country, we need to select players based on performance and merit, rather than who they play for. The culture of picking players, purely because they play in England or for the Old Firm has gotten us absolutely nowhere. Apart from the fact Strachan has said he's leaving Celtic & Aberdeen players out to allow them to rest ahead of their European matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 No Rhodes is what sticks out here for me. Chris Martin (6 goals in his last 24) seems to be in every squad regardless of how utterly dismal he's been every time he's played for us. There's a distinct lack of Celtic/Don's players in there as well, which is mental given McKay has been given a spot, but hearing Strachan has left them out for a few weeks rest for the CL/Europa qualifiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generalissimo Trump Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Good to see McKay and Paterson there. They both deserve it for how they have performed this season. Hilarious to see the Sheep losing their shit even though Strachan is helping out their club for the good of Scottish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Im at a loss to what McKays done to be selected ahead of Jamie Murphy McKay's been excellent, Murphy's season will barely have finished (in theory). Murphy's also never a Scotland internationalist. Good player, never international level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Going to be a fair few players pulling out of the squad when we find out who is in the English playoff final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Moaning about Alan Hutton again. Will it ever stop? What do we have to do to make it stop? Throw Ziggy Gordon or Callum Patterson in against England at Wembley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Brilliant to see the Aberdeen fans launching in with all phasers set to seethe, only to find out that Strachan is doing them a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 May as well field a p&b XI. Going to be a couple of pumpings anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 So wee Gordo has got the memo from his bosses'Get ra Gers men in NOW!' Guy is a fud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 So wee Gordo has got the memo from his bosses'Get ra Gers men in NOW!' Guy is a fud. So who would you have instead. Baring in mind you can't select Aberdeen or Celtic players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 ^^^ Better than Jordan Rhodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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