thisal Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Reading in the Herald that Scotland's u20's have been invited to the Toulon Tournament for the first time in twenty years. Has to be good news for the development of our young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 We'll pass up the invite or f**k it up in some other exasperating way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I was going to post something about how long it would take someone to write something negative and derisory. We made it to...post 2. How good of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 It can only be good news in terms of exposing players to quality opposition in competitive environment. I think I'm right in saying clubs don't have to release them, but hopefully all will. Coverage in today's Scotsman does go a bit overboard, however, in implying that it's a great feather in the cap for Sbragia and now Gemmill with the U21s. They had a quite dreadful qualifying campaign finishing 5th in the group, getting beaten home-and-away by Macedonia and France and taking only 1pt off Iceland and Ukraine, then got humped 4-0 in Slovakia in a friendly last month. U19s finished 3rd out of 4 in their group. We clearly haven't been chosen as one of the best U20s in Europe... perhaps it being expanded from 8 to 12 helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I was going to post something about how long it would take someone to write something negative and derisory. We made it to...post 2. How good of us. You have to admire my efficiency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny131 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Well they need to invite at least 1 cannon fodder nation to build confidence amongst there own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Malky Mckay. ....Scott gemill n Sbragia......aye it's pnb posters that are at fault for being negative here.....let's just pretend those 3 stooges are sorting everything out n never offer a contrary comment....the more servile we can be the better...god forbid we look at other more modern options.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 8 hours ago, dogmc said: Malky Mckay. ....Scott gemill n Sbragia......aye it's pnb posters that are at fault for being negative here.....let's just pretend those 3 stooges are sorting everything out n never offer a contrary comment....the more servile we can be the better...god forbid we look at other more modern options.... Having another option for our young players to develop in a tournament setting is a positive thing. It's nothing to do with any of the people you've mentioned (yet). But no, much better we have the usual "aye, but we'll be pish anyway" attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 On 12/23/2016 at 01:01, dogmc said: Malky Mckay. ....Scott gemill n Sbragia......aye it's pnb posters that are at fault for being negative here.....let's just pretend those 3 stooges are sorting everything out n never offer a contrary comment....the more servile we can be the better...god forbid we look at other more modern options.... 3 more modern options.....of what? Give us your three of whatever it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 On 12/23/2016 at 18:54, forameus said: Having another option for our young players to develop in a tournament setting is a positive thing. It's nothing to do with any of the people you've mentioned (yet). But no, much better we have the usual "aye, but we'll be pish anyway" attitude. Some of us would argue that the damage is already done to our under developed talent due to the grass roots system put in place by the likes of Gemmil, Sbragia and the like at the SFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 But again, it's not really anything to do with being invited to somewhere that will give them more chances. I'm not saying what went before, or what will go on after is great. It's probably going to be brutal. But in isolation - which is all I was ever talking about - it'd be nice to have some positivity that we're being invited to a tournament like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, forameus said: But again, it's not really anything to do with being invited to somewhere that will give them more chances. I'm not saying what went before, or what will go on after is great. It's probably going to be brutal. But in isolation - which is all I was ever talking about - it'd be nice to have some positivity that we're being invited to a tournament like this. Ok. I'm delighted we've been invited for the first time in over 20years to the Toulon Tournament to essentially be the whipping boys of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 minute ago, sjc said: Ok. I'm delighted we've been invited for the first time in over 20years to the Toulon Tournament to essentially be the whipping boys of the group. See how warm and fuzzy that makes you feel? It's brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, forameus said: See how warm and fuzzy that makes you feel? It's brilliant. haha. Scotland just makes me feel cold most of the time mate. Glad to be away from there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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