TheScarf Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 8 minutes ago, The Grass Is Greener. said: A bit disappointed there are only two Hibs players in the squad. McGregor, Hanlon, McGeouch, Murray, Stokes even Stevenson are unlucky not to be included. Stokes has already played for England m9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Kenny MacLean has had a shite start to the season and I wouldn't have picked him but, clearly form has hee-haw to do with selection when McGinn, Hanley and Berra are in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbineTon Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, Northboy said: ??????????? WOOOOOSH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverWolfe Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Am I the only person who would include young Kerr at Dundee? He is immense every time I watch Dundee. Instead we get Anya, the guy is pish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just now, williemillersmoustache said: Kenny MacLean has had a shite start to the season and I wouldn't have picked him but, clearly form has hee-haw to do with selection when McGinn, Hanley and Berra are in there. McGinn has played very well this season apart from Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 McGinn has played very well this season apart from Saturday. So, 2 'good' games against top flight opposition. Hardly consistent form. I'm not knocking him I hope he becomes a Scotland regular he just hasn't earned a place yet IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 35 minutes ago, Dullard Bluteau said: players from the EL second division The what now? Can't complain too much about the squad, but as others have said I'd have Christie and McGregor in there ahead of McGinn and Bannan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Fyvie Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Kenny MacLean has had a shite start to the season and I wouldn't have picked him but, clearly form has hee-haw to do with selection when McGinn, Hanley and Berra are in there. Er, McGinn has been fantastic this season.Pleasing and unsurprising to see so many absolutely raging about the correct inclusion of Hibernian players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just now, williemillersmoustache said: So, 2 'good' games against top flight opposition. Hardly consistent form. I'm not knocking him I hope he becomes a Scotland regular he just hasn't earned a place yet IMO And the League Cup games, I didn't say that means he should be in the squad. He's been in form for us though. I'm not bothered if he's in the squad or not tbh. If I'm being selfish I'd rather he wasn't, less chance of getting injured. He's never let Scotland down though, getting MOTM on his debut. He'll be absolutely fine if he has to play these games as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 McGinn and McGregor/Christie are different types of players anyway. Surely an attacking player would drop out for one of them? I wouldn't be against any of them being in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullTimePint Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 At what point do we stop including the likes of Hanley, Fletcher, Martin, Naismith? Surely a good opportunity to integrate some new blood. For me the 1st 11 near enough picks itself just now, so boys that are included outwith should either be for impact or up and coming cover. Strachan should at least be putting Oli Burke on the bench (if we are picking players who are not regularly playing how about one of our best prospects?) although he is not proven himself at international level, barrie Mckay has had a great start to the year for forest, you could probably at least have 1 from an Aberdeen team that is performing well in SPL (Shinnie, Mclean, May....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, FullTimePint said: At what point do we stop including the likes of Hanley, Fletcher, Martin, Naismith? Surely a good opportunity to integrate some new blood. For me the 1st 11 near enough picks itself just now, so boys that are included outwith should either be for impact or up and coming cover. Strachan should at least be putting Oli Burke on the bench (if we are picking players who are not regularly playing how about one of our best prospects?) although he is not proven himself at international level, barrie Mckay has had a great start to the year for forest, you could probably at least have 1 from an Aberdeen team that is performing well in SPL (Shinnie, Mclean, May....) MacLean has been poor, May hasn't had any sort of consistency yet and Shinnie would have to start shiting out goals and gold bars at a rate of 10 a game in order to get picked, and even then under Strachan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 McGinn has played very well this season apart from Saturday. Greg Docherty has played very well this season, including Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Outside of Shinnie for McGinn/Bannan (more likely Bannan) and McGregor for Ritchie (dire, dire player), probably around the squad I'd have chosen. Whittaker is dreadful but we need cover at right back and with Paterson still not back, Whittaker is about the logical choice. Shame Marshall and Morrison are injured as I would probably start both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 The state of that squad Gordon Strachan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Michael O'Halloran is still technically a Rangers player, too scorer in the league and bang on form, surprised he didn't get into it. And before anyone starts I'm not being serious, but then again I'd rather play him than Forrest that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 45 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Whittaker McGinn Martin Berra Hanley Naismith Mulgrew No McGregor, McLean, Cairney, Shinnie or Burke What's that quote about doing the same things over and over and expecting different results? Cairney is in the squad (unless there's another one you're thinking of and I'm forgetting), McLean and Shinnie are pretty much never going to be called up. I doubt that would change even with a different manager. Burke's situation is a tricky one, because he's been told he's not going to play for the first team in Germany (granted, Snodgrass is in exactly the same situation at West Ham, but that's Strachan's cowardice more than anything). I'd imagine Strachan's thinking is to let Burke fix his future without the distraction of international football. It's hard to argue against that. If you drop Martin, Berra and Hanley, then the team has pretty much no centre halves. I can't imagine who'd replace them. I wouldn't have Martin in that list, by the way. He's definitely a class above Berra and an unfit Hanley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Outside of Shinnie for McGinn/Bannan (more likely Bannan) and McGregor for Ritchie (dire, dire player), probably around the squad I'd have chosen. Whittaker is dreadful but we need cover at right back and with Paterson still not back, Whittaker is about the logical choice. Shame Marshall and Morrison are injured as I would probably start both. Bannan has been great for Wednesday, and Matt Ritchie was one of the best players in the Championship last season. Saying that, I don't think either of them will start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 24 minutes ago, accies1874 said: Bannan has been great for Wednesday, and Matt Ritchie was one of the best players in the Championship last season. Saying that, I don't think either of them will start. Matt Ritchie's great. Slow, granted, which doesn't help Strachan's kick and rush system, but his left foot is unreal. Scored the best individual goal I've ever seen Scotland score and has a fair few assists (mainly for Martin). I might look at playing Ritchie in the 10, rather than Snodgrass, if Strachan chooses to play a 4-2-3-1. I think Armstrong's moved ahead of him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Joe Lewis overlooked. Strachan's anti-Aberdeen bias strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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