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2 minutes ago, rgreig said:
I have renewed my season ticket and did not see it at all. I would have gone for it but didn't even know it was an option!
Yeah, from speaking to others it seems it wasn’t an option for those renewing.
Utterly bizarre.
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50 minutes ago, Trogdor said:
Where is that?
Bit weird it’s not advertised…
I assumed I had missed a specific social media post or something.
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3 minutes ago, 2426255 said:
McGinn, McLean and Christie are currently fit and available. I understand that McTominay is close to returning from his recent absence from Man Utd, so that's four.
I assume you didn't include Kenny McLean in the midfielders who have played the advanced role. He is definitely one that's been used there. Started against France in the Christie role and is alongside Armstrong the most used player when we've been chasing the game. He's maybe the closest replacement for Lewis Ferguson and he's already a squad regular.
I know people don't like it, but I think you have to assume Steve Clarke will only bring players into the fold if they improve us, are for the future or if he can't find a solution with the regular bunch. I think one more maybe plus Jack and we'd be covered sufficiently. That could be Fraser or it could just be Jacob Brown. That's where I am coming from basically.
Fair point about McLean - I hadn’t even considered him, which is strange on the face of it as he always was an attacking midfielder but doesn’t seem to play in that role for his club. And as you say, Clarke has used him there.
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3 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said:
It would be 17 days without a game though, it's probably right in the middle between being well-rested and being 'undercooked', I'd be surprised if he didn't start. We're in the same boat regarding play-offs and I'd expect we'll go basically full strength next week and then use the last game to rest everyone.
Yeah, I do get that too - particularly given he scored two yesterday. Sixty minutes and off potentially!
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Just now, RandomGuy. said:
Being worse than Hatate/O'Riley != Not good enough to be Scotlands 7th/8th best attacking midfielder.
You said he didn’t leave Celtic because he wasn’t good enough, I said he did - that was all.
I imagine he would be around that number of Scotland attacking midfielders - McGinn, McTominay, Christie, Armstrong, Ferguson, Fraser, Cairney and then either Turnbull or Gauld.
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9 hours ago, 2426255 said:
Isn't everyone jumping the gun? Maybe it moves guys like Brown and Jack closer depending on how their individuals injuries are progressing. Maybe Ryan Fraser. Turnbull and Gauld are still a bit away from a call up as far as I can see. Clarke suggested he would need to trim the number of midfielders down anyway from the 9 regular picks.
I don’t think so..
We currently only have three fit attacking midfielders that are regularly in the squad. I think all three will start against Germany so that leaves you with two spaces.
Ryan Fraser should be one - but Brown hasn’t played since February and doesn’t look likely to play again this season. He isn’t in the Hickey position of being picked regardless of fitness. Jack hasn’t been seen since February either, no idea when he is due to return but he has barely managed to play this season.
We all take the piss with the Ryan Gauld and club bias stuff, but I genuinely think there might be an actual debate now…
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3 minutes ago, AyrExile said:
Not sure the play offs bring much cash in and they aren't well placed to win promotion so finishing 3rd might also be a target for them
Possibly - but just seems sensible to give your 36 year old striker a bit of a break ten days before playoffs start, particularly as he is their only fit senior striker. I would still expect him to play some part anyway.
I’m obviously being a bit hopeful too.
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3 minutes ago, itzdrk said:
Almost like a 99.999999999% chance of success.
Tear stained Dundee United letters to the SPFL asking why they don’t have the trophy yet, they must just not be clever enough to understand either.
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7 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
He was averaging a goal every 96 minutes for Celtic this season, before leaving.
His time at Celtic came to end because Hatate and O'Riley are spectacular footballers and he couldn't get ahead of them, not because he wasn't good enough or mobile enough. 7 goals in ~700 minutes and I think about 11 starts.
Three of his seven goals were penalties, and all came against sides in the bottom half - bar St Mirren.
Ultimately he wasn’t good enough, as the guys in front of him are far better than he is - being why he has ended up at a mid table championship club. Hatate was also injured for large periods of time and several others played in front of him too.
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1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said:
I don't think this is fair on him at all, and this "immobile number 10" myth seems to have been built up around him by Celtic fans who never liked him from the moment Motherwell went all sassy about their pathetic first transfer bid, and then Turnbulls general indifference to their entire club and clear intention to use them as a stepping stone.
Hes more athletic and impactful without the ball than hes credited for, as shown for Motherwell.
Cardiffs manager has stated his lack of minutes is due to him wanting to play a midfield that all know each others games exactly due to them slipping down the league then hitting a great run of form and him not wanting to change it.
I don’t think it’s a myth, it might be exaggerated but he definitely has an issue in terms of his athleticism - particularly at higher levels. He was also given a decent chance at the start of this season, and just never took his opportunity.
I don’t recall Celtic fans not liking him because of that tbh, in fact I think most wanted him in the team quicker when Lennon was manager.
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5 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
I think Turnbull isn't as far away as people will think. Hes played 30+ games this season and has 7 goals, its not as if hes doing nothing as he sits in the stands.
Zero goals, and one assist since joining Cardiff - at what ultimately isn’t a great level shouldn’t be getting him in the squad IMO.
His seven goals all also came against the bottom six - I just don’t think he has anything whatsoever to offer in a game where he can’t constantly be on the ball against inferior teams and is able to hide his lack of athleticism.
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1 minute ago, craigkillie said:
We are definitely entering Gauld territory now that we're down to sort of 7th choice in the attacking midfield positions for a squad place.Yeah, I would actually be strangely interested to see it after the clamour for him over the years. There’s Tom Cairney too - beyond either of them I’m hugely struggling for names.
I would definitely rather see either of them than Turnbull.
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6 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
I've listed what I think would have been our planned 23-man squad if everyone had been fit, plus my prediction of the extra three if it goes to 26. I think finding replcements for Ferguson AND Armstrong is quite challenging, since we basically have no other attacking midfielders who have been used over the last couple of years.
Fraser seemed an obvious replacement for Ferguson, especially since he can also offer RWB cover, but what do we do for Armstrong now? Turnbull hasn't been involved in nearly 2 years and it isn't happening for him at club level, Anderson was obviously called up but doesn't seem to want to play for us. Jack is obviously on the fringes, but does that leave us one attacking option short in a 23? And if it's a 26 he's already on my list anyway, so we're maybe looking for someone who hasn't been involved before.
And if Hickey doesn't make it, that changes things again. I think McCrorie becomes a very interesting option now that he's playing regularly at club level and can also cover midfield too, which might let us pick another attacker.
GK (3)
Gunn
Clark
Gordon/Kelly
DEF (9)
Hickey
PattersonRalston
Hendry
Porteous
McKenna
Hanley
Souttar/Cooper
Tierney
Robertson
MID (8)
Gilmour
McGregor
McGinn
McTominay
Armstrong???/Jack
FergusonFraser
Christie
McLean
FW(3)
Dykes
Adams
Shankland
Extra (3)
Taylor
Jack/???
BrownI was actually doing the same thing earlier, and was also struggling with the final attacking midfielder slot to (potentially) replace Armstrong.
Turnbull just isn’t it, and shouldn’t be near it. Chances are he just adds another defensive player tbh - I’m not sure when Brown is due to return but he is obviously another off the back of a bad injury.
Ryan Gauld is even beginning to enter my head…
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2 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said:
I thought musonda looked good again today, the more i see him the more id like him to stay. Mcallister pissed me off today, he was a red card waiting to happen and was flying into tackles left right and centre.
midfield felt a bit lightweight today but don’t think sylla would have made any difference to that. We looked blunt up front and wouldn’t have known Dowds was on the pitch after the red card.
I think we are safe but I will be nervous till it’s 100% certain
He looks far more like himself again recently, the issue is just how long it lasts. He is an excellent defender and footballer - you just don’t get to see it often enough.
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1 minute ago, placidcasual said:
Nick McCallister eh? At least he can stink up multiple positions and tries hard tho.
I'd honestly struggle to tell you three players in that entire squad that I'd want in the first team next season. I thought we were shite today, offered next to nothing and could have still been playing and not scored.
We weren’t remotely shite IMO. We were organised, kept the ball well at times with some nice moves and barely gave up a chance. We just didn’t have enough about us when we got into good positions.
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Surely to f**k Patrick will be giving Brian Graham a rest in advance of the playoffs, especially given they don’t have a back up…
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4 minutes ago, Pull My Strings said:
I think we've covered this, wee man.
You can just admit you don’t understand what 100% means tbh.
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3 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:
What percentage would you suggest?
99.999999999% for me…
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3 minutes ago, Pull My Strings said:
For everyone other than the most pedantic 12 year old child, it is.
It literally factually isn’t a 100% certainty.
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1 minute ago, Pull My Strings said:
Ffs. It's 100% guaranteed.
Well, except that it isn’t.
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I had seen during the week that on average countries miss out on two players from their squad at major tournaments - given the comments on Armstrong it sounds like we are now on to three, with fingers crossed for Hickey.
Our attacking midfield depth is basically now completely gone.
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The referee talking to Amartey there, and not the player time wasting absolutely sums him up.
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Just now, Andy_AUFC said:
Stupid from Mcallister.
It isn’t in any way, shape or form violent conduct - he’s blocked him off and at worst a stray arm has brushed him.
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A red card for that
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Jakes on a plane
in The General Nonsense Forum
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One thing I took from the Celtic roaster on the plane, was the sheer amount of Rangers fans responding saying they didn’t think they would be able to hold themselves back if they were there and the guy was terrifying their kids.
Because what absolutely won’t terrify your kids is to stop looking after them and batter the f**k out of someone in front of them - so fucking hard to comprehend the idiocy in that mentality.