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O'Kelly Isley III

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  1. 26 minutes ago, 2426255 said:

    "Finally did get on" 🤭 He came on for Robertson after 35 minutes. You're making it sound like he only got the last 10 minutes of the game. Shankland started against The Netherlands. I assume you didn't want Dykes or Adams to get any minutes or both just from the bench then?

    Both Shankland and Ferguson's minutes for Scotland have increased recently. Not enough it seems.

    Where Ferguson is concerned it shouldn't have taken an injury to Robertson for him to appear, the guy should have had much more game time long before now - last night was an ideal opportunity to start him.

    And yes, Shankland did start against the Netherlands and he should have started last night too.  The guy has shown enough to merit it, or are you going to tell us that Dykes or Adams were going to produce some blinding revelations ?

  2. 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said:

    Seeing as ‘we don’t do friendlies’ is basically an exact quote from me, I’d be suggesting replacing ‘airily dismiss’ with putting in perspective. I’m not suggesting everything will be fine in Germany, because they may not be. But that is as true today as it was 6-12 months ago. 

    What I basically said was that there’s no need to lose the rag over things we already knew about this squad, of which we learned nothing new last night. 
     

    Well perhaps we learned nothing new because the Manager stuck too much to type in his team selection in what was after all a home friendly match.

    Dykes was chosen over Shankland, despite him toiling in a struggling QPR team, whilst Shankland had shown enough in cameos and on Friday night to justify a start.  Similarly, John McGinn has recently gone off the boil at club level so here was a chance to start Lewis Ferguson who is having a great season with Bologna.  When he finally did get on he produced energy and forward runs which had hitherto been absent.

    So an opportunity to 'learn something new' was virtually squandered when it was obvious from 25 minutes in that we were right off it.  In singling out these players above I don't think anyone emerged with credit and I hope Patterson doesn't become the lightning rod for criticism because it was shite from back to front.

  3. 36 minutes ago, Scary Bear said:

    It is a bit worrying. What development did we get from that game?

    We didn’t find a way to break down a fairly poor team.

    We picked players who aren’t getting a regular game for their clubs and/or who are out of form and we found out that isn’t a great idea.

    We found out our defence still isn’t great, our forwards aren’t doing the business and we rely heavily on our star turns in midfield.

    If it was me in charge at the SFA, I’d get the Think Tank warmed up because it won’t be long until things are falling to bits again and everyone is wailing and gnashing their teeth at the state of the game in Scotland.

    There’ll be calls for more Scottish boys to get a regular game in the Scottish Premiership, more foreign coaches from successful footballing countries, more indoor pitches. While the fans sit and fester in the rain.

    The circle of life for Scottish Football. Glorious.

    This.  Anyone paying close attention in recent years will recognise that in a few instances the results have been better than the performances, but as usual the media and a sizeable section of the support live purely for the moment.

    This obviously isn't a good moment, and to those who airily dismiss the last few games on the basis that 'we don't do friendlies' then historically we don't do Finals very well either.

    Last night again served to highlight that when we can't get our best team on the pitch then we can struggle badly.  This will not be a revelation to Stevie Clarke, but I would respectfully suggest that he questions his faith in certain players.

  4. 52 minutes ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

    Every time we play you post some sort of 'bait' and no one ever takes it. You're better saving it for fans of those who fall for the 'name 3 scorers in a 2-0 win' types

    I think you've just taken it my friend.  And my good pal Peter has a point; nineteen (19) replies on the recent Stenhousemuir v Peterhead match thread hardly suggests that the Warriors waltzing to the title has captured the public's imagination.

  5. 1 minute ago, Crawford Bridge said:

    You would think that it would be the supporters of the club from Shropshire displaying Union Jacks.

    Curiously enough, when we played ICT in the final in 2016 about twenty young tossers turned up in our support with union flags.  They were promptly hounded.

    That though was an aberration, today isn't.

  6. 1 hour ago, ScottR96 said:

    Couldn’t care less what they’re called. However, poindexters coming on this thread and constantly correcting people for referring to the SPFL as the only senior league set up when they know fine well what they mean is just getting somewhat tedious. 

    I agree Scott, but as the originator I pledge to do better.  Meantime take a greenie.

  7. It's now looking like one of Bonnyrigg, Stranraer or Clyde to finish in bottom position.  It's still to early to predict but FWIW I'd rather it was Bonnyrigg; not because I have anything against them - far from it - but because I feel that they will adapt far better to life outside the senior divisions than the other two.

    Of course there's no guarantee that any of them would drop out but I'd fear for Clyde and Stranraer if they did.  But if we do see change I'd rather Brechin returned at least to prove it can be done.

  8. I'll gladly join the chorus for Mikey Ruth but today Mark Durnan was a colossus at the back, and his influence on Gallagher Lennon is evident.  Apart from his defensive duties at one point he produced perhaps the longest header I've ever seen, and against a gale at that.

    Between the park and the weather it was never going to be pretty, and tbh the result was never much in doubt either, which should be a serious worry for Bonnyrigg.  They look devoid of both confidence and a cutting edge and that's a grim combo at this stage in the season.

    We need to keep going and build some momentum from here on in.  We're doing OK right now and Aaron Lynas, Cian Newbury, young Lennon and Tony all gave us a shift today.  Having a fit Kalvin Orsi back would be a bonus.

  9. 1 hour ago, Alan Twelve said:

    Seriously? For those not old enough to remember, Thatcher's first term in office was an absolute fucking disaster: not quite up to the clusterfuck standards of the current government, but a lot worse than anything from then till 2019. Totally crashed the economy, and it was only the same level of foreign policy ineptitude getting us into an unnecessary conflict with Argentina over the Falklands that got her re-elected.

    I was there and I don't disagree with any of that.  What's probably happened here is that a group of bright young things in the Labour policy laboratory have hit on this zinger in the hope that it tickles the fancy of your average Daily Express reader.  I'm surprised a model Spitfire hasn't been thrown in.

  10. 31 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said:

    When there are no shortage of valid criticisms to be made of Yousaf on policy and competence, it's genuinely baffling that people are attempting to make this non-story an issue.

    It's no different from Douglas Ross saying he wants to "get rid of the SNP" and "kick the nationalists out" or Anas Sarwar saying he wants to "boot the Tories out". Those are all actual quotes: just because they didn't clarify "that means their MPs and MSPs" at the end doesn't mean they're actually going to round up everyone who doesn't vote how they like and deport them.

    This is entirely normal political rhetoric which every party in Holyrood has used and everyone knows this, including the people claiming to be bothered by it here. It's hardly a parallel with calling for someone to be shot, which may explain why the Tories are so desperate for this to become a story when that sort of extreme statement has actually happened.

    Everyone claiming this bothers them should grow up, frankly.

    Indeed.  I'm more bothered about that nice Mr Wishart trying to protect precious Perthshire sensibilities.  The dry boak springs to mind.

  11. 31 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said:

    If you want a really good laugh, I note that Broomhill are at 'home' on Sunday. Two games in 24 hours after a week where it's due to rain at least once. Good luck, lads.

    It will not be much of a laugh if Stenny roll up the following Saturday to lift the title accompanied by more members of the media than normal.

  12. 12 hours ago, BullyWeeClydeFc said:

    3 pts is all we are asking for 😁

    You just look after your own game, because we are becoming the great unpredictables.  Whilst Bonnyrigg have never beaten us in a league game this slide of theirs can't go on forever.  But if we perform we can win this.  So aye, we'll do you a favour 😉

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