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Mate if any of these guys is treating this is a job I think they should get a new career as the pay is crap!! They are not professional footballers. If they have a choice of football for free or no football, many of them would play for free. The majority of decent players would not find it easy to just leave and go and play somewhere else. And I am naive

Do you think getting paid £50-£150 per week (or more for the "exceptions" I mentioned earlier) is going to stop the risk of injury / illness / missing work / putting family at risk? Of course it won't. I am sure there will be players who will choose not to play for the reasons you note but that wasn't your point. If supporters are not allowed in, there will be many players in the WOS premier who will choose to play for expenses / free rather than not at all. Not sure why you think there are going to be queues of part time clubs able and willing to take on all these "decent" WOS players when they click their fingers.

I haven't. The original poster suggest a high proportion of players would play for free. You said not the decent players at the better clubs as they would be off. If you are talking about a small percentage of players ie some of the boys at Darvel or the odd player at Talbot or Pollok then fine but they are exceptional players as far as this grade goes. I think of players like Frize, Docherty or Tiny at Beith, all good players at this level but I would think they would all struggle to just move somewhere else at the drop of a hat in the current climate.

Where are you thinking these decent players are going exactly? I am sure there are some that could go League 1 or 2, others may find a rich amateur team but there will be a significant proportion of what I would call "decent" players who wont have those options. I would bet many of them would play for expenses and others for free just because they would rather that than not play at all.

Beat me to it. He’s Dutch and will get a full call up before long

Can only assume it’s a knee ligament injury of the minor type ie a strain. If so he’ll might be out for 4-6 weeks.

Yeah fair point. Christie probably more likely to get on the end of things than Armstrong. I wonder if Mcburnie is starting to make a case to start. Cracking goal he scored at weekend, although I'm still really unconvinced by him

Don't see why not, he's scored plenty of goals in the past and is arguably a better player technically than McGinn. Mcginn obviously has a bit more force about his play. McGinn is a miss but looking on the bright side, it's not a position we are short on. As it stands just now for our midfield I'd go: McGregor Mctominay Christie Armstrong Fraser

Not a centre half. Imagine Clarke did that and we didn't get results? Get your coat mate

Robertson is the right choice for captain, is a fantastic example on and off the park. His performances since becoming captain have been disappointing but he will grow into the role. He is verging on world class for his club, have no doubt he will step up for Scotland in March.

Not it's not.

Don't think that's what he said. He said against teams that sit in. Makes sense actually, have more central attacking midfielder leaving spaces for attacking full backs.

Not sure how you can have those 4 defenders and Gallagher not be one of them after last 2 games. Especially having McKenna as 1st pick? I like Armstrong but cant see him playing ahead of either jack or mcgregor.

Kuro, you are either clueless or trolling. Utterly talentless some of the goals he has scored / assists made are top class. He has improved hugely over the years and is a leader. What's not to like? I really rate mctominay and think he'll go on to be a top player but he is still a bit away from his peak or hendersons level.

Are they? Don't see how they were much different to other decent international defenders. Regardless, he continually put himself in positions where it became about strength. Whether he lost those challenges because he is weak or they are unusually strong is neither here nor there. Intelligent players like naismith quickly figure out a better way to play against an opponent who has advantages over him.

No because he's 68 and that would be ridiculous.

Didn't think the champions league existed when Kenny was a player?

Well he was binned because he was on extremely high wages and they wanted him off the wage bill and granted his form wasn't great. The guy has scored goals in spl, epl, champions league and international football so there is no reason to think he wouldn't be a success at championship level. I'm not arguing that naismith would score more goals than Mcburnie in the championship, he wouldn't. I'm arguing the he is better suited to leading the attack for Scotland.

I'm sure he could be if he wanted. But he's 33, just bought a house in Stewarton and wanted to live in it so looked for a move back to Scotland

In what way?

Saw him live against Costa Rica and Russia. Watched him on TV quite a number of times. He's a good player at championship level but he has quite a bit to go at top level despite his price tag. You obviously don't like naismith but the guy has played at the top over a prolonged period and there is a reason for that.

No but he's a more intelligent player. He would have released the ball quickly, made clever angles to avoid it becoming a physical battle. Mcburnie isnt able to do that at the moment. I think there's a place for Mcburnie in the squad, but only when we are swinging crosses in or going direct with ten to go.

Hes lanky, his body shape alone tells you he's probably not very strong. Watching him get pushed off the ball by Russian centre halves confirmed this for me. Quite mobile - did you see him on that breakaway towards the end of the Cyprus game? The fact he keeps turning up suggests he's committed, so doubt that's the reason. Clarke just appreciates what Naismith brings to the team I would think.

Hes lanky, his body shape alone tells you he's probably not very strong. Watching him get pushed off the ball by Russian centre halves confirmed this for me. Quite mobile - did you see him on that breakaway towards the end of the Cyprus game? The fact he keeps turning up suggests he's committed, so doubt that's the reason. Clarke just appreciates what Naismith brings to the team I would think.

He is neither of those things. He's a gangly big boy who has average pace and average strength. He is good in the air though. Our striking options are not great and Mcburnie has shown he can score goals in the championship but he hasn't looked capable in any of the games he has started of being our cf in our style of play. I think Naismith is the most intelligent forward we have with clear leadership skills and obviously our manager with his decades in the game thinks so too.