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I think though the level some of the Performance School Graduates get to could be telling. They were started to produce Elite Level players, so hopefully they can do that, one or two already look capable of playing at that level

Slicker had a few dodgy moments first u21 game he played, Archie Mair came in against Kazakhstan and Slicker the played again against Belgium, looked decent in that game, few good stops, quite vocal and looks confident

Don't know why we never sing We have a Dream at Hampden 50,000 belting that out would be helmet raising stuff!

Young Ricky Sbragia disrespect to Carver, what are you even talking about mate. Read the post. Were talking about the U21s not the full squad. I said Scotland U21s should have someone LIKE Shaun Maloney in charge, someone who sees the game plays the game and coaches the game the same way as he does, not the way Gemmil does.

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Almost certainly pay more? Based on what evidence does a Celtic youth coach get paid more than the Scotland u21 manager? I absolutely do not know who gets paid more and neither do you. Managing the Scotland u21s would clearly be an attractive option for an up and coming Scottish coach

Working in the Scottish national team setup does have the same clout for up and coming Scottish coaches though. Listen Maloney's landed a great gig and good on him so there's no reason for him to come to the Scotland youth set up now, his careers going way along a different path now but a few years ago he would have jumped at the chance to manage the U21s. There will be other good young Scottish coaches who see and coach the game the same way as Maloney does who would also jump at the chance to manage the Scotland U21s right now

That is exactly how I see Scot Gemmil

Brilliant to hear that! Hopefully it's a trend that's carried on throughout schools and leagues in Scotland

What was the Billy Gilmour song they were all singing in Moldova?

I said someone like Shaun Maloney.... someone who sees and coaches the game the same way as Shaun Maloney does

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I just can not fathom the approach our u21 team take. I find it even more difficult to understand when the head of the performance schools Brian McLaughlin who has been telling us for the past few years how the under age groups are changing the way we play the game, a passing style based on technical ability, a style I have witnessed with my own eyes watching u16 up to u19 games, then we hit the 21s and it all goes out the window! Why Gemmil does not carry that style through to the U21s I do not know and why he is being allowed to continue doing so I do not know. We have some great technical players who can play proper football but the only tactic he had last night was knock the ball over the top for Middleton to chase! We need a seriously good coach at u21 level who can teach the boys about positioning and movement and patterns of play, Gemmil is miles of it and essentially throwing everything these boys have been learning previously out the window. He needs called out on this, someone like Shaun Maloney would be perfect for the u21s

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I think one of the points of the performance schools is the 5% who have outstanding careers at the highest level something Alex Rae could only dream about

That is one thing that still bugs me about the Scottish game, majority of teams still play this way! I don't see any other pattern of play in Scotland . You watch even the Danes play football, constantly moving pulling players out of position to release another player, it is inventive. For Scotland the nation that invented the passing game we do nothing of the sort, kick and rush I still at the forefront of our game. Our players only start playing football when they leave this country

To me this is where we are failing, who is coaching the coaches? To make elite level players we need elite level coaches. I actually don't see any up and coming Scottish coaches at first team level never mind the ones in youth football. The very fact Billy Stark is in charge of our u19s chills me to the bone.

From a club point of view I was always sceptical of the Fife Elite Academy, Dunfermline always seemed to be putting in more than anyone else but we didn't see any real fruits from that. I always backed it though for the greater good hoping more Fife kids would end up coming through somewhere and eventually play for Scotland. Did Kieron Bowie not come through Fife Elite? With the German takeover we seem to be going our own way on this now so we will see what ideas they have. I always found it interesting why more clubs don't take Celtics approach and link up with a local school to put the extra training into the young players curriculum

Dundee United have always had a good track record of producing players. Who's the boys to look out for coming through at United just now mate?

Is that where things may come unstuck when players leave the school's and are taught completely different methods at certain clubs to what the learn at the school's? I'd like to think most clubs are going down the technical route but I'm not sure all clubs have elite level coaching in Scotland

He certainly looks technically gifted as well. Just from watching our U21s team it is pretty obvious to me the ones that went to the performance schools. Marc Leonard and Dap Mebudes touch and technique were really good the other night

I was actually just thinking about this the other day about the lack of performance schools in certain areas, Fife being one of them. Surely if the school's seem to be working the money that was made from qualifying for the Euros should be put into opening other schools in areas that require them.

With Billy Gilmour and Nathan Patterson leading the charge into a bright new dawn for the National Team, it sheds a very good light on the Performance Schools. Are we now starting to see the the reason these were started? Have we turned a corner in youth development?Two technically brilliant young players both with bags of potential and already looking the part at this early stage in their careers. I have noticed a large number of JD Performance school graduates in recent youth squads so who is next of the Performance Schools conveyor belt of Scottish Football Talent!

There is clearly pressure on him from Bologna to pull out, would you mess with Mihajlovic?! If he told his manager to bolt he may get dropped for Bologna no win situation