Stylish Kid Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 23/01/2023 at 12:45, Central Belt Caley said: The team that Shankland played for over there were pretty hopeless and finished 12 points adrift, don’t think that’s a great measure of him as a player And he was playing right back at one point I believe. I've actually been impressed since he's come back. I'd be really intrigued to see a Shankland/Nisbet combo if Dykes is out. Obviously Adams has the shirt to lose currently, but it would be interesting to see - I think they could work together well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Shanklin and Nesbit would be a deadly duo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Horningsby has to be given a chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Che Adams needs wrapped up in cotton wool until March otherwise we might need to ask Craig Levein to take charge 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Stewart out for the season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Damn that's annoying that he's not been given any opportunity to bring his club form to international football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 So the current situation is: Dykes: out for the foreseeable with pneumonia Stewart: out for the season Nisbet: off injured the other night. Not sure how bad it was? That leaves us with Adams, Shankland, Brown, McBurnie to call on, and the likes of Christie and Fraser as secondary strikers if needed. In short: If Adams gets injured, we're in trouble for these qualifiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, Gordopolis said: So the current situation is: Dykes: out for the foreseeable with pneumonia Stewart: out for the season Nisbet: off injured the other night. Not sure how bad it was? That leaves us with Adams, Shankland, Brown, McBurnie to call on, and the likes of Christie and Fraser as secondary strikers if needed. In short: If Adams gets injured, we're in trouble for these qualifiers. The current situation always was...Adams He's by miles first choice So they'll play him with one off, likely Christie The paucity of strikers in this country is an endemic problem with our clubs addicted to foreign players and fans of those clubs quite happy with that -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Binos said: The current situation always was...Adams He's by miles first choice So they'll play him with one off, likely Christie The paucity of strikers in this country is an endemic problem with our clubs addicted to foreign players and fans of those clubs quite happy with that Naff all to do with foreign players - if they're good enough they'll get the chance. Hell, plenty of boys that are nowhere near good enough get their chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, Gordopolis said: So the current situation is: Dykes: out for the foreseeable with pneumonia Stewart: out for the season Nisbet: off injured the other night. Not sure how bad it was? That leaves us with Adams, Shankland, Brown, McBurnie to call on, and the likes of Christie and Fraser as secondary strikers if needed. In short: If Adams gets injured, we're in trouble for these qualifiers. Fraser can effectively be discounted too. Hasn’t played any football since a 17 minute sub appearance in October, and has only made the Newcastle squad twice since the World Cup (first game back, and an FA Cup tie). Unused sub in both. He’ll be kicking his heels til August sadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 56 minutes ago, ArabFC said: Naff all to do with foreign players - if they're good enough they'll get the chance. Hell, plenty of boys that are nowhere near good enough get their chance. What a load of absolute shite How do you think the foreign players got to the level deemed good enough to be sold, cause they got game time and improved We buy in these no marks who will never be any better than average, denying our young players the game time to improve Any time a Scottish clubs gets a decent transfer value on a sale, it's a scot, they should develop more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Binos said: What a load of absolute shite How do you think the foreign players got to the level deemed good enough to be sold, cause they got game time and improved We buy in these no marks who will never be any better than average, denying our young players the game time to improve Any time a Scottish clubs gets a decent transfer value on a sale, it's a scot, they should develop more 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, ArabFC said: You agree Good man Not surprised what with the fabled united youth system of old vs the modern half a team of foreigners trash -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) The funny thing is, pretty much every major underperforming European nation has a relatively strong domestic league (Turkey, Russia etc.). The very best performing nations like Italy or France have cosmopolitan leagues, whereas Brazil and Argentina export their best talen.t. Is there any cases where restricting foreigners has worked? Saudi Arabia doesn't let its players move abroad, how's that working for them? Edited February 4, 2023 by Satoshi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 19 hours ago, Binos said: What a load of absolute shite How do you think the foreign players got to the level deemed good enough to be sold, cause they got game time and improved We buy in these no marks who will never be any better than average, denying our young players the game time to improve Any time a Scottish clubs gets a decent transfer value on a sale, it's a scot, they should develop more Can someone come and collect their da. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Binos said: You agree Good man Not surprised what with the fabled united youth system of old vs the modern half a team of foreigners trash We've literally got a 16yo Scottish striker keeping a 'foreigner' out of our team now. Stop living in the past grandad. Edited February 4, 2023 by ArabFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Nisbet injury not as bad as feared. I’d imagine he and Shankland will both be in the March squad (Barring a quick recovery by BDD) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 hours ago, ArabFC said: We've literally got a 16yo Scottish striker keeping a 'foreigner' out of our team now. Stop living in the past grandad. I'd be capping Rory MacLeod now on the basis that it's a Scottish as f**k name and will inspire others to greatness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundskeeperWillie Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 03/02/2023 at 11:09, Binos said: The current situation always was...Adams He's by miles first choice So they'll play him with one off, likely Christie The paucity of strikers in this country is an endemic problem with our clubs addicted to foreign players and fans of those clubs quite happy with that On 03/02/2023 at 12:15, Binos said: What a load of absolute shite How do you think the foreign players got to the level deemed good enough to be sold, cause they got game time and improved We buy in these no marks who will never be any better than average, denying our young players the game time to improve Any time a Scottish clubs gets a decent transfer value on a sale, it's a scot, they should develop more ^^ Willie Miller found 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundskeeperWillie Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I mean in fairness the lack of striking options is a concern but we're not the only nation afflicted with that. I'd love us to have someone who can score regularly for Scotland, and we have done recently, but as with many international sides, you need your strikers doing more than being a penalty box poacher. With that in mind, Che Adams is by far our best option, Dykes when fit gives us the physicality and we've got the likes of Tommy Conway coming through from the 21s, and potentially Fraser Hornby if he continues showing form in Belgium 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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