Scary Bear Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Is Palmer any good? How come that Kilmarnock full back O’Donnell isn’t getting a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 59 minutes ago, Oleksandr said: Niemi Souttar McKenna Bates Forrest McGinn McGregor Russell Armstrong Burke Mcburnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
List_of_Jericho Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Tomorrow's got disaster written all over it. Can already see McLeish's head photo shopped onto Borat's body in Friday's papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 54 minutes ago, The Moonster said: I take it Tierney hasn't travelled with the squad then? He did travel with the squad on Monday, but trained separately from the rest of the players and was assessed today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 57 minutes ago, Desp said: Do we really? The likes of Douglas & Kingsley aren't really doing too much at the minute. Certainly aren't better players that Shinnie IMO. Would suggest it's too early for Taylor at Killie. If we can't get past Kazakhstan, it'll be down to a helluva lot more than sticking Shinnie, who's played at left-back for the majority of his career, there. Douglas was voted one of the best players in the English Championship last season at Wolves and most of their fans were shocked when he was let go to Leeds. The only reason he's not been playing as regularly this season is due to an injury which meant Alioski was moved back to cover, however Alioski has been so good in this position that Douglas has failed to win his place back as yet, although he's still been making sub appearances for a team sitting in the top 3. Personally I'd say he was definitely good enough to be included in our squad and his set piece deliveries are generally fantastic and another major reason why he would have been a good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Really no surprises that Tierney's pulled out for the third Scotland squad in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPHG Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, accies1874 said: Really no surprises that Tierney's pulled out for the third Scotland squad in a row. Correct, as he has recently returned from 4 months on the sidelines! I think if Celtic had some sort of agenda here the Scotland squad would be looking a lot worse than it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Nobody said anything about Celtic. There are definitely certain players like Tierney and Fraser who seem to pull out of squads on a regular basis though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Yup, 12 and 6 caps respectively for two of our most talented players says it all really. Fwiw I don’t think Tierney is as bad for this as Fraser but both should have significantly more caps if they’d stop pulling out of squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilMARKnock Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 We should have had another Killie full-back on the plane as soon as Robertson was ruled out.Fixed that for you Craig [emoji3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: He did travel with the squad on Monday, but trained separately from the rest of the players and was assessed today. So before boarding the plane, McLeish knew that our first choice left back wasn’t making it and that our second choice needed to be assessed before the game. Yet he didn’t think to call up Barry Douglas. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig McCulloch Burley Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I think Findlay will play full back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 So before boarding the plane, McLeish knew that our first choice left back wasn’t making it and that our second choice needed to be assessed before the game. Yet he didn’t think to call up Barry Douglas. Ridiculous.Is it thiugh? Shinnie can play there. Palmer has been playing there this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Aufc said: Is it thiugh? Shinnie can play there. Palmer has been playing there this season Shinnie has barely played left-back in years and Douglas is far more accomplished in that position in Palmer. And if you play Palmer at left-back it means we have no one on the bench if something happened to O’Donnell. As @craigkillie said, we shouldn’t be having to patch up the squad playing players out of position. If the manager knows about call-offs before the squad flies out he should call-up replacements in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 There is a 25 year old left back currently playing regularly in the English Premiership, cost £6 million and has over 200 career league games under his belt, mostly in the Championship who has previously been selected for a Scotland under 21 squad. I make that 8 players who are current English Premiership regulars, are eligible for Scotland and who, for a variety of reasons, aren’t in the squad. It’s a lot of talent missing, especially when we have so many injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 And if you play Palmer at left-back it means we have no one on the bench if something happened to O’Donnell.Shinnie surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 There is a 25 year old left back currently playing regularly in the English Premiership, cost £6 million and has over 200 career league games under his belt, mostly in the Championship who has previously been selected for a Scotland under 21 squad. I make that 8 players who are current English Premiership regulars, are eligible for Scotland and who, for a variety of reasons, aren’t in the squad. It’s a lot of talent missing, especially when we have so many injuries. Who's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jeremiah Cole said: Shinnie surely? The Shinnie who has barely played full back in years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Who's that? I’d presume Joe Bryan, at Fulham. He maybe can’t be arsed? Called up to one u21 squad which he pulled out of. Douglas or Kingsley should quite obviously have been on the plane though. After the ‘high’ of beating Israel I’d kind of forgotten about the McLeish/McFadden brain trust. Got to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 The Shinnie who has barely played full back in years? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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