swing_kinker Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I'm a Villa fan and the rumours from down there are suggesting that the sfa are trying to get Villa keeper Jed Steer to switch allegiance to Scotland. Don't know how much truth there is in it but there we go. He's just come off a star performance in the playoffs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 How good is he? The keeper situation for Scotland isn't looking great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swing_kinker Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) He's been very good for the last wee while anyway. Was out on loan for the first half of the season and did well. Came in a few games ago and had been brilliant. Edited May 18, 2019 by swing_kinker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Got to be worth a shot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Yeah. I'm sold. Give him a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Worth it for the name alone imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstuart82 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Deary me, we really are the most desperate, pathetic and downtrodden nation / people on this earth. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Deary me, we really are the most desperate, pathetic and downtrodden nation / people on this earth.Yeah. Imagine not defining nationality by accident of birth alone. What have we become? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, dstuart82 said: Deary me, we really are the most desperate, pathetic and downtrodden nation / people on this earth. Shut up. If he's good get him in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Is he not keeping Croatias number 1 out their line up? Worth a shout, doubts remain over Bain,Clark and Kelly ever being good enough, and Marshall/McGregor/Gordon are ageing. Dont see the harm in seeing how it goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstuart82 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Kuro said: Shut up. If he's good get him in. Regardless of his ability, the obsessive pursuit to find English players who are eligible to represent our national team is an embarrassment. The fact that people like you do not see this says it all. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, dstuart82 said: Regardless of his ability, the obsessive pursuit to find English players who are eligible to represent our national team is an embarrassment. The fact that people like you do not see this says it all. Shut up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstuart82 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Kuro said: Shut up. Great response! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swing_kinker Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 Hardly a desperate attempt if we're just covering all bases and asking about possible availability 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 12 hours ago, dstuart82 said: Regardless of his ability, the obsessive pursuit to find English players who are eligible to represent our national team is an embarrassment. The fact that people like you do not see this says it all. Auch sit doon. Football is about winning games. Something we're not particularly good at. If bringing in players through some feint eligibility makes us a better team, the more the merrier. Dont know about you, but when I watch Scotland I dont care if the players are from Govan, Inverness or Outer Mongolia as long as they give their all and help us win games. This "not Scottish enough" patter is absolute throwback to the Rangers "must be a good proddy" guff. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 13 hours ago, dstuart82 said: Regardless of his ability, the obsessive pursuit to find English players who are eligible to represent our national team is an embarrassment. The fact that people like you do not see this says it all. Agreed, we must be the only country that does this. You certainly wouldnt see teams like France looking at African nations for players, or the likes of Portugal trying to get Brazilians, and definitely not Germans hunting every Turkish player. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 “BUM STEER” Villa keeper pushes ball into own net in 92nd minute as San Marino deny Scotland a place at the .... etc etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladimirMooc Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 13 hours ago, dstuart82 said: Regardless of his ability, the obsessive pursuit to find English players who are eligible to represent our national team is an embarrassment. The fact that people like you do not see this says it all. FREEEDOOOOOOMMMM. Bore off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, dstuart82 said: Regardless of his ability, the obsessive pursuit to find English players who are eligible to represent our national team is an embarrassment. They are trying to find players who make the squad better. Commitment also comes in to it but there have also been plenty of players who have been born in Scotland who clearly weren't that bothered (Boyd, Ferguson etc) where as players like Don Hutchison/Quashie who turned up to just about every game. Edited May 19, 2019 by gannonball 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison1982 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 32 minutes ago, gannonball said: They are trying to find players who make the squad better. Commitment also comes in to it but there have also been plenty of players who have been born in Scotland who clearly weren't that bothered (Boyd, Ferguson etc) where as players like Don Hutchison/Quashie who turned up to just about every game. Graham Alexander was probably the most committed Scotland player of the last 20 years at least. Born down south, never played in Scotland, and didn't even play at a high level in England until later in his career. His dad was Scottish and he saw it as the biggest honour he could realistically achieve. Worked his way up to Preston and started getting picked when he was 30, when most players are about to chuck it. Made himself a regular and ended up with 40 caps, was a big part of the improvement under Smith / McLeish (first spell). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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