Davie fae Duke Street Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I reckon that Christie could do a decent job at No.9 (certainly better than the other current choices), he's got the energy and work-rate to press and ball chase, he's comfortable taking possession and carrying the ball, positions himself well in and around the box and is a goal scorer. I have a suspicion that it hasn't been tried through fear of being accused of doing a 4-6-0. even though that was 9 years ago it still seems to hold strong in peoples minds. Forrest can return to his favoured right-wing and CalMac can fill in on the left for this one, with McLean covering the centre. Go with Devlin and McKenna purely out of the hope that club familiarity will have some benefit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 McArthur was largely unconvincing for Scotland I thought, especially compared to the influence he has at Palace. I agree, but in talking in styles of play, he is/was the closest thing we have/had to a “spoiler” since Brown!!! Though I’m sure Fleck could probably do okay in that role now if required!!!Of McArhurs 32 caps I’d be interested to know how many times he actually started in a competitive game to make an influence. From what I remember Strachan didn’t really fancy him and he had Brown and Fletcher in front of him. A real missed opportunity for a good international career IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 13:29, craigkillie said: Usually when people quote ticket prices they quote the actual price of the tickets, not other associated bits and pieces. The booking fee and postage are per order, not per ticket. That would be the total cost for one person buying one ticket for themself and having it posted out, certainly. But, in practice, very few people buy one ticket for the game, and anyone buying a ticket now would be collecting it at Hampden. Bullshit. The price of the ticket is the amount of money you have to hand over to get the ticket. Trying to exclude booking fees because it suits your argument is mental. The booking fee is ON EVERY TICKET. You could have found that out for yourself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shugster Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 The winning formula 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Davie fae Duke Street said: I reckon that Christie could do a decent job at No.9 (certainly better than the other current choices), he's got the energy and work-rate to press and ball chase, he's comfortable taking possession and carrying the ball, positions himself well in and around the box and is a goal scorer. Don't think this would be a bad shout at all. I'd be up for Christie up front. Plus come March it's the perfect way to get all our best attackers on the pitch. Forrest right, Fraser left and Christie up front 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 7 hours ago, GordonS said: Bullshit. The price of the ticket is the amount of money you have to hand over to get the ticket. Trying to exclude booking fees because it suits your argument is mental. The booking fee is ON EVERY TICKET. You could have found that out for yourself. I can honestly say that nobody I've ever spoken to about ticket prices, for anything, has included the booking fee. This is quite an unusual thing to get so bent out of shape about - and what is the sum total of this absolute usuary? £2.50? The tickets are priced fairly IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieD Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 For me, same team as the other day except Fleck for Jack and McBurnie for Naismith 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 The winning formulaNot a bad 11 from the players available, but unless McGinn has been taken out the back and shot, there’s no way he’s not starting!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegsjoe Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, BingMcCrosby said: Don't think this would be a bad shout at all. I'd be up for Christie up front. Plus come March it's the perfect way to get all our best attackers on the pitch. Forrest right, Fraser left and Christie up front I've thought about Christie up front before a good few games, but I do wonder if the team at large are intelligent/good enough to play with a "false nine" and if a lot of his effectiveness would be lost playing the game with his back to goal. Forrest hasn't been "bad" as such for Scotland lately, but since his 5 goals in 2 games spell last year I'm not sure he's been particularly good either. If all three are fit and available for the playoffs, it would be Fraser on the left, Christie on the right and Forrest on the bench for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 8 hours ago, GordonS said: Bullshit. The price of the ticket is the amount of money you have to hand over to get the ticket. Trying to exclude booking fees because it suits your argument is mental. The booking fee is ON EVERY TICKET. You could have found that out for yourself. I did "find it out for myself" before I replied to your original post. I read it, thought "I'm sure that's not right" and then logged on to the website, where I attempted to buy two tickets for the West Stand at £27. The total transaction price I was quoted was £59, which included £54 for the tickets, a single £3 booking fee and a single £2 postage. The ticketing portal isn't available any more, but I have just confirmed this by looking at my order for two tickets for the Cyprus game in June. So maybe before coming on here and MAKING AN ARSE OF YOURSELF, you should follow your own advice and actually "find it out for yourself". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie fae Duke Street Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 34 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe said: I've thought about Christie up front before a good few games, but I do wonder if the team at large are intelligent/good enough to play with a "false nine" and if a lot of his effectiveness would be lost playing the game with his back to goal. Forrest hasn't been "bad" as such for Scotland lately, but since his 5 goals in 2 games spell last year I'm not sure he's been particularly good either. If all three are fit and available for the playoffs, it would be Fraser on the left, Christie on the right and Forrest on the bench for me. It could very well turn out that way, but considering the limited and poor quality options we have just now, I'd say it's worth a try. I'd say Forrest performed well enough in the Cyprus match there, especially considering he was not on his preferred side and they clearly made efforts to have an extra man on him. He did well in the build up to the second goal. He seems to be held at the bench mark of - if he didn't score then he was poor. Some people do the same with Fraser though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Estragon said: I can honestly say that nobody I've ever spoken to about ticket prices, for anything, has included the booking fee. This is quite an unusual thing to get so bent out of shape about - and what is the sum total of this absolute usuary? £2.50? The tickets are priced fairly IMO. I think the problem comes in when the SFA try to price tickets at the start of the campaign, but we look at value as the campaign goes on. Had tonight's game been a qualification clincher, or maybe even a final home game victory lap, the price remains the same as it is in real life, but it starts to look a bit more reasonable. They also complicate things with their season tickets, meaning there's very little wiggle room if we get to the end of the campaign and suddenly we're utter shite and no-one cares* I think they made some positive moves to lower prices for this campaign, but I'd still like to see them build something a bit more reactionary next time, so that if it comes to it, they can lower things slightly* * Although to be honest, I don't think there's much appetite. I remember posting around the San Marino game that it suits the SFA far more to have a more empty stadium with every ticket priced higher, than a more full one with prices slashed. At the end of it all, the SFA probably care little about a packed Hampden if it's going to give them less money. Unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo87 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Hampden should be sacked off and utilise the stadiums we have. Hearts / hibs / Aberdeen would be prefect for the San Marino and tonight’s game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Jeremiah Cole said: Marshall Palmer. Gallagher McKenna. Taylor McGinn. McGregor. Fleck Forrest. McBurnie. Christie This is what I would play too. Minimal changes from Saturday. We need to think about how we can maximise the striker position and McBurnie is playing at the highest level. I honestly think folk get bored when saying who they would play. McGregor is as close to a complete midfielder as we have and he's just bossed it against Lazio home and away. But people would drop him for Kenny McLean, a nothing player for a dug shit Norwich team. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 16/11/2019 at 19:27, tarapoa said: Play Shinnie, preferably in midfield - he will be looking to get torn into the Kazakhs to exorcise a few ghosts I've only read as far as this post on the first page but I'm confident there won't be a worse shout on the following 7 pages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, The Moonster said: I've only read as far as this post on the first page but I'm confident there won't be a worse shout on the following 7 pages. We should put him where he played in the last game, because lightning doesn't strike twice or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, crazylegsjoe said: I've thought about Christie up front before a good few games, but I do wonder if the team at large are intelligent/good enough to play with a "false nine" and if a lot of his effectiveness would be lost playing the game with his back to goal. Forrest hasn't been "bad" as such for Scotland lately, but since his 5 goals in 2 games spell last year I'm not sure he's been particularly good either. If all three are fit and available for the playoffs, it would be Fraser on the left, Christie on the right and Forrest on the bench for me. I don't think it would get the best out of him either tbh. But our striking options are just so poor. He's certainly got the pace and stamina to work a defence. I'm not a celtic fan so not 100% sure, but I think he has played there for them before. Edited November 19, 2019 by BingMcCrosby 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Marshmallo said: This is what I would play too. Minimal changes from Saturday. We need to think about how we can maximise the striker position and McBurnie is playing at the highest level. I honestly think folk get bored when saying who they would play. McGregor is as close to a complete midfielder as we have and he's just bossed it against Lazio home and away. But people would drop him for Kenny McLean, a nothing player for a dug shit Norwich team. Play with no defence midfielder at all? After watching Cyprus break onto our defence far to easily, I'd say that's a pretty crap team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Fleck/McGregor/McGinn can all go both ways. We don't need a "defensive midfielder" as a necessity if we have balance between the players in that area of the pitch. Ryan Jack is another who does the same job as those three. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleksandr Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 11 hours ago, GordonS said: Bullshit. The price of the ticket is the amount of money you have to hand over to get the ticket. Trying to exclude booking fees because it suits your argument is mental. The booking fee is ON EVERY TICKET. You could have found that out for yourself. This is nonsense, absolutely nonsense. The ticket costs something and that was what was being discussed, why add extras just to trh and prove your point. So say I go and drive to pick up the ticket do we add fuel price on now? Plus more miles on my car means depreciation so we add that? Upto you, mentalist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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