General dissaray Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 23 minutes ago, Scumjob said: My word nothing like a squad announcement to squeeze so many absolute mares from the General into a short space. Squad is very much a Steve Clarke squad, no real surprises at all and little emotion generated for me but good to see Hickey involved and the continued slow inclusion of new players continuing, slowly. I already said there wouldn't be many changes before and that I wasn't expecting the names that I mentioned to get in unless we had magor injuries and suspensions Don't let that get in a good way off hating on me -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessies long lost ghost Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Marshall / Gordon Hendry Hanley Tierney Patterson Gilmour McGregor Robertson Armstrong McGinn Adams 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthefife Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Squad is more or less what I expected. But I can't ignore that we have 4 left backs in there. I wonder if they will experiment at playing Hickey at RWB? SoD has been awful domestically and Patterson has had next to zero playing time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Robertson will probably only play one game and Tierney will be at centre-back. Bringing the young 4th choice in for a bit of experience is absolutely fine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Robertson will probably only play one game and Tierney will be at centre-back. Bringing the young 4th choice in for a bit of experience is absolutely fine. Third equal choice. Seria A better than Premier ship 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, gannonball said: A nice idea in theory but if the guys been playing out of sorts for months at not too high a level you can’t expect him to just turn it on against higher opposition. I appreciate teams like Northern Ireland used to do that with certain key players but he really isn’t that sort of player for us albeit he is underrated by many. As someone who watches him stink the place out for Motherwell on the regular I'm as perplexed by O'Donnell as anyone. However, he will continue to get picked until such time that he stops performing in a Scotland jersey or that there are various overwhelmingly better options at RWB than him. Neither situation has come to pass yet so he stays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 33 minutes ago, Ewan8472 said: Third equal choice. Seria A better than Premier ship Doesn’t mean better player though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 59 minutes ago, monthefife said: Squad is more or less what I expected. But I can't ignore that we have 4 left backs in there. I wonder if they will experiment at playing Hickey at RWB? SoD has been awful domestically and Patterson has had next to zero playing time. Hickey is two-footed and can play at right-back too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Ralston > O’Donnell Clarke needs to let go of these loyalties. That was Ally McLeod’s downfall in 78. O’Donnell isn’t a regular starter at Motherwell. He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Scotland squad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 25 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Doesn’t mean better player though He is a better player though as are the vast majority of Serie A players compared to the Scottish Premiership 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, monthefife said: Squad is more or less what I expected. But I can't ignore that we have 4 left backs in there. I wonder if they will experiment at playing Hickey at RWB? SoD has been awful domestically and Patterson has had next to zero playing time. I think he’ll have a look at him at RWB, he does at least play there sometimes, even if it’s not his usual position, so it’s not quite the same as putting Tierney or Robertson there and hoping they’ll be ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Just now, Captain Saintsible said: Ralston > O’Donnell Clarke needs to let go of these loyalties. That was Ally McLeod’s downfall in 78. O’Donnell isn’t a regular starter at Motherwell. He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Scotland squad Hate to agree with this guy, but on this occasion he's spot on. O'donnell over Ralston at this point is a pretty ridiculous decision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Considering we’ve had the likes of Paul Hanlon and Anthony Ralston filling in at LWB at the end of games then having plenty of cover there can only be a good thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: Considering we’ve had the likes of Paul Hanlon and Anthony Ralston filling in at LWB at the end of games then having plenty of cover there can only be a good thing. Indeed Tierney has been playing centre back, Hickey covers Robertson for now. England had 4 right backs in their Euro squad The squad is as I’d expect other than O’Donnell, he’s hopeless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, Captain Saintsible said: He is a better player though as are the vast majority of Serie A players compared to the Scottish Premiership Liam Henderson is starting regularly (31 appearances according to Transfermkt) for Empoli this season. Empoli are currently 13th in Serie A, just below Aaron Hickey's Bologna. Yet Clarke has ignored Henderson and picked Lewis Ferguson. Any thoughts? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: Liam Henderson is starting regularly (31 appearances according to Transfermkt) for Empoli this season. Empoli are currently 13th in Serie A, just below Aaron Hickey's Bologna. Yet Clarke has ignored Henderson and picked Lewis Ferguson. Any thoughts? Ferguson is a decent player. He could well be good enough to play 31 games in Serie A for the 13th placed side. John McGinn and Kenny McLean from my team both ended up in the Premiership despite taking detours via rubbish like Hibs and Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 49 minutes ago, Jambomo said: I think he’ll have a look at him at RWB, he does at least play there sometimes, even if it’s not his usual position, so it’s not quite the same as putting Tierney or Robertson there and hoping they’ll be ok. Possibly both LWB and RWB. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/scotland-squad-steve-clarke-discusses-aaron-hickey-nathan-patterson-and-ryan-fraser/ar-AAV5TmL “I’ve seen him playing a couple of games off the right for Bologna and he did okay. He can play off the left. In our group he’s obviously got competition with the captain Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney in front of him. It gives me a chance to see Aaron up close in a training camp.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 19 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: Liam Henderson is starting regularly (31 appearances according to Transfermkt) for Empoli this season. Empoli are currently 13th in Serie A, just below Aaron Hickey's Bologna. Yet Clarke has ignored Henderson and picked Lewis Ferguson. Any thoughts? Empoli haven't won since December -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Where’s Allan Campbell?Fryer station 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Empoli haven't won since December Neither have Aberdeen [emoji28] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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