central staggie Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Australia manager Graham Arnold has said he's looking at swiping another few Scottish players for his Australia squad in the coming months. However, he's keeping tight lipped on who they may be in case Steve Clarke nips in and bags them. So, who do we think they may be? I mean, we can't really afford to lose out on the next Jason Cummings so best to bring them to the attention of the NT selectors before this travesty is allowed to happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Angus Gunn? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Aye, I saw that. Quite amusing. Maybe he's after some of the Scottish superstars-in-waiting that Celtgers are nurturing in the bosom of the Lowland League. I particularly liked this quote: Spoiler "It's easy for me to get those players to come and play," he told the Sacked In The Morning podcast. "I just say, 'listen, the Socceroos have qualified for the last five World Cups - when was the last one Scotland qualified for?'" Unfortunately, we're not in the position where we can jump ship to another confederation after having a wee cry about being consistently unable to beat the literal worst qualifying opponents available 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 29 minutes ago, central staggie said: Australia manager Graham Arnold has said he's looking at swiping another few Scottish players for his Australia squad in the coming months. However, he's keeping tight lipped on who they may be in case Steve Clarke nips in and bags them. So, who do we think they may be? I mean, we can't really afford to lose out on the next Jason Cummings so best to bring them to the attention of the NT selectors before this travesty is allowed to happen. I'm choosing to assume the bolded bit is blatant sarcasm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 We all know it will be another Hibs player who wouldn't get a game for Scotland B. Take your pick from that shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Cabbage Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 27 minutes ago, tree house tam said: We all know it will be another Hibs player who wouldn't get a game for Scotland B. Take your pick from that shite. Kyle Magennis could definitely pass for an Australian, maybe give him a go if autoglass ever repair his legs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Is there a third, even shitter Souttar brother they can call up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idc68 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Without wishing to sound arrogant or disrespectful to Australia who are obviously a decent team, which of Harry Souttar, Martin Boyle and Jason Cummings would get in our current squad and would any make the starting X1? I think probably Souttar would be in the squad, possibly a starter too although he was nowhere near a call up before Australia grabbed him. Would he have been a big improvement over Hendry, Hanley, McKenna, Porteous etc? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Yep, it’s bound to be a Hibs player. I’ll take Chris Cadden if no one’s guessed him yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Literally any UEFA nation outside of yer San Marinos would qualify from the confederation Australia cried hot salty tears to be moved to because they couldn't hack it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Literally any UEFA nation outside of yer San Marinos would qualify from the confederation Australia cried hot salty tears to be moved to because they couldn't hack it. Israel being in UEFA is understandable for geopolitical reasons but why are the likes of Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Australia are allowed to just play whoever they like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 8 hours ago, idc68 said: Without wishing to sound arrogant or disrespectful to Australia who are obviously a decent team, which of Harry Souttar, Martin Boyle and Jason Cummings would get in our current squad and would any make the starting X1? I think probably Souttar would be in the squad, possibly a starter too although he was nowhere near a call up before Australia grabbed him. Would he have been a big improvement over Hendry, Hanley, McKenna, Porteous etc? Boyle would have got a few caps for us imo. He'd have been a nice option at RWB, RW or as part of a front two. Forrest and Fraser were better on paper and probably would've been ahead of him, but I think he would've got a decent crack at it. My mind is melted regarding Souttar due to Pep touting him for a call-up while getting relegated with Ross County, so I don't actually know when he got gud, but he probably would have been an improvement over Hanley in the middle of the back three. All ifs and buts though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 13 minutes ago, Donathan said: Israel being in UEFA is understandable for geopolitical reasons but why are the likes of Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Australia are allowed to just play whoever they like. Which confederation do you think Cyprus should be in? It's never anything other than Europe, it's practically a Greek island! Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan relates to hiving off from the USSR which was within Europe. They've effectively always been part of UEFA but take the point. No idea why Australia were allowed to move. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 The Ruskies have also been making overtures to move to the Asian confederation. There might be political support, but can't imagine the football associations would want it. The AFC get 8 countries and a playoff for the 2026 World Cup. Australia could play the Morton team and qualify in perpetuity. For context, Qatar are the 6th best side in Asia. The fight for the 8th qualifier and playoff spot would be between Jordan, China, UAE, Oman, and Uzbekistan. In Europe, we get 16. Going by rankings, the following would miss out: Austria, Norway, Scotland, Czechia, Turkey, Greece... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Part of Kazakhstan is geographically in Europe, that's why they were able to join. I would argue they should be forced to play their matches in that part if they want to be part of UEFA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 There are surely far more Aussies with Scottish ancestry than Scots with Aussie ancestry? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 22 minutes ago, KirkieRR said: There are surely far more Aussies with Scottish ancestry than Scots with Aussie ancestry? There are definitely a few - examples being Jamie Maclaren, Kenny Dougall, Jackson Irvine. Any that would actually make our squad though? Nah. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) Boyle maybe would've turned into a squad player for Scotland. His pace might've come in handy at times but he wouldn't be a regular starter. Souttar had a good World Cup and would probably be a regular starter now but we weren't to know that at the time. Jason Cummings wouldn't be anywhere near the squad. Going the other way, would Jackson Irvine be in the Scotland team? Maybe occasionally. Jamie MacLaren wouldn't be. Also I didn't realise Cyrpus was being in UEFA was so contentious. Considering it's well...clearly part of Europe with the majority of it's population being of Turkish and Greek heritage - both in UEFA! I didn't realise Kazakhstan had been in the AFC in the past. Edited March 31, 2023 by Highland Capital 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Highland Capital said: Boyle maybe would've turned into a squad player for Scotland. His pace might've come in handy at times but he wouldn't be a regular starter. Souttar had a good World Cup and would probably be a regular starter now but we weren't to know that at the time. Jason Cummings wouldn't be anywhere near the squad. Going the other way, would Jackson Irvine be in the Scotland team? Maybe occasionally. Jamie MacLaren wouldn't be. Also I didn't realise Cyrpus was being in UEFA was so contentious. Considering it's well...clearly part of Europe with the majority of it's population being of Turkish and Greek heritage - both in UEFA! I didn't realise Kazakhstan had been in the AFC in the past. Irvine wouldn’t get in our squad at the moment. He might’ve got a few caps in McLeish’s second spell but he’s way off our other midfielders. Just the 55 caps he has for Australia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) If Birighitti can get a cap I am just assuming there is an automatic booking system to get in to the squad if your eligible. Edited March 31, 2023 by gannonball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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