Scott7 6,158 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Largs - a grim, stultifying influence? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,422 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Right on track Henry McLeish appears on tv waffling about forming yet another committee to yet again sort out the future of Scottish football. The same rubbish has been spouted since the 70's. Our game continues to decline. To the subject at hand, Strapon failed. He should go. Who should replace him ? No idea, the SFA don't pay me hundreds of thousands of pounds to decide that. The decline of Scottish football appears to be a result of forces beyond the SFA/SPFL's control. Not much point in tinkering with it or asking people like McLeish for advice. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,422 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 The Poland squad we were up against has players from the Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Le Ligue 1. We are largely comprised of second rate championship, bottom end Premiership and a few mediocre SPL players. Ireland have a pretty poor squad compared to what they used to have but in their last game 9 players were from the Premiership, with two from Derby who are an upper end Championship team. In Scotland's last game we had three players from the Premiership. Any idea how the Northern Ireland team compares? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 The decline of Scottish football appears to be a result of forces beyond the SFA/SPFL's control. Not much point in tinkering with it or asking people like McLeish for advice. We brought in a world expert from the Netherlands. I dare say he was paid a fortune. His report never saw the light of day. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Some really good enthusiastic youngsters out there full of skill and ambition...it all gets lost somewhere in between? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Strapon decides to stay on. The SFA reward him with a 2 year contract. I suppose that's a lot easier for them than doing what they are supposed to do and hunt down somebody who might actually be up to the job. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca72 440 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The cull needs to start at the very top and get new thinking in there. I guess we can kiss the World Cup qualifiers goodbye. If not I'll stand corrected. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Any idea how the Northern Ireland team compares? Yeah, they had a piss easy group. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Absolutely correct SBS but the question leading from that is, WHY ?? Despite all the previous crisis committees and reports over the years how did it come to a situation where we field a team comprising so many second rate players ? Why is it that the stream of Scots heading south to play for , or indeed captain top flight teams has dried up ? If that can't be answered then it proves the SFA are to blame as they are the body in charge of all football played here, from schools upwards. Yes, Scottish football is a disaster and we are getting everything wrong. Replacing the manager isn't necessarily going to improve things though, and there's a good chance it will make things worse. I've never particularly rated Strachan but who is the alternative? Ideally I would get a foreign manager in and try to implement continental ideas into the national setup at all levels, but I don't see that happening. Edited October 16, 2015 by Ser Barristan Selmy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,812 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Yes, Scottish football is a disaster and we are getting everything wrong. Replacing the manager isn't necessarily going to improve things though, and there's a good chance it will make things worse. I've never particularly rated Strachan but who is the alternative? Ideally I would get a foreign manager in and try to implement continental ideas into the national setup at all levels, but I don't see that happening. That requires some sort of forethought. Our idiot 'leaders' are only interested in the short-term. We're struggling to find sponsors. Surely that should be sounding huge alarm bells? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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