ian1964 10,563 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) TIERNEY, 18, is set to be named in one of two separate 16-man squads for the friendlies against the Czech Republic and Denmark at the end of the month. KIERAN TIERNEY will cap a dream season with his first Scotland call-up this week. Gordon Strachan will announce two separate 16-man squads on Thursday for the friendlies with the Czech Republic and Denmark at the end of the month. The final touches are still being put on who’ll play what game as Strachan irons out player releases with club managers. But MailSport understands the young Celt is a cert for the shout after just 24 senior games . It means Tierney will bypass Scotland Under-21s completely, having never been capped at that level. And he’ll also have to miss out on the elite round of Scotland’s Under-19 European campaign. The 18-year-old still qualifies for Scot Gemmill’s squad. MailSport also believes Hibs’ Scotland Under-21 midfielder John McGinn will join Tierney in the senior squad. Strachan was impressed with McGinn when he joined Ricky Sbragia to take the Under-21 squad for their 2-2 draw with Ukraine in their last qualifier in Paisley. Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-youngster-kieran-tierney-set-7504402#D9VfacyygwfhGQ3U.99 Edited March 10, 2016 by ian1964 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,384 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 How can McGinn seriously be getting considered for the senior scotland squad ? Are we that bad ? He's mediocre MF player playing in the second tier of Scottish Football. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,563 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 How can McGinn seriously be getting considered for the senior scotland squad ? Are we that bad ? He's mediocre MF player playing in the second tier of Scottish Football. Did wee chesney not say that is why Wallace wouldn't be selected? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman 9 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 How can McGinn seriously be getting considered for the senior scotland squad ? Are we that bad ? He's mediocre MF player playing in the second tier of Scottish Football. He might get booed onto the park....no he won't, he doesn't play for Sevco 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,424 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 It is a very long time since the decisions of Scotland managers have left me surprised. I already started wondering in 1986, when Davie Cooper was hardly gettinga look in during the World Cup ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,384 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Did wee chesney not say that is why Wallace wouldn't be selected? He is an over-rated manager whose club record in England is poor. He had two good seasons at the breeze block but knew his time was up when WS returned to Rangers. I dont see him lasting the duration of Scotland WC group matches in what is a very difficult group 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,563 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 GORDON STRACHAN will today hand Aberdeen midfielder Kenny McLean a Scotland call-up. Celtic starlet Kieran Tierney and Hibs ace John McGinn will also be picked for the first time. McLean will make the squad for the clash with the Czech Republic in Prague on March 24. Left-back Tierney and playmaker McGinn will be named for the bounce game with Denmark at home four days later. Strachan will announce his Czech selection at a press conference this afternoon. A separate squad will be picked for the Denmark game five days later, with Tierney and McGinn set to be given caps in that game. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/6989461/Strach-to-call-up-McLean-Tierney-and-McGinn-to-Scotland-squad.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,563 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Six new call-ups for Czech Republic and Denmark friendlies Hibernian's John McGinn, Kieran Tierney of Celtic and Aberdeen's Kenny McLean have been called up to the Scotland squad for the first time. Manager Gordon Strachan has named two squads for the matches against Czech Republic and Denmark later this month. Strachan will use the games to assess some uncapped players as he builds towards the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The Scots face Czech Republic in Prague on 24 March before hosting Denmark five days later. Two squads of 19 have been named for the matches by Strachan, with only Gordon Greer, Charlie Mulgrew, Ikechi Anya and Steven Fletcher featuring in both McLean's form this season was recently described as "outstanding" by Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes, who suggested this week that the midfielder's displays merited a call-up. That wish has been granted, with the midfielder included in the squad for the first international away to the Czechs. Former Celtic striker Tony Watt, now on-loan at Blackburn Rovers from Charlton, is also included in the squad. McGinn, 21, has been instrumental in Hibs' challenge on three fronts this season, having joined from St Mirren in the summer of 2015. The Easter Road outfit face Ross County in Sunday's League Cup final after McGinn's semi-final winner against St Johnstone. Alan Stubbs' men also have a Scottish Cup quarter-final replay against Inverness Caledonian Thistle and are in the hunt for promotion from the Championship. McGinn is one of five uncapped players called up to the squad for the match against Denmark at Hampden. Another is Tierney, his call-up capping a remarkable rise for the young full-back. Having made his Celtic debut less than a year ago, the 18-year-old has this season displaced Emilio Izaguirre as the club's first choice left-back. Nottingham Forest midfielder Oliver Burke, Brighton's Jamie Murphy and Leeds United defender Liam Cooper also receive a first international call-up for the clash with the Danes. Scotland squad to face Czech Republic Goalkeepers Scott Bain, Allan McGregor Defenders Christophe Berra, Gordon Greer, Alan Hutton, Russell Martin, Charlie Mulgrew, Andrew Robertson, Steven Whittaker Midfielders Ikechi Anya, Barry Bannan, Darren Fletcher, Kevin McDonald, Kenny McLean, Matt Phillips, Robert Snodgrass Forwards Steven Fletcher, Steven Naismith, Tony Watt Scotland squad to face Denmark Goalkeepers Craig Gordon, David Marshall Defenders Ikechi Anya, Liam Cooper, Gordon Greer, Grant Hanley, Charlie Mulgrew, Kieran Tierney, Steven Whittaker Midfielders Liam Bridcutt, Scott Brown, Oliver Burke, James Forrest, John McGinn, Jamie Murphy, Matt Ritchie Forwards Steven Fletcher, Leigh Griffiths, Chris Martin http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35770855 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,424 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 No surprise and none of our players might get injured ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,384 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Who's Liam Cooper? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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