Scotland

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Sublime cross from MOTM Souttar ,for Robertsons goal.

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By jings Clarke’s got them playing winning football 

[Sutton_blows_goats 6,007]

Soutter has been excellent for Scotland

[Gribz 1,187]

Cant believe its international fortnight, how depressing. 

 

And there is games Ive got no idea about. Scotland are involved in some Nations League play offs along with other countries yet the World Cup qualifying also starts this week for certain groups - And some nations have Nations league Quarter finals! 

 

I had a look at the Scotland squad, the striker options are horrendous.

Some Ipswich striker called George Hirst who played for England youths has been called up - I hadnt heard of him but read that his father was David Hirst who I recall from the early days in the Premier League for Sheff Wed.

Diddo for Tommy Conway of Middlesborough.

Che Adams is still getting called up, possibly the worst waste of space since Scott Booth or Darren Jackson upfront - at least the latter 2 were Scottish and scored the odd goal in the SPL. 

Kevin Nisbet completes the 4 Strikers so thats 1 out of 4 who are actually Scottish. 

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You could almost guarantee that a Scottish player would leave Scotland for an English first division team now the money is so huge they can buy any of the stars from any club now 

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3 hours ago, Gribz said:

Cant believe its international fortnight, how depressing. 

 

And there is games Ive got no idea about. Scotland are involved in some Nations League play offs along with other countries yet the World Cup qualifying also starts this week for certain groups - And some nations have Nations league Quarter finals! 

 

I had a look at the Scotland squad, the striker options are horrendous.

Some Ipswich striker called George Hirst who played for England youths has been called up - I hadnt heard of him but read that his father was David Hirst who I recall from the early days in the Premier League for Sheff Wed.

Diddo for Tommy Conway of Middlesborough.

Che Adams is still getting called up, possibly the worst waste of space since Scott Booth or Darren Jackson upfront - at least the latter 2 were Scottish and scored the odd goal in the SPL. 

Kevin Nisbet completes the 4 Strikers so thats 1 out of 4 who are actually Scottish. 

Very unfair on Adams; Booth and Jackson would never have been recruited for Serie A where he is doing well. The eligibility rule is for another argument but many people now have dual heritage.

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58 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Very unfair on Adams; Booth and Jackson would never have been recruited for Serie A where he is doing well. The eligibility rule is for another argument but many people now have dual heritage.

Ive no idea how Adams managed to get a move to Serie A, he could barely score for Southampton as well. 

 

My point isnt just about the eligibility rule, its the lack of quality in Scottish strikers since I started watching football. The options in the mid to late 80s (Mexico 86 onwards): McCoist, McAvennie, Johnston, Sharp, Gray, Fleck, Speedie, Nicholas, McInally then into the 90s 00s Durie, Gallacher, Miller. Even John Robertson at Hearts then Billy Dodds were good strikers in their day compared to the options we have now. 

 

And I didnt mention Dalglish purely because I dont quite remember him as a player.

Edited March 18 by Gribz

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I’d put Robertson into the higher category.

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I see they beat Greece last night a goal from McTominy 

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I watched about twenty minutes of England under the new manager it was hard to tell because the opposition wasn’t very good but from what I witnessed there isn’t much change from Southgate but that’s only his first game so he’s made a winning start and that’s good .