Gazza_8 233 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Doesn't look like it to me! Scotland squad: Goalkeepers: Scott Fox (Celtic), Andrew McNeil (Hibernian) Defenders: Andrew Cave-Brown (Norwich City), Scott Cuthbert (Celtic), Garry Kenneth (Dundee United), Mark Reynolds (Motherwell), Greg Ross (Dunfermline), Lee Wallace (Hearts) Midfielders: Jamie Adams (Kilmarnock), Greg Cameron (Dundee United), Ryan Conroy (Celtic), Simon Ferry (Celtic), Charles Grant (Celtic) Michael McGlinchey (Celtic) Forwards: Graham Dorrans (Livingston), Calum Elliot (Hearts), Steven Fletcher (Hibernian), Robert Snodgrass (Livingston). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,060 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Doesn't look good. Cant see why Rangers would stop players playing for the national team so the only conclusion is that they are not good enough, 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 No surprise though is it? We've all known that our youth system would appear to have been largely crap at bringing guys through over the last while. It was also one of the first things PLG noticed and wanted to change, but remember that he's brought in a few under 20 players already. Hopefully things will change over the next few years, but it could be slow progress. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,060 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Someone made a valid point on the Clyde phone-in tonight. We might not have as many Under 19s in the national team but below that it's a different story. Taken from the SFA website - included in the Under 16s, 17s and 18s there are Rangers - 6 Under 16s; 4 Under 17s; 4 Under 18s Celtic - 3 Under 16s; 3 Under 17s; 2 Under 18s Hearts - 2 Under 16s; 3 Under 17s; 1 Under 18s Hibs, Motherwell and Aberdeen have around 4 or 5 each. These squads change all the time I would imagine but there's evidence that the future may be a bit brighter. Also, according to Derek Ferguson and Jim Duffy we have a group of Under 11s and 12s that are better than we've had for quite some time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunn_1873 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 We signed another youngster from Killie for 25 k im sure Roy or something . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,369 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 This goes back to the way Rangers play the Youth Teams - our U19 team is full of players aged 17 and 18 - in fact, young Fleck was promoted to the U19 squad last season at the age of 15. Cammy F 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,060 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 This goes back to the way Rangers play the Youth Teams - our U19 team is full of players aged 17 and 18 - in fact, young Fleck was promoted to the U19 squad last season at the age of 15. Cammy F Good point - Fleck is in the Under 16s Scotland team and I saw a bit of him playing in the home nations tourney between the home nations (I forget what it's called). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ReadyTeddy Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 The squad on UEFA's official site has at least 4 Gers in it: http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under19/Teams/Team=117/index.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,060 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 The squad on UEFA's official site has at least 4 Gers in it: http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under19/Teams/Team=117/index.html The only one I could see is Brian Gilmour.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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