Gordopolis

Totally agree, if we book up a double header friendly and go for this approach, even if we find just one player who looks cut out for the international game then it's a win. I know people will say it's be rankings-points suicide, but it doesn't need to be kamikaze: as well as youngster you could give guys like Rhodes and Griffiths, Reynolds and Charlie Adam the chance to stake a claim too.

Can't be far off - he was 6 weeks away from fitness when he signed. Hughton did say though that when fit, he'd have a battle on his hands to fight his way into the first team squad, so might be a while away yet.

Well played. Now I can't tell if you're not a ginger, or just a tactically astute ginger.

Hmm. And what are your thoughts on Ed Sheeran - world class musician?

I don't remember him missing 3 sitters in that game but I agree he's never going to be our goalscorer (5 in 39 caps sounds terrible, tho most of those caps he's played off the front or on the wing). my point with the 4411 is that you can afford have one of the front two being slightly off it on terms of sharpshooting. I'd see Naismith as the more withdrawn of the two (but with interchange when opportunities arise) as he can disrupt opposition defences very effectively, making space for others.

Nicely, if sarcastically, explained. I 'understand' the System ©, though I'm not as enamoured by it as some seem to be. Yes, we've made a decent fist of contending for 3rd place with it, but it's all been a bit desperate at times, with a fair few trundling OGs winning or snatching draws for us. I'd buy into it more if the three behind had a decent tally to balance out Fletcher's zero goals (leaving Gibraltar out of it), but instead we have (again leaving Gibraltar out of the equation): Anya: 1 goal Maloney: 2 goals Naismith: 1 goal OG: 3 goals That's very poor IMO. I don't expect each of them to be in double figures, but that tally above is really bare minimum stuff. It kind of feels to me like the System (Ltd) is: a) easier on the eye than the Levein tosh b) more steady than the Levein era (not hard to achieve) but c) while we have the players we do, it'll never be more than a treading water approach. Going for something bolder would be a massive risk and could shatter the morale (though that's already feeling a bit shaky) that WGS has built up. I'd still love to see us develop the 4-4-1-1 that saw us play Croatia off the park 2-0, Naismith and Snodgrass linking up as the two forward players. That just felt a lot more dangerous without being a massive shift from the 4-2-3-1... probably because it meant that at least one striker could spend his time looking forward while the other offered the defensive/hold up stuff.

Tbf, your definition is arbitrary, or at least subjective, too. Sensible thing would be to define 'world class' at the top of the thread, then ask 'which Scottish players fit into this category?'

Or is he shite, bound to fall into the championship?

2-2 vs the Czechs at Hampden. The boy ran his heart out for us that day. Head and shoulders above the rest.

And Roy Keane has such a good eye for a player, hasn't he?

Goram was good, but world class?Surely he'd have been bought by a decent club in his prime if that was even close to the truth.

How's about that Andy Considine song?

^^That guy

Yeah, if Sbragia picks him now he should be sacked, IMMEDIATELY

I have a funny feeling that despite his positive attitude about moving abroad, he might end up coming back to Britain in the next year or so. Hope I'm wrong and he makes it out there and starts a trend.

let's do this thing!

Final Score?

Bring on Jack Harper!

Has he been starting for the B or top team recently?

FFS - anyone know how to stop these crappy adverts popping up every time I look in a thread (using Chrome)?

Finally we'll get to see the best of him. My money's on him gunning down Gibraltar later this month with a hat trick then finishing this season for Bolton with 40 goals.

Knocking on 40 I reckon

That'll be the career-threatening injury no doubt...

explain (please).

Agree totally re putting faith in the very best young players. I always wonder what the squad/team would have been like now had the last batch of youth - Gordon, Fletcher and McFadden (expect to split opinion with this one) - not been ravaged by injury/illness. All three would surely have been on 80 caps by now, providing the squad with a much-needed spine of experience and consistency.