Gordopolis
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2 minutes ago, Bing.McCrosby said:
Anybody with medical knowledge give us an idea of what this means for him? I know that's on the knee so doesn't sound particularly good. Could this affect his future speed, acceleration or movement?
I am recovering from it after suffering the same from running. Hurts like f**k and recovery is taking decking ages... but then I'm ancient compared to Doak.
I think in a younger person, it heals much faster and can return to original levels without any loss of pace or agility (but that's only based on my layman knowledge of the condition)
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Lateral meniscus tear, so probs looking at 12 weeks out plus recovery. Don't think we'll see much of him before April unfortunately.
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17 hours ago, craigkillie said:
He's 33 next month, I don't see why we'd be looking to him in 2-3 years time.
Pretty clear that @Shannon meant we might look to use him during the next 2-3 years - like a final fling during the next campaign before he hits his mid 30s - not that we should wait that long before using him.
Either way I don't think we should be bothering with him unless he continues his recent good form to the extent where he is outshining the currently and consistently excellent McGinn, Gilmour, McTominay etc (a very big ask).
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McGinn scores Vs Arsenal
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Goal for Conway at Bristol this afternoon
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1 hour ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said:
Gilmour could get his 25th cap in March, still aged 22. It wasn’t that long ago that anyone getting their silver cap was a big deal - and we’ve now got a side where players are picking them up regularly, and a generation of players making the roll of honour together.
Had the last couple of years been a bit kinder, he’d already have it.
Anyone any idea who the youngest player was to get their 25th cap? And who got to 50 fastest?
edit: possibly Calum McGregor, 5.5 years to 50. A few players on ~6 or so.
The importance of building up a core of highly-capped players was brought up on here many times during the fallow years, but more often than not poo-pooed (not by you) with replies like "oh, because having more caps makes you a better international player, does it?".
It evidently does benefit you as a player to be exposed to international level football, but more importantly it benefits the cohesion of the squad as a whole.
Granted, this generation of players lend themselves much more readily to consistent selection (has there ever been a more settled Scotland squad?) than the grim decades, but back then, we were recklessly scattergun with our selection imo (and I don't just mean the vogts period by that).
In summary, times are good just now, and I hope that when an inevitable dip happens further down the line, we keep in mind the benefits of consistency of selection (as a rule of thumb rather than a hard policy).
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5 minutes ago, BFTD said:
I'm not sure how we'd fit both Dalglish and McGinn's arses into one system.
Like England's Gerrard/Lampard conundrum - too many arses for one side.
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1 hour ago, honestly united said:
I always think these things should be 4-4-2, and just shoehorn CM's into wide midfield
GK Leighton (91)
DF Aitken (57), Weir (69), McLeish (77), Boyd (72),
MF McGinn (62), Fletcher (80), McStay (76), Collins (58)
FW Dalglish (102), Miller (69)
Yeah I prefer the 442 setup for this as well.
Struck me as a bit disappointing that there are two players in there with only 50 something caps.
Surely Danny McGrain with 62 caps is a better choice at RB? Shoehorning-wise, you could have: Willie Miller with 65 caps, or Richard Gough in fact with 61 caps (or Dailly as mentioned above).
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2 hours ago, 2426255 said:
Fans are results orientated. Players and Management are performance orientated. If performance, individually and as a team, is good then that is sufficient to maintain confidence in the process, themselves and each other which is foundational.
If we arrange friendlies against San Marino and Gibraltar and rack up a score will that provide confidence? no - because we understand the context of those wins. If we arrange friendlies against France, England and Argentina and lose will that dent confidence? no, why? because the players understand the context of those defeats even if the fans don't appear to.
I think we've probably reached the point of agreeing to disagree. You can have the last word.
Fair enough. I see a sliding scale where you see absolutes. It's been an interesting engagement tho.
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47 minutes ago, 2426255 said:
Momentum brings the fans along. Fans confidence/mood impacts on players when a game is in progress. Rangers being a classic negative example. So it's advantageous in that sense to create a positive environment through winning momentum.
Why would results in March, November or October have an impact positive or negative on our confidence going into Euro-2024 if the players trust the method and each other? They are used to adversity in their careers and handle swings in "form" without crumbling.
I don't think it will have any effect going into the tournament on the players if we lose or don't win in March. The fans obviously will be shitting it.
We never see players dropped for international squads or club sides with a lack of confidence being cited. It's definitely overestimated in terms of its importance as an unprovable intangible.
First bolded bit: I hope they do trust the method and each other, but if you try something (in any walk of life) 6, 7 times and have poor outcomes from it, I think it's inevitable that a degree of doubt creeps in. I think international level players will - as you say - have been selected partly for their mental resilience, but I don't think there is any person or team alive who/that is 100% immune to self or collective doubt.
Second bolded bit: that it's rarely (not never) cited is probably a protection thing, as opposed to proof that no player ever suffers from self-doubt. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, kind of thing. Also is it possible to overestimate (or underestimate) an unprovable intangible? I know what you're getting at, but it sounds like a contradiction in terms.
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Okay lads, that's highlights videos been vetoed. Merry Christmas!
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Interesting takes from others re the potential friendly line-up and what effect results in those games might have on the squad.
I think you only really need to look at how Steve Clarke values winning or unbeaten runs to understand that he recognises that results directly* impact player mentality to some extent.
*and indirectly - as mentioned above, it certainly affects fan mentality, but then this in turn has the potential to unsettle or inspire players (hostile crowd or groundswell of good feeling and well-wishing). Maybe some players have a cast-iron and silo-like self belief, but I think it's fantasy to believe that all are completely impervious to external factors. They are top level sportsmen, but they are human.
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So looking like Netherlands away, and maybe Argentina at home for the March window?
Exciting prospects, particularly the latter. Yet part of me fears that we could certainly lose both of those games. I get that it's got to be a balance of challenge vs confidence building, but maybe this is a bit further towards the challenge end of the scale? Then again, the Netherlands are more name than actual standout quality at the moment.
Hoping for San Marino and Andorra in June/pre tournament. Totally unrealistic expectations to follow after we scud them both 7-0.
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3 minutes ago, Ross. said:
Their record over the last 12-15 years for a country of their size is very good. Fortunately the group of players who were mainstays of that are now past their best or retired from the national team. Still capable of getting results but probably the best time to play them in years. We are more than capable of getting a result against them, if we are at full strength.
I agree, but I also really hope we don't wander blindly down the "they're old, don't have the legs anymore" path like we did Vs Croatia at the last Euros (and Peru '78).
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I see Stewart hasn't been on Southampton's bench for the last few games. Has he had a setback in his injury recovery?
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5 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
I think he might, unless his form improves!
Love that Jacob Brown was written off by many of us and now has two in two off the bench.
Yeah Dykes' goalscoring form has been poor, but he remains first pick for QPR - which suggests his all round form and what he brings to the team outweighs his lack of goals
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I know it's all bantz, but if QPR get relegated, Dykes won't be going down with them.
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Just watched on MOTD. Interestingly, his chance, and finish, were very similar to the one he missed for Scotland midweek.
He really didn't stake a claim Vs Norway, but let's not write the guy off based on that performance alone. As mentioned already, every single fwd in our pool has had at least one toothless performance.
He probably needs to earn a other start now, but that's the way it should be.
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Is there anyone who HASN'T scored against the world champions?
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5 hours ago, RawB93 said:
Reading this thread has been like staring into the sun.
Warm and life affirming?
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Would take that
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1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said:
Fair enough, happy to bow to your superior knowledge. They always seem pretty decent when I've seen them but don't think I have since the last World Cup.
They were pretty doggedly good at Euro 20 too IIRC - beat France and reached the QFs.
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30 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
Given everything we know about Gray, it's reasonable to assume Saunders might not have been the only one in the wrong.
For completely different reasons tho.
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25 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
I think this would require Gaelic to be an official language of the UK, which it is not (unlike Welsh).
True. Raises the question: why isn't it an official language of the UK?
The answer to that isn't very pretty.
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Ben Doak
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Yeah nothing to enquire about unfortunately - I'm like Oliver Burke without the pace