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3 hours ago, Gordopolis said:
I heard chat recently about bigger squads being allowed to help cope after a season of covid fixture compression. Is that something that is actively being considered or was it just blethers?
I'd be surprised if there wasn't am increased squad size tbh, a certainty if there's still covid measures in place for players
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6 hours ago, DA Baracus said:
Isn't Comrie out for this? Be good if he was back though.
It was October 2006. Jim Hamilton carried the ball across the line to equalise.
Hadn't realised it was so long ago - must have been during Valdas's Spa break
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4 minutes ago, DAFC. said:
I didn't say it was good tbf. Compared to our form at Tynecastle, it's not that bad. When was the last time we even picked up a point at Tynecastle?
I have vague recollections of Jim Hamilton scoring an equaliser against us when Mad Eddie was in charge, 2008ish maybe?
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2 minutes ago, Carnoustie Young Guvnor said:
If Forrest is fit for me he's definitely in. With his pace it could be him or Fraser playing off a main striker, a real asset. You saw the difference Fraser made in that role, well Forrest is also rapid and it made us a different team. Could also fill in RWB, as could Fraser.
He played rwb against Israel, it was horrible
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Just now, gannonball said:
He had his most successful season stats wise last year despite it being shortened (16 goals, 22 assists) . In the nations league hes scored 5 goals in 4 games so would silly really to not utilise somebody like him in a squad.
No question at all he's an excellent club player. He's just never done it for us bar that mad 2 game spell under McLeish.
I expect he'll be in, I think most folk would pick him - I just wouldn't
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Is it just me that feels bringing Forrest back shouldn't be a given when he's fit?
He's been genuinely woeful in most of his caps and I don't really see where be plays in the formation we've settled on. He's never really been a good impact player off the bench either.
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2 hours ago, smpar said:
'Insert Amusing Pseudonym' has to be one of the wittiest pieces of patter this forum has seen in years.
Thank you, a compliment of some merit I feel.
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Who plays for Dunfermline these days, is it still Craig Faulconbridge up front?
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I never watched it, cause last week was boring as f**k, but good to see it's annoyed those who tuned in for a laugh
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7 minutes ago, baillieinleeds said:
A massive club, the amount of staff is unreal. Chucky Budges choices in management was utterly atrocious though. Utter shite like Craig Levein getting sacked then doubling down on even worse pish like Stendel Jeezo. Now they’re in the championship and money thrown at the team. Why they didn’t do that last season is a mystery
We're spending significantly less this season than last, so
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If we can't beat a no more than decent Israel then there'd be f**k all point us being in a higher tier, so fair enough.
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2 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said:
I'm aware of this. That was literally the entire commentary of the first paragraph!
Aye, I realised that after I replied. My fault
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2 hours ago, Donathan said:
Is that right, so if we got Wales and played them in the last game, we are out of the running but they need to win to be in the top 2, we’d be better off chucking the game?
Yes, although we are more than capable of losing to Wales either way
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Hearts to shitfest a single goal victory probably
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2 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:
It's not so much that they don't think he's "all that good" but that for a variety of reasons, he's regularly not available or of suspect fitness. His mental health and off field issues have been a major factor, he's regularly not been deemed fit enough to even get involved for his club. He's the best Scottish natural goalscorer of his generation but he's not got anywhere near the caps he should because his attitude and application has been decidedly suspect for most of his career.
A fit and motivated Griffiths has to be in the squad. If nothing else, he's our best option by miles off the bench if we need a late goal. I'm not sure he's a reliable enough starter though, certainly not ahead of Dykes. It would be interesting to see if he could form a partnership feeding off Dykes in the way that Dobbie did at club level. It's not really Clarke's formation style though.
Fit and motivated is your problem here
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3 hours ago, Brechin City FC said:
Having had a look at my own, there seems to be some discrepancies there too. Two of our group of 4 who attend all home games are on 6 points while another is on 11. Not sure how they are calculating it. The figures I posted have come straight from the SFA website: https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland/supporters-tickets/scotland-supporters-club-membership/ssc-loyalty-points/
Depends on your purchase - if you bought the tickets in advance and used your membership no then they should have a record of it. If you buy on the day you won't get the points
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27 minutes ago, Lurkst said:
You'd think UEFA would mitigate against that by ensuring Nations League group winners cannot be drawn in the same World Cup section?
Suits me if it means we can't get Belgium, Italy/Holland, Germany/Spain or France tbf.
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IF we beat Israel, then you want either Austria or Wales (assuming they win their nations league group) as your pot 2 side, since they're the two who are ahead of us in the nations league rankings who are least likely to qualify automatically. Gives you a handy fallback if they finish above you
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I thought McBurnie had a decent game yesterday tbh. Desperately needs a goal but linked up well and caused them problems.
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Win is a necessity, but actually glad the Czechs won because Greece now have nowt to play for and we can't try and scrape in with a draw.
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Just now, G51 said:
If we could find a plug and play replacement for Dykes, we'd be laughing.
Surely there's got to be a big striker out there who can win headers and hold the ball up? I feel like I'm describing every single SPFL striker of the 21st Century
I actually really like Fraser Hornby but can't see him getting much first team football between now and the summer
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Up front is the biggest problem area I'd say. Dykes is clear first choice now, but there's question marks over all the others.
McBurnie isn't as bad as some make out but really doesn't fit our style of play. Griffiths is towing a fleet of caravans. Shankland has hit the ground standing in the top league.
Burke is a pudding. Fletcher is a snake.
Naismith is probably our second best striker but its a brave man who sees him getting himself fit for long enough to play.
There's no much in reserve either Watt, Nesbitt etc are total punts.
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I'm going to continue to bear a grudge against Berti
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On 08/06/2014 at 15:36, Mr Bairn said:
For all Berti's failures, his competitive record, up until the last few months, looks not bad at all.
The draw in the Faroes was the only blot of the Euro 2004 copybook, but the dreadful start to the world cup was dreadful, and his record in friendlies were atrocious.
You can say they're only friendlies, but imo it's important to win against comparable teams to boost your coefficient.
Tbh I'd disagree. Drawing with the Faeroes, luckily, losing to a godawful Lithuania and scraping a win in the final qualifier after playing terribly.
Even the draw with Germany was put in context by them failing to win a game at the finals despite playing Latvia and drawing with Lithuania and Iceland in the qualifiers.
The whole Vogts reign had one genuinely impressive result. We were abysmal in 95% of his games though
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Dunfermline Vs Hearts
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You might be bang on, certainly in that timeline. Which would make it Malofeev's first game in his 11 match run without a win