BazMac

Anyone got any Sam Bird news?

Similar to when we had Snodgrass who had promise but lost his way before a great loan spell turned it around.

https://www.staffordrangersfc.co.uk/tag/sam-bird/

He's played with us through the age groups though, so it's not like pulling on our strip/ hearing our anthem etc was a new thing

Christie doing well in centre mid too. We might just see Christie and McTominay switching roles, which would have been an interesting shout a few years ago.

Winnable draw sounds like an oxymoron to me

Just watching Brighton 1 up against Ajax at half time. I'm sure it's been mentioned before but I noticed that not a single pass from any player goes around the midfield without Billy Gilmour pointing where an option is to his teammate. He's the only one doing this and seems to be orchestrating the entire movement of Brighton. Anyone who watches Brighton more than I do... is this typical? When he's not in the side, does another player perform the same function, or is this Billy's own abilities that makes him do this?

I wasn't at the game, but from my very questionable space bar pause, it doesn't look like Robert Thompson was offside for what would have been the opener. From our point of view, I'm really pleased with how well players who I thought would be fringe players are performing. I wouldn't consider any player to be a fringe player now.

Has to be Marlow

I'm not particularly bothered about a player born and brought up in England taking any opportunity to play for England. Seems fair enough for me. Looking at it from a wider perspective, if players like Hayden Hackney show that you can join the Scotland U21 setup and the door will still be open for future England call ups then it might continue to encourage more dual nationality players who have established themselves at club level to give Scotland a try at some point. And you never know, a few might get hooked to playing for Scotland as a result.

McGinty was 16 though. But I take your point. That said, I think it's interesting and the expensive transfer of British children is something we may see more and more as a result of Brexit. If it does I can see an overhaul of the regulations surrounding the ownership of under-16s as a reaction. But as we are in this subforum, what I really mean to say is... Clarke should get him in the next squad

Apologies for posting a link to the Sun Tyrese Noubissie born in Livingston but eligible for Scotland, England, Cameroon and France moves from Leicester to Man City for £1million at the age of 14. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23529970/man-city-tyrese-noubissie-man-utd-chelsea-wonderkid-transfer/

Living away from Stirling, I really appreciate the highlights @TheWestStand. I would actually agree that the long intro isn't needed, so if that saves you a bit of time I'd be all for chopping it... but maybe others watch it a different way from how I do. The first thing I do is skip forward to where I see the team sheets and go from there. And it''s by no means the most important thing, but I always feel like it's the graphics that let us down. Would be lovely if a graphics designing supporter would volunteer to make some for the team sheets and top left corner score, as well as some swishy replay graphics. That's not me though sadly!

Is it a rule that you have to start with the same lineups? And what happens if a player picks up an injury between now and then, whether off-the-field overnight or in the warm-up. Do you have to use a substitute?

Leave a little bit of water on Gunns goal-line there boys