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I wish O'Sullivan would just f**k off and retire and take his stupid face for a shite. The whinging narcissistic c**t.

What's 'more complicated' about it? Israel's crimes are clearly far greater than Russia's (Israel is killing civilians at a rate approximately 30 times as high as Russia in Ukraine, in a land it has illegally occupied for 57 years), As were ours in Iraq as it happens. Its not complicated at all.

Gauld is a good example. If its based on the numbers he is by far our best midfielder. He should be in the starting 11 let alone the squad. So why isn't he if the level they are playing at doesn't matter?

No, I'm not blinded. What you mean is you don't agree. That's fine, you don't have to. I'm comfortable with my opinion and think Steve Clarke probably agrees. Shankland has scored 17 goals in the Scottish Premiership this season. Van Basten he is not. The level of opposition is incredibly important. Its immeasurably harder playing against Chelsea than Ross County. I find it strange you seem genuinely angry I would take Brown over Shankland. Are you Lawrence Shankland?

How is it nonsense? Boyd is obviously a better player. They both rattled them in at Scottish Premiership level but had deficiencies in their game that meant they weren't ideally suited for Scotland. Dykes and Adams aren't particularly alike either but they have attributes, as does Brown, that lend themselves quite well to playing up front for us. That's why the manager has seen them as his three first choices for a while now.

The level that the play is vastly different, that's thoroughly conclusive evidence. Shankland will never get anywhere near that level. There is a reason Clarke picks like for like players in this area, that is the type of player Scotland need to play up front. Shankland's form is impressive but he's really just a poor man's Kris Boyd and Scotland couldn't really accommodate him either so never got the best out of him. Shankland is playing with a lot of confidence just now and that is big for a striker but I still would have Brown ahead of him and think Clarke will too.

Hello new member first post. I still would probably have Brown ahead of Shankland and think Clarke may well too. Shankland's form is excellent but the Scottish Premiership is a really awful level and not much of a barometer of anything. Plus, Brown's physical attributes are far better suited to Scotland who generally only play one up top. He also can play wide so offers more versatility. Shankland's best chance is the fact that the times he might be used by Scotland would be when we were chasing a game late on and might want to go to two up front. So that would suit him better. Shankland, however, is best facing goal where our strikers generally need to be good with their back to goal and that suits Brown much better. With only a 23 man squad Brown's physicality and versatility put him ahead of Shankland for me. Shankland scoring goals against St Johnstone and St Mirren doesn't change that.