Quentin Taranbino
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I assume where you sit is just randomly allocated? I thought we would have to pick a seat and all that malarky like normal ticket buying
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That was relatively easy and stress free - fans first tickets for all three matches.
Word of warning to 11 pointers - the access codes are one use only then they expire immediately so DONT close your window or log out etc as you won't get back in. After I bought my tickets, I tried to log back in to see if opening game had sold out and got the message that the codes are one use only.
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1 hour ago, 2426255 said:
I think we all kind of have an idea that's the way the land lies. I think it makes sense on it's own if you follow the logic through. Is there any kind of source or is it just an
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/3-newcastle-united-stars-ruled-31594932
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Daily Record running a story today saying Livramento, Gordon and Anderson have no chance of being called up/no interest in declaring.
Harvey Barnes however is open/looking likely
There is no direct quotes though from Clarke which tells me it's an off the record question with an off the record answer
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1 minute ago, 19QOS19 said:
My thinking is that he never did an interview as he knew he was done. Sadly it's what I'm hoping the case to be. But it'll more than likely be a genuine technical problem.
Ah come on...
You'll find out tomorrow
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Edit- have been asked to remove. As you were
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Obviously there is no official stats on it, but the number of people with firesticks (or similar) has increased rapidly over the last 5 years or so.
My back of fag packet maths, has about 50% of people I know between the ages of 20 and 50 have some sort of dodgy streaming device now where they would be able to watch the football.
Now that the services provided, the quality, support given and general ease of them has made them accessible to even the simplest of tech capable folk.
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There was a time when he should definitely have merited a call up based on form - when he was at Blackburn and then went on to sign for Fulham. That two or three year spell from 2014 - 2017, he was red hot but for whatever reason was never called up. Think West Ham bid about 18mill for him after his debut season at Fulham.
He eventually got the call up late 2017 I believe but the following season was when he started getting injuries and was in and out the team more as Fulham got into the Premier League and yo-yo'd between that and Championship. He never quite captured that early form imo although has been a solid enough player over the years.
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18 hours ago, HuttonDressedAsLahm said:
I’m prepared to bet my mortgage on McLean being included. He’s never let us down, can play a few positions, and one of SC’s favourite subs to close out a match. I suspect he’s also a positive presence around the squad.
I’d imagine there’s a couple of defenders, alongside Brown/Nisbet/Jack/Shankland who’ll end up missing out. I’d say the midfield has been remarkably consistent across the last 12-18 months. Only the likes of Turnbull and McCrorie have had more than one call up, but haven’t had any/real game time.
McTominay, McGregor, McGinn, Gilmour, Ferguson, McLean, and Armstrong are all dead certs. According to Wikipedia, Anderson is the only midfielder we’ve called up in the last 12 months who didn’t make the last squad.
We’ve played/called up a fair number of defenders, mainly due to injuries, and there not being as many out-and-out strongest options like we have in midfield. A couple will lose out just simply because we’ll run out of spaces, and injury at the wrong time, or just struggling for fitness (Souttar, Cooper, McKenna, Doig, Taylor, Hanley).
I don’t see any names coming from left field in time for June. The only plausible (we can debate how likely, fair, sensible, or justified separately) options would be Barnes and Doak. Otherwise, it’s only a coin toss between a couple of defenders, and our much-of-a-muchness up front.
It would be a nice problem to have if someone could suddenly make a last ditch effort, but it looks unlikely.
Agreed about Mclean being a certainty. I think the only current midfielder we have that is on the cusp is Ryan Jack. If someone is getting bumped from our squad in midfield then it will be him.
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1 hour ago, 2426255 said:
There hasn't been a history in Clarke's selections of including a fox in the box type striker who can get you a goal. I don't see why that would change because it's the Euro's. There has been a reluctance to play or call on a guy like Lawrence Shankland and before that Leigh Griffiths (maybe a slightly different scenario given his extra curricular activities) - so I don't see a strong case historically or given our attacking method for including an "in-form" goalscorer as counter-intuitive as that may sound.
As I said it's just my opinion on the situation from what I've seen, listened to and recorded and things can always change.
I would put Shankland, Nisbet and Stewart in the same category as a 'striker' rather than a 'forward' like Dykes and Adams I.e offers something different for a different style of play. More of a natural goal scorer.
As your own table shows, Clarke has always called up either Shankland or Nisbet in his squads with the only exception being a period where Nisbet was injured and Shankland was languishing in Belgium. And in those cases he called up Brown/Stewart/Fraser as his fourth option before reverting back to Nisbet and Shankland as options again once they have sorted themselves out.
I'm not trying to argue with you, but I would suggest your own stats show that history DOES show that Clarke likes a different striker option more often than not.
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8 hours ago, 2426255 said:
Don't agree with lots in there to be honest, but each to their own.
On Shankland. He wasn't called up in October or originally in November and he didn't start against Georgia or even against Norway after scoring a stoppage time equaliser - so why is that?
Scotland have adapted to be able to score without prolific strikers through necessity and so including a penalty-box striker might require a change to the team dynamic. We aren't going to build a team around Shankland or Stewart, therefore I don't think including a goal scoring striker would be anything more than what we saw in Georgia: 5 - 10 minutes remaining, we need a goal and our opposition are defending their 18 yard box - so pull the rip cord.
I don't think there needs to be a big focus on getting strikers that score as that's our midfielders job. I think it's maybe misreading the situation to say the striker in the best 'goal scoring form' should be called up. That's just my view, could be wrong.
That's exactly what I'm saying though. Clarkes 4th forward is likely to be someone who gets 5 or 10 mins at end of the game whilst we are looking for a goal - that's why I think the spot go to whoever he believes is most likely to grab that goal.
Now, club form doesn't always translate into International form as we know but given there isn't alot to separate the options. If there is one of those players who is in red hot goal scoring form for his club in the run up the Euros, I suspect that could give them the edge for that fourth slot.
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6 minutes ago, Hendricks said:
Interesting post and a lot of good points.
The only thing I definitely disagree with is that I expect Barnes to take Jack's position which won't impact the 4th forward/striker. And I actually duo expect this to happen over the next few months. Just think it makes sense for both player and us.
For me, assuming fitness, there are around 20 certainties and a couple of decisions and this is how I see things currently.
Gunn
Gordon or Clark (totally dependant on what happens at Hearts!)
Kelly
Robertson
Tierney
Hickey
Patterson
Hanley
Hendry
Porteous
McKenna or Cooper
McGregor
Gilmour
McTominay
McGinn
McLean
Ferguson
Armstrong
Barnes
Dykes
Adams
Christie
Shankland or Stewart or Brown or Stewart or Doak
Aye, to be fair I think you are right regarding Ryan Jack, he is just unlikely to be needed. It would all depend on how far Clarkes squad loyalty reaches.
Gilmour, McGregor and McLean are all ahead of him and even though we wouldn't want them to - McTominay and McGinn can both sit deeper as well if really needed. I just can't see where Jack gets any sniff of minutes in a fully fit squad.
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Looking at all the realistic (and semi realistic) options for the remaining forward position that seems to be up in the air;
Assuming its a 23 man squad, and assuming there is no injuries to existing forward players then
Dykes, Adams and Christie (who is usually included as a forward) are on the plane. Even if Dykes and Adams blank for their clubs from now until the end of the season, I'm confident they would both still be named in the squad.
That likely leaves one remaining spot:
Lawrence Shankland - His goal and club form probably puts him in pole position if the squad was to be named right now. If he keeps club form up - he will definitely be in with a good shout.
Kevin Nisbet - Would need to start banging them in the championship to be considered. Suspect he will be there or there abouts in the friendlies next year. Hasn't had the best of starts with injuries this season.
Jacob Brown - Had a huge chance to stake his claim and didn't really take it. I like him as a player but can see him being on the very edges of the squad. However should he start firing in regular goals in the Premier League then I think he will shoot to the top of Steve Clarke's list.
Tommy Conway - Outside chance, performing well at a decent level and Clarke included him with the senior squad for training a few months ago so obviously admires him, but I suspect even if he is prolific for the rest of the season, the tournament will come too soon to break Clarke's loyalty to others.
Ben Doak - Clarke has so far resisted the temptation to call him up, next six months will be crucial for him. If he is getting regular game time for Liverpool or regular sub appearances in PL then I think he stands a great chance but wouldn't be a surprise to not see him called up.
Oli McBurnie - Hasn't been called up by Clarke since he got injured before Euros and had some off-field issues. Very unlikely to be called up, however similar to Jacob Brown, if he ends up scoring 10 goals in PL this season and becomes red hot, I suspect he would be in with a very good shout. He won't though.
Ross Stewart - Clarke likes him and had it not been for his injuries, I suspect he would have had a few more caps by now. If he can continue his Sunderland form for Southampton for rest of season, I can see him jumping over Nisbet and Shankland in the pecking order. He will be involved in friendlies for sure
Oli Burke - Next to zero chance but he has been part of Clarke's squads before and is playing at a reasonable level. He would have to hit unbelievable form for Birmingham to even be in with a chance to be involved in friendlies. His chance is gone.
Ryan Fraser - Burnt his bridges seemingly. Although Clarke never fully shut the door, I suspect that was him being media savvy more than anything else. Loyalty and squad morale is huge for Clarke. Even blistering form wouldn't be enough I suspect to see Fraser involved.
Harvey Barnes - By all accounts the most likely of the Newcastle recruits to want to switch allegiance. If he hadn't been injured, I suspect he may well have been involved in the most recent squad which due to his quality, would make him a certainty for Euros. But....he got injured and now has to wait again. Tough to call
Anthony Gordon - Unlikely to switch allegiances and I suspect was never really going to. Paper talk to try and force his way into England squad. If he was truly committed and declared for us, he would be in the squad no questions.
In summary - I think if Barnes or Gordon were to declare and be involved in the friendlies next year then they would take the fourth slot quite easily. The quality upgrade for one of those is too much to ignore I believe and could make all the difference at the Euros.
Assuming neither are involved - I think the fourth slot would go to Brown or McBurnie IF (and a really big IF) one of those two hit some amazing goal scoring form in the premier league. Nothing I have seen convinces me that will happen
The likelihood is that neither Gordon nor Barnes declare and Brown/McBurnie don't turn it on in EPL - so that leaves us with the rest and I think Clarke will look to give the fourth slot to a goal scorer and the nod will go to Stewart, Shankland or Nisbet. These are the three I expect will be involved in the friendly squads and I genuinely believe it will go down to which of the three performs best in those three or four friendly games.
Early prediction - Ross Stewart gets the spot
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I'm sure Clarke said there will be 3 games before the Euros so assuming McTominay plays in them all - he will go into Euros on 50 caps. Hanley and Armstrong both on 48 caps so could hit hall of fame in that window too.
Didn't Hanley have a 2 or 3 year exile from national team as well? I wonder how many caps be could have been on if he had been getting picked during that period
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Taylor and Clark (and currently Patterson) have shown I these last two games they are absolutely miles away from being the standard of the players ahead of them.
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Did my stream glitch or did Clark just dive after the ball was already out
Can't wait for someone to gif that
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41 minutes ago, General dissaray said:
Tearing up the Gentleman's agreement would mean that we could cap anyone English, Welsh or Northern Irish though?
We all have British passports and British is the official nationality so we could literally cap any "British" player.
Unless I have completely misunderstood, you want to open that huge can of worms in order to cap a couple of lower league jobbers with Jamaican grannies
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3 hours ago, Quentin Taranbino said:
Still have a ticket in North stand if anyone wants it.
Holding it for someone until 10 to pay but then moving on. Need it gone
Sold
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Still have a ticket in North stand if anyone wants it.
Holding it for someone until 10 to pay but then moving on. Need it gone
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I have one ticket going if anyone wants it?
North stand- section C1
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Can't go to Norway game now so ticket for sale if anyone looking.
North stand , Section C1 - face value £30
PM if interested. Won't be holding it though, will go to first person who can commit to transferring the money.
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Assuming Robertson, Tierney and Hickey are all fit and available - is there any fans who believe Greg Taylor should be on the plane?
Unfortunately, even though he is fourth choice left back, I suspect Clarke will reward his loyalty over the last 3 games and stick him in the squad regardless
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Euro 2024 tickets
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Mine are showing in 'my tickets' but it did take 5 minutes to generate