DA Baracus Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 (edited) Barry Ferguson hitting out with the inexplicable view that we 'should be better than Slovenia and Slovakia'. Not a single person asked why we should be or what he could possibly be basing that on Edited October 12, 2017 by DA Baracus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 If you did so, you would get some garble about two of the biggest clubs in the world, so best not to probably. You wouldn't though. Don't see why people always have to bring up the OF when they're having a pop at guys. Ferguson is thick as shit but he loved playing for Scotland and he probably just genuinely believes we should be better than them, even if he maybe is ill informed. Fwiw if you actually looked into it a bit more (populations/number of players/coaches/clubs etc) which I'm not going to do because I cba, he would maybe have a point. Having a guess I think we probably should be better than Slovenia and should probably be pretty similar to Slovakia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 WHY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 You wouldn't though. Don't see why people always have to bring up the OF when they're having a pop at guys. Ferguson is thick as shit but he loved playing for Scotland and he probably just genuinely believes we should be better than them, even if he maybe is ill informed. Fwiw if you actually looked into it a bit more (populations/number of players/coaches/clubs etc) which I'm not going to do because I cba, he would maybe have a point. Having a guess I think we probably should be better than Slovenia and should probably be pretty similar to Slovakia. if we're going on those factors we should be probably be better than Wales and Ireland and Iceland and Northern Ireland too. Unfortunately we're not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: if we're going on those factors we should be probably be better than Wales and Ireland and Iceland and Northern Ireland too. Unfortunately we're not. Why should we be better than Iceland using coaching as a factor? Edited October 12, 2017 by ayrmad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Why should we be better than Iceland using coaching as a factor? Because we have Largs!What do they have? Volcanoes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Just now, Scary Bear said: Because we have Largs! What do they have? Volcanoes. Aye, most of our kids have been coached bollocks by nobodies for numerous years before they see a decent coach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Aye, most of our kids have been coached bollocks by nobodies for numerous years before they see a decent coach. Who were our kids being coached by back when we were qualifying? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Scary Bear said: Who were our kids being coached by back when we were qualifying? Most of their skills would have been self taught, loads of youngsters back in the day would comfortably have a acquired their 10,000 hours kicking balls about the streets, I couldn't even tell you the last time I watched kids kicking a ball about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Because we have Largs!What do they have? Volcanoes. ....and geothermal vents..........and Björk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 6 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: ....and geothermal vents..........and Björk. Aye, but apart from volcanoes, geothermal vents and Björk... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 ....and geothermal vents..........and Björk. Has Björk got her coaching badges?Incidentally, where were all these Icelandic football coaches trained? Did they go to Largs and if not where were they trained? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Most of their skills would have been self taught, loads of youngsters back in the day would comfortably have a acquired their 10,000 hours kicking balls about the streets, I couldn't even tell you the last time I watched kids kicking a ball about. In which case, we should probably cease all coaching and just ask (can you still force them to play?) kids to play football regularly.Scotland will be back at the World Cup in no time. The Scottish football eco system will be repaired. A few kids may get run down playing in the street, as there does seem to be an excessive amount of arsehole, 'I won't do 20' speeding drivers about, but it'll be a small price to pay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Because we have Largs!What do they have? Volcanoes. According to my sources, there's one coming this way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Who were our kids being coached by back when we were qualifying? Back when we were qualifying there was twenty less countries and Europe and Eastern Europe was still communist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Scary Bear said: In which case, we should probably cease all coaching and just ask (can you still force them to play?) kids to play football regularly. Scotland will be back at the World Cup in no time. The Scottish football eco system will be repaired. A few kids may get run down playing in the street, as there does seem to be an excessive amount of arsehole, 'I won't do 20' speeding drivers about, but it'll be a small price to pay. O r we could just ensure that every kid gets access to a fairly well qualified coach in decent surroundings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Back when we were qualifying there was twenty less countries and Europe and Eastern Europe was still communist Terrible excuse. The likes of Iceland, Ireland and Northern Ireland were still about. I recall us playing Belarus back when we qualified. Were the other countries all just a big shit when we regularly qualified? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 O r we could just ensure that every kid gets access to a fairly well qualified coach in decent surroundings. Must be some reasons that's not happening. I'm sure the Sportsound Think Tank will come up with a solution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Terrible excuse. The likes of Iceland, Ireland and Northern Ireland were still about. I recall us playing Belarus back when we qualified. Were the other countries all just a big shit when we regularly qualified? Virtually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Must be some reasons that's not happening. I'm sure the Sportsound Think Tank will come up with a solution. Aye, we don't want to spend the millions required. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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