Sherrif John Bunnell Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 How the hell has Forrest been called up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Meh, not really fussed about Forest, offers decent pace from the bench. Pleasing that Strachan has seen sense and rightfully told dross like Arfield to do one. Who will be at Cb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Surprised by some of the selections/omissions. Never heard of Matt Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrodelawasp Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Can you hear them coming? It's all the people who are going to say we should abandon our normal formation and play 4-4-2 for these games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand 2 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Like others, quite surprised by some of the selections. Think GMS and Griffiths are very unlucky not to be included at the expense of Forrest and May, who has had a pretty quiet time of it at Sheffield Wednesday. Arfield also unfortunate but perhaps slightly too similar to other players already in the squad. Ritchie is a handy player so will be good to have a look and Rhodes' scoring record speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Nice to see Mark Reynolds in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 James Forrest :lol: OYF. Seriously though, disappointed not to see Arfield or even George Boyd in there but looks as if WGS is sticking with the majority of the players who've got us this far. Excited to see what Ritchie can do though, he'll be flying after the season Bournemouth are having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Can you hear them coming? It's all the people who are going to say we should abandon our normal formation and play 4-4-2 for these games... They've always been here I'm afraid. To be honest though, you could probably get away with it for Gibraltar, but what would be the point? I'd much rather they played the system they were going to play against the likes of Germany and Poland rather than be thrown into a system that they have no intention of using when it really matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Can you hear them coming? It's all the people who are going to say we should abandon our normal formation and play 4-4-2 for these games... Our 4-4-1-1 formation isn't a million miles off a 4-4-2 anyway. Few surprises in the squad; Arfield, Boyd and Philips are the main surprise omissions, and obviously this Bournemouth guy is going to be a new name to many, but if everyone's fit you can pretty much pick the majority of the starters anyway. Is Grant Hanley injured or completely out of the scene at Blackburn? I presume the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Has anyone expressed surprise at forrest being in over Armstrong yet. Seems a bit odd but trust strachan. Would have liked to have seen gauld in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekfootball Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 There seems to be a slight pattern with the squad in relation to celtic players. They have a hectic schedule coming up and bringing in a player from there team who maybe will benefit from competitive game time as opposed to GMS, Armstrong, Griffiths and Mulgrew(who will be fit by the time these games come up). Brown has to be included as captain but there definitely doing celtic a favour by not calling up the other 4 players mentioned. On form GMS(ahead of bannan),Armstrong(ahead of forrest) and Griffiths(ahead of may) for me should be in the squad and if Mulgrew is fit he should be as well as he has been one of our best players recently and with hanley out he could of stepped back in to cb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 There seems to be a slight pattern with the squad in relation to celtic players. They have a hectic schedule coming up and bringing in a player from there team who maybe will benefit from competitive game time as opposed to GMS, Armstrong, Griffiths and Mulgrew(who will be fit by the time these games come up). Brown has to be included as captain but there definitely doing celtic a favour by not calling up the other 4 players mentioned. On form GMS(ahead of bannan),Armstrong(ahead of forrest) and Griffiths(ahead of may) for me should be in the squad and if Mulgrew is fit he should be as well as he has been one of our best players recently and with hanley out he could of stepped back in to cb. Are you suggesting WGS never called these players up to help Celtic win the league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekfootball Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Are you suggesting WGS never called these players up to help Celtic win the league? Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 There seems to be a slight pattern with the squad in relation to celtic players. They have a hectic schedule coming up and bringing in a player from there team who maybe will benefit from competitive game time as opposed to GMS, Armstrong, Griffiths and Mulgrew(who will be fit by the time these games come up). Brown has to be included as captain but there definitely doing celtic a favour by not calling up the other 4 players mentioned. On form GMS(ahead of bannan),Armstrong(ahead of forrest) and Griffiths(ahead of may) for me should be in the squad and if Mulgrew is fit he should be as well as he has been one of our best players recently and with hanley out he could of stepped back in to cb. Tinfoil hat stuff here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabinho Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Who its to Eligible?Boyd and Phillips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig McCulloch Burley Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 There seems to be a slight pattern with the squad in relation to celtic players. They have a hectic schedule coming up and bringing in a player from there team who maybe will benefit from competitive game time as opposed to GMS, Armstrong, Griffiths and Mulgrew(who will be fit by the time these games come up). Brown has to be included as captain but there definitely doing celtic a favour by not calling up the other 4 players mentioned. On form GMS(ahead of bannan),Armstrong(ahead of forrest) and Griffiths(ahead of may) for me should be in the squad and if Mulgrew is fit he should be as well as he has been one of our best players recently and with hanley out he could of stepped back in to cb. What about Arfield and Jack for who replace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 From what I thought two weeks ago... Craig GordonDavid MarshallAllan McGregorGordon GreerGrant HanleyAlan HuttonRussell MartinMark ReynoldsAndrew RobertsonSteven WhittakerIkechi AnyaStuart ArmstrongBarry BannanScott BrownDarren FletcherGary Mackay-StevenShaun MaloneyJames McArthurJames MorrisonCharlie MulgrewSteven FletcherLeigh GriffithsChris MartinSteven NaismithJohnny Russell Hanley, Mulgrew and Martin (injured), Armstrong, Mackay-Steven and Griffiths (not preferred). Replaced with Berra, Forsyth, Rhodes, Forrest, May, McCormack and Ritchie in. The only genuine surprises for me are: Armstrong not being included, I think he's been very good for Celtic and was having a great season with Dundee United anyway, and Ritchie's call-up as I never knew he was eligible. Slight surprise for Rhodes and Forrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Does Ryan Jack have to suck Strachan's boaby to be included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Does Ryan Jack have to suck Strachan's boaby to be included? No he just has to be better than the other midfielders in the squad, which he isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 No he just has to be better than the other midfielders in the squad, which he isn't Still better than James Forrest mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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