effeffsee_the2nd Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Tickets for St james' would be like hens teeth, they would everywhere to be fair, bigger the ground the more tickets we will be allocated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 It wasn't very good for that either by all accounts. It was cracking for the athletics at the Commonwealth Games. Should have just kept it like that permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34775852 Looks like we could be sticking with 'experienced players' for the next campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34775852 Looks like we could be sticking with 'experienced players' for the next campaign. What? Strachan predictable? Surely not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34775852 Looks like we could be sticking with 'experienced players' for the next campaign. Except that all he said in the article was that anyone would be available for selection, regardless of age. He didn't say he'd be sticking with anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Except that all he said in the article was that anyone would be available for selection, regardless of age. He didn't say he'd be sticking with anyone. "They are all positive and I don't see why not," said Strachan on retaining experienced members of his squad. eta not wanting to start the age debate, just posting the article in which he talks about not changing the system and sticking with experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdogunderdog underdog Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 It would be good to get a couple B team fixtures arranged so that some Premiership players outside of Celtic actually got a chance. Others like Fraser and Phillips could be worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I'd agree, however... As I've indicated before, the problem is that literally no-one plays B internationals any more... There is a structured tournament, called the International Challenge Trophy, but it has an U23s limit plus probably lacks the quality required (given some of the stronger countries like Italy, England and Turkey restrict their selections to domestic or lower-league players). I'm also unsure what the situation is with call-ups for B internationals... Can you compel a player to attend a B call-up, or his club to release him? What officially distinguishes B internationals from full internationals counting for ranking points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Celtic's lineup vs Ajax tonight was close to being a Scotland B side. From what I witnessed: Gordon: hard to say whether it's the shitey defending, but he seems to have lost his air of authority Tierney: excellent, again. Stopped just about every ball that came his way and distributed well MacGregor: lively and scored but faded badly Mackay-Steven: passenger, showed nothing. Did a double stepover when in acres of space against nobody and gave the ball away Armstrong: looked a shadow of the player from last season. Guilty of hiding and poor awareness Forrest: excellent. Defensive side of the game was top notch and he showed a lot more composure and intelligence in his attacking Allan: sublimely weighted passes in for Griffiths and looked a cut above until he dithered on the ball and lost possession for Ajax's second Griffiths: very poor. Had 4 great chances and fluffed every one of them. I fear he's too much of a 'needs 6 chances to score' type (at European/international level). ETA: most interesting of all was Charlie mulgrew who walked up the tunnel after Ajax scored their 2nd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Snodgrass made the Hull bench tonight although he never got on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig McCulloch Burley Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Scotland B Defender Tierney (Celtic) Shinnie (Aberdeen) O'Hara (Killie) Paterson (Hearts) Cooper (Leeds Utd) McGhee (Hearts) Souttar (Dundee Utd) Midfielder Phillip (QPR McKay (Rangers) Henry (Wolves) Fraser (Bournemouth Loan: Ipswich) Nicholson (Hearts) Gauld (Sporting CP) Slater (Killie) McLean (Aberdeen) Crawford (Hamilton Accies) Mowatt (Leeds Utd) Cairney (Fulham) Striker: Kiltie (Killie) Stewart (Dundee) O'Halloran (St Johnstone) Cummings (Hibs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Snodgrass got some minutes under his belt against City at the Ethiad last night while Robertson scored Hull's consolation with a neat wee chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Snodgrass got some minutes under his belt against City at the Ethiad last night while Robertson scored Hull's consolation with a neat wee chip Robertsons goal was very very very dece especially considering it was the 91st minute!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottylintonstowel Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Notice that Fifa want to increase number of finalists in future competitions to 40. Any chance of making that 160 to give Scotland a chance of qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Someone a while back on this thread said football is `cyclical` .... not in Scotland it isn`t. International team performance (wins, draws, goals for and against) has been in consistent decline since 1920. Before WW1, hardly anyone could beat us ... now almost everyone can. We have recently been ranked 52 by FIFA, which means 29 UEFA members are above us ... only 24 to go to reach rock bottom. (in `performance` we count only competitive matches, not friendlies arranged to boost the managers records). This is the result of two important factors ... the players you produce ... and the players other countries produce. And that is where the above ranking is probably away too high ... because, possibly, 40 UEFA members are producing better players than us, while there is no sign of any improvements from SFA ... who, of course, haven`t organised anything since 1872. The people responsible for `producing` players in Scotland currently have the weakest clubs (on average) and competitions in Europe ...so little chance they`ll get the training and experience they need to match Europe.... another reason it is never cyclical. We were still reasonably strong between the wars due to weaker opposition and not too many opponents. We produced strongly after WW2 up until around 1960, due to the very strong Junior system, which most players went through, plus the SFL reserve system. The latter two no longer exist and so we trail very badly in opportunities for young people to access reasonable standards. Portugal lost on pens to Sweden in 2015 UEFA u-21 final ... where we are unlikely ever to be ... and that has to be the result of much, much stronger club systems and competition. In Scotland`s top three levels there are 32 clubs which rarely change and are under little pressure. In Sweden there are 60 clubs in top three levels ... in Portugal, double that, four times what we have. These systems provide far, far greater opportunity to develop players ... so, for the future, their position must get better ... while ours gets worse. With the `pyramid` campaign, we managed to get SJFA re-organisation, a `community club` building programme of sorts, widening of the Scottish Cup (slightly) and a `connection` from league to non-league. Plainly, this piddly stuff won`t go nearly far enough. Since the Chester report in 1968, I have consistently called for legislation to impose stronger club standards, plus much greater competition .. a huge widening of the `pyramid` and access for young people. That is the ONLY way Scotland can ever recover its post war production level. And, since there is absolutely no chance of SFA and SPFL doing that .. it falls to Scottish Government, who are supposed to be `responsible` for Sport. Have you sorted out your shitey website yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencils Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Booked Slovakia and Wembley so far. Anyone got any cheap routes they recommend for Malta? Not having much luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Will certainly go back to London but probably only make it to Slovakia apart from that. Would love Malta but I'm doing my charity trek the day after that so seems unlikely (link in my signature if any legends fancy donating ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Notice that Fifa want to increase number of finalists in future competitions to 40. Any chance of making that 160 to give Scotland a chance of qualifying. We still wouldn't qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Have you sorted out your shitey website yet? He won't respond. He pops up every few months peddling his badly conceived, semi-literate nonsense, tries to get folk to view his piss poor website, and disappears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Booked Slovakia and Wembley so far. Anyone got any cheap routes they recommend for Malta? Not having much luck I hear there are a lot of cheap boats from Syria. Maybe try that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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