RandomGuy. Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: Have you considered that maybe they have and don't think he's upto it? Of course, with the caveat that NI have called him straight up and played him, but theyll have come to that decision based on him playing senior games, yet continuously call up Henderson and Kelly, who are just making their senior breakthrough, based on what? My point is theres a 19 yo who been impressive at lower league level last season, and in the top flight this season, yet hes never had a call up to any level, while players who've never played a single senior game are called up all the time. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 Of course, with the caveat that NI have called him straight up and played him, but theyll have come to that decision based on him playing senior games, yet continuously call up Henderson and Kelly, who are just making their senior breakthrough, based on what? My point is theres a 19 yo who been impressive at lower league level last season, and in the top flight this season, yet hes never had a call up to any level, while players who've never played a single senior game are called up all the time. I'm happy to trust the judgement of the coaches at the SFA, and if the player is happy to jump and play for another nation so readily, he's no loss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Burnie_man said: I'm happy to trust the judgement of the coaches at the SFA, and if the player is happy to jump and play for another nation so readily, he's no loss. The coaches at the SFA havent even spoken to McCann or St Johnstone about him, and the played decided to "jump ship" because he wanted to play International games at a young age to help him grow as a player and a person, and Scotland have shown literally no interest in him. You, and others, will no doubt come steaming in about how shite McCann is and all this pish, but the point is we're losing young players because the SFA coaches are calling up players based on reputation and club ahead of anything else. It wont be long until we lose a major talent elsewhere as we've left it too late. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 The coaches at the SFA havent even spoken to McCann or St Johnstone about him, and the played decided to "jump ship" because he wanted to play International games at a young age to help him grow as a player and a person, and Scotland have shown literally no interest in him. You, and others, will no doubt come steaming in about how shite McCann is and all this pish, but the point is we're losing young players because the SFA coaches are calling up players based on reputation and club ahead of anything else. It wont be long until we lose a major talent elsewhere as we've left it too late.I've never heard of him until now, so why would I come "steaming in" and call him pish? I'm sure there's fans of many clubs who think they have great players being overlooked, that's football.Harry Cochrane was mentioned previously, I know Hearts fans who think he's being overlooked. Irving, Hickey etc. If you're good enough you'll get your chance.If you're not good enough, you won't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bing Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 3 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: The coaches at the SFA havent even spoken to McCann or St Johnstone about him, and the played decided to "jump ship" because he wanted to play International games at a young age to help him grow as a player and a person, and Scotland have shown literally no interest in him. You, and others, will no doubt come steaming in about how shite McCann is and all this pish, but the point is we're losing young players because the SFA coaches are calling up players based on reputation and club ahead of anything else. It wont be long until we lose a major talent elsewhere as we've left it too late. You know this how? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 20 hours ago, BingMcCrosby said: You know this how? It was mentioned in an interview where its confirmed hes joining up with NI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bing Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 18 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: It was mentioned in an interview where its confirmed hes joining up with NI. It's not like we don't have previous for overlooking players. But they might just have decided he's not going to be good enough. They can't cap everybody. Guess we will find out in a few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 On 27/10/2019 at 14:14, RandomGuy. said: The coaches at the SFA havent even spoken to McCann or St Johnstone about him, and the played decided to "jump ship" because he wanted to play International games at a young age to help him grow as a player and a person, and Scotland have shown literally no interest in him. You, and others, will no doubt come steaming in about how shite McCann is and all this pish, but the point is we're losing young players because the SFA coaches are calling up players based on reputation and club ahead of anything else. It wont be long until we lose a major talent elsewhere as we've left it too late. He can still play for Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Scotland have called up players playing well in the championship for the u21s so I highly doubt they're not picking McCann because of who he plays for. St Johnstone fans used to say the same pish about Zander Clark and Jason Kerr, is that still a great conspiracy theory? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 No self-respecting manager is going to call up a player from St. Johnstone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Ali McCann??I hope that’s a joke [emoji23] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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