Quentin Taranbino Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) If we stick with 3 at the back and players out of position we will be fucked. Get back to 4-2-3-1 Get Robertson back to left back Get Tierney to right back Get McTominay back to centre mid Get Fraser back out wide Do the above and I'm still confident we will get past Israel .................................Marshall............................. Tierney......McKenna......Cooper.......Robertson .....................McTominay.....Fleck.......................... Armstrong..............Christie...................Fraser .....................................Dykes................................. Edited September 7, 2020 by DavidMcG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Not sure whats preferable. Getting papped out by a 4th tier nation like Israel, or getting chucked about the park and losing by 5+ to Haaland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I have tickets for this, I don’t know whether to hope the game is allowed fans in attendance or not now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 This might be Lockdown-and-Scotland induced pessimism, but should we lose the Israel game specifically, and it isn't down to some hard-luck story where we lose to a dive in the 95th minute, I'd honestly punt Clarke. He's done literally nothing, and worse than that, seems like he has no prospect of even the chance of doing more than nothing. Hope he proves me wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 4-3-3 Marshall/McLoughlin Palmer-----Gallagher/McKenna-----Cooper-----Robertson Jack/McGregor-----McTominay-----Fleck Christie-----Armstrong/McGinn Dykes/McBurnie Block passes into the centre backs and let them just header everything. Force teams out wide. Get Christie and Armstrong/McGinn running beyond the striker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, G51 said: 4-3-3 Marshall/McLoughlin Palmer-----Gallagher/McKenna-----Cooper-----Robertson Jack/McGregor-----McTominay-----Fleck Christie-----Armstrong/McGinn Dykes/McBurnie Block passes into the centre backs and let them just header everything. Force teams out wide. Get Christie and Armstrong/McGinn running beyond the striker. If we played all of them we'd still be shit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieMogwai Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) Given what I've seen so far, I'd go with: ............................................Marshall............................................... Tierney...............Cooper...............Findlay.........Robertson ........................................McTominay............................................ ......................McGinn................................Fleck.......................... Christie..............................Dykes...................................Fraser Keep this team together for a few games. If forced into it, the only alternatives I'd consider are: MacGregor for Fleck Forrest for Christie McLean for McTominay Palmer for Tierney Jack for Fleck McKenna if every other defender is injured And Griffiths, if he gets his act together. Edited September 7, 2020 by KillieMogwai -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 If McTominay plays centre-back, I will legit cry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenockraver Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, KillieMogwai said: Given what I've seen so far, I'd go with: ............................................Marshall............................................... Tierney...............Cooper...............Findlay.........Robertson ........................................McTominay............................................ ......................McGinn................................Fleck.......................... Christie..............................Dykes...................................Fraser Keep this team together for a few games. If forced into it, the only alternatives I'd consider are: MacGregor for Fleck Forrest for Christie McLean for McTominay Palmer for Tierney Jack for Fleck McKenna if every other defender is injured And Griffiths, if he gets his act together. Whats your logic behind this comment based on what we saw this week ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 We'll shiftfest a win in this then play much better against Norway and lose 4-2 with Haaland scoring all 4 or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Three lineups posted since last night. One doesn't have McGinn in it and another has a toss-up between Armstrong/McGinn.Am I missing something? Yeah he wasn't great against Israel on Friday but who was? At least with McGinn there is always a spark and we've seen he's not bad in front of goal if a chance comes.Guaranteed starter for me.Don't know what will happen with Fraser. Presumably the bridges aren't fully burned yet and he'll still be involves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Three lineups posted since last night. One doesn't have McGinn in it and another has a toss-up between Armstrong/McGinn.Am I missing something? Yeah he wasn't great against Israel on Friday but who was? At least with McGinn there is always a spark and we've seen he's not bad in front of goal if a chance comes.Guaranteed starter for me.Don't know what will happen with Fraser. Presumably the bridges aren't fully burned yet and he'll still be involves.I'd be happy with this but would have reservations about a right side with Christie and Tierney both cutting inside. You could swap Forrest/Fraser (if he turns up) with Christie which would create a nice wee triangle of Robertson-Armstrong-Christie. I suppose McGinn could drift out too but ideally he'd be hanging around the box. The Armstrong-McTominay pairing could be a bit chaotic and leave big holes in front of the defence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I'd be happy with this but would have reservations about a right side with Christie and Tierney both cutting inside. You could swap Forrest/Fraser (if he turns up) with Christie which would create a nice wee triangle of Robertson-Armstrong-Christie. I suppose McGinn could drift out too but ideally he'd be hanging around the box. The Armstrong-McTominay pairing could be a bit chaotic and leave big holes in front of the defence. Forrest and Christie are used to switching during the game so that should be fine to partially combat the Tierney problem. Can't say I remember much of watching Fraser play on the right but I know he's done it a fair amount of time. I see what you're saying about Armstrong. I had that in the back of my head but felt we needed something, anything, in that area of the pitch. Looking back at the Israel 2018 game at Hampden, Armstrong and McGregor were the deepest two I think and Armstrong went wandering a few times which had both positive and negative effects. I'd hope getting McTominay in there would help block the passes/close down shots which McGregor couldn't do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 ............................................Marshall............................................... Tierney...............Cooper...............McKenna.........Robertson ........................................McTominay............................................ ......................McGinn................................Fleck.......................... Christie..............................McBurnie...................................Armstrong If we had everyone available I'd go with something like that. I'm not convinced Ryan Fraser will ever turn up for us again, so Armstrong out wide even though he was honking last night, he's usually good. McBurnie or Dykes, I don't mind, but if both fit and available I think you start with McBurnie. Almost everyone there is playing in a familiar position aside from Tierney, but he's shown he can performer anywhere for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoustie Young Guvnor Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Moonster said: ............................................Marshall............................................... Tierney...............Cooper...............McKenna.........Robertson ........................................McTominay............................................ ......................McGinn................................Fleck.......................... Christie..............................McBurnie...................................Armstrong If we had everyone available I'd go with something like that. I'm not convinced Ryan Fraser will ever turn up for us again, so Armstrong out wide even though he was honking last night, he's usually good. McBurnie or Dykes, I don't mind, but if both fit and available I think you start with McBurnie. Almost everyone there is playing in a familiar position aside from Tierney, but he's shown he can performer anywhere for us. No width on the right with two left footers wouldn't be great. For that reason if Tierney plays RB then Forrest or Fraser have to play in front of him imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokerson Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Marshall Palmer Cooper McKenna Robertson McTominay McGregor Christie McGinn Fraser Dykes That's our stongest team 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Carnoustie Young Guvnor said: No width on the right with two left footers wouldn't be great. For that reason if Tierney plays RB then Forrest or Fraser have to play in front of him imo. Switch Armstrong and Christie then. Forrest is a waste of a jersey and Fraser isn't interested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoustie Young Guvnor Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Moonster said: Switch Armstrong and Christie then. Forrest is a waste of a jersey and Fraser isn't interested. I think in his right position Forrest is still a good option and Fraser just needs good management. Fair enough he's an arse and not really interested, its the manager's job to get him interested. He's decent and quick, we need to try and get a few campaigns out of him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Smokerson said: Marshall Palmer Cooper McKenna Robertson McTominay McGregor Christie McGinn Fraser Dykes That's our stongest team Not convinced McGregor would be in the strongest XI on form (current or otherwise). Not convinced Fraser wants to play. Other than that, you are probably right. Dykes did enough, although he needs to work on his fitness from appearances, and Palmer looks reasonable solid, relatively speaking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Smokerson said: Marshall Palmer Cooper McKenna Robertson McTominay McGregor Christie McGinn Fraser Dykes That's our stongest team Tierney in for Palmer, Armstrong in for Fraser and McBurnie in for Dykes and you'd be spot on -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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