Drew Brees Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Central Belt Caley said: Jason Cummings, baffles me how he got 2 Scotland caps Calum Macgregor John Mcginn (when at Hibs) happy to admit he’s proven me wrong and probably one of our best players Ryan Porteous Emilio Izaguirre Was there hype about izzaguire? Just a decent full back IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Was there hype about izzaguire? Just a decent full back IMO. He won Player of the Year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 (edited) Izzy was doing very well even linked to Man U at one point but was never the same player when he came back from his leg break which was about a year in to his time at Celtic iirc. Probably why he stayed at Celtic so long as he seemed to have lost a bit of pace and much more hesitant on the ball. For me though he was always technically a bit limited but many modern day full backs often are now. Edited November 5, 2021 by gannonball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 8 hours ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Dead ball specialist that worked hard to get as good as he did. Something a hell of a lot of players up here could learn from, never ceases to amaze me how many players are shite at set pieces, surely ones with even a limited talent could improve with a few extra hours on their own time practicing them. It would pay off long term. Or they could be home by 1pm and be on COD by quarter past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Ryan Porteous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoose Rice Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Meldrew said: yet was one of the 1st names on the teamsheet for the arguably the 2nd best club team in Europe between 2007/08 to 2010/11 Dalglish used to get the same things said about him, maybe they were both just used to playing with quality players on a weekly basis and it was the scotland's other players that were ''fuckin crap'' ? He was fuckin' crap for Scotland. What's the point in playing players consistently crap because he's good at club level? It's like consisting of a player your club signed because he was great elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoose Rice Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Zander Diamond at least scored a decent penalty against England England v Italy: Watch the full 2012 penalty shoot-out - YouTube 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 26 minutes ago, Hoose Rice said: He was fuckin' crap for Scotland. What's the point in playing players consistently crap because he's good at club level? It's like consisting of a player your club signed because he was great elsewhere. and if that happen they'd be thousands of fans who have an interest in Scotland asking why one of the usual starters for the 2nd best team in Europe doesnt get picked for Scotland ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 14 hours ago, Hoose Rice said: Like Scott Brown, Kenny Miller, Derek Riordan, Steven Fletcher, Steven Whittaker, Garry Occonnor, Kevin Thomson, Jason Cummings, David Wotherspoon, Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson? apart from the 1st two, yes, exactly like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 come at me P & B ''youngsters'' absolute quality but placed in a higher tier than he deserves by the youtube generation, Michael Laudrup was a far better player. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Meldrew said: come at me P & B ''youngsters'' absolute quality but placed in a higher tier than he deserves by the youtube generation, Michael Laudrup was a far better player. That’s a dreadful take. Just about every ex pro of that generation say he’s the best they played with or against. Don’t think they were watching YouTube. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoose Rice Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, Meldrew said: apart from the 1st two, yes, exactly like that. who’s it in comparison with from other Scottish clubs like? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Christ, if we arent restricting this to Scottish football, I'll have (in no particular order): Gigi Buffon - great player in his day but has been bang average for the past 10 years or so Petr Cech - again, very good, but his Chelsea record was more down to an fantastic defence rather than him being particularly fantastic. Also, shite bunnet. Eden Hazard - even at Chelsea there was something off about him, never quite got "it" with him the way I do with someone like Mo Salah. Sergio Ramos - great in the air and fantastic pace in recovery, but f**k me the number of times he gets caught out of position - Maldini he aint Franck Ribery - didnt watch him all that much in his prime, but never seemed particularly good any time I did watch him. Very "meh". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Just close the thread now, we're done. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: That’s a dreadful take. Just about every ex pro of that generation say he’s the best they played with or against. Don’t think they were watching YouTube. not Xavi, Iniesta or the current ''top manager'' in the world they all said Laudrup, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Laudrup was better than Zidane is genuinely the worst take I've seen. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Brian Porteous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Fucking hell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Paul Scholes has been over-hyped since his retirement. He was always an excellent footballer, but after he retired it became stylish for people to claim he was one of the best ever. Sure, he contributed massively to Man Utd's dominance and success in a team, but as an individual, I don't think he was anywhere near the elite. Lampard and Gerrard were both way ahead of him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Empty It said: Laudrup was better than Zidane is genuinely the worst take I've seen. why ? because you're probably 35 ? Edited November 5, 2021 by Meldrew 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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