Tartan Blood Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: I've only seen him play a few minutes but he reminds me a lot of James Forrest. Direct, pacey, good dribbler and finisher. Forrest could have easily played in the Barclays. If he is as good as Forrest then he'll be an asset to Scotland. If he can emulate Forrest, he'll have a successful career. However, I don't think Forrest was anywhere near the level Doak currently is when he was 17/18. In fact, the Celtic fans very often voiced their frustration at Forrest until he was in his early 20s and beyond. Doak looks more skillful and far less rigid than Forrest. No disrespect to Forrest, who should have had a much more lucrative Scotland career than he did. Forrest never quite reached the next level that a lot of us thought he might. Doak's potential is massive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Just now, Tartan Blood said: If he can emulate Forrest, he'll have a successful career. However, I don't think Forrest was anywhere near the level Doak currently is when he was 17/18. In fact, the Celtic fans very often voiced their frustration at Forrest until he was in his early 20s and beyond. Doak looks more skillful and far less rigid than Forrest. No disrespect to Forrest, who should have had a much more lucrative Scotland career than he did. Forrest never quite reached the next level that a lot of us thought he might. Doak's potential is massive. Hes at the wind up mate, one of his better ones tbf. I still can't believe folk fall for it tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Blood Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, BingMcCrosby said: Hes at the wind up mate, one of his better ones tbf. I still can't believe folk fall for it tho That was my initial instinct, but then I thought maybe he might have just been a blinkered Celtic fan. It's actually kind of sad that Forrest is one of very few examples of Scottish wingers having a decent career in the last decade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Is there something to be said for a joke about "you can't bend oak" or something if he rides a dirty challenge? @Barry Ferguson's Hatwould appreciate you looking into this for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 too many posters on here not spending an inordinate amount of time on P&B/in the TA Section to know who is on the wind up and who isn't. Stop having a life, FFS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 29/12/2022 at 09:59, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Is there something to be said for a joke about "you can't bend oak" or something if he rides a dirty challenge? @Barry Ferguson's Hatwould appreciate you looking into this for me I've crunched the numbers and it hits a 5.3 on the Bantometer. Handle with care. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 This isn't really relevant to Doak's development, because he is clearly on a different level to nearly all these listed, but I thought it was interesting to note that there have now been 30 Scottish players who have played in the English PL (92/93 onwards) as a teenager, and although more than half of them (17) have ended up going on to play for Scotland, only 8 made it to 10 or more caps. 10+ caps Darren Fletcher (80) Grant Hanley (46) James Morrison* (46) Billy Gilmour (16) Matt Phillips* (16) Nigel Quashie* (14) Liam Cooper (11) Kevin Kyle (10) 1-10 caps Dominic Matteo* (6) Robbie Stockdale (5) Danny Wilson# (5) Brian Kerr (3) Jay McEveley (3) Paul Bernard (2) Tom Cairney (2) Andy Gray (2) Paul Gallagher (1) Uncapped Elliott Anderson Ben Doak Stuart McKinstry Derek Allan Andy Barrowman Stuart Campbell Colin Cramb Chris Doig David Kerr Sean Kilgannon Gavin Strachan Gary Twigg Martin Woods *was primarily considered English at time of debut #was already capped by Scotland before PL debut 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, craigkillie said: This isn't really relevant to Doak's development, because he is clearly on a different level to nearly all these listed, but I thought it was interesting to note that there have now been 30 Scottish players who have played in the English PL (92/93 onwards) as a teenager, and although more than half of them (17) have ended up going on to play for Scotland, only 8 made it to 10 or more caps. 10+ caps Darren Fletcher (80) Grant Hanley (46) James Morrison* (46) Billy Gilmour (16) Matt Phillips* (16) Nigel Quashie* (14) Liam Cooper (11) Kevin Kyle (10) 1-10 caps Dominic Matteo* (6) Robbie Stockdale (5) Danny Wilson# (5) Brian Kerr (3) Jay McEveley (3) Paul Bernard (2) Tom Cairney (2) Andy Gray (2) Paul Gallagher (1) Uncapped Elliott Anderson Ben Doak Stuart McKinstry Derek Allan Andy Barrowman Stuart Campbell Colin Cramb Chris Doig David Kerr Sean Kilgannon Gavin Strachan Gary Twigg Martin Woods *was primarily considered English at time of debut #was already capped by Scotland before PL debut That’s quite some detail there. Thanks for sharing. We must have also had a fair few sent down who never made a debut and came back up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Sean Kilgannon? That's crazy. Great knowledge though. Not relevant, but delightful all the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Absolutely blown my mind that Andy Barrowman got a game in the Premiership. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Was a little bit silly by apparantly 'liking' an Instagram post that was basically calling Nunez shite. I wonder if that had something to do with him not being in squad tonight. If true - can't imagine Klopp stands for that sort of rubbish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 It’s only a matter of time until he takes the Uruguayan Andy Carroll’s place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 7 hours ago, DavidMcG said: Was a little bit silly by apparantly 'liking' an Instagram post that was basically calling Nunez shite. I wonder if that had something to do with him not being in squad tonight. If true - can't imagine Klopp stands for that sort of rubbish It was after the game but still not a good look for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 And so it begins 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Ben Doak arriving at training tomorrow. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Liverpool are goosed for the title and might not even be in the Champions League next season. He should be slapping in a transfer request anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Dave Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Kid clearly knows ball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albagubrath Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) Did anyone see that Wayne Rooney interview a few weeks ago when he talks about joining Everton first team training for the first time. At first he said he was super excited to be there and loving it but he realised pretty quickly that the rest of them were shite (comparatively). “I remember thinking ‘I’m better than all these players’. That’s not disrespect to them players but some of them just weren’t good enough and should never have played for Everton,” he added. “I remember thinking the step up would be harder.” https://fanbanter.co.uk/wayne-rooney-labels-old-everton-team-mates-crap-in-hilarious-yet-brutal-interview/ I think Doak has turned up at first team training and seen Nunez and been somewhat surprised Edited January 3, 2023 by albagubrath Stupidity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 hours ago, albagubrath said: Did anyone see that Wayne Rooney interview a few weeks ago when he talks about joining Liverpool first team training for the first time. At first he said he was super excited to be there and loving it but he realised pretty quickly that the rest of them were shite (comparatively). “I remember thinking ‘I’m better than all these players’. That’s not disrespect to them players but some of them just weren’t good enough and should never have played for Everton,” he added. “I remember thinking the step up would be harder.” https://fanbanter.co.uk/wayne-rooney-labels-old-everton-team-mates-crap-in-hilarious-yet-brutal-interview/ I think Doak has turned up at first team training and seen Nunez and been somewhat surprised Did I miss when Rooney played for Liverpool? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albagubrath Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Forest_Fifer said: Did I miss when Rooney played for Liverpool? Lol, fair point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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