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6 hours ago, MelvinBragg said:

Allan Campbell got 24 U21 caps. Hardly suggests an issue with him...

He played Campbell off a striker quite often which sums up how he views football. I can remember a game where Barry Maguire started and Turnbull was on the bench. 

Watching that game last night it didn't feel like we were trying to get anything from it. The SFA coaches seem to think that they don't need to win games, just avoiding getting gubbed is ok. 

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11 hours ago, grizzlyg said:

Miller on bench says it all about the old firm bias, lad playing week in week out but deemed not good enough to start. I know only 18 but seriously 

I don't think it's a old firm bias but it is infuriating.

Maguire used to play over Turnbull in the U21s set up.

They just don't have a fucking clue.

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4 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

I don't think it's a old firm bias but it is infuriating.

Maguire used to play over Turnbull in the U21s set up.

They just don't have a fucking clue.

Correct, Been saying that re Clarke and Gemmil for a couple of years, both of them are hopeless.

The likes of Turnbull, Campbell, Miller, Doak, Morgan, and all the other so called u21's that are holding down regular starts for their clubs should be in the senior squad I stead of the constant stream of pseudo  Scots we seem to get

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2 hours ago, steelboy said:

Barron, Conway and Johnston would have been better off playing against Spain last night than sitting on the bench for the Senior team on Thursday. 

 

I make this point every cycle of international tournaments, if we play a full team of the best U21s we would qualify more regularly for the finals.  We would then have a cohort of players who were used to going to summer finals if/when they emerge as full internationalists.

I first noticed this when Stephen Pearson was withdrawn from an effective play off match for the U21s, which they lost, to sit on the bench for the full team, although my argument fell down a little as he got some game time.  But there may have been more benefit overall if he had helped the U21 team qualify. 

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2 hours ago, steelboy said:

Barron, Conway and Johnston would have been better off playing against Spain last night than sitting on the bench for the Senior team on Thursday. 

 

If I was Tommy Conway and I saw carthorse dykes get game ahead of him I would think what is the point?

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Miller and Wilson are both in the u21 squad. Doig is back in the squad so Wilson probably won't start. It's impossible to predict what kind of team Gemmill will pick but it would be good to see Miller, Barron and Cameron as the starting midfield. 

If they win both games they should be straight into the finals. If they draw with Belgium and win in Kazakhstan it'll be a playoff. 

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1 hour ago, grizzlyg said:

I think that is why Clarke has not put barron or Johnston in full squad as wants to give u21 every chance. Miller has to start 

Clarke hasn't selected certain players not because he wants the U21s to benefit, but because he is a fucking idiot. 

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2 hours ago, steelboy said:

Stama called up for Australia. They play China in Adelaide then away to Japan

I can't see him starting against Dundee after that.

There’s more chance of him starting against Crocodile Dundee after than run of fixtures. 

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