mio Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 https://x.com/snsgroup/status/1964028463154663557?s=46&t=8C9VuM5V_21MGVj9jGzzoA If we had these two and we remained injury free we’d win the league this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 2 hours ago, Mad Dog said: I honestly don't know what pictures Hanley has on his phone but someone needs to steal it before we have to endure another campaign with him in the team And Dykes must be keeping the body in his freezer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 Callan Elliot earned another cap for NZ this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 11 hours ago, wellgirl said: Not really, nil nil - well done Scotland Hanley actually was excellent last night, however Dykes and Christie..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 2 hours ago, grizzlyg said: Hanley actually was excellent last night, however Dykes and Christie..... Dykes won every header and could have scored if he'd been a bit sharper. Overall, a good performance considering he's just back from a lengthy injury. Christie, though, the BBC said he put in a MotM performance - I thought he was very average. Biereth did nothing, apart from try to get Max sent off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 3 hours ago, grizzlyg said: Hanley actually was excellent last night, however Dykes and Christie..... Hanley did ok tbf Dykes is a carthorse and should not be in the squad never mind playing. The boy Conway has been exceptional for Boro for about a year and should be playing. Anyway, I was disappointed with Biereth last night, I thought he was poor but I thought that Danish side were poor irrespective of their FIFA ranking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Christian Eriksen is the man makes that Denmark team tick. It was a bonus he wasn't playing last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Not an ex Motherwell player though Rab Douglas was a good listen on Off the Ball today with Tam Cowan Plenty of Well chat , had no idea Rab grew up a big Well fan . Sounded like he still likes us Ironic he was in goals the day McDonald scored twice in 2005 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 3 hours ago, mio said: Hanley did ok tbf Dykes is a carthorse and should not be in the squad never mind playing. The boy Conway has been exceptional for Boro for about a year and should be playing. Anyway, I was disappointed with Biereth last night, I thought he was poor but I thought that Danish side were poor irrespective of their FIFA ranking. I thought Denmark’s tactics lacked a bit of imagination and didn’t give Beireth the ball on the ground enough and no balls in behind the defence to run onto. They pretty much just put in cross after cross which we dealt with pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 45 minutes ago, texanwellfan said: I thought Denmark’s tactics lacked a bit of imagination and didn’t give Beireth the ball on the ground enough and no balls in behind the defence to run onto. They pretty much just put in cross after cross which we dealt with pretty easily. Turns out Biereth's better off with Slattery or Spittal in his team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 1 hour ago, twistandshout1983 said: Not an ex Motherwell player though Rab Douglas was a good listen on Off the Ball today with Tam Cowan Plenty of Well chat , had no idea Rab grew up a big Well fan . Sounded like he still likes us Ironic he was in goals the day McDonald scored twice in 2005 😆 If Wikipaedia is to be believed, he had a trial with 'Well in 2007 but he was not signed on in time before the transfer window closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 3 hours ago, Mad Dog said: If Wikipaedia is to be believed, he had a trial with 'Well in 2007 but he was not signed on in time before the transfer window closed. Would have quite liked to have seen Big Rab in our goals for a year or two , think he would have been a bit like Gordon Marshall , a steady Eddie most of the time that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 On 9/6/2025 at 4:50 PM, Mad Dog said: If Wikipaedia is to be believed, he had a trial with 'Well in 2007 but he was not signed on in time before the transfer window closed. I'm pretty sure that's a stretch in the same way Big eck was offered Solskjær, but it is true, he was on trial in 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 It’s right enough, he did come to us and trained for a couple of weeks. He was desperate to sign but was screwed about a bit by McGhee and it all broke down on transfer deadline day. I know he was very much p1ssed off about it at the time. I think if memory serves me right he went back down to Leicester who immediately punted him on loan to someone as they didn’t want him. He ended up back at Dundee and was excellent for them for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 I see Lennon Miller was given a full 90 seconds to prove himself at international level last night. That Steve Clarke is an absolute dinosaur. I find it incredibly hard to watch Scotland play. Awful turgid stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 17 minutes ago, mio said: I see Lennon Miller was given a full 90 seconds to prove himself at international level last night. That Steve Clarke is an absolute dinosaur. I find it incredibly hard to watch Scotland play. Awful turgid stuff. That dinosaur may yet still qualify us for our first World Cup in 28 years..... PS if we have a Scotland Caps clause with Udinese, then that 90 secs could end up being very financially rewarding for us! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 I don’t want to be too harsh on Lewis Ferguson, given how well he’s doing in Serie A. Still, I struggled to see what he added to the midfield last night and couldn’t help but feel Miller would’ve been more effective alongside Gilmour in the double pivot. Hopefully, he’ll get more opportunities in that role. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 5 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said: That dinosaur may yet still qualify us for our first World Cup in 28 years..... PS if we have a Scotland Caps clause with Udinese, then that 90 secs could end up being very financially rewarding for us! See if he’s going to set us up the way he has in the euros I think I prefer we didn’t qualify. Those two tournaments were utterly humiliating. we have decent players who can play yet he sets us up in a way that makes us absolutely eye bleeding to watch. the “he’s made us qualify for 2 tournaments argument” to me isn’t relevant, there’s never been 2 easier tournaments to qualify for with the teams we were up against and as I said, we have good players. We also should have been at a World Cup but he made an ar53 of it against Ukraine at Hampden. as you can tell, I don’t like him, I don’t like the Scotland set up eg gemmill involvement etc the whole thing needs an upgrade. I think the whole set up is damaging to young Scottish talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 Miller only came on because McTominay had an issue with his footwear. I'm OK with Miller not playing for the national team at the moment, because he hasn't played a competitive match all season. Players who aren't getting game time with their club shouldn't be getting game time in an international. As for Clarke, I appreciate he has been able to get us to a couple of Euros, but our performances in the finals have been embarrassingly bad and I have little hope a World Cup finals would be any different. I'd rather not qualify than endure that level of performance again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 Mr overloyalty at his best again when ge brought on Christie and then the classic of bringing on dykes and mclean , Bowie never got any game time which was bonkers. I thought Max struggled a bit last night but done ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 Max is a classic modern full back. Good with the ball at his feet and good going forward. Marking, tackling and closing space? Not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterwood Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 2 hours ago, grizzlyg said: Mr overloyalty at his best again when ge brought on Christie and then the classic of bringing on dykes and mclean , Bowie never got any game time which was bonkers. I thought Max struggled a bit last night but done ok That could come back to haunt Clarke bringing on those 3 stooges again and no doubt he will . If he does it against Greece next month in second half and we're needing a win or even salvaging a draw, he and Scotland are done. McClean is average journeyman at best and now 33. Dykes can't even get on bench for Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 4 hours ago, wellfan said: I don’t want to be too harsh on Lewis Ferguson, given how well he’s doing in Serie A. Still, I struggled to see what he added to the midfield last night and couldn’t help but feel Miller would’ve been more effective alongside Gilmour in the double pivot. Hopefully, he’ll get more opportunities in that role. I actually thought Ferguson had probably one if his better games for Scotland last night, albeit it has been a low bar so far. Previously, I was much the same and had been waiting to see what the Italians are clearly seeing Thought he had a a good game on Friday night without the ball, and contributed greatly to the clean sheet. Last night was a bit better in possession. Not sure the holding role is necessarily his best position, I see him more as a McGinn, McTominay replacement further up the pitch. Im as desperate as anyone to see Lennon play, but its not Clarkes way to throw players in right away. He will be protected and eased in at the appropriate moment. I suspect he will get more gametime in the eupcoming home games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterwood Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 He's been dropped past few games. Maybe just had a good season. I agree he's been poor every time I've seen Scotland. Wasn't impressed at Aberdeen either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 3 hours ago, mio said: See if he’s going to set us up the way he has in the euros I think I prefer we didn’t qualify. Those two tournaments were utterly humiliating. we have decent players who can play yet he sets us up in a way that makes us absolutely eye bleeding to watch. the “he’s made us qualify for 2 tournaments argument” to me isn’t relevant, there’s never been 2 easier tournaments to qualify for with the teams we were up against and as I said, we have good players. We also should have been at a World Cup but he made an ar53 of it against Ukraine at Hampden. as you can tell, I don’t like him, I don’t like the Scotland set up eg gemmill involvement etc the whole thing needs an upgrade. I think the whole set up is damaging to young Scottish talent. No issues with anyone not liking Clarke or the way he sets his teams up. I would have happily seen him gone after the Euros. But he isnt as set in his ways as some make out. He does learn from some of his mistakes. Take the Ukraine WC play off and subsequent Nations League games. After the Euros he changed from a 5 at the back to a 4 at the back. We are in a a strong position now. If we can get two positive results in the next camp we will be in touching distance to qualify, which in itself is important regardless of how we do if only for the sponsorship and revenue it brings into our game. I agree re Gemmill though. Id ditch him tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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