Not a bad team....

[Deleted member 15344]

........Who get a chance to play in their national league.

Is that something worth shouting about ?

Even in your hey days your best players moved south and abroad

Even now most of your best players play outside of your national league because let's be honest your national league is pretty poor

 

[Deleted member 15344]

His lack of self control let him down - if he hadn't been a stupid prick then things could have been different but his talent and ability never been in doubt for me

And not many bigger than where he is right now

Haven't they only play twice in about 8 years and once a friendly ?

 

[Papas1982]

The last two Scotland v England games showed there was not a lot between the sides so the only have to improve a wee bit.
More chance to improve if they are playing in the first team on a regular basis.

Fa cup shows us that the underdog can raise his game every now and again for their cup final. Our qualification rate for tournaments (before disappointing eliminations) paints a different pictures.
as to the homegrown stuff. 35% of total game time for English players in prem. 50% in spl. So with that extra 15 minutes a game the young scots really are given a good chance.

we also beat Spain in a freindly, but we don't claim to be close to beat in world......

 

[Deleted member 18588]

The last two Scotland v England games showed there was not a lot between the sides so the only have to improve a wee bit.
More chance to improve if they are playing in the first team on a regular basis.

Someone has opened the bottle early this evening!

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Could be because no one else wants to play there:smirk:

I know, we even have a few young English players who can't get into the English league teams [due to all the overseas players.]

Anyway, if the EPL is so good why is Steven Whittaker playing in it.

 

[In_The_Rough]

Someone has opened the bottle early this evening!

Indeed. What it has to do with Scottish players being good enough in the future to be nominated for the award Ronaldo has just won is beyond me.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I know, we even have a few young English players who can't get into the English league teams [due to all the overseas players.]

Anyway, if the EPL is so good why is Steven Whittaker playing in it.

The young English players could get into the Prem Teams because they weren't good enough - nothing to do with foreign players

Every league has poor players in it - it's the amount of truly top class players that stand out the leagues - I don't think the Scottish League has one player that you could call truly top class

 

[Doon frae Troon]

The young English players could get into the Prem Teams because they weren't good enough - nothing to do with foreign players

Every league has poor players in it - it's the amount of truly top class players that stand out the leagues - I don't think the Scottish League has one player that you could call truly top class

Fraser Foster is nae bad.

 

[Papas1982]

Fraser Foster is nae bad.

Also English lol

 

[Pin-seeker]

I know, we even have a few young English players who can't get into the English league teams [due to all the overseas players.]

Anyway, if the EPL is so good why is Steven Whittaker playing in it.

You could have used Tom Cleverly as an example,then I would have had to hold my hands up:thup:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Fraser Foster is nae bad.

He is ok but again not top class. I can't think of anyone.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Also English lol

He asked for Scottish League Players [even bigger LOL]

My work here is done, I have united the English nation.

 

[Papas1982]

He asked for Scottish League Players [even bigger LOL]

My work here is done, I have united the English nation.

my lol is that you criticised the state of the English game for all it's foreigners and yet your only example was not only foreign but an English man to boot.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

my lol is that you criticised the state of the English game for all it's foreigners and yet your only example was not only foreign but an English man to boot.

Whatever makes you think that an English person living in Scotland is a foreigner!

 

[Papas1982]

Whatever makes you think that an English person living in Scotland is a foreigner![/

 

[Papas1982]

Whatever makes you think that an English person living in Scotland is a foreigner!

You commented deriding how few English players play England. Implying that all other players were deemed foreign. So by that token, anybody in the spl not Scottish are foreign for the point of this thread.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I don't think I was deriding the fact.
Just stating that, for a nation who previously had such a strong presence on world football, it was strange not to see one single player in the nominations.
I was also trying to point out IMO the reason was too many foreign players in their national leagues.
My view seems to be backed up by the FA selecting English players playing in the SPl.

From the reply posts it seems that most England football supporters on here seem to care more about their team than their country.

30 years ago if someone said Newcastle would field a league team with no English players, no one would have believed you.

 

[Kellfire]

So Ronaldo scored a screamer this week while Suarez executed a terrible dive but fooled the ref. Oh well.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Frank Ribery isn't a happy bunny
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...ery-angry-at-missing-out-to-cristiano-ronaldo

 

[Papas1982]

Frank Ribery isn't a happy bunny
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...ery-angry-at-missing-out-to-cristiano-ronaldo

He spent the weeks before the awards telling all and sundry he was the worthy winner too. I personally think that Bayern rightly won the team of the year. But if he thinks he deserved it 'just' because of the comps he won. Then surely all his team mates could make that claim too?