ceudmilefailte Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) Article in Nottingham Post http://www.nottinghampost.com/nottingham-forest-winger-oliver-burke-wants-to-play-key-role-in-scotland-s-world-cup-bid/story-29525044-detail/story.html Bit more positive than many on here You tube link to recent goal here, pace from midfield would make a change. Reckon if not worth a start he would make a great impact sub. Goal is at about 3:15 Edited July 18, 2016 by ceudmilefailte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Young player with plenty of promise. Should keep him in the senior squad and get him used to the set up. Same goes for McGinn and Tierney. Spragia would would only go and leave them on the bench probably if they were in the Under 21s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Definitely seems to be in Strachan's plans, Given Strachan wanting to avoid playing too many kids against France and Italy, Burke's 20 minutes against Italy is a very good sign. We all know what a difference having Anya's pace on the left made, pushing teams back up the park where before they they could comfortably overload us as we had no pace to counter-attack. Burke slotting in on the right will add more to our ability to do that. WGS has experimented a little with Forrest down the middle as well, so I'd curious to see if that's what we end up with. Anya, Forrest and Burke all feeding off Fletcher's hold up play. I know many don't rate Forrest due to club performances, but he's not done much wrong in a Scotland shirt lately, and those 3 offer a serious amount of pace and would signal a change in how we play. Could be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman4 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 1 hour ago, andyD said: Definitely seems to be in Strachan's plans, Given Strachan wanting to avoid playing too many kids against France and Italy, Burke's 20 minutes against Italy is a very good sign. We all know what a difference having Anya's pace on the left made, pushing teams back up the park where before they they could comfortably overload us as we had no pace to counter-attack. Burke slotting in on the right will add more to our ability to do that. WGS has experimented a little with Forrest down the middle as well, so I'd curious to see if that's what we end up with. Anya, Forrest and Burke all feeding off Fletcher's hold up play. I know many don't rate Forrest due to club performances, but he's not done much wrong in a Scotland shirt lately, and those 3 offer a serious amount of pace and would signal a change in how we play. Could be interesting. Snodgrass will be almost certainly be one of the first names on the team sheet taking up one of those 3 positions. As for Forrest, he's had to many chances and not delivered, would have Burke ahead of him at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 16 minutes ago, bossman4 said: Snodgrass will be almost certainly be one of the first names on the team sheet taking up one of those 3 positions. As for Forrest, he's had to many chances and not delivered, would have Burke ahead of him at the moment. I don't know about Burke as he hasn't done anything yet in a poor Forest team let alone international standard. Snodgrass will def give us something different. We all know that Forest can be a good player but has not been good enough in the Scotland shirt for a whole game. A lot of people are not including Ritchie and i think GS will play him he got better for us the more he played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Snodgrass would be one of the first in the team for me as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw those 3 lining up at some point. For me, Ritchie's for a different kind of game. Maybe for the games where the opponent is just going to sit back and try and counter us. He keeps possession well and it's afraid to have a shot from outside (with generally a decent return). If we're the ones playing counter-attack then I don't think he's as effective, and that's where you'd want someone with Burke's pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASTA Mick Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 1 hour ago, andyD said: Snodgrass would be one of the first in the team for me as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw those 3 lining up at some point. For me, Ritchie's for a different kind of game. Maybe for the games where the opponent is just going to sit back and try and counter us. He keeps possession well and it's afraid to have a shot from outside (with generally a decent return). If we're the ones playing counter-attack then I don't think he's as effective, and that's where you'd want someone with Burke's pace. Ritchie doesn't keep possession well. In fact, I'd say he gives it away more than any Scotland regular that I can remember. I'd still have him in and around the team because he has other strengths but keeping the ball isn't one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) 9 hours ago, andyD said: Definitely seems to be in Strachan's plans, Given Strachan wanting to avoid playing too many kids against France and Italy, Burke's 20 minutes against Italy is a very good sign. I'm not too sure how many games for Forest Burke has actually started. It may well be his role at this stage in his development is more of an impact player coming on as a sub rather than being on from the start. Edited July 19, 2016 by Hertsscot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Some size the boy, physically ready at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Think he started a few round about Christmas with great reviews, then injured his wrist or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norsefox Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 19 hours ago, PASTA Mick said: Ritchie doesn't keep possession well. In fact, I'd say he gives it away more than any Scotland regular that I can remember. I'd still have him in and around the team because he has other strengths but keeping the ball isn't one of them. You musn't have met Gary Caldwell or Charlie Mulgrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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