podgers1903 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Not sure how much truth is in this story, but according to the Herald this is why Griffiths has not been playing. Gordon Strachan warns that Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths faces a difficult task, on account of his smaller stature, to work his way into the starting line-up for the World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley next month. In Scotland's two recent matches Strachan opted for more physical players up front - Steven Fletcher and Chris Martin. The Scotland boss says, "You need to have a certain amount of height in international football teams to defend set plays". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Going by this mentality if Messi was Scottish he would be playing junior fitba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 It's good that his principal criterion for selection of a centre forward is based on their ability to defend set pieces. In Gord we trust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Getting to the point that anything he says is totally laughable, well passed the point of no return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Bizarre. Or is it, is anything bizarre anymore with GS? Probably not. In Gord we trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I get that if you were playing a team like Belgium who are almost all big strong athletes, and I understand you can't play a team of dwarves, but you can have a mix of players and not every team is a Belgium. Lithuania certainly weren't, they were technically decent, with 2 big lumps at centre half who were delighted to get into a physical battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 It's all went a bit levein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Jesus wept. Anyway would you not normally leave a couple of players out the box to breakaway. Say perhaps your striker(s)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 It's an even more bizarre comment when it's analysed next to the rest of his selections: 1. 6 foot + forward Burke sent home - Matt Ritchie starts 2. Naismith, excellent header of the ball, sent home - McArthur/Bannan start 3. Poor in the air Tierney starts - Lee Wallace, strong and confident in the air, on the bench. But then i'm long passed expecting logic and consistency from Strachan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Hibs Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Final straw for me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Height never held back plenty of our players from playing international football in the past, Strachan himself being a notable example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The madness continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 the thumb shud be fkin playing. this is our biggest scotland game in 9 years and we are mucking about with the fkin team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Yeah I noticed height was big criteria for you Gordon when you regularly picked and played the 5 foot 7 inch Shaun Maloney. ##### just makes it up as he goes along now and thinks folk will swallow any old shite he throws out. Christ going by this he would never have selected himself as a player to play for Scotland, dwarf kent. Fact is he has his wee favourites and his anti-favourites and all the rest is just Gordon blah blah pish to make it sound rational when it is not, just a case of him thinking he always knows better, in fact it is worse he is a contrary little fhucker wants to defy common sense to show he astonishing genius... what a dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Griffiths is only just a wee bit shorter than Willie Miller, and he was one of our best all time defenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) I'm of the assumption that Gordon's brain and mouth never talk to each other and are heading in totally different directions. It would be utterly scary to think that Gordon actually believes what he's saying. I'm presuming that he thinks rationally, but it just comes out of his mouth in a totally different way. Edited October 17, 2016 by Rossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Think Strachan has finally surpassed Levein as the biggest cnt to manage Scotland. What an odious little pratt he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 1 minute ago, kumnio said: Think Strachan has finally surpassed Levein as the biggest cnt to manage Scotland. What an odious little pratt he is. The man is a complete and utter moron. Hopefully the Scotland job is his last ever in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Hibs Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Just now, Squirrelhumper said: The man is a complete and utter moron. Hopefully the Scotland job is his last ever in football. I did eventually want him to become Hibs manager. I'm now not too sure about that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Just now, Squirrelhumper said: The man is a complete and utter moron. Hopefully the Scotland job is his last ever in football. Agreed. Cant believe the knob has another 4 weeks in him. If he doesnt go after the Wembley rout, the SFA can stick it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Just now, Squirrelhumper said: The man is a complete and utter moron. Hopefully the Scotland job is his last ever in football. He is, for me, worse than Levein and Berti. Berti didn't have anything like the talent (Although reasonably limited) Strachan has to choose from. Levein, I think, might have even got us closer to qualifying from this group. Just go now Gordon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 1 minute ago, ProudScot said: He is, for me, worse than Levein and Berti. Berti didn't have anything like the talent (Although reasonably limited) Strachan has to choose from. Levein, I think, might have even got us closer to qualifying from this group. Just go now Gordon... He got shown up for being the fraud that he is at Boro. Speakt to any Boro fan about him, it's depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Hunt Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Good job we didnae start with LG in Slovakia then eh? Might have been 6-0. Or 6-3 as he may have scored hat trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed_Tartan_Army_Yeah Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Couple of things: Relaying on strikers to defend set pieces instead of making our defenders better at it? Is this a new excuse he has come up with? He hasn't had a problem in picking Barry Bannan, Ikechi Anya and Shaun Maloney in the past. All are all smaller than Griffiths (and James Forrest is a whopping 2cm taller too) Is the whole team back defending each set piece? Who is staying up to make a counter attack? (Or chase the punt up the park?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBoy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Leigh Griffiths shouldn't be in the squad to "defend set plays". It is unbelievable that any 'modern' day coach would still pick players based only on their physical attributes. Ridiculous comment from the national manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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