bigfathagiz Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Martin and Hanley have played together how long? We have lost goals against Gibralter, Malta, Slovakia, Georgia, Lithuania....etc etc. We lose goals from free kicks, corners, open play.... it is awful. Who does Strachan have in his backroom staff that is a proven international player with experience to organise and structure defences? No Colin Hendry, no Davie Weir, no Richard Gough, Alan Hansen, Willie Miller, Alex McLeish, roy aitken, danny mcgrain, .... it is so obvious he needs to bring someone in who can organise the defence and assess players strengths. We have Strachan because of a support that chanted his name after beating Gibralter in Portugal...he should have been sacked how many other managers kept their jobs after failing to qualify for the Euros? Strachan plays zonal when it does not work....he man marks when it should be zonal.....he never protects his posts and never runs out at free kicks only some of his failings.......he plays players out of position, players who are not match fit, and omits in form players Wallace, Mcormack, Berra, Bardsley, George Boyd, Armfield, Charlie Adam, Griffiths, Dorrans.....he then plays young guys like Burke for two games then banishes them....... how awful to treat a young guy like that. So with this in mind Will we beat England will we qualify for Russia us Strachan the man and why has he no help in his backroom staff for defence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doric Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Our defence is a huge problem. We are very weak there and I believe it is now affecting the confidence of the whole team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Saint Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Apparently, WGS was at McD when we played Hearts. The Hearts goalie had a poor game, Saints goalie played a blinder. The next squad - Hearts goalie was in it (not for a minute saying Zander is Scotland level (yet) but hopefully you get my point). At the same game Steven Anderson played an aboslute blinder in defence (and he can score from time to time too). My point is not that i want these St J players in the Scotland team. It's - why does Strachan go to games to asses players, when players in these games play brilliantly but he still picks who he was going to anyway? PS - I still think Ando has to brush up on his goal celebrations ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyMiller Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Souttar and Berra should be the pairing in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I'd happily see both Souttar and Anderson called up, not just for the sake of it but because Hanley and Martin aren't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyMiller Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Souttar is fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I'm not sure Souter is ready yet... Still making a lot of mistakes, at least he was last season. i would go with.... bardsley, Martin, Berra, Robertson just now. Would be tempted to play 5 at the back but we don't have enough quality centre halls. Did cross my mind that Darren fletcher could play sweeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I would call up Kingsley and play him centre half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustroSchotte Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Is Elvis not the expert in this area ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotsgary2 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 STRACHAN gone soon think to future mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Stewart Regan was on Sky Sports News HQ according to twitter so what did that clown say regarding our donkey gaffer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, Shaun said: Stewart Regan was on Sky Sports News HQ according to twitter so what did that clown say regarding our donkey gaffer? read elsewhere that Strachans job is now on Match by Match basis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 So he defo could be gone by after England :)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 19 hours ago, Malcolm said: I'm not sure Souter is ready yet... Still making a lot of mistakes, at least he was last season. i would go with.... bardsley, Martin, Berra, Robertson just now. Would be tempted to play 5 at the back but we don't have enough quality centre halls. Did cross my mind that Darren fletcher could play sweeper. 5 at back is what we need to do v engerland. Also get ready to hack them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyMiller Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 28 minutes ago, Shaun said: So he defo could be gone by after England :)? Call me old fashioned but I'd rather we beat England and he stays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky1606 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, KennyMiller said: Call me old fashioned but I'd rather we beat England and he stays. beating England and Strachan going would be ideal for me although highly unlikely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint4805 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Most of Wembley will be singing "You're getting sacked in the morning" and "Cheer up Gordon Strachan..." throughout the match. I can only hope that he has agreed to step down after Wembley barring an unlikely win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyMiller Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 36 minutes ago, Saint4805 said: Most of Wembley will be singing "You're getting sacked in the morning" and "Cheer up Gordon Strachan..." throughout the match. I can only hope that he has agreed to step down after Wembley barring an unlikely win. I hope you don't think Scotland fans will be singing that under any circumstance. This is all of us. ALL. Against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboman Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hanley is the problem, drop him and play berra. Newcastle see how rubbish he is and now he is not even on the bench. I posted a kingsley Berra centre back pairing and i stand by that. Also if souttar is not ready when will be be? when he plays for an english championship team? Remember the days when we had Pressley, Webster and Wilkie at the back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctonjock Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I hope England play Stones and Smalliing at centre backs .After the weekend they both make Hanley look like Beckenbaeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bino's Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hanley was always a puddin and now he's a puddin that isnt even playing drop him and the defence will improve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky1606 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 16 hours ago, Bino's said: Hanley was always a puddin and now he's a puddin that isnt even playing drop him and the defence will improve Its definitely time for Berra to play. He's playing every week for Ipswich. We had a poor U21 campaign with Souttar at CB so unsure if he is the answer at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfathagiz Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 On 10/23/2016 at 8:31 PM, Capital Saint said: why does Strachan go to games to asses players Because it's his job but he cannot assess players because he does not know what he is doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 On 24/10/2016 at 11:40 PM, noctonjock said: I hope England play Stones and Smalliing at centre backs .After the weekend they both make Hanley look like Beckenbaeur Both of them would be our best centre backs in 20 years if we had them - 1000000000 miles ahead of Hanley in ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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