Malcolm Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Bardsley should be in the team, never mind the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfathagiz Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 no mention of Boyd playing every week for Burnley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/scotland/charlie-adam-launches-stunning-attack-on-gordon-strachan-1-4281037 Charlie fair gets lashd in aboot Strachan and his bizarre selection policies, based on favourites and general fecking fruitloopiness. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab The Crab Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Rossy said: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/scotland/charlie-adam-launches-stunning-attack-on-gordon-strachan-1-4281037 Charlie fair gets lashd in aboot Strachan and his bizarre selection policies, based on favourites and general fecking fruitloopiness. Â Â Adam should get fit, get a move to someone that'll play him every week in the January window and I've no doubt he'll get back in our squad. In the meantime he's just getting boring now and looks like someone who's winding his career down to become the next Michael Stewart style pundit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Not sure if i would have Adam in my squad but he does have a point about what Strachan does and how he picks his squad. Picking a player that is not playing every week then saying i don't want another player as he is not playing for his club team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Charlie's a bit of a comedian.. “I am not saying the manager should call me. I am not saying I am the best player for Scotland. But I feel I can add something different to what they have." err.. charlie, pal... thats you saying you should get a call up! On the subject matter.. i don't think Adam does deserve a call up. 228 minutes in the premier league this season.. barely 2 and a half games. 480 minutes in the last calendar year. That's barely more than 5 full matches. He mentions Burke.. who's in the squad. He's not being excluded due to favouritism. Saw another run of the story where he mentioned Hutton. Hutton's retired.. he can't call him up. The only one he's got half a point about is Bardsley. And does the absence of Bardsley mean that there's some great conspiracy of favourites when Strachan and his team and picking a squad? No. it doesn't. He then went on some rant about how Scott Brown shouldn't be involved.. Hush Charlie. I know you're butt-hurt over not being good enough to play for Stoke regularly, but it's all getting a bit embarrassing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesney TA Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Heard Charlie Adam on 5 Live on Monday night. He's got one of those bizarreo Scottish accents with English inflections in it now (think Kevin Gallacher). I wouldn't have him near the squad for that alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 5 minutes ago, Chesney TA said: Heard Charlie Adam on 5 Live on Monday night. He's got one of those bizarreo Scottish accents with English inflections in it now (think Kevin Gallacher). I wouldn't have him near the squad for that alone. Deary me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo2576 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Chesney TA said: Heard Charlie Adam on 5 Live on Monday night. He's got one of those bizarreo Scottish accents with English inflections in it now (think Kevin Gallacher). I wouldn't have him near the squad for that alone. Half our team have English accents!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcfadden11 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) Adam would have been in my squad originally. When you have the likes of Brown, Fletcher and McArthur in your bank of 2, he isn't a bad option to bring on for the last 20 if you're chasing the game. But his comments days before a game of this size are ridiculous. F*Â him. Don't want to see him again. Edited November 9, 2016 by Mcfadden11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraveheartGordon Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Thought his comments were accurate and reflect Strachan's management. Some people's faces haven't fitted for him and I don't think it's to do with ability. Not saying Adam is necessarily one of those but some of Strachan's selections over the last year have been bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 6 hours ago, BraveheartGordon said: Thought his comments were accurate and reflect Strachan's management. Some people's faces haven't fitted for him and I don't think it's to do with ability. Not saying Adam is necessarily one of those but some of Strachan's selections over the last year have been bizarre. Yup, without a doubt. Strachan has his favourites and also players he just will not pick, regardless of form. Do people seriously think that Bannan or McGinn (I'd add Morrison and Fletcher to this list too) give us more than Charlie Adam would? No chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, Parklife said: Yup, without a doubt. Strachan has his favourites and also players he just will not pick, regardless of form. Do people seriously think that Bannan or McGinn (I'd add Morrison and Fletcher to this list too) give us more than Charlie Adam would? No chance. Bannan gives us the height at set pieces that Strachan craves though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Parklife said: Yup, without a doubt. Strachan has his favourites and also players he just will not pick, regardless of form. Do people seriously think that Bannan or McGinn (I'd add Morrison and Fletcher to this list too) give us more than Charlie Adam would? No chance. In a nutshell. Adam will be in the next squad under the new manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ProudScot said: In a nutshell. Adam will be in the next squad under the new manager He wont be tho.. He doesn't play enough football. He'll be 31 next month, hardly worth shaping a team around. He's proved unreliable and inconsistent in previous campaigns and has a concentration problem. He's technically not as good as Bannan and Bannan keeps the ball better. Adam shouldn't be and wont be in another Scotland squad until he's playing regular and his form deserves it, regardless of who the manager is.  Edited November 10, 2016 by andyD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 8 minutes ago, andyD said: He wont be tho.. He doesn't play enough football. He'll be 31 next month, hardly worth shaping a team around. He's proved unreliable and inconsistent in previous campaigns and has a concentration problem. He's technically not as good as Bannan and Bannan keeps the ball better. Adam shouldn't be and wont be in another Scotland squad until he's playing regular and his form deserves it, regardless of who the manager is.  That's a fair summary.  Has Adam actually done anything in a Scotland jersey bar a decent subs appearance v Spain, where the whole team did well to come back, to suggest he has something we miss. He's had 25 other appearances bar that one and bar letting Gareth Bale cruise past him in Cardiff I can't think of anything else noteworthy in his Scotland career. Its certainly not goals as he has none of those. It just so happens that he has 2 of his 4 good games a season before a Scotland game, therefore it gets him some airtime to bump his gums. He will be back on the bench at Stoke come December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueGaz Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 22 minutes ago, Dalgety Bay TA said: Has Adam actually done anything in a Scotland jersey ..... He let Bale run at him in Cardiff for the 2nd 'screamer' into the top corner. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 30 minutes ago, Dalgety Bay TA said: That's a fair summary.  Has Adam actually done anything in a Scotland jersey bar a decent subs appearance v Spain, where the whole team did well to come back, to suggest he has something we miss. He's had 25 other appearances bar that one and bar letting Gareth Bale cruise past him in Cardiff I can't think of anything else noteworthy in his Scotland career. Its certainly not goals as he has none of those. It just so happens that he has 2 of his 4 good games a season before a Scotland game, therefore it gets him some airtime to bump his gums. He will be back on the bench at Stoke come December. That hits the nail on the head for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g@un Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Agree with that. Although to be fair, did he not score against Denmark in the 2011 friendly? Or was that classed as an OG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I can only imagine what some of the threads would've been like if the TAMB existed in the 70s, given the standard of players who missed out on squads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesney TA Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 16 hours ago, Paulo2576 said: Half our team have English accents!! It's because he has a stupid accent now, not an English accent. I wasn't being serious. Well not entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningtings Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I agree on the accent thing, how did that happen? He is also nae use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 1 hour ago, andyD said: He wont be tho.. He doesn't play enough football. He'll be 31 next month, hardly worth shaping a team around. He's proved unreliable and inconsistent in previous campaigns and has a concentration problem. He's technically not as good as Bannan and Bannan keeps the ball better. Adam shouldn't be and wont be in another Scotland squad until he's playing regular and his form deserves it, regardless of who the manager is. Â Bannan is pish. i agree with some of your post but if anyone thinks McGinn and Bannan give more and are better players than Adam then you're off your head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 18 hours ago, ProudScot said: Bannan is pish. i agree with some of your post but if anyone thinks McGinn and Bannan give more and are better players than Adam then you're off your head Bannan and McGinn do more of what Strachan appears to want, run about like headless chickens.  All you need to do to keep your place is run. Football ability is second place to that. It doesn't matter what the score tonight, Strachan has lost his ability to pick the right squad / team and needs to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 4 hours ago, RenfrewBlue said: It doesn't matter what the score tonight, Strachan has lost his ability to pick the right squad / team and needs to go. So if we win and sit top of the group you want to boot the manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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