When Strachan goes after Sunday

[HibernianJK]

Fergie should really be the first man they ask and it's not even close.

Whether he would want it is another matter but he really should be asked just in case.

After him? Not sure, Mackay will probably get it.

[fat freddy]

Only one ex internationalist with the experience, the vision, the mentality and the discipline to rejuvinate the Scotland squad, John Collins.

[Hiber-nation]

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Disagree. You have players playing regularly in the English Premiership/Championship not to mention one in the Bundeslegia aswel. Players also like Griffiths who has been given Champions League exposure with Celtic and scored too.

I don't buy into the not enough quality at all. It's a total keek argument. Now, the correct players/formation/motivation, THAT is what needs badly addressed.

We have no centre backs and no strikers who are anywhere near the level required.

[Is It On....]

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Disagree. You have players playing regularly in the English Premiership/Championship not to mention one in the Bundeslegia aswel. Players also like Griffiths who has been given Champions League exposure with Celtic and scored too.

I don't buy into the not enough quality at all. It's a total keek argument. Now, the correct players/formation/motivation, THAT is what needs badly addressed.

Michael O'Neil is a major problem for the SFA as he is proving what a good manager can do with a limited playing pool.

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Moyes - before he buys Jason or SJM for Sunderland.

[KeithTheHibby]

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Strachan won't be sacked if Scotland lose on Sunday. The SFA made a big deal of publicly backing him and they won't climb down so quickly.

He'll plod on to complete another failure of a campaign. The next campaign will be written of as 'transitional' and so on and so forth.

There is no doubt in my mind that if we fail to win on Sunday Strachan will walk. He won't be sacked as you say as that would cost money.

[lyonhibs]

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Disagree. You have players playing regularly in the English Premiership/Championship not to mention one in the Bundeslegia aswel. Players also like Griffiths who has been given Champions League exposure with Celtic and scored too.

I don't buy into the not enough quality at all. It's a total keek argument. Now, the correct players/formation/motivation, THAT is what needs badly addressed.

I can assure you, having been in Bratislava, that these players in a Scotland strip, are not good enough.

[snooky]

Whats Colin Calderwood doing these days?

[Brightside]

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Fergie should really be the first man they ask and it's not even close.

Whether he would want it is another matter but he really should be asked just in case.

After him? Not sure, Mackay will probably get it.

Fergie??? SAF?? Are you nuts. You can;t keep him out a wine bottle long enough.

[since90plustwo]

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I can assure you, having been in Bratislava, that these players in a Scotland strip, are not good enough.

individually we have a group more than capable of qualifying. Look at the quality of players we have - Snodgrass, Ritchie, Burke, all 3 have made big money moves in the last 6/7 months. We have an abundance of good quality left backs, right backs and centre backs not so much.In the middle of the park we have players like Darren Fletcher, Tom Cairney, STuart ARmstrong who have all been standouts for their clubs this year. Out wide we have players like Forrest and Matt Phillips who again have been ourtansding this year. The players arn't the problem. The motivation and tactical instructions they are recieving from their manager are.

[Brightside]

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We have no centre backs and no strikers who are anywhere near the level required.

There is plenty talent available. Just a shame that they have Presley looking for CHs for them....and also plenty strikers.

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There is plenty talent available. Just a shame that they have Presley looking for CHs for them....and also plenty strikers.

Who? I can't think of any centre back or striker playing at a decent level other than those who he's included. In fact Shinnie of Aberdeen is the only player in any position who I think can consider themself hard done by. Having said that I want Strachan out asap.

[MWHIBBIES]

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I'm talking about the world cup. The euros is much easier and we should expect to qualify most years for it now.

Ireland last qualified for a world cup in 2002, so they're not doing much better than us in that regard.

Scotland shouldn't expect to qualify for anything, they have to earn it like Ireland and Wales did. Wales got to the semi final ffs, they are MILES ahead of Scotland.

[jacomo]

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Only one ex internationalist with the experience, the vision, the mentality and the discipline to rejuvinate the Scotland squad, John Collins.

I think he'd be great. He'd bring focus and tactical nous.

(If someone mentions Kevin at CH v Aberdeen, I really will scream).

[hibsbollah]

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Need to be big and ambitious. We're Scotland FFS hardly a tin pot nation and if we want to reach another major tournament really need to get the right man in cause the players we have (in certain positions) aint bad. Certainly no worse than a ROI or NI.

I'd try for Jurgen Klinsmann or Claudio Ranieri personally

I dunno who you would define as a 'Tin Pot Nation' (Faroes? Liechtenstein?) but we have a crap league with crap players that have never really achieved anything since they introduced colour tellies and men stopped wearing bunnets to the games. Id say we are a tin pot nation in footballing terms.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Alex Rae?

[southern hibby]

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Could Cathro do it part-time?

I believe his laptop in the off position could do a better job than him

GGTTH

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Alex Rae?

Is this a wind up?

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

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I dunno who you would define as a 'Tin Pot Nation' (Faroes? Liechtenstein?) but we have a crap league with crap players that have never really achieved anything since they introduced colour tellies and men stopped wearing bunnets to the games. Id say we are a tin pot nation in footballing terms.

yeah i'd say you've got the definiton of tin pot nation right with the likes of the Faroes and Liechtenstein. I'll agree our league structure is shocking but crap players? na not having that. In the last campaign, most of us going to the games almost thought we'd qualified after the Ireland game. We matched Poland and should have won. Should have got something against Germany and actually, if you look at the performances and results from the start of Strachan's reign we were actually on an upward trajectory with most thinking we'd turned the corner after a torrid time under Levein. Played decent enough football. Beating Croatia twice, Poland so that tells me we have decent enough quality. Would you say either of the Irelands have a better league? or better players? Maybe 2 or 3 but thats about it.

Players we have coming through like Mcginn, Tierney, Robertson, Burke, Mckay should have been proerply blooded in to the team. Players like Fletcher/Snodgrass/Morrison/Bardsley (if he got picked) are established English Premiership players

The problem imo is the manager plays the same style with the same players against different opposition. Something NL has actually done a lot of as well (like playing BArtley at home against clubs like Ayr and Dumbarton when he isnt needed)

At the start of the qualifying campaign i felt we had a chance to qualify, and in reality the only result i'm REALLY disappointed about is the Lithuania game at home. I don't think many of the players starting last night will get in the starting 11 but going in to it, IF we actually attack with a tempo then i'm confident enough we'll get a positive result

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Who? I can't think of any centre back or striker playing at a decent level other than those who he's included. In fact Shinnie of Aberdeen is the only player in any position who I think can consider themself hard done by. Having said that I want Strachan out asap.

Centre Halves I'd have tried by now.

Paul Hanlon
Steven Anderson
Mark Reynolds
Cameron Burgess
Will Boyle
Liam Cooper
Jack Hendry

Forwards
Jamie Paterson
Matt Philips
Lee Erwin
Cameron Stewart
Sam Gallgher
Oliver McBurnie

There are loads that at least should be tried out in friendlies and see what they have .....but we continue to pick and play guys that have been bang average for 10 years.

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Centre Halves I'd have tried by now.

Paul Hanlon
Steven Anderson
Mark Reynolds
Cameron Burgess
Will Boyle
Liam Cooper
Jack Hendry

Forwards
Jamie Paterson
Matt Philips
Lee Erwin
Cameron Stewart
Sam Gallgher
Oliver McBurnie

There are loads that at least should be tried out in friendlies and see what they have .....but we continue to pick and play guys that have been bang average for 10 years.

Well there are 6 in that list I haven't even heard of. Phillips was in the squad but pulled out injured. Erwin struggles to get a game for Oldham. Steven Anderson is a poor man's Darren McGregor, miles below international class.

[Keith_M]

Ally McCoist?

[HoboHarry]

Resign? Any banger who thinks that Jack Hamilton is worthy of a call up should fired immediately. Jesus Christ...........

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...quad-1-4402053

[RoYO!]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, sorry if it has.

I decided to check how much a seat is in the north stand.

40 quid! 40!!

That is simply unreal! Still thousands of tickets left.

[DownInAlbion]

Alex Neil.

[OxoHibby]

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I think he'd be great. He'd bring focus and tactical nous.

(If someone mentions Kevin at CH v Aberdeen, I really will scream).

Collins would be to radical for the sea. Would need the support to really change things and his time with us shows he probably wouldn't get it. Since the late 70s there has been task force after task force to look at the Scottish game but all we have seen is a slow painful decline. Saw to me there is a culture at the core that doesn't want real change

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Resign? Any banger who thinks that Jack Hamilton is worthy of a call up should fired immediately. Jesus Christ...........

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...quad-1-4402053

The Gorgie Zibi ! Nail coffin

[Lago]

Never understood the Strachan love in, apart from Celtic his managerial success has been poor.

[Slavoj Zizek]

Why not employ Anna Signeul, who has turned a bunch of amateur sports science/PE students into the envy of every UEFA football association. Or Hope Powell who single handedly professionalized the English FA's approach to coaching. Screw it Alex Mcleish and Jimmy Calderwood are available...

[alihibs1]

Alex Neil. Just been sacked by Norwich ( I know that doesn't sound good) did great in his first season and didn't seem out of his depth in the premier league despite getting relegated.

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