A decent defender at this level, nothing more. He’ll be found out down south and is part of the reason (although through no fault of his own that he’s selected) that the Scotland national team is so tragically bad.
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Thread: Scott McKenna
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24-09-2020 12:39 PM #31
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24-09-2020 09:56 PM #33
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24-09-2020 10:12 PM #34
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Agree with this, but I have high hopes for Ryan so I can still agree that McKenna is a decent player... I think our guy has the potential to be better.
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Another good player imo. Attacking full backs all the rage these days and he fits the profile. Bologna no doubt hoping they’ve signed the next Andy Robertson.
Just don’t feel the need to write off Scottish talent from other clubs. Of course, some people genuinely think McKenna is a donkey and Hickey brings youthful enthusiasm but little else... such opinions are fine but I feel that some folk slag them off just because they aren’t one of ours.
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25-09-2020 08:05 PM #40
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McKenna loses his man at the goal. Don’t get the hype around him tbh.
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25-09-2020 09:22 PM #41
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Not a fan of McKenna at all.
The national team's dearth of viable centre backs is embarrassing.
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25-09-2020 11:32 PM #42
Forest fans seem to think he had a decent game going by twitter
Can't be blaming him for the goal
Hope he does well down there
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26-09-2020 05:35 AM #43
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However, when the games gets to the upper levels, they get found out by the lack of skill and/or speed. Meanwhile, the wee skillful lad has moved on to other sports. I've seen it a lot and it's been happening for years.
No doubt, I'll be told that I'm talking rubbish. However, why is for a nation that like the "big strong lad" at boys football level that we have a dearth of players in the areas that need big strong lads - the dominating centre back and the big number 9.
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26-09-2020 07:23 AM #44This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Malcolm Gladwell had a chapter in Outliers dedicated to it.
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26-09-2020 07:28 AM #45This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I really just don’t see it with McKenna though. Never have since he broke through. From the highlights he looked like he toiled last night.Last edited by calumhibee1; 26-09-2020 at 07:31 AM.
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26-09-2020 07:33 AM #46
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Youth football still seems to be focussed on results rather than developing the players, even though the authorities have recognised this doesn't work.
It's the same as teaching to the test in education. The students have enough to get through an exam, but are found severely lacking in the skills required.
Still hear loads of people going on about "teaching the kids to be competitive and to win", completely missing the fact that winning at youth football doesn't correlate to being a successful professional.
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26-09-2020 07:38 AM #47This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
At the same time though, my brother played for a team at under 13s or 14s where they swept everyone aside purely cause they had 4 guys who would have been about 6 foot and much faster than anyone else through the spine of the team. It was impossible for other teams to compete with their size, even if the ability wasn’t up to much.
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26-09-2020 08:06 AM #49
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Competitions wouldn't be scrapped if you did this. It would be the focus on the coaching that would change.
Instead of lumping it up to the kid who is a foot taller than everyone else so you an win 17-0, train the kids properly to play football.
This would require coaches across the board to focus on skill and technique as I agree losing heavily all the time just because you have not developed yet is very demoralising.
A youth coaches job should be to develop skill, technique, perseverance amognst other things. Not to feed their own ego by fielding the biggest players they can find.
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26-09-2020 08:18 AM #50
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It all depends on what youth football is trying to achieve. Most premiership clubs take the kids young so they have responsibilities to coach them regardless of their size. But school and youth football where 99% or above won’t make it to the pro game are playing and coaching to win at that level.
I think McKenna is a good CH and Hickey is rated by far more qualified people than are on this forum. I hope they both develop as it will be beneficial for Scottish football.
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