_mm_ Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 However, at least we are well covered now in the midfield area - it would be worse if we had lost a couple of top class forwards or centre halves! i silently weep myself to sleep nightly when i think of any pairing involving either of the caldwells or berra. i am beginning to sincerely believe we need to bring back the 2-3-5. is there no way levein can scour italy for someone with a scottish granny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleveland steamer Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 don't be an idiot. let people do what they want then judge them on their own merits. **** every country. why should i love or hate someone just because of where they happened to be born? Don't support Scotland either. Don't dilute ur love for thistle. u r a traitor if u support scotland dickwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 i silently weep myself to sleep nightly when i think of any pairing involving either of the caldwells or berra. i am beginning to sincerely believe we need to bring back the 2-3-5. is there no way levein can scour italy for someone with a scottish granny? I know what you mean. I don't think any of the current crop of centre halves would have got near the squad in the '90s. In those days, Craig Brown could even afford to discard Richard Gough on a point of principle. Nowadays, his predecessor wouldn't have such luxury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beep0608 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 bruce rioch, andy goram, neil sullivan, stuart mccall, richard gough, nigel quashie, paul devlin, scott dobie, james morrison, kris common, phil bardsley, jamie mackie, matt gilks. this and our attempts to lure gabriel agbonlahor and andy carrol into the fold. (and let's not even get into the ill advised attempts to get david johnson - jamaican born, but adopted in the uk - to represent scotland) pot, kettle, black and all that i don't remember this much harumphing when dominic matteo decided that he wanted to be scottish again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beep0608 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 The only ones that you can genuinely compare from your list is Carroll and Agbonlahor. They were at the same stage of their careers as McGeady and McCarthy when Scotland approached them. The rest of them were obviously not going to be picked for their country of birth, so i believe that is slightly different. I want people playing for Scotland that consider themselves Scottish and actually want to play for the team. As such, the likes of McGeady and McCarthy are no great loss. Was there not talk once of Matt LeTissier maybe playing for us once, because he was born in the Channel islands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Was there not talk once of Matt LeTissier maybe playing for us once, because he was born in the Channel islands? I'm pretty sure channel islanders (and isle of Man residents) can play for any of the home nations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erzamacaroonbars Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 As much as I would love to see him playing for Scotland, he would have gone down in my estimation (I wonder if he'd be bothered?) if he had changed! As mentioned previously we had our chance and the usual gross incompetence of SFA hierarchy blew it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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