Scotland Squad For Poland & Gibraltar Games

[Henry]

Craig Gordon (Celtic)

David Marshall (Cardiff City)

Allan McGregor (Hull City)

Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town)

Gordon Greer (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rover)

Alan Hutton (Aston Villa)

Russell Martin (Norwich City)

Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic)

Andrew Robertson (Hull City)

Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen)

Steven Whittaker (Norwich City)

Ikechi Anya (Watford)

Scott Brown (Celtic)

Darren Fletcher (West Brom)

James Forrest (Celtic)

Shaun Maloney (Hull City)

James Morrison (West Brom)

James McArthur (Crystal Palace)

Kevin MacDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth AFC)

Johnny Russell (Derby County)

Steven Fletcher (Sunderland)

Leigh Griffiths (Celtic)

Chris Martin (Derby)

Steven Naismith (Everton)

Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers)

[Henry]

Non-Scot watch: 7

[dervish]

Both Shinnie and Rhodes great additions. Hopefully they both start.

[RAZOR]

No idea who Kevin MacDonald is???

[Henry]

Used to be in Corrie I think.

[Foster14]

Wow, Gordon Strachan is surely swallowing is pride a bit with Rhodes. Ignored him while he scores goals for fun as he didn't work hard enough or do enough for the team...

[buchanskii]

Non-Scot watch: 7

 

For the ignorant among us, who are they?

[Foster14]

No idea who Kevin MacDonald is???

 

Came through at Dundee. Floated around in England since.

[Henry]

No idea who Kevin MacDonald is???

 

But yes, pretty poor when the SFA can't get his name right - I copied that list off their website.

 

Unless Strachan has called up the 54 year old Kevin MacDonald, assistant manager at Villa.

[dervish]

No idea who Kevin MacDonald is???

 

Sames. Plays for Wolves in midfield, 26. Alex Rae pawned him off for £500k from Dundee.

[Foster14]

Ash Taylor> Christophe Berra

[RAZOR]

Forrest is a silly move. He's not even starting for Celtic...

[Tord31]

Would rather Ash Taylor got called up for Wales. Would be much better for his career.

[Henry]

 

For the ignorant among us, who are they?

 

Rhodes, Maloney, Morrison, Martin x 2, S. Fletcher, Ritchie.

[Tord31]

My predictions for these matches.

 

SCO 1-2 POL

GIB 1-2 SCO

 

Strachan resigns

[Tord31]

 

Rhodes, Maloney, Morrison, Martin x 2, S. Fletcher, Ritchie.

 

Rhodes is Scottish. Surely born and brought up while his old boy was playing for Saints versus the Dandies including the first match after Dick Donald died.

[Henry]

under-21 squad for the games at #Todders:

 

Ryan Fulton (Liverpool)

Jack Hamilton (Heart of Midlothian)

Jonathan Henly (Ipswich Town)

Stuart Findlay (Celtic – on loan at Kilmarnock)

Stephen Hendrie (West Ham United)

Dominic Hyam (Reading)

Donald Love (Manchester United)

Callum McFadzean (Sheffield United)

Jordan McGhee (Heart of Midlothian)

Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian)

Jay Fulton (Swansea City – on loan at Oldham Athletic)

John McGinn (Hibernian)

Craig Slater (Kilmarnock)

John Souttar (Dundee United)

Charlie Telfer (Dundee United)

Ryan Christie (Celtic – on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle)

Jason Cummings (Hibernian)

Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth – on loan at Ipswich Town)

Ryan Gauld (Sporting Clube de Portugal)

Billy King (Heart of Midlothian)

Declan McManus (Fleetwood Town)

Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian)

Lawrence Shankland (Aberdeen – on loan at St Mirren)

UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers
SCOTLAND v France
Saturday 10th October 2015, kick-off 3 pm
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

SCOTLAND v Iceland
Tuesday 13th October 2015, kick-off 5.45 pm
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

[Henry]

 

Rhodes is Scottish. Surely born and brought up while his old boy was playing for Saints versus the Dandies including the first match after Dick Donald died.

 

Rhodes was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester,[1] while his father, English footballer Andy Rhodes was playing for Oldham Athletic. Rhodes senior moved to Scotland later that year when he joined Dunfermline Athletic and stayed in Scotland until 1998 also playing for St Johnstone and Airdrieonians. There were breaks in the time Andy Rhodes spent playing in Scotland when he had loan spells at Bolton Wanderers and Scarborough. Thus Jordan Rhodes spent much of his childhood living and being schooled in Scotland.

 

Qualifies through the education rule.

[RAZOR]

Bit harsh on Maloney I've always thought.

 

He's Aberdonian min.

[vanderark14]

Bit harsh on Maloney I've always thought.

 

He's Aberdonian min.

 

ah but that doesn't help harcus in enforcing his point does it?

 

@, why is it an issue for you?

[vanderark14]

Surely we have a young player good enough to play for the U21's????

[vanderark14]

 

 

as much as I agree that that list of players are either off form or just shit in general, who would you have instead?

 

by the way you left Scott Brown off that list, he's nothing but a thug tink

[RAZOR]

Surely we have a young player good enough to play for the U21's????

 

We do have one in the squad tbf.

[Dynamo]

Surely we have a young player good enough to play for the U21's????

 

 

Was thinking we have an alarming lack of youngsters in that squad.

[vanderark14]

 

We do have one in the squad tbf.

 

I'd be surprised if Shankland ever plays for us again

[RAZOR]

 

I'd be surprised if Shankland ever plays for us again

 

In all honesty, there's nobody in our u20s I'd have in the U21 squad. Maybe Scott Wright, but when you look at the fact he's up against the likes of Ryan Chritstie then perhaps he's better suited to the U19s.

[Henry]

Bit harsh on Maloney I've always thought.

 

He's Aberdonian min.

 

 

 

ah but that doesn't help harcus in enforcing his point does it?

 

@, why is it an issue for you?

 

 

Born and lived in Malaysia till he was 5, according to wiki.

 

Not really an issue as such VDA, I just find the eligibility rules for international football quite interesting, sad as that sounds.

[Nelly]

I'd say being brought up in Scotland is a lot more reasonable than having a Scottish grandparent and never having set foot in the country.

[dervish]

 

 

 

 

Born and lived in Malaysia till he was 5, according to wiki.

 

 

Incorrect. He was born Timonese. Surprised he's not playing for Eire to be honest.

[Rabiusmaximus]

Make it simple. If you are born in the country then you can play. None of this eligibility cause your granny was born there. I would go as far a eligibility for players whose parents (both) were born in that country. For example you can hardly say a child isn't Bosnian because both parents had to flee a warzone.

 

We need players who want to play for Scotland in first instance, rather than taking players who chose to play for Scotland because they knew that they would never get a game for their home country.