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The difference in international football is that you watch a player three weeks ago and he impresses. A fortnight later they don't do as well." Mcleish quote, I think we know who he is talking about, and to be honest , he was at the Celtic and Rangers games and Russell didnt play well, however I think Mcmanus is a cart horse

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I've no objections to McManus playing. He did well in the CL this season and is a threat from set-pieces.

 

I have objections to David Weir playing. He will cause us to be 10 yards deeper as he is ridiculously slow. IMO he should be nowhere near the starting 11.

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f*ck me, its not that long ago he couldn't get a game for Dundee and Hibs were refusing to take this guy back. Now he starts up front for Scotland, what is the world coming too ? :itch-chin:

Is he not suspended after his red card last weekend?

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Madbad Newbie

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Russell has been poor against Rangers and Celtic recently while Mcmanus played in a defence that kept AC Milan out for 180 minutes you cant really argue. I dont think Russell will ever be a scotland regular while he plays for Aberdeen

 

 

See my previous post.

 

'Twas always so..........King Joey, Willie only having 60-something caps, how many caps did Drew Jarvie, Frankie, Eric Black, Simmie, Billy Stark, Davie dodds (the elephant man), Peter Weir, Mark McGhee, Ernie Winchester, Ernie McGarr get as Dons players???

 

And, Goram ahead of Leighton :itch-chin::angry2::angry:

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mo don Newbie

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And, Goram ahead of Leighton :itch-chin::angry2::angry:

One of the biggest scandals in Scottish football history

  • Goram says he not mentally fit to play
  • Brown admits he knew at the time it was cos Rangers had big european games coming up
  • Still drops Leighton for Euro 96
  • Leighton should have cracked his puss

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Guest Stoney

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f*ck me, its not that long ago he couldn't get a game for Dundee and Hibs were refusing to take this guy back. Now he starts up front for Scotland, what is the world coming too ? :angry2:

 

 

Fantastic effort :itch-chin:

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Russell has been poor against Rangers and Celtic recently while Mcmanus played in a defence that kept AC Milan out for 180 minutes you cant really argue. I dont think Russell will ever be a scotland regular while he plays for Aberdeen

Then crucially f*cked up for the winner!!

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Anyone else glad Russel isnae playing?? Obviously sorry for the lad himself as he is clearly in the top 2 scottish centre backs IMO, but from a purely selfish point of view, at least he winna get injured! :itch-chin:

In a way but may just persuade Russell to move on in the summer away from Aberdeen so he can get a game for Scotland!!

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Granted Russell can have a poor game, but this just pisses me off. Anyone can just walk into the team if they're an Old Farm player and Russell, well, what hope does he have? Plays a great Kirin Cup and he's dropped...for playing the Faroes...not exactly Brazil are they? McManus is going to have poor games in future too: who's to say Russell wouldn't give a great effort tomorrow against Georgia? You just need one-two good games if you're an OF player and you're in. Or, if you're a Premiership reserve player, you're in (Christian Dailly of course). Well f*ck this, I'm not in a good mood.

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Tommy Veteran

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Can't be too pissed off with McLeish, Anderson was so f*cking terrible against Rangers its no surprised McLeish hasn't started with him. Would you trust a defender that had a real nightmare the previous game - i couldn't.

 

 

Totally agree. Anderson just doesn't have that nasty side

that is needed.

He copes no problem against most teams but when he's up

against a big forward he tends to come second best too

often.

Maybe if he hadn't to spend so much time covering

for his team mates it would help.

The added pressure the glasgow press put on him cos

he aint with the huns or tims cannot help either.

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OddJob Newbie

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I'm sorry butjust because he had a poor game against the Huns doesn't mean he wouldn't have played well today. I mean he completely marked John Carew out of the Norway game when Scotland were utter gash. This is a more solid and confident team now that he wouldn't or shouldn't feel so pressured.

 

Granted McManus is a no-nonsense centre back - who has played really well this season - but Russell should still be starting ahead of him as he is still the in-form defender in the SPL this season.

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Slim Newbie

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Weir and Pressley aren't even going to be around when it's time for Euro 2008, so we should be building towards that, and more importantly, building a team that'll be ready for the WC2010 qualifiers. Not giving players like Anderson and McManus (no doubt he'll be dropped for the Italy game) vital experience in games like this is what caused us major problems when we were at rock bottom a few years ago.

 

I'm concerned how much this will affect Anderson's confidence for the rest of the season, if his head goes down, we're f*cked.

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Milners Newbie

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I'm sorry butjust because he had a poor game against the Huns doesn't mean he wouldn't have played well today. I mean he completely marked John Carew out of the Norway game when Scotland were utter gash. This is a more solid and confident team now that he wouldn't or shouldn't feel so pressured.

 

Granted McManus is a no-nonsense centre back - who has played really well this season - but Russell should still be starting ahead of him as he is still the in-form defender in the SPL this season.

 

Problem for Anderson is he didn't perform on the big stage - now i can't disagree with McLeish on this one. Anderson had a right good chance to get into the scotland team with Pressley suspended but he blown it big time.

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Problem for Anderson is he didn't perform on the big stage - now i can't disagree with McLeish on this one. Anderson had a right good chance to get into the scotland team with Pressley suspended but he blown it big time.

As opposed to McManus getting skinned for goals against both Milan and Falkirk?

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its a complete joke. Anderson has been a consistant performer over a number of seasons, and although McManus has played in Europe, really he is nothing more than a standard scottish central defender ala Davie Mcpherson.

 

Playing for Celtic week in week out with a superior squad compared to most other league sides is nothing like playing for Scotland.

 

Out of interest does anyone know how many caps has McManus got compared to Anderson?

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I'm sorry butjust because he had a poor game against the Huns doesn't mean he wouldn't have played well today. I mean he completely marked John Carew out of the Norway game when Scotland were utter gash.

 

totally agree, what does Anderson have to do to goet another game for Scotland? Surely Carew is a far better player than Averladze :soapbox:

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