benny Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 minute ago, May98 said: Potentially other clubs watching him at a higher level also. I thought he done no bad last night. If Adams or Dykes missed that chance they would be slaughtered on here though, them and Clarke for not picking Shankland who everyone would say would bury that chance. I guess it stops people claiming it when the Euros start. Imagine the seethe if that was Nish that missed that chance. There would be no he had a decent game on this site.🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May98 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 21 minutes ago, benny said: Imagine the seethe if that was Nish that missed that chance. There would be no he had a decent game on this site.🤣 Nae idea who nish is apart from that huddy that played for Killie but do agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettigrewsstylist Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, highlandjambo3 said: Not read the thread since page 5, stopped watching when shanks was subbed at 1-0…..final score 4-0. In short, who can summarise the second half and loosing 3 more goals…..poor subs etc? Porteous and Souttar been taking shrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyCant Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, highlandjambo3 said: Not read the thread since page 5, stopped watching when shanks was subbed at 1-0…..final score 4-0. In short, who can summarise the second half and loosing 3 more goals…..poor subs etc? 1. Holland found another gear with half an hour to go 2. We lost any threat we had when the subs started. Adams is an empty jersey. 3. We surrendered the midfield when Gilmore went off 4. We were all over the place defensively when Souttar came on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 minute ago, JimmyCant said: 1. Holland found another gear with half an hour to go 2. We lost any threat we had when the subs started. Adams is an empty jersey. 3. We surrendered the midfield when Gilmore went off 4. We were all over the place defensively when Souttar came on Ok….that'll do 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Rob Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Couldn't watch the game last night because I was at work. Watched the highlights just now. It struck me that I've watched this game a hundred times before, except that instead of Scotland v Netherlands, it was Hearts v Celtic or Rangers. How many times have we watched a Hearts team match an OF side, create good chances, not take them, then lose a stupid goal or two? And end up shipping late goals because we tired and lost focus (and hope) at the end? The Netherlands have better players than we do - just like the OF have better players than Hearts. Doesn't mean we can't win, but we have to take the opportunities that come our way. And because our players aren't as good, they aren't as clinical. Take the Shankland chance. We've all seen him score a dozen similar goals, but his conversion rate for a chance like that is maybe 70-80%. The Dutch have guys who will convert that kind of chance 98% of the time, and that's what they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, spacerjoe said: Two easy fixtures? Which one is the difficult one then? We’ll struggle to beat Northern Ireland, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Brazil currently also having an off night in front of goal - have missed more sitters than Scotland , God knows how they’ve not scored against England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS' Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Brazil should be at least 2 up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May98 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, Morgan said: We’ll struggle to beat Northern Ireland, imo. We will win two or three. Shankland needs a goal for me for a chance to start in Germany. That’s if he starts against the norn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 10 minutes ago, VALDOS' said: Brazil should be at least 2 up Vini Jr should've scored. Just as well he isn't Scottish because he'd be getting pelters and told he should be nowhere near the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam11 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Bellingham is a ****. Wonderful player, trying to referee this game though. Acts like he’s too good to be tackled. Not sure how Paqueta is still on mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Nah luck England. Brazilian youngsters too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 The attacking talent Real Madrid are going to have at their disposal is ridiculous; Mbappe, Vini Jnr, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Endrick. And then other world class young players in Camavinga, Tchouameni and Valverde. Scary side they are putting together which has longevity too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) Finished game gutted at missing late chance. Edited March 23 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedBoy Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Not fussed in the slightest that shanks hit the bar last night. If he’d scored, the fecken frenzy would’ve been off the scale. Makes it easier for us to keep him. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, May98 said: Nae idea who nish is apart from that huddy that played for Killie but do agree. Meant Nisbett.🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacerjoe Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, Morgan said: We’ll struggle to beat Northern Ireland, imo. Why do you think that? We're a much better side on paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 18 hours ago, ShedBoy said: Not fussed in the slightest that shanks hit the bar last night. If he’d scored, the fecken frenzy would’ve been off the scale. Makes it easier for us to keep him. 😉 His goal or two against NI will start a meltdown 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 6 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said: His goal or two against NI will start a meltdown 😏 Not as big a meltdown as on here when he doesn't start and the wrong conclusions are drawn because of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Let's hope this kid is going to be as special as it appears..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Rob Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 21 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said: Let's hope this kid is going to be as special as it appears..... Christ, I hope so. We’ve been waiting for a good striker for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May98 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 59 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said: Let's hope this kid is going to be as special as it appears..... Quite clearly the next Alex Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 (edited) Scotland manager defends Hearts striker despite Netherlands miss 25th March By Matthew Lindsay@MattLindsayHTChief Football Writer WITH Che Adams only getting on for the final 25 minutes or so against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday night and Lyndon Dykes not featuring at all, Steve Clarke may well start with a new striker this evening. Not that the Scotland manager was giving an awful lot away when he was quizzed by reporters yesterday about his intentions for the meeting with Northern Ireland at Hampden. “Do you want the team?” he said with a raise of his eyebrows. “I’ll sleep on it.” If Clarke does wake up today and decide to change who plays up front in the friendly international it will be no reflection, none whatsoever, on how Lawrence Shankland performed in attack in the Johan Cruyff Arena last week. Nor will it mean the free-scoring Hearts captain is being punished for the scoring opportunity he spurned – he was clean through on goal with only goalkeeper Mark Flekken to beat and hit the crossbar - in the second half of the encounter with the Dutch last week. Many fans and pundits have suggested that Shankland, who was surprisingly given the nod ahead of Tartan Army favourites and proven performers Adams and Dykes, has blown his chances of leading the line for his country in the Euro 2024 finals in Germany in June because of his glaring miss in the 4-0 defeat. That, though, is not how Clarke views things. He felt the eight-times capped 28-year-old, who has netted on 28 occasions in the 2023/24 campaign, actually proved he could compete against top class international opposition during his time on the park. If anything, he believes the forward has furthered his cause. “I don’t buy that at all,” he said. “I think that goalscorers are goalscorers. He worked ever so hard to get that chance. Nobody is more disappointed than Lawrence that he didn’t take it. But he knows that there will be another chance and he’ll probably score it. “No, Lawrence was good. The reason I played Lawrence against Holland was I have to see how he plays against that level of opposition. And he was good. He’s done himself no harm whatsoever. “Forget the scoreline. Forget the chance that he missed. Lawrence was good in the game. It was a good night for Lawrence. Maybe not a good night for everybody else. It was just one of those nights, wasn’t it? When we had to score goals in qualifying we scored goals. I have got no concerns.” Clarke, who ordered his Scotland players to press the Netherlands high up the park from kick-off on Friday evening, appreciates that Shankland gives him a different option in the final third. He is not about to disregard such a lethal predator because of a single shot which struck the woodwork. “The other two boys?” he said. “We know what they can do. It would be nice if one of them at their club started to knock in the goals and became the main man. I’d much rather three of them were doing it going into the Euros. Then it makes it a difficult choice. “There will always be a little bit of horses for courses in terms of the nature of the striker, the make-up of the opposition and how we are going to approach the game, with a high press or a lower block. There’s always going to be room to manoeuvre with the strikers. And that helps. “He’s just a different player. Dykesy is different to Che, Che is different to Lawrence and Lawrence is different to Dyksey. They all bring something a little bit different. Dykesy and Che have got their own qualities and Lawrence has got his qualities.” Clarke, he reminded the assembled media, gave Shankland a call-up when he was playing in the second tier of Scottish football with Dundee United. He feels he has progressed hugely as a player since then and has even more to contribute. “Lawrence has improved,” he said. “There’s no doubt. I brought Lawrence in to the squad on another dark night (in a 4-0 defeat to Russia in Moscow in a Euro 2020 qualifier in 2019) and he was a Championship player at the time. “But obviously I saw qualities in him. I thought, ‘If he continues to develop the way he’s developing’. And he has done. He’s got himself now scoring goals for the third best team in Scotland this year in Hearts. “He’s scoring goals week in week out. It doesn’t matter who he’s playing against. He’ll score against Celtic and Rangers, he’ll score against Livi down at the bottom or St Johnstone. He scores goals.” Clarke could do with a few of his Scotland players having their shooting boots on tonight. The national team, who have lost to England, Spain, France and the Netherlands and drawn with Georgia and Norway in the past six months, desperately need to end a six game winless run and start building up a head of steam before the Euro 2024 finals. However, the manager stressed that he was far from despondent about the loss to Ronald Koemann’s star-studded side despite the final scoreline after watching his men dominate the opening hour. “I want us to be a team that can play different systems, can play different ways and be confident in whichever way we decide to go on to the pitch,” he said. “Normally against a Pot One team we would be a little bit deeper and wait for our moments to break. We decided that we would go and have a press and it worked pretty well for us. “We took them on, we went toe to toe with them. If we are clinical in the right moments and get ourselves in front or get ourselves equalised the whole game changes, the whole mood on the night can change. “Listen, there was a lot to take from the game positively. In the debrief we spent as much time, if not more time, talking about the positives than the ending. We saw one or two things towards the end that we can improve in. And hopefully in the future, when we get to that type of scenario, we know better how to manage a game like that.” Edited March 26 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 They are selling the shirts from Friday’s game on matchworn website. Shanks is currently at £1,500 Dykes at £250 Adams at £200 Shanks is much more popular than the other strikers. Incidentally the highest selling Goalkeeper shirt is Gordon. Would love to see him get a chance tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrystaf Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 13 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said: They are selling the shirts from Friday’s game on matchworn website. Shanks is currently at £1,500 Dykes at £250 Adams at £200 Shanks is much more popular than the other strikers. Incidentally the highest selling Goalkeeper shirt is Gordon. Would love to see him get a chance tonight. Didn't know that. Do clubs and countries sanction that and do they get a cut? Has a player the option of keeping his shirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 35 minutes ago, chrystaf said: Didn't know that. Do clubs and countries sanction that and do they get a cut? Has a player the option of keeping his shirt? I would imagine the clubs and countries get most of the proceeds. For the game v Georgia, Shanks match worn shirt was initially for sale and then removed presumably because he had kept it for himself and a player issue shirt put into the auction instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GBJambo Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Shankland dropped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just now, GBJambo said: Shankland dropped Wales Poland for me then. Probably flick between both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzyonthefence Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 minute ago, GBJambo said: Shankland dropped Pretty obvious Dykes would start tonight, the only striker that didn’t get any minutes v Netherlands and he’s Clarke’s first pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts007 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 3 minutes ago, GBJambo said: Shankland dropped cert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJambo Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just now, Fozzyonthefence said: Pretty obvious Dykes would start tonight, the only striker that didn’t get any minutes v Netherlands and he’s Clarke’s first pick. He knows what Dykes can do though. This is a perfect game for Shankland so show what he can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Dave Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Let's go the ulstermen. Get absolutely torn into this kilt wearing freedom shouting bunch of muppets 😂😂😂😂 Be back at 11pm so feel free to get at me. After this we are back to hearts together ❤️❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oda be a JT Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Nae Gordon or Zander either 😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts007 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just now, Seaside Dave said: Let's go the ulstermen. Get absolutely torn into this kilt wearing freedom shouting bunch of muppets 😂😂😂😂 Be back at 11pm so feel free to get at me. After this we are back to hearts together ❤️❤️ 🖕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Dave Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just now, Hearts007 said: 🖕 Yasssssssssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) Sticking with Gunn and dropping Shanks, jesus wept. Edited March 26 by Tiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti VAR Association Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Shankland dropped to the bench. I get that he didn’t score and missed a good chance but it was Holland FFS Should have been given another opportunity tonight. Hopefully comes on early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsandonlyHearts Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 **** off Clarke ya dumb ****. What are you learning by playing Gunn/Dykes that you didn’t already know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzyonthefence Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 minute ago, GBJambo said: He knows what Dykes can do though. This is a perfect game for Shankland so show what he can do Dykes needs minutes like anyone else, he’s not having a good season at QPR. Clarke wanted to see what Shankland could do against a good team last game. We won’t play anyone as weak as N Ireland at the Euros so won’t learn as much but obviously Shanks would have a better chance of scoring tonight. He might still get 20-30 minutes but if he doesn’t I think we can safely say he will just be on the bench in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris5115 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 minute ago, Anti VAR Association said: Shankland dropped to the bench. I get that he didn’t score and missed a good chance but it was Holland FFS Should have been given another opportunity tonight. Hopefully comes on early. One of the reasons I couldn't give a flying feck about the national team. Dropping Shanks to the bench sums it up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 At least Shanks will be less likely to get injured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wrinkly Ninja Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Shankland dropped for being the first Scotland player in 150 years to not score. Clarke’s done what he wanted to do so that he can get his non scoring favourites back in the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 He will probably get the 2nd half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upgotheheads Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 There will be loads of subs. Being positive I'm guessing that Shanks and Zander have done enough to convince Clarke already, and that we will see Gordon in the second half along with Shanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaHmfc Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 And that’s the exact reason I cba with the national team any longer or Steve Clarke. Wales game instead for me tonight. Least Shankland won’t get injured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Quaresma Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Team sheet out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJambo Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 2 minutes ago, Fozzyonthefence said: Dykes needs minutes like anyone else, he’s not having a good season at QPR. Clarke wanted to see what Shankland could do against a good team last game. We won’t play anyone as weak as N Ireland at the Euros so won’t learn as much but obviously Shanks would have a better chance of scoring tonight. He might still get 20-30 minutes but if he doesn’t I think we can safely say he will just be on the bench in Germany. so it means come the euros we are relying on a player that can’t score whilst leaving a player on the bench who can score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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