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The "Where should I put this?" Thread;; Strange stories from the crazy world of football.
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15 Oct 2017, 11:38 AM
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Dodging drugs, gangs and having my dad tell me he'd 'snap my leg in two' set me up for crazy career in football says Michael McIndoe
Former Scotland winger opens up on his struggles with alcohol, bankruptcy and how he is mulling over a return to the game and desperate to fulfill his dream of playing for Hearts. Spoiler: click to toggle Gary Ralston Former Scotland winger Michael McIndoe has just written a book that makes Trainspotting read like Enid Blyton. He was drinking and taking drugs by the age of 11, dealing Class A substances at 12, wielding a knife at 13 and quizzed by police about an armed robbery aged 14. At 15, high on LSD, he climbed out the window of his family’s high rise flat in Edinburgh's notorious Calders estate because he believed he could fly. His mum’s boyfriend and his older brother, Martin, grabbed him just in time but it was another example of the precarious nature of life growing up in the savage concrete wastelands of Sighthill. Shortly afterwards his best pal, Stevo, had his stomach sliced opened in a gang fight and only the quick thinking of one of their other pals’ dad, a Falklands veteran, saved his life. He scooped the entrails up and pushed them back into the gaping wound, pressing firmly to stem the blood before an ambulance finally arrived. McIndoe’s dad, a six-foot five inch brute of a man, heard of his son’s involvement and invited him around to his flat on Gorgie Road for a father-son pow wow. He grabbed his boy, stretched his leg out on the pine coffee table in the living room and pressed his booted foot hard against his right knee as McIndoe tried desperately to wriggle free. “You can choose football or you can choose your gang,” he was told matter-of-factly. “Choose your gang and I’ll snap your leg in two.” McIndoe wisely chose to persevere with the talent that would offer him an exit from the chaos, if not an escape route from turmoil. He made his big breakthrough at Luton, was an alcoholic by the age of 20 and signed into The Priory where the positive influence of close pal Paul Merson, a fellow addict, remains a guiding force today. Celtic skipper Scott Brown needs to understand it’s an honour to wear a Scotland jersey not something you pick and choose - Hotline Now, at the age of 37, McIndoe is mulling over a return to the sharpest end of the game after six years, preferably with boyhood heroes Hearts, the team he used to watch for free from his old man’s window, which often secured him a Saturday night appearances on Sportscene long before he’d kick a ball in earnest. Admittedly, a return to football won’t be easy as he acknowledges his reputation has been battered from pillar to post after bankruptcy and amid allegations of multi-million pound fraud involving some of the biggest names in the British game. Polite and engaging, McIndoe has just released his autobiography Wildling and said: “I thought I’d put my life story out there because my journey’s been very different to most players’.” McIndoe added: “It’s a regret I’ve never played in Scotland and I still have an aspiration to play for Hearts, even though I haven’t kicked a ball since leaving Coventry six years ago. “I train every day and you could put my stats on the table against the fittest under-20 and they’d stack up positively. I could still rip it up in the Premiership. “I was outside Tynecastle the other day and the new main stand is looking hugely impressive and my uncles are members of the Federation of Hearts. “There’s hardly an abundance of pace and trickery in the game, is there? The traditional Scottish winger might have pace, but a speedboat still needs a driver. I could knock 25 good balls a game into really dangerous areas. “Watch this space. It would complete the circle. I literally had the best view of Tynecastle from my dad’s flat when we were growing up, before they built the Gorgie Stand. “We’d hang our Hearts flags out the window and sometimes we would make it onto Sportscene. It was also customary for away fans, if their team was losing, to turn round and throw coins at the flat window. “I used to run down after the match into the gardens and collect the money that had been chucked, earning me at least a fiver most weeks. ” McIndoe, a former youth clubmate of Kenny Miller, made his debut for Luton at 18 and made more than 500 league appearances in England, scoring 84 goals. The closest he came to the Premier League was losing the play-off final against Hull at Bristol City and he also turned out for Doncaster, Derby, Wolves and Barnsley, among others. He earned two Scotland B caps and admits it should have been more and he speaks with a missionary’s zeal about fitness and nutrition after deciding early in his career, with the help of Luton Town and The Priory, that drinking alcohol would only damage his life still further. He said: “I was also very luck Paul Merson put me in a metaphorical head lock and in the end I only ever missed 11 games in my career and a handful of them were suspensions. “I was very blessed to hit my crest of a wave in the late nineties, when players were beginning to transition from drinkers to athletes. “Scottish players still arrive with a stigma in England, you know. They’re looked upon as drinkers, not as fit as the other players, and that’s something to say when an average player in the Championship is running 13km during games, three times a week. “I shared the agony of the rest of the country when we didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but how many of that Scotland squad don’t drink? And apart from Ikechi (Anya) who do we have to open teams up? “Over 10 years a player who drinks will lose pace and muscle mass quicker. Players going down with cramp? Chrissakes! If you’re p*ssing it up on a Saturday and a Tuesday you won’t be bringing trophies to the table, unless you’re playing somewhere with no competition. “Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world and it’s no coincidence he doesn’t drink alcohol.” McIndoe is celebrating 18 years of sobriety and not even a trip back to his old haunting grounds at the Calders last week provoked a pang of anything but nostalgia, despite the chaos of his upbringing. He said: “Most people come to junctions in life that lead off in half a dozen different directions. Mine were T junctions - right or left, no in betweens. “I went back to the Calders and was welcomed with open arms. As soon as I got out of that existence when I was younger, I started to grow a conscience. I don’t think it was a case of me being clever so much as a higher power guiding me on the best road to travel.” McIndoe says he has a lot to thank Paul Merson for in helping him stay sober. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dodging-drugs-gangs-having-dad-11337248
Stopped reading at the bit where LSD made him believe he could fly.
pile of pish. scott brown 'needs to understand' scott brown needs to understand eff aw. McIndoe never said that about Brown, It was some knob on the Daily Record hotline that said it.
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep Dodging drugs, gangs and having my dad tell me he'd 'snap my leg in two' set me up for crazy career in football says Michael McIndoe
Former Scotland winger opens up on his struggles with alcohol, bankruptcy and how he is mulling over a return to the game and desperate to fulfill his dream of playing for Hearts. Spoiler: click to toggle Gary Ralston Former Scotland winger Michael McIndoe has just written a book that makes Trainspotting read like Enid Blyton. He was drinking and taking drugs by the age of 11, dealing Class A substances at 12, wielding a knife at 13 and quizzed by police about an armed robbery aged 14. At 15, high on LSD, he climbed out the window of his family’s high rise flat in Edinburgh's notorious Calders estate because he believed he could fly. His mum’s boyfriend and his older brother, Martin, grabbed him just in time but it was another example of the precarious nature of life growing up in the savage concrete wastelands of Sighthill. Shortly afterwards his best pal, Stevo, had his stomach sliced opened in a gang fight and only the quick thinking of one of their other pals’ dad, a Falklands veteran, saved his life. He scooped the entrails up and pushed them back into the gaping wound, pressing firmly to stem the blood before an ambulance finally arrived. McIndoe’s dad, a six-foot five inch brute of a man, heard of his son’s involvement and invited him around to his flat on Gorgie Road for a father-son pow wow. He grabbed his boy, stretched his leg out on the pine coffee table in the living room and pressed his booted foot hard against his right knee as McIndoe tried desperately to wriggle free. “You can choose football or you can choose your gang,” he was told matter-of-factly. “Choose your gang and I’ll snap your leg in two.” McIndoe wisely chose to persevere with the talent that would offer him an exit from the chaos, if not an escape route from turmoil. He made his big breakthrough at Luton, was an alcoholic by the age of 20 and signed into The Priory where the positive influence of close pal Paul Merson, a fellow addict, remains a guiding force today. Celtic skipper Scott Brown needs to understand it’s an honour to wear a Scotland jersey not something you pick and choose - Hotline Now, at the age of 37, McIndoe is mulling over a return to the sharpest end of the game after six years, preferably with boyhood heroes Hearts, the team he used to watch for free from his old man’s window, which often secured him a Saturday night appearances on Sportscene long before he’d kick a ball in earnest. Admittedly, a return to football won’t be easy as he acknowledges his reputation has been battered from pillar to post after bankruptcy and amid allegations of multi-million pound fraud involving some of the biggest names in the British game. Polite and engaging, McIndoe has just released his autobiography Wildling and said: “I thought I’d put my life story out there because my journey’s been very different to most players’.” McIndoe added: “It’s a regret I’ve never played in Scotland and I still have an aspiration to play for Hearts, even though I haven’t kicked a ball since leaving Coventry six years ago. “I train every day and you could put my stats on the table against the fittest under-20 and they’d stack up positively. I could still rip it up in the Premiership. “I was outside Tynecastle the other day and the new main stand is looking hugely impressive and my uncles are members of the Federation of Hearts. “There’s hardly an abundance of pace and trickery in the game, is there? The traditional Scottish winger might have pace, but a speedboat still needs a driver. I could knock 25 good balls a game into really dangerous areas. “Watch this space. It would complete the circle. I literally had the best view of Tynecastle from my dad’s flat when we were growing up, before they built the Gorgie Stand. “We’d hang our Hearts flags out the window and sometimes we would make it onto Sportscene. It was also customary for away fans, if their team was losing, to turn round and throw coins at the flat window. “I used to run down after the match into the gardens and collect the money that had been chucked, earning me at least a fiver most weeks. ” McIndoe, a former youth clubmate of Kenny Miller, made his debut for Luton at 18 and made more than 500 league appearances in England, scoring 84 goals. The closest he came to the Premier League was losing the play-off final against Hull at Bristol City and he also turned out for Doncaster, Derby, Wolves and Barnsley, among others. He earned two Scotland B caps and admits it should have been more and he speaks with a missionary’s zeal about fitness and nutrition after deciding early in his career, with the help of Luton Town and The Priory, that drinking alcohol would only damage his life still further. He said: “I was also very luck Paul Merson put me in a metaphorical head lock and in the end I only ever missed 11 games in my career and a handful of them were suspensions. “I was very blessed to hit my crest of a wave in the late nineties, when players were beginning to transition from drinkers to athletes. “Scottish players still arrive with a stigma in England, you know. They’re looked upon as drinkers, not as fit as the other players, and that’s something to say when an average player in the Championship is running 13km during games, three times a week. “I shared the agony of the rest of the country when we didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but how many of that Scotland squad don’t drink? And apart from Ikechi (Anya) who do we have to open teams up? “Over 10 years a player who drinks will lose pace and muscle mass quicker. Players going down with cramp? Chrissakes! If you’re p*ssing it up on a Saturday and a Tuesday you won’t be bringing trophies to the table, unless you’re playing somewhere with no competition. “Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world and it’s no coincidence he doesn’t drink alcohol.” McIndoe is celebrating 18 years of sobriety and not even a trip back to his old haunting grounds at the Calders last week provoked a pang of anything but nostalgia, despite the chaos of his upbringing. He said: “Most people come to junctions in life that lead off in half a dozen different directions. Mine were T junctions - right or left, no in betweens. “I went back to the Calders and was welcomed with open arms. As soon as I got out of that existence when I was younger, I started to grow a conscience. I don’t think it was a case of me being clever so much as a higher power guiding me on the best road to travel.” McIndoe says he has a lot to thank Paul Merson for in helping him stay sober. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dodging-drugs-gangs-having-dad-11337248
pile of pish. scott brown 'needs to understand' scott brown needs to understand eff aw.
McIndoe never said that about Brown, It was some knob on the Daily Record hotline that said it. Righto, just read it again. I can see the 'hotline' bit noo.
eff him anyway and the nob in the record.
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15 Oct 2017, 10:24 PM
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Sky Sports have MLS Goal Zone. Similar set up to NFL RedZone where it jumps around the grounds when something worth showing happens.
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Keeper killed in Indonesia after colliding with 2 players.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/41630244
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So Wenger thinks yesterdays penalty decision against Arsenal was scandalous. Looked more of a penalty than they one they got against us with Eduardo that they then produced a book on how there was contact. Sorry Wenger you lost all right to moan about diving after that.
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Quite an interesting concept. Name a Scottish football eleven with only one player form each team allowed.
The best Scottish football XI with just one player from each club Our writers took on the challenge of picking a team and it really is a lot harder than you would think.
Spoiler: click to toggle If you were told to pick a team of the best players in Scottish football it would probably be filled with Celtic stars. You might get the odd player not from the champions but, in reality, they have the best squad. But what if the rule was that you could only select one player from each club? All of a sudden it becomes much more difficult. That's the challenge we set the team at Record Sport Online - and here's what they came up with... Mark McDougall
This is a lot harder than it looks and the lineup a few times but this is a squad that would do pretty well in the Premiership. The back five are pretty solid. You've got the experience of Joe Lewis, Bruno Alves and Christophe Berra coupled with the potential of Cammy Kerr and Greg Taylor who would also provide threat going forward. In the middle of the park you've got the tenacity of Adam Barton and John McGinn yet both are also very good ball players, with Lewis Morgan and Michael O'Halloran creating chances from the wide areas. There's not much to say about the front pair other than goals, goals and more goals. Joe Lewis (Aberdeen), Cammy Kerr (Dundee), Bruno Alves ( Rangers ), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock), Michael O'Halloran (St Johnstone), Adam Barton (Partick Thistle), John McGinn (Hibs), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Leigh Griffiths (Celtic), Louis Moult (Motherwell) Graeme Young Starting off in goal with Wes Foderingham takes away the option of adding a Rangers player anywhere else but he's probably the Ibrox club's most vital player. The relatively young back four in front of him sees the ball-playing John Souttar beside the hardman Joe Shaughnessy with full backs who are good going forward and defensively. The middle of the park has John McGinn to provide support for the defence but his ability will also allow him to link up with the more creative trio of Lewis Morgan, Ryan Christie and Scott Sinclair in front. Kris Doolan has an incredible goal record at Partick Thistle and Louis Moult is probably the best striker in the league outside of Celtic. Wes Foderingham (Rangers), Marcus Fraser (Ross County), Joe Shaughnessy (St Johnstone), John Souttar (Hearts), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock), John McGinn (Hibs) Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Ryan Christie (Aberdeen), Scott Sinclair (Celtic), Louis Moult (Motherwell), Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle) Fraser Wilson This was difficult. I started with the strongest XI possible allowing as many from every team as you wanted - then started subtracting! I think this team has balance although the defence worries me a little - typical Scotland! Plenty of attacking threat though with Lewis Morgan and Ryan Christie feeding big Louis Moult and backed up by the energy and goal threat of Stuart Armstrong coming from midfield then I'm happy we will outscore opponents! Tomas Cerny (Partick Thistle), Cammy Kerr (Dundee), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Joe Shaughnessy (St Johnstone), Tony Gallacher (Falkirk), Graham Dorrans (Rangers), John McGinn (Hibs), Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Aberdeen), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Louis Moult (Motherwell) Paul Black Pace, skill and plenty of goals sums up this team. Griffiths will score plenty, O'Halloran will cause problems for any defence. In the middle of the park you've got the tenacity and skillfulness of both Graham Dorrans and Ross Draper with Blair Spittal providing the killer pass from his wide right free role. The defence has Graeme Shinnie, arguably one of the best in the country, and a player who could easily slot into any team. Dundee stopper Scott Bain is the No 1 and he's already proven himself to be a key player in the Premiership. Scott Bain (Dundee), Steven Whittaker (Hibs), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Charles Dunne (Motherwell), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Blair Spittal (Partick Thistle), Graham Dorrans (Rangers), Ross Draper (Ross County), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock), Michael O'Halloran (St Johnstone), Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) Liam Bryce
OK, that’s a fairly inexperienced defence but if we’ve learned anything in the past week it’s that the tried and tested isn’t always the best option – and who’s ever picked one of these sides with anything but goals in mind anyway? Ryan Jack’s discipline has attracted criticism of late but he’s a solid passer of the ball and would take some defensive responsibility away from John McGinn to go and join in further up the pitch. I could have chosen any one of Celtic’s attacking players but Patrick Roberts’ guile and imagination just edges out Scott Sinclair. Roberts, Ryan Christie and Lewis Morgan would all be interchangeable and with Leigh Griffiths out of the picture there’s only choice up top and that’s Louis Moult. Tomas Cerny (Partick Thistle); Jason Naismith (Ross County), John Souttar (Hearts), Kerr Waddell (Dundee), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock); Ryan Jack (Rangers), John McGinn (Hibs); Patrick Roberts (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Aberdeen), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren); Louis Moult (Motherwell) http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/best-scottish-football-xi-just-11330289
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Keeper killed in Indonesia after colliding with 2 players. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/41630244 Just watched a video on YouTube. Heart breaking.
Johnny Thompson comes to mind.
Looked at first like he had maybe hurt his jaw, sad to see how it ended. Tragic.
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Ashley getting rid of Newcastle United. No doubt to much celebrating around the North East.
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What time is the world cup play off draw tmrw? Both home/away legs decided tmrw too ?
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What time is the world cup play off draw tmrw? Both home/away legs decided tmrw too ? 1:00 p.m. tomorrow lunch time. First team out is at home in the first leg
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What time is the world cup play off draw tmrw? Both home/away legs decided tmrw too ?
1:00 p.m. tomorrow lunch time. First team out is at home in the first leg Gent
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What time is the world cup play off draw tmrw? Both home/away legs decided tmrw too ?
1:00 p.m. tomorrow lunch time. First team out is at home in the first leg
Gent It won't be them, no
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What time is the world cup play off draw tmrw? Both home/away legs decided tmrw too ?
1:00 p.m. tomorrow lunch time. First team out is at home in the first leg Just to clarify, they are doing a two part draw. First the teams are drawn, then both teams are put in a separate bowl, and the one drawn out first in the second pick is home first.
Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/world-cup-playoffs-all-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-tuesday-s-draw-1.3257565
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God they love dragging it out don't they?
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Columbus crew owner threatening to move the team to austin. Wants a new stadium. Theres nothing really wrong with the stadiim, just that they dont own it and the location. They've had a pretty poor support for a while now and are one of the smaller markets.
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Quite an interesting concept. Name a Scottish football eleven with only one player form each team allowed. The best Scottish football XI with just one player from each club
Our writers took on the challenge of picking a team and it really is a lot harder than you would think. Spoiler: click to toggle If you were told to pick a team of the best players in Scottish football it would probably be filled with Celtic stars. You might get the odd player not from the champions but, in reality, they have the best squad. But what if the rule was that you could only select one player from each club? All of a sudden it becomes much more difficult. That's the challenge we set the team at Record Sport Online - and here's what they came up with... Mark McDougall
This is a lot harder than it looks and the lineup a few times but this is a squad that would do pretty well in the Premiership. The back five are pretty solid. You've got the experience of Joe Lewis, Bruno Alves and Christophe Berra coupled with the potential of Cammy Kerr and Greg Taylor who would also provide threat going forward. In the middle of the park you've got the tenacity of Adam Barton and John McGinn yet both are also very good ball players, with Lewis Morgan and Michael O'Halloran creating chances from the wide areas. There's not much to say about the front pair other than goals, goals and more goals. Joe Lewis (Aberdeen), Cammy Kerr (Dundee), Bruno Alves ( Rangers ), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock), Michael O'Halloran (St Johnstone), Adam Barton (Partick Thistle), John McGinn (Hibs), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Leigh Griffiths (Celtic), Louis Moult (Motherwell) Graeme Young Starting off in goal with Wes Foderingham takes away the option of adding a Rangers player anywhere else but he's probably the Ibrox club's most vital player. The relatively young back four in front of him sees the ball-playing John Souttar beside the hardman Joe Shaughnessy with full backs who are good going forward and defensively. The middle of the park has John McGinn to provide support for the defence but his ability will also allow him to link up with the more creative trio of Lewis Morgan, Ryan Christie and Scott Sinclair in front. Kris Doolan has an incredible goal record at Partick Thistle and Louis Moult is probably the best striker in the league outside of Celtic. Wes Foderingham (Rangers), Marcus Fraser (Ross County), Joe Shaughnessy (St Johnstone), John Souttar (Hearts), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock), John McGinn (Hibs) Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Ryan Christie (Aberdeen), Scott Sinclair (Celtic), Louis Moult (Motherwell), Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle) Fraser Wilson This was difficult. I started with the strongest XI possible allowing as many from every team as you wanted - then started subtracting! I think this team has balance although the defence worries me a little - typical Scotland! Plenty of attacking threat though with Lewis Morgan and Ryan Christie feeding big Louis Moult and backed up by the energy and goal threat of Stuart Armstrong coming from midfield then I'm happy we will outscore opponents! Tomas Cerny (Partick Thistle), Cammy Kerr (Dundee), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Joe Shaughnessy (St Johnstone), Tony Gallacher (Falkirk), Graham Dorrans (Rangers), John McGinn (Hibs), Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Aberdeen), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren), Louis Moult (Motherwell) Paul Black Pace, skill and plenty of goals sums up this team. Griffiths will score plenty, O'Halloran will cause problems for any defence. In the middle of the park you've got the tenacity and skillfulness of both Graham Dorrans and Ross Draper with Blair Spittal providing the killer pass from his wide right free role. The defence has Graeme Shinnie, arguably one of the best in the country, and a player who could easily slot into any team. Dundee stopper Scott Bain is the No 1 and he's already proven himself to be a key player in the Premiership. Scott Bain (Dundee), Steven Whittaker (Hibs), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Charles Dunne (Motherwell), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Blair Spittal (Partick Thistle), Graham Dorrans (Rangers), Ross Draper (Ross County), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock), Michael O'Halloran (St Johnstone), Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) Liam Bryce
OK, that’s a fairly inexperienced defence but if we’ve learned anything in the past week it’s that the tried and tested isn’t always the best option – and who’s ever picked one of these sides with anything but goals in mind anyway? Ryan Jack’s discipline has attracted criticism of late but he’s a solid passer of the ball and would take some defensive responsibility away from John McGinn to go and join in further up the pitch. I could have chosen any one of Celtic’s attacking players but Patrick Roberts’ guile and imagination just edges out Scott Sinclair. Roberts, Ryan Christie and Lewis Morgan would all be interchangeable and with Leigh Griffiths out of the picture there’s only choice up top and that’s Louis Moult. Tomas Cerny (Partick Thistle); Jason Naismith (Ross County), John Souttar (Hearts), Kerr Waddell (Dundee), Greg Taylor (Kilmarnock); Ryan Jack (Rangers), John McGinn (Hibs); Patrick Roberts (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Aberdeen), Lewis Morgan (St Mirren); Louis Moult (Motherwell) http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/best-scottish-football-xi-just-11330289 GK: McDonald (Killie) DC: Shaughnessy (St J) DC: O'Dea (Dundee) DC: Devlin (Hamilton) CM: Dorrans (Huns) CM: Christie (Aberdeen) CM: McGinn (Hibs) LM: Gardyne (County) RM: Walker (Hearts) ST: Griffiths (Celtic) ST: Moult ('Well)
That is actually tough.... Trying to get a defence sorted is the worst part.
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17 Oct 2017, 11:11 AM
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GK McDonald Killie CH o'dea Dundee CH Fraser County Lb Booth Thistle Rb Berra Hearts LW Sinclair Celtic Cm Mcginn hibs Cm o'halloran St J Rw Imrie Hamilton CF Rooney aberdeen CF Moult Motherwell
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17 Oct 2017, 01:11 PM
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Ireland - Denmark (away first leg). About as good as it could have been.
6 counties get the Swiss. Decent enough for them to.
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17 Oct 2017, 01:13 PM
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Ireland - Denmark (away first leg). About as good as it could have been.
6 counties get the Swiss. Decent enough for them to. Switzerland won 9 out of 10 of their group games. I don't know the relative strength of the groups but that's not to be sniffed at.
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17 Oct 2017, 01:22 PM
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Denmark have Christian Eriksen...
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