Gunn and McLean - Scotland squad

[TheDarkKnight 503]

3 hours ago, Robert N. LiM said:

Nice try, but no, not in the way you used it.

You highlighted the wrong bit of the first definition there. 'Either' only works as signifying more than two if you have 'given' alternatives, for instance: "Gunn was not at fault, either for the first, or the second, or the third goal"

And you conveniently left out the rest of the definition, which included the section relevant to your original post.

determiner · pronoun

determiner: either; pronoun: either

1. one or the other of two people or things.

   "there were no children of either marriage"

   • each of two.

     "the road was straight, with fields on either side"

1.  

    

    

So, you're resorting to dissing my grammar? That's really, really desperate.

Are you the grammar police?

Do you go around the forum correcting people on their grammar or is it just me?

If its the latter then it ain't the diss you think it is. It's actually a backhanded compliment.

I'm flattered.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

Ally McCoist admitting to singing "God Save the King". That'll surprise no one in Scotland. Wouldn't be surprised if Souness sung along, too.

That's him off my Christmas card list:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/ally-mccoist-brands-scots-snp-30927859

Then calling the Scotland fans "SNP" fans. Doesn't he realize that the majority of Scots vote the SNP?

Maybe he should do a spot of research instead of repeating "It has to be said" a hundred times.

Edited September 13 by TheDarkKnight

[GodlyOtsemobor 1,718]

3 hours ago, hogesar said:

Why do we need to wait for him to play 200+ matches when you were very sure he'd walk into England's midfield and run rings around England last night?

The fact that Phillips walks onto the pitch having played naff all minutes in the past year and looks 10 x the player of Billy tells you all you need to know.

Because the goal posts MUST be moved until Billy fulfills the prophecy of the chosen one! 

[wcorkcanary 4,282]

Does wee billy remind anyone else of Mo Leitner ? very tidy little player when given time and space. but not up to those fast and furious midfield battles at the top level. He's not Frenke de Jong .

Edited September 14 by wcorkcanary

[BroadstairsR 1,796]

I find it difficult to be concerned at all about Billy Gilmour. Like Harry Kane before him, and probably a few others, he was a let-down at City .. but is probably destined to go onto having a successful future in the game to a greater or lesser extent.

Gimour being a flop was far from the only contributor to that dismal season and is by far not the only player that fails to live up to the hype surrounding him. We've had quite a few at Carrow Road over the years.

The fact that he makes the squad of a currently successful Premier League side and starts for his country indicates that he can't be that bad though.

Discussing every dot and comma of the boy's career has long since been of no interest to me, but might I respectfully suggest that "Dark Knight" might be clutching at straws when elevating him as highly as he does? Scotland has produced so many clearly more gifted midfielders over the years after all.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

Now that the dust has settled.

England were by far the better team. No question. There was just a lack of urgency, and dare I say, we showed England too much respect.

Which is not something that we do. Against Spain we were in their face for 90 minutes.

Even the usually unflappable Rodri was flapped. So much sl that he called us "rubbish" in the post match interview.

Fair to say that we got under his skin.

The most embarrassing stat from Tuesday is that Ramsdale never made a save. That is hard to forgive.

Saying that, England didn't create very much. Gunn only had 2 saves to make.

The 2nd England goal was through a Robertson mistake.

We created two golden chances: McGinn had a half chance and fluffed the header, and Adams missed a chance when he hit an air shot.

Only McGregor and Gunn really did themselves justice. Even the normally Mr Reliable Robertson and McGinn were off their game.

It wasn't a completely negative experience. Even when we don't show up we can create half-chances. Plus it was just a friendly, it would've hurt more if the loss was in the qualifier.

Oh. I wondered why Real Madrid gave Bellingham the number 5 shirt. Now I know. With his build, his agility and fast feet, he does remind me of Zidane.

I am right, though. He isn't a central midfielder. He's a number 10. At Real Madrid he's pretty much a part of a front three. He's wasted in midfield.

That must be why Bayern Munich never made a move, they already have Musiala who is equally world class.

[king canary 6,842]

59 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight said:

We created two golden chances: McGinn had a half chance and fluffed the header, and Adams missed a chance when he hit an air shot.

How can a half chance be a golden chance?

[hogesar 8,550]

1 hour ago, TheDarkKnight said:

 

I am right, though. He isn't a central midfielder. He's a number 10. At Real Madrid he's pretty much a part of a front three. He's wasted in midfield.

 

No you're not right.

Just like you weren't right about Scotlands midfielder dominating Englands.

Just like you weren't right about Scotland comfortably beating England.

Just like you weren't right about Gilmour running rings around England.

Just like you weren't right about Gilmour walking into England's midfield.

Bellingham can play as a 10 or an 8. He has the attributes to do both jobs brilliantly.

[hogesar 8,550]

3 minutes ago, king canary said:

How can a half chance be a golden chance?

In the same way Gilmour would "walk into England's midfield" I suspect.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

I'm just thankful that it wasn't against a really top side, otherwise it could've been nasty.

Onwards and upwards:

Just two points in order to qualify for Euro 2024.

Getting anything from Spain will be tricky. We gave them a nosebleed at Hampden so there'll be out for revenge.

You never know, though. Back in the Euro 2008 qualifiers we beat France twice. So you never know.

A win against Georgia in Georgia and Norway at Hampden will suit me.

Love to see Ben Doak being blooded by then.

Edited September 14 by TheDarkKnight

[hogesar 8,550]

1 hour ago, TheDarkKnight said:

I'm just thankful that it wasn't against a really top side, otherwise it could've been nasty.

Onwards and upwards:

Just two points in order to qualify for Euro 2024.

Getting anything from Spain will be tricky. We gave them a nosebleed at Hampden so there'll be out for revenge.

You never know, though. Back in the Euro 2008 qualifiers we beat France twice. So you never know.

A win against Georgia in Georgia and Norway at Hampden will suit me.

Love to see Ben Doak being blooded by then.

Yeah, you're lucky we made 6 changes and treated it like a casual training session whilst your lot thought it was a cup final  

[TheDarkKnight 503]

Guaranteed, if we play like that against France in our friendly next month, it could be 7-0. Easily.

Oh. And Anderson has apparently rejected Scotland's approach.

Good luck to the lad. I hope England cap him soon.

[wcorkcanary 4,282]

12 hours ago, TheDarkKnight said:

Now that the dust has settled.

England were by far the better team. No question. There was just a lack of urgency, and dare I say, we showed England too much respect.

Which is not something that we do. Against Spain we were in their face for 90 minutes.

Even the usually unflappable Rodri was flapped. So much sl that he called us "rubbish" in the post match interview.

Fair to say that we got under his skin.

The most embarrassing stat from Tuesday is that Ramsdale never made a save. That is hard to forgive.

Saying that, England didn't create very much. Gunn only had 2 saves to make.

The 2nd England goal was through a Robertson mistake.

We created two golden chances: McGinn had a half chance and fluffed the header, and Adams missed a chance when he hit an air shot.

Only McGregor and Gunn really did themselves justice. Even the normally Mr Reliable Robertson and McGinn were off their game.

It wasn't a completely negative experience. Even when we don't show up we can create half-chances. Plus it was just a friendly, it would've hurt more if the loss was in the qualifier.

Oh. I wondered why Real Madrid gave Bellingham the number 5 shirt. Now I know. With his build, his agility and fast feet, he does remind me of Zidane.

I am right, though. He isn't a central midfielder. He's a number 10. At Real Madrid he's pretty much a part of a front three. He's wasted in midfield.

That must be why Bayern Munich never made a move, they already have Musiala who is equally world class.

From fake humility to overt pomposity in one post, congratulations.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

On 09/09/2023 at 12:38, dylanisabaddog said:

Never thought I'd hear McTominay compared to Haaland! 

He's just saved EtH his job.

It's easy to mock. It's harder to shut up, listen to what's being said and learn.

Edited October 7 by TheDarkKnight

[canarydan23 3,759]

3 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight said:

He's just saved EtH his job.

It's easy to mock. It's harder to shut up and listen to what's being said.

Billy had a good game last week.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

8 minutes ago, canarydan23 said:

Billy had a good game last week.

You aren't the only one who thought so.

[canarydan23 3,759]

1 minute ago, TheDarkKnight said:

You aren't the only one who thought so.

Lol. Yeah.

That's the bottom two, by the way.

Reckon he'll start tomorrow? I know a Brighton fan who is terrified the answer is yes.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

6 minutes ago, canarydan23 said:

Lol. Yeah.

That's the bottom two, by the way.

Reckon he'll start tomorrow? I know a Brighton fan who is terrified the answer is yes.

Those are ratings by the public. I posted ratings by experts.

100% he'll start.

You have friends? Funny stuff.

 

Edited October 7 by TheDarkKnight

[TheDarkKnight 503]

1 minute ago, canarydan23 said:

Shouldn't you be sending stuff like that to my DMs? Keep it off the board please, DM me if you have a problem.

You're the one following me around like a lovesick schoolgirl... or a stalker.

Not like it? Take your own advice.

Namaste.

[canarydan23 3,759]

2 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight said:

You're the one following me around like a lovesick schoolgirl... or a stalker.

Not like it? Take your own advice.

Namaste.

DM please, unless you need an audience.

[The Raptor 978]

7 hours ago, TheDarkKnight said:

Those are ratings by the public. I posted ratings by experts.

100% he'll start.

You have friends? Funny stuff.

 

Now ive seem this I'm going to expect the penguin to burst into song next time I see Batman Returns. 

Edited October 8 by The Raptor

[TheDarkKnight 503]

6 hours ago, The Raptor said:

Now ive seem this I'm going to expect the penguin to burst into song next time I see Batman Returns. 

lol

Talking of. Michelle Pfeiffer was robbed of an Oscar for the performance of Catwoman.

[hogesar 8,550]

15 hours ago, TheDarkKnight said:

Those are ratings by the public. I posted ratings by experts.

100% he'll start.

You have friends? Funny stuff.

 

The only thing that's 100% is your record on getting everything about Gilmour wrong.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

2 hours ago, hogesar said:

The only thing that's 100% is your record on getting everything about Gilmour wrong.

From a football point of view I could quite easy stick the knife in.

I'm too classy for that.

If you have beef with me, be a man. Tell me.

Stop following me around, trolling me and leaving little snide comments then running away.

Edited October 8 by TheDarkKnight

[hogesar 8,550]

16 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight said:

From a football point of view I could quite easy stick the knife in.

I'm too classy for that.

If you have beef with me, be a man.

Stop following me around being a Troll.

What do you mean following you around? This thread was at the top when I logged in.

You're not that special, you don't even belong here.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

15 minutes ago, hogesar said:

What do you mean following you around? This thread was at the top when I logged in.

You're not that special, you don't even belong here.

You know my opinion about Gilmour. That would suggest that you read my posts. Posts that are nothing to do with you.

I literally know zero about you. I don't time out of my life to read your posts that arent addressed to me.

They are of zero interest to me.

Only thing that I know for certain is that you have an obsession with me.

As I said, if you have legit beef with me, let me know why.

If not, this leaving snide comments is just a waste of your time and it's an ego booster to me.

Thanks.

Namaste.

[hogesar 8,550]

No one has an obsession with you. It's a football forum and you consistently post something that demonstrates you have no clue what you're talking about.

Like when you said Gilmour would run rings around England's midfield the other week 

When you said Scotland would comfortably beat England.

And when you said Gilmour walks into England's midfield.

I read lots of posts but when you read something so obviously stupid, detached from reality and demonstrating the football knowledge of a 3 year old Squirrel, then it does kind of stick in the mind.

Again. You're nothing special.

[TheDarkKnight 503]

5 minutes ago, hogesar said:

When you said Scotland would comfortably beat England.

Link please.

I never said such a thing.

"Comfortably"

lolz

[hogesar 8,550]

[TheDarkKnight 503]

So you don't have proof to back up your claim?

Are you a compulsive liar, too?