30 Sep 2017 22:18:10
Strachan needs to look at Macgregor and Mcginn for Brown and Armstrong. Bet it does not happen and he will go back to old slow and useless.
30 Sep 2017 23:38:49
I am more impressed with McGregor every time I see him and McGinn is a guy who might be good enough for us one day. I agree they should be considered for Scotland.
01 Oct 2017 02:47:08
jonace - Strachan is a strange little man, I never fully took to him at Celtic. I fear he might shoot himself in the foot and blame the media. Again.
01 Oct 2017 09:36:48
I think Mc Ginn would be a good replacement for Broony. It won't be Ntcham. The longer we leave it, the more his price will go up. He drives forward, a thing that as yet Ntcham hasn't shown. I'm hoping he has just had an awful drop in form and recovers, but, he has been awful these last few games and is only in because we spent so much money on him.
Go for McGinn in January I say, at the very least we will recoup our money on him, right now to me Ntcham looks like a waste of money and I'm sorry if that offends the happy clappers who hate any criticism of players. The onus is on him to stop playing like he is and live up to the fee and wages he is picking up. Pointing out he has been awful is just stating the truth, he needs to get his act together fast. Passing sideways and back is not what we bought him to do.
Both him and Hayes have been dire and haven't moved the team forward one inch. If anybody argues they have they need to take off the green specs.
Mcgreggor on the bench when either plays, Armstrong and Rogic too, is not doing the team any favours with, on current form, putting us two men down.
Hayes will never be good enough, Ollie has a chance but so far looks nowhere near what we need. That's just a fact and if you don't agree watch the last three games to help you out.
Offer £2m and Hayes for McGinn in January.
01 Oct 2017 10:06:57
hayes is a squad player
don't think he is any better than gms who went the other way.
he played well for Aberdeen and was the right price for us.
ntcham has potential, he's young and finding his way - I also believe he has been told by BR to be the forward thinking midfielder (whilst others are defensive) so he is passing the ball into areas full of opposition - whereas a defensive midfielder passes the ball back to their own defence
I would give ntcham time - potential is there to see with the pass for the first goal on Belgium as proof.
01 Oct 2017 10:26:49
One pass doth not a player make. I hope you are right, but he is not player to drive us forward as Rogers stated he needed.
If he is worth £4.5m on current form, then the market really has gone nuts.
Hayes shouldn't be anywhere near the squad. I cannot believe we gave the sheep £1.3m for a 29 year old who has brought absolutely nothing so far. I know we are a charitable club but for feck sake we are taking it too far. Christie at the Dons who is a player and we are giving Hayes game time. Again, only because Rogers has paid far to much for him. On the basis of form he shouldn't be on the bench never mind the field.
Anybody kidding themselves in the signings we have made have moved in forward are lying to themselves. It will be last years players that win us the treble. That's not progress when you have spent £5.5m.
01 Oct 2017 10:32:31
I fear Ronnie, I mean Gordon, might play one of the Fletcher's or both.
01 Oct 2017 13:51:58
Magic, i think you're jumping the gun on Ntcham. He's young, and young players lose form, he'll come good again.
02 Oct 2017 08:25:22
Steph I hope you're right, but even when he was playing better, he didn't drive forward and if we are a team built on power and speed, I didn't see that in his game then either.
He slows us down with continuous easier passes sideways or backwards. His forward passing has been awful as we have all witnessed.
We are better when he isn't playing. That's just a fact. Armstrong, Rogic and McGreggor all give us more. That is just a fact too.
He has the work to do to justify the fee. So far, nowhere near convincing me he has improved us.