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Leigh Griffiths

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by Vertie Auld, Jan 31, 2014.

Discuss Leigh Griffiths in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Not only should he be picked, he should play.

    Scotland’s only guaranteed supplier of goals.
     
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    How can he not pick Griffiths but yet goes ahead with Naismith who has been out for Months !!
     
  4. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Leigh has said himself he needs to get up to speed.


    No point in rushing him.
     
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    * delighted he's not playing; too many international managers have thrown our players in half fit and we've lost them for weeks and months. He's only playing development league for us ffs
     
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    "The Dark Blues", do people actually call Scotland that?
     
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    Stevie Clare has given valid reasons for not picking Griff which is fair enough. As a Scotland fan I would like to see him play, hes the only real goal scorer we have. We have plenty of big donkeys who can 'hold the ball up' but they cant finish.
     
  9. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    STEVE Clarke said last night that he omitted Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths from his Scotland squad for next month’s Euro 2020 qualifying double header against Russia and Belgium to give him the breathing space he needs to return to his best form.

    The former Tartan Army favourite has scored three goals in eight appearances under Neil Lennon this season but after consultations with Celtic staff, Clarke decided he wasn’t quite ready to return. There is no place either for his former Kilmarnock striker Eamonn Brophy, who has fallen victim to a difficult start to the campaign at Rugby Park.



    I spoke to quite a few people about Leigh,” the Scotland manager said. “Listen, everybody knows what Leigh’s good at. When he’s fit and firing and 100-per-cent he’s a big, big talent.

    “He’s come a long way in a short space of time after a really serious chapter in his life. Don’t forget, it wasn’t that long ago he wasn’t even training, he wasn’t playing. He hasn’t got a lot of minutes in his legs this year – never mind this season.


    “And rather than put him under the pressure of bringing him into the squad, I’d rather give him a little bit more time to breathe to get fit at Celtic. Also to get back to the level of sharpness that he needs to be to be a top player. I don’t think that he’s quite fully fit and firing in the way that he can do.

    “You could call him in regardless,” Clarke added. “But then you’d be putting the boy under even more pressure. And maybe at this stage he doesn’t need that.”

    Taking Griffiths’ goals from the equation removes a potent attacking option but Clarke can at least add Robert Snodgrass and Steven Naismith to his mix. The West Ham forward returns to the group for the first time in almost a year, when he wasn’t stripped for the Nations League encounter with Israel in Haifa under Alex McLeish. While Clarke has been less successful in persuading some other veteran refusenik players, including Sheffield Wednesday’s Steven Fletcher, to return to the fold, he has no intention of giving up trying.
     
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    Think it's a good call tbh. Give the guy time
     
  11. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    I think hes looked raring to go whenever he has played this season.

    Would probably do him good to be back in and around the squad. Hey ho.
     
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    I believe the "dark blues" refers to how you normally feel after watching a Scotland match.
     
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    It makes no difference. We're going to get well and truly pumped rotten. Can't see the ball getting to Leigh much at all if he was fit. Sad reality.
     
  14. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    That's the spirit :giggle1:
     
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  15. Doogs. Lustig your the one, you still turn me on.

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    Just about to post this.

    It would do his confidence the world of good. Still better than every other striker in that squad even if he’s not at 100% imo.

    Maybe had another wee setback in training or whatever, * knows.
     
  16. honda Gold Member Gold Member

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    Just takes us getting 2 free kicks and hes gonna score twice. Easy.
     
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    I'm glad he's no gonna be round rotten hun * like Jack and McBurnie if I'm honest..

    The Scotland squad might be daunting at the minute having only been back around our own club squad for a short period of time..
     
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    Meanwhile, Lennon has backed Steve Clarke’s decision not to call up Leigh Griffiths for Scotland’s Euro 2020 double header against Russia and Belgium at Hampden next month. He feels the striker, who took an extended sabbatical from the game to deal with personal issues this year, needs more game time. He was pleased the forward played and scored in a reserve game against Dundee this week.

    “I don’t think he’s 100 per cent ready for that [Scotland] yet,” said Lennon. “I think that’s common sense.

    “He wanted to play (against Dundee), which is great. I’m delighted with that. He played 60 minutes and has the bit between his teeth, which is good.
     
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