Is that a no then Laudrup? lol

He thinks Scotland would be better funded if they were independent. More Scot's would go to the Olympics etc, rather than have to compete with other nations for spots. Which in turn will help bring younger talent through.

I honestly have no idea. In football brexit might give a bump in opportunities if Eu work permits are like the current no Eu conditions. But who knows.

Maybe be better off, but Scotland has generally had success in sport probably above where we should have. We've produced world class footballers, tennis, runners, rugby etc. But as I said I have no idea. It might help, it might not.

Scotland already punches way above its weight!!

Our football team has probably leveled out were it should be in terms of population and financial backing!

Wan dodgy penalty and he wants independence

I don't think there is much difference between the two nations. Scotland beat Ireland in Rugby and Football recently. He used Rory mcillroy as an example, Andy Murray. Ireland have better Jockeys and Horse Racing Trainers, Scotland have better Cyclists. Boxing is equal in the pro's, maybe being independent would help the amateurs.

I actually think Celtic and Rangers and to a lesser extent Hearts and Hibs have a more negative impact to Scottish sports. They monopolize the paying fans. How many Celtic or Rangers fans would also pay to watch Glasgow at Rugby? Ireland don't have anything comparable so the fans are spread out among multiple sports which helps with funding.

Can't say it would help at all....Unless an independent Scotland suddenly became appealing to Sky TV in terms of throwing millions at us.

There's some quality youth coming through the ranks at Celtic and we have some quality Scottish first team players.

Other teams in Scotland are hamstrung by the amount they can invest in youth development. So we're finding more and more journeymen style players appearing here so they can actually compete because if you go down, the financial drop in tv money can hurt badly. Luckily now and then you get a kind heart such as the lotto winners who've just invested 4m in Partick for their training ground.

For years the top two have produced plenty of players who've went on to be great successes in the EPL and championship level and some who've left too early to chase the money instead of developing.

Money needs to be thrown at youth coaching in Scotland for sure.....But as a small country, it's hard because there's a generation of kids who aren't interested in going out and kicking a ball about to all hours in the rain, when they can sit on their behinds and do it on the playstation.

You're ranked 44th in the world and the only real competition is Rugby, thats not great. If football was your third most popular sport you'd be even worse off.

Having said that there is no doubt you'd be better off independent in every sense. Unfortunately you made a bollox of that.

If E sports were what I thought they were I reckon we'd be amazing at it.

😃😃

The Dutch would be better!

The Dutch would be better!
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During our open training session there it was discussed how the players trained the dutch way thanks to Tommy Burns introducing their system after a visit to Holland.

I think a lot of it is down to the top coaches plying their trade in the moneyball league too. Any Scottish coach who does well inevitably goes down south. Robbie Nelson being the most recent.

comment by Esctosh - Caipirinha Caixinha 🍸 (U8215)
posted 40 minutes ago
Wan dodgy penalty and he wants independence
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Citing Ireland as his example, he feels we have more going for us in all sports






#bailout

comment by McCannStoleMaCookie (U20688)
posted 42 minutes ago
Scotland already punches way above its weight!!

Our football team has probably leveled out were it should be in terms of population and financial backing!
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How far are we behind those powerhouses of international sport like N. Ireland and Iceland oand Republic of Ireland?
You don't 1/2 talk some sheite.

comment by son of quebec (U8127)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by McCannStoleMaCookie (U20688)
posted 42 minutes ago
Scotland already punches way above its weight!!

Our football team has probably leveled out were it should be in terms of population and financial backing!
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How far are we behind those powerhouses of international sport like N. Ireland and Iceland oand Republic of Ireland?
You don't 1/2 talk some sheite.
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Aye independence would get rid of the clowns who run our game and makes us into coaches who could beat teams who were ranked 66th in the world a decade ago


#talkingsh!teirony

comment by Laudrup: Staunchness V Stenchness (U12366)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by son of quebec (U8127)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by McCannStoleMaCookie (U20688)
posted 42 minutes ago
Scotland already punches way above its weight!!

Our football team has probably leveled out were it should be in terms of population and financial backing!
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How far are we behind those powerhouses of international sport like N. Ireland and Iceland oand Republic of Ireland?
You don't 1/2 talk some sheite.
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Aye independence would get rid of the clowns who run our game and makes us into coaches who could beat teams who were ranked 66th in the world a decade ago


#talkingsh!teirony
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Could you repost that in English, please?
Thanks.

Gabba gabba hey.

You are slightly ahead of NI in the rankings but about 20 behind ROI and Wales. You've almost double the population of Wales. Three times the population of NI and about equal that with ROI. Given that in ROI and NI the GAA offers huge competition for football its probably only Wales that you can be judged against fairly and even then you've double the population. You should be doing better, particularly as the infrastructure is greater than the others mentioned.

Load of pash your pal talks.

Ireland are good at Rugby and compete at football, that's it, odd freaks like Mcgregor aside its not a great country to model our sporting process on.

Scotland might not have GAA but some of the kids should be in AA. That's stiff competition.

But seriously Scotland should be better than they are. But the same could be said of former powerhouse Czech Republic. Just before the 2006 world cup they were ranked second in the world. Now they're 30 or 40th. It goes through cycles and Scotland is in.a bad spot. But I just don't accept the rankings as accurate. Scotland should not have been top 15 under mcleish and Peru and Costa Rica should not be top 20 now.

Miller, fewer natural 'street footballers' these days. Can't remember the last time I seen kids playing football on the street.

Can say irish footballer have tge GAA to compete against when most of of their actual Irish born players leave Ireland as young boys to go to England, the league of Ireland is pretty pants, nearly if not all Scottish born players do their development in Scotland.

Not true. You do get some dual players moving to England as kids but the competition is very strong and most pick one or the other by late teens, some long before then. Then there are the majority which is non dual players who simply prefer one sport over the other.

You are right about the LOI it is pants. And as I said earlier the infrastructure isn't there. Compare GAA infrastructure and that of Soccer and there is a massive difference. Also have a look at the difference in attendances for GAA and Soccer. The biggest Dublin Derby would probably bring in 6k at a push. Dublin Gaelic footballers regularly sell out Croke Park.

It's how our game is run in this country

A few years ago France looked at where they were going wrong and completely revamped their approach , the results were legendary , not that long ago Belgium did the same and followed the French model , what you see now with Belgian players is the results of that , we will soon be getting beat by Malta and the Faroe Islands

I think the problem with Scotland is the narrow-minded sectarianism which is accepted as just "normal".