Scottish Football Still A Thing, Spurs Kind Of Care

When you consider that eight of the current Premiership Managers served their football apprenticeships in Scottish Football. A further two played there and another was a successful manager and the countless number of Scots currently playing in the English Championship.your comments lack subtstance.

As a football fan I take an interest in most leagues the fact that you know so little (and are so proud about your lack of knowledge) about James Forrest reflects badly on you.

Only a donkey could deny the talent of James Forest he is at least in the 8 million bracket now and only getting better everyday.

Your comments make Balotelli’s penalty yesterday all the sweeter….YNWA!

Aberdeen, Motherwell, Inverness and Hearts need to get better, though, to make the competition more compelling. I don’t hold out much hope for Partick Thistle, though, sadly.

Of course Scottish football is a stepping stone to the bigger leagues it always has been. One can think of Alex James, Jimmy Deleaney. Scottish players have added to English Football throughout the years.

Your comments about Scottish football are probably true but my comment was not about the level of football either in Scotland or in England.

Celtic season ticket holder here. (Tottenham’s my favourite EPL team) The SPL is in a huge problem just now, and one of the main problems is that, while previously our young ‘stars’ left at 23/24 (Steven Fletcher, Aiden McGeady, James McFadden etc) they now leave at 16/17/18 and ruin their career when they should be learning their trade up here, the most recent examples being Scott Allan to West Brom at 17, and (most heartbreaking for Sellik fans) Islam Feruz to Chelsea at 15. (And we all know that their youth system is basically a black hole of destruction.) Also, we aren’t spending any money (Hearts have no money, Rangers have no money and Celtic’s chairman refuses to spend more than £4 million on a player despite the fact that we’re the 6th richest club in Britain). It’s no wonder the SPL is in the state it’s in. (Although we’re trying to copy the Dutch youth system, so hopefully it won’t be in the state it’s in for too long)

However many recent average players have left the SPL and been a success in the EPL or championship. Charlie Adam was a Rangers reject. John Ruddy was Motherwell’s third choice keeper before he moved to Norwich. The SPL produces many decent players, just as many small leagues do, they just leave before they should.

In regards to James Forrest, he’s probably the best player in the SPL just now and has the potential to be our best youth product since the previously-said McGeady, even Paul McStay! (maybe a bit far) but at this age he’d be nothing more than a squad player for Spurs. Keeping him at Celtic for 2-3 years would be beneficial to both teams. However I think he’d fit in really well with Spurs’ pass-and-move playing style, as it’s similar to how Celtic like to play (when not in gail force winds playing on what is effectively a plough field.) However, he’s too young, and wouldn’t put anyone out the Spurs team, at this point.

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