Quote Originally Posted by BudMill90 View Post
Would put a fair chunk on neither of them starting any of the 3 games. I would 100% start Gilmour today with McTominay and Mcginn beside him. Patterson I'm not so sure, definitely a talent but we have enough quality on other areas to get away with the average SOD as he will give us a bit more steel defensively than Patterson.

Clarke is annoyingly loyal, which means that even though Mcgregor and Christie have been awful the last few months, both will almost certainly be in the starting 11 day.

My team would be:

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Gordon
Hendry Cooper Tierney
O'Donnell McTominay Gilmour McGinn Robertson
Adams Dykes
Agree with what you say about O'Donnells steel. Clarke loves O'Donnell and I can't see him being dropped any time soon because of that.

He does give you more physicality especially at set pieces and has more experience than Patterson but my biggest worry about our 3 group games is that O'Donnell will cost us at least one goal.

He's not mobile or quick enough at this level and those are the two most important qualities needed. He's also poor with distribution at times. Admittedly Patterson is young and inexperienced but if I'm choosing a right back to face a left side of Sterling and Mount it would be Patterson every time.

Be interesting to see how he gets on today.
C'mon Scotland