Scotland squad for the 6 Nations

Edit - Original 1000 or so posts on this thread are here https://www.606v2.com/t38845p950-scotland-squad-for-the-6-nations - KiwiPete

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:Been browsing some Rugby news sites...

Regarding the delay in announcing the Scotland captain, Johnson can't really be thinking about playing Stroks at 6 instead of brown can he?

No but there may be other players he feels could be better captains, given the strong representation of Glasgow in the squad, Kellock maybe.

I'm still not convinced Kellock should be in the 1st XV let alone captain. Robinson got burned with that one before.

Your captain has to be the best player in is position otherwise we look like a bunch of goons.

True but Kellock would be considered the natural leader by 19 of the 35 man squad because he leads them week in, week out, with a fair amount of success. Not many of the team have played with Kelly Brown on a weekly basis in the last two years. If things start going against us and big Al is on the pitch some of the Warrior's players could look to him for leadership instead of Brown, this could undermine the whole team.

True enough Solid, however Kellock's play for Glasgow is never in question. He is consistantly excellent for Glasgow. A bit like DeLuca though, he can never transfer that brilliance to a Scotland shirt.

KB will be the captain. I reckon it's just the usual SRU media mismanagement that they meant to announce it last Monday, not this Monday and when the 6N photocall came around they sent Kelly but still refused to actually announce him as captain!

Radge there is no doubting the dilemma facing the management team when it comes to this decision. However I believe the best way for us to take something from this tournament is to play with the mantra Keep It Simple Stupid, wear down the opposition with our pack and then unleash our back three. This would also be ideal for Big Al and in my book if we are playing like this he sneaks it over Brown based on the representation of Glasgow in the squad.

Your captain has got to stay on for 80 minutes - if that was Kellock then it would mean Gray would have to be subbed off, which I don't think is a good idea.

And anyway this is just the person that has (C) written next to their name - there are plenty leaders in the squad and it won't just be the captain doing all the talking.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Your captain has got to stay on for 80 minutes - if that was Kellock then it would mean Gray would have to be subbed off, which I don't think is a good idea.

And anyway this is just the person that has (C) written next to their name - there are plenty leaders in the squad and it won't just be the captain doing all the talking.

Exactly.

It'll be Brown, Kellock, Hamilton, Laidlaw, Jackson, Beattie all leading whether by example or by their talking...

Am i 1000?

N0 :-(

Riskysports wrote:Am i 1000?

Damn you beat me to it!

What a stream of WUMery. I reckon this thread will get locked down soon...

I'm in two minds over the whole Kellock/Hamilton debate. As everyone has been saying, Kellock is an incredible leader and does a great job for Glasgow, but he's a bit lightweight, despite being 18st 8lbs (according to Wikipedia), when it comes to hitting rucks and in the scrum, but can command the lineout. Hamilton has almost a full stone on him at 19st 7lbs and offers that aggression at ruck time but is prone to giving away penalties. I doubt Kellocks presence would undermine Brown as captain. There are always going to be vocal players on the field. It’s not just the captain who speaks. Is Kellock the kind of impact sub you want? I’d think Hamilton would add more coming on with 20 to go. I’m still not convinced either way.

I am fast

(At least what the missis tells me)

1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done fellas. Fine work and an excellent thread.

On a serious note from a Mod point of view - that's over 1000 posts and no Wumming, no reported posts and all round good behaviour. There's been good banter, informed debate, absolute nonsense conversations - but no personal insults or deliberately winding people up.

Pats on the back for all the 606V2 Scots!

That really is a rare occurrence.

Definite contender for next years awards.

Everybody will have forgotten by then.

Maybe the thread will still be going by then....

I could just change the name of the thread for every new occasion:

"Scotland squad for the 6N"
"What we have learnt from the 6N"
"A Scottish take on the Lions tour"
"Why there should have been more Scots on the Lions tour"
"Matt Williams makes a dramatic return to Scotland management"
"Scotland squad for the summer tour to South Africa"
"Matt Williams mysteriously eaten during safari while on summer tour"
"What Scotland learnt on the summer tour"
"Scotland squad for the AIs"
"What Scotland learnt from the AIs"
"Scotland end of year review"

We could get thousands of posts over the year!

Glas a du wrote:Everybody will have forgotten by then.

Those who were there will remember.

And on the 24th day of January each year the survivors will meet and tell tall tales and speak to the younglings about 'The Thread That Would Not Die'.

Songs will be sung and ale will be quaffed.

Oh yes the few will remember.

RDW_Scotland wrote:On a serious note from a Mod point of view - that's over 1000 posts and no Wumming, no reported posts and all round good behaviour. There's been good banter, informed debate, absolute nonsense conversations - but no personal insults or deliberately winding people up.

Pats on the back for all the 606V2 Scots!

That really is a rare occurrence.

Why you little sod - how dare you - I fart in your general direction

RDW_Scotland wrote:Maybe the thread will still be going by then....

I could just change the name of the thread for every new occasion:

"Scotland squad for the 6N"
"What we have learnt from the 6N"
"A Scottish take on the Lions tour"
"Why there should have been more Scots on the Lions tour"
"Matt Williams makes a dramatic return to Scotland management"
"Scotland squad for the summer tour to South Africa"
"Matt Williams mysteriously eaten during safari while on summer tour"
"What Scotland learnt on the summer tour"
"Scotland squad for the AIs"
"What Scotland learnt from the AIs"
"Scotland end of year review"

We could get thousands of posts over the year!

Effervescing Elephant wrote:

Glas a du wrote:Everybody will have forgotten by then.

Those who were there will remember.

And on the 24th day of January each year the survivors will meet and tell tall tales and speak to the younglings about 'The Thread That Would Not Die'.

Songs will be sung and ale will be quaffed.

Oh yes the few will remember.

YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE, MAN!

I SEEN THINGS MAAAAAAN!

If you say you were there, you can't have been there, as if you'd have been there, you wouldnt be able to remember being there.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Maybe the thread will still be going by then....

I could just change the name of the thread for every new occasion:

"Scotland squad for the 6N"
"What we have learnt from the 6N"
"A Scottish take on the Lions tour"
"Why there should have been more Scots on the Lions tour"
"Matt Williams makes a dramatic return to Scotland management"
"Scotland squad for the summer tour to South Africa"
"Matt Williams mysteriously eaten during safari while on summer tour"
"What Scotland learnt on the summer tour"
"Scotland squad for the AIs"
"What Scotland learnt from the AIs"
"Scotland end of year review"

We could get thousands of posts over the year!

"Andy Robinson finds neck and opens eyes fully - will he bring back Scotland wins"
"Was it really a Scotsman that scored the winning try on the Lions"
"Tim McVisser - why oh why?"
"Parks comes in from the call - a step forward or back for Scotland"
"How do we get more atmosphere at Murryfield - Haggis at halftime"
"Is it just because we play in blue?"
"Chuck eats Grant - who now for Scotland"

"How do we get more atmosphere at Murryfield - Haggis at halftime"

the man's on a roll!

There is one rule of the 'Scotland 1000 club'

Do not talk about the 'Scotland 1000 club'

but, but, but...

Riskysports wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Maybe the thread will still be going by then....

I could just change the name of the thread for every new occasion:

"Scotland squad for the 6N"
"What we have learnt from the 6N"
"A Scottish take on the Lions tour"
"Why there should have been more Scots on the Lions tour"
"Matt Williams makes a dramatic return to Scotland management"
"Scotland squad for the summer tour to South Africa"
"Matt Williams mysteriously eaten during safari while on summer tour"
"What Scotland learnt on the summer tour"
"Scotland squad for the AIs"
"What Scotland learnt from the AIs"
"Scotland end of year review"

We could get thousands of posts over the year!

"Andy Robinson finds neck and opens eyes fully - will he bring back Scotland wins"
"Was it really a Scotsman that scored the winning try on the Lions"
"Tim McVisser - why oh why?"
"Parks comes in from the call - a step forward or back for Scotland"
"How do we get more atmosphere at Murryfield - Haggis at halftime"
"Is it just because we play in blue?"
"Chuck eats Grant - who now for Scotland"

Brilliant - lets keep more of these coming!

I was going to go for the "Scotland grand slam glory thread" but thought that was a tad optimistic!

everybody would assume you were talking about 1990.

Also other film quotes relating to us Scots reaching 1000 posts would also be welcome!

Pats on the back all round for reaching 1000 posts, but we still havent addressed the burning issue here!

Is Vernon a 10 or a 12?

"do we have enough wooden spoons to make a dinner set"

also, we need to watch out, the irish thread is picking up some serious speed.

"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our 1,000 posts..."

The irish have made a fatal mistake though - they have made their A team game a different thread.

We have already discussed that on page 14!

"Run Scots posters run"
"No one can hear you Scream after 1000"
"they came, they saw, they wrote their arses off"
"the Scots posters that say Niegh"


PS I am a bit bored today

"with a 1000 posts, I'm in my prime"

"Chose 1000 posts"

"where are the 1000 posts?"

"what will happen in the showers?"
"oh, she'll bring her own 1,000 posts"

"come quick, down to the beach, there's posts galore..."

'Posts, 1000s of 'em'

Can't top that

People who haven't been on this thread today are gonna be quite confused....

"Can we get some other cutlery instead of a spoon?"

Moving off these potential thread names (I know I'm sorry) Johnson came out and said that he hadn't picked his captain yet because he hasn't been with the squad that long and his coaching team hadn't had a chance to speak with Brown ahead of the media thing. Therefore, he was waiting until Monday to name the captain once he'd had a chance to get all the coaches together for their input.

Not a very exciting reason for not naming the captain yet (I'm sure it'll be Brown) but sounds plausible

yup

"...it's 5 games against the best teams in Europe, we got a new coach, half a back line, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses...

...hit it..."