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Made it into the U20 Scotland Squad, although he's received a fair bit of stick I think some people forget that the boy is still only 19.  I also think he is not ready for the first team yet he has still got years of development.

Well done  :025: :025: :025:

Does that mean he'll be unavailable for some ICT games?  :023:

No, its during the international weekend :014:

This is exactly what's wrong with our fans..

For ages we have been asking for one of our players to be recognised at national level and out of the 90 people that have looked at this thread only 2 people have posted and 1 was a sarcastic comment. 

Fck sake can no one realise thst the boy has some potential

Quite right Harry!!!

Well done Rory for getting the call up, they must have watched him in the penultimate Celtic match, and if he could only play like that all the time he might be a first team regular.  :003:

He DOES have potential despite Brew putting him in the first team before he was ready.  :008:

Aye well done something for him to aim for.

Even Rory would probably admit he has not been at his best recently, but when the rest of the team are not playing all that great, it is difficult for him without good service, anyway, well done to Rorry for the inclusion in the squad.

Personally I see a lot of promise. As said he is only feckin 19 and is learning his trade in the SPL.  :025: :025:

The most important attribute for a young player is vision. Doesn't matter how gangly, how weak, how rough around the edges they are - if they have a good footballing brain theres a good chance they'll develop into a good player. (the converse of course, is that a young player can have pace, power, size etc but without a footballing brain there's no guarantee they'll ever get much better) I've seen enough of Rory to think that he DOES have a decent footballing brain.

In flashes, he's shown good peripheral awareness, an ability to read his teammates, some clever passes, and a couple of audacious efforts at goal. He doesn't manage it for 90 minutes, but he has the rudiments of a decent game.

When Barry Robson was starting out he was weak, he made loads of mistakes, gave the ball away all the time and got dogs abuse, it'd probably be fair to say that he was much rougher around the edges than Rory (and he was only playing against 2nd division opposition). But every now and then he'd almost pull something amazing off. You could tell that he had some potential. Wyness was the same, and again that was back in the second division. The knockers need to take the fact that Rory has been thrown in at the proverbial deep end into account.

The most important attribute for a young player is vision. Doesn't matter how gangly, how weak, how rough around the edges they are - if they have a good footballing brain theres a good chance they'll develop into a good player. (the converse of course, is that a young player can have pace, power, size etc but without a footballing brain there's no guarantee they'll ever get much better) I've seen enough of Rory to think that he DOES have a decent footballing brain.

In flashes, he's shown good peripheral awareness, an ability to read his teammates, some clever passes, and a couple of audacious efforts at goal. He doesn't manage it for 90 minutes, but he has the rudiments of a decent game.

When Barry Robson was starting out he was weak, he made loads of mistakes, gave the ball away all the time and got dogs abuse, it'd probably be fair to say that he was much rougher around the edges than Rory (and he was only playing against 2nd division opposition). But every now and then he'd almost pull something amazing off. You could tell that he had some potential. Wyness was the same, and again that was back in the second division. The knockers need to take the fact that Rory has been thrown in at the proverbial deep end into account.

Good post  :025:

Good news Rory. I really do hope you make the grade. You still have a lot to learn but don't let the self appointed expert knockers get you down. Good luck!  :021:

  ' When Barry Robson was starting out he was weak, he made loads of mistakes, gave the ball away all the time and got dogs abuse, it'd probably be fair to say that he was much rougher around the edges than Rory (and he was only playing against 2nd division opposition). But every now and then he'd almost pull something amazing off. You could tell that he had some potential. Wyness was the same, and again that was back in the second division. The knockers need to take the fact that Rory has been thrown in at the proverbial deep end into account.'

Rory needs to be put out to a smaller club ie Peterheid or Elgin, lets be honest, he has been really pysh, this is probably due to a complete lack of confidence, hence CC praising him in the press on a few occasions to try and give him a boost.

If he can go to a smaller club and develop his skills(?) then he will come back as an improved player and maybe he can cut it in the SPL, because at the moment he looks more like an Highland league player.

Rory needs to be put out to a smaller club ie Peterheid or Elgin, lets be honest, he has been really pysh, this is probably due to a complete lack of confidence, hence CC praising him in the press on a few occasions to try and give him a boost.

If he can go to a smaller club and develop his skills(?) then he will come back as an improved player and maybe he can cut it in the SPL, because at the moment he looks more like an Highland league player.

Well said .... good luck to the boy - but he's FAR from ready for the SPL.

I just hope the fact that he's been played so much lately doesn't destroy him completely.

Wyness never played in div 2.

Rory has shown potential albeit in brief flashes.  He has also been thrust into the forefront due to our current crop of injuries.  With a bit of luck he might have grabbed a few goals, but infortunately has either miscued or come up against experienced players who have been round the block a few times.

I wish him all the very best playing for our country amongst his own age group.

anythign that might get him back on track is a good thing

Maybe a loan spell in the 2nd Division next season would help - maybe Ross County.  :001:

I have faith in Rory and have for a long time predicted he would be an outstanding player. He is a natural goalscorer and at some stage will start knocking in goals. I recall he was still not signed up on a long deal so hope this is in hand.

Good topic HC.

Maybe give the boo-boys something to think about now!

Didn't Bryan Prunty also make U 20/21 squads all the time but never did anything for us? (Ibrox equaliser aside)

Thought he looked eager to work when he came on yesterday, maybe thats his best position at the moment coming off the bench.

Agree, he would benefit from a loan spell. Robbie Williamson is just the man to get him going and he would learn a fair bit playing alongside Martin Johnson.

boo boys=knockers=tits

Good luck Rory.

UNDER 20 SQUAD HEADS FOR CANADA Tuesday, 13 Mar 2007

 

Scotland Under 20s will gain first hand experience of their FIFA U20 World Cup base next week, as they head to Canada to play two internationals against the hosts.

The Under 20s will be playing in Victoria and Burnaby, on Canada's west coast, in the World Cup this summer. As part of their preparation for the big event, they meet Canada in Burnaby on Saturday 24 March, and again in Victoria three days later.

Most of the players from last season's outstanding UEFA campaign are still going strong in the squad, but team coaches Archie Gemmill and Tommy Wilson have brought in promising defenders Kevin McCann of Hibs and Ryan O'Leary of Kilmarnock to provide additional strength to a talented group.

The team fly out next Wednesday from Glasgow to Vancouver, giving them three days to acclimatise before their first match, at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. They then head for Vancouver Island for the second match at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria on Tuesday, and return to Scotland on Wednesday.

Scotland Under 20 squad

Goalkeepers

Scott Fox (Celtic)

Andrew McNeil (Hibernian)

Defenders

Andrew Cave-Brown (Norwich City)

Andrew Considine (Aberdeen)

Garry Kenneth (Dundee United)

Kevin McCann (Hibernian)

Ryan O’Leary (Kilmarnock)

Mark Reynolds (Motherwell)

Greg Ross (Dunfermline Athletic)

Lee Wallace (Heart of Midlothian)

Midfield

Jamie Adams (Kilmarnock)

Greg Cameron (Dundee United)

Ryan Conroy (Celtic)

Bryan Hodge (Blackburn Rovers)

Michael McGlinchey (Celtic)

Darren Smith (Motherwell)

Forwards

Graham Dorrans (Livingston)

Calum Elliot (Heart of Midlothian)

Steven Fletcher (Hibernian)

Rory McAllister (Inverness CT)

:015: our under 20's must be shocking.

Well done Rory  :001: :001: :001: :001:

I think you'll find our under 20s squad is not shocking as most of the squad is made up of the boys who went all the way to the final of the under19s comeptiiton last year and lost to spain

true, we do have a defender with the word cave in his name