mizer Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 At the start of the week George Burley announced his first squad drafting in Christophe Berra. As some other dons have already said, should Diamond not be in the squad before Berra? Just wondered what you folk think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Tradesman Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Personally I'm glad he's nowhere near the squad as he needs to concentrate on his bread and butter. I'd still say he's getting used to his role and if he keeps that up for the next 2 seasons then he should be getting a mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I reckon Berra's slightly better, plus Burley will be more familiar with him anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_min Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Neither are good enough for Scotland (yet) I'd trust Burley's judgement on Berra as he used to be his boss, but I very much doubt he'll get near the squad when we get to the qualifiers, recon he'll get at least a half against Croatia, which will be the first Scotland game in Scotland that i'm missing since I first set foot in Hampden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I think Zander will be a better player but they are both not consistent enough or have a good enough game to play at International level. I'm astounded Berra is getting a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonefish100 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Agree with the funster, both are not quite ready for the International setup and I would rate both at about the same level. BUT....the fact that Diamond twice had Luca Toni (cunt) in his pocket and has all the other European experience this season, but Berra still gets the shout ahead of him astounds me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BTR Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 BUT....the fact that Diamond twice had Luca Toni (cunt) in his pocket Just a shame about the seven goals the rest of the Bayern team scored. I can't really see how any team that has just gone through a phase of conceding 22 goals in 8 games can justify having a defender in the Scotland squad. Diamond has been directly responsible for a few of these and is a long way off the squad I reckon. Good though he is, he's still nowhere near the finished article. Berra is a decent player, made a couple of B squads so no surprise he's there from that point of view, but I don't think he's good enough either. The one young central defender who has impressed me each time I've seen him is Falkirk's Darren Barr. I reckon he could turn out to be a fantastic defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcorner Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'd say Diamond is a better player. My mate who is a Jambo season ticket holder keeps ranting to me about how over-rated Berra is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caledonia Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 They both need a little longer yet before they are ready for scotland The poll results are no surprise really as its an aberdeen forum but diamond must be a scotland regular for years to come His height alone at both ends is better than anybody else i have seen for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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