Bevvygate

[SwindonTartanArmy]

suprised there was nothing on here about the antics of Barry Ferguson and Alan McGreggor over the weekend.

Anyway, Lastest news is both players were sent home from training for Rangers today and transfer listed!

[grubby]

Is it because no-one cares about the Scottish national team?

[SwindonTartanArmy]

Is it because no-one cares about the Scottish national team?

I know that, but I thought the issues would be interesting enough to comment on.

Makes englands trip to the dentist chair look like going for a cup of coffee at starbucks!

[grubby]

I sthere a report with pics out there?

[suttonred]

First i heard of anything, what happened then?

[grubby]

All I heard on 5live is that a couple of players were on the bench becase they had a drink in the hotel bar!

[Batch]

First i heard of anything, what happened then?

They were allegedly told they could have a couple of drinks by Burley after the Holland game, and were found still at the bar at Sunday lunchtime. Scotland played a game Wednesday, they were demoted to the bench.

Although Sunday lunchtime may be a bit of press exaggeration

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/02/barry-ferguson-allan-mcgregor-scottish-football-association

[SwindonTartanArmy]

Although Sunday lunchtime may be a bit of press exaggeration

Apparantly not. They were still sat there at around 11:30/12noon.

Basically, the story is, the Scotland team got to their hotel at Loch Lomond at around 3am sunday morning after getting a doing in Amsterdam. Burley gave them permission to havea drink and some players took the piss a bit and got trolleyed. Also, it appears that Ferguson and McGreggor werent the only ones. reports saying that Teale, Hutton, Stephen Fletcher and Scott Brown were also involved but they had already left the bar by the time Stephen Pressley had arrived down to investigate complaints.

[stfctownenda]

I think they were up till Sunday morning and Burley caught them still in the bar then.  Pretty shocking behaviour considering the biggest game of Scotlands international fixture list was on Wednesday.  

You would of thought Ferguson the countrys captain would know better and you would of thought McGregor would of wanted to create a better impression having only got his first start against Holland.

I am a Rangers fan but there players have done nothing but shame the national team this season from Boyd and McCulloch's tantrums at not getting picked to McGregor and Ferguson getting beered up.  Rangers need to have a big look at the club in the summer and make some big changes.

George Burley for me has done well and stayed strong on some big decisions, just wish the SFA would defend him more.

[chalkies_shorts]

Don't see what the issue is. Some Jocks get drunk leaving them incapable of doing their job. I don't see an unusual angle here.

[Nemo]

I've seen they've been sent home but surely they won't transfer list them now?

[herthab]

Don't see what the issue is. Some Jocks get drunk leaving them incapable of doing their job. I don't see an unusual angle here.

Quite. England's players are slated for being out of touch with the normal England supporter.

Scotland's players should be applauded for this.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

I've seen they've been sent home but surely they won't transfer list them now?

depends on which report you read. Fergie has also been stripped of the captaincy. Fergie has already been linked with a move to Zenit st Petersburg so being transfer listed may not make much difference anyway. I think Newcastle were also linekd previosuly with McGreggor.

[Power to people]

didn't the SFA bigwig refuse to back Burley over this when asked by the press and said it would be dealt with later leaving questions over Burley's job ?

[stfctownenda]

didn't the SFA bigwig refuse to back Burley over this when asked by the press and said it would be dealt with later leaving questions over Burley's job ?

Yes they did, why you would not back him 100% straight away I have no idea.