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[Cove_Sheep]

Blackpool winger Matt Phillips made his debut and he’ll need to show much more at this level if he’s to make an impact in the World Cup qualifiers.

Yet Levein insisted: “He was excellent. For making his debut in a team that wasn’t playing well I was quite pleased for him.
“It’s hard to show up well in a team that’s not playing well.”

[Garywag]

Therefore he wasn't excellent you plonker Levein!!!

Putting aside the fact that he's another eligible and athough I haven't seen much of him playing, I wouldn't be writing him off after that one game though, the part Levein did get right is that it's hard to perform in a team that's completely mince so like Adam in Sweden he probably should be given another chance if he continues to perform well for club.

[Matty16]

Difficult to judge him on one game, let alone a game where the full team were abysmal.

[Cove_Sheep]

Difficult to judge him on one game, let alone a game where the full team were abysmal.

Saying he was excellent is mental.

[Garywag]

Saying he was excellent is mental.

There was nothing about any Scotland player that could even come close to using a word like excellent unless it was a descriptive beginning to a negative like 'excellently sh*te'

[Matty16]

Saying he was excellent is mental.

I didn't disagree. I said it was difficult to judge him at all under the circumstances.

[Parklife]

Difficult to judge him on one game, let alone a game where the full team were abysmal.

I agree. Although it seems Levein was happy to judge Steven Fletcher on one game.

[big_matt]

It was only when Levein described him as excellent that I worked out he'd actually been on the pitch!

Edited by big_matt, 28 May 2012 - 02:35 PM.

[kumnio]

He is a Levein convert, so he was automatically excellent its basic Levein sense.

I thought he was awful and offered nothing at all, but neither did anyone bar Brown.