St. Mirren 1, Berra in line for first Scotland Cap
By: Graham | March 18th, 2008Christophe Berra’s inclusion in George Burley’s first Scotland squad is a rare positive note in what has been a pretty dismal season. Saturday’s 1-1 draw away to St Mirren, coupled with Falkirk’s victory in Inverness, has made a top six place once more nothing more than a possibility and a European place a fantasy. And the St Mirren game? Nothing to say. Absolutely nothing. Well, perhaps I could say, “We did well to grab a point from the second bottom team.” Moving on….
There are one or two bum notes surrounding the Berra inclusion, though. When Burley was manager of Hearts - remember that? - the team had Pressley, Gordon, Webster, and Hartley in the Scotland squad. And Robbie was soon to break in for his solitary cap against Ukraine. Does Berra’s potential cap herald trouble between him and Vlad or will Vlad simply be doubling the fee he’ll be willing to accept from one of the Old Firm in the close season?
Under Burley, it looked like Hearts could produce top players and hold on to them. It didn’t last long. Now, ironically, under Burley, inclusion in the Scotland squad may be the very thing that triggers the latest hunt for Hearts players.
The solution seems obvious: Hearts should bite the bullet and field only Lithuanians.
Oh, wait a minute……
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Nice to see Berra on the squad. Both him and Hibs’ Steven Fletcher deserved their calls, and it’s good to see a few players from the capital back on the national side.
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