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Hibs star Steven Fletcher pulls out of Scotland squad



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HIBS striker Steven Fletcher has withdrawn from the Scotland squad which will travel to face Czech Republic on Friday night.
The 21-year-old Easter Road star has been struggling with a chest injury and has spent the last couple of days being monitored by medical staff and training away from the rest of the team with Scotland physio Michael McBride.

However the frontman, who is reported to have been attracting attention from Real Madrid, was forced to pull out of the trip today and has returned to Hibs for further treatment.

Fletcher is the latest in a long line of call-offs for George Burley's second match, a friendly which will take place in Prague on Friday evening, with Alan Hutton, James McFadden, Barry Ferguson and Kris Boyd also pulling out earlier in the week.

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Naeboz,

28/05/2008 13:43:14
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Shouldn't there be a comma after the third word of your comment?
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The Hallucinist,

28/05/2008 13:47:16
He must be training at the Bernabeu!!
3

Bigwull,

edinburgh 28/05/2008 13:48:42
Getting ready for his Real Madrid move, its either him or Ronaldo, how deluded
4

Starchief,

28/05/2008 14:00:22
#1 surely not ALL Friday night. No time off? Your life must be all pleasure pleasure pleasure...
5

Bemused and above it all,

28/05/2008 15:03:36
See positive proof that the withdrawls from the scotland squad are all a masonic conspiracy, plotted at ibrox to ensure scotland fail and we become english!
oh, hang on isnt he with another team?.......
6

Eggert,

Edinburgh 28/05/2008 15:32:29
How many friendlies has Barry Ferguson actually played for Scotland?

The players seriously cant be too bothered about representing their country in these tyoes of games. It makes me wonder if there is actually any point in having them at all.
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Darren :-),

Edin city but on ma way to ibrox 28/05/2008 15:52:30
#7 - Barry has an ankle injury - seen specalists etc... its common knolodge. I was expecting some of the conspiricy theories regarding Kris Boyd pulling out with a hamstring injury - Gotta wonder how people assume everybody at Rangers will fake up some injury. A) Season is over, so no major games B) Isnt it an honour to represent your country? Plus, friendlies are just that - friendly. How many people attended Scotland v Croatia game? tickets were availible - how many people went to it? i seen many empty seats
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28/05/2008 15:53:26
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28/05/2008 15:54:55
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28/05/2008 15:56:49
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Bemused and above it all,

28/05/2008 16:03:39
Billy Dodds had big sticky oot lugs, scored a belter against the czech's if i remember rightly.
on an edinbra theme, how about Iain ferguson? capped while at hearts and rather large lugs as well
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Saturday Sammy,

Port O`Leith 28/05/2008 16:06:27
International football can be a complete lottery at times. With respect to Scotland, withdrawals are inevitable in a league engaging so many games over the course of a season. The friendly is ill conceived in terms of timing but as Burley has been quoted "What else could we do .... nothing? That wouldn`t be good preparation in light of all the other nations arrangements". It`s a dilema all right and some thought should be given to the SPL fixtures comittment by way of reduction, otherwise the International effort will continue to play second fiddle to club football. Alex Ferguson refused the post years ago because he knew he couldn`t be in complete control so you have to sympathise with Burley and his predecessors ..... Scottish International football is more than often a complete miss hit.
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whataloadofrubbish,

28/05/2008 16:08:35
Darren :-),Edin city but on ma way to ibrox 28/05/2008 15:52:30

its common knolodge.

as is yours clearly
14

Heid The Baw,

28/05/2008 16:13:38
Post 3..

Aint you more to worry about than fletch?
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Heid The Baw,

28/05/2008 16:14:11
haha classic.
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28/05/2008 16:21:20
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Neutral Observer,

28/05/2008 17:57:42
The only Rangers player not to withdraw (in time) is surely Alan McGregor?
18

moral__superiority_,

28/05/2008 18:10:47
17: the condition you allude to prevails only in Govan.
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28/05/2008 18:21:59
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Mr Weir's sore chuff,

28/05/2008 19:09:54
Is 'knolodge' the kind of info you get at masonic gatherings?

Shouldn't you be learning about useful stuff like soap and infection control?
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Mr Weir's sore chuff,

28/05/2008 19:13:28
Is it just me, or does Fletcher look like the scottish cup?

Ah, now I get it!
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28/05/2008 19:13:50
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Hibernian: We Own The Capital,

God's country 28/05/2008 20:28:19
The SPL's young player of the year Steven Fletcher. Only one other Scotsman scored more SPL goals than him this season (Kris Boyd).

If the lad has pulled out, it'll be a genuine injury because he loves that Scotland shirt. He was a key component of our Under-19 side reaching the European Championship final in 2006 remember. He's hungry to play for his country.

Get well soon Steven you will play a huge part in the forthcoming season for Hibernian with your goals and link-up play. Every other SPL club would love to have you on their books (2 sides just to have you on the bench of course) and I'm definitely betting on you reaching 20 goals this time around.
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28/05/2008 20:34:05
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Youngie the hibee,

28/05/2008 21:33:58
#25 Hes a better player than Fat eddie murphy and Kris'sissy' Boyd with the stupid moustache.
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28/05/2008 21:36:24
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Darren :-),

Edin city but on ma way to ibrox 30/05/2008 16:24:30
#14 and #21 - instead of picking on spelling, just read waht it says - im dyslexic! give me a break eh, i only wanted to make a post on here to put my point of view over

 

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