+x+x+x+x+xIn fact having read how Rowles is being castigated by the Hearts fans for his lack of heading ability and him being outmuscled by aggressive CFs I feel that Stens would be perfect for the SPL while Kye should be playing in a more technical league-Dutch,Belgian or Bundesliga.However Kye's WC performances were top class against very good opponents though the French did pull us apart as Souttar and Kye had not played together previously.
Wouldn't worry too much about Hearts fans.
Do they have specific football performance training in football?
Rowles held his own in the WC, although he may have been beaten aerially against France. He played far better opposition in the WC than anything in Scotland - Argentina, France, even Denmark, who easily beat Scotland in UEFA WCQs.
They don't need performance training to see that someone can't head the ball or is easily knocked off it.
I would suggest that many Hearts fans have more knowledge of the game than you realise.
I don't buy that an international side is necessarily stronger than a top club team. A particular international team has the best players from that country. A top club team has the better players from many countries. So maybe Rowles has come up against equivalent quality when playing against Celtic and Rangers.
I'm sorry, but Rangers and Celtic are not even European powerhouses.
At the last World Cup in Qatar, France and Argentina, were the best teams on the planet. Rowles was fine against them, probably having to deal with far less aerial balls - a salient weakness of the Scottish league, which renders them being out of touch with contemporaneous football.
Some of the French players who didn't make the WC squad, through injury, or were omitted, would still walk into most teams. France has a lot of depth.
You do realise that Rangers lost the last Europa League final on penalties don't you?
"At the last World Cup in Qatar, France and Argentina, were the best
national teams on the planet". Fixed it for you. The top European club teams would comfortably beat any national team.
Souttar masked Rowles' deficiencies at the World cup. Rowles is an excellent blocker of the ball but he has struggled in the SPL this season.
Rowles, and many other successful CBs in Qatar, might also struggle in an overly physical, second ball league.
Rowles is every bit as good as Souttar - at international football level. I'm going away and won't be able to access this site for a week, but if I list a range of CB specific skills and duties, Rowles has a diverse skill set.
There are no club teams as good as France and Argentina at the last WC. Have a look at the list of outstanding players who were either injured, or not selected for France in Qatar.
The late rounds of the Champ League are very, very good teams - at playing in Europe. Being good in Europe does not always extrapolate to playing in Africa, South America, Asia, Middle-east.
Think Belgium, Denmark, in the Qatari, Brazilian and South African World Cups. Both Spain and Germany struggled in Qatar too, which was an aberration for both. Some European national teams are mentally fragile outside Europe and playing in unfamiliar cultures and conditions.
UEFA, and results gained from it, does not always equate to global football.