steelboy Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 flying fraser kerr is the man to make things happen on the wing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Word is there is a trialist winger at the club this week. Don't have any more info than that. Thank the fucking lord.....if he has all his limbs and we are sure he is a winger then dont let him leave with out getting a contract signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Thank the fucking lord.....if he has all his limbs and we are sure he is a winger then dont let him leave with out getting a contract signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Wonder if Omar has found a Club yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Superwell Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I read a couple weeks back that Omar Daley has signed for some team in Thailand of all places, maybe Tom Hateley could try his luck there as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelEdge Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 I thought O'Brien was a good player for us, would have had him back at any point, tbh. I agree with that. Really came on with us and turned into a tricky winger. I really enjoyed watching him play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Whilst a winger would be good, people are kidding themselves if they think it is going to solve all our problems. A winger might help Sutton become more effective but its not going to address the form issues of several others. Our budget is surely at breaking point also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Whilst a winger would be good, people are kidding themselves if they think it is going to solve all our problems. A winger might help Sutton become more effective but its not going to address the form issues of several others. Our budget is surely at breaking point also? How the fuck would anyone on here know if our budget is at breaking point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stall Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Whilst a winger would be good, people are kidding themselves if they think it is going to solve all our problems. Agree with that. A winger is not going to help us drive at teams through the middle the way Nicky Law or Ojamma used to do. A winger, if he's half decent will provide us an out ball. If he's good then he'l be man marked in a couple of games and back to square one. The reason we were so good last season was that aside from Lasley and Higdon, all our middle to front players were creative flair players that could make things happen. Mark Humphrey and Faddy, no problem, Law and Ojamma stepped up and used the space. With the greatest respect to our new signings, I can't see them doing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Agree with that. A winger is not going to help us drive at teams through the middle the way Nicky Law or Ojamma used to do. A winger, if he's half decent will provide us an out ball. If he's good then he'l be man marked in a couple of games and back to square one. No, but it may well release McFadden to be involved in a more central role in support to the central striker be that Sutton or Anier. It will most certainly offer width and offer a greater variety of attacking options. Not a silver bullet by any manner of means, but would certainly be a step in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Last year's team was last year's team.I'm not sure why everyone is expecting the new players, with a different style, to perform in the manner of last year's team. This team is clearly struggling to find it's own identity and it will take a wee while for that to bed in. You don't just magically flip a switch and everything is hunky dory after two weeks. Patience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_tony Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Plus, as good as Law was, I think in Lawson/Vigurs we have a couple of players with a much better range of passing, more capable of quickly switching the direction of play to the wings. Unfortunately we haven't had anyone using that space effectively yet, but if McCall can add a bit of pace, and work on ZFA's confidence, then we've definitely got the ability to exploit it quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Last year's team was last year's team.I'm not sure why everyone is expecting the new players, with a different style, to perform in the manner of last year's team. This team is clearly struggling to find it's own identity and it will take a wee while for that to bed in. You don't just magically flip a switch and everything is hunky dory after two weeks. Patience. Total agreement with this. Even by our standards, the impatience and panic shown by some is pretty amazing 2 games into the league season. Last year's team was a team that took 4 years (and 3 managers) to build and peak. It started after the last major exodus of players requiring Gannon to rebuild. We finished 5th during that first season of rebuilding and to repeat that season would be a decent return. Any team at any level would take time for so many new players to gel, and even if the management had an idea of the best formation when he signed the new recruits, it's not until they all get on the park that he can see what does and doesn't work. What we have now is not close to a finished product - it's the starting point for a new one. It looks like there will be one more addition before the window closes, but no doubt there will be some tweaking during the next window too. Plus, we should be looking to blood some of the younger players as circumstances permit. Anyone that had expectations of us starting the season as favourites or contenders for 2nd spot this season must be new to the game. If we can get into the top 6 this time around that will have been a decent a achievement given our constraints. We may be lucky enough to hit the heights of last season some time in the future, but it's not going to happen the year after we lose 7 of our first team squad. This is a transition season. So a wee bit of perspective will go a long way. Sit back and enjoy the ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well-army Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Total agreement with this. Even by our standards, the impatience and panic shown by some is pretty amazing 2 games into the league season. Last year's team was a team that took 4 years (and 3 managers) to build and peak. It started after the last major exodus of players requiring Gannon to rebuild. We finished 5th during that first season of rebuilding and to repeat that season would be a decent return. Any team at any level would take time for so many new players to gel, and even if the management had an idea of the best formation when he signed the new recruits, it's not until they all get on the park that he can see what does and doesn't work. What we have now is not close to a finished product - it's the starting point for a new one. It looks like there will be one more addition before the window closes, but no doubt there will be some tweaking during the next window too. Plus, we should be looking to blood some of the younger players as circumstances permit. Anyone that had expectations of us starting the season as favourites or contenders for 2nd spot this season must be new to the game. If we can get into the top 6 this time around that will have been a decent a achievement given our constraints. We may be lucky enough to hit the heights of last season some time in the future, but it's not going to happen the year after we lose 7 of our first team squad. This is a transition season. So a wee bit of perspective will go a long way. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Someone who talks sense If we finish top 6 this season i'll be over the moon. We Will definately not be relegated and i can see a decent run in one of the cups. Folk on here are getting carried away with out recent success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Last year's team was last year's team.I'm not sure why everyone is expecting the new players, with a different style, to perform in the manner of last year's team. This team is clearly struggling to find it's own identity and it will take a wee while for that to bed in. You don't just magically flip a switch and everything is hunky dory after two weeks. Patience. Seemed to work ok for Aberdeen to bed a load of new players in and get some fluency and creativity with less competitive games as well.Not having a go just looking at it from the opposite view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Seemed to work ok for Aberdeen to bed a load of new players in and get some fluency and creativity with less competitive games as well.Not having a go just looking at it from the opposite view. Same back four basically. And kept their main threats in McGinn and Hayes. And if I'm being honest, they weren't replacing players as good as we were replacing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Seemed to work ok for Aberdeen to bed a load of new players in and get some fluency and creativity with less competitive games as well.Not having a go just looking at it from the opposite view. Aberdeen have been bedding a team in for about 10 years,it's time they got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Same back 4 with the exception of the brand new centre half of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Same back 4 with the exception of the brand new centre half of course! Which new centre half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Which new centre half? Hector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Their number 27? Unless I'm mistaken and then I'll shut my face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Ah, that's what happens when you don't go to the games. I assumed they put out the same back four as last week, which would have meant no new faces.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Aberdeen's budget probably twice or three times ours. I just don't see the correlation if we're trimming our budget and theirs is increasing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 As much as I don't like loaning players from the same league, I kinda hope we are keeping an eye on Dylan McGeough. He'd partially fill the void left by Law and Ojamma in terms of having the ability to carry the ball and beat players. Should be playing against England tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted August 12, 2013 Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Word is there is a trialist winger at the club this week. Don't have any more info than that. is mccall going to be at fir park this week or is he away with scotland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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