siebsbarmyarmy Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Louis Laing scores for Notts County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 McGhee benoaning the lack of options on bench today. Doesn't bode well for Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Signing clay was a massive mistake that McGhee won't admit making. Our centre midfield pairing of clay and Lasley is arguably the worst in the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 McGhee benoaning the lack of options on bench today. Doesn't bode well for Lucas. I thought that as well. He said good things about him in the pre-game interview during the week but that's 3 games in a row he's been an unused sub now and been on "trial" for the best part of 2 months. Begs the question if he's not viewed a viable option to come off the bench at 1-1 vs St Johnstone or The Rangers then is there much point in him being there? Especially when you're subbing midfielders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 He said good things about him in the pre-game interview during the week but that's 3 games in a row he's been an unused sub now He did that with Louis Laing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Signing clay was a massive mistake that McGhee won't admit making. Our centre midfield pairing of clay and Lasley is arguably the worst in the league Why was it a massive mistake ? People on here need to realise we are singing the players we can afford ! There will be some mistakes, but far too early to slate Clay. I was not at the game, but McGhee thought he had a very decent game. I actually thought he came on to a game v St Johnstone Let's give some players more than 4 seconds before condemning them as sh1te Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Made Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Louis Laing scores for Notts County. Just watched the Notts COunty goals on goal rush.. Decent finish from Louis and he was involved in the 2nd as well, driving with the ball from his own half before picking out Stead to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Signing clay was a massive mistake that McGhee won't admit making. Our centre midfield pairing of clay and Lasley is arguably the worst in the league Because in Lasley mchugh clay and Lucas we now have 4 defensive minded midfielders. Not to dissimilar to barracloughs omnishambles with 5 centre forwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Why was it a massive mistake ? People on here need to realise we are singing the players we can afford ! There will be some mistakes, but far too early to slate Clay. I was not at the game, but McGhee thought he had a very decent game. I actually thought he came on to a game v St Johnstone Let's give some players more than 4 seconds before condemning them as sh1te Couldn't agree more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Clay may end up being a relatively solid acquisition. However, when you sell Pearson who is one of the most influential midfielders in the league, we should have had a better replacement lined up. A replacement that complimented Lasley and McHugh. Find it hard to believe Clay was in our original thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Why was it a massive mistake ? People on here need to realise we are singing the players we can afford ! There will be some mistakes, but far too early to slate Clay. I was not at the game, but McGhee thought he had a very decent game. I actually thought he came on to a game v St Johnstone Let's give some players more than 4 seconds before condemning them as sh1te The signing of clay was not necessarily a mistake because he's a bad player but more to do with it was the last type of player we needed. Attacking midfielder my arse - Motherwells fc propaganda machine in full effect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshillWell Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Clay was actually quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yeah, Clay was good yesterday, a few loose passes and/or wrong options sometimes, but that's to be expected. He ran himself into the ground and was visibly knackered. Even at that, I was a bit reticent to sub him off as he was fulfilling his role and disrupting that may have led to concession of a late goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Even at that, I was a bit reticent to sub him off as he was fulfilling his role and disrupting that may have led to concession of a late goal. What exactly was his role if you don't mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just to put a few posters' minds at rest - Mark McGhee said that 3 of our Under 20 Cup winning side moved on - Leitch, Hall and Long with the first two generating fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postiejim Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just to put a few posters' minds at rest - Mark McGhee said that 3 of our Under 20 Cup winning side moved on - Leitch, Hall and Long with the first two generating fees. What we should be looking for though Dave is bringing players through, get a couple of good seasons out of them and then sell them on for a decent transfer fee. Not bring players through who are offski for a token fee as soon as they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 What we should be looking for though Dave is bringing players through, get a couple of good seasons out of them and then sell them on for a decent transfer fee. Not bring players through who are offski for a token fee as soon as they can.At least we're bringing fees in. And invariably when we sell players after a couple of seasons (or more, we don't get that much more. Thinking of Reynolds and Murphy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just to put a few posters' minds at rest - Mark McGhee said that 3 of our Under 20 Cup winning side moved on - Leitch, Hall and Long with the first two generating fees. That's good news about Leitch given the speculation as to whether we did/didn't offer the contract in time and Burnley reporting it as a free transfer (as Leeds did with Erwin tbf). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 What we should be looking for though Dave is bringing players through, get a couple of good seasons out of them and then sell them on for a decent transfer fee. Not bring players through who are offski for a token fee as soon as they can. I agree Jim but this is where financial clout comes in. Clubs like Dundee United and Hibs have traditionally offered such youngsters very lucrative salaries and deals to retain them, whereas we couldn't afford to do likewise. That said even Hibs couldn't compete with Burnley. If youngsters are offered a deal with a largish English club they'll be offski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Good news if we got decent compensation for Leitch. Hopefully a proportion of it can be reinvested in squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Good news if we got decent compensation for Leitch. Hopefully a proportion of it can be reinvested in squad. Monies raised by academy 'is as ring-fenced as you can make it' suggesting reinvestment in that particular pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 McGhee's word isn't exactly worth much. If we got compensation for Leitch Burrows can easily mention it on twitter as he did for Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Monies raised by academy 'is as ring-fenced as you can make it' suggesting reinvestment in that particular pool. That's how it's meant to work. The word on the street is that the monies raised this summer are offsetting the football clubs operating costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 See Hibs have brought in Andrew Shinnie on loan. Have to say I'm quite jealous of that, would have been a great replacement for Stephen Pearson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 So Hibs talking to Tom Hateley. Don't suppose he was the former player we were interested in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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