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Nothing against Shaw at all and I agree that his signing made sense. The fact that his loan has been cut short suggests to me that there will be a forward signing up soon. There's no way that Shaw would have been allowed to leave if there was no-one coming in.
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10 minutes ago, wellgirl said:
Don't think Biereth was a waste of time.
Nope, nor was Wilkinson. His record suggested that he was worth the gamble but it didn't work out. We moved him on for cash so not a disaster. Shaw probably wasn't part of the recruitment process and was very much a last-minute signing to cover injuries, which he did, although not as well as we hoped.
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59 minutes ago, MJC said:
A potential captain in the middle of the park? That’s something we’ve been badly lacking for a while now. I’ve never been a fan of the goalkeeper being the captain and if, as I would expect, Kelly moves on in the summer then Halliday might be a good shout for the armband next season.
Yep, I'd agree with all of that. Don't like goalies as captains either and thought that Butcher could have taken it on but then he got injured.
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On the subject of Conor Wilkinson, he was signed on a free transfer, scored a couple of goals but it didn't really work out for him. He then went to Colchester for an undisclosed fee so the club made a profit on that deal. It could be said that he shouldn't have been signed up in the first place but SK recognised this and managed to sell him on which provided the club with vital funds.
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Young lad that did well at Partick Thistle a couple of years back and was highly thought of before moving to Dundee where he did alright.
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Martin Dale withdrew him from the squad saying that clubs in England and Scotland were in talks with him. The rest is guesswork.
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Few former players yesterday and P.J. Morrison was definitely the best of the bunch. We'll never know if he would have been good enough at Fir Park but he looks decent and could play at a higher level than Alloa. Morgyn Neill had a fairly good game but seems to have found his level. Connor Salmon took his goal really well but didn't offer much else and Hetherington was quite anonymous.
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2 hours ago, steelboy said:
Obika is a man down.
No, that was Greg Davies.
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38 minutes ago, wellfan said:
And here was me thinking Christmas was a few weeks ago. Another Kettlewell/Daws dud.
I think that they can be forgiven for that because of the number of injured forwards that we had then and the lack of time and options at the end of the window.
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15 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:
Yeah, about 6 years back. You remember him?
He's seemingly been playing regularly and is contracted until 2025 so it would be odd if Charlton let him go. Definitely the sort of player that we should be after rather than someone like Halliday - younger, non-O.F., decent career up until now.
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5 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:
Gies a clue.
London team, play in blue, set to offer him a fifteen year contract.
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I'm not at all sure about Holliday either but perhaps a no strings attached contract or loan until the end of the season could work.
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When you're paid good money to kick a ball about you should be able to do it well with both feet. It's really not at all difficult.
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4 minutes ago, wunderwell said:
I like Otoo at Dunfermline as a replacement for Maguire perhaps come the summer.
Oh yes, know who you mean, what's his name? Begins with a C.
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5 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
I don't quite get all the opinions on Callum Slattery. I do get though that he's underperforming and his form fluctuates. Of late, he's been unimpressive after a good start to the current capaign. What I don't get is these accustions of falling over (folk really mean diving) very easily. He's a physical player and takes more than his fair share of punishment. Thats not to say though that he's never "fallen over". To take one example, in the St H Johnstone game about a month ago, he clashed with Daniel Phillips I think (?), with the latter craftily hacking him in the back of the ankle. He fell down, not surprisingly, but one or two around me accused him of deceit and diving. He "wins" (an expression I hate) a lot of fouls simply because he does get fouled a lot. I get though that he's not in the John O'Hare category.
Don't think he's been accused of diving. He has a habit of putting himself between the ball and the opponent and then flopping to the ground when contact is made. He won loads of free kicks this way last season. The issue now seems to be that this season referees have spotted this and have tended to wave play on.
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Hopefully SK will have been looking for a better midfielder to replace Slattery anyway as he'll be away at the end of the season.
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3 hours ago, MJC said:
Can I provide any evidence of the club being run in an amateurish fashion? Yes, I most certainly can. The video that we’re talking about on our official media platforms begging Taylor Swift for money for starters. You want evidence of our professional top flight football club being run in an amateur fashion then there’s Exhibit A right there.
Then there’s the failure to appoint a replacement for Burrows who left eleven months ago.
Our transfer and scouting system is diabolical and yet our club who are forever pleading poverty have people in post who are happy to squander whatever meagre resources we have on the dross we signed last summer.
That enough for now or would you like me to go on?
The video was not an example of the club being run in an amateurish fashion. It was part one of a fund-raising strategy, it has created debate and has generated interest in the club. Ten offers of investment within the first few days seems like a good return to me. The timing is also great as there are no games at the moment and it takes the spotlight off the transfer window too.
The 'failure' of the club to appoint a CEO came about due to exceptional circumstances - none of the four shortlisted candidates took up the role for a variety of reasons. McMahon stated that he had never experienced this in his professional life.
I almost agree with you about the recruitment side of things as there is a lack of clarity - is it all on Nick Dawes? How much input does SK have.
Ultimately, the club employed a professional agency to make the video, professional people within the club interviewed professional candidates for the CEO role and our recruitment is in the hands of a professional person. No amateurs were involved as far as I can tell.
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27 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:
Moult's injured. No idea how long for, but surely they won't be letting Watt go anywhere just now unless they're skint.
Well they randomly loaned him out to St. Mirren last season despite being in a relegation dogfight and needing goals at the time so anything is possible.
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On 1/9/2024 at 6:45 PM, Mccus28 said:
The thought of him, Mugabi and Paton on the pitch at the same time has invaded my nightmares!!!!!!
They're all three very useful squad players for us so I wouldn't worry too much.
Seems we're being linked to a teenaged Canadian defender named James Cameron who currently plays for Vancouver.
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16 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:
Could work because the more coverage she gets linking us with investing the more she will struggle to Shake It Off. 😜😜😀
Oh, it's a she is it? Apologies.
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We could do worse than starting up crowd chants of "Taylor Swift gives some dosh" and putting that out as well, just to keep people talking. Whoever he is, he may or may not be interested but we might snag someone else along the way.
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Just need to look at Dundee United to see how not to do it and how vitally important it is to stay in the Premier League:
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If Tommy Wiseau made advertisements....
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1 hour ago, MJC said:
Teams know that every cup tie is a must win game.
Or a must-lose game from your point of view?
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2023/24 ins & outs discussion
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Thinking back to the furore surrounding certain signings that supposedly hadn't had a proven goalscoring record prior to signing for us - Shaw did. Not defending him as it really didn't work out but on paper he is the kind of player that we ought to be looking out for.