2026/27 Ins & Outs Discussion

[texanwellfan]

Are all our players (fit to play) available for the HJK game? If We get thru it would be good to have another couple able bodied players available for the play off round. 

[Great Balls of Shire]

21 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Id be happy with 1 CM & a striker. Although some cover for RCC would be nice.

All depends on any outgoings though.

If JT leaves then we need to replace him as I dont think Luca Ross is gonna cut it unfortunately.

Unfortunately I agree re Luca, would be great to produce another good young un but I just haven't seen anything from the boy....hope im wrong.

[well_said]

17 minutes ago, Great Balls of Shire said:

Unfortunately I agree re Luca, would be great to produce another good young un but I just haven't seen anything from the boy....hope im wrong.

I think if he was going to show any progress we would have seen it by now.

[mio]

I get the impression with Ross that he’s a really hard worker and a really good kid to work with. This might be the reason he’s still around the first team and has been tried in about 4 or 5 different positions (none in my view where he has shone) 

from what I’ve seen in Olly Whyte so far, he’s a better option than Ross. Whyte has played in defence and midfield so far and looks to me a more rounded player. I can’t help but think if we punted Ross out on loan 2 years ago he’d have either came back a better player ….. or would now be plying his trade at Albion Rovers. 

[joewarkfanclub]

36 minutes ago, mio said:

I get the impression with Ross that he’s a really hard worker and a really good kid to work with. This might be the reason he’s still around the first team and has been tried in about 4 or 5 different positions (none in my view where he has shone) 

from what I’ve seen in Olly Whyte so far, he’s a better option than Ross. Whyte has played in defence and midfield so far and looks to me a more rounded player. I can’t help but think if we punted Ross out on loan 2 years ago he’d have either came back a better player ….. or would now be plying his trade at Albion Rovers. 

I really want Luca Ross to be a success. He was really good against Elgin in the League Cup, but that was 2 years ago. He hasnt shown much in his cameos since.

Whereas Mikey Booth has shown up pretty well in 2 competitive appearances so far.

Luca may well have benefitted from a longer loan spell.

[mio]

I think Elgin might unfortunately be his level. It’s a sort of Barry Maguire situation. Maguire seemed to also be a great lad and hard worker who hung about for longer than he probably should. Both of them can play but both aren’t at that premier league standard in my view. Love to be proved wrong but that’s nearly 2 years I’ve watched him now.

[Orinoco]

Ross has started 2 games as far as AI suggests. So many other appearances from the bench. It cant be easy for the young lad to be used to plug gaps, ie played everywhere bar goals. He needs to play regular football in his position, what is his position?before any real judgement can be made.

We need to be patient with youngsters and let them develop.