2026-27 Pre Season

[weeyin]

11 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

When was the last time we had a fully fit squad?

Does any team ever have a fully fit squad. With the schedules and the high intensity of the game these days there are always injuries. Even with "load balancing".

[SteelmaninOZ]

 

[Kmcalpin]

16 hours ago, Orinoco said:

McGinn out for months at his age cant be good. Could be the end of his career.

Hendry injured again for months. Robinson mk2. Total waste of money.  Guess we are stuck with him.

So we now need a new center of defence. Guys with pace, can pass a ball and do the defensive side of game would be nice. Need them into pronto with europe game in comming soon.

New recruits urgently needed.

You've nailed it sir. McGinn will be 36 by the time he recovers and you have to ask what his future contribution will be. By the time he comes back in, we will likely have a new established central defence. A bit part player at best? Its really sad as he's been great for us and deserves to go out on a high, but we have to be realistic.

Hendry? His signing baffled me at the time, even moreso now. His style never suited us as he was more of a Curtis Main type; a foil for someone else and not a goalscorer. A square peg in around hole if you will. Then we have his seemingly serious injury record and yet again he's out. When did this latest injury occur? 

I can see both players being passengers to greater or lesser degrees this term. 

As for central defence - time is not on our side. Hopefully Nick Daws identified targets many months ago.    

[wellsince75]

McGinns situation not surprising nor are the other gaps across the squad  - reasonable to expect that we have several players lined up and now that players contracts have expired Im hoping the next couple of weeks we see several quality players come through the door.

Hope that we sort out the others who are leaving at pace as well.  No point in having them around if they're not staying.