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4 hours ago, Bluenortherner said:

Mercer and Rooney?

Was fully aware of Rooney from Dunfermline and although hadnt seen Mercer had heard of him through his East Fife days. Its also a decent signing policy looking at the lower leagues for upcoming talent. Ballantyne for example is a good full back who impressed against us and is young enough to improve more. Hopefully the deal is done in the near future.

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21 hours ago, Bluenortherner said:

I'm just a wee bit disappointed that our Manager hasn't any contacts in England, I expected something from his Everton link. Maybe it is indeed a money thing!

Yep, Wayne was desperate for game time, hence his move to the USA. 8)

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21 hours ago, football maniac said:

True but if they moved to Carlisle wouldnt be such an issue. Players from all over move to Carlisle to play for Carlisle United so if we trained their they could do the same for us. Might even be quicker getting to Glasgow etc than for the local lads due to it being right beside the motorway. Folk would be more inclined to move to the city of Carlisle than the town of Dumfries. 

Wouldnt it be nice if we signed someone we hadnt heard of like! Would add a certain level of intrigue to the signings. As it is every player we sign I seem to either have seen or be totally aware of what they are like. Just so happens so far Ive seen and heard of Harkins and am very impressed

So, we'd get none of the benefits of training locally but still incur all the costs, while competing with a number of clubs in the north of England, most of which can pay higher wages than us?

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1 hour ago, Mr X said:

So, we'd get none of the benefits of training locally but still incur all the costs, while competing with a number of clubs in the north of England, most of which can pay higher wages than us?

It will be a no goer for sure but Newcastle lads in the past have shown a willingness to travel/move to us and we reaped the reward in the cases of Bowser, Weatherson and a few others. If we were to look south to places like Blackburn and Liverpool etc why wouldnt their lads be as keen? There are bigger clubs paying bigger wages out there in the North East England yet we still unearthed those 2 plus Marshall so I feel we could use it to our advantage 

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49 minutes ago, football maniac said:

It will be a no goer for sure but Newcastle lads in the past have shown a willingness to travel/move to us and we reaped the reward in the cases of Bowser, Weatherson and a few others. If we were to look south to places like Blackburn and Liverpool etc why wouldnt their lads be as keen? There are bigger clubs paying bigger wages out there in the North East England yet we still unearthed those 2 plus Marshall so I feel we could use it to our advantage 

The hit rate of players from the north east was terrible. Players in the north west have so many more options, paying better money, than travelling north to play for Queens. You've lost a large number of Scottish based players who dont want to travel, without even getting the benefit of having the team train in their home town. Not to mention the fact that, on top of paying larger travelling expenses, you still have to pay for training facilities in Carlisle.

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39 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:

He was certainly far from the worst of Connolly's 88. Played a reasonably significant role in our title season albeit had gone before we actually won it.

As you say he certainly wasn`t the worst albeit he wasn`t great.

For every Weatherson, Atkinson (Paddy) and Bowey there were a host of really awful players from the North East.

 

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Two weeks until training starts, who is signed up already for the team?

 

Alan Martin

Jack Leighfield

 

Scott Mercer

Darren Brownlie

Callum Fordyce

 

Kyle Jacobs

Gary Harkins

Josh Todd

Connor Murray

Owen Bell

Andy Stirling

 

Stephen Dobbie

Lyndon Dykes

Ross Fergusson

 

Think that’s about it

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1 minute ago, NM_1919 said:

 


Alan Martin
Jack Leighfield

Scott Mercer
Darren Brownlie
Callum Fordyce

Kyle Jacobs
Gary Harkins
Josh Todd
Connor Murray
Owen Bell

Stephen Dobbie
Lyndon Dykes
Ross Fergusson

Think that’s about it

 

How many are injured out of that lot?

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On 02/06/2018 at 10:11, Skyline Drifter said:

I'm embarrassed about that enough already without you repeating it! Still, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again. ;)

Is  Brownlie out with injury till the New Year ?.

Naysmith has never said anything only that Mercer should be back for pre season training as his injury is not as bad as they thought it was .

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1 hour ago, NM_1919 said:

 

 


Alan Martin
Jack Leighfield

Scott Mercer
Darren Brownlie
Callum Fordyce

Kyle Jacobs
Gary Harkins
Josh Todd
Connor Murray
Owen Bell

Stephen Dobbie
Lyndon Dykes
Ross Fergusson

Think that’s about it

 

Is Andy Stirling also not signed up or has he been released and I've totally missed it?

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