CallumPar Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Buchanan, Robinson, Byrne, Reilly all released by AJ in recent times. All promoted to Premiership this season. Signing our cast-offs is the recipe for success. Reilly was never our player to release, he was only here on loan. Buchanan was offered the chance to come back for pre-season for a ‘trial’ when Johnston came in, but turned it down.Byrne has completely transformed and added a lot more fight and physicality to his game, since leaving. He has progressed a lot under Hopkin and didn’t look like he was going to do that, under Johnston. Would be a brilliant partner for Beadling, and is better than the other central midfielders we had at the club last season.Robinson couldn’t get a game, when he was signed as an ‘amateur’ for us. He wasn’t fit and looked very poor. We needed quality at that time, and couldn’t afford him the patience he would need. He also only played 25% of possible minutes for Livi. Not sure whether that was due to fitness issues or just not good enough? However, he looked quite good whenever I saw him play.For what it’s worth, Buchanan also couldn’t get a game at St Mirren or Livi last season - only appeared in 18 of a possible 38 league games (Livi had played 2 less than St Mirren when he moved), and played under an hour in 6 of those 18 games. I think Morris, Ashcroft & M’Voto are better players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 27 minutes ago, CallumPar said: Byrne has completely transformed and added a lot more fight and physicality to his game, since leaving. He has progressed a lot under Hopkin and didn’t look like he was going to do that, under Johnston. Would be a brilliant partner for Beadling, and is better than the other central midfielders we had at the club last season. He was having a wee dig at AJ on Soccer FM the other day, saying it was good to be at a club where the manager believed in him. 3 promotions in a row now for Byrne. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 IMO Byrne didn't loog good enough. He was too easily shrugged off the ball and haddies in League 1 could judge his runs and passes with ease. He wasn't a terribly bad player, just didn't look up for playing with a full-time team, under constant pressure to deliver. Fair play to him though for what he's done at Livi; he's quite clearly shaped up his game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Byrne definitely had the footballing ability and was given a chance but faded out of games in league one then replaced by Josh or Geggan. Can't blame AJ for how he worked out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 5/21/2018 at 13:18, CallumPar said: It’s effectively the same as any other contract of employment. If it has been signed, then it’s legally binding. The picture certainly has him with pen in hand, as if he’s signed a contract, and the announcement does say “signed” the contract, so I’d assume this has been signed. It’s the equivalent of handing in your notice (whether it be one week, one month or three months) and signing a contract with a new employer, for a start date after your notice period has ended. Happens all the time. It really isn't remotely that. Presuming he's actually genuinely signed a pre-contract (very few players do, they mostly just sign a real one at a future date and allow themselves to be photographed apparently signing something) then all it is is a legal intention to join a new employer in the future. It's not a contract of employment and it's not registered with anyone. It has no standing in football and he could sign for someone else tomorrow and Dunfermline could do not a thing about it in football terms (see Elliot, Calum - Raith Rovers / Livingston). They could launch a civil case against Beadling for breach of contract but whilst they would win it, it's unlikely they'd be able to show much in the way of material loss for compensation purposes and any settlement would be trivial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 7 hours ago, Stellaboz said: Thought he looked decent when he signed from Annan but struggled with stepping up to full time football. Was about the only decent player during Potters awful reign. He'd been full time his whole career prior to a year at Annan though. He was with us and before that Hamilton and Hearts. Appreciate he was closer to playing first team regularly with you but he wasn't new to the whole "full time football" lark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I didn't know that, thought he arrived still in his Scotmid shirt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 21 hours ago, D.A.F.C said: Wouldn’t wish an injury on any player, even the sumbags who abused Shiels. Pathetic. Why plural? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Shaun Byrne, playing as he has been for Livingston lately, would be an excellent addition to our squad. Truth is though, he never showed that form for us and he was given plenty of chances. Don't think I was the only one who felt he was capable of being better but he just never reached that level at EEP. Well done to him for being a big success and just shows you sometimes have to take a step back to go forward. As for Hopkirk, I can see him being a good signing for Clyde. Guy seems to absolutely love himself but he's an ok player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 There yer Nicky Clark offski to Dundee United. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, DAFC. said: There yer Nicky Clark offski to Dundee United. Shrug 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Only scores against pub teams anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Money talks. Bit disappointing to lose him to a rival. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Where's @Hawk for this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Lee Ashcroft in the Championship team of the season. Well deserved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, DAFC. said: Where's @Hawk for this? Hopefully on the Utd thread 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMessiah Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 minute ago, DAFC. said: Where's @Hawk for this? He's gone now, be stunned if he hasn't posted in the United thread already. Big loss, we need to find ourselves a 15+ goal a season striker, or I'd quite like to see us take a risk and use Smithy as first-choice next season, he's young, clearly got bags of ability, if not now, when? If not, at least we have some tasty striker news incoming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Good luck to Clark. They'll be behind us at the end of next season anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 He scored 37 goals in 78 appearances for us, which is pretty good going for a side that essentially had two mid-table finishes. Got a lot of undeserved stick because he didn't run around as much as some fans wanted. Would definitely have preferred to have kept him and certainly didn't want to lose him to a direct rival. Will need to see who his replacement is to decide how big a loss he'll be. If we're going with Ryan and Smith/McManus then I really can't see us winning the title. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, smpar said: Lee Ashcroft in the Championship team of the season. Well deserved. Not a single Dundee United player, unless you want to count Clark now. Surprised Williamson was omitted, but, looking a the formation, looks like they've went with 3 central defenders, 4 midfielders and 3 strikers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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