Frank Quitely Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Good to see the level of interest and passion from Sons fans in the wake of yesterday's debacle, and we can only hope that the two Stevie's manage to rummle up the squad a bit. In particular we need to bolster the striking department, the pairing of Garry and Donald is unsustainable over the medium term. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I would, in all seriousness, go to the juniors and snap up the best striker there, what's the worst that can happen? Can't be worse than steven Ross or Craig, at least they will put in effort and be used to a battle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I would, in all seriousness, go to the juniors and snap up the best striker there, what's the worst that can happen? Can't be worse than steven Ross or Craig, at least they will put in effort and be used to a battle The worst that can happen is that he'd be fucking shite. We've been down the road of signing a Junior 20 goal a season player loads of times and they never, in the modern era, translate to being potent goal scorers in the professional leagues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 The worst that can happen is that he'd be fucking shite. We've been down the road of signing a Junior 20 goal a season player loads of times and they never, in the modern era, translate to being potent goal scorers in the professional leagues. They could be shite but they would put in effort every week which is more than can be said for steven Craig who was signed with such high expectations. Going for old experienced duds or young up and coming loan signings is the same level of gamble IMO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo90 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I would be very reluctant to gamble on a junior striker at this point in the season. However I'm sure there is players there that could step up, look at doolan and erskine a few years ago when thistle took a gamble on them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 They could be shite but they would put in effort every week which is more than can be said for steven Craig who was signed with such high expectations. Going for old experienced duds or young up and coming loan signings is the same level of gamble IMO So you'd rather we went with a Garry Fleming or a Paul Maxwell? We already are going with Fleming and Maxwell scored one goal in an entire season in a shite Division Two for us. If there was a striker in the Juniors who could bang them in at professional level then he'd have been picked up by now. Doolan was very much the exception, not the rule, and it took him a while to get established at Thistle. Now is not the time to gamble on untested players from the amateur leagues, we need professional level players to shoot our way above Livingston/Alloa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Completely agree about the media coverage of the big two compared with the other clubs, and it's something that I feel really strongly about as well. The issue is that the big media outlets say "you need OF stories because they appeal to the largest audience". True. However if we don't do anything to publicise other clubs, then they will never gain a larger audience, thus creating a self fulfilling prophecy. The only small crumb of hope, and it is just that, that I can give you is that in my class at Uni there's only three (I think) Old Firm fans out of the twenty-five of us. Hopefully the sports journos of the not too distant future will start to give us diddy teams a wee bit more space in the papers and online. In England they have a football league, and even non league paper on a Sunday. I'd love to see (or even do) something like that up here, with detailed reports, features etc about the Championship, League One and League Two equally. I used to write for an SFL-only magazine publication. Think it disappeared again after two quarterly issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I used to write for an SFL-only magazine publication. Think it disappeared again after two quarterly issues.Oh Aye, I vaguely remember something about that a few years back. Shame it never went further.Anyway on the juniors debate, for every Garry Fleming, Kris Doolan or even Darian MacKinnon there's literally bucket loads of Tommy Coyne's and Paul Maxwell's. This year I've seen quite a few Sons players produce some very decent performances - the likes of David Winters and Chris Craig along with Coyne - and I wouldn't fancy either of them back. I get the point that's being made, about the players being fighters and willing to work their backside off etc. But the step up in class is massive, and if you look at the players who stepped up, they all took a while to adapt. Doolan went out on loan to Clyde and didn't score, Fleming took almost 6 months to score for us and Daz went to Ayr for a bit and then was in and out of the Accies team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I'll run my arse off and I definitely exist. I'd be an improvement on Stevie Ross. Awaiting the call, Stevie. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 What happened to The Dumbarton Terrace? Enjoyed reading that but there have been no entries since the start of the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I believe Andy now writes for the OS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren1872 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ryan hardie From rangers? Scores a barrel load in the reserves. Doesn't seem to be in Warburtons plans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ryan hardie From rangers? Scores a barrel load in the reserves. Doesn't seem to be in Warburtons plans.Thought about him at the start of the year as well, apparently he was in Warburton's plans, but with them signing Forrester and already having Waghorn, Clark and Miller I'm guessing his chances would be limited. Would be delighted if we could get him, and with us still playing Hibs twice it's a deal that could suit both parties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Thought about him at the start of the year as well, apparently he was in Warburton's plans, but with them signing Forrester and already having Waghorn, Clark and Miller I'm guessing his chances would be limited. Would be delighted if we could get him, and with us still playing Hibs twice it's a deal that could suit both parties. Aitken was having a long conversation with him before the game on Saturday, could mean nothing though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren1872 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 He's like 4th choice behind waghorn, miller and Clark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 The one from the juniors I did think was excellent, was Gordon herd, fast, powerful, could turn a defender easily, scored a few, but tragically got injured and never got back in the team 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Murdo McLeod is on Cbeebies "My Story" just now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ryan hardie From rangers? Scores a barrel load in the reserves. Doesn't seem to be in Warburtons plans. Must be in his plans, they postponed a game against us cause he was away playing with Scotland u-19................. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftershocker Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Must be in his plans, they postponed a game against us cause he was away playing with Scotland u-19................. Hope so....he looked good against us last season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin' Wilf Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Aitken was having a long conversation with him before the game on Saturday, could mean nothing though. From Stranraer..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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