YassinMoutaouakil
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This is a stupid/flippant point but what would the Well Society do with £1.5m and do I get a cut?
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1 hour ago, Handsome_Devil said:
It's also worth pointing out that even at Xmas, half our fans thought Bair was utter shite and the other half thought he was shite but at least worked hard.
The level of seeth at his signing was off the charts, matched only by the total bemusement that it was a two-year deal on top.
I'm absolutely delighted for him and us at how it's gone but if history isn't being rewritten, the July-Christmas part of his spell with us is fair being ignored.
On 31/07/2023 at 18:37, YassinMoutaouakil said:I think I've just about talked myself round on Bair. The fact that he's been in Canada/MLS squads relatively young, St Johnstone paid a fee for him, and their fans (okay, RandomGuy) seem to think it was a composure/confidence thing rather than a complete lack of ability means I'd probably rather have him as a 4th choice striker than another Obika/Mandron type who we know will be a 6.5/10 most weeks but not much more.
I'm putting myself forward for a seat on Ketts' I Told You So parade.
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5 minutes ago, Vietnam91 said:
Ha yeah. If Kettlewell had also extended a beady eye and that coaching to some bombscare defenders, turning them into something resembling competence, then we may have done better than 9th.
Haha aye, I was worried I came across a bit dour about folk enjoying a brilliant individual turnaround but I think it's just my natural pessimism means I'd be too scared of St Johnstone pipping us to a completely inconsequential 9th place finish on the last day to be properly giving it out.
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I do think the Bair thing is definitely the biggest unqualified success of our season and he's one of my favourite players in years but I find some of the hubris from our fans on twitter a bit odd. If he was firing us to 3rd and St Johnstone were going down I'd understand a "let's all laugh at St Johnstone" vibe but we'll probably end up finishing 9th and 10th together.
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I'd be surprised if he doesn't get at least 2 post-split to take him to 15 for the season. I'm desperate for him to get to 16 and outscore Moult's best ever season just to have it as a weird stat to bring up every so often.
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Is that not about what we got for Scott from Hull? Scott was 4 or 5 years younger and probably looked a more natural footballer but never came anywhere close to the sort of form Theo has shown since Christmas. Unless it's the only concrete offer we get or Bair has indicated he 100% wants away I don't think we have much incentive to accept something like that now rather than hold out for £1m+ in Summer.
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42 minutes ago, welldaft said:
So they did
. Still Dundee looked fairly competent tonight and not like the team we faced for the last 15 minutes a couple of weeks back. Hope they pip St Mirren to 5th.
Also Curtis Main came on. Still to score for them iirc. I assume Ketts was talking about him when he mentioned Dundee outbidding us for players. One wonders if we would have got Theo if we had managed to get Main ? Not sure which order that all happened.
Main went there in January so Vale is probably the comparison. Maybe Shaw if you count him as a signing/footballer.
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40 minutes ago, welldaft said:
So they did
. Still Dundee looked fairly competent tonight and not like the team we faced for the last 15 minutes a couple of weeks back. Hope they pip St Mirren to 5th.
Also Curtis Main came on. Still to score for them iirc. I assume Ketts was talking about him when he mentioned Dundee outbidding us for players. One wonders if we would have got Theo if we had managed to get Main ? Not sure which order that all happened.
Main went there in January so Vale is probably the comparison. Maybe Shaw if you count him as a signing.
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Bair, Easton, and Goss (
) putting six past The Farmers >>
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Since the Capt pointed it out the other day I can't figure out if Kettlewell keeping us up with this gang of centrebacks for two seasons in a row makes him a genius or if the fact he hasn't signed any new centrebacks is a sackable offence.
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6 points behind St Mirren. I think this might go the wire.
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If it's still in the balance on the last day we're going to see some all time lying down from St Mirren at Parkhead and Hearts at home to Rangers.
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I know it has no bearing on his performances as an actual defender but it'll be a while longer after Ibrox before I have anything bad to say about Dan Casey.
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Get Regan Charles-Cook in IMO
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Just now, RandomGuy. said:
Clubs don't confirm PCAs anywhere near as early, or as regularly, as they did before the Richie Brittain/Calum Elliot sagas.
There's now always a threat someone pulls out.
Doesn't Tommy Wright usually do it?
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How do folk feel about Blaney? I still think all our CBs are much of a muchness but it probably makes sense to give him and Casey a run together in the last 5 given they'll presumably be here next season. He definitely "looks" like a footballer and having someone that can score screamers is always a plus.
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It's probably the right decision but I can't really imagine us without Bevis.
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A guy behind me hit out with "too late, Stuart" when Miller went off for Shaw which I imagine is a fairly niche opinion.
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I don't think Halliday is going to do btw. He's obviously only played in fits and starts and might be better after a full pre-season but it seems unlikely at his age. Hopefully we can get shot of him.
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If we're not going to make Top Six then I at least hope a few of our ex-players nick Europe.
Good luck Liam Polworth and Rickie Lamie!
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1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said:
You'd hope hes strong enough against his agent to make sure he avoids that. For the first time he probably now knows what style of play helps him thrive and can look for that with his next club/manager.
He's too nice to do that
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I can see Bair in somewhere like Belgium or Holland. Partly just as North American players seem more likely to go to the continent than British ones but I'm also not convinced he'd do all that well in the Championship. Seems likely he'd end up with another nasty Steven MacLean type who just wants to shout and shells balls at his head.
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I'm not that confident about our end of the bargain but if does sound very Hibs to miss out on top 6 because of Sam Nicholson, Andy Halliday or Blair Spittal
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Would just like to mention the fact we've very generously provided Aberdeen with 7 points this season.
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Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
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Sturm Graz can go top of their league tonight. Mika-stealing aside, I wonder if that's one of the addons we had for Johnston?