Scary Bear Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Have heard we are after Nicky Riley. Played under smith at Dundee Are we all just looking through ex-Dundee players circa 2010-11? That was the lad with the stupid haircut with the big fringe. Now at Peterhead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, tigger said: Have heard we are after Nicky Riley. Played under smith at Dundee Did his name not come up at the same time as we signed Conroy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, SuperHans said: Do you need to be left footed to be a left back? Of course not but it helps immensely as it quite literally goes with the territory. There are few exceptions to the rule currently Celtic and Scotlands Keiran Tierney who is naturally left footed but is also an outstanding right-back, but then again he's valued in the £M's and even at that is a better Leftback than right-back. There's nobody we're looking at capable of using their weaker foot for anything other than standing on it. The main requirement for a full back when not defending is to get forward and get a decent ball over, if he's not confident of doing that then he will cut inside and use his stronger foot, we watched Joe Cardle do this for an entire season it was boringly predictable. We also spent the majority of one season watching two left footed central defenders (Hill & Ellis) looking decidedly uncomfortable (More so strangely I thought than we ever have with 2 right footed centre halves) it's all about the balance of the team. Once or twice last season we had our team captain and nominated right-back Jason Thomson playing in the Left-back role, it was neither effective nor pretty. Sadly we don't pay fortunes for international class defenders who are equally adept with either foot so It's really quite simple at our level, if you bring in a player to play on the left hand side of the park, then you've a far better chance of them keeping the ball in play if they are NOT right footed Edited June 19, 2017 by Scottydog 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 23 minutes ago, renton said: Did his name not come up at the same time as we signed Conroy? I have a vague recollection of us being after him at one point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Did his name not come up at the same time as we signed Conroy? Think it did but he was injured t the time so we got Conroy instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Old fashioned perhaps but I think that anyone who is happy to be known as a professional footballer should be confident of swinging in a decent cross with either foot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Are we all just looking through ex-Dundee players circa 2010-11? That was the lad with the stupid haircut with the big fringe. Now at Peterhead. Barry Smith's first season with us was spent trying to recreate the Dundee side of 97/98 so at least he's moved on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdawg Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Ebanda's Handyman Services said: Old fashioned perhaps but I think that anyone who is happy to be known as a professional footballer should be confident of swinging in a decent cross with either foot. Your user name/photo should act as a stark reminder of what some people class as a professional footballer! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Of course not but it helps immensely as it quite literally goes with the territory. There are few exceptions to the rule currently Celtic and Scotlands Keiran Tierney who is naturally left footed but is also an outstanding right-back, but then again he's valued in the £M's and even at that is a better Leftback than right-back. There's nobody we're looking at capable of using their weaker foot for anything other than standing on it. The main requirement for a full back when not defending is to get forward and get a decent ball over, if he's not confident of doing that then he will cut inside and use his stronger foot, we watched Joe Cardle do this for an entire season it was boringly predictable. We also spent the majority of one season watching two left footed central defenders (Hill & Ellis) looking decidedly uncomfortable (More so strangely I thought than we ever have with 2 right footed centre halves) it's all about the balance of the team. Once or twice last season we had our team captain and nominated right-back Jason Thomson playing in the Left-back role, it was neither effective nor pretty. Sadly we don't pay fortunes for international class defenders who are equally adept with either foot so It's really quite simple at our level, if you bring in a player to play on the left hand side of the park, then you've a far better chance of them keeping the ball in play if they are NOT right footed Where's everyone seen this Whatley left back stuff? Was it my post on the Arbroath thread not long ago? He isn't an out an out fullback but he's been very good and steady there when he's been played there. Alan Moore played him in both full back positions for a prolonged period of time and he done really well. He really is a central midfield player though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Ebanda's Handyman Services said: Old fashioned perhaps but I think that anyone who is happy to be known as a professional footballer should be confident of swinging in a decent cross with either foot. As it once was yes but you're definitely showing your age there, we've not had too many people of that ability for some time. In fact a year or so ago at a RR Down south night for the team of 77-78 Billy Brown remarked upon much about the same, "People talk about a decent 1st touch on a player? In my day it was a prerequisite to get a game in the juniors never mind with the seniors" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie Russell Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Back in the day, Iain McLeod did well at left back, considering he was a right footed central midfielder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distresseduke Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Fairly sure he was RB in all his games for Falkirk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie Russell Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 minute ago, distresseduke said: Fairly sure he was RB in all his games for Falkirk Had a few season with us in central midfield, then pushed to left back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Iain McLeod played most of 1992-93 at left back and we won the title by 38 points (approx) - i didn't know he was right footed though! Ian Thompson playes lb when he was suspended or injured i think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Starko Rover Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Any info on when the new Rovers shirts are going on sale? Sorry if this has already been answered not looked on here recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 2nd week in July 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 It's all gone a bit quiet in here. When does pre-season training start up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 It's all gone a bit quiet in here. When does pre-season training start up? Tomorrow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatowner Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Tomorrow Have we enough players for 5-a-side? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Have we enough players for 5-a-side? Maybe a smaller squad will work better than the massive steaming pile of shite we had last season. My only worry is we're an injury prone football club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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