Guest Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5 hours ago, FFC 1876 said: That's more like the Ben Hall we know. Bodoe/Glimt gave some of the best coaching materclasses as they brushed aside Celtic and Roma these past two years. No stars as such, just a squad of players coached and organised perfectly. They simply passed their way through near enough every team they met. They seem to be doing the same thing again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairn in Exile Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 We've just qualified for the next round of the league cup, beating and knocking out a Premiership club along the way (Hibs wouldn't have qualified even without the 3 point deduction) . I should be really up for the new league season ahead but my enthusiasm is as flat as a witch's tit. Why? 4 games played, 1 goal scored from open play. Where oh where oh where are the goals going to come from? While I am no where near as concerned as I was last season after Sheerin's appointment, I still think that we are in for a long hard season. In the third tier. 2 players could turn everything around. A creative midfielder and a 15-20 goal striker. Some posters are much more patient than me and seem prepared to wait until the 30th September deadline to get the "right" players in. F*ck that, I want them now! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Myles Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said: We've just qualified for the next round of the league cup, beating and knocking out a Premiership club along the way (Hibs wouldn't have qualified even without the 3 point deduction) . I should be really up for the new league season ahead but my enthusiasm is as flat as a witch's tit. Why? 4 games played, 1 goal scored from open play. Where oh where oh where are the goals going to come from? While I am no where near as concerned as I was last season after Sheerin's appointment, I still think that we are in for a long hard season. In the third tier. 2 players could turn everything around. A creative midfielder and a 15-20 goal striker. Some posters are much more patient than me and seem prepared to wait until the 30th September deadline to get the "right" players in. F*ck that, I want them now! I don't see a long hard season at all. As it stands we won't lose many games but I don't see us winning many games by a barrowload either. We've gifted goals in recent seasons which has made it easy for sides this season that won't be the case and teams will actually have to play a bit to get past us. We should be there or there about come may. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Understand the last two posts and like many others, starting to get some doubt about not having a decent CF in by now. I’m putting it down to the horrors of the last few seasons and I’m sure M&S will deliver….. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) Seen somebody mention on the Facebook page Adam Rooney is without a club, 34 years old now. Worth a punt? Edited July 28, 2022 by LatapyBairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Seen somebody mention on the Facebook page Adam Rooney is without a club, 34 years old now. Worth a punt? A bit like signing Griffiths I’m afraid, and suspect he’d still be looking at top end wages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Well be the sounds of it Montrose are just about to sign Rory McAllister and we all know what Rory does against us. f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 59 minutes ago, Springfield said: A bit like signing Griffiths I’m afraid, and suspect he’d still be looking at top end wages. Don’t recall him having any of the off field issues Griffiths had, seem more of a professional than that. Might be wrong tho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Don’t recall him having any of the off field issues Griffiths had, seem more of a professional than that. Might be wrong tho It's a mute point anyway we couldn't get anywhere close to what he'll get down south, baring in mind he left Aberdeen for the conference league money is very much his game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Would be VERY shocked if it’s anything bar loan deals now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Puddefoot Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said: We've just qualified for the next round of the league cup, beating and knocking out a Premiership club along the way (Hibs wouldn't have qualified even without the 3 point deduction) . I should be really up for the new league season ahead but my enthusiasm is as flat as a witch's tit. Why? 4 games played, 1 goal scored from open play. Where oh where oh where are the goals going to come from? While I am no where near as concerned as I was last season after Sheerin's appointment, I still think that we are in for a long hard season. In the third tier. 2 players could turn everything around. A creative midfielder and a 15-20 goal striker. Some posters are much more patient than me and seem prepared to wait until the 30th September deadline to get the "right" players in. F*ck that, I want them now! Oh great, the 15-20 goal striker cliche raked out again. The top league goal scorer in all divisions in Scotland last season had 13 and he was a winger. So if there's a guy out there he won't be coming to us and scouts from all clubs must have missed him. We need goals from all over the park as does every other team. Some posters live in cuckoo land. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caractacus Potts Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Syd Puddefoot said: Oh great, the 15-20 goal striker cliche raked out again. The top league goal scorer in all divisions in Scotland last season had 13 and he was a winger. So if there's a guy out there he won't be coming to us and scouts from all clubs must have missed him. We need goals from all over the park as does every other team. Some posters live in cuckoo land. Mitch Megginson got 18 goals in League One last season. Nathan Austin got 18 goals in League Two. Michael McKenna got 15 in the Championship with Ol Shaw on 14. Rory McAllister actually got 13 last season so still life in the old legs however wouldn’t come to a team too far from the North East. If we want to win the league we definitely need someone who is at the top of the scoring charts. Think we need another striker but happy to give Alegria a good chance. Edited July 28, 2022 by Caractacus Potts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Think JMcG is well aware that we need more options going forward, the lack of goals from open play in the league cup games have highlighted this. He will no doubt be trying to bring some more in, I suspect from the loan market. It may however be the case that we need some to go out the door before anymore come in. We are still being hamstrung by last seasons poor decision making in the transfer/contract market. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Harry Kinnear said: Think JMcG is well aware that we need more options going forward, the lack of goals from open play in the league cup games have highlighted this. He will no doubt be trying to bring some more in, I suspect from the loan market. It may however be the case that we need some to go out the door before anymore come in. We are still being hamstrung by last seasons poor decision making in the transfer/contract market. McGlynn stated he still wants a winger and a striker in, if it was a case of us needing someone to leave before that happened I reckon he would have stated it. He doesn't really mince his words. We've seen it talked about before that we want a squad of 24, we currently have 26 but 4 of those are really academy players so I doubt they'll be counted towards the tally. Then there's Kennedy who may have already been sent back to sevco. Ideally if some of the dross we still have could be moved on then we'd maybe see an extra player on top of the 2 we're already chasing. A lot of clubs will panic this week with the season starting on Saturday, hopefully they hamstring themselves when better players become available later in the window. Edited July 28, 2022 by FFC 1876 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) As a comparison. Airdrie currently have a squad of 15. Dunfermline currently have a squad of 22 bolstered by a fair few academy players. QOS currently have a squad of 26 and a good number of academy players in there. Edited July 28, 2022 by FFC 1876 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believe The Hype Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Really wish we still had Anton Dowds. A crying shame how that panned out. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caractacus Potts Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 36 minutes ago, Believe The Hype said: Really wish we still had Anton Dowds. A crying shame how that panned out. Aidan Keena doesn’t appear to be doing too badly either! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPar Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 53 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said: As a comparison. Airdrie currently have a squad of 15. Airdrie may be short in terms of numbers, but I'd argue they are longer in quality, certainly in the forward areas. Gallagher/Smith/McGill are decent options up front, and to that they have just added Jamieson. Frizzell and McCabe are good players at this level and they have made, on paper, excellent signings in the likes of Rae and Ballantyne. Their team of last season gives lie to the idea that you need a 20+goalscorer to do anything. Gallagher was their top (regular) league goal scorer with 14 - good, but not amazing - and between them their three up top got 29. But they could also rely on goals from the likes of Easton, McInroy and Frizzell. McGlynn could reasonably ask from say Morrison, McGuffie, Nesbitt, playing regularly at this level for a combined total of perhaps upwards of 20/25 goals but there's nothing in any of their records to suggest he will get it. They all need to step up massively this season and actually start contributing something. Our squad as it stands is of a fair size, but it looks very much like quantity over quality, certainly middle to front. A fair bit of padding with untested kids and still carrying the likes of Wilson, Ross, Malcolm. Sneddon. We'll be much improved defensively but last season's disaster is still having an impact in terms of recruitment and squad make-up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, AGPar said: Airdrie may be short in terms of numbers, but I'd argue they are longer in quality, certainly in the forward areas. Gallagher/Smith/McGill are decent options up front, and to that they have just added Jamieson. Frizzell and McCabe are good players at this level and they have made, on paper, excellent signings in the likes of Rae and Ballantyne. Their team of last season gives lie to the idea that you need a 20+goalscorer to do anything. Gallagher was their top (regular) league goal scorer with 14 - good, but not amazing - and between them their three up top got 29. But they could also rely on goals from the likes of Easton, McInroy and Frizzell. McGlynn could reasonably ask from say Morrison, McGuffie, Nesbitt, playing regularly at this level for a combined total of perhaps upwards of 20/25 goals but there's nothing in any of their records to suggest he will get it. They all need to step up massively this season and actually start contributing something. Our squad as it stands is of a fair size, but it looks very much like quantity over quality, certainly middle to front. A fair bit of padding with untested kids and still carrying the likes of Wilson, Ross, Malcolm. Sneddon. We'll be much improved defensively but last season's disaster is still having an impact in terms of recruitment and squad make-up. With our CURRENT squad, I’d reckon we’d finish 15 points off Airdrie come season end. There’s just not a chance Mcglynn doesn’t add 2/3 in forward/striker areas -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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