jagfox Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Merry Christmas Staggies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Just waiting for some more defenders to sign... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPockets Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Did Dow re-signing ever get an official announcement or is it still rumours? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneThrowAway Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 32 minutes ago, MarkPockets said: Did Dow re-signing ever get an official announcement or is it still rumours? Hopefully not....! Getting a bit bored now though, sign some players.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 3 hours ago, StoneThrowAway said: Hopefully not....! Getting a bit bored now though, sign some players.... No other team has a finished squad yet, what's the rush? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPockets Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Just nice to have business done earlier isnt it? Getting itchy feet seeing everyone else announcing signings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfinn Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 18 hours ago, MarkPockets said: Did Dow re-signing ever get an official announcement or is it still rumours? Guessing someone from the club read this, realised they'd forgotten to announce it, and now have: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 27 minutes ago, Forfinn said: Guessing someone from the club read this, realised they'd forgotten to announce it, and now have: Well that's a weight off my mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneThrowAway Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Forfinn said: Guessing someone from the club read this, realised they'd forgotten to announce it, and now have: It sure anyone is “delighted” with this tbh... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 47 appearances! I counted 38 of those that I have watched, four of which I would count as good performances where he had an influence on the match, plus he scored the winner against Aberdeen. Granted, a lot of the time he has been put on the wing and has been given more defending than attacking work to do when he'd rather be playing a more central role, but at the same time he's been given plenty opportunities to prove himself and hasn't. Maybe dropping a level will help him, but I don't think that playing against lesser opposition will stop him from hiding from the ball or ducking out of challenges. He barely played under SF+SK in the last ten matches of the season, only 15% of the minutes available to him (and that's skewed by playing the full 90 minutes in the first match under them). If they rated him he'd have played more; if he had better offers he'd be elsewhere. Hopefully I'm wrong on this but I can't see how that stacks up for a promising campaign for him. I should say that when he was used as a makeshift central midfielder, such as in the 2-4 loss to Aberdeen, he acquitted himself a lot better than some others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Guessing with our glut of central midfielders Dow will be used out wide. Which does not fill me with confidence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPockets Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm gonna take pelters for this but....... I like it. Option from the bench, experience, can play in any attacking position. Remember, we're a division below now. Players don't have to be as good. There's obviously a player in there and if we can get that player out more often then maybe we'll look back on this differently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 32 minutes ago, MarkPockets said: I'm gonna take pelters for this but....... I like it. Option from the bench, experience, can play in any attacking position. Remember, we're a division below now. Players don't have to be as good. There's obviously a player in there and if we can get that player out more often then maybe we'll look back on this differently If he played every game half as well as the three games a season he plays well in, he'd be a star. I think at this point, though, he is what he is. The consistency is never going to come. I agree with you; he's Worth taking a punt on as there's clearly talent there, unlike Sean Kelly who is just hopeless. Edited June 20, 2018 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Sean Kelly who is just hopeless. I don't think that's true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 27 minutes ago, bunglebonce said: I don't think that's true. I hope you're right. I really don't see it. Maybe he turns out to be the Gary Glenn of left backs - a guy who simply isn't cut out for the top flight, but can do a passable job in the Championship. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankthetank22 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Savage Henry said: Worth taking a punt on as there's clearly talent there, unlike Sean Kelly who is just hopeless. I think you're being harsh on Kelly too. He had a run of a few games where he seemed to be linking up well with DKD on our left side, they looked to be forming a decent understanding. A combination of a few things not all necessary his fault resulted in him getting absolutely ripped apart. Naismith being so strong on our right side meant opponents would target our left, DKD's lack of tracking back meant Kelly often had a wide attacker and an advancing full back to contend with plus with Fraser at right side centre half beside Davies opponents were targeting Marcus by crossing from our Kelly's side to the back post, a good tactic as it meant Davies wasn'table to complete for the high ball's. He maybe could or should have done better but his confidence was shot in a couple of matches after what looked to be the start of a decent run for him last season. There's no way he's going to be up against the same quality of winger this season so hopefully he can get a run in the first team and develope his game and build his confidence again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I forgot to update this with Kelly at the time, but here's where we're at now. Signed (* Promoted Youth Players)FoxFraserFontaineKellyLindsayVigursDraperMullinMckay McManusGardyne Keillor-DunnDowDykesG. MorrisonT. DingwallR. Dingwall* Grivosti * McIver * Munro * Wallace TBCDavies (sounds all but gone)JOB (no word - although rumours at the end of last season suggest he was going to go)Schalk (sounds all but gone) GoneNaismith (sold)Routis CurranMikkelsenChowN'GogMcCareyTumiltyMalcolmFodenS. MorrisonAshmoreKyle JohnsonTanseyKaitMelbourneSouttar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 FWIW I also think SH is being overly harsh on Kelly. He was more than solid enough at this level for St Mirren before we signed him, and he started reasonably for us but he was never going to be Naismith standard. Is he or will he ever be Premiership standard? Probably not, but we're not in the Premiership anymore and he's more than good enough for this level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneThrowAway Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Savage Henry said: he's Worth taking a punt on as there's clearly talent there, unlike Sean Kelly who is just hopeless. Another nonsense post from SH! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) 48 minutes ago, StoneThrowAway said: Another nonsense post from SH! Contribute something of interest yourself and you might have a case. Edit: kind of ironic when you just lambasted Ryan Dow earlier in the thread. Guess you're the only one entitled to nonsense posts? Edited June 20, 2018 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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