scotfree Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Striker inbound* *hopefully! Three other clubs in league one after him too Cove, East Fife and Peterhead? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 10 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: Yeah, whole point of me doing this was so I can "profile" players I know nothing about. Just testing it on players I do know something about to see how accurate I can get it. It’s alien to me, it an interesting concept. No doubt some clubs must use something like this already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 44 minutes ago, scotfree said: Cove, East Fife and Peterhead? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 9 hours ago, G51 said: RG is right about CB's - the only useful metric for judging a CB is aerial duels. The rest of defending is about doing stuff off the ball, and there's (currently) no real way for stats to measure that. Or at least, that's the case for the stats that are available to chair moisteners like us. On Lewis Ferguson - I think he basically becomes Scott Arfield (and he may already be there). I think you want him making runs off the ball and getting into scoring positions, while grafting like f**k every game. Interesting comparison to Arfield, hadn’t thought of that before. Ferguson looks a bit bulkier than Arfield. Those type of roles is so important to have speed, agility and quickness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, big al said: Interesting comparison to Arfield, hadn’t thought of that before. Ferguson looks a bit bulkier than Arfield. Those type of roles is so important to have speed, agility and quickness. He is bulkier than Arfield, no doubt. That’s not a bad thing though. I think Ferguson is quick enough over five or ten yards to play the role. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, G51 said: He is bulkier than Arfield, no doubt. That’s not a bad thing though. I think Ferguson is quick enough over five or ten yards to play the role. To go up the levels to the top, so much emphasis on speed and distance covered etc. Hope Ferguson hasn’t concentrated too much on the strength side. Most top footballers in those type of roles are wirey as extra weight hinders them. Decent comparison to Arfield though. Certainly the deep midfield role Ferguson has played at times under McIness isn’t his most effective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, big al said: To go up the levels to the top, so much emphasis on speed and distance covered etc. Hope Ferguson hasn’t concentrated too much on the strength side. Most top footballers in those type of roles are wirey as extra weight hinders them. Decent comparison to Arfield though. Certainly the deep midfield role Ferguson has played at times under McIness isn’t his most effective. I don’t think he needs to be that fast though, he just needs to be clever. I don’t think Arfield is particularly fast either, but he never stops running and he knows what runs to make between and behind defenders in order to cause chaos. I think Ferguson’s physicality is absolutely fine for going up a gear. He’s not a great passer, much like Arfield, and that’s probably what limits his ceiling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, G51 said: I don’t think he needs to be that fast though, he just needs to be clever. I don’t think Arfield is particularly fast either, but he never stops running and he knows what runs to make between and behind defenders in order to cause chaos. I think Ferguson’s physicality is absolutely fine for going up a gear. He’s not a great passer, much like Arfield, and that’s probably what limits his ceiling. To be fair to Arfield, he played 3 seasons in one of the top 5 leagues, has played for his country in the Gold Cup and has captained his country so his ceiling wasn’t exactly low when you compare him to a lot of people. Lewis Ferguson looks a cracking player and hopefully will improve even more under Glass but if his career follows a similar trajectory to Arfields then he’ll have had a helluva successful career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Striker inbound* *hopefully! Three other clubs in league one after him too Spill the beans then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: To be fair to Arfield, he played 3 seasons in one of the top 5 leagues, has played for his country in the Gold Cup and has captained his country so his ceiling wasn’t exactly low when you compare him to a lot of people. Lewis Ferguson looks a cracking player and hopefully will improve even more under Glass but if his career follows a similar trajectory to Arfields then he’ll have had a helluva successful career. Oh yeah, definitely. Arfields won the English Championship and Scottish Premiership, played multiple seasons in the EPL, played European knockout football, captained a national team - it’s a great career. If Ferguson does all that, he’ll have been a really good player. I just wouldn’t want either of them being asked to spray the ball about in midfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Striker inbound* *hopefully! Three other clubs in league one after him too Any idea who? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highland_mechanic Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, scotfree said: Cove, East Fife and Peterhead You bugger, was sipping a drink while reading it and spat it out as couldn't stop myself from laughing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afc69 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Striker inbound* *hopefully! Three other clubs in league one after him too JET, oooo oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo JET (repeat) Copyright Paul McCartney 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Afc69 said: JET, oooo oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo, oooo JET (repeat) Copyright Paul McCartney 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Don't fancy JET as a signing at all. Did well against us but not done all that much for the rest of he season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Can’t be JET. Doesn’t score goals. Need to play and start every week to be fit and no way he’s a starter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Striker inbound* *hopefully! Three other clubs in league one after him too Cosgrove useless......blah blah.....Sale of Goods Act....blah blah.... not fit for purpose....blah blah.... Birmingham kept the receipt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 JET would just be another Curtis Main. No thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 11 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Striker inbound* *hopefully! Three other clubs in league one after him too English based then I presume? I've seen us linked with the guy Dion Charles... quick youtube for a look... goodness all the games look like their from the highland league behind closed doors. Surreal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I like Jake Doyle-Hayes at St Mirren, out-of-contract at the end of the season. Been impressed every time I have seen him against us this season and again watching him in the semi-final this afternoon. Then again, another central midfielder is hardly the most pressing priority at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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