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[RossBFaeDundee]

5 hours ago, Mr. Alli said:

Cummings and club captain Adam.

I've seen nothing from Sheridan when he was 'fit'. He's been out for nearly 9(?) months now. Usual recovery is 4-6 months. 

Not to play devil's advocate (though I do enjoy doing that), but returning to professional sport from a ruptured achilles is closer to a full year. Not saying I'm happy with what we've got from the deal so far.

I'd 100% say though that I'd have binned everybody, Adam included, before getting rid of Cummings. How he of all people were driven out of the team is a travesty and every goal he nets in Australia has me seething. Not at him though, hope he keeps getting better. Fucking McPake, man...

[hk blues]

10 hours ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said:

Yeah, the mess and the mistakes McPake made, should think himself lucky to get a gig at a big club like Dunfermline, I wouldn't trust him in the Juniors.

 

 

 

 

If he does a good job at Dunfermline he might get a shot at the Juniors

[Fifespud]

Not to play devil's advocate (though I do enjoy doing that), but returning to professional sport from a ruptured achilles is closer to a full year. Not saying I'm happy with what we've got from the deal so far.
I'd 100% say though that I'd have binned everybody, Adam included, before getting rid of Cummings. How he of all people were driven out of the team is a travesty and every goal he nets in Australia has me seething. Not at him though, hope he keeps getting better. Fucking McPake, man...

Cummings definitely didn’t get much of a chance, and when he did he scored more goals than any other striker we had on the books, as he’s again proving I’m Australia. To be fair it seems he’s been ‘misunderstood’ at a lot of clubs in his young life!

I hope Sheridan comes back and plays a vital part in our procession back to the big league. If he doesn’t he’ll be getting a proper cunting from me too.

[Benjamin_Nevis]

Cummings was another massively useless piece of man-management by McPake and again cost us a striker who actually scored regularly. It's not that long ago Danny Johnson was pushed out of a team where he was about the only genuinely regular goalscorer by McPake. Glad to see Cummings doing well though. 

[Eednud]

Will he make the World Cup squad though?

https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/was-my-goal-cummings-reflects-socceroos-call

[Pens_Dark]

4 hours ago, Day of the Lords said:

Cummings was another massively useless piece of man-management by McPake and again cost us a striker who actually scored regularly. It's not that long ago Danny Johnson was pushed out of a team where he was about the only genuinely regular goalscorer by McPake. Glad to see Cummings doing well though. 

Mcpake playing him out on the wing should have been a sackable offence itself and you're totally right RE Johnson. Shambles.

[RossBFaeDundee]

5 hours ago, Day of the Lords said:

Cummings was another massively useless piece of man-management by McPake and again cost us a striker who actually scored regularly. It's not that long ago Danny Johnson was pushed out of a team where he was about the only genuinely regular goalscorer by McPake. Glad to see Cummings doing well though. 

At least with Johnson it was largely because we'd managed to bring Hemmings back. Cummings was shafted aside for inferior players, at that was before he was outright punted from the team in a ridiculous move.

[D TOTAL]

With zach Robinson being a somewhat decent loan signing, who was the last loan player we had where we actually thought I wish we could keep him permanently?

[Ludo*1]

5 minutes ago, D TOTAL said:

With zach Robinson being a somewhat decent loan signing, who was the last loan player we had where we actually thought I wish we could keep him permanently?

I suppose McMullan?

Before him is harder, Efrem and Shinnie perhaps? 

[RossBFaeDundee]

42 minutes ago, D TOTAL said:

With zach Robinson being a somewhat decent loan signing, who was the last loan player we had where we actually thought I wish we could keep him permanently?

I quite liked Scott Wright while he was here.

[Ludo*1]

1 minute ago, RossBFaeDundee said:

I quite liked Scott Wright while he was here.

Would have bit your hand off to keep Seny Dieng ahead of Jack Hamilton.

[This Charming Man]

Back in the 80's we had Iain Ferguson (had left Dens two years previously in '84) and Derek Ferguson in 88' on loan from the club formerly known as Rangers.

Both these fellers would probably have been regulars in today's current Scotland pool call-ups, imho.

Latterly, Scott Allan was always a level above anything we had available when he was on loan and probably controversially Simon Murray, on loan when the Scott Allan loan was terminated would still offer more than our existing striker options.

Assume GB knows who Greg Stewart is come January, lol.

No apologies for the pic from the 80's.

Regards

    

[Ludo*1]

Forget everything else. Most striking thing is the Hilltown clock in that picture. It's latter day redesigns are as follows:

[Boo Khaki]

1 hour ago, This Charming Man said:

Back in the 80's we had Iain Ferguson (had left Dens two years previously in '84) and Derek Ferguson in 88' on loan from the club formerly known as Rangers.

Both these fellers would probably have been regulars in today's current Scotland pool call-ups, imho.

Latterly, Scott Allan was always a level above anything we had available when he was on loan and probably controversially Simon Murray, on loan when the Scott Allan loan was terminated would still offer more than our existing striker options.

Assume GB knows who Greg Stewart is come January, lol.

No apologies for the pic from the 80's.

Regards

    

What a photie!!!

I grew up about 50 yards across the road. Used to go to the sweetie shop on the right of this photo for 1/4 bags of boilings. Anyone remember the original Luigi's Fish Bar just off to the left?

[D TOTAL]

Scott Allan - aye

scott wright- aye

dieng - possibly 

how many loans have we had since we had Efrem and shinnie ?,you could count on 1 hand how many you want as a permanent deal, sad really.

[Ludo*1]

Since Efrem and Shinnie:

Ryan O'Leary (Now a semi-famous actor) - Kilmarnock

Milan Misun - Celtic

David Witteveen - Hearts

Jamie Adams - St Johnstone

Dominic Cervi - Celtic

Johnny Stewart - Celtic

Callum Elliott - Hearts

Carl Finnigan (agreed a deal shortly after) - St Johnstone

Colin Nish - Hartlepool

Lewis Toshney - Celtic

David Morgan - Nottingham Forest

Adam Cummins - Motherwell

Stephen McGinn (signed a short term deal shortly after) - Sheffield United

Alex Harris - Hibernian

Riccardo Calder - Aston Villa

Rhys Healey - Cardiff City

Arturo - Cordoba

Henrik Ojamaa - Go Ahead Eagles

Michael Duffy - Celtic

AJ Leitch Smith - Shrewsbury

Scott Allan - Celtic

Simon Murray - Hibernian

Ethan Robson - Sunderland

Andy Dales - Scunthorpe United

Ryan McGowan - Bradford

Scott Wright - Aberdeen

James Horsfield - Scunthorpe United

Sieny Dieng - QPR

Ryan Inniss - Crystal Palace

Calvin Miller - Celtic

Andreas Hadenius - Halmstads

Andy Boyle - Preston

Benjamin Kallman - FC Inter

John O'Sullivan - Blackpool

Christophe Berra - Hearts

Conor Hazard - Celtic

Sean Mackie - Hibernian

Ollie Crankshaw - Wigan

Josh McPake - Rangers

Malachi Fagan-Walcott - Tottenham

Nicholas Hamilton - York United

Jonathan Afolabi - Celtic

Paul McMullan - Dundee United

Zak Rudden - Partick Thistle

Zeno Ibsen Rossi - Bournemouth

Vontae Daley Campbell - Leicester

 

[Bigmouth Strikes Again]

Malachi Fagan-Walcott - Tottenham

Wonder how he's getting on. Looked class in the short time I saw him.

[This Charming Man]

17 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

Since Efrem and Shinnie:

Ryan O'Leary (Now a semi-famous actor) - Kilmarnock

Milan Misun - Celtic

David Witteveen - Hearts

Jamie Adams - St Johnstone

Dominic Cervi - Celtic

Johnny Stewart - Celtic

Callum Elliott - Hearts

Carl Finnigan (agreed a deal shortly after) - St Johnstone

Colin Nish - Hartlepool

Lewis Toshney - Celtic

David Morgan - Nottingham Forest

Adam Cummins - Motherwell

Stephen McGinn (signed a short term deal shortly after) - Sheffield United

Alex Harris - Hibernian

Riccardo Calder - Aston Villa

Rhys Healey - Cardiff City

Arturo - Cordoba

Henrik Ojamaa - Go Ahead Eagles

Michael Duffy - Celtic

AJ Leitch Smith - Shrewsbury

Scott Allan - Celtic

Simon Murray - Hibernian

Ethan Robson - Sunderland

Andy Dales - Scunthorpe United

Ryan McGowan - Bradford

Scott Wright - Aberdeen

James Horsfield - Scunthorpe United

Sieny Dieng - QPR

Ryan Inniss - Crystal Palace

Calvin Miller - Celtic

Andreas Hadenius - Halmstads

Andy Boyle - Preston

Benjamin Kallman - FC Inter

John O'Sullivan - Blackpool

Christophe Berra - Hearts

Conor Hazard - Celtic

Sean Mackie - Hibernian

Ollie Crankshaw - Wigan

Josh McPake - Rangers

Malachi Fagan-Walcott - Tottenham

Nicholas Hamilton - York United

Jonathan Afolabi - Celtic

Paul McMullan - Dundee United

Zak Rudden - Partick Thistle

Zeno Ibsen Rossi - Bournemouth

Vontae Daley Campbell - Leicester

 

Awesome list Ludo, great work my man.

The contents however remind me of a scribbling on a toilet cubicle wall on a major local building site when I was a very young man in the 1980's.

Something along the lines of, "From down the glen came Charles Gray men, a bunch of fairy dancers, one in ten were time-served men, the rest were fucking chancers."

Pretty much sums up 90%+  of the above 'professionals'.

Regards.

 

 

 

[RossBFaeDundee]

1 hour ago, Ludo*1 said:

Since Efrem and Shinnie:

Ryan O'Leary (Now a semi-famous actor) - Kilmarnock

Milan Misun - Celtic

David Witteveen - Hearts

Jamie Adams - St Johnstone

Dominic Cervi - Celtic

Johnny Stewart - Celtic

Callum Elliott - Hearts

Carl Finnigan (agreed a deal shortly after) - St Johnstone

Colin Nish - Hartlepool

Lewis Toshney - Celtic

David Morgan - Nottingham Forest

Adam Cummins - Motherwell

Stephen McGinn (signed a short term deal shortly after) - Sheffield United

Alex Harris - Hibernian

Riccardo Calder - Aston Villa

Rhys Healey - Cardiff City

Arturo - Cordoba

Henrik Ojamaa - Go Ahead Eagles

Michael Duffy - Celtic

AJ Leitch Smith - Shrewsbury

Scott Allan - Celtic

Simon Murray - Hibernian

Ethan Robson - Sunderland

Andy Dales - Scunthorpe United

Ryan McGowan - Bradford

Scott Wright - Aberdeen

James Horsfield - Scunthorpe United

Sieny Dieng - QPR

Ryan Inniss - Crystal Palace

Calvin Miller - Celtic

Andreas Hadenius - Halmstads

Andy Boyle - Preston

Benjamin Kallman - FC Inter

John O'Sullivan - Blackpool

Christophe Berra - Hearts

Conor Hazard - Celtic

Sean Mackie - Hibernian

Ollie Crankshaw - Wigan

Josh McPake - Rangers

Malachi Fagan-Walcott - Tottenham

Nicholas Hamilton - York United

Jonathan Afolabi - Celtic

Paul McMullan - Dundee United

Zak Rudden - Partick Thistle

Zeno Ibsen Rossi - Bournemouth

Vontae Daley Campbell - Leicester

Where they're at now:

Ryan O'Leary (35) - Retired, and as @Ludo*1 stated, currently a decently successful actor in Canadian Netflix show '21 Thunder'.

Milan Misun (32) - FK Banik Sokolov, Czech 3rd tier

David Witteveen (37) - SC Ritzing, Austrian 4th tier (scoring freely there tbf)

Jamie Adams (35) - Retired

Dominic Cervi (36) - Retired, currently an investment banker with US firm Capstone Headwaters

Jonny Stewart (32) - Captain of Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Scottish 4th tier

Calum Elliot (35) - Retired, was manager of Tranent Juniors until resigning in August 2022 (won promotion to Lowland League).

Carl Finnigan (35) - Morpeth Town, English 7th tier

Colin Nish (41) - Retired, took over from Calum Elliot as manager of Tranent Juniors in September 2022

Lewis Toshney (30) - Downfield FC, Scottish 6th tier (former manager of them too, now just a player)

David Morgan (28) - Accrington Stanley, English 3rd tier

Adam Cummins (29) - Stirling Albion, Scottish 4th tier

Stephen McGinn (33) - Falkirk FC, Scottish 3rd tier

Alex Harris (28) - Berwick Rangers, Scottish 5th tier

Riccardo Calder (26) - Brackley Town, English 6th tier

Rhys Healey (27) - Toulouse FC, French 1st tier (Won Ligue 2 title last season with great scoring record, if only he was that good back then!)

Arturo Rodriguez (33) - San Sebastian, Spanish 3rd tier

Henrik Ojamaa (31) - Flora Tallinn, Estonian 1st tier

Michael Duffy (28) - Derry City, Irish 1st tier

A-Jay Leitch Smith (32) - Nantwich Town, English 7th tier

Scott Allan (30) - Arbroath FC, Scottish 2nd tier

Simon Murray (30) - Queen's Park FC, Scottish 2nd tier

Ethan Robson (25) - MK Dons, English 3rd tier

Andy Dales (27) - Mickleover FC, English 7th tier

Ryan McGowan (33) - St Johnstone, Scottish 1st tier

Scott Wright (25) - Rangers FC, Scottish 1st tier (a league title, Scottish Cup and started in last season's Europa League final, not bad)

James Horsfield (26) - Free agent, was with Chester FC (English 6th tier) last season, currently a player agent

Seny Dieng (27) - Queen's Park Rangers, English 2nd tier (doing really well, scored a viral goal recently)

Ryan Inniss (27) - Charlton Athletic, English 3rd tier

Calvin Miller (24) - Chesterfield FC, English 5th tier

Andreas Hadenius (31) - IF Sylvia, Swedish 3rd tier

Andy Boyle (31) - Dundalk FC, Irish 1st tier

Benjamin Kallman (24) - MKS Cracovia, Polish 1st tier, regular Finnish international player

John O'Sullivan (28) - Bohemian FC, Irish 1st tier (teammates with ex-Dees Declan McDaid & Jonathan Afolabi)

Christophe Berra (37) - Retired, currently Raith Rovers' first team coach

Conor Hazard (24) - HJK Helsinki, Finnish 1st tier, on loan from Celtic ( NI international, played at Stadio Olimpico vs Roma last night in UEL)

Sean Mackie (23) - Falkirk FC, Scottish 3rd tier

Ollie Crankshaw (24) - Stockport County, English 4th tier

Josh McPake (21) - Queen's Park FC, Scottish 2nd tier, on loan from Rangers

Malachi Fagan-Walcott (20) - Still in Tottenham Hotspurs' youth ranks

Nicholas Hamilton (26) - Harbour View, Jamaican 1st tier (Played big part in winning Jamaican title, made international debut recently for Jamaica)

Jonathan Afolabi (22) - Bohemian FC, Irish 1st tier (teammates with ex-Dees Declan McDaid & John O'Sullivan)

Paul McMullan (26) - Still here

Zak Rudden (22) - Still here

Zeno Ibsen Rossi (21) - Cambridge United, English 3rd tier

Vontae Daley-Campbell (21) - Cardiff City, English 2nd tier

Edited September 16, 2022 by RossBFaeDundee

[RawB93]

18 hours ago, This Charming Man said:

Back in the 80's we had Iain Ferguson (had left Dens two years previously in '84) and Derek Ferguson in 88' on loan from the club formerly known as Rangers.

Both these fellers would probably have been regulars in today's current Scotland pool call-ups, imho.

Latterly, Scott Allan was always a level above anything we had available when he was on loan and probably controversially Simon Murray, on loan when the Scott Allan loan was terminated would still offer more than our existing striker options.

Assume GB knows who Greg Stewart is come January, lol.

No apologies for the pic from the 80's.

Regards

    

That old Regal sign  

17 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

What a photie!!!

I grew up about 50 yards across the road. Used to go to the sweetie shop on the right of this photo for 1/4 bags of boilings. Anyone remember the original Luigi's Fish Bar just off to the left?

Ianetta's? Always knew it as Ken's, who would sell fags to literally anybody of any age. One of the last places I can think of with shelves of sweetie jars like that.