C4mmy31 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, smpar said: Killie look to be establishing a very capable Championship squad, yet one that would need a fair bit of work if you’re to go back up straight away. To be fair, the ‘build a squad good enough for the league above’ approach didn’t exactly work for Falkirk, so who knows. We've only got 7 signed players so it's still to early to guage how it'll work out.... The lad MacDonald from Raith is supposidly on the radar along with Remi Matthews at Sunderland. Edited June 2, 2021 by C4mmy31 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, smpar said: Killie look to be establishing a very capable Championship squad, yet one that would need a fair bit of work if you’re to go back up straight away. To be fair, the ‘build a squad good enough for the league above’ approach didn’t exactly work for Falkirk, so who knows. We did the opposite this season and built a squad good enough for the league below. Edited June 2, 2021 by craigkillie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 We've only got 7 signed players so it's still to early to guage how it'll work out.... The lad MacDonald from Raith is supposidly on the radar along with Remi Matthews at Sunderland.That’s me gauging your entire pre-season/full squad based on your first two signings, so I could have entirely misjudged, that’s just how it’s looking so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadroj Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Blair Alston and Remi Matthews are the latest rumours. Can’t remember Matthews but he will defo be an upgrade on the keepers last season. Alston is a massive no from me. Absolutely hopeless from what I remember. I appreciate we are a championship side, and I think our recruitment has been very sensible but I feel like some of our fans are getting a bit carried away with it. We still need one or two “quality” players in amongst players like Armstrong, Murray etc if we want to challenge for the league. Edited June 3, 2021 by Nadroj 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Blair Alston has signed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: Blair Alston has signed. Weird one from a Saints perspective, as TW clearly had no idea where to use him at us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: Blair Alston has signed. Good for a couple of worldies over the season, but invisible in most matches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joozy Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Blair Alston is a completely baffling signing for you boys. He was one of the poorer players in the worst Falkirk team in living memory. He is totally done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Alston was a great player in his first spell at Falkirk when he broke into a decent side as a youngster. Last season though he was the biggest disappointment in a truly horrific team. Sadly he is done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: Weird one from a Saints perspective, as TW clearly had no idea where to use him at us. Tommy Wright’s quote today was that he never wanted Alston to leave St Johnstone. He’s clearly past his best but the Championship is a division where Kyle Turner is seen as a game-changing signing. There isn’t too high a hurdle to overcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Cardle is Magic said: Tommy Wright’s quote today was that he never wanted Alston to leave St Johnstone. He’s clearly past his best but the Championship is a division where Kyle Turner is seen as a game-changing signing. There isn’t too high a hurdle to overcome. Tommy Wright is renowned for talking absolute shite tbf. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: Tommy Wright’s quote today was that he never wanted Alston to leave St Johnstone. He’s clearly past his best but the Championship is a division where Kyle Turner is seen as a game-changing signing. There isn’t too high a hurdle to overcome. I suppose the difference is Turner was rated as a stand out in the team that finished 2nd and went to the play off finals in league 1, whereas Alston was released from the team that finished 5th in that same league accompanied by various fans calling him "done" and "finished" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) I love how everyone is assuming that because Alston played under Wright at St Johnstone and been brought in at Killie, he'll automatically be a starter. Tommy needs to put a full squad together including backups as he's only our 8th confirmed signing for next season. Edited June 3, 2021 by C4mmy31 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, renton said: I suppose the difference is Turner was rated as a stand out in the team that finished 2nd and went to the play off finals in league 1, whereas Alston was released from the team that finished 5th in that same league accompanied by various fans calling him "done" and "finished" Turner was sent out on loan and replaced in Pars midfield by Lewis Mayo. Let’s not get carried away here. I actually like Turner as a player and he probably will make a difference for Thistle. It just shows that the standard isn’t very high. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Daily Record reporting that we've signed Scott Robinson. He was poor for us in Gary Locke's team, but he's fairly turned himself around since then. If the Livi version of him turns up then that's a good signing IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 31 minutes ago, Andy_K_97 said: Daily Record reporting that we've signed Scott Robinson. He was poor for us in Gary Locke's team, but he's fairly turned himself around since then. If the Livi version of him turns up then that's a good signing IMO. When I saw him play for Livi I was sure it was a different player than the lightweight one that I had seen play for Hearts and Killie. A good signing I assumed he was going to another Premiership team tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 44 minutes ago, Andy_K_97 said: Daily Record reporting that we've signed Scott Robinson. He was poor for us in Gary Locke's team, but he's fairly turned himself around since then. If the Livi version of him turns up then that's a good signing IMO. 11 minutes ago, gannonball said: When I saw him play for Livi I was sure it was a different player than the lightweight one that I had seen play for Hearts and Killie. A good signing I assumed he was going to another Premiership team tbh. I think a thing people are forgetting with him though is that he was never good enough to be an actual starter for us. He spent 4 or 5 years being an option in rotation or off the bench. His main quality is just running about pressuring the defence but even at that we always had someone doing that already. He got a good run in the team this season in our winning run, but that was the first proper run in the team for a long time and was only due to Reilly picking up an injury and JET not being fit along with Poplatnik. He was great for us in big games against the Old Firm but that was when we'd sit deeper and play him as an attacking mid without a striker. His agent mucked him about with us, telling him folk were on triple his wages when it was nowhere near true. He stormed out the stadium after getting subbed off against Rangers and didn't play after that so obvious attitude issues as well. I don't think you'd find many Livi fans gutted about him being off but if he gets a run off games he should be an okay Championship level player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I thought you guys would have went for bigger name signings, especially since the directors said the playing budget wouldnt be cut. Armstrong and Murray are firmly championship players but Alston should be a cut above in this division 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Thereisalight.. said: I thought you guys would have went for bigger name signings, especially since the directors said the playing budget wouldnt be cut. Armstrong and Murray are firmly championship players but Alston should be a cut above in this division The same Alston who bombed at Hamilton and Falkirk? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said: The same Alston who bombed at Hamilton and Falkirk? Your man Tommy will surely get the best out of him though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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