Templar Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Irish club St Patrick's Athletic are interested in signing midfielder Danny Swanson and striker David McMillan, who are both out of favour with St Johnstone. (Scottish Sun On Sunday) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Bolognese Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Ideally we'd be signing a centre back who could actually run though. He's quicker than our first choice striker. If we're spending Berra wages, they should be going on an attacking option especially as it looks likely we're losing Kennedy. If we want an experienced but fundamentally knackered CB next year Anderson is a better option. We don't need someone as expensive as Berra for cover for half a season and there's no way we'd be starting him ahead of Kerr and Gordon. If we can get him comfortably within budget, then I'm for it, but I don't see him being good value. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Templar said: Irish club St Patrick's Athletic are interested in signing midfielder Danny Swanson and striker David McMillan, who are both out of favour with St Johnstone. (Scottish Sun On Sunday) Best post this week. 1 minute ago, Valentino Bolognese said: He's quicker than our first choice striker. If we're spending Berra wages, they should be going on an attacking option especially as it looks likely we're losing Kennedy. If we want an experienced but fundamentally knackered CB next year Anderson is a better option. We don't need someone as expensive as Berra for cover for half a season and there's no way we'd be starting him ahead of Kerr and Gordon. If we can get him comfortably within budget, then I'm for it, but I don't see him being good value. A CB is far more important than a striker/forward, and wingers are ten a penny on loan deals. I doubt Anderson will be playing football again, fwiw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Anderson is NOT a better option than Berra in any way, let's get that out there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Bolognese Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 55 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: A CB is far more important than a striker/forward, and wingers are ten a penny on loan deals. I doubt Anderson will be playing football again, fwiw. I don't think I expressed myself well. I was saying that Berra will be poor value due to his high wages. I agree we need a CB but we don't need to be spending at that level IMO. If we can afford what Berra's on, we need that up front. Agree with your point on wingers but it's a striker that we're needing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Valentino Bolognese said: I don't think I expressed myself well. I was saying that Berra will be poor value due to his high wages. I agree we need a CB but we don't need to be spending at that level IMO. If we can afford what Berra's on, we need that up front. Agree with your point on wingers but it's a striker that we're needing. Ah fair enough, agree that Berras wage, at a pure guess, would be quite high considering the role he'd be playing and he likely wouldnt accept just a 6 month contract, so it's not a deal that is appealing. If anything, I suspect if we give him an 18 month deal, this time next year we'll be moaning about how much of the budget we're spending on him. But its getting a bit desperate now. We need to sign a CB who can play at this level. Edited January 12, 2020 by RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Saints should sign Berra as a replacement target man for Chris Kane imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon_100 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 If you forget the fact it's Berra for a second. Consider this. The team massively adrift at the bottom of the league are desperately trying to offload an error prone centre half on considerable wages. Concerns are being raised about his age, pace and injuries. Remind me again why we are interested? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, Broon_100 said: Remind me again why we are interested? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) How many top flight quality experienced CBs are folk expecting to be willing to join Saints as a third choice defender in January? If the club cant find anything else after 3/4 months of checking, then Berra is at least better than nothing. Edited January 12, 2020 by RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bose Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 How many top flight quality experienced CBs are folk expecting to be willing to join Saints as a third choice defender in January? If the club cant find anything else after 3/4 months of checking, then Berra is at least better than nothing.Remind me why we keep having to move players out before we can sign others? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Bose said: Remind me why we keep having to move players out before we can sign others? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MENTALFATHER79 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Hearts ready to announce Kennedy on Monday if terms are agreed today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bose said: Remind me why we keep having to move players out before we can sign others? I fully agree we shouldn't be giving Berra a big wage, and a 6 month deal is far better than an 18 month deal regardless. But we cannot go the next 6 months with Duffy and Vihmann as the CB back up. We just cant. If Berra is the only option, then that's surely better than the alternative? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, MENTALFATHER79 said: Hearts ready to announce Kennedy on Monday if terms are agreed today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bose Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I fully agree we shouldn't be giving Berra a big wage, and a 6 month deal is far better than an 18 month deal regardless. But we cannot go the next 6 months with Duffy and Vihmann as the CB back up. We just cant. If Berra is the only option, then that's surely better than the alternative? If he is the only option we have failed yet again with our scouting/identification of players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Just now, Bose said: If he is the only option we have failed yet again with our scouting/identification of players. I dont disagree at all. Worth remembering it's just rumour just now though. Edited January 12, 2020 by RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Bolognese Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, ali_91 said: But Berra is not a top flight quality centre half these days, as seen by the fact he’s a stand out liability in an absolute dog meat side. Surely there has to be better available? Absolutely this. He's arguably a better option than Estonia or Duffy but that's a very low bar indeed. Despite his admirable career, on this season's evidence he's one of the worst defenders in the division. Maybe, just maybe, he could play in the middle of a back 3 but that's about it. We don't need to be spending at his wage level for cover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar Saint Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 If we are considering Berra as a cover CB then surely the cheaper option would be Jim Weir - (he is not in football just now) and would probably be as effective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 When is Tommy making his left-field loan signing from Partick Thistle this season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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