Stu Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Would like to know how this super duper new transfer scouting system works. Does Gus watch folk on Wyscout/agent videos and then go and watch them in the flesh? Does Tony go with him as a second pair of eyes? If so, is the club suffering from the chief executive (or whatever his title is) regularly going off on scouting trips, meaning the main part of his job is being neglected? I don't really know why we ditched the scouting network that was set up under Ross. We had a head of recruitment and a network of scouts. By their accounts, Stubbs ignored them and went his own way. That falls into the "well, they would say that - wouldn't they?" category but Brian Rice went with that approach and he didn't get binned. I know things fall through and it's ever changing in the transfer window, but I don't think it's too much to have expected the man whose main, if not only, role is to identify signings to get us a forward. It shows how desperate we are that it seems our last resort was a St Johnstone reserve who has spent a lot of time injured and we lost out on him to Hamilton. Kearney has been saying for weeks, if not months, that we need a striker and yet he isn't going to get one. It's annoying as pretty much every other issue - leftback, wingers, goalkeeper - has been resolved. And now we're in the classic stage of hoping to get guys in who are free agents. A lot of folk seem to be clinging to the fact that Hammill and Ferdinand were free agents (the same way they clung to the fact that Jamie Vardy came from non-league so Heaton and Cooke must be just as good) but from memory we haven't had the best of luck signing guys outwith the window. I'm probably missing someone obvious but the only folk I can remember us signing after the January window shut are Donati, who barely played, and the Harte/Camara farce. Think guys like Genev and Hegarty were outwith the window but can't remember which one. Rant over! EDIT: And now that I've seen elvis thinks we're doomed I reckon we'll make the top six and win the Scottish Cup Edited January 31, 2019 by Stu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 We do need to wait and see what happens in the next 4 hours before i lose the plot. Not impressed so far, its looking pretty grim but remember Gus pulled Adam and Sutton out the blue on a deadline day at the last minute. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 55 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: If nothing else is concluded in the next 5 hours, I reckon we can safely say the game's a bogey. This window held a lot of hope and we do look a wee bit stronger but crucially, we've not added someone who can grab goals and we've not added someone in midfield who can help the defence. See you in the championship, lads and ladies. Going into the relegation battle with Jackson as the main striker with Mullen when fit, and Cooke as the other two options, doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. It could work if Cooke continues to show improvment and stays fit. But he’s really not got the necessary experience we need for the battle against relegation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, glenburn bud said: Going into the relegation battle with Jackson as the main striker with Mullen when fit, and Cooke as the other two options, doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. It could work if Cooke continues to show improvment and stays fit. But he’s really not got the necessary experience we need for the battle against relegation. We have Jamieson as well. But realistically this is not acceptable 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleysaints Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 We do need to wait and see what happens in the next 4 hours before i lose the plot. Not impressed so far, its looking pretty grim but remember Gus pulled Adam and Sutton out the blue on a deadline day at the last minute.Come on there won't be any rabbit out that hat this time. Go to sleep early this is our squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Come on there won't be any rabbit out that hat this time. Go to sleep early this is our squad. Still time.Anyway we can still sign players that are released from their contract. Not ideal i know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Dundee will comfortably stay up this season, ourselves and Hamilton will take the bottom spots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Stu said: Would like to know how this super duper new transfer scouting system works. Does Gus watch folk on Wyscout/agent videos and then go and watch them in the flesh? Does Tony go with him as a second pair of eyes? If so, is the club suffering from the chief executive (or whatever his title is) regularly going off on scouting trips, meaning the main part of his job is being neglected? I don't really know why we ditched the scouting network that was set up under Ross. We had a head of recruitment and a network of scouts. By their accounts, Stubbs ignored them and went his own way. That falls into the "well, they would say that - wouldn't they?" category but Brian Rice went with that approach and he didn't get binned. I know things fall through and it's ever changing in the transfer window, but I don't think it's too much to have expected the man whose main, if not only, role is to identify signings to get us a forward. It shows how desperate we are that it seems our last resort was a St Johnstone reserve who has spent a lot of time injured and we lost out on him to Hamilton. Kearney has been saying for weeks, if not months, that we need a striker and yet he isn't going to get one. It's annoying as pretty much every other issue - leftback, wingers, goalkeeper - has been resolved. And now we're in the classic stage of hoping to get guys in who are free agents. A lot of folk seem to be clinging to the fact that Hammill and Ferdinand were free agents (the same way they clung to the fact that Jamie Vardy came from non-league so Heaton and Cooke must be just as good) but from memory we haven't had the best of luck signing guys outwith the window. I'm probably missing someone obvious but the only folk I can remember us signing after the January window shut are Donati, who barely played, and the Harte/Camara farce. Think guys like Genev and Hegarty were outwith the window but can't remember which one. Rant over! EDIT: And now that I've seen elvis thinks we're doomed I reckon we'll make the top six and win the Scottish Cup There's a significant out-of-contract signing you've forgotten. Two words. Alan. Gow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 Kyle Gunn saying a potential signing incoming. Striker who has played in England and Abroad. Nothing finalised yet. Feed the Duck? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/exclusiv-dinamo-a-mai-cedat-un-jucator-laurentiu-corbu-a-fost-imprumutat-la-st-mirren-558881.html Put into Google Translate and you get: Dinamo escaped an undesirable. Right-back Laurentiu Corbu, 24, was loaned until the end of the season at St. Mirren, in the first league in Scotland, where two weeks ago, and the late Mihai Popescu. Although Laurenţiu Corbu is the defender of Dinamo who made the most mistakes this season in League One, Mircea Rednic announced that he did not rely on his services, so the defender did not travel to Antalya camp. In the last period, the right defender was trained separately in Săftica, under the command of the second Iulian Mihăescu, along with the other undesirable from the lot, Katsikas and Pesici. Laurenţiu Corbu is at Dinamo in 2015 when he was brought from Urban Titu. This season, Corbu scored 13 matches. St. Mirren is ranked last in Scotland's first league, with 12 points in 23 matches. Both Corbu and Popescu were brought to St. Mirren by FIFA agent Antonis Antoniou. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossC93 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Dundee have just been flapping throughout the whole window, panic buying just about anyone available. We’ve revamped Stubbs mess accordingly and a striker to complement Jackson is the missing piece of the puzzle. I think we’ll be absolutely fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossDee01 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Dundee have just been flapping throughout the whole window, panic buying just about anyone available. We’ve revamped Stubbs mess accordingly and a striker to complement Jackson is the missing piece of the puzzle. I think we’ll be absolutely fine.We have 1 less player now than we did at the start of the window, and we’ve strengthened all of the positions that needed it most. From the outside looking in it might look like flapping but I think we’ve had an extremely positive window. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) 2 players have signed im told, both done deals Edited January 31, 2019 by McG 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, McG said: 2 players have signed im told, both done deals The bust baw must have been patched and reinflated. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: The bust baw must have been patched and reinflated. It was touch and go 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kneal Down Caster Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 It was touch and goMy wives preggers. What I would do for a wee touch and go. Ooft. 🤦♂️ Oops wife is *** 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 Duckens Nazon and Laurentiu Corbu incoming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stu Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Stu said: Would like to know how this super duper new transfer scouting system works. Does Gus watch folk on Wyscout/agent videos and then go and watch them in the flesh? Does Tony go with him as a second pair of eyes? If so, is the club suffering from the chief executive (or whatever his title is) regularly going off on scouting trips, meaning the main part of his job is being neglected? I don't really know why we ditched the scouting network that was set up under Ross. We had a head of recruitment and a network of scouts. By their accounts, Stubbs ignored them and went his own way. That falls into the "well, they would say that - wouldn't they?" category but Brian Rice went with that approach and he didn't get binned. I know things fall through and it's ever changing in the transfer window, but I don't think it's too much to have expected the man whose main, if not only, role is to identify signings to get us a forward. It shows how desperate we are that it seems our last resort was a St Johnstone reserve who has spent a lot of time injured and we lost out on him to Hamilton. Kearney has been saying for weeks, if not months, that we need a striker and yet he isn't going to get one. It's annoying as pretty much every other issue - leftback, wingers, goalkeeper - has been resolved. And now we're in the classic stage of hoping to get guys in who are free agents. A lot of folk seem to be clinging to the fact that Hammill and Ferdinand were free agents (the same way they clung to the fact that Jamie Vardy came from non-league so Heaton and Cooke must be just as good) but from memory we haven't had the best of luck signing guys outwith the window. I'm probably missing someone obvious but the only folk I can remember us signing after the January window shut are Donati, who barely played, and the Harte/Camara farce. Think guys like Genev and Hegarty were outwith the window but can't remember which one. Rant over! EDIT: And now that I've seen elvis thinks we're doomed I reckon we'll make the top six and win the Scottish Cup FANNY. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Stu said: FANNY. If it's any consolation, I concur. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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