BroadwoodBoy Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Delighted at that news, Ferns offered nothing. Amazed that we actually signed him in the first place! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bully_wee Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 What's Marc McCusker up to these days? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Good to have Ferns off the wage bill. With Millar on loan and Hopkirk awol desperately need another forward or two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only one David Marsh Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hopkirk isn't getting a wage from what I understand, ferns will probably end up at Cowdenbeath as I believe they wanted him too We now need a striker desperately 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDYFRY Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 So was Ferns the rumoured “bust up” guy on Saturday, Or are we getting a bonus release too? As long as it’s not Stewart of course!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride Of The Clyde Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 20 minutes ago, the_bully_wee said: What's Marc McCusker up to these days? Probably 15 stone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride Of The Clyde Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Quite happy with Ferns being released, never showed anything in his albeit limited appearances that he could add anything to the team. We need players who will improve the team from last season, sadly Ferns didn't fit the bill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) I'm not sure Ferns was bad as some people made out. Not a starter but I still think he offered something different off the bench. That leaves us with only one striker and one winger, and given that Love has been playing through the middle we essentially have no other natural wide players now. Hopefully we have a couple of good signings still to come. Edited August 28, 2018 by Jaggy Snake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcuk Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I'm not sure Ferns was bad as some people made out. Not a starter but I still think he offered something different off the bench. That leaves us with only one striker and one winger, and given that Love has been playing through the middle we essentially have no other natural wide players now. Hopefully we have a couple of good signings still to come.It's very hard to judge him as I only saw him as a sub. The guy has two championship medals and a play off winners medal from this league which is quite impressive, only caveat to that is why he keeps returning to div 2 and hasn't progressed, well that's him away so time to get in a striker asap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, cfcuk said: 23 minutes ago, Jaggy Snake said: I'm not sure Ferns was bad as some people made out. Not a starter but I still think he offered something different off the bench. That leaves us with only one striker and one winger, and given that Love has been playing through the middle we essentially have no other natural wide players now. Hopefully we have a couple of good signings still to come. It's very hard to judge him as I only saw him as a sub. The guy has two championship medals and a play off winners medal from this league which is quite impressive, only caveat to that is why he keeps returning to div 2 and hasn't progressed, well that's him away so time to get in a striker asap It's staggeringly impressive given that he's only started 70 games in his career and he's 27! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde_r_us Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 48 minutes ago, David W said: It's staggeringly impressive given that he's only started 70 games in his career and he's 27! Good grief!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haufdaft Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I can't recall Ferns running with the ball for 10 yards without standing on it or losing control.I'm no expert but I sense that may be a problem for a winger.At least Phil Johnston managed to run with the ball far enough to run it out of play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLClyde Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Surely the most unbelievable thing about ferns is that he’s been part of a team that’s been promoted the last 2 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrigtonClyde Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 13 hours ago, Jaggy Snake said: I'm not sure Ferns was bad as some people made out. Not a starter but I still think he offered something different off the bench. That leaves us with only one striker and one winger, and given that Love has been playing through the middle we essentially have no other natural wide players now. Hopefully we have a couple of good signings still to come. But that's kind of the point JS, Love shouldn't be but is filling in there. His natural position is wider, and we've also guys like Lamont and McStay playing out there. Our system is one up, with a new striker possibly the option of two. Neither usually includes traditional 'wingers' especially with fullbacks pushing on. We've plenty options out wide, the priority is at least one recognised striker I'd also like a centre half with higher level experience to help organise and also bring on the younger lads, but with our budget that would probably be unrealistic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbuckle Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, BrigtonClyde said: But that's kind of the point JS, Love shouldn't be but is filling in there. His natural position is wider, and we've also guys like Lamont and McStay playing out there. Our system is one up, with a new striker possibly the option of two. Neither usually includes traditional 'wingers' especially with fullbacks pushing on. We've plenty options out wide, the priority is at least one recognised striker I'd also like a centre half with higher level experience to help organise and also bring on the younger lads, but with our budget that would probably be unrealistic Put your hand the your pocket then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, BrigtonClyde said: But that's kind of the point JS, Love shouldn't be but is filling in there. His natural position is wider, and we've also guys like Lamont and McStay playing out there. Our system is one up, with a new striker possibly the option of two. Neither usually includes traditional 'wingers' especially with fullbacks pushing on. We've plenty options out wide, the priority is at least one recognised striker I'd also like a centre half with higher level experience to help organise and also bring on the younger lads, but with our budget that would probably be unrealistic Obviously another striker is the priority but I would like some more wide options and Ferns leaving is a loss in that regard. Going an entire season with one winger in the squad is hardly ideal. There will be plenty of games when we need to stretch teams out wide but don't have the players to do it. There's a reason we don't do particularly well against sides like Edinburgh who are good at defending narrowly and preventing our players finding space in middle of the pitch. Even when Love plays on the left he spends half his time cutting inside. Lamont, McStay and Boyle can cover wide areas but will always look inside first, and they would have more space when playing through the middle if we had natural wingers to stretch the opposition at times. Stewart is our only leftback capable of getting forward and Cuddihy the only player on the right so any games they miss leave us extremely short-handed. ETA: Obviously I'm not really expecting the budget left for that either, just what I would have liked to see. Edited August 29, 2018 by Jaggy Snake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrigtonClyde Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Arbuckle said: Put your hand the your pocket then There's more chance of us signing Messi than you digging up yer wallet from under the trampoline in yer back garden.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyWeeLad Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hopefully go all out for a striker, we need quality if we want out this league no more gambles and no more Aaron Millars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 No get salmon in the Whoopsie aisle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotchpie Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 It's staggeringly impressive given that he's only started 70 games in his career and he's 27! That's probably just a few more starts than the much hyped Easton! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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