Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 LIONEL DJEBI-ZADI SIGNS FOR ROSS COUNTY! According to a poster who spoke to an ex-player... If true, that would be the best news ever! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 We have Alex Cooper on trial, any COunty fans have opinions on him one way or the other? Liverpool paid us lots of spondoolicks for him, hundred grand I think. He was exceptionally highly rated inside the club, but as was said before, chocolate joints. He's Neale's son, incidentally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintax Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 LIONEL DJEBI-ZADI SIGNS FOR ROSS COUNTY! According to a poster who spoke to an ex-player... Christ Almighty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Christ Almighty Thats what I thought, do we need a third choice Left Back? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFC95 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 After a decent performance last night by the two, Adams has decided to loan out Ross and mcphee to highland league or third division sides. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I thought County's Number 5 played a blinder against Clach last night, and got himself on the scoresheet with a nicely taken goal. His name escapes me now, but there was something familiar about him - felt I'd seen him before somewhere. County should do well this season with signings like him and that Russel Duncan guy looked very useful too. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) I thought County's Number 5 played a blinder against Clach last night, and got himself on the scoresheet with a nicely taken goal. His name escapes me now, but there was something familiar about him - felt I'd seen him before somewhere. County should do well this season with signings like him and that Russel Duncan guy looked very useful too. I agree that he looked like a very promising young player. Played a bit of a free role in the second half too, something of a playmaker it would seem. Thought Clach were very well organised last night and already look fitter and more competitive than last season. They had nothing at all up front to bother Ross County and consequently the ball was always coming back at them but that will change once they get Gordy Morrison back in the team. Unfortunate he wasn't playing last night as he would have at least given the County backline some defending to do. I thought McMenamin looked miles off the pace for County and that they could do with more in the wide areas (and more pace up front too) but still very early days in fairness. The centre of the County midfield looked pretty strong. Was number 4 Flynn? I know it's hard to really judge him when Clach didn't threaten but he was composed with the ball at his feet, strong in the air, kept talking and dealt easily with the little threat Clach posed. Hadn't seen him before and he looked like a guy with all the requirements to be a very good defender. Edited July 6, 2011 by Waspie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggie_93 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Sad thing is Flynn is likely to be dropped in favour of a Munro and Boyd centre-back pairing. Which is still very good, but pretty harsh on Flynn who was excellent last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Munro was my Motm last night. I thought he was different class, and proved yet again he can also provide a goal scoring threat. Given the problems ICT are experiencing in recruiting players just now, I just hope Terry Butcher's decision to free him doesn't come back and bite his arse. I've a funny feeling that it might. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Munro was my Motm last night. I thought he was different class, and proved yet again he can also provide a goal scoring threat. Given the problems ICT are experiencing in recruiting players just now, I just hope Terry Butcher's decision to free him doesn't come back and bite his arse. I've a funny feeling that it might. We'll let you have Gary Wood if that helps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 McMenamin looked alright, certainly a lot better than Sam Morrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 McMenamin looked alright, certainly a lot better than Sam Morrow. We've got to give the guy a chance. It wouldn't be the first case of a player being slaughtered by opponents only to come good for us. Boyd being the most obvious recent example. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies_Apprentice Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) We've got to give the guy a chance. It wouldn't be the first case of a player being slaughtered by opponents only to come good for us. Boyd being the most obvious recent example. Boyd wasn't terrible at all, nor was he great, but he was a far better player than Morrow. Edited July 6, 2011 by Lambies_Apprentice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Boyd wasn't terrible at all, nor was he great, but he was a far better player than Morrow. We got a fair bit of stick for that deal, as I recall. Either way, Boyd is a far better player now than the one we were told we were getting. Morrow may end up dire, but we've got to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure Partick fans are the same, sometimes we turn against a guy and he doesn't stand a chance. John Fraser being one example of that. David Winters another. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies_Apprentice Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Boyd was a very nervous player when he was here, I wasn't sorry to see him go, and hes matured since. To be fair I hated the Grehan signing for us and his kinda growing on, but as far as I've seen some people won't really give him a chance. Edited July 6, 2011 by Lambies_Apprentice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) There are some valid points on here. Flynn's an excellent player, probably better than Boyd. His long diagonal passes are improving all the time, but that's the icing on the cake. I can see Adams showing loyalty to Boyd, but both are very good defenders and it's good to have competition in defence. I wasn't sure if Munro would be that much better than we have, but he was class last night. McMenamin doesn't look sharp yet, but he still showed how good his technique can be compared to what we've had before. I'm definitely encouraged by last night's showing. Waspie mentioned the lack of pace up top and substance on the wings. That's a bit of a perennial problem. I don't know what is going to happen about that (probably nothing at this stage). Rocco Quinn's crossing from the right was promising, but he was playing on the right of a midfield diamond and doesn't have the other attributes to shine wide-right in a 4-2-3-1, for example. Corcoran did look nippy for the first time in a while . Scott Morrison returning to left-back will help matters; Fitzpatrick isn't an attacking full-back. I'm looking forward to the season, but there are going to be some squad balancing issues along the way. Edited July 6, 2011 by bunglebonce 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 We've got to give the guy a chance. It wouldn't be the first case of a player being slaughtered by opponents only to come good for us. Boyd being the most obvious recent example. Oh I'll give him a chance. He's already a vast improvement on Steven Milne because he can control a football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 This thread had fallen to the third page. To keep County fans amused, I have a link to a season preview done on my site here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdong1929 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) This thread had fallen to the third page. To keep County fans amused, I have a link to a season preview done on my site here. Hey BB, top blog as usual, but Sam Morrow came from Tranmere not Hibs. Apologies if its already changed, but even if i'm wrong at least its one more post to keep this thread on the front page Edited July 14, 2011 by dingdong1929 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 To keep County fans amused, I have a link to a season preview done on my site here. It's an interesting read. I am however shocked by references to Rocco Quinn as "right sided" and "an excellent crosser of the ball". Rocco's an excellent passer of the ball, I'm a big fan and I think we really missed him when he wasn't playing (after Stevie Tosh was injured anyway), but I can't recall seeing him even try to cross a ball in two years here! He played through the middle, never ever played a wide role. He sometimes played the deep midfielder role, pulling strings and picking passes. He sometimes was even pushed up as a link between midfield and a solo striker when we played with one up top. He could do both very well, but I never saw him as a wide player and don't particularly recall him playing wide for Accies or St Johnstone either. I'll be surprised if County use him that way. Is that where he's played pre-season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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