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buster.

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  1. Whatever 3rd parties may or may not have done wrt communications within this transfer deal, the obvious and not surprising point is that we don't have a cashflow position that will allow for much frontloaded spending this month. It will be difficult to complete deals for transfer targets that other clubs with money (eg. English Championship) want the same player. However, it's good to see Jamie Murphy at Ibrox and we really need him to hit the preverbial ground running. Given his lack of gametime this season, he should be fresh and eager to do so.
  2. I owned up to being extremely unfair but if you look at the pictures of him, you begin to understand why, well into his 23rd year, he has never completed 90 minutes of a first team football match.
  3. The little I saw of Thompson, I quite liked but there were other noises (eg. John Hughes/Raith manager) who called him out for his attitude. Generally, some young players who go through the Man Utd academy system appear to wear a chip on their shoulder (eg. M.Stewart) and don't seem to recall that despite being attached to ManUtd, they didn't actually make it. You can see the logic, young guy signs for big club and he thinks he's 'made', doesn't make it but likes and keeps the mental picture of being a big club player....He then continues to speak/act 'big' but can't back it up on park. Agree with Blueger, the likes of Barjonas surely have to be a better option, for several different reasons.
  4. Maybe he's been sent up to Scotland to bulk up on monster munch. If there is an North wind blowing up in Fraserburgh on gameday, he might end up in Aberdeen. They say first impressions are important and I look at the pics and read 'GO55YTOSSY' and think that this loan deal won't serve any good for any party involved. Very unfair and based on pretty much 'nothing concrete' but I'll be surprised if I'm wrong.
  5. Perhaps the plan is to have a good look to see if it likely he can get over his injury problems (not be Jordan Rossiter II) with a view to try and get a cheap deal in the summer. ie. then trying to add value and sell for profit.
  6. Hardie is 20 and has played a substantial amount of first team football in the Championship (mostly on loan) and has represented Scotland at various levels. He's scored goals most of the time. As things stand, if Morelos was to be unavailable for whatever reason, there would be a reasonable arguement to give Hardie a run in the team.
  7. Agreed ! Apparently he's had some fairly bad injury problems that has kept him on the sidelines. Either-way, it doesn't invite optimism that he'll thrive at Ibrox.
  8. He's 22 and played next to no first team football. You'd get long odds on him doing well at Ibrox.
  9. The 22 year old Goss doesn't seem to have played much first team football at all and never a full 90 minutes. All I can see is 232 minutes for QPR between Feburary and April last year. https://uk.soccerway.com/players/sean-richard-goss/317322/
  10. If last year, someone had posed the question.......Which Scottish top flight club will both Sean and Declan play for in 2018 ? Who would have been the 12th guess ? :devil:
  11. Scottish Hack still pished from Hogmanay ?
  12. For those involved, it's sad and pathetic to the point you almost feel sorry for them.
  13. Let's look on the brightside, they shouldn't have been difficult to deal with regards cutting the loan spell short.
  14. Agreed An effective defence isn't usually about one or two big money signings.
  15. We need both.
  16. Makes sense given the injuries and finances.
  17. Good appointmnent for me, relatively low cost with a potentially significant benefit. I think Jimmy Nicholl adds something that Murty doesn't have wrt man-management.
  18. Is it silly question time ?
  19. Don't know enough about the lad to properly answer that other than to say he is already 22 and the headlines have been ongoing for a while with a mooted fee that would suggest we are too late. Ideally, our scouting dept. should be well ahead of your average messageboard punter but given it's only recently got up and running, probably needs a little time to bed in. The other issue is not letting decent youngsters that you have on the books go. Whilst impossible not to get some wrong, we seem to have been making a habit out of it.
  20. Regardless of where players come from, our budget means we have to get much better value out of the money we spend to have any chance of getting anywhere close to an acceptable level. Over the years, too many players have joined us and went backwards for it to be a coincidence. We need to start consistently improving players and adding value and that should start with the development squad, including a pathway for those good enough. Going out and taking a punt on established names who are winding their career down should be stopped as it costs more than it delivers. We need the new scouting department to spot the decent players before they make headlines and their values increase.
  21. The age old conundrum that we are far too accustomed to applies........ Those who may be in demand are usually those who we'd prefer to stay and those we'd give up our time to drive to X club are those who will be on more money than anyone else in their right mind would be prepared to pay them. The latter group is a sizable one both in numbers and in pounds sterling. How we'll be able to finance pay-offs at a time when even without any leaving, we need bodies in that will improve us, I don't know. Most of the transfer spend of summer 2017 is still owed to the various clubs and I doubt we can keep adding to it without something relative going the other way.
  22. Two that got away and ain't coming back.
  23. Was said by some to have been 50/50 for yesterdays game, so probably a month or so.
  24. Positive thinking is fine but problems may arise in the communication of such within a Scottish football dressing room.
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