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I don't want to get too excited or get my hopes up about this because it might be nothing, but I noticed that Willy Vass had taken photos of Ally giving 3 of our players handshakes and the captions said there were hugs involved as well, so I'm wondering what's going on. I'll copy the posts over from today's Willie Vass training photos thread...

 

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Ally McCoist walks over and gives a big handshake to Francesco Stella (Willie Vass)

Copyright: 2012 Willie Vass

 

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Ally McCoist walks over and gives a big handshake to Argentinian triallist Fifi Celeste (Willie Vass)

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Former AEK defender Anestis Argyriou gets a hug and handshake from Ally McCoist (Willie Vass)

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And another trialist there ... Andreas Lambropoulos apparently. 24 year old Greek attacking midfielder.

 

Andreas Labropoulos (born 30 July 1988) is a football player who plays for Kerkyra F.C..[1] He previously played for Panachaiki on loan from Larissa. He usually plays as a forward or attacking midfielder. He was member of the Greek team that reached the final during the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He scored the winning goal of Greece on the 90th minute of the semifinal against Germany during the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. With his goal, a ten-man Greek side won 3-2 and advanced to the final against Spain. He was transferred to Larissa from A.P.S. Thyella Patras in the summer of 2007.

 

Looks old for 24 though ...

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I'm sure Matias Abelairas, Georgie Welcome, Clint Mathis and the dozens of other trialists that didn't get offered deals were treated well at Murray Park. Trialists probably have a 0.1% of getting a deal. Generally though, we have probably been right in not keeping these players.

 

It does seem a bit amateurish handing out all these trials but given the millions we've paid to get duds off our books, it's better to be safe than sorry.

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I'm sure Matias Abelairas, Georgie Welcome, Clint Mathis and the dozens of other trialists that didn't get offered deals were treated well at Murray Park. Trialists probably have a 0.1% of getting a deal. Generally though, we have probably been right in not keeping these players.

 

It does seem a bit amateurish handing out all these trials but given the millions we've paid to get duds off our books, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Things are a bit different now considering the free agent market is our main route of signings.
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