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Longstaff came to QP before Beuker joined the club so I doubt the scouting and due diligence on potential new players was as thorough as it is nowadays. It seemed recruitment that league 1 campaign was pick a player and hope for the best
I’ve listened to how Beuker scouts guys to join QP and he leaves no stone unturned. He mentioned on Saturday at lesser about not necessarily signing the top individual players but the ones that fit best for the style of play and the team as a whole. I’m confident we won’t be longstaffed again
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Lineup looking like this currently
Ferrie
? Bannon Fox Robson
Turner
Thomson Spong
Thomas Paton Hepburn
Right back a glaring position needing filled, hopefully beuker has something lined up his sleeve. Can’t say I know anything about the new guys other than Paton as he’s recognised in the league below
Very young team I must say, hope we know what we’re doing with new guys coming from down south
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3 year deal suggests there’s high hopes for Turner, excited to see what he brings
Heard rumours of a couple of guys coming in from Southampton(one obviously being turner)
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19 minutes ago, EaglesandSpiders said:
So you don't think it was MB who hired OC last season? As the director of football I would like to think it was him. So why hire someone who doesn't share his vision as you say, in the first place?
I’ve no doubts Beuker hired Coyle but I look at it as a stop gap until the right personnel became available, ie Veldman. Coyle was never going to be long term I felt. At the time of Coyle’s appointment, Beuker had been in the dugout for 3 months. It was an embarrassing situation which needed sorting before the season drew to a close
You look at Coyle and the way ex players from his managerial career talk about his training. Small sided games and little to no shape. Just felt like even from when Coyle was first appointed, it didn’t seem like the type of guy Beuker would massively get on with. Ultimately Coyle standing down has most likely solidified that theory
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1 hour ago, EaglesandSpiders said:
I'd like to pick your brains for something that's been on my mind since the last season.
I thought the main driving force behind the decision to become a professional club and start offering our players professional contracts and wages was to stop bigger clubs from poaching the young talent we develop through the ranks for nothing. The secondary aim being using the money we receive from player sales in restructuring the club and building strong ties with the community. If I'm not mistaken in all of the above, the fact that we haven't sold a single young player in the last three years is a little worrying. Mind you, I'm quite happy to see the team competing in the Championship and keep signing quality players but how does that fit into "the plan"? For example, the signing of Hepburn as a loanee from Bayern is definitely good for the first team's prospects this season but he's not a player we can "sell on". If I don't see the club making money off at least two player sales at the end of 23/24 season, then I'm seriously doubting "the plan".
The idea of selling young talents on a regular or even semi regular basis probably won’t come to fruition for a few more years. Beuker signed a very long term deal with the club (10 years I think?) which suggests to me that under the guidance of all the other Dutch coaches within the academy and first team, it might take 4-5 years before we see any sign that his methods of player development is working.
I feel like this is the first season where beuker has really got a grip of the club on his vision and can now finally implement his philosophy. We’ve struggled in the full time era to find a manager that shares the vision or has the patience to follow beuker’s ideas but thankfully now it seems like veldman is the guy to do so and I’m incredibly excited
I was disappointed when Coyle left but reading between the lines, his constant message in post match interviews of “it’s not about the here and now, it’s building for the future” was nonsense and completely contrasting to how he really wanted things to work in terms of recruitment etc
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26 minutes ago, williebraveheart said:
Anyone know where Eze has gone? No longer appears in squad photos. Neither does Liam Brown but I think we know his whereabouts. Would be nice to have been informed.
Heard he’ll be released from his contract
Probably best for all parties. Liability all season. A shame as he seemed a really nice guy and gave us a couple cracking moments against thistle and Inverness with his headers
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Blaine Rowe opinions? Think from what’s been gathered, he’s currently on trial with us ? Any good for yourselves ?
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That’s longridge officially announced for another season. There’s no doubt he’s a decent character to have around the club but purely from a football perspective I’m shocked he’s still here. Take away one impressive sub appearance against Inverness, his legs look gone at this level.
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1 hour ago, Ben Reilly said:
Longridge is included, so I'm guessing that means he's signed up for the coming season.
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Announce Barry Hepburn next please! On paper at least, a frontline of Hepburn, Paton and Thomas sounds incredibly exciting
Still need a fair few signings but Spong and Paton is a very positive start
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Ruari Paton signed- 3 year deal
Buzzing with that tbh
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13 minutes ago, QoS99 said:
I have my doubts about him. His goal tally with us could have at least had another 7/8 on with the amount of sitters he missed. But you can obviously look at that two ways, either the positive spin that he’s always in position for those chances or he’s just not clinical enough.
Sounds like an absolute replica description of Simon Murray as a footballer. Here’s hoping if he joins he has a similar impact!
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14 minutes ago, Zanetti said:
Scott Burns is usually quite reliable so fingers crossed.
He hates Airdrie also, so he’s an instant hero in my eyes
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4 minutes ago, Zanetti said:
Now this is more like it - 26 goals last season!
Would take in a heartbeat. Seen links to a couple teams down south so never really thought we’d have a chance
Only 22 which is brilliant
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Will we ever announce a signing again
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Euan Henderson is an awful footballer. one of the worst loans I’ve seen in years, including the amateur era
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44 minutes ago, Spider1975 said:
If as the internet suggests, Veldman prefers a 3-4-3 then an experienced CB would be a must to partner Fox (if he re-signs). I can see us signing 2, maybe 3 strikers on loan in the hope that one hits the mark, (proven strikers being the golden goose that most teams are searching for) and it's not looking too much like we're splashing the cash on any known quantities any time soon.
I don’t mind the idea of a 3-4-3. Someone like Fox would thrive in that and it would allow him to bring back those big driving runs he was incredibly good at. I don’t know if it was a particular instruction from Coyle last season but it was like Fox wasn’t allowed past the halfway line, particularly at the end of the season. As dreadful as Fox was at the end of the season, I’d still absolutely have him here next season. Until March, I had him down as one if not the top defender in the league. Confidence just seemed shot to bits with Coyle being totally unable to coach a defence
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1 hour ago, Zanetti said:
Given the route we went down with Veldman as the choice of manager, I'm also fully expecting the vast majority of our signings to be in the 19-22 age range.
You have to hope that Beuker recognises we were very easily bullied at points last season, and you can't go into games against the likes of Dundee United with a squad primarily made up of wee boys.
If that were supplemented with even 2 or 3 players who have experience of playing at this level then I'd be ok with it, ideally a centre back and a striker in particular.
I'm just not convinced we can rely on guys like Ferrie, Thomas, or Robson to be leaders throughout an entire season in a difficult league; it's a lot to ask of them.
The striker is critical. Look at everyone at the top half last season;
Dundee: Robinson
Thistle: Graham
Ayr: Akinyemi
Morton: Oakley (at least against us)
Inverness: Mckay
QP: Murray til January
The likes of Arbroath, Hamilton, Cove and Raith had no capable striker in their ranks and unsurprisingly they finished bottom half. Even after Murray left, we ended up playing like a team who were bottom of the league. It’s the one area we really need or at least attempting to go full “Gretna style”
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1 hour ago, Arachnophile said:
doesn't appear to have played much football.
Think that may be a common theme with the recruitment this summer. Wouldn’t surprise to see us sign a host of players from academies from down south.
in theory, that should be really exciting but having the unfortunate situation of watching Luis Longstaff for an entire season has completely killed my enthusiasm for that approach. Hoping beuker has done his due diligence and scouting on these guys. Last thing we need is a bunch wee boys not up to scratch in the championship0 -
Tbf I think It’s mainly the Airdrie fans on Twitter who seem to think their squad is the 2nd coming of prime Barcelona. Seen some wild takes regarding how they’ll do in the championship this upcoming season
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2 hours ago, EaglesandSpiders said:
Does anybody know what we are paying Veldman?
Doubt anyone will know but it’s inevitable when we win a couple of games on the trot this season, some posters from other clubs will come out with an outrageous figure which will be taken as gospel
Some wild numbers thrown about regarding Coyle’s wages once we started rising up the table last season.
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Exciting times with Veldman I feel! Just hope in terms of recruitment, we’re still incredibly competitive despite what looks will be a younger group this upcoming season
At the end of the day, we’re a championship club operating at a decent level and not strictly a youth team . Hope the balance in age and readiness works out well. I feel confident with this appointment
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Think Inverness fans will enjoy watching Davidson. Like what’s been mentioned earlier, he can play right back and central midfield. He’s a good size, he’s deceptively quick, loads of energy and can contribute with a couple goals and assists along the way. He’s got a bit of fearlessness about him when running with the ball(like the goal he scored against you 1st day of the season).
If you ask the fans, I’d imagine most including myself would have a place for Davidson this season but for one reason or another, the management team were never totally convinced. We tried to replace him with 5/6 different right backs and fortunately for Davidson, most were absolutely god awful which meant he got a fair share of minutes. Marcel Oakley joined late January and from then on, Davidson was never really seen in the starting eleven again bar 2 or 3 games in midfield which he again looked decent in
Ultimately he’s a young guy which means he does have some flaws defensively that will need ironed out if he’s to make a lasting impact at Inverness. Despite scoring a terrific opening day goal against Inverness, he was equally at fault for Inverness’s equaliser with a woeful attempted clearance. His defensive weaknesses never seemed to convince Coyle looking from the outside.
All the best to him, he’s 100% a decent championship player with loads of room to grow. I was ultimately disappointed but not surprised to see him released. Hope he doesn’t come back to haunt us throughout next season
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20 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said:
Kilday confirmed. Good signing IMO. I would’ve thought he could have got another Championship team.
Yeah I thought Kilday would’ve got a gig elsewhere in the championship after his performances this season. I think if you ask any QP fan, Kilday was easily our most consistent performer at centre back. Took his game to new levels after a couple of injury plagued seasons when he first joined us in league 2. Very intelligent player who seemed to have gained a yard of pace as result of getting fitter.
Unfortunately towards the last 2 months of the season, the injuries seemed to be returning and ultimately the new model QP seem to be going with, it has massive emphasis on young players so Kilday was always going to be at risk of being released.
Wish him all the best, cant talk down any player who took us from league 2 all the way to 45 mins from the premiership. Providing he stays fit, he’ll stroll league 1
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Would still like to see a right back, another back up option up top and maybe cover out wide if Thomas or Hepburn were out for whatever reason. Wouldn’t want to rely on Healy for that just yet despite how much I rate him