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38 minutes ago, Brashy's Boots said:

What were you hoping for? A solution to war in the middle east?

dont be silly. most interviews see the player make statements such as i will score or i will stop them scoring but not this lad. he came across as a really decent chap whos willing to learn scottish football

anyway i suggest all we need now is a real No.9 who can score goals and we will have a top nothchg squad and team barring injuries

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2 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:

 

I actually watched his Mastermind performance at the time and it was incredible. 

You actually got the impression he'd never seen any of the films, it was like he meant to write "Batman" in his form and just messed it up. 

His general knowledge was okayish to be fair 

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1 hour ago, CrossgatesCynic said:

Dabo, on the face of it, seems a really promising signing. Short term, aye, but we’ll see how the pieces fall come January.

Re names being wrong, it rips my knitting when Josh Mullin becomes Josh Mullen. Presumably because folk just convince themselves that’s what it should be? Seemed to be worse last season when Ross Millen was still at the club.

Millen is on the TV right now. Playing for a rancid Morecambe side. 

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1 hour ago, Varna Rover said:

dont be silly. most interviews see the player make statements such as i will score or i will stop them scoring but not this lad. 

Any player with a smidgen of common sense won't come out with stuff like that. 

Just setting themselves up for ridicule if they don't deliver. 

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2 hours ago, Varna Rover said:

dont be silly. most interviews see the player make statements such as i will score or i will stop them scoring but not this lad. he came across as a really decent chap whos willing to learn scottish football

anyway i suggest all we need now is a real No.9 who can score goals and we will have a top nothchg squad and team barring injuries

Me not be silly?

You crossed from wide with hoping he gets his hair cut so he doesn't get it pulled, then rattled it home with he doesn't give much away. 

I think you've got silly pretty much taped. 

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I've just sat and watched that whole interview with Fankaty Dabo, and it's great. I can't exactly say what it is about it, but he seems so genuine and humble. Intelligent too. I found myself being totally gripped by it, when normally I skip through bits of an interview. Especially new signing ones which tend to be dull as hell (and trust me, I've done a lot of them at DFC!)

He looks like a guy who needs a manager/club to give him a hug and make him feel appreciated again. I absolutely loved hearing him talking about how his dad would be getting involved with your supporters club down south, and leaving London at 5am to drive up for games to watch him.

There's a bit too where the interviewer asks what fans can expect from him, and he just says 'a nice fella'. Class. 

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1 hour ago, Varna Rover said:

was rather hoping we would announce a new striker today but maybe tomorrow or before the 30th

I'm fairly sure our recruitment isn't over, everyone can see we need someone up top.

 

Tomi Adeloye is free albeit had surgery at the end of the season and may need time to get match fit. Good record at Partick and is fast and direct.

I'm still surprised Gabby McGill is free.

Kerr McInroy is also still free although not a striker is an attacking midfielder which could then mean Pollock playing on the right.

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18 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said:

I've just sat and watched that whole interview with Fankaty Dabo, and it's great. I can't exactly say what it is about it, but he seems so genuine and humble. Intelligent too. I found myself being totally gripped by it, when normally I skip through bits of an interview. Especially new signing ones which tend to be dull as hell (and trust me, I've done a lot of them at DFC!)

He looks like a guy who needs a manager/club to give him a hug and make him feel appreciated again. I absolutely loved hearing him talking about how his dad would be getting involved with your supporters club down south, and leaving London at 5am to drive up for games to watch him.

There's a bit too where the interviewer asks what fans can expect from him, and he just says 'a nice fella'. Class. 

He does seem very comfortable with who he is and was an easy interviewee to listen to. Like you say loads of them are the same old clichés and a lot of players are useless in front of a camera. 

Reminds me of the Frankie Musonda signing, coming up from England perhaps woth something to prove but a better CV. 

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7 minutes ago, raith1974 said:

I'm fairly sure our recruitment isn't over, everyone can see we need someone up top.

 

Tomi Adeloye is free albeit had surgery at the end of the season and may need time to get match fit. Good record at Partick and is fast and direct.

I'm still surprised Gabby McGill is free.

Kerr McInroy is also still free although not a striker is an attacking midfielder which could then mean Pollock playing on the right.

McInroy and McGill are odd ones. Are they pricing themselves out? Are they setting too high an expectation? Or are they not really that fussed and been happy to take some time out and enjoy a summer holiday? 

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I'm wondering if the dabo signing is one Collins has brought to the table. I'm sure we've previously heard that our scouting network wasn't quite as wide as that. Hopefully a striker can come from that if it is the case. 

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