Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Eric Drysdale is never going to say to the media, "The gaffer is after a boy who played against us last season. He was a'right, eh, nothing spectacular but he should do a job." Adding the word 'exciting' in there gets everyone speculating a wee bit more feverishly about this prospect who may get the crowd going. Good PR. I reckon it'll be Wighton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoversMad Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Think we all need to reign it in. Our idea of exciting and Drysdale's may not be the same....."glass half empty" type post!It's Hemmings, or maybe Megginson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdawg Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I heard from the old 'reliable source' who the signing was yesterday. I wouldn't be getting too excited about him but he certainly offers something we didn't have and certainly fills a position that we need filling. As for the Annan player...It was David Hopkirk I think?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam_barnett Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 How come a post has been edited saying The Sun has revealed the player as Nicky Riley? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 . It would have been easier to delete your post than the ridiculous edit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It was my f**k up. On my phone and don't know what the f**k am doing. Still pished. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I heard from the old 'reliable source' who the signing was yesterday. I wouldn't be getting too excited about him but he certainly offers something we didn't have and certainly fills a position that we need filling. As for the Annan player...It was David Hopkirk I think?? That's it mate, I was impressed with him, all their creative play came through him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 According to a post on Annans p&p forum Hopkirk is under contract until May 2015 so that probably rules him out of the equation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 According to a post on Annans p&p forum Hopkirk is under contract until May 2015 so that probably rules him out of the equation. From the Annan official site under Players Sign On. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-zero Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It would have been easier to delete your post than the ridiculous edit. Didn't know how to! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Didn't know how to! The delete button is to the right of the edit button in your post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Someone's claiming on fantalk that The Sun, states that this "exciting" signing is Ryan Conroy..? I haven't read the sun today but I know not to believe anything the suns says.. I thought that the ffp said on Thursday that it was a different player but both were expected to sign this week? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Eric Drysdale is never going to say to the media, "The gaffer is after a boy who played against us last season. He was a'right, eh, nothing spectacular but he should do a job." Adding the word 'exciting' in there gets everyone speculating a wee bit more feverishly about this prospect who may get the crowd going. Good PR. I reckon it'll be Wighton. Its conroy.Also too early in the window for a loan to be agreed so unkikely wighton. Also theres a few teams after wighton so wouldn't count yer chickens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Eric Drysdale is never going to say to the media, "The gaffer is after a boy who played against us last season. He was a'right, eh, nothing spectacular but he should do a job." Adding the word 'exciting' in there gets everyone speculating a wee bit more feverishly about this prospect who may get the crowd going. Good PR. I reckon it'll be Wighton. Its conroy.Also too early in the window for a loan to be agreed so unkikely wighton. Also theres a few teams after wighton so wouldn't count yer chickens. The quote in todays paper is ' its (conroy) an exciting signing. He will bring something we didn't have last season' - eric drysdale 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Wighton is 16, maybe now 17. Yes, he played very well in the game we lost our unbeaten run, but I don't recall him doing much otherwise. He definitely has potential, but not really what I'd call 'exciting'. Indeed, I'd expect him to be pretty inconsistent if he did come here on loan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starks mad Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Its conroy. Also too early in the window for a loan to be agreed so unkikely wighton. Also theres a few teams after wighton so wouldn't count yer chickens. The quote in todays paper is ' its (conroy) an exciting signing. He will bring something we didn't have last season' - eric drysdale Looks like the sun have cut and paste a quote from Drysdale about the much awaited 'exciting new signing' and added it to the already known separate story about signing Conroy on loan - lazy journalism!! Edited June 15, 2014 by starks mad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Pretty sure a loan agreement could be made. The guy still has a year left on his contract. But you never know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Do players have a choice when being punted out on loan? The article on our site mentioned this newbie verbally agreeing to a deal and would sign when he returned from holiday so would be surprised if it was Conroy as, from what I'm lead to believe, he still has a year left on his contract at Dundee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starks mad Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Same as the year long loan deal that Booth was on last year! All it means is that Conroy will get paid his full wages as per is contract, part by Raith and topped up by Dundee. Raith get a player they otherwise maybe could not afford his current wage, Dundee free up the part wage that Raith will pay and Conroy keeps his high wage for another season and gets a move to a club where he will play everyweek - win win win 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) Do players have a choice when being punted out on loan? The article on our site mentioned this newbie verbally agreeing to a deal and would sign when he returned from holiday so would be surprised if it was Conroy as, from what I'm lead to believe, he still has a year left on his contract at Dundee. It won't be Conroy.The article last week that mentioned this exciting new signing, had at the bottom of the article " also, Murray expects to finalise the deal on Conroy as well" therefore they're not going to have both statements in the same article if it was the same player...the suns got it wrong and tried to be smart by joining 2 and 2 together, and ended up getting 5. Edited June 16, 2014 by Rovers1992/1993 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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