sick boy Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Brockers61 said: Stephen Kingsley will be one of the triallists for Falkirk today. this is correct, been training with us for a few weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Gomis and Miller are hopefully only playing together as Alston and Todd aren't fully fit. Where's all the knicker wetters at today? Friendly results mean nothing, all about fitness and getting a good look at players. Quite happy we've pumped that lot though. COYBBy highlighting our performance today, is that a roundabout way of you admitting that these games count just a bit after all?This highlights just how much we underperformed against the Shire.Clearly the wrong team got promoted. Never mind, looks like we could be passing each other at the end of the season.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 47 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said: Wonder if they'll still be putting the highlights up on their website tomorrow... Within 24 hours at RaithRovers.net has been clarified by RaithTV, not the previously mentioned after 24 hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioBairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, sick boy said: this is correct, been training with us for a few weeks I assume this is to help him maintain his fitness levels while he’s not got a club, not with a view to signing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Are folk purposely daft? If Kingsley has been involved as a trialist it will be for his fitness, not because Miller/McCracken want a look to see if he's up to scratch to play for us against Dumbarton or Forfar. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedelko Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Worst case scenario for Kingsley will be a League 2/conference club in England paying 3x what we can without even thinking about it, it's a nice thought but it's no more than that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee_bairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Are folk purposely daft? If Kingsley has been involved as a trialist it will be for his fitness, not because Miller/McCracken want a look to see if he's up to scratch to play for us against Dumbarton or Forfar. Maybe worth a 6month deal on today’s showing. COYB. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioBairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Back Post Misses said: Alston played 20 games in 2 seasons. All the info coming out of Hamilton was he was never fit Except it was actually 50+ games. Like you, I have concerns over his fitness but you can’t just make shit up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPar Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Are folk purposely daft? If Kingsley has been involved as a trialist it will be for his fitness, not because Miller/McCracken want a look to see if he's up to scratch to play for us against Dumbarton or Forfar. We should not be offering any game time to trialists we have no possibility of signing. We are not a charity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Just seen BB’s pics. Morrison looks a right nasty piece of work. Just what we need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, AGPar said: We should not be offering any game time to trialists we have no possibility of signing. We are not a charity. If there is a 0.01% chance that we could sign Kingsley then it's worth trying to stay in his good graces. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Suffering Bairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, AGPar said: We should not be offering any game time to trialists we have no possibility of signing. We are not a charity. We got a lot of money for Kingsley back in the day, I can't see any harm in giving him a game in a meaningless friendly to get his fitness up. Yes, we don't stand a chance signing him, but a little goodwill now might pay dividends a little later in his career when he's looking for a club. Karma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 We should not be offering any game time to trialists we have no possibility of signing. We are not a charity.It benefits your squad that he can play to give other players a rest regardless of if he's going to sign or not. Pre season is all about fitness at the end of the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPar Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: If there is a 0.01% chance that we could sign Kingsley then it's worth trying to stay in his good graces. You just claimed he played purely to improve his own fitness. Trialists should be aiming to secure a contract with the club they are playing for, not using them to improve their fitness with a view to making themselves more attractive and marketable to other clubs. If Kingsley will indeed have no trouble getting a club at a much higher level on multiple times the wage we could afford, go on trial there. I don't see a big queue to be honest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 16 minutes ago, grumswall said: 36 minutes ago, AGPar said: We should not be offering any game time to trialists we have no possibility of signing. We are not a charity. It benefits your squad that he can play to give other players a rest regardless of if he's going to sign or not. Pre season is all about fitness at the end of the day. Sneddon having Dixon and Kingsley around him in training won’t do him any harm, not often clubs at this level will have 2 Scotland cap left backs at training. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, AGPar said: You just claimed he played purely to improve his own fitness. Trialists should be aiming to secure a contract with the club they are playing for, not using them to improve their fitness with a view to making themselves more attractive and marketable to other clubs. If Kingsley will indeed have no trouble getting a club at a much higher level on multiple times the wage we could afford, go on trial there. I don't see a big queue to be honest. Since trialists have likely practiced a bit with the club, a trialist of a higher level might just impart some useful knowledge to your younger players and definitely helps your team practice against a good level of completion. Also, as noted, being in the good graces of a high level player can payoff, see Dobbie with QoS. I expect the higher level teams will be using their trialist playing spot for young player they want to look at, not a generally known quantity who they can pickup closer to the season kicking off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Morrison looks a right nasty piece of work. Just what we need. Morrison was excellent today. He was probably our best player against the Shire too before he got clattered and had to go off injured. Very early days, but he looks like he's going to be a big player for us this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, AGPar said: You just claimed he played purely to improve his own fitness. Trialists should be aiming to secure a contract with the club they are playing for, not using them to improve their fitness with a view to making themselves more attractive and marketable to other clubs. If Kingsley will indeed have no trouble getting a club at a much higher level on multiple times the wage we could afford, go on trial there. I don't see a big queue to be honest. He was a regular in the English championship up to last season so there should be loads of teams at a higher level interested. He's only 26 too so at a good age. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said: Morrison was excellent today. He was probably our best player against the Shire too before he got clattered and had to go off injured. Very early days, but he looks like he's going to be a big player for us this season. Did he and Dowds get to spent a good bit of time together today? I know that discussing the signing of Dowds the point was he wasn’t as much a big scorer himself as a good supporting/linking attacker with scoring potential. If he and Morrison are working out nicely playing off each other, they look like brilliant signings for you.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, TxRover said: Did he and Dowds get to spent a good bit of time together today? I know that discussing the signing of Dowds the point was he wasn’t as much a big scorer himself as a good supporting/linking attacker with scoring potential. If he and Morrison are working out nicely playing off each other, they look like brilliant signings for you.. Morrison set up three of our goals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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