parsboi Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 40 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: All you end up doing when you barely have enough outfield players is guys having to play 90 mins when they’re not ready for it yet. I’m trying not be flippant here but I don’t understand your point. They aren’t going to get ready for it unless they are playing friendlies. So you get a few matches sorted and get those who are there up to match fitness. The point about squad numbers is a different one I think, no one can deny we are so light in numbers it’s scary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Match fitness is not just being on the park though. It’s playing in a certain system with your teammates. The squad, I sincerely hope, will be vastly different by mid-August so I’m not sure the games will have been all that valuable. As has been mooted though, perhaps Grant sees the League Cup as the real pre-season so will be wanting bodies in by then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigi Alabocheré Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Aye Grant and Leishman were on a mad bender when he first took the job. They’re no long back fi Coady’s. Blew half the budget on Charlie and hookers anaw I’ve heard. Might bring some body’s in after the comedowns shifted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsboi Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Cardle is Magic said: Match fitness is not just being on the park though. It’s playing in a certain system with your teammates. The squad, I sincerely hope, will be vastly different by mid-August so I’m not sure the games will have been all that valuable. As has been mooted though, perhaps Grant sees the League Cup as the real pre-season so will be wanting bodies in by then. Yeh I’m not really bothered about the league cup if it means better league performances. Crawford always had that nailed then we’d go on a slide. Let’s see what happens….! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 But it doesn't need to be one or the other. Also you seem to be suggesting that a good league cup run means a poor league season, and by extension a poor league cup run leads to a good league season. One has nothing to do with the other, as past seasons have shown since the section format was brought in a few years ago. Both or neither could happen. Also it's not like there is an actual choice that the team gets to pick anyway. They could plan to 'write off' the league cup (i.e. use it as a pre-season to get players and a system sorted for the league) and could have an awful league season. They could also have a great season, but then you'd ask why they wrote off the league cup for that if they had the players. The season now starts with the league cup, so it is the responsibility of the manager and club to have most of the squad in place by then, unless they genuinely are writing off the league cup, but given they will charge fans to view our games (be it in person or online) they can't claim to be writing it off. All conjecture anyway, and I don't get the impression the manager or club is writing off the league cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axle Grease Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 14 hours ago, Out of office said: All conjecture anyway, and I don't get the impression the manager or club is writing off the league cup. In a nutshell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Andy Ryan signed for Hamilton. Are they massively underestimating this league?Still not really anyone signed for a rival that I feel like we’ve massively ‘missed out’ on. However, I would imagine there’s a real urgency for us to get players in this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggysBeard Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, CallumPar said: Andy Ryan signed for Hamilton. Are they massively underestimating this league? Still not really anyone signed for a rival that I feel like we’ve massively ‘missed out’ on. However, I would imagine there’s a real urgency for us to get players in this week. If he plays regularly and Hamilton create chances he's more than capable of scoring a substantial amount of goals. Stephen McGinn at Kilmarnock possibly feels like one missed. The type of player PG must be looking to add at the minute. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 No one has any money. If you remember that, all the summer recruitment makes sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyPar Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Probably lose out on him as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyPar Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 That’s the spirit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Would absolutely love for that to happen. So it probably won't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Can’t remember seeing him playing for Caley or Rovers so no idea if he’s decent or just another overhyped OF youth prospect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 He was unplayable any time I saw him at Caley, but I'm not sure he set the heather alight at the Wee Team. Plays anything like he did at Caley then he is genuinely frightening. Joe Cardle-esque. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toun Clock Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Aye for all his plaudits last season I don't recall seeing him play unless he played in the 5-1 game at Starks? I know he was definitely injured in the playoff games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyPar Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 He absolutely destroyed queens at Palmerston at one of the televised games whilst he was with Inverness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, VinnyPar said: He absolutely destroyed queens at Palmerston at one of the televised games whilst he was with Inverness. Sent Willie Gibson for a hot dog for the opener (even if he got a little lucky with the finish). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 He was electric on his debut for us at Tynecastle, and had some very good moments after that too, but by the final third of the season it was quite clear that teams had worked out how to handle him, as opposed to earlier when he was an unknown quantity and had things a bit more his own way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 played airdrie in a closed door game last night, won 1-0 apparently. Toddy getting the goal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.