Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hes vastly over-rated by most Saints fans, and only got a contract extension due to some sublime U20 performances straight after O'Halloran left (we were gagging for a direct winger, and thats what Thomson was, so the hype train went mental). Might manage not too badly at this level but hes still physically weak, is pretty naive in terms of always trying the same thing and loses his position quite a lot. Will likely have games where hes unplayable due to his directness, but you'd have to persevere through the games where hes invisible to benefit. Willie Dyer absolutely dominated him on Tuesday and Thomson was hooked at half time. Sounds like nothing more than squad filler tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo 2013 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 He's a 20 (might be 21 now actually) year old winger who's had some first team experience with us, but mostly out on loan at Peterhead and I think Elgin before that. Very quick,and can be quite tricky and he's willing to do the dirty work but needs to work on his final ball and his awareness/movement when coming forward. Link up play isn't the best either. He started for us against Brechin mid week. I wasn't there, but I don't think it was one of his better games. A lot of our fans really like him - some going as far as to say he could be Michael O'Halloran's replacement long term - but I can't see it personally. I see this has been rubbished already, but we'll see what happens. My dad is, shall we say, well connected. Some of what he says is gold, some of what he says is shite.It's shite on this occasion [emoji1] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sounds like nothing more than squad filler tbh. I'd be shocked if he was ever consistent enough to be anymore than that tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sounds like nothing more than squad filler tbh. You say that on the basis of one fan's opinion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 You say that on the basis of one fan's opinion Well obviously. I have nothing else to judge him on.Please note the use of the words 'sounds like'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Anybody know what our lowest ever attendance for a competitive game at the CID is? I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow pulled in less than 300 to be honest and I wondered if that might be some sort of record at the Rock. Edited July 29, 2016 by Sonsteam of 08 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Anybody know what our lowest ever attendance for a competitive game at the CID is? I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow pulled in less than 300 to be honest and I wondered if that might be some sort of record at the Rock. 5-0 win v Alloa last season got 274. Tomorrow won't be anywhere near that because it's our first weekend home game and some people will see that as the first chance to see us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, cameron2000 said: 5-0 win v Alloa last season got 274. Tomorrow won't be anywhere near that because it's our first weekend home game and some people will see that as the first chance to see us. I reckon a lot of people will look at the entry price, the opposition, the fact the pipe band championship is on and the fact it's no more than a friendly for us and just save themselves the £12. I hope I'm wrong - and it probably won't be as low as the 274 - but I really can't see many more than we got in for the Dundee friendly way back in June being bothered about this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I reckon a lot of people will look at the entry price, the opposition, the fact the pipe band championship is on and the fact it's no more than a friendly for us and just save themselves the £12. I hope I'm wrong - and it probably won't be as low as the 274 - but I really can't see many more than we got in for the Dundee friendly way back in June being bothered about this one You might be right but I can see it being 350 at least because some people, particularly older supporters might not have been at the East Fife game and will see this as a chance to see us in 'competitive' action before the season starts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sons'r'us Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 My dad and I are going and we haven't seen us yet. Must admit though I've not went in to a season with so much pessimism for a long while. Hope I'm wrong and Ginge unearths a few loan gems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 1 hour ago, cameron2000 said: 5-0 win v Alloa last season got 274. Tomorrow won't be anywhere near that because it's our first weekend home game and some people will see that as the first chance to see us. Sons Fan and I were two of the "crowd" that night. We hadn't even planked our erses on the seat when young Donald stepped up after 19 seconds to save us the hassle of sitting down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 59 minutes ago, cameron2000 said: You might be right but I can see it being 350 at least because some people, particularly older supporters might not have been at the East Fife game and will see this as a chance to see us in 'competitive' action before the season starts. Nope, I won't be there. The manager seems to be treating this competition as a training exercise, so will I. Looking forward to the season, though, despite the doommongers and naysayers on here. i'm with SonofaBankie. We've beaten the odds for four years. What's another year.........?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 13 hours ago, Dynamo 2013 said: 14 hours ago, Kyle said: He's a 20 (might be 21 now actually) year old winger who's had some first team experience with us, but mostly out on loan at Peterhead and I think Elgin before that. Very quick,and can be quite tricky and he's willing to do the dirty work but needs to work on his final ball and his awareness/movement when coming forward. Link up play isn't the best either. He started for us against Brechin mid week. I wasn't there, but I don't think it was one of his better games. A lot of our fans really like him - some going as far as to say he could be Michael O'Halloran's replacement long term - but I can't see it personally. I see this has been rubbished already, but we'll see what happens. My dad is, shall we say, well connected. Some of what he says is gold, some of what he says is shite. It's shite on this occasion So, Dynamo ITK, who have we enquired about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Ahem, Jamie Ewings is a far, far better 'keeper than Greg Fleming. Buchanan would get in ahead of Murphy or Meggatt imo - although Meggatt is more of a left-back, no? Todd can play on the wing, but by all accounts if a better No.10/striker. If you're needing wingers then Andy Stirling would get in too. Boyle was decent for us in Div 3 years ago, but I'm not convinced he's better than Docherty. Out of fairness I'll put him in however. Stevo/Cairney - meh, depends who is less unfit. Stevo has looked very fit recently which is promising, but I've no idea how Cairney looks so I'll pap them both in and you can pick one. Jamie Ewings Nicky Devlin Gregor Buchanan Daryl Meggatt Paddy Boyle Josh Todd Ross Docherty Paul Cairney/Ryan Stevenson Andy Stirling Craig Moore Robert Thomson That team would probably be good enough to scrape 8th. Todd/Moore/Thomson/Stirling is a very decent frontline. Neither Cairney nor Stevo would get near a best 11 from the two clubs combined Flemming Devlin Buchanan Meggatt Boyle Stirling Crawford Adams Docherty Gilmour Moore 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmacDFC Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Neither Cairney nor Stevo would get near a best 11 from the two clubs combined Flemming Devlin Buchanan Meggatt BoyleStirling Crawford Adams Docherty GilmourMoore 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Lindsay scores 2 minutes into his Morton debut. Looks a decent player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Scosha said: Lindsay scores 2 minutes into his Morton debut. Looks a decent player. He is, indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Quitely Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Well that sounded pretty dire via the Twitter feed - was it any better in the flesh ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Well that sounded pretty dire via the Twitter feed - was it any better in the flesh ? I was actually very impressed apart from a massive 20 minute bad spell in the second half 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Aitken said before the match that there will definitely be 5 signings before the Dunfermline game and 2 or 3 in time for Clydebank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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