Highlandmagar Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Ballantyne would be a good replacement for McMillan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 27 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Hearts is the rumour I’d heard, and if it’s true then fair play to the boy. Indeed. Would be the third ex-Jag to rock up there this summer if so. I still can’t quite believe that Penrice or Spittal have ended up there after how feeble and timid they were for us, but fair play to all involved. Whatever McMillan does I wish him all the best. Been a good player for us over the piece. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 What's McMillan's strengths and weaknesses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Just now, Ludo*1 said: What's McMillan's strengths and weaknesses? Mostly strenghts. Great wing back when fit. If you have a Lawless type player amd stays fit, je will be agreat player for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagsCG Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) McMillan wasn’t anywhere near his form from the previous season this year, but I still think he’ll be a miss - perhaps less noticeable though with Lawless out until 2025 Edited June 9 by JagsCG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 6 minutes ago, Highlandmagar said: Mostly strenghts. Great wing back when fit. If you have a Lawless type player amd stays fit, je will be agreat player for you. We've been looking for an attacking wing back I suppose. He'll need to have a great engine on him. We've got Jordan McGhee playing there who's been a good counter balance to our more attacking LWB's but he's very limited offensively. McGhee has a cracking engine on him and is the ultimate professional though so it'll be no easy task for him to be first choice even if he's a better player. I've always liked McMillan whenever I've noticed him on the TV or against us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 3 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: We've been looking for an attacking wing back I suppose. He'll need to have a great engine on him. We've got Jordan McGhee playing there who's been a good counter balance to our more attacking LWB's but he's very limited offensively. McGhee has a cracking engine on him and is the ultimate professional though so it'll be no easy task for him to be first choice even if he's a better player. I've always liked McMillan whenever I've noticed him on the TV or against us. He has a great engine on him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 26 minutes ago, Nightmare said: I still can’t quite believe that Penrice or Spittal have ended up there after how feeble and timid they were for us, but fair play to all involved. Indeed, although still not as inexplicable as when they signed Ryan Edwards from us after we went down. 22 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: What's McMillan's strengths and weaknesses? Great engine, good defensively and loves an under lap. I’d say he has a tendency to just fire a cross in without looking up at times, but he’s a very good player. Definitely a superior right back to Jordan McGhee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 4 hours ago, Ludo*1 said: What's McMillan's strengths and weaknesses? Strengths - fantastic engine and workrate allows him to constantly bomb up and down the wing. Capable of popping up in the box at times to create and overload. Weaknesses - wears they tiny shin guards with the socks rolled down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Ballantyne isn’t as good as McMillan but would he a solid replacement. Would be fine with either him or Cammy Kerr coming in if/when McMillan goes -those 2 are the obvious candidates. If it’s not either of them it will he some random from downsouth or a youngster on-loan from the top flight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMadMental Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 While McMillan had a few good games this season, he largely struggled to get fit after coming back from his injury. He was thrust into the team too early after I think Milne was injured and he had to play 75-80mins on his first game back. Beyond that his body language gave off a vibe of “chucked it” and largely could be seen whinging and complaining at team mates. He often gave McBeth a hard time when he first came into defence. Normally for stuff that was actually his fault. based on his form this season I am not sure we will miss him as much as we think. Also based off that form I am massively surprised he is linked with any premier team. His best game of the season for me was Raith away playoff semi. This might prove unpopular and on the whole he has been great for us but this season there were large parts of the season where simply he wasn’t up to it. Struggled to create any chemistry with anyone other than Lawless. Decided he wasn’t a fast runner any more and at times barely even put a foot in and allowed himself to be beaten time and time again on that right side. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba douche Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 12 minutes ago, BigMadMental said: While McMillan had a few good games this season, he largely struggled to get fit after coming back from his injury. He was thrust into the team too early after I think Milne was injured and he had to play 75-80mins on his first game back. Beyond that his body language gave off a vibe of “chucked it” and largely could be seen whinging and complaining at team mates. He often gave McBeth a hard time when he first came into defence. Normally for stuff that was actually his fault. based on his form this season I am not sure we will miss him as much as we think. Also based off that form I am massively surprised he is linked with any premier team. His best game of the season for me was Raith away playoff semi. This might prove unpopular and on the whole he has been great for us but this season there were large parts of the season where simply he wasn’t up to it. Struggled to create any chemistry with anyone other than Lawless. Decided he wasn’t a fast runner any more and at times barely even put a foot in and allowed himself to be beaten time and time again on that right side. Agee to some degree. He did seem to give off a pissed-off vibe for quite a long time, and often didn't seem up to speed (as you said, probably rushed back too soon). However, even at 6/10, he was better than most in the division, and I don't see us getting someone that can be as good as him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMadMental Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) 3 minutes ago, baba douche said: Agee to some degree. He did seem to give off a pissed-off vibe for quite a long time, and often didn't seem up to speed (as you said, probably rushed back too soon). However, even at 6/10, he was better than most in the division, and I don't see us getting someone that can be as good as him. On the whole you’re right but it’s most definitely time to move on from him. Looking forward to seeing what we cook up. The fact that most teams had worked out the Lawless/McMillan partnership and how to stop it, hindered us a lot last season. The season before - they went largely unnoticed because teams were too busy trying to stop tiffoney and/or fitzy on the other side and we switched it. would be funny if he re signs now after saying all this Edited June 10 by BigMadMental 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia Gentile Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) Osman Kakay got released by QPR. Just saying and I'd doubt we could offer anything adequate to bring him North of the border again, even if we were in the top flight. ETA: I did see some Turkish League 1 specialist on X said he had knocked back Peterborough to sign for Aberdeen. So obscure it could be true Spoiler Ah, the joys of pre-season. Edited June 10 by Claudia Gentile 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 1 hour ago, Reid said: Ballantyne isn’t as good as McMillan but would he a solid replacement. Would be fine with either him or Cammy Kerr coming in if/when McMillan goes -those 2 are the obvious candidates. If it’s not either of them it will he some random from downsouth or a youngster on-loan from the top flight. Ballantyne is very good defensively and a real tough guy who throws himself at everything. McMillan probably better going forward but I wouldn't consider Ballantyne a downgrade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pens_Dark Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Sorry if it's been covered lads...Mcmillan - did he run his contract down as he didn't want to re-sign or were Thistle happy to let him go? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doolan9 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 2 minutes ago, Pens_Dark said: Sorry if it's been covered lads...Mcmillan - did he run his contract down as he didn't want to re-sign or were Thistle happy to let him go? Ran his contract down, we have offered him a contract the full season which he has obviously at no point chosen to take. I think he deserves another crack at the prem and I wish him all the best he was a great player for us. Not as good this year as the previous and made some silly mistakes later on but I’m not sure I agree with the sentiment he had down tools for us. Always knocked his pan in trying to support attacks. Wish him all the best either way, a player I was very fond of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMadMental Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 23 minutes ago, Pens_Dark said: Sorry if it's been covered lads...Mcmillan - did he run his contract down as he didn't want to re-sign or were Thistle happy to let him go? Nobody truly knows what’s going on tbh. he was rumoured to have rejected thistles offer, way back in January. But that’s not to say there hasn’t been a second offer made or whatever. So he may still have an improved offer on the table from thistle. Nobody truly knows if he’s knocked it back or not, and presumably has other offers too and is considering all options. As I said yesterday - Hearts apparently have 4 PCA’s lined up but can’t announce until next week so that may explain the silence around his status. Thistle did say that we were still in talks at end of season and didn’t say he was leaving - so certainly a few weeks ago it was still up in the air. Whereas with other players (Sneddon) it was made clear that he was leaving at the end of his contract and the club gave him a send off - which presumably they would have also done for McMillan if they had been made aware he was definitely moving on. It does seem relatively abnormal for a player to not have either confirmed to be leaving but also not having popped up anywhere else yet. Just simply no word on him at all from anywhere. Again, the hearts stuff could explain it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 I wonder what Kanayo Megwa is up to next season, thought he looked class in the games against Airdrie last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia Gentile Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) 26 minutes ago, thistledo said: I wonder what Kanayo Megwa is up to next season, thought he looked class in the games against Airdrie last season. He'll probably go out on loan again as Hibs currently have two players ahead of him in the pecking order - Chris Cadden and Lewis Miller. Edited June 10 by Claudia Gentile 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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