supermarv Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 What I see is bringing may be right or totally wrong: 2 strikers - presumably McCormack n Dykes who can also play wide Another 1 or 2 wingers depending on where Robinson sees Dykes playing A Left Back Possibly a Centre Half for cover on loan as Hartley and Donnelly seen injury prone and same with Mbulu And a Centre Mid who can link up the play, possibly on loan as Tanner will be back March / April. And Sammon Oot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, supermarv said: What I see is bringing may be right or totally wrong: 2 strikers - presumably McCormack n Dykes who can also play wide Another 1 or 2 wingers depending on where Robinson sees Dykes playing A Left Back Possibly a Centre Half for cover on loan as Hartley and Donnelly seen injury prone and same with Mbulu And a Centre Mid who can link up the play, possibly on loan as Tanner will be back March / April. And Sammon Oot Even if Tanner gets back playing in March/April I'd expect this season is a total write off as that's him not played a game of football in over a year by that point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Are you guys actually signing Ross McCormack or is that just paper chat? Hopefully his attitude has improved a bit if so 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) 48 minutes ago, well fan for life said: Even if Tanner gets back playing in March/April I'd expect this season is a total write off as that's him not played a game of football in over a year by that point. Pretty much. I seem to recall the chat being Tanner wouldn't be likely to play again this season. I know there's been a fair amount of chat about Dykes on here, which is fair enough, but without having seen much of him he doesn't really fit in with the current "we need to add a more quality in the final third" pitch that Robinson's been making. I'm probably being greedy here but if we get Main and Sammon off the books then I'd kind of hope we'd be adding another quality forward along with McCormack (assuming his Australian club actually release him). On McCormack's current club, I was watching a couple of interviews with their manager about their situation (they've not won a game in something like 314 days, they had Usain Bolt on 'trial' as PR stunt pre-season, they just got pumped 4-1 on Monday (in a game in which their goals literally fell apart)). His reaction to the questions about McCormack are really, really awkward. Link 1. Link 2. 42 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said: Are you guys actually signing Ross McCormack or is that just paper chat? Hopefully his attitude has improved a bit if so Apparently so. He was at the Accies game sat with Burrows, Robinson and our Head of Recruitment (no idea who the guy on his left is). It's definitely more than paper talk. The sticking point seems to be that he's on loan at an Australian club who seem to be quite surprised that he was at The Hope CBD stadium in Hamilton of a Saturday afternoon when they thought he was in Birmingham getting treatment for an "injury" (he's been back in the UK since the start of December). In short it needs Villa to officially recall him from Central Coast Mariners then loan him to us. Edited January 3, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermarv Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Wouldn’t mind seeing us sign Calvin Miller for Left Back/ Left wing would provide good solidity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Is that the guy that’s been a bomb scare for Dundee this season? If so, no ta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I had heard his name mentioned and sounded out the Dundee thread. The response wasn't particularly good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermarv Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Whenever I’ve watched Dundee against us or on the tele always looked a good performer and one of their most dangerous players, and he has been playing for the worst team in the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Is that “penalty specialist” Calvin Miller? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) We've already got a player on loan from another Premiership club in Sammon so unless he moves on we're not loaning anyone else from a team in the same league. From reading Dundee fans comments he's basically a winger who Brodge is trying to make happen as a full back/wing back. So he's alright going forward but poor defensively. *Looks at Elliot Frear*. Aside from that we've already got two left sided players who are in the same age/experience bracket as Calvin Miller in Adam Livingstone and Jake Hastie. Calvin Miller? It's a hard pass from me lads. Edit: In other news that's Central Coast Mariners manager apparently "all but confirmed" McCormack isn't coming back to them in a post-match interview after their 5-2 pumping to Sydney FC. Edited January 4, 2019 by capt_oats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Calvin Miller? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 49 minutes ago, Desp said: Calvin Miller? If we were playing him solely on the left wing, with little defensive responsibility, then still no, we've got one of them thanks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) See there's a bit of chat on Twitter dot com about Bigi back to Coventry. He's already left them twice but I can't imagine we'd be that difficult to deal with. Also, that's all the local press in Birmingham running the McCormack to Motherwell loan as pretty much sorted off the back of the Villa manager's quotes. Quote Villa boss Dean Smith revealed that he hasn’t even met McCormack since taking over at Villa but added: “I believe there could be another loan in order. “I have not spoken to him. I have not met him yet. “Richard O’Kelly has three or four players on loan he keeps in touch with. JT has the others. “They keep me updated with what is happening with them. I’m led to believe there could be a deal close.” Link Edited January 4, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 That's a crazy situation where the manager hasn't even spoken to a player and is happy for others to deal with putting players out on loan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: That's a crazy situation where the manager hasn't even spoken to a player and is happy for others to deal with putting players out on loan. I would imagine given the mad bloated squads you get at the bigger clubs down south - it's probably not that unusual.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Swello said: I would imagine given the mad bloated squads you get at the bigger clubs down south - it's probably not that unusual.... Pretty much. Also, Villa sacked Bruce and appointed Smith while McCormack was in Australia. He's pretty much persona non grata at Villa Park anyway so it's 100% a case of 'out of sight, out of mind' with McCormack. Edit: Post-match interview with the Central Coast Mariners manager here. He's asked (again) about McCormack at 5min 17. And there it is... Edited January 5, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 All looking good on the McCormack front then. Good upgrade to start the window. Can I prematurely welcome him by pointing out that he’s a fat ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Desp Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 He looks almost as chuffed as the cat from Top Cat Window Blinds. The lad's got potential to be the new Nadir Ciftci. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Willing to admit that silly season isn’t as silly as I’d previously thought. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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