crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Still reckon at the top of their respective games, Carson is still your best keeper. Crying shame the luck he's had with injuries. Looked set to get a much bigger club than Motherwell at one point, now his arse will be sat on the bench for the foreseeable. I'm a big Carson fan, but even at his pre-injury best, I reckon I would still favour Kelly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: I'm a big Carson fan, but even at his pre-injury best, I reckon I would still favour Kelly. I'm not a big fan of Kelly although appreciate that every club he's been at in Scotland the fans end up loving him. Will no doubt have a blinder against us now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: I'm a big Carson fan, but even at his pre-injury best, I reckon I would still favour Kelly. It could be a bit of recency bias because its been about 3 seasons since Carson has had any consistent run of games but I think I would agree with this. Kelly was phenomenal in the second half of last season. No doubting Carson is a fine keeper when fit and healthy, it's just a shame thats not really happened for a variety of reasons in the last few seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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'WellDel Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said: Maybe had a lump of that govt covid loan money left after they done the Hunter up. Pay their £336k off in instalments over the next 20yrs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 37 minutes ago, dezz said: It could be a bit of recency bias because its been about 3 seasons since Carson has had any consistent run of games but I think I would agree with this. Kelly was phenomenal in the second half of last season. No doubting Carson is a fine keeper when fit and healthy, it's just a shame thats not really happened for a variety of reasons in the last few seasons. Aye, I think recency bias is definitely a thing here. To me there's not much between peak Carson (17/18) and Kelly, in fact Carson might just shade it. The caveat there of course is that Carson was 29 then. Kelly's still only 25 which is young for a goalkeeper. When you look at the uptick in form we saw when Kelly took over last season it's difficult not to lean towards him at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Pretty sure the club would have mentioned the joint record fee. It's likely we paid a modest fee, but cant imagine it being anywhere close to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I don't even think I'm being overly dramatic when I say if we hadn't signed Liam Kelly last season we'd have been relegated. Not even play offs. Just straight down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil86 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: I'm not a big fan of Kelly although appreciate that every club he's been at in Scotland the fans end up loving him. Will no doubt have a blinder against us now. Genuinely curious as to why you aren't a big fan? I thought he had maybe pitched up on loan at you guys and was shite but it doesn't look like it. fwiw, I can't stand Martin Boyle, just something about him, there is absolutely no reason for it at my end although he is starting to get a reputation for diving which is maybe fuelling it haha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casagolda Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Kelly is about a rounded a keeper as you could possibly hope to have at our level. His footwork, positioning and handling is all excellent. He’s loud, confident, decisive and comes off his line well to deal with things when needed. His distribution is spot on- he’s a better passer than any of our midfielders. He also seems to produce at least one massive save per game to bail us out the shit. I’m also a big Trevor Carson fan but Kelly is arguably already on a par with peak Carson despite currently being 5 years younger than Carson was in that 17/18 season. Getting him tied down on a 3 year deal is an outstanding bit of business by the club. Best of luck to Trev as well btw. Genuinely hope wherever he ends up he gets a run of games and a bit of luck, if anyone deserves a break it’s him. Edited July 6, 2021 by Casagolda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 25 minutes ago, rowsdower said: Pretty sure the club would have mentioned the joint record fee. It's likely we paid a modest fee, but cant imagine it being anywhere close to that. Neither the Motherwell or QPR announcements mention a fee at all joint record, modest or even "undisclosed". Normally if a fee has been involved there's some sort of reference to it. My guess would be that we've got him on a free with some sort of favourable clause towards QPR at the back end. Motherwell: Quote "The goalkeeper, who spent the second half of the 2020/21 campaign on loan at the club, joins on a permanent basis from Queen’s Park Rangers on a three-year deal." Link QPR: Quote 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Since Gannon was manager, Kelly is the second best keeper we've had between the sticks after Randolph imo. Just ahead of Gillespie, Ruddy and Carson. The fact in just under 12 years we've had 5 top quality (for our level) goalkeepers as well as some dodgy ones inbetween is amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 The Greenock local paper seems to think that Morton have been in discussions about bringing Scott Fox back in on loan, and that it was all hindering on Kelly's deal being made permanent. So maybe Carson isn't going anywhere? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Stevie Aitken's Love Child said: The Greenock local paper seems to think that Morton have been in discussions about bringing Scott Fox back in on loan, and that it was all hindering on Kelly's deal being made permanent. So maybe Carson isn't going anywhere? That would actually explain something that I had been wondering. Specifically, why the Arsenal and Macedonian goalkeeper Dejan Iliev had started following Kevin Van Veen (who's recently been announced as having signed but has been around the club for a while) and Darragh O'Connor (who's been around the club for a while on trial) on Instagram given there seems to be absolutely no connection between any of the players other than two have been around Fir Park recently. Fox to Morton on loan wouldn't surprise me at all if he's getting offered first team football vs sitting on our bench and Carson going back to Hartlepool for football and family reasons is a really obvious move. It'd put us in the market for a back-up GK assuming Morrison's also going out on loan. Edited July 6, 2021 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 @capt_oats keeping an eye on the entire first team's social media: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 With regards to any fee for Kelly, I reckon we'll have paid QPR £50k (so they basically get their money back) and included a decent sell on so there's still potential for them to turn a profit.Not a chance we've paid anything close to a 6 figure sum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Manhattan Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 39 minutes ago, well fan for life said: @capt_oats keeping an eye on the entire first team's social media: Elsewhere, @RandomGuy. scopes out the latest xG statistics from the Bolivian fourth division... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I still think we’re missing a couple of b*****ds. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Doctor Manhattan said: Elsewhere, @RandomGuy. scopes out the latest xG statistics from the Bolivian fourth division... I actually thought I had a scoop as the dad of James Maxwell (Rangers LB) started following me and a rake of Saints accounts last week. About 24hrs later we signed a different left back on loan. Life comes at you fast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest superward Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stevie Aitken's Love Child said: The Greenock local paper seems to think that Morton have been in discussions about bringing Scott Fox back in on loan, and that it was all hindering on Kelly's deal being made permanent. So maybe Carson isn't going anywhere? Doesn't make much sense to give Fox a year deal then loan him out though does it? Unless of course he got the deal on the proviso that if we got a couple of goalies in as planned (or one in and Carson stays) he would be loaned out with (you'd hope) Morton covering all the wages. So covering our backs a bit. Edited July 6, 2021 by superward 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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