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1 hour ago, Busta Nut said:

I like O'Connor.

I am surprised he's not been seen since the betfred. Don't think he did anything wrong.

He got 10 minutes at Livingston I think.  Is he only contracted for this season? This will be his opportunity to prove himself.

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2 minutes ago, ropy said:

As opposed to Bevis Mugabi 

He has been called Beavis on here before. But OK re-reading the quote I get it now.

Panic over - we are all on the same page.

Still a bit befuddled by this turn of events. Hopefully nothing in it. Arguably the most improved player from last season. 

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3 minutes ago, welldaft said:

He has been called Beavis on here before. But OK re-reading the quote I get it now.

Panic over - we are all on the same page.

Still a bit befuddled by this turn of events. Hopefully nothing in it. Arguably the most improved player from last season. 

It won’t happen but I would be looking for a large undisclosed fee if it did.

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On 09/12/2021 at 17:48, Ludo*1 said:

Lamie is one of those players that are utter shite, but just seems to fall upwards throughout their career. Gary Mackenzie was one for us back in the day and kept falling upwards until he made the Scotland squad. Bizarre.

 

On 09/12/2021 at 18:14, well fan for life said:

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I'll take your advice now. Brilliant CH. Always thought that.

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5 minutes ago, wearedarkblue87 said:

Right lads it looks like we have signed Ricki Lamie on a pre contract.. what's he like?

It would be nice if you could all pretend he is absolutely brilliant thanks in advance.

He's a quality left back. You should definitely play him there.

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13 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

We've signed Ricki Lamie on a PCA.

He's utter shite is he not? Ffs.

Depends which version you get.

His first 6 months he was murder but Alexander has turned him into a serviceable defender and I think most of us would have been happy to keep him around.

Tbh, it's not a massive shock. He's done well for us but it's pretty clear that ideally Ojala and Solholm are our first pick CBs if everyone is fit and Lamie seems to have wanted more game time and he'd always have been a back-up. I'd guess Dundee can offer him a starting spot.

The fact that his pal has fucked off to United made me think there was a fair chance he was off.

Farewell to the Bathgate Maldini.

Fwiw...this is peak Bad Ricki

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It's been some turnaround from Lamie, I’ve gone from desperately wanted rid this time last year to being slightly disappointed by this news.

He’s hardly put a foot wrong when called upon this season but it’s obvious he’s 4th choice centre back and by all accounts he wasn’t happy at only being offered a 1 year extension.  If Dundee are offering first team football and more security then you can’t blame him for taking it.

Good luck to him. 

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25 minutes ago, wearedarkblue87 said:

Right lads it looks like we have signed Ricki Lamie on a pre contract.. what's he like?

It would be nice if you could all pretend he is absolutely brilliant thanks in advance.

He’s not Scandinavian nor a Ugandan Prince, what chance did he have?

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5 minutes ago, capt_oats said:

Culturally Scandinavian.

To be fair. 
 

When you visit the Bathgate Hills, bear in mind that the landscape you see now was once very different. Around 330 million years ago, West Lothian was situated close to the Equator in shallow seas on the edge of an enormous continent known as Euramerica. This continent included what is now North America, Greenland, Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia.
 

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All in on this new scouting system.

When was the last time we, or anyone else for that matter, brought in such an eclectic mix from so many different places?

A Norwegian, a Finnish international who'd been playing in Denmark, a Frenchman previously plying his trade in Malaysia, and now an American brought in from Belgium's top flight. Certainly a change from the usual English lower league punt, and I'm all for it.

On Lamie, he is definitely the ultimate Jekyll and Hyde defender, all sugar or shite with no real in between. If he won his first few challenges in a game he could grow into it and turn in a performance, but if he misplaced a pass or mis-kicked a ball early doors it set the tone for a real watch through your fingers performance. 

A weird 50/50 of sorrow/relief that his days in the C&A are coming to an end. A player who, in reality, has probably managed to earn a living for the past few years in a league above his actual level. Fair play to him for that.

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This time last season I’d have driven Lamie to Dundee myself but the transformation in him under Alexander has to be seen the be believed so I’m slightly disappointed by this news. Not quite on “Tony Watt to Utd” level, but still.

Maybe Ojala and Sondre are our first choice picks, but 22 games into the season, how many games have they actually started together? Can’t have been many. 

Lamie might not have been a guaranteed starter but surely no one bar Kelly is and with the injury records of our perceived first picks, there would definitely be plenty opportunity to play if your own form and fitness held out. 

Fully expect him to go to Dundee this window now as I believe they’re a bit short at the back.

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