Jim McLean's Ghost Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I think people need to accept we are signing a back up left back. O'Donnell is going to be the starting left back like the season where Richard Tait played on the left. We have 2 Scotland international full backs and are going to put them on the park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Think I'm going to start claiming that Hammell was a better fullback for Scotland than Alexander. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 My memory of Josh Reid was that he wasn’t very good at County and years of not playing doesn’t fill me with confidence. Therefore, Hammell will turn him into a superstar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 55 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: I think people need to accept we are signing a back up left back. O'Donnell is going to be the starting left back like the season where Richard Tait played on the left. We have 2 Scotland international full backs and are going to put them on the park. This is pretty much it. Like, if we shifted to a McGinn on the right of a back 3 and O'Donnell at RWB then it opens a LWB spot but since Hammell seems to be going with this 4141 it's a moot point. If SOD is fine with playing left back then just go with it IMO since as a short term fix it gets 2 players you'd imagine we want on the park, on the park. Without knowing the back story of what the script is with him looking at the what Hammell seems to want from his full backs (albeit in a limited sample size) it feels like McGinley is toast either way. @bunglebonce what's the deal with Josh Reid? What type of full back is he. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu92 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I seem to remember Reid having a good game against us in the season opener a few years ago, the one where Donnelly fluffed his penalty. But that may have just been exaggerated in my head because we lost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorky Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, stu92 said: I seem to remember Reid having a good game against us in the season opener a few years ago, the one where Donnelly fluffed his penalty. But that may have just been exaggerated in my head because we lost. Was that not the game where we had all the possession. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Yorky said: Was that not the game where we had all the possession. Let the record also show that yer man was playing directly against Jake Hastie. Edited August 16, 2022 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I honestly thought Callum Lang was going to be class. The red card got me even more excited, if anything. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 37 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: I honestly thought Callum Lang was going to be class. The red card got me even more excited, if anything. Same. Still genuinely assume he'll be back at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: I honestly thought Callum Lang was going to be class. The red card got me even more excited, if anything. To be fair he has been pretty decent at Wigan. After he left us he almost averaged a league goal every two games for the reminder of the 20-21 season. For 21-22 season 1 goal in every 3 games. A much better conversion ratio than when he was with us for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 5 hours ago, RostokMcSpoons said: Damn That's the second time that instagram account has kippered me. I thought the one liner was only because he couldn't think of a competent manager that started with a "W" to go with Wish". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Another one here for the "Callum Lang will be class" club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Tam Cowan is advocating Louis returning on his Instagram ..... what's the basis or this or is it just wishful thinking? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallus Numpty Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, Kapowzer said: Tam Cowan is advocating Louis returning on his Instagram ..... what's the basis or this or is it just wishful thinking? Dunno, but his knees are toast so no idea why we’d want him back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Busta Nut said: Another one here for the "Callum Lang will be class" club. And me. Indeed, I've rarely been as excited then underwhelmed about a signing, ignoring returning heroes who didn't quite meet previous standards. He wasn't even that bad for us but I really thought he'd look very good indeed in a team coming off third etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 10 hours ago, capt_oats said: @bunglebonce what's the deal with Josh Reid? What type of full back is he. I don’t subscribe to the Athletic but I did see a graphic outlining various modern positions at the elite level, last week. Spoiler Of those, I’d say Reid falls under ‘safety’. He played at wing-back sometimes but is more of a natural full-back. He was encouraged to get forward plenty when he played in the first team but it didn’t seem like the strongest part of his game. He occasionally put in a belter of a cross but there were plenty duds. I think he did have a good left foot on him technique-wise but it was composure from lack of experience that was letting him down. He only played in County’s first team when matches were behind closed doors, so I never watched him at the ground. What struck me was his his plucky character, tenacity and lack of fear. He seemed like he was around 5’11” or 6’ tall and his pace was good enough but not blistering. He tucked in beside the centre-backs well enough. However he was drawn into two naive first-half yellow cards by St Mirren at home on his last start before he was sold to Coventry, which was down to exuberance and lack of experience. He played way more in the first half of 2020/21 than was expected. Stuart Kettlewell signed Carl Tremarco to mentor Reid and start most matches, but Tremarco’s legs were already done (which was obvious before Kettlewell signed him), plus Reid took his chance when it arrived. I expect his game will have developed since then, but as far as I can tell he’s not yet played any football in front of a big crowd. Winning in the League Cup at an empty Celtic Park is probably the closest to that. Reid looked very good in his debut vs Motherwell, but Hastie had no interest in staying wide so Reid had an easy afternoon to get up and down the flank unchallenged. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Tam Cowan is advocating Louis returning on his Instagram ..... what's the basis or this or is it just wishful thinking?Louis Moult has played 50 games since leaving us 4 and a half years ago. His knees are also held together with masking tape.He was a great player for us but I have no idea why the usual morons in our support ask for him to return every transfer window. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I can't bring myself to watch this but 10/10 trolling from the club. I'm convinced they do it on purpose to wind us up though quite why I've no idea. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Add me to the 'Calum Lang will be class' list as well. In fairness, it was a really weird season but while he was fine he also felt like another of the long line of forwards/strikers Robinson signed that he wasn't really sure what to do with. The fact that he seemed to be scoring every other week at Wigan when they recalled him kind of supported that (he scored 9 in 23 for them in the 2nd half of that season vs 5 in 21 for us). 1 hour ago, bunglebonce said: I don’t subscribe to the Athletic but I did see a graphic outlining various modern positions at the elite level, last week. Reveal hidden contents Of those, I’d say Reid falls under ‘safety’. He played at wing-back sometimes but is more of a natural full-back. He was encouraged to get forward plenty when he played in the first team but it didn’t seem like the strongest part of his game. He occasionally put in a belter of a cross but there were plenty duds. I think he did have a good left foot on him technique-wise but it was composure from lack of experience that was letting him down. He only played in County’s first team when matches were behind closed doors, so I never watched him at the ground. What struck me was his his plucky character, tenacity and lack of fear. He seemed like he was around 5’11” or 6’ tall and his pace was good enough but not blistering. He tucked in beside the centre-backs well enough. However he was drawn into two naive first-half yellow cards by St Mirren at home on his last start before he was sold to Coventry, which was down to exuberance and lack of experience. He played way more in the first half of 2020/21 than was expected. Stuart Kettlewell signed Carl Tremarco to mentor Reid and start most matches, but Tremarco’s legs were already done (which was obvious before Kettlewell signed him), plus Reid took his chance when it arrived. I expect his game will have developed since then, but as far as I can tell he’s not yet played any football in front of a big crowd. Winning in the League Cup at an empty Celtic Park is probably the closest to that. Reid looked very good in his debut vs Motherwell, but Hastie had no interest in staying wide so Reid had an easy afternoon to get up and down the flank unchallenged. Cheers for that. It's helpful as we're kind of in a slightly odd position since beyond the limited interviews and the 3 games we've seen I don't think any of us really have any sort of handle on Hammell and what he wants from a player or his team. Regardless of whether or not we sign Reid it's interesting to see if there's a thread in terms of the qualities we're looking at. I mentioned it yesterday but it feels like SOD, McGinn and, until his knee fell apart, Carroll are closer to the type of full backs he's after compared to someone like McGinley. 15 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said: Louis Moult has played 50 games since leaving us 4 and a half years ago. His knees are also held together with masking tape. He was a great player for us but I have no idea why the usual morons in our support ask for him to return every transfer window. Even setting aside his serious injuries - Moult was at his best playing as part of a pair, whether it was McDonald or Bowman. He was largely ineffective playing on his own as a focal point - whether it's needs must or because he has no other options that's pretty much how Hammell has set us up so far. IMO we're looking for someone who is able to replicate what KVV does or to take it to an ideal - we're looking for another Higdon rather than a Moult. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 35 minutes ago, Handsome_Devil said: I can't bring myself to watch this but 10/10 trolling from the club. I'm convinced they do it on purpose to wind us up though quite why I've no idea. Anything the club posts that shows GA talking should come with a trigger warning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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