capt_oats Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Just now, JamesP_81 said: So , can play anywhere across the front 3 .... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Looking forward to his relatively simple name being butchered in the stands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Any potential issues with work permit? Not any area I know a lot about but I'm assuming because he's not got an international career and is fairly young this might be one where we need to appeal/get an exemption? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 A decent attacking midfielder would be lovely. I’d rather have two decent centre halfs and a centre forward though. Not another ‘anywhere across the front 3’ FFS. Humbug. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, rowsdower said: Looking forward to his relatively simple name being butchered in the stands. I have it on good authority* that it’s pronounced Rye-coo Dan-zah-key. *made up by me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, CoF said: I have it on good authority* that it’s pronounced Rye-coo Dan-zah-key. *made up by me I'll go with Humphries Edited January 11, 2023 by rowsdower 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 11 minutes ago, 18May1991 said: A decent attacking midfielder would be lovely. I’d rather have two decent centre halfs and a centre forward though. Not another ‘anywhere across the front 3’ FFS. Humbug. Aye...him (and GMS if the rumours are true) will almost certainly make us better without improving the areas getting us relegated. There's time in the window yet so I'm mildly concerned rather than panicking...for now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, eliphas said: Any potential issues with work permit? Not any area I know a lot about but I'm assuming because he's not got an international career and is fairly young this might be one where we need to appeal/get an exemption? Unlikely. Daws covered it ages ago in a blog post @Casagolda linked to on Transfer Room that's 404ing for me atm (https://blog.transferroom.com/brexit-opening-new-daws-in-recruitment-for-motherwell-fc) - broadly speaking our whole permit situation in Scotland is much more relaxed than the other more Gammon nations. Basically with the Exemptions Panel we dish them out like sweeties. There's a more recent article here: https://theathletic.com/3687335/2021/12/06/scottish-clubs-handed-transfer-boost-as-work-permit-exemption-made-permanent/ Edited January 11, 2023 by capt_oats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 KVV is frustrating but basically fine I think, an alternative #9 would be nice but a winger and probably a first choice central midfielder would be much higher priorities for me. I don't think we'll sign another centre back after Blaney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Just now, YassinMoutaouakil said: KVV is frustrating but basically fine I think, an alternative #9 would be nice but a winger and probably a first choice central midfielder would be much higher priorities for me. I don't think we'll sign another centre back after Blaney. The fact that Bevis seems to be broken atm means I'm kind of hopeful we might consider another centre back. I mean, if you look at what we've lost or are injured I'd say those are our priorities. Lost - Moult, Aarons Injured - Mugabi, Efford So...two wide players/wingers, a #9 and a CB. I don't see us not replacing Moult like. I suppose there's also the question of what's up with Josh Morris who seems to have been disappeared of late.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I couldn't be more supportive of signings like Danzaki. If we're going down, let's be fucking mental while we're doing it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallus Numpty Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, 'WellDel said: Curiosity got the better of me, so I had to look. The bold yin, at the age of 36, is still (somehow) eeking a living out of the game in the Belgian 2nd division. Remarkable. Probably because he scores goals everywhere else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, Handsome_Devil said: Aye...him (and GMS if the rumours are true) will almost certainly make us better without improving the areas getting us relegated. There's time in the window yet so I'm mildly concerned rather than panicking...for now. Maybe we are going for the McCall and McGhee 'we'll score more than you' tactic. Playing devil's advocate...had we stuck away one or two more of the chances we had to win 3 of the closer games we could be sitting like 5th with our goal difference (still 6th best in the league amazingly) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 minute ago, eliphas said: Maybe we are going for the McCall and McGhee 'we'll score more than you' tactic. Playing devil's advocate...had we stuck away one or two more of the chances we had to win 3 of the closer games we could be sitting like 5th with our goal difference (still 6th best in the league amazingly) Maybe. But I'd say scoring five and hitting the bar four times in the three non-OF games since the return shows the attack, fragile and frustrating though it is, is nowhere near the problem we most urgently need to sort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Handsome_Devil said: Maybe. But I'd say scoring five and hitting the bar four times in the three non-OF games since the return shows the attack, fragile and frustrating though it is, is nowhere near the problem we most urgently need to sort. I genuinely cannot watch Shields starting for another 5 months. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Handsome_Devil said: Maybe. But I'd say scoring five and hitting the bar four times in the three non-OF games since the return shows the attack, fragile and frustrating though it is, is nowhere near the problem we most urgently need to sort. It's not been - but had we scored more then ... Bring on the 4-3 wins I say Edit: We've got the joint 5th best goals conceded column and 6th best goals scored. How are where we are?! Edited January 11, 2023 by eliphas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) I mean, in terms of numbers the forward area is the one we need most in. As I say, we've lost Moult and Aarons. Efford's injured and Shields' confidence/form is rock bottom. Not including injured players: Carroll, McGinley, Mugabi, Efford this is what we currently have contracted for after the window *slams* shut. I forgot about Josh Morris. Sorry Josh. Edited January 11, 2023 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, JamesP_81 said: So , can play anywhere across the front 3 .... Was Warren Moon not QuarterBack for the Houston Oilers? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Kirk Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 12 hours ago, eliphas said: This feeling sorry for Shields/saying he is being utilised incorrectly can get in the bin. He played for QOS through the middle and on the right as part of a 3. He played for them as one man up too and he played for them in a two. We've tried him through the middle a number of times. The fact is that he's not good enough and more importantly for me he's not improving. He was signed off an 8 goal scoring patch over a couple months but outside of that he is not a goal scorer. Correct. If you check his goal stats he has been murder everywhere he’s been aside from said purple patch where he managed a goal or two against Hearts in the championship. He’s not good enough and going by his body language he knows it . He needs taken out the squad ( not just the starting 11) for the sake of his mental health. I watched him up close at Livingston and he was silent for the 70 mins he was on the pitch. I actually found it quite disturbing . To be fair to Alexander and Hammell both have tried to replace him with Woolery Roberts and latterly Efford and Aarons. Had the latter two not been injured I doubt he would have anything more than 10 minute cameos this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 At any other time I'd be really enthused about this signing. As it is, it's a position we don't really need and another "can play across the front 3" which suggests we're sticking with fucking 4-3-3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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