crazylegsjoe_mfc Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 13 minutes ago, capt_oats said: Definitely. The other thing is that it seems to be the default mindset of the 'modern fitba' fan' to just fire up Wiki and make a judgement based on games/goals without framing it or giving any context. 18 of those 25 appearances have been at Championship level - if he's scoring regularly in that league then either a) Blackburn aren't going to be loaning him out or b) we can't afford to buy him. Which brings us back to the point that any striker that we sign in a January window is unlikely to be in a rich vein of form however there may be something underlying which might make them a fit for us. Which, tbf, is a point Kettlewell was making in a press conference the other week. I think the profile of the strikers we signed this summer is an indication of what we can expect. A striker who is playing for a similar club at the same level of us, who's not firing and in need of a fresh start (Bair) An academy striker from down south, who has limited first-team experience, with a previous loan that didn't quite go to plan (Biereth) An English lower league journeyman with a reasonably good goalscoring record, who's not kicked on since returning from injury (Wilkinson) A striker who has played at this level but is out of the picture at a club down south (Shaw) A veteran, perma-crock who scored a few goals for St. Mirren once upon a time (Obika) I jest with the last one obviously, but when it comes down to it, those are the types of profile I think we can expect. Unfortunately we are unlikely to be on the other end of the Biereth situation. I can't foresee a club pulling a player back from a successful loan and sending them to Motherwell. If there's a player who's scoring regularly in say League Two in England, I think the parent club would leave them be, rather than thinking they'd be better off moving up here. Edited January 31 by crazylegsjoe_mfc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Later in the thread it mentions the Vitesse thing seems to be off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 10 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: Later in the thread it mentions the Vitesse thing seems to be off. The Record posted this earlier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Fucking do it you cowards @MotherwellFC! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I'm pre-emptively feeling sorry for us all - and for whatever clean-shaven out of favour English lower division striker arrives tomorrow night at 10pm. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Can honestly see this going only one way now. Welcome Kevin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The club don't have a choice now, what the thread wants, the thread gets. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 If Kev's gone nowhere come 6pm the mora I want the kitchen sink thrown at him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) We probably don't even have all the transfer fee from Groningen yet. Let's call quits lads and send him back, cheers Edited January 31 by eliphas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I am sure I heard they still owe £300k or had only paid that much so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I like the idea of a fit Eamon Brophy but if we're stuck between begging Derek Adams for him or chucking Kev a line then make the fucking call 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 51 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said: I think the profile of the strikers we signed this summer is an indication of what we can expect. A striker who is playing for a similar club at the same level of us, who's not firing and in need of a fresh start (Bair) An academy striker from down south, who has limited first-team experience, with a previous loan that didn't quite go to plan (Biereth) An English lower league journeyman with a reasonably good goalscoring record, who's not kicked on since returning from injury (Wilkinson) A striker who has played at this level but is out of the picture at a club down south (Shaw) A veteran, perma-crock who scored a few goals for St. Mirren once upon a time (Obika) I jest with the last one obviously, but when it comes down to it, those are the types of profile I think we can expect. Unfortunately we are unlikely to be on the other end of the Biereth situation. I can't foresee a club pulling a player back from a successful loan and sending them to Motherwell. If there's a player who's scoring regularly in say League Two in England, I think the parent club would leave them be, rather than thinking they'd be better off moving up here. Agree with that but I'd say there's a variation of the Biereth situation in so much as there may be a PL club with an Academy player who's playing at a high level for their 23s who hasn't yet had a loan out. For example (not a striker fwiw): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 That article mentions "the two Scottish giants " so that either rules us out or the guy likes a bit of hyperbole! It doesn't excite me but I can see the sense in Brophy as back-up or an option off the bench as we can't continue with only one fit first team forward. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I dunno Brophy would seem like an expensive back up option. I’m leaning towards no thanks on that one unless nothing else is happening towards the end of deadline day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadStar Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I'm ready to be hurt by Kev. Guaranteed to hit a blank on his return to us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Kirk Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 minutes ago, DeadStar said: I'm ready to be hurt by Kev. Guaranteed to hit a blank on his return to us. If we get him back I’m almost certain he will score in his first game 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allroy for Prez Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 It will either be wonderful or a disaster, nothing in between! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Bet he's been coming all along but is holding off to deadline day for the drama. No chance is he just rocking up on the 10th of January or something. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Other than Dundee, I'm not really aware of anyone doing much business of note. I can see a few clubs not really doing much tomorrow and a few picking up a few late desperation signings. I'm a bit worried that if we were signing anyone half-decent we would have announced them by now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) If we do "Adding international experience" as we announce Brophy I am going to fucking lose my mind. Also we aren't signing Kev, you need to realise this. Edited January 31 by thisGRAEME Being a fucking dingbat 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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