dezz Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 A shame to see such a good keeper more than likely sit on the bench every week. Then again, 10x your last weekly wage and get to say you play for your boyhood club. Fair fucks indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Chuffed for him. Wouldn't mind seeing Dubravka pick up a wee niggle to see how Gillespie does tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 He might be able to put in a good word for Campbell and we can finally punt him there on loan. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, dezz said: A shame to see such a good keeper more than likely sit on the bench every week. Tbf hes still young for a keeper, could still have a decade long career left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 7 hours ago, dezz said: A shame to see such a good keeper more than likely sit on the bench every week. Then again, 10x your last weekly wage and get to say you play for your boyhood club. Fair fucks indeed. Exactly. Also - doesn't do our recruitment pitch to sceptical English lower league players any harm at all - playing for Walsall one minute and then a bit of ML1 fairy dust later and you're off to The Prem.... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 ML1 fairy dust. I liked that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Mate of mine got in a bit of bother for that 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke92 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Apparently N Ireland will be making a decision today. Let's hope Barraclough done a cracker of an interview. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Swello said: Exactly. Also - doesn't do our recruitment pitch to sceptical English lower league players any harm at all - playing for Walsall one minute and then a bit of ML1 fairy dust later and you're off to The Prem.... Definitely. We may not have got a fee for Gillespie but if he ends up at Newcastle there's still a value when we're making that sales pitch. It would be one to file away in the 'Success' portfolio for the model. The fact Robinson was talking about it actually being easier for us to recruit these days because agents and players know what we're about backs up the strategy - that only really comes about from being able to conistently point to players making steps up from our 'platform'. Also, it may be because Gillespie was only 1st pick for about a season and a half which means there weren't many opportunities to move him on and also we've got Carson waiting in the wings but there definitely doesn't seem to be as much of a 'missed opportunity' feeling about losing Gillespie on a free as there was with Randolph. Edited June 26, 2020 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettigrew Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 42 minutes ago, capt_oats said: Also, it may be because Gillespie was only 1st pick for about a season and a half which means there weren't many opportunities to move him on and also we've got Carson waiting in the wings but there definitely doesn't seem to be as much of a 'missed opportunity' feeling about losing Gillespie on a free as there was with Randolph. Agree with that; felt at the time that it was almost negligence not getting a fee for Randolph but the market for keepers can be more than a bit odd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in Motherwell Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 To be honest, Gillespie was brought in as back up for Trev anyway - it was only due to Carson's injury/condition that he automatically became first choice. The fact we got nothing for Randolph is pretty much symptomatic of how we were run back then...these days we'd be putting out brand strategies all over the place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I think we all get that we can't make a profit/big fee on every player - some will run their contracts down as is their right. The difference between now and when Randolph was about is that we have made a lot of money on player sales/compensation over the past few years whereas it was hugely frustrating then that we dismantled the best team in years with very little to show for it (and Randolph was the biggest example). It's actually quite difficult to get your head around the extent to which our transfer stuff is better now than it was under Dempster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I've never really got my head round why that happened. Obviously the post Setanta/Armageddon years were bleak financially but was it just incompetence or did we genuinely not see the benefit in actually turning a profit on players? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooseLee Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I see your captain is in the press sooking up his boss's erse... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, HooseLee said: I see your captain is in the press sooking up his boss's erse... You would hope so, haven’t seen it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 58 minutes ago, HooseLee said: I see your captain is in the press sooking up his boss's erse... A footballer saying nice things about his manager? Something that has literally never been seen before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 As long as it’s not Craig Brown he’s talking about we’ll be ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Manhattan Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Helicopter Sunday program on BBC Scotland tonight at 7pm. It runs for two hours, so I may tune in for just the last 10 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 The problem with Skippy Sunday stuff is that the bits that I enjoy - all the Celtic supporters in the Cooper standing there as the few 'Well supporters were going tonto after the goals. seeing Celtic players that I detested in pieces, supporters in tears, Gerry Britton pretending to be happy, etc is followed by the bit I really don't like - Delirious peepil at Easter Rd. If there was a way to edit it in the crowd shots of the Rangers support after the playoff 2nd leg, it would be perfect.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53199718 Looks like Baraclough is the new NI manager. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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