Shaggy Jenkins Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Old Pack said: f**k knows what they would be like if they followed us in the late 70,s early 80,s I did and this is still one of the worst signings I have seen, relative to current position it's right up there 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, Old Pack said: f**k knows what they would be like if they followed us in the late 70,s early 80,s There have been far poorer players signed for St Johnstone in that time. But I'd struggle to name a more perverse contract offer: Crawford was here effectively on trial and showed little aptitude, little endeavour and zero ability to fit into the system that the manager is persevering with. Yet we sign him on a two-and-a-half-year deal? Don't think fans are angry about it – but entitled to be really worried about the judgement that's being displayed. Edited January 4, 2022 by Mr Heliums 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 The meek ‘oh well it was worse in the 70s/80s’ is absolute peak Saints Da patter. Horrendous stuff. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 We've signed loads of average players over the years, of course we have. Some turn out better than expected., others worse. Rarely have we signed a player though that leads you to fundamentally question the competence of the manager and the direction the club is going in as this one does. The initial signing was understandable at the time, Crawford has a pedigree in the league, we needed players etc, it was arguably worth having a look at him on a short term deal. It's been clear for some time that it's not worked, the manager not seeing that, or refusing to see it, is massively concerning. We've no time to muck about here, we are going down with a whimper as it stands. Being somewhat upset about that after the position we ended last season is perfectly reasonable, regardless of whether we we shite in the 80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Looks like Liam Shaw is away to be announced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, mizfit said: Looks like Liam Shaw is away to be announced. I think it might be Devine's replacement, but we'll see. Edit: and there it is. Tony Gallacher has signed until 2024. Edited January 4, 2022 by Kyle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kyle Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Zander Clark - 2022 Elliot Parish - 2022 Ross Sinclair - 2024 Jack Wills - 2024 - on loan at Brechin City Craig Hepburn - 2023 Defenders Shaun Rooney - 2022 James Brown - 2023 Max Kucheriavyi - 2024 - on loan at Brechin City Hayden Muller - 2022 - on loan from Millwall Daniel Cleary - 2024 Efe Ambrose - 2022 Liam Gordon - 2025 Jamie McCart - 2022 Sam Denham - 2022 Liam Parker - 2022 Callum Booth - 2024 Tony Gallacher - 2024 Midfielders/wingers David Wotherspoon - 2023 Murray Davidson - 2022 Craig Bryson - 2022 Charlie Gilmour -2023 Cammy McPherson - 2022 - on loan from St Mirren Ali Crawford - 2024 Liam Craig - 2022 Jacob Butterfield - 2022 Cammy Ballantyne - 2024 - on loan at Montrose Alex Ferguson - 2023 - on loan at Edinburgh City Bailey Pert - 2023 Spencer Moreland - 2022 Jordan Northcott - 2022 Michael O’Halloran- 2023 Glenn Middleton - 2022 - on loan from Rangers Viv Solomon-Otabor - January 2022 Attackers Stevie May - 2023 Chris Kane - 2023 Callum Hendry - 2022 - on loan at Kilmarnock Taylor Steven - 2022 Eetu Vertainen - 2023 Defence is really taking shape now. Two excellent, long term signings in there. New window, new Saints (not the Welsh diddies) hopefully. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon_100 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) Obviously a little bit of an unknown but Tony Gallagher is the type of singing that at least shows a little bit of forward planning. Good prospect at Falkirk, a good age, Scottish, will be well coached at Liverpool and had a fairly successful spell in the MLS with favourable reports. He was also very close to signing for Sunderland in the summer. Gallagher and Cleary certainly more positive signings than the shit-show recruitment in the midfield area. Edited January 4, 2022 by Broon_100 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 A positive signing, look forward to seeing what he can do. Hopefully will offer more attacking threat from wide areas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 From what I remember he was a decent young player, who we were all astounded got a move to Liverpool. Was never ever going to break through there, but I suppose these clubs buy such s volume of youngsters they only need a small % to succeed. He was definitely more of an attacking full back though. He regularly got roasted as L of a 4. Houston had faith in him as his team began a steep decline, but it was a tough watch sometimes as teams looked to target him. Wish him well and will look out with interest to see how he does. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Right, striker & midfielder by 12 tomorrow please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: From what I remember he was a decent young player, who we were all astounded got a move to Liverpool. Was never ever going to break through there, but I suppose these clubs buy such s volume of youngsters they only need a small % to succeed. He was definitely more of an attacking full back though. He regularly got roasted as L of a 4. Houston had faith in him as his team began a steep decline, but it was a tough watch sometimes as teams looked to target him. Wish him well and will look out with interest to see how he does. It says a lot for how well thought of he was that his disastrous spell in out first time, not his fault he clearly wasn't ready, that he still got his move to Liverpool. He was raved about at all levels at Falkirk until he hit the first team after losing Leahy and not replacing him as we should have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broon_100 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Wouldn't be disappointed to see McCart head off now, we are well covered in the left side of defence between Cleary, Booth and Gallacher. If we can convince Hibs to pay a little bit of money for him then even better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 53 minutes ago, Bonksy+HisChristianParade said: The meek ‘oh well it was worse in the 70s/80s’ is absolute peak Saints Da patter. Horrendous stuff. What makes it worse is said da fucked off to support another Scottish side just after this and has since crawled back... Gallacher on paper is a decent signing, now can we stop signing defenders and focus on players who thrive in the creation of chances and taking those chances. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Broon_100 said: Wouldn't be disappointed to see McCart head off now, we are well covered in the left side of defence between Cleary, Booth and Gallacher. If we can convince Hibs to pay a little bit of money for him then even better. Even with Booth and Gallacher, we’d be a centre half short if McCart left. Edited January 4, 2022 by PSJ.84 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Broon_100 said: Wouldn't be disappointed to see McCart head off now, we are well covered in the left side of defence between Cleary, Booth and Gallacher. If we can convince Hibs to pay a little bit of money for him then even better. Cleary is right sided is he not? Booth can’t be considered a viable left sided centre back option, regardless of how poor McCart has been. Doesn’t read like Gallacher can play there either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FrankChickens1 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Will be a good signing if he ever gets on the pitch but Booth seems to be undroppable despite being solid 2*. Maybe the difference will be that Gallagher is signed while Devine was just on loan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Great work by the HoR to get this one identified and put the wheels in motion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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