Gareth_Glasgow Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Never seen Foley play but out of the midfielders we have kStephen McGinn would be the first name on the team sheet for me.I thought McGinn was awful for most of last season to be honest. His legs have completely gone and he takes far too long on the ball now. I’m pleased Goodwin’s seen that as a weak area and hopefully Foley will be a better option in there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 39 minutes ago, AllyM said: We are going with 4 - Mullen, Andreu, Obiku and Cooke. It is just that we've lost Cooke for the season already, Andreu stopped scoring in 2017, Obiku hasn't arrived yet and Mullen only scores against teams from Dundee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demented Zebra Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 24 minutes ago, Gareth_Glasgow said: I thought McGinn was awful for most of last season to be honest. His legs have completely gone and he takes far too long on the ball now. I’m pleased Goodwin’s seen that as a weak area and hopefully Foley will be a better option in there. Was not his best last season still can do brilliant passes. Dont write him off just yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 40 minutes ago, Gareth_Glasgow said: I thought McGinn was awful for most of last season to be honest. His legs have completely gone and he takes far too long on the ball now. I’m pleased Goodwin’s seen that as a weak area and hopefully Foley will be a better option in there. We've been without a proper sitting midfield player since Goodwin left. Even in the promotion season , when things got tough and we suffered heavy defeats at Greenock , Livingston , Dunfermline etc , not having a real defensive midfielder was a glaring miss ! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, billyg said: We've been without a proper sitting midfield player since Goodwin left. This x 1,000. Based on his Youtube clips (I know, I know) Foley just looks like a proper spoiler and I can't wait. To those who can't imagine us playing without McGinn, it would definitely help him in the middle of the park if someone else is doing the running. Flynn does that to an extent, but it's a bit of a waste just getting him to break play up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I'm a big fan of S McGinn but he's definitely not a defensive midfielder and he was wasted by playing so deep and defensively last season.Hope Foley can take over that slot to allow McGinn to play further forward and do more of the creative stuff he's good at. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinanade Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I would like to see erhahon be given a run in centre mid, supposedly his actual position. Unless he's been carrying an injury, Mcginn looks finished and can't seem to run or tackle anymore. He just falls over looking for non existent fouls all the time or tries zidane balls that are never on. Magennis needs a good run injury free as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Drooper said: Magennis remains a bit of an enigma for me. I'm still not clear as to what his best position is. He is a player who shows flashes of brilliance from any area of the pitch, but can equally be largely anonymous in games. I wonder if this is one of the reasons that he hasn't attracted the attention of the likes of Morgan and John McGinn. It was clear what their best positions were, and, thus, their key strengths. Don't get me wrong, I'm not having a dig at Kyle. As you say, I don't think he has always been played to his strengths. A fit Kyle Magennis is the type of player a manager could build his team around, but he has to be utilised to his greatest effect, and I'm still not 100% sure how that should be done (that's no doubt why I am just a fanny on a forum as opposed to a fitba manager). You can basically replace Kenny McLean for Magennis here! Almost identical to what people said about McLean too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Gareth_Glasgow said: I thought McGinn was awful for most of last season to be honest. His legs have completely gone and he takes far too long on the ball now. I’m pleased Goodwin’s seen that as a weak area and hopefully Foley will be a better option in there. I think McGinn is suffering a bit of what Hugh Murray also suffered later on in his career. Really important players for the club, but got older and Thomson and Goodwin then started to do things a bit better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyM Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 hours ago, djchapsticks said: Andreu is by no description I've ever seen, a striker. He's an attacking mid at very best. Agreed, but a club like ours can't have both. When he was good (at Hamilton first time) his role and style was compared to that of Cesc Fabrigas and, in fairness, he scored a fair few goals. We could never play him with two strikers as well, unless we were chasing a late equaliser/consolation goal or else playing guff like EK Thistle, Edinburgh City, Albion Rovers or Morton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Tansey was just beginning to grow into that defensive midfield position that we’ve been missing for a while. Then the chronic injury came back with a vengeance. A real shame for the lad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Irish boy will be announced at 2pm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooper Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, McG said: Irish boy will be announced at 2pm Shortly followed by the English striker...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooper Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, McG said: Irish boy will be announced at 2pm https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/2989-sean-mcloughlin-joins-saints-on-loan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleysaints Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Are we done for today? Irish boy will be announced at 2pm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooper Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, paisleysaints said: Are we done for today? According to Dougie McNeil, Jonathan Obika will be announced after his medical takes places today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demented Zebra Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 hour ago, flyingscot said: You can basically replace Kenny McLean for Magennis here! Almost identical to what people said about McLean too. What level is McLean playing at now ? 100% agree with you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, paisleysaints said: Are we done for today? No. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Sanchez Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, Demented Zebra said: What level is McLean playing at now ? 100% agree with you. He's the Mayor or Norwich. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Div Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Obika has passed his medical and completed his move. Should be formally announced shortly. He should go straight into the squad tomorrow providing his clearance comes through. Chasing a left back but very unlikely anything will happen there in time for tomorrow. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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