Kempes Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 In the POTY vote, whether folk went for Gogic, Tanser, Hemming, Kiltie or whoever, I think Marcus deserves an honourable mention. I still think he’s underrated and it was good to hear Billy Dodds giving him a shout out after the game at Dens. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Bo Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 We have been pretty strongly linked to Kofi Balmer as well. There's surely not a chance we bring in 2 central defenders with potentially only Charles Dunne leaving. A central defensive pool of Gogic, Fraser, Bolton, Taylor and one of Bedeau or Balmer is the start of a really strong spine. Need the goalkeeper position sorted, an attacking RWB and one or two other central midfielders and another attacking player and I don't think we are far away from a good team for next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, Coventry Saint said: Yeah, no harm to Fraser but he's being managed towards a backup role. Not because there's anything wrong with him, but because we are rightly looking to improve. Edit: just saw @houston_bud's post. It's definitely a tough one. I wouldn't have the stones to be that ruthless. I always wonder about benching guys who are a 7/10 every week. Gogic has been the standout defender (player even) but I could name two or three mistakes he's had that have cost us. I can't really remember Fraser making anything glaring. He's a steady player and I would be in no rush to drop him. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medals Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 16 minutes ago, houston_bud said: I always wonder about benching guys who are a 7/10 every week. Gogic has been the standout defender (player even) but I could name two or three mistakes he's had that have cost us. I can't really remember Fraser making anything glaring. He's a steady player and I would be in no rush to drop him. There is no guarantee that Gogic won't play in midfield sometimes too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MenstrieSaint Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 3 hours ago, Stan Bo said: We have been pretty strongly linked to Kofi Balmer as well. There's surely not a chance we bring in 2 central defenders with potentially only Charles Dunne leaving. A central defensive pool of Gogic, Fraser, Bolton, Taylor and one of Bedeau or Balmer is the start of a really strong spine. Need the goalkeeper position sorted, an attacking RWB and one or two other central midfielders and another attacking player and I don't think we are far away from a good team for next year. I can see Gogic playing in midfield or Central defence depending on who,s available. I don't have a problem with us signing two Central defenders , think Robbo will make us very.hard to beat . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 There's some real mixed messages coming out of the SMISA Stadium. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 With the sad loss of Jim Rodger recently, does anyone know if there are any of the 59 cup winners still living? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 8 minutes ago, CambieBud said: With the sad loss of Jim Rodger recently, does anyone know if there are any of the 59 cup winners still living? Alastair Miller is alive, I believe he still lives in Johnstone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Holly Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 3 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Alastair Miller is alive, I believe he still lives in Johnstone. davie walker alive too but that’s it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 5 hours ago, medals said: There is no guarantee that Gogic won't play in midfield sometimes too. 3 hours ago, MenstrieSaint said: I can see Gogic playing in midfield or Central defence depending on who,s available. I don't have a problem with us signing two Central defenders , think Robbo will make us very.hard to beat . I can't. I think Diarmuid O'Carroll utterly killed off the 'Gogic is a midfielder' thing a couple months ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 (edited) Squad rebuilding money suggests Lincoln will be holding out for over £1.5m which would be a good boost if we get 20% Edited May 9 by djchapsticks 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Fraser is vice captain and been a consistent performer. I'd be reluctant to just drop him because someone else has come in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcd54 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2 hours ago, Buddie Holly said: davie walker alive too but that’s it We met him in the Saints shop April last year 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS77 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 3 hours ago, Coventry Saint said: I can't. I think Diarmuid O'Carroll utterly killed off the 'Gogic is a midfielder' thing a couple months ago. Yeah that’s totally done. He’s just off the back of his best ever season playing centre back, there is zero chance he will start a game for us in midfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2 hours ago, Ric said: Fraser is vice captain and been a consistent performer. I'd be reluctant to just drop him because someone else has come in. I think he's been very average this season. Not really bothered whether he starts or not. If we get a very good left sided CH, then I'd have the new guy have Bolton and Gogic as first choice all day long. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medals Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 7 hours ago, Coventry Saint said: I can't. I think Diarmuid O'Carroll utterly killed off the 'Gogic is a midfielder' thing a couple months ago. You may well be right but if we are chasing a goal late on especially, he will likely add attacking threat, as well as for corners etc. It's his drive that can inspire others that is a top characteristic. But we'll see... 3 years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 8 hours ago, djchapsticks said: Squad rebuilding money suggests Lincoln will be holding out for over £1.5m which would be a good boost if we get 20% This is, of course, good news for everyone but I do feel a bit deflated that we couldn't have commanded a bigger fee when we sold him. Has playing in League 1 improved him that much that he's now going to go for 7 figures. I know it's all about how much someone is willing to pay at the time but it does irk me that Hamilton and Livingston have sold players for far bigger sums than us. And I don't mean that to be disrespectful to those clubs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 (edited) 4 hours ago, houston_bud said: This is, of course, good news for everyone but I do feel a bit deflated that we couldn't have commanded a bigger fee when we sold him. Has playing in League 1 improved him that much that he's now going to go for 7 figures. I know it's all about how much someone is willing to pay at the time but it does irk me that Hamilton and Livingston have sold players for far bigger sums than us. And I don't mean that to be disrespectful to those clubs. Agreed but we had the double whammy of hanging onto Ethan too long (another last 6 months of his contract sale so we basically sold him for what we'd get in tribunal, plus a sell on) and some of our supporters/management inexplicably not rating him. Remember if it hadn't been for covid scuppering the deal, Goodwin would have hounded him out to Barnsley permanently following his bizarre loan there. I still remember shouts of folk asking for Cammy MacPherson to play ahead of him which, with no disrespect intended to Cammy, was such a downgrade it was unreal but some felt as MacPherson ran about covering every blade of grass that he was giving so much more, regardless of quality of performance. I'd slightly disagree with the assessment of L1 not improving him that much though, there was a feeling when he left that he'd thrive more down there as you do get a lot more time on the ball in the lower leagues in England than the SPFL and I do get the impression that plays into Ethan's strengths. I've still no doubt he's going to go onto a Sunderland, Burnley or a Middlesbrough and within 2 years, be a £10m player that has teams who are established in the top flight knocking on his agent's door. Edited May 10 by djchapsticks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 7 hours ago, medals said: You may well be right but if we are chasing a goal late on especially, he will likely add attacking threat, as well as for corners etc. It's his drive that can inspire others that is a top characteristic. But we'll see... 3 years I don't get why people are determined to see this happen. You don't get it with any other position on the park. Nobody saw Kwon come in and went 'shit, he's over six foot, bet he could do a job at the back, or even better, up front.' O'Carroll actually mocked this. He said they found it funny that just because Goga played in midfield for Hamilton, people kept banging on about him playing further up the pitch. He's been our PotY at centre half and hasn't played in midfield all season. We've got class CMs, and an abundance of them (for now). Alex Gogic is a centre half. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 5 hours ago, houston_bud said: This is, of course, good news for everyone but I do feel a bit deflated that we couldn't have commanded a bigger fee when we sold him. Jim Goodwin's fault. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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