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Well, maybe we might have more luck with a formal international from a different country...

All joking aside, he may well still do a job at this level but I'm very wary about these type of signings considering how they have worked out previously. If it's with a view to being a player/coach that might be different.

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36 minutes ago, AyrExile said:

Strange opinion around Roberts considering his first season was about his best and he looked an outstanding prospect. Think it was Sheff Urd or Notts Forest he went for a trial with. It then took another four years to get back some decent form. Forrest was different in that he was very small in size and kept getting injuries. Once he grew a bit and toughened up everything was fine and didn't look back. Not sure why Crawford regressed so badly after year one and why it took so long for him to find consistency 

He was initially played out of position by Roberts too. Went on trial with Birmingham along with Sinclair and Shankland in his first season and then had something like glandular fever in his 2nd that wasn't picked up on. Left at the end of the season before reappearing in September only for Roberts to be too bitter to play him. Did also find himself being Wardrope at one point under McCall.

However, he certainly had more good games than bad for us and if the rumours were true that he wanted to return last season then it's disappointing if we turned him down.

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Bullen spoke about an assistant at the Q&A

He said, I see folk saying "Bully needs an experienced assistant" I am 52, how much more experience do you need?

He then said that with Moffat and Timmons leaving, he didn't want to create too much upheaval with there also being a new kit man and goalkeeper coach coming in.   

 

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9 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said:

Bullen spoke about an assistant at the Q&A

He said, I see folk saying "Bully needs an experienced assistant" I am 52, how much more experience do you need?

He then said that with Moffat and Timmons leaving, he didn't want to create too much upheaval with there also being a new kit man and goalkeeper coach coming in.   

 

Yeah he’s 52 coached an u21 team mostly that’s not experience the way we mean. A coach/ex manager who can challenge/suggest bullen changes when things aren’t working. Someone with a different philosophy on football where bullen can look after defensive players and a coach to look after forwards. 
 

I have no doubt that bullen is an ok coach, the improvement in some players has been good but he seems to have more impact with the defenders 

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3 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said:

Yeah he’s 52 coached an u21 team mostly that’s not experience the way we mean. A coach/ex manager who can challenge/suggest bullen changes when things aren’t working. Someone with a different philosophy on football where bullen can look after defensive players and a coach to look after forwards. 
 

I have no doubt that bullen is an ok coach, the improvement in some players has been good but he seems to have more impact with the defenders 

When he gave a review of last season, he said Q3 killed us and said teams had sussed Dipo out and were doubling up on him.  Those sneaky b*****ds. If only there was something we could have done to change that. 

A lot of things annoyed me that night and they were mostly things like this. 

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24 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said:

Bullen spoke about an assistant at the Q&A

He said, I see folk saying "Bully needs an experienced assistant" I am 52, how much more experience do you need?

He then said that with Moffat and Timmons leaving, he didn't want to create too much upheaval with there also being a new kit man and goalkeeper coach coming in.   

 

Enough experience to not make the same mistakes repeatedly is how much experience you need.

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4 minutes ago, Rb123 said:

Jesus Christ there's signing experienced players and then there's signing injury prone journeyman past it....

The injury prone part is fair enough, the rest really isn’t - he’s hardly a journeyman!

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8 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:

Enough experience to not make the same mistakes repeatedly is how much experience you need.

Mr Bullen, are you sure you should be performing this complex surgery? I am not sure you have the correct experience.

Eh? I am 52 years old I'll have you know.  

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1 minute ago, diegomarahenry said:

Mr Bullen, are you sure you should be performing this complex surgery? I am not sure you have the correct experience.

Eh? I am 52 years old I'll have you know.  

Mistaking age for experience is the hallmark of people who lack experience but are in denial about it.

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On paper he’s got the experience we need however his age and injury last season is a big worry. If we can even get 20 games out him it’ll be a positive however we’re likely paying him a bomb to be here. 

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1 minute ago, D'Jaffo said:

On paper he’s got the experience we need however his age and injury last season is a big worry. If we can even get 20 games out him it’ll be a positive however we’re likely paying him a bomb to be here. 

I think he would be one of the best players in the league if fit, all be about how often we see him…

From all accounts he was still good for Hibs when he actually played. 

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