GaryMc93 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 7 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: I miss the days of getting young lads on loan/newly released from the Scottish top flight. Doohan, Houston, Rose, Harvie and Kelly were Sure you could add Smith and Shankland but not sure Houston belongs on that list given his next move. Stick him in with Roscoe, Ross, Anderson, Cameron, Barjonas, McAllister and Afolabi which would prove that route still has it's fair success of failure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 2 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Quantify the difference in budgets ? Did you miss the part where Raith were bought by a new consortium and their finances are measurably better than last season. Coupled with a far better quality of signing this season compared to last and you’d be hard pushed to argue they don’t have a better budget this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Just now, itzdrk said: There's still more to it than that, head coach is involved in setting the parameters that the scout will go out and look for. Bullen wasn't sitting thinking he could probably do with a new right back and dumbfounded when presented with a bunch of data on some centre mids. The problem with this argument is that Bullen is gone, and yet our recruitment is still woeful. Doesn’t absolve Bullen of anything, but it does at least suggest he wasn’t the ONLY problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Just now, Nelson said: The problem with this argument is that Bullen is gone, and yet our recruitment is still woeful. Doesn’t absolve Bullen of anything, but it does at least suggest he wasn’t the ONLY problem. But you don’t know it’s woeful as you haven’t seen the players play? Surely it can only be ruled a bad signing if the player himself doesn’t play well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Just now, Nelson said: The problem with this argument is that Bullen is gone, and yet our recruitment is still woeful. Doesn’t absolve Bullen of anything, but it does at least suggest he wasn’t the ONLY problem. How can it be woeful at this very second, which of our 3 new signings have performed poorly since we signed them? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, D'Jaffo said: But he doesn’t have to exclusively sign from that list. Players will be scouted and suggested based on what Bullen is looking for. Hence why we ended up with so many “hard workers”. Anyone can look through the data but Glendinning is there to compile it. He isn’t pushing a certain name onto Bullen. He’ll go away and compile data on literally hundreds of players. Some we’ll sign, some we won’t and some we might keep track on in case we need them I.e Young and Senga. I do think that Bullen wasn’t all that great at selling his ideas to players and that’s played a part in us missing out on so many first, second or either third choice targets. Of course not but some are always going to come from that work or he wouldn’t be in place. Yeah, but as with Akinyemi he will also scout players and provide information based on that too. Obviously no idea how much work he put into the summer signings in terms of that. If your recruitment guy comes back telling you how good a certain player is, then you are going to listen to his input otherwise there is no point in him being there. There are clearly numerous players being suggested that just aren’t good enough, and everyone plays their own part in that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Thought we'd seen the last of this back and forth regarding signings once Brown had come through the door but evidently not... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Which theme will run longer? Trying to strike gold with another Dipo type signing or not signing a fullback? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 4 minutes ago, itzdrk said: There's still more to it than that, head coach is involved in setting the parameters that the scout will go out and look for. Bullen wasn't sitting thinking he could probably do with a new right back and dumbfounded when presented with a bunch of data on some centre mids. Well, of course - I thought it was self explanatory it would be based from the profile of player the manager asked for tbh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Just now, UpInTheAyr said: Which theme will run longer? Trying to strike gold with another Dipo type signing or not signing a fullback? Mchugh has been described more places online as a fullback than a midfielder 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 20 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Other teams round about us manage just fine. we have to be different. We pay enough to bring players up from England to sit on our bench for 6-10 months before paying them off. I would like to know exactly how much money has been wasted doing that, including players from abroad. Or to be more exact, one player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 2 minutes ago, itzdrk said: How can it be woeful at this very second, which of our 3 new signings have performed poorly since we signed them? I’ve heard this argument once too often. (Actually not once, it’s many more times than that). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, ryanayr1987 said: Mchugh has been described more places online as a fullback than a midfielder I suppose a versatile fullback is better than nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Marc McNulty, Stevie May, Lewis Jamieson, Ali Crawford or Stephen Kelly Always next window lads... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 1 minute ago, Rb123 said: Marc McNulty, Stevie May, Lewis Jamieson, Ali Crawford or Stephen Kelly Always next window lads... This window still has 4 weeks to go !Just had to get all cross border moves done by tonight Edited February 1 by Finlay21 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Just now, Rb123 said: Marc McNulty, Stevie May, Lewis Jamieson, Ali Crawford or Stephen Kelly Always next window lads... All these players could still happen. Loan window doesn’t shut till end of February. If there is any truth in Stephen Kelly then that would be a cracking signing. My favourite loan player other than Chalmers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 McHugh and Sanders can both play full back (according to various sites) so perhaps one of them isn going in at right back? As for Raith Rovers, they've actually lost more players than they've signed this window. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 3 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: This window still has 4 weeks to go !Just had to get all cross border moves done by tonight Is that you confirming we are done for tonight? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Stephen Kelly tomorrow, keep the faith! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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