FFC 1876 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 2 hours ago, airdrieman said: Living off his dad's name like many other footballers have done before him. Fair play to yous lot for hyping him up enough in the media to get your club a nice wee payday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said: Living off his dad's name like many other footballers have done before him. Fair play to yous lot for hyping him up enough in the media to get your club a nice wee payday. A young lad with a lot of talent, just not suited to 3rd tier Scottish football, best of luck to him, he was here to be in the shop window and it has worked for him, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 38 minutes ago, Jack Reed said: A young lad with a lot of talent, just not suited to 3rd tier Scottish football, best of luck to him, he was here to be in the shop window and it has worked for him, That much talent he struggled to start every game for Airdrie in the 3rd tier of Scottish football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediamonddude Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Been thinking about what we still need over the past few days and, I reckon we’re probably 4 players off of our final squad - a CB, CM, ST. And before you say anything, yes I can count, I’m just assuming McDonald will be signing. I’m also assuming Robert will be gone. My thinking is based on us lining up 3-5-2/5-3-2 for the season, so we’ve currently got… Goalkeepers - Currie, Cantley Centre Backs - Fordyce, Kerr, Watson (Walker can also cover there) Wing backs - Wardrop, Quitongo, Walker, McDonald (Fordyce, Kerr and Watson could also cover there if absolutely necessary) Centre Mids - Agnew, McCabe, Ritchie (McDonald and Kerr can also cover there) Attacking Mids - Easton, Frizzell Strikers - Gallagher, Allen, Pyott In an ideal world, I’d like another striker on top of what I note above, but I just can’t see us running with 5 of them. Being realistic, another centre back give us cover if one of the three is out, likewise at centre mid, as I wouldn’t want us relying on Ritchie alone and then a decent striker (if we can find one) to partner Gallagher. McDonald gives you a bit of cover in various areas, so his signing would make sense. If that all comes to pass, it’s a 20-man squad, which I’d be fine with - we had way too many wasted wages last year and as long as the 3 additions are of a good quality, I think we’re looking decent. Edited July 3, 2021 by thediamonddude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said: That much talent he struggled to start every game for Airdrie in the 3rd tier of Scottish football. Sometimes it's not all down to ability attitude at training or in dressing room maybe thought he was better than others, having said that some of the. Team selections were strange, in my opinion anyway, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, thediamonddude said: Been thinking about what we still need over the past few days and, I reckon we’re probably 4 players off of our final squad - a CB, CM, ST. And before you say anything, yes I can count, I’m just assuming MacDonald will be signing. I’m also assuming Robert will be gone. My thinking is based on us lining up 3-5-2/5-3-2 for the season, so we’ve currently got… Goalkeepers - Currie, Cantley Centre Backs - Fordyce, Kerr, Watson (Walker can also cover there) Wing backs - Wardrop, Quitongo, Walker, MacDonald (Fordyce, Kerr and Watson could also cover there if absolutely necessary) Centre Mids - Agnew, McCabe, Ritchie (MacDonald and Kerr can also cover there) Attacking Mids - Easton, Frizzell Strikers - Gallagher, Allen, Pyott In an ideal world, I’d like another striker on top of what I note above, but I just can’t see us running with 5 of them. Being realistic, another centre back give us cover if one of the three is out, likewise at centre mid, as I wouldn’t want us relying on Ritchie alone and then a decent striker (if we can find one) to partner Gallagher. MacDonald gives you a bit of cover in various areas, so his signing would make sense. If that all comes to pass, it’s a 20-man squad, which I’d be fine with - we had way too many wasted wages last year and as long as the 3 additions are of a good quality, I think we’re looking decent. Pretty much my thoughts too. I try not to read too much into friendlies but I think we'll know a bit more after this weekend's games in terms of how we'll set up this season. Murray made a comment about going for quality over quantity in the Dylan Easton signing news so I think we'll be going with a smaller 20/21 man squad. It makes sense, as you say we wasted for too many wages on players who contributed very little last season and even more the previous season with the full reserve team. Defensively we look almost there, could do with another centre back in as cover but you'd imagine the three currently signed will be the ones who start. Quite happy with the wing back options assuming McDonald can cover on the left, possibly our weakest position in terms of quality but good to have options when we finished the season with Walker and McCann as our only full backs. Given we tried to sign Paton I guess we'll still be looking for a holding midfielder. I think we'll be looking at Agnew and McCabe as the main two midfielders, possibly with someone behind them. From what we've seen of Ritchie he strikes me as more of a Kieran Millar ball-winning player rather than an outright holding midfielder, so someone like Paton who can keep things steady and solid would be ideal. It looks like we've recruited for a 3-5-2 given the lack of wide players but it would be nice to have that option too. Easton and Frizzell can play out wide but we lack a proper winger and a bit of pace to change things up if needed. Doesn't need to be someone to start every game, especially if we go with a back three, just someone to make an impact from the bench like Thomson did last season. We definitely need another striker as we all know. I think Easton might end up playing as a forward sometimes but we definitely need a bit more than Allan and Pyott at the very least. Unless we're lucky with a loan signing then I think it's unlikely we'll be able to bring in anyone better than Gallagher, so someone to compliment him and who can perhaps offer something slightly different would be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds_Are_Forever Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 5 hours ago, thediamonddude said: Been thinking about what we still need over the past few days and, I reckon we’re probably 4 players off of our final squad - a CB, CM, ST. And before you say anything, yes I can count, I’m just assuming MacDonald will be signing. I’m also assuming Robert will be gone. My thinking is based on us lining up 3-5-2/5-3-2 for the season, so we’ve currently got… Goalkeepers - Currie, Cantley Centre Backs - Fordyce, Kerr, Watson (Walker can also cover there) Wing backs - Wardrop, Quitongo, Walker, MacDonald (Fordyce, Kerr and Watson could also cover there if absolutely necessary) Centre Mids - Agnew, McCabe, Ritchie (MacDonald and Kerr can also cover there) Attacking Mids - Easton, Frizzell Strikers - Gallagher, Allen, Pyott In an ideal world, I’d like another striker on top of what I note above, but I just can’t see us running with 5 of them. Being realistic, another centre back give us cover if one of the three is out, likewise at centre mid, as I wouldn’t want us relying on Ritchie alone and then a decent striker (if we can find one) to partner Gallagher. MacDonald gives you a bit of cover in various areas, so his signing would make sense. If that all comes to pass, it’s a 20-man squad, which I’d be fine with - we had way too many wasted wages last year and as long as the 3 additions are of a good quality, I think we’re looking decent. what Macdonald are you referring to don’t think we have one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediamonddude Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 7 hours ago, Diamonds_Are_Forever said: what Macdonald are you referring to don’t think we have one This one… https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/motherwells-matthew-mcdonald-set-sign-24428076 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 21 minutes ago, thediamonddude said: This one… https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/motherwells-matthew-mcdonald-set-sign-24428076 Set to sign, never been on official site, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mybitchunderprotest Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Set to sign, never been on official site, That would be why they said "I’m just assuming MacDonald will be signing." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 14 hours ago, thediamonddude said: Been thinking about what we still need over the past few days and, I reckon we’re probably 4 players off of our final squad - a CB, CM, ST. And before you say anything, yes I can count, I’m just assuming McDonald will be signing. I’m also assuming Robert will be gone. My thinking is based on us lining up 3-5-2/5-3-2 for the season, so we’ve currently got… Goalkeepers - Currie, Cantley Centre Backs - Fordyce, Kerr, Watson (Walker can also cover there) Wing backs - Wardrop, Quitongo, Walker, McDonald (Fordyce, Kerr and Watson could also cover there if absolutely necessary) Centre Mids - Agnew, McCabe, Ritchie (McDonald and Kerr can also cover there) Attacking Mids - Easton, Frizzell Strikers - Gallagher, Allen, Pyott In an ideal world, I’d like another striker on top of what I note above, but I just can’t see us running with 5 of them. Being realistic, another centre back give us cover if one of the three is out, likewise at centre mid, as I wouldn’t want us relying on Ritchie alone and then a decent striker (if we can find one) to partner Gallagher. McDonald gives you a bit of cover in various areas, so his signing would make sense. If that all comes to pass, it’s a 20-man squad, which I’d be fine with - we had way too many wasted wages last year and as long as the 3 additions are of a good quality, I think we’re looking decent. There looks to be an imbalance in the squad from midfield to front as we look tiny with Gal being the big guy. I echo the sentiments regarding a striker but he needs to be able to provide an aerial threat a la Jimmy Lister! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 One trialist among the starting XII and three on the bench. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel wickson Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 1 minute ago, airdrieman said: One trialist among the starting XII and three on the bench. Has Sam Wardrop been cloned? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Anyone know who the trialist on right now is? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Oracle Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Don’t know if it’s just me but this must be the worst quality stream I’ve ever watched. It feels like I’m watching it through some dodgy streaming site. From what I can see, Easton looks a real threat. The trialist (number 11) looks decent so far as well. Any ideas who it is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossm25 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Diamond Oracle said: Don’t know if it’s just me but this must be the worst quality stream I’ve ever watched. It feels like I’m watching it through some dodgy streaming site. From what I can see, Easton looks a real threat. The trialist (number 11) looks decent so far as well. Any ideas who it is? Having the same issues , thought it was just my Internet. And agree trialist looks OK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediamonddude Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Yep, that makes 3 of us in regards to the stream - it’s basically unwatchable for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Stream is atrocious. Poor picture, jumpy, and it keeps cutting out. Don't remember Clyde's stream being this bad last season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossm25 Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Streams just died ! Great , hope we aren't using this mob next year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 From what I've been able to see I'm quite chuffed with Agnew, McCabe, Easton and Wardrop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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