Ludo*1 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Willie Dyer up against GMS is and was a terrifying thought and so it proved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 6 hours ago, ArabianKnight said: Another aside from Friday night. Anyone else notice Harkes has been hitting the gym more / bulked up a bit. Seemed to be a bit more focused in his defensive duties too. This can only be a good thing. I like Harkes, he's obviously a bit raw, but there's definitely a good player in there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 46 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: This can only be a good thing. I like Harkes, he's obviously a bit raw, but there's definitely a good player in there Ditto. I reckon he'll be a key player this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Just now, ArabianKnight said: Ditto. I reckon he'll be a key player this year. If he ends up half as good as his old man, I'll be pretty happy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartyftd1 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Nobody any news of any signings? Reading on another forum there is a possibility of Jamie Murphy on loan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 47 minutes ago, stewartyftd1 said: Nobody any news of any signings? Reading on another forum there is a possibility of Jamie Murphy on loan. That's someone putting 2+2 together and coming up with 15. Utterly baseless from what I can see. I think we might see another centre half come in when/if Frans leaves but don't think we need much more than that. Any other forwards coming in would just get in the way of Banks, Clark, Appere, Chalmers, Cammy Smith, Sow and Pawlett, any one of whom should be able to do a job and some of whom could become really important if given a chance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 24 minutes ago, Pull My Strings said: That's someone putting 2+2 together and coming up with 15. Utterly baseless from what I can see. I think we might see another centre half come in when/if Frans leaves but don't think we need much more than that. Any other forwards coming in would just get in the way of Banks, Clark, Appere, Chalmers, Cammy Smith, Sow and Pawlett, any one of whom should be able to do a job and some of whom could become really important if given a chance. For the first time in a long time I can't see any real issues with squad depth other than at CH potentially. Frans and Watson arent great but are decent backup for this level. Maybe if I was being picky I'd say bring in a backup right back as Watson , again, isn't ideal but has proven he can do a decent job there. We have loads of attacking options and enough decent midfielders for cover. We have Mehmet for the goalie position when Benji dips in form (I'm not a massive Benji fan but he's been OK so far and hopefully will have the deckchair out most weekends) so that's not too bad either. I hope the young lads really do make the step up this season, looks like we have a good crop coming through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 53 minutes ago, mishtergrolsch said: For the first time in a long time I can't see any real issues with squad depth other than at CH potentially. Frans and Watson arent great but are decent backup for this level. Maybe if I was being picky I'd say bring in a backup right back as Watson , again, isn't ideal but has proven he can do a decent job there. We have loads of attacking options and enough decent midfielders for cover. We have Mehmet for the goalie position when Benji dips in form (I'm not a massive Benji fan but he's been OK so far and hopefully will have the deckchair out most weekends) so that's not too bad either. I hope the young lads really do make the step up this season, looks like we have a good crop coming through. I still have concern about cover for Butcher. If King can play that role then fine, but neither Stanton or Harkes are suited to the job that Butcher is asked to do. I’d also prefer if we didn’t have to play Watson in central defence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 12 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I still have concern about cover for Butcher. If King can play that role then fine, but neither Stanton or Harkes are suited to the job that Butcher is asked to do. I’d also prefer if we didn’t have to play Watson in central defence. King is apparently that guy. I know nothing of him but I'd imagine we should be able to cope for a game or two with him with Harkes or Stanton. Watson wont play before Frans at centre half. No chance. And if Frans goes then, as mentioned, we would probably bring someone else in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 hour ago, mishtergrolsch said: Watson wont play before Frans at centre half. No chance. And if Frans goes then, as mentioned, we would probably bring someone else in. Watson did play ahead of Frans in the one game where Connolly wasn't available this season so I'd say he's first choice cover at centre half currently. Frans looks to be completely out of the picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppola Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I'd like a centre half in as competition / cover for Connolly as I can't say I'm all that keen on having Watson as first choice back up. Prefer Frans but as mentioned he looks to be at best 4th choice right now. I also wouldn't say no to an out and out left winger coming in but it's certainly not a necessity given the number of players we have who can play there if asked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accent-Unknown Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 What happened with Ben Hall and Elliot Frear? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dregs 83 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Anyone ITK know what the situation is with Sam Wardrop- is he anywhere near even being able to be loaned out? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppola Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Accent-Unknown said: What happened with Ben Hall and Elliot Frear? Sure I read Hall was on trial more recently at another Championship team (fucked if I can remember who) so assume he never made the grade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 10/08/2019 at 17:11, Accent-Unknown said: With the Dundee Derby back this season, PureFitbaw.com asked me to do a retrospective on my favourite game in the history of matches between the two teams. There was really only one option. https://purefitbaw.com/2019/08/09/dundee-derby-retrospective-the-gary-mackay-steven-show/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerBoli Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 someone like Lewis Morgan would be ideal. Pity Lennon seems to kinda rate him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dregs 83 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Sure I read Hall was on trial more recently at another Championship team (fucked if I can remember who) so assume he never made the grade.It was Patrick Thistle. I assume they never went for him either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 1 minute ago, dregs 83 said: It was Patrick Thistle. I assume they never went for him either. Think he was one of the players they were going to sign before the transfer budget disappeared last week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowArab Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 I thought it was pretty telling how he'd been at the club for a month or two yet he was being introduced to his team mates before kick off and all of them and the coaching staff looked horrified. If you're signing an emergency 3rd choice, you don't sign someone from abroad IMO, that's fucking nuts. We'd have still been well beaten but someone like Grant Adam would have been much better. How on earth did this happen? I didn't realise he only met his team mates shortly before kickoff. What's the full story and when was he officially signed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accent-Unknown Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) On 13/08/2019 at 02:25, MeadowArab said: On 11/08/2019 at 07:34, harry94 said: I thought it was pretty telling how he'd been at the club for a month or two yet he was being introduced to his team mates before kick off and all of them and the coaching staff looked horrified. If you're signing an emergency 3rd choice, you don't sign someone from abroad IMO, that's fucking nuts. We'd have still been well beaten but someone like Grant Adam would have been much better. How on earth did this happen? I didn't realise he only met his team mates shortly before kickoff. What's the full story and when was he officially signed? He was signed in October 2014 and was on the bench for most of December. I read somewhere while I was doing research that he had played in a few reserve matches but Dundee don't have records of reserve matches that far back on their site. Should've checked twitter in hindsight as just searching his name brought up some lineups that he started. https://twitter.com/search?q="Schenk" (from%3ADundeefc) until%3A2015-01-01 since%3A2014-10-01&src=typed_query Edited August 14, 2019 by Accent-Unknown 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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