lossiesaint Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 What or who ever this signing is going to be.....I'm already preparing myself for abject disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYellowBox Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 The reality is that while yes, we could afford to pay the fee for May, there would be no hope in hell Saints would shell out that plus the wages he'd want. Great signing Aberdeen are getting there, assuming he's fully over his injury. Wish him well except from when he's playing us. Would love for Saints to have a 'wow' signing and someone to get excited about, but know that's just not going to happen. Storey would be a decent signing, assuming we are likely to be going for him, but I worry we are leaving ourselves short. Maybe the bigger concern is that now it seems other clubs have got their acts together and are able to pay fees for players and decent wages. Until very recently, Hearts, Hibs and until a couple of years ago, Aberdeen while being bigger, haven't necessarily been able to massively outgun us in terms at wages etc, but they have all moved on a level in that respect and we cannot compete. The frustration I suppose is that the advantage we had of not having to service debt, which allowed us to have this golden spell isn't really there now and it doesn't feel like we've managed to fully capitalise in it in that we haven't really banked a massive fee for players, we haven't grown the fan base and are falling behind re training facilities. Not saying we are all of a sudden be rubbish or get relegated, but I do feel that when we look back in years to come it will have felt like we missed opportunities off the pitch. that said, it will make it all the sweeter when we finish top 6 again. This is the best overall quality top flight we have had for a long time. fazman1977, tucker and akuram 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Aberdeen fans, Preston fans, and bookies, all convinced May is joining Aberdeen tomorrow. Opens up us announcing Storey aswell I hope you have received the apologies you are due on here and P&B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I take it if we're signing Storey then the world mega-star we've been holding off for isn't coming. Not convinced. We've always run with four strikers. I suspect he wanted either Storey or another to add to the three here. Cummins and Kane didn't bother the keeper agaisnt Killie or Thistle and maybe forced his hand into signing two. Getting two means one had to go, loaning Kane out is easier than selling Cummins. Storey to come in after Aberdeens game this weekend, and we'll continue pursuing another. I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Half Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Honestly! said it before! A STEVIE MAY who left us is worth it. I am not sure he will be the same player , I will wait and see, hope for his sake I am wrong, may be here on loan next August who knows, good luck anyway but not against us. Shaggy Jenkins and tucker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Jenkins Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 If he is not in Preston's plans he maybe isn't the same player. However I really need something to happen soon on the striker front and it needs to be bloody good....storey is good but not bloody good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas Monkey Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 What happens if Storey gets injured for the Dandies at the weekend! Do we go for plan Z? All sounds a bit chaotic for me and not convinced that there is a jewel after all. Hope I'm wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Storey away to Thistle apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristo Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I want to say Stevie's dead to me now, but I just can't. 13/14 will always be the Stevie May season, but let's be honest, it was only one season. He's now on his third club since leaving us, so time to move on, and good luck to him. Just don't celebrate if you score against us ya wee sheep shagger. Abernethy Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Guy Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 There's gonna be meltdown in this thread tomorrow... Sammon, Sammon Sammon. Cause Storey ain't coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 And so there should be a meltdown....pathetic failure to acquire a decent striker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Maybe people should wait a tiny bit longer before jumping to rash conclusions. If we've reached the end of the transfer window and signed nobody at all (or Conor Sammon), then yes, feel free to have a meltdown. Kevin James Is On Stilts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 agh, Stevie, kmon man. You dumped them out of the cup when you were a glorious god, but this is a bit of a sickener. If you don't score goals quickly I can see the sheep turning on you, even if you look like a shaggy highland coo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjfc99 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 There's gonna be meltdown in this thread tomorrow... Sammon, Sammon Sammon. Cause Storey ain't coming. Could well be a meltdown but not convinced it will Sammon related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Coltrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjfc99 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Nothing on courier back page for tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
541ntees Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 getting a bit worried that Storey was our big signing but hes gonna end up at jags an we re back to square 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Time to panic, lads. Storey was the back up, we're now reliant on getting this "jewel" which by the sounds of things was always a long shot. Still three weeks to get a forward, but getting into dodgy territory now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin James Is On Stilts Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 If you are disappointed that we didn't sign May then you need to have a serious word with yourself. Perth Guy, andy rhodes fancy watch and Shibbydoo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Mental Davie Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 By Tommy getting in Scougall and MOH, I guess his idea was that he could possibly get away with not having a decent target man striker by getting in the gems in midfield to provide the sort of service a striker dreams of. The only problem is, whilst we have two top quality midfielders recruited, as well as a holder up front, that striker left to make something of it is Cummings. On the brighter side, I'm happy for RandomGuy that his May prediction finally came to fruition. Hopefully, his missus will cook him an extra rasher o' bacon for his brekkie the morning fazman1977 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Maybe the bigger concern is that now it seems other clubs have got their acts together and are able to pay fees for players and decent wages. Interesting perspective on it, but I don't see it that way at all. What you suggest is "other clubs getting their acts together" I see as other clubs slowly slipping back towards living outside their means. We've been here before, after all. For a lot of these clubs it doesn't end well. Saints, meanwhile, will be just fine. Pat McGroin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankfoot saint Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Looks like storey to partick another one bites the dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Never mind,now that the world knows that Tommy is after a striker I am sure he will have plenty of offers of strikers from agents. So look forward to the next Iwoolumoo or Morgan etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Half Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Mabey me! but Storey, McKay, Grahame, McDonald, Sammon even May never got me thinking they would be a vast improvement for us TBH and at a cost, I still felt Habrian (or what ever his name was) had a bit of excitement/potential about him for me that is more beneficial than a older and failed professional elsewhere we have them already. Nobody especially me is saying that Hendry is the answer however if he is sat in the stands never playing we will never know. if the old saying TW sees him every week at training and will know his attributes then why sign him in the first place to sit in the stands? Also that argument stands for Cummins as well yet he plays near every week we/I the fans think he is not up to our level yet TW must see something in training that he continues to pick him, strange one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-montrosesaintee Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Rory Fallon signed for Torquay United. Gutted, I had a hope he was going to be our big name striker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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