mainstand Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, tucker said: Daily Record reports that rangers want Michael ohalloan off there books permanent not loan deal so might rule saints out, Which explains why he is not quoted in either squad. The rule that you cannot play for three teams in a season means he would only be able to sign for saints if rangers played him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy rhodes fancy watch Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 3 in, 2 out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Welsh international being quoted as a signing target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, HOODLUM65 said: Welsh international being quoted as a signing target. Tommy loves an ageing target man so it's probably John Toshak. Abernethy Saint, fazman1977, Denzil and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Unofficial twitter has it as George Williams https://mobile.twitter.com/stjohnstone1884/status/957875851047194624 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Far better signings that you'd expect to be making at this stage. Excited about Wright, who seems exactly what we need. No idea about Williams who I've never seen play, he's a full Welsh Internationalist and Fulham describe him as a "poor man's Patrick Roberts" who can "play on both wings". Scunthorpe had a cash money bid rejected for him in the Summer, and it looks like Aberdeen failed in a bid to loan him at the same time. Anyone any idea who the CM is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Some positive news at last. I know nothing about Williams but 7 caps for Wales would suggest he has something in his locker. Wright looks a very good prospect anytime I've seen him. Hopefully the CM is someone for the starting XI and not just a squad player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Wallace Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 All being suggested as loans. Don't mind this as long as some longer term planning is taking place too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Just reading a few of the threads active at the moment and would just say I'm not sure I buy into all this stuff about TW being "too loyal" to players. I don't think the problem is that he's blindly picking certain players over and over again out of sheer "loyalty". I think the problem is that he genuinely believes, probably with some justification, that the alternative options just aren't good enough as replacements. I've always felt, even from the fairly early days of Wright's reign, that his one big weakness is in the transfer market. Signing players always seems to be a huge struggle, and it happens every single transfer window. In all these years, he's still never managed to sign a good, reliable, start-every-week striker (although fingers crossed for McMillan, obviously). I don't know whether it's because his contacts aren't as good as those of Coyle/McInnes/Lomas, or it's simply that his hands are tied financially to the point that it's just becoming bloody impossible to get his targets in... but I suspect it's probably a combination of both. I also think that TW seems very set in his ways when it comes to recruiting certain types of reliable personality - and to an extent it's hard to argue with that because on the whole he's been bloody successful, but I also think there should be room for taking a few more risks if you want to bring in exciting, unpredictable players. From what I've heard, Habran (who has now signed for Royal Antwerp in Belgium's top league) would be one example of a player who seemed to tick a lot of the boxes that remain unticked for us at the moment, but supposedly didn't have the right personality. At this point I'll be pleased if we can get just one first team-standard attacking player in before the end of the window. Current targets seem promising, but how many times have we seen this before? PauloPerth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 TW signed Foster, Shaughnessy, Wotherspoon, MOH, Swanson and Scougall. I'd say they've all been successful tucker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: TW signed Foster, Shaughnessy, Wotherspoon, MOH, Swanson and Scougall. I'd say they've all been successful Of course, and I'd agree. I'm not saying he hasn't made any good signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 34 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: TW signed Foster, Shaughnessy, Wotherspoon, MOH, Swanson and Scougall. I'd say they've all been successful I agree with the exception of Scougall. He hasn't been unsuccessful, and not playing in his position hasn't helped him, but he hasn't been a roaring success. One goal, not a lot of assists. As I've said before, he looks a decent player and I hope he goes on to be a Saints great, but he still has plenty to do. Plenty of people on here slag off MOH and Swanson but the facts and the stats show that they affected games for Saints in a way that Scougall hasn't managed yet. Would like to see him in a more central role though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 He has to be played central as you mention. That's been probably my biggest frustration about team selections this season. He was excellent playing centrally at Ibrox and the games just before the break. Cagey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 42 minutes ago, PauloPerth said: He has to be played central as you mention. That's been probably my biggest frustration about team selections this season. He was excellent playing centrally at Ibrox and the games just before the break. Yep, don't think Tommy has got the best out of him yet with playing him wide. No hiding from that, but the bottom line is he needs to find a way to influence games from anywhere on the pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akuram Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Graham Cummins scored twice on Saturday for Cork City. Just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, akuram said: Graham Cummins scored twice on Saturday for Cork City. Just saying There is a thread for that - http://www.weareperth.co.uk/wapforum/index.php?/topic/9387-reflecting-well-ex-saints-in-the-news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy rhodes fancy watch Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, akuram said: Graham Cummins scored twice on Saturday for Cork City. Just saying Irish fitba is worse than we thought then. Wee Mental Davie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 39 minutes ago, andy rhodes fancy watch said: Irish fitba is worse than we thought then. That doesn't bode too well for McMillan then. south inch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 No wonder Saints aren't doing well. We'd obviously be challenging Celtic if we had a front 3 of Storey, Sammon and Cummins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJet Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Cummins was an easy target but if some of these players in blue jersey's on Saturday put a teaspoon of his effort when he played we might not be in the position we are in. Templar Saint, templeofsaints and bankfoot saint 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankfoot saint Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Just now, SaintJet said: Cummins was an easy target but if some of these players in blue jersey's on Saturday put a teaspoon of his effort when he played we might not be in the position we are in. Totally agree wasn’t the most gifted or skilful player but always gave 100% when he played. Saying that most of the time couldn’t hit a barn door from two yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesainty Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Tommy been on radio scotland saying swanson isnt coming spoke to him and says he wants to stay at hibs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jhq Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Presumably the midfielder is the Dijon guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiangsu Sainty Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, jhq said: Presumably the midfielder is the Dijon guy. I don't think he's ever played in Ligue 1 - all 4 of his first team appearances coming from before Dijon got promoted and in the cup. 'Played abroad in a premier league' - could it be Andy Halliday? He only got 1 minute v Aberdeen, 6 minutes v Ross County. He did only appear 3 times in a foreign premier league though so maybe stretching it. I'm aware of the allegiances of Murray etc but not sure I'd be keen to have a player who so revels in being a nasty gers man in the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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