Johnny B Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Paper talk St Johnstone have reopened talks with Stevie May but are also keen on Notts County striker Kane Hemmings if they cannot get the deal for the Aberdeen 26-year-old over the line. (Daily Record) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristo Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Johnny B said: Paper talk St Johnstone have reopened talks with Stevie May but are also keen on Notts County striker Kane Hemmings if they cannot get the deal for the Aberdeen 26-year-old over the line. (Daily Record) Not both then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 I’d be surprised if it’s both - we have always played with one out-and-out striker. I think a centre midfielder is more likely. Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, Linky said: I’d be surprised if it’s both - we have always played with one out-and-out striker. I think a centre midfielder is more likely. The article also says it would be one or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 I'd rather we went for Hemmings if we're only going to go for one. He's got the the current consistent scoring record which is what we need. We aren't in a position to take chances although nothing's guaranteed with any transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 11 hours ago, dave mc said: Shankland nor Megginson have scored a top league goal in nearly 40 games between them Maybe that's because they haven't played at that level,which I know is your point but you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 They have played at that level. 40 games between them, and they haven't scored a single goal in the top flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Hemmings was on the bench for Notts on Saturday as the were beaten Eastleigh 1v0 Notts. He came on in the second half and got 26 minutes. They are at home tomorrow night against Stockport. Be interesting to see if Hemmings is in the team or on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Shankland scored 4 goals in 36 Championship games just a couple of seasons ago aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Kyle said: They have played at that level. 40 games between them, and they haven't scored a single goal in the top flight. Hardly..it was only Aberdeen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: Shankland scored 4 goals in 36 Championship games just a couple of seasons ago aswell. He scored 4 in one game just last week though in the Championship .Surely current form is more of an indication Norsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Half Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 So the moral of these' facts is no **** can score for Aberdeen but can score elsewhere! interesting. saintee in exile and garydavidson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 32 minutes ago, Center Half said: So the moral of these' facts is no **** can score for Aberdeen but can score elsewhere! interesting. Wonder if that logic would apply to a player we've had previously, who actually managed to score a boat load of goals in the Scottish top flight before. Megginson is a name I've seen mentioned a few times but it's a complete bizarre shout. He's failed in the premiership before, has been released by Raith Rovers and Dumbarton in the championship and has only ever scored regularly in the highland league. Michael Moore-esque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 21 hours ago, andrew said: That’s exactly why I’m almost ambivalent about May. We have no idea what will really happen. (Much like Brexit or Scottish independence, everyone has an opinion but nobody knows for sure.) Might be a great signing, might not. Only one way to find out. If he signs, I’ll support him. If he doesn’t then we’d better find someone else. ...but no matter who we sign, that will be the case. We're not going to attract someone who has consistently scored 15-20 goals a season, so we need to do what we've always done and take calculated gambles. I hear the concerns about May's last few seasons but I just don't see where a better option is going to come from. This is a guy who we know can do it in the right circumstances, who Tommy has worked with before, who wants to sign for Saints, and whose struggles over the past few seasons have come about through being either injured or played out of position. He's also someone who has the potential to excite the fans again, which I think is a pretty big plus for the club right now. On the subject of also signing Hemmings - I tend to feel that if there's a budget for two good first team players to come in, then one of them should be a central midfielder rather than signing two strikers. But I can't see it happening anyway. I reckon what we might end up doing is getting a left-back plus possibly a young midfielder in on loan from somewhere down south when we hit the deadline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, Center Half said: So the moral of these' facts is no **** can score for Aberdeen but can score elsewhere! interesting. Sorry I thought it was obligatory to come on here and chat pish.Its a football forum after all Center Half and south inch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 33 minutes ago, saintee in exile said: Sorry I thought it was obligatory to come on here and chat pish.Its a football forum after all I think he was meaning that Aberdeen are the problem rather than the strikers that were being compared. That is how I read it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Linky said: I’d be surprised if it’s both - we have always played with one out-and-out striker. I think a centre midfielder is more likely. Thinking back over the years some of our most exciting sides have been made up with two first choice strikers. Why can’t we make Hemmings and May happen? McMillan will be away this window. Hendry on loan to the Championship is a win-win-win(we want to free up wages-he wants/needs regular games-most championship or league one teams would snap up someone of Hendry’s ability if they were only paying half of his wages. Chris Kane either as back up, out on loan or let him find a new club. May and Hemmings with the option to bring Hendry back in January and O’Halloran & Kennedy as back up. Make it happen Brown!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Half Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 29 minutes ago, garydavidson said: I think he was meaning that Aberdeen are the problem rather than the strikers that were being compared. That is how I read it anyway. Aye I was meaning that! I am sure there is a few others over the years, who have been at Aberdeen and then come good in the lower leagues and score goals, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Bolognese Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 49 minutes ago, R.B.B:- Adz said: Thinking back over the years some of our most exciting sides have been made up with two first choice strikers. Why can’t we make Hemmings and May happen? McMillan will be away this window. Hendry on loan to the Championship is a win-win-win(we want to free up wages-he wants/needs regular games-most championship or league one teams would snap up someone of Hendry’s ability if they were only paying half of his wages. Chris Kane either as back up, out on loan or let him find a new club. May and Hemmings with the option to bring Hendry back in January and O’Halloran & Kennedy as back up. Make it happen Brown!! I endorse this plan. I'd keep Kane though as I think he has something to offer as a squad player. Maybe not as a striker though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYellowBox Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 25 minutes ago, Valentino Bolognese said: I endorse this plan. I'd keep Kane though as I think he has something to offer as a squad player. Maybe not as a striker though. Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think Kane might be useful in an attacking duo sitting just off the main striker. In some ways, he could be like macca was to may, holding up the ball and providing knock ons etc. He's not a natural goal scorer, but he is a useful forward, if that makes sense..... He definitely isn't a lone striker. For what it is worth, I think Kane, Hendry and McMillan are all too similar, same with Watt last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 48 minutes ago, Valentino Bolognese said: I endorse this plan. I'd keep Kane though as I think he has something to offer as a squad player. Maybe not as a striker though. Not sure that would be an option. Kane isn’t the answer. I think it’s provably Kane and May or Kane and Hemmings. To get both I would imagine we need to just accept that McMillan was a failure and that Kane isn’t SPL quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Not just us with agent problems. Dyballa transfer to Man Utd off due to excessive wage and agent demands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) Is there not a conflict of interests here though.Would Kane and Kane up front together not cause utter confusion among the Saints squad? Edited August 5, 2019 by saintee in exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley saint Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 21 minutes ago, saintee in exile said: Is there not a conflict of interests here though.Would Kane and Kane up front together not cause utter confusion among the Saints squad? we can shout at both players at once, saves time to insult others. saintee in exile and cristo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Aye true 'That's shite Kane!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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