SaintJet Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 24 minutes ago, Linky said: Really? By the end of next season, Conway will be 37. He has been a fine stop-gap in a difficult season, but his time is up. These 3 players should be in their way out. I can't really believe that these 3 are his main priorities over, say Melamed, Kane and & Booth. Where did you get this from? The never ending fountain of secret Random intel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintgscot Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 I hope it’s not true but did hear a little rumour that Melamed may be going home to Israel as he misses his family. I understand but hopefully he is persuaded to stay and maybe with lockdown easing bring his family across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templeofsaints Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 2:34 PM, Tranmere Saintee said: Injury prone, very inconsistent and slagged off Saints when he left, simply not of the standard we need or want. The fact that Utd are trying to offload him says it all. Utd apparently in contract talks now with Pawlett - sounds to me like an agent trying to drum up interest from other clubs to get Utd to speed up their offer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 7 hours ago, templeofsaints said: Utd apparently in contract talks now with Pawlett - sounds to me like an agent trying to drum up interest from other clubs to get Utd to speed up their offer? We can but hope. R.B.B:- Adz and tucker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 7 hours ago, templeofsaints said: Utd apparently in contract talks now with Pawlett That would be highly unlikely as it has been stated on here That he is not in their squad these days and he only plays to give others a rest. ex-montrosesaintee, R.B.B:- Adz and THE LARK SAINT 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott1884 Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 14 hours ago, Johnny B said: That would be highly unlikely as it has been stated on here That he is not in their squad these days and he only plays to give others a rest. In today's Courier Mellon says he wants to keep him & wants him signed up ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Scott1884 said: In today's Courier Mellon says he wants to keep him & wants him signed up ASAP. Yeah hes an important part of the squad there, not really sure what @Johnny B is on about, tbh. Johnny B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templar Saint Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Needing a goal scorer - take a punt on Todorov at Inverness Caley. Tricky6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Time for Callum to stop wasting time trying to sign the squad players that have proved they are not good enough. Hopefully he has 2 wingbacks 2 midfielders & 2 strikers on his radar. Almost forgot,decent keeper & not just a stopgap like Parish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny B Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Cagey said: Hopefully he has 2 wingbacks 2 midfielders & 2 strikers on his radar. Almost forgot,decent keeper & not just a stopgap like Parish. First we need another for competition in our back 3, if one gets injured or suspended we will not resort to a back 4, so cover in there is essential, not he can do a job in there, someone who is an out and out centre back just like the 3 we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akuram Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 All we are missing is a big athletic striker who is good in the air and can shoot somewhere inside the goalposts. Suppose every team is. Our goal scoring at home is very poor. Just think how many more points we could have had if only we took some of the chances we have not taken. Overall we have had a great season so well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Just to give my suggestion (& see everyone else shoot them down). This is bearing in mind we'll probably have to cut the budget once again: OUT MOH, Conway, Parish, Tanser (sadly), Bryson, Melamed (unfortunately I think he'll be gone) IN Hendry back - I'd be happy enough with him, Kane and May as the three strikers. Middleton (another season-loan. I think he's done well enough to warrant another chance, but I doubt Rangers will want to keep him, or anyone else will be interested). I doubt this costs us much. Replacements for Conway & MOH - Niall McGinn & Connor McLennan are out of contract this Summer. If not, how is Jordan Jones getting on at Sunderland? Are they likely to make that permanent? Will Hibs want to sign Jamie Murphy after their loan? 3 young defenders who can cover left-back, right-back and centre-back between them. These need to be players for the future, who can step in when our main defenders are injured. Replacement for Bryson - Liam Polworth out of contract this Summer GK - If Hamilton go down, Ryan Fulton has always looked ok for them, but I don't know about his stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 25 minutes ago, Linky said: Just to give my suggestion (& see everyone else shoot them down). This is bearing in mind we'll probably have to cut the budget once again: OUT MOH, Conway, Parish, Tanser (sadly), Bryson, Melamed (unfortunately I think he'll be gone) IN Hendry back - I'd be happy enough with him, Kane and May as the three strikers. Middleton (another season-loan. I think he's done well enough to warrant another chance, but I doubt Rangers will want to keep him, or anyone else will be interested). I doubt this costs us much. Replacements for Conway & MOH - Niall McGinn & Connor McLennan are out of contract this Summer. If not, how is Jordan Jones getting on at Sunderland? Are they likely to make that permanent? Will Hibs want to sign Jamie Murphy after their loan? 3 young defenders who can cover left-back, right-back and centre-back between them. These need to be players for the future, who can step in when our main defenders are injured. Replacement for Bryson - Liam Polworth out of contract this Summer GK - If Hamilton go down, Ryan Fulton has always looked ok for them, but I don't know about his stats. Personally wouldn't want most of them we couldn't afford Murphy or Jones There are a few in Scottish Championship I'll do some research on checking names again that I wouldn't much rather see us trying to sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, THE LARK SAINT said: Personally wouldn't want most of them we couldn't afford Murphy or Jones There are a few in Scottish Championship I'll do some research on checking names again that I wouldn't much rather see us trying to sign Have to say, I don't keep a close eye on the Championship, so just going on Premier players who might be decent. It is a big step up though, we've done well with Rooney & McCart, but it won't always be that successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Linky said: Will Hibs want to sign Jamie Murphy after their loan? It was agreed they'd make it permanent this Summer, at the start of his loan spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, Linky said: Have to say, I don't keep a close eye on the Championship, so just going on Premier players who might be decent. It is a big step up though, we've done well with Rooney & McCart, but it won't always be that successful. Ok here goes Now I have no idea of contract situations but watch a lot of Championship games on Fridays and those players have stood out for me ,are the right age and I think could step up in position we need to fill Basically a raid on Inverness and Raith Rovers with some others 1/Daniel Mackay 19 Winger ICT 2/Nikolay Todorov 24 Forward IT 3/Cameron Harper 19 Winger ICT 4/Regan Tumilty 24 Right Back Raith Rovers 5/Daniel Armstrong 23 Winger Raith Rovers 6/Regan Hendry 23 Midfield Raith Rovers 6/Lewis Vaughan 25 Forward Raith Rovers 7/Kai Kennedy 19 Left Wing Raith Rovers on loan from Rangers 8 LukeMcGowan 23 Midfielder 42 games 10 goals Ayr Utd 9 /Conor Shields 23 Forward Queen Of The South Throw in as cover and challenge first team keeper 10 Owan Fon Williams Goal ICT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, THE LARK SAINT said: Ok here goes Now I have no idea of contract situations but watch a lot of Championship games on Fridays and those players have stood out for me ,are the right age and I think could step up in position we need to fill Basically a raid on Inverness and Raith Rovers with some others 1/Daniel Mackay 19 Winger ICT 2/Nikolay Todorov 24 Forward IT 3/Cameron Harper 19 Winger ICT 4/Regan Tumilty 24 Right Back Raith Rovers 5/Daniel Armstrong 23 Winger Raith Rovers 6/Regan Hendry 23 Midfield Raith Rovers 6/Lewis Vaughan 25 Forward Raith Rovers 7/Kai Kennedy 19 Left Wing Raith Rovers on loan from Rangers 8 LukeMcGowan 23 Midfielder 42 games 10 goals Ayr Utd 9 /Conor Shields 23 Forward Queen Of The South Throw in as cover and challenge first team keeper 10 Owan Fon Williams Goal ICT I would like to think we are at Least looking at most of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 We were credited with an interest in Conor Shields earlier in the season, so I'd be surprised if we weren't still eyeing him up. He's the Championship striker I'd be most excited about, I reckon. Not sure about Linky saying he'd be happy to run with Kane, May and Hendry. Our season only turned around when Melamed got a run of games and we switched to two up front. It would be quite baffling if CD was happy with those three strikers after what we saw in the first few months of the season. I'm sure he'll actively be looking at players who are more suitable for the striker role in his favoured 5-2-3/3-4-3 formation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 On 4/10/2021 at 5:11 PM, Templar Saint said: Needing a goal scorer - take a punt on Todorov at Inverness Caley. I think he is the kind of player we need to give us a bit of variation. Tall,good in the air & good hold up player. Trouble is he seems to have been loaned out every 6 months for the last 5 of 6 seasons. May be that the loans were because he was a young guy. Could be he is just reaching maturity as a player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbourne Saint Posted April 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Cagey said: I think he is the kind of player we need to give us a bit of variation. Tall,good in the air & good hold up player. Trouble is he seems to have been loaned out every 6 months for the last 5 of 6 seasons. May be that the loans were because he was a young guy. Could be he is just reaching maturity as a player. Todorov is an interesting one... He seems to have been around for ages.... can't believe he's 24. Not seen him, but from descriptions here that he's "good hold up player", to me, puts him in the Kane role. I think we need a striker with genuine pace and/ or skill who gets into good positions. As for the list, no problem with championship players, as long as they're young, confident and seeking to constantly improve. Problem is, raiding Raith & ICT (along with 5 or so Premier clubs) will no doubt turn into a bidding war & those clubs will demand top £££ for their best talent. If Saints can strike early on 2 key targets, that'll keep me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 I haven't seen much of the Scottish Championship so can't really comment on the above players, although they do seem to be the names who generally crop up as doing well whenever I listen to Sportsound. I suspect we may see Callum looking further afield during the summer. He's already done well in bringing in McNamara from down south and Melamed from abroad, and we know he has a good number of contacts in England, so I'd think we may see similar moves. I'd actually quite like to see us looking at the National League in England - their set-up's in absolute disarray down there at the moment and that may present an opportunity to lure a few of the better players up north. Quite a few of the stand-out players from that level have moved up the ladder and done well for themselves in recent seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 Muzz was missing again on Saturday. Is it time to say thanks to Muzz but we can't afford a player who misses so many games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 19 hours ago, The Real Saints said: Not sure about Linky saying he'd be happy to run with Kane, May and Hendry. Our season only turned around when Melamed got a run of games and we switched to two up front. It would be quite baffling if CD was happy with those three strikers after what we saw in the first few months of the season. I'm sure he'll actively be looking at players who are more suitable for the striker role in his favoured 5-2-3/3-4-3 formation. What I really mean is: getting Melamed was pure luck. I'm not sure we'd have the budget for a striker better than those 3. If we do, it'd be someone like Lafferty who I think may disrupt the squad. Part of the reason we're doing well, I think, is that we have a squad of great professionals who work hard for the team. One player can ruin that. Bruno Strasser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, Linky said: What I really mean is: getting Melamed was pure luck. I'm not sure we'd have the budget for a striker better than those 3. If we do, it'd be someone like Lafferty who I think may disrupt the squad. Part of the reason we're doing well, I think, is that we have a squad of great professionals who work hard for the team. One player can ruin that. So you want to retain 3 non-scoring strikers for a squad that desperately needs a new goal scorer because a new player might upset some folk. If the squad is as strong as you think it is, one player with a bad attitude isn't going to disrupt anything, if anything it would be the opposite way round. If there are saints fans who're happy with Kane, Hendry and May as our only strikers next season, then you'd be as well saying you're happy with us not scoring goals. R.B.B:- Adz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Widge said: So you want to retain 3 non-scoring strikers for a squad that desperately needs a new goal scorer because a new player might upset some folk. If the squad is as strong as you think it is, one player with a bad attitude isn't going to disrupt anything, if anything it would be the opposite way round. If there are saints fans who're happy with Kane, Hendry and May as our only strikers next season, then you'd be as well saying you're happy with us not scoring goals. I’d love us to sign a striker who can get double figures every season & we can sell onwards for £££. Unlikely though with our budget. If we let May go, who would we honestly be looking to replace him with that we could afford? Aberdeen will be looking for 3 new permanent strikers, Hibs perhaps for 2 if Nisbet goes, Motherwell for 3 perhaps as many of their strikers are out of contract, etc. etc. What’s your plan in terms of competing with them for the likes of Greg Stewart, or anyone else who is willing to come to the league and score more than a few goals a season. Bear in mind we usually only play with 1 striker, and we will potentially have 3 for next season already anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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