Cagey Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Looks like a fee would be required and a few teams in for him so can't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 43 minutes ago, Cagey said: Looks like a fee would be required and a few teams in for him so can't see it. If this is true, and he was on our radar, it says something, when you all think that a team who play in the top league in Scotland cannot compete, against a mid table English League 1 side, to sign a goalscorer from way down the English pyramid. That said, Warrington is a lot closer than Perth is, to the grim shores of Blackpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 We have til 11.30 on Thursday to get someone in and hope we still have Phillips and Mitov. MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas Monkey Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 It actually looks like it’s happening….. pezza70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, tucker said: Can't see this one working out doesn't look good enough This is such an odd comment to make, unless you've actually seen him play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee in exile Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I've heard good things about him.Apparently very fast and strong.I'm pretty excited about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankfoot saint Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Might be a decent signing time will tell least we’re trying something different not just going for the usual suspects templeofsaints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Jenkins Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) ****ing hell we though shift key was bad this is how many levels below that? No way in hell are our, and I use the term loosely, our scouting network that sophisticated to spot what other teams have not. Literally no point to this what so ever. Does this make us stronger? Does it **** Does it reduce wage bill if certain strikers move on, maybe. This is where we are and honestly **** that shit im done Edited February 1 by Shaggy Jenkins rik2304 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 pezza70, PerthSaint01, PSJ.84 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 6 hours ago, Shaggy Jenkins said: ****ing hell we though shift key was bad this is how many levels below that? No way in hell are our, and I use the term loosely, our scouting network that sophisticated to spot what other teams have not. Literally no point to this what so ever. Does this make us stronger? Does it **** Does it reduce wage bill if certain strikers move on, maybe. This is where we are and honestly **** that shit im done Throw the balls in the air and hope that he or DJ or Benjie can come up with goods. Waiting for the club statement " we have been watching him for some time" Ie his video looks good. Anyway let's hope he answers our striker problem. I suspect the problem is deeper than the striker though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 6 hours ago, Shaggy Jenkins said: ****ing hell we though shift key was bad this is how many levels below that? No way in hell are our, and I use the term loosely, our scouting network that sophisticated to spot what other teams have not. Literally no point to this what so ever. Does this make us stronger? Does it **** Does it reduce wage bill if certain strikers move on, maybe. This is where we are and honestly **** that shit im done Hang on a second. You’re going to give up supporting the club because we might be buying a striker that, according to rumours, League One clubs were also interested in? Seems a bit extreme templeofsaints, blueheaven and PSJ.84 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 7 hours ago, Shaggy Jenkins said: ****ing hell we though shift key was bad this is how many levels below that? No way in hell are our, and I use the term loosely, our scouting network that sophisticated to spot what other teams have not. Literally no point to this what so ever. Does this make us stronger? Does it **** Does it reduce wage bill if certain strikers move on, maybe. This is where we are and honestly **** that shit im done Unless you've seen the guy play, I find this sort of view absolutely baffling. As long as the club have done their homework and actually watched him (like I suspect they didn't do with Bair), then I don't see what the problem is. For comparison, he's playing at the same level in the English pyramid that Dipo Akinyemi had spent much of his career at before signing for Ayr United. When Akinyemi started banging in goals for Ayr, there were a lot of people on here suggesting we try to sign him, and also asking why it is that Saints never seem able to find/attract players like that. Now we're doing exactly that and people are already flying off the handle about how bad the player apparently is. I'm really struggling to understand how people can form such strong opinions about guys they've presumably never seen play or even heard of. Surely we've all been following football for long enough to understand that there are gems to be found at lower levels. PerthSaint01, Ritspeed, Setting Son and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 50 minutes ago, Cagey said: Waiting for the club statement " we have been watching him for some time" Ie his video looks good. It really wouldn't be difficult for Saints to send someone to watch him play a few games in person. Especially when you consider his team has carried on playing matches throughout January while we've been dormant. There was a bit of an excuse for not doing this during Covid, or when the player played abroad like Bair/Melamed/Keltjens, but with this guy there's absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have done some pretty thorough homework. pezza70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Cups 2021 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Judged before the crime has been committed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 8 hours ago, Shaggy Jenkins said: ****ing hell we though shift key was bad this is how many levels below that? No way in hell are our, and I use the term loosely, our scouting network that sophisticated to spot what other teams have not. Literally no point to this what so ever. Does this make us stronger? Does it **** Does it reduce wage bill if certain strikers move on, maybe. This is where we are and honestly **** that shit im done That’s the spirit! blueheaven and garydavidson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Is today the day we get rid of some rubbish? pezza70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern saint Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 The only question I have on any signing given what has been happening, especially in the striker's role, is will any of them actually get a run of games to find some form? Will we use two up front to help each other? Have we anyone capable of providing the opportunities. I hope the answer to all is yes but I cannot say I'm convinced. Eetu, Bair, Jepchott even Melamed didn't rate a run. Would the outcomes have been different if the manager showed some faith? Whoever we end up with, we have to support them. blueheaven and pezza70 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bankfoot saint Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Looks like we’ll have six strikers on the books now oh heady days 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akuram Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, bankfoot saint said: Looks like we’ll have six strikers on the books now oh heady days 🤷♂️ We just need goals, the defence is mostly good. Just goals please.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Some interesting points made by Levein about Jephcott and general tactics in The Courier today. “Jephcott, for me, was a player who you need when you’re dominating games and gets loads of chances,” said the Saints boss. “Because the best part of his game is his finishing. “We are not creating a lot of chances. “We need other things at the moment to get us up the field. He just doesn’t fit with what we need right at this moment in time. “If we were dominating games, staying in the opposition half and creating chances then he’s one you’d want in the squad. “But we’re not making 14, 15 or 16 chances a game. We’re creating very few. “Sometimes we play with one striker because I feel our midfield, with an extra player, works better than two strikers. “I’ve been shuffling the pack a little bit and trying to come up with a solution that helps us to win games.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Surely if you create few chances then you need a good finisher? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 I agree with him. Jephcott is a poacher who stays in the box and knocks them in. We need strikers like Kane, who can draw fouls and muscle their way up the pitch, or like Kimpioka, who have the pace to run onto a long ball. PerthSaint01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setting Son Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Think Clark can do both , unfortunately he’s injury prone or he wouldn’t be with us . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setting Son Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 You’ll pick up a gem every now and again like Twads and to an extent Buglione but it’s pretty rare . See there’s a young lad just been sold by Albion Rovers to Burnley so it does happen . Bernie Slaven all over again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Setting Son said: You’ll pick up a gem every now and again like Twads and to an extent Buglione but it’s pretty rare . See there’s a young lad just been sold by Albion Rovers to Burnley so it does happen . Bernie Slaven all over again . I used to have a season ticket watching a team at that level a few years ago, and regularly saw players I felt would be worth Saints taking a look at. Among the players in the team I used to watch were Ethan Pinnock who now plays every week in the English Premier, and a midfielder who now plays in the top division in Turkey. Dipo Akinyemi was playing for that team at the time too, and often didn't get a game: there were other players considerably better than him. I'm convinced there are plenty of gems to be found in the sixth and 7th tiers of English football. But I'd imagine the hard part is getting them to come up here, when a lot of the good ones will also have interest from other English clubs who are closer to home and offering more money. I think there's an outdated perception of players at that level being slow, unfit, part-time cloggers, but it's changed a lot. A lot of them are ex-Premier League or professional academy players who have lost their way but are fit, athletic and very good on the ball. saintee in exile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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