Linky Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 30 minutes ago, double deluxe said: Not long Looks like it’s today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 12 minutes ago, Linky said: Looks like it’s today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 Wanted an attacking left sided defender, who's happy to go 1v1 on the ball, and that's exactly what he seems to be. Suspect he'll need time to adapt so he'll maybe struggle a bit v Morton, but another who should only get better while with us. pezza70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aagb1884 Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 Has mentioned he sees the club as a stepping stone, so hopefully he does well and we get a good fee for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern saint Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 Will our new owner insist we have proper release clauses in these contracts? How much would Mitov have been worth on an open market? To think Motherwell may get over a £1 million for Bair. How come we didn't spot how to play his abilities? Makes you wonder whether Levein will waste Adama and Benji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 6 minutes ago, Northern saint said: To think Motherwell may get over a £1 million for Bair. How come we didn't spot how to play his abilities? Makes you wonder whether Levein will waste Adama and Benji. Bair left before Levein was hired, bizarre to try and pin anything about that on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDON76 Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 Just shows how superior Kettlewell is as a manager compared to Davidson. Criminal how he treated Theo at Saints. Incredibly, Macca could not see his attributes either. Motherwell now set to get over a million. You couldn't make it up. tucker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 14 minutes ago, GORDON76 said: Just shows how superior Kettlewell is as a manager compared to Davidson. Criminal how he treated Theo at Saints. Incredibly, Macca could not see his attributes either. Motherwell now set to get over a million. You couldn't make it up. The lad got chance after chance at saints and didn't do it. Sometimes things don't work out forgot kettlewell has won the double. Really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 We're signing Cocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 7 minutes ago, rik2304 said: We're signing Cocks. Cock a doodle doo were cock a hoop cocktails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbourne Saint Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 I'm quite impressed by the signings so far.. still need to shore up central defence and midfield... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbourne Saint Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 The tannoy guy will need to play more Jimmi Hendrix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 7 hours ago, tucker said: The lad got chance after chance at saints and didn't do it. Sometimes things don't work out forgot kettlewell has won the double. Really No he didn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 8 hours ago, tucker said: The lad got chance after chance at saints and didn't do it. Sometimes things don't work out forgot kettlewell has won the double. Really The saw a big guy and thought "target man", and flat out refused to think of him as anything more than that. He was always more of a Stevie May type and Motherwell played him like that. With a lot of support and balls in behind/to his feet. 8 hours ago, rik2304 said: We're signing Cocks. Courier saying he's going straight on loan to Forfar once he signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 9 hours ago, tucker said: The lad got chance after chance at saints and didn't do it. Sometimes things don't work out forgot kettlewell has won the double. Really Bair had 38 appearances all but 8 of them from the bench. I would bet that of the other 30 , none were much more than 10 mins and probably none of the 8 lasted 90 mins.. R.B.B:- Adz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted July 17 Author Report Share Posted July 17 9 hours ago, tucker said: The lad got chance after chance at saints and didn't do it. Sometimes things don't work out forgot kettlewell has won the double. Really I agree Bair got lots of chances in a Saints shirt and he was consistently terrible. But the issue wasn't number of chances. The issue was Callum Davidson failing to properly assess what kind of player he was, being completely ignorant of how to play to his strengths, and doing nothing at all to develop, coach and instruct him. When things don't work out, there are usually reasons for it. garydavidson, Saintdunc and PerthSaint01 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 9 hours ago, rik2304 said: We're signing Cocks. Yeah , a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted July 17 Author Report Share Posted July 17 Squad update ... Goalkeepers Josh Rae - 2026 Ross Sinclair - 2026 Craig Hepburn - 2027 Defenders/wing backs Oludare Olufunwa - 2025 David Keltjens - 2025 Sam McClelland - 2025 Liam Parker - 2025 Kyle Cameron - 2025 - on loan from Notts County Jack Sanders - 2026 Andre Raymond - 2026 Midfielders/wingers Connor Smith - 2025 Max Kucheriavyi - 2025 Matt Smith - 2025 Alex Ferguson - 2025 Cammy MacPherson - 2025 Sven Sprangler - 2025 Graham Carey - 2025 Drey Wright - 2025 Josh McPake - 2026 Fran Franczak - 2026 Aaron Essel - 2027 Forwards Stevie May - 2025 Nicky Clark - 2025 Benjamin Kimpioka - 2025 Adama Sidibeh - 2026 Uche Ikpeazu - 2026 Taylor Steven - 2026 Departures Dave Richards - end of loan, returns to Crewe, signed for Dundee Utd Luke Robinson - end of loan, returns to Wigan Athletic Diallang Jaiyesimi - end of loan, returns to Charlton Athletic, signed for Leyton Orient Chris Kane - end of contract, signed for Dunfermline Athletic Jack Wills - end of contract, signed for Queen's Park James Brown - end of contract Andy Considine - end of contract, retired from playing Callum Booth - end of contract, signed for Spartans Tony Gallacher - end of contract Ali Crawford - end of contract Cammy Ballantyne - end of contract, signed for Linfield Dimitar Mitov - sold to Aberdeen for undisclosed fee Liam Gordon - end of contract, signed for Motherwell Ryan McGowan - end of contract, signed for Livingston Daniel Phillips - end of contract, signed for Stevenage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted July 17 Author Report Share Posted July 17 11 hours ago, Northern saint said: Will our new owner insist we have proper release clauses in these contracts? How much would Mitov have been worth on an open market? I was under the impression that the clauses we gave Mitov in his contract were probably part of the reason he signed for us in the first place. Fine to say we shouldn't have had the release clause in there but if it's something his agent was insisting on, should we have passed up the chance to sign him? Having him here for just one season basically kept us up so was of far more value to us than just a transfer fee. garydavidson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 Watched Arron in two friendlies the Huntley one in which he looked out best player and Arbroath where conditions where poor but still had something about him I say differently one for the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, Cagey said: Bair had 38 appearances all but 8 of them from the bench. I would bet that of the other 30 , none were much more than 10 mins and probably none of the 8 lasted 90 mins.. Only 6 were longer than 60 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted July 17 Author Report Share Posted July 17 Amid all of this we still haven't signed anyone who is actually going to change the way we get the ball forward and create chances for our strikers (unless we're going to be very optimistic about McPake). What do people think we still need? For me, we're still lacking: A physical, attack-minded central midfielder. An additional experienced central defender. Ideally a winger, though I've no idea if Levein is actually planning on playing wingers. A second option for left-back (so far we've brought in Raymond and lost Robinson, Gallacher and Booth, plus Brown who was able to do a shift in that position in an emergency too). Possibly an experienced goalkeeper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSaint01 Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 For me I’d like to see the following… Incoming - Experienced CB Experienced CM Winger (Could be a loan) Outgoing - Max, Ferguson and C.Smith loan Possibly Olufunwa (dependent on player in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.B.B:- Adz Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 (edited) 2 hours ago, Cagey said: Bair had 38 appearances all but 8 of them from the bench. I would bet that of the other 30 , none were much more than 10 mins and probably none of the 8 lasted 90 mins.. 2 hours ago, blueheaven said: I agree Bair got lots of chances in a Saints shirt and he was consistently terrible. But the issue wasn't number of chances. The issue was Callum Davidson failing to properly assess what kind of player he was, being completely ignorant of how to play to his strengths, and doing nothing at all to develop, coach and instruct him. When things don't work out, there are usually reasons for it. 58 minutes ago, RandomGuy said: Only 6 were longer than 60 minutes. I don’t want to go over the whole Bair debacle again but it’s just utter tosh to try and pass it off as he was given loads of chances and was “pish”. I don’t get why anyone would want to paint that picture. We saw similar treatment of Melamed, then Vertainen, then Bair. He was clearly not well looked after at the club, both on and off the pitch and that should not just be sweeper under the carpet. Footballers are attracted to sign for clubs like our because offer them exactly the opposite of that - which incidentally has brought us much success in the past. Footballers talk, it’s a small world and if we allow the “Bair affair” to go unaddressed then players won’t feel like taking a risk like Mitov etc did? Edited July 17 by R.B.B:- Adz Saintdunc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 55 minutes ago, blueheaven said: Amid all of this we still haven't signed anyone who is actually going to change the way we get the ball forward and create chances for our strikers (unless we're going to be very optimistic about McPake). What do people think we still need? For me, we're still lacking: A physical, attack-minded central midfielder. An additional experienced central defender. Ideally a winger, though I've no idea if Levein is actually planning on playing wingers. A second option for left-back (so far we've brought in Raymond and lost Robinson, Gallacher and Booth, plus Brown who was able to do a shift in that position in an emergency too). Possibly an experienced goalkeeper? I think we'll only see the second and third of those. Carey will double up as left wing back if Raymond is injured, with Keltjens a possibility there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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