Speculation Thread

[FTOF 11,519]

5 minutes ago, elvis said:

Bilate will be a no go. If we sign him I fear for us. 

Now there's a surprise............................

[JJ McG 4,267]

51 minutes ago, Transfer news said:

Even I have a clue as to who we're  going for. Bilate and that other guy and a bunch of people from evertonEverton

You talk pish man  

 

[FTOF 11,519]

Stubbs in the PDE stating that he's frustrated that he has to wait a bit longer to secure the remainder of his signings, as most of them are from England, and are just returning to training.

[pozbaird 20,996]

1 hour ago, FTOF said:

Stubbs in the PDE stating that he's frustrated that he has to wait a bit longer to secure the remainder of his signings, as most of them are from England, and are preparing for tomorrow’s game against Colombia.

Fixed that up for ye’.

[elvis 2,916]

1 hour ago, FTOF said:

Stubbs in the PDE stating that he's frustrated that he has to wait a bit longer to secure the remainder of his signings, as most of them are from England, and are just returning to training.

Old news must have been a slow day in the office. 

[Drew 21,117]

1 hour ago, FTOF said:

Stubbs in the PDE stating that he's frustrated that he has to wait a bit longer to secure the remainder of his signings, as most of them are from England, and are just returning to training.

There must be a few Scottish based (not necessarily Scottish) players that he could be considering?

[DougJamie 6,930]

6 hours ago, FTOF said:

Stubbs in the PDE stating that he's frustrated that he has to wait a bit longer to secure the remainder of his signings, as most of them are from England, and are just about to play a last 16 WC game.

Get in there Alan

 

He understands our level

[pozbaird 20,996]

1 hour ago, DougJamie said:

Get in there Alan

 

He understands our level

Oi! Page 495 ya’ thievin’ gypsy!

[DougJamie 6,930]

9 minutes ago, pozbaird said:

Oi! Page 495 ya’ thievin’ gypsy!

You got copyright ???

 

With your 5million posts there are bound to be a couple of doubles

[pozbaird 20,996]

4 minutes ago, DougJamie said:

You got copyright ???

 

With your 5million posts there are bound to be a couple of doubles

Feckin’ boooooooo! Get it sorted MacPherson.

[ron 110]

What chances Fraser Hornby ( from Everton) being one on Stubb,s radar for season loan. Saw a bit of him In Toulon tournament for U21's and he looked as if he could be a handful up front. He's over 6 ft so passes the first criteria.

[pod 7,588]

With all the 6 footers, that will give Cammy plenty of cover to run riot.  

[turrabuddie 1,767]

With all the 6 footers, that will give Cammy plenty of cover to run riot.  

Along with Magennis and Flynn.

Sad to see a Championship winning squad being dismantled, but we'd be kidding ourselves if we thought they'd be good enough, colletively, to compete for anything other than the bottom 2-3 places.

Wouldn't have been any different if JR was in charge.

I am currently quietly optimistic about this season, although like many others on here, I would like to see a few more coming in, better still if a couple are more experienced.

[class of 76-77 2,830]

Jack Ross would have been just as ruthless with the squad that won the league. One thing that became clear as day was he was at the helm.

Ross had a ruthless side and Stubbs is no different in terms of he knows what is required in order to compete at this level. My one concern is that he manages to sign enough players of sufficient quality for us to do this.

[madball 496]

1 hour ago, class of 76-77 said:

Jack Ross would have been just as ruthless with the squad that won the league. One thing that became clear as day was he was at the helm.

Ross had a ruthless side and Stubbs is no different in terms of he knows what is required in order to compete at this level. My one concern is that he manages to sign enough players of sufficient quality for us to do this. 

Ross was ruthless in bringing in his own players first time around, but I'm not as sure Ross would have been as ruthless with the squad as Stubbs will be, I accept he would have been ruthless in the starting XI but I would say that there would be an element of loyalty to a number of players in keeping them at the club as the backup and not starters as they were his players.

[magnus 2,935]

1 hour ago, madball said:

Ross was ruthless in bringing in his own players first time around, but I'm not as sure Ross would have been as ruthless with the squad as Stubbs will be, I accept he would have been ruthless in the starting XI but I would say that there would be an element of loyalty to a number of players in keeping them at the club as the backup and not starters as they were his players.

Quite possible madball although he was ruthless enough with Stelios.

[madball 496]

Quite possible madball although he was ruthless enough with Stelios.

Agree, however easy decision to make as Stelios was a squad player. Think Ross would've taken 1st teamers with him, and pruned the rest of squad.

Stubbs I reckon has applied the logic that only a few last season starters good enough to start going forward and the rest at best would be squad players, and from that whether he felt get better with equivalent money

[MenstrieSaint 1,076]

Alloa chairman Mike Mulraeney on his twitter page has advised fans to keep an eye on the Alloa Athletic twitter page over the weekend , wonder if that means they,ve signed Stewart and Kilpatrick from us .

[class of 76-77 2,830]

4 minutes ago, MenstrieSaint said:

Alloa chairman Mike Mulraeney on his twitter page has advised fans to keep an eye on the Alloa Athletic twitter page over the weekend , wonder if that means they,ve signed Stewart and Kilpatrick from us .

I would imagine that Stewart & Kirkpatrick are probably the players that Div was referring to on twitter when he said, there’s more than four  who have been told that they can go.

[magnus 2,935]

2 minutes ago, class of 76-77 said:

I would imagine that Stewart & Kirkpatrick are probably the players that Div was referring to on twitter when he said, there’s more than four  who have been told that they can go.

Jim Goodwin rates both players. Could be a great move for all concerned. 

[magnus 2,935]

21 hours ago, pod said:

With all the 6 footers, that will give Cammy plenty of cover to run riot.  

Simple Digital Stadium to be renamed Jurassic Park.

[pod 7,588]

2 hours ago, MenstrieSaint said:

Alloa chairman Mike Mulraeney on his twitter page has advised fans to keep an eye on the Alloa Athletic twitter page over the weekend , wonder if that means they,ve signed Stewart and Kilpatrick from us .

or Baird.

[Magic Monkey 4,676]

The one nagging doubt I have is looking at what happened with Stubbs at Rotherham.

He arrived with some bold ambitions in terms of who he was going to be signing. For whatever reason - and Stubbs says the funds he'd been promised weren't available - very few of his signing targets came off, and they were utter mince. His successor lasted even less time than Stubbs did; presumably the squad was rotten.

He blames the Rotherham board, and I believe him. I just hope we're in a position to actually sign the players he has in mind.

[truesaint 505]

Ali Crawford no longer on trial at Hearts. Might be worth a look as he looks for new club.

[Drew 21,117]

8 minutes ago, truesaint said:

Ali Crawford no longer on trial at Hearts. Might be worth a look as he looks for new club.

If he signs for Everton first, he might be considered