billyg Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kilmarnock-youngster-craig-slater-finally-2999440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) I'm embarrassed to be a St Mirren fan, we've obviously treated this kid shamefully. Killie - good. St Mirren - bad. Boooo! Edited January 9, 2014 by pozbaird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Meh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Clearly wasn't one of David Whitdaeyecallhims favourites , but now showing that we have missed a gem that we had under our noses for 10 years , poor show ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie172 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Our great facility at Ralston was open by then too... Poor from the club. A guy offered the chance to chase his dream at saints hating it so much that he asks for us to let him leave? Never heard anything like it with a young player before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilsaint Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 CRAIG SLATER, "I’m from Silverburn" That'll be Pollok then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 CRAIG SLATER, "Im from Silverburn" That'll be Pollok then. Don't mock - my wife is from Merchant City East... Ahem, Dennistoun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Who? ETA: aha....just another cock with an arm tattoo Edited January 9, 2014 by Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Who? ETA: aha....just another cock with an arm tattoo Craig Slater ! MOM in in our defeat at Kilmarnock , and he's their own player , unlike the guy that we're fawning over for extending his loan , who was hiding in said match ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Craig Slater ! MOM in in our defeat at Kilmarnock , and he's their own player , unlike the guy that we're fawning over for extending his loan , who was hiding in said match ! Fawning over? I must have missed that. Anyway, back to this lad Slater, is he better than John McGinn, do you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class of 76-77 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Good to see our young lads like Kenny McLean don't feel the need to plummet the depths of rag Newspapers to Rubbish their former club. It's well near impossible to keep every promising young player happy, some will always slip through the net, hence the reason we got Kenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Non-entity spits dummy. OMG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Non-entity spits dummy. OMG. Who upset you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I reckon there will be a few more come back to haunt St Mirren at some point. We've certainly got two out of the three that were there for trials who look as though they may well be moving from their pro youth clubs to Manchester City and Fulham when they turn 16. That's not to say that they'll break through there but the two lads are excellent prospects and they both have the right attitude. It's just one of those things though. Pro Youth football is like that. It's not the first time that I've heard that clubs have certain players that they expect to make it and they regard the rest as shirt fillers. Slater is probably right that he needed to get out and be a fresh face somewhere else as it seems pretty obvious that a lot of attention at St Mirren was being put on the likes of Thomas Reilly and John Scullion as first team prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I reckon there will be a few more come back to haunt St Mirren at some point. We've certainly got two out of the three that were there for trials who look as though they may well be moving from their pro youth clubs to Manchester City and Fulham when they turn 16. That's not to say that they'll break through there but the two lads are excellent prospects and they both have the right attitude. It's just one of those things though. Pro Youth football is like that. It's not the first time that I've heard that clubs have certain players that they expect to make it and they regard the rest as shirt fillers. Slater is probably right that he needed to get out and be a fresh face somewhere else as it seems pretty obvious that a lot of attention at St Mirren was being put on the likes of Thomas Reilly and John Scullion as first team prospects. Er, and John McGinn....and Sean Kelly...and Jason Naismith. FFS, Stuart. Must try harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I reckon there will be a few more come back to haunt St Mirren at some point. We've certainly got two out of the three that were there for trials who look as though they may well be moving from their pro youth clubs to Manchester City and Fulham when they turn 16. That's not to say that they'll break through there but the two lads are excellent prospects and they both have the right attitude. It's just one of those things though. Pro Youth football is like that. It's not the first time that I've heard that clubs have certain players that they expect to make it and they regard the rest as shirt fillers. Slater is probably right that he needed to get out and be a fresh face somewhere else as it seems pretty obvious that a lot of attention at St Mirren was being put on the likes of Thomas Reilly and John Scullion as first team prospects. Wee Scullion and a few others were told they could leave for free if a club wanted them last summer. Contract is up in June, be interesting to see who gets offered a new deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbar_bud Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I said it on another thread, if Slater does well then he will be one of the very few (if any) in last few years that we will have let slip through the net. Good luck to boy, we have brought through Kelly, Naismith, McGinn and Mclean recently. Letting one boy go who may or may not go on to better things doesnt mean our youth policy isnt working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I also wish Slater good luck. He's managed to dig himself out of a hole that so many other young footballing talents find it hard to do. I don't read the piece as him Slating St Mirren (LOVE the title, mind ye... ) but as just him telling the story as he was perceiving it, living through the depressing times.... He'd been there a long time, nothing was happening, so he reinvented himself. Good for him. Especially from Pollok. It'll be interesting to see how he further develops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I said it on another thread, if Slater does well then he will be one of the very few (if any) in last few years that we will have let slip through the net. Good luck to boy, we have brought through Kelly, Naismith, McGinn and Mclean recently. Letting one boy go who may or may not go on to better things doesnt mean our youth policy isnt working. Correct, and as I alluded to earlier, should he have been given priority in the central mid position ahead of McGinn in terms of youngsters coming through? As you say, good luck to the lad, though it demonstrates a lack of class deriding your former club to some degree. Just take it on the chin, son, and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) I also wish Slater good luck. He's managed to dig himself out of a hole that so many other young footballing talents find it hard to do. I don't read the piece as him Slating St Mirren (LOVE the title, mind ye... ) but as just him telling the story as he was perceiving it, living through the depressing times.... He'd been there a long time, nothing was happening, so he reinvented himself. Good for him. Especially from Pollok. It'll be interesting to see how he further develops. Aye. The only section where he suggests he wasn't supported is here: “Going into training every day just wasn’t enjoyable any more and I felt as if I wasn’t going anywhere with the club." Even then, it is probably stretching it to even suggest that this - as I referred to in my last post - could even be considered as deriding the club, in fairness. Anyway, a bit of a non-story. Edited January 9, 2014 by Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Who upset you ? Nobody. Just my interpretation of the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 WTF. . A crap article in a putrid wee , paper that l would never buy. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Here's a wee thought.... promising youngster asks to quit mediocre team, a short time later he starts training with the rangers, a tax dodging, transfer fee dodging, cheating scumbag of a club that wont pay debts or fees to no one, then things go tits up, administration, transfer and signing bans, liquidation (death), youngster then joins another mediocre team.... was he on a promise?..... How many 17year old kids would ask for a pro contract to be cancelled... I would like to hear Davie Longwells side of the story....... Edited January 9, 2014 by scrappy coco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Wee Scullion and a few others were told they could leave for free if a club wanted them last summer. Contract is up in June, be interesting to see who gets offered a new deal. Do we not like strikers at the club. I thought wee Scullion was next to break through especially as he starting to grow now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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