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Welcome big guy! Sharpen your elbows and get your shooting boots on and you’ll grab at least 7/8 goals by January.
Good business by Stubbs, kind of player we’ve been needing for a number of seasons - infact perhaps since Michael Higdon left 7 years ago! Let’s hope it’s as good a signing on grass as it is on paper, although given the jump between being a below average English Championship player and decent Scottish Prem player i’d hazard a guess he’ll do alright.

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20 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

I am not sure why people are subdued about this signing.

This guy scored 7 goals in 23 appearances in the top league of Dutch football. All of his clubs are at a much higher level than us.

He will tear this league a new arsehole if he has the right attitude and gets good service.

 

Because if some on here won  the lottery , they would moan about having to" probably move house now  "

 

I think its a cracking signing, obviously scores goals in a certain system ala Denmark

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1 hour ago, DougJamie said:

Ok here is how it works..................... below is someone great ..............

Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Juventus
Number 7
Youth career
1992–1995 Andorinha
1995–1997 Nacional
1997–2002 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Sporting CP B 2 (0)
2002–2003 Sporting CP 25 (3)
2003–2009 Manchester United 196 (84)
2009–2018 Real Madrid 292 (311)
2018– Juventus 0 (0)
National team
2001 Portugal U15 9 (7)
2001–2002 Portugal U17 7 (5)
2003 Portugal U20 5 (1)
2002–2003 Portugal U21 10 (3)
2004 Portugal U23 3 (2)
2003– Portugal 154 (85)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2018

 

 

Lets try and see if Juve will give him to us on a 6 month loan

Ronaldo will never make it! Look at his poor goal scoring record in his first senior spell. Only 3 goals in 25 games. Someone must have seen potential! (OK. .Not too many Ronaldos around).

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1 minute ago, Bud the Baker said:

Blink and youd have missed a lot of them - quite a few one game wonders! :rolleyes:

Indeed.   

I remembered the name Janne Makela but thought he'd been one of the Morton Finnish contingent in the 90's rather than having played a game for us. 

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7 minutes ago, Maboza said:

Indeed.   

I remembered the name Janne Makela but thought he'd been one of the Morton Finnish contingent in the 90's rather than having played a game for us. 

Started one game for us - (RB?) looked decent but got injured and never appeared again!

Where is he now?

Had a ponytail IIRC.

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1 minute ago, charlie said:

Makella looked decent in his first game caught a bad injury and the rest is history.

Jens Paeslack was fcuking outstanding at first - at Airdrie, and at home to Falkirk, from memory he played on despite suffering a broken leg...

Maybe my memory is playing tricks?

Anyway, welcome NB-M.

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Steven Thompson never managed to score double figures in league goals in a season until he joined us. Then he managed it 3 seasons in a row.

Even at Dundee United, where he first made his name and was capped for Scotland, his best was 6 league goals in a season. His career best before joining Saints was 8 league goals in a season with Rangers.

Before he joined St. Mirren, his league record was a goal approaching every 6 games. With St. Mirren it was a goal every 3.5 games.

This guy's goal average in Holland suggest that he may be able to score goals in Scotland.

Here's hoping!

 

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1 hour ago, Drew said:

In that case, why haven't they mutually consented him? Might cost a few bob, but plenty of clubs do it.

Maybe they couldn't reach an agreement, or maybe they're hoping someone will stump up cash for him and they'll recoup some of their investment. Whatever, it's pretty obvious they don't fancy him - similar to the guy from Juve we were trying to get. 

Hopefully he can do a job for us. He struggled in Poland because "he found the cold and air pollution difficult to manage" so hopefully he gets on a bit better here.

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15 minutes ago, pozbaird said:

Might be the first Dane, but not the first hyphenated player to turn out for St Mirren. That honour goes to f**k Sake-Cheesy.

The guy who plays Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones is a Danish and called Nicolaj ,with a hyphenated surname.

Here pictured in front of the Northbank at Love Street.

Nikolaj-Coster-Waldau-C-for-Men-Photosho

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2 hours ago, Wendy Saintss said:

Steven Thompson never managed to score double figures in league goals in a season until he joined us. Then he managed it 3 seasons in a row.

Even at Dundee United, where he first made his name and was capped for Scotland, his best was 6 league goals in a season. His career best before joining Saints was 8 league goals in a season with Rangers.

Before he joined St. Mirren, his league record was a goal approaching every 6 games. With St. Mirren it was a goal every 3.5 games.

This guy's goal average in Holland suggest that he may be able to score goals in Scotland.

Here's hoping!

 

Aye, we need to give guys like this a clean slate, as we can have no genuine sense of how he will fare here.

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6 hours ago, Stu said:

Hopefully he can do a job for us. He struggled in Poland because "he found the cold and air pollution difficult to manage" so hopefully he gets on a bit better here.

Was only in Poland for 3 months and didn't really get a chance: 9 of his 11 appearances were from the bench.

He had a good season before in Holland's top league: 7 goals in 20 starts for a team (Zwolle) who narrowly avoided relegation is not bad. 

1:10 into the video below is a goal he scored against Ajax.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MCFqf0BNP0I

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8 hours ago, Julian Banjos said:

Winning goal v Den Haag 3:30 into this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OOj8fRfWCB0

Check out the work he does at 2.35 to create the goal.

Gets into a great position at 4.44 to have a pop at goal.

And his work at 4.50 to set up the chance that he himself attempted at 5.01 was good.

Remember, this is top flight Dutch football. A far better standard than what he's coming to.

In true IOBS fashion, based on this clip, I declare him to be a superstar!

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14 minutes ago, Wendy Saintss said:

Check out the work he does at 2.35 to create the goal.

Gets into a great position at 4.44 to have a pop at goal.

And his work at 4.50 to set up the chance that he himself attempted at 5.01 was good.

Remember, this is top flight Dutch football. A far better standard than what he's coming to.

In true IOBS fashion, based on this clip, I declare him to be a superstar!

Certainly looks as if he is relatively mobile too, which is a bonus.

It's also worth remembering that, on Sunday, he'll be up against arguably, the second best defence in the league, so it might be worthwhile not writing him off after one game!:rolleyes:

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