Lobey_Dosser Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Good news about Keith. Strange time to release the news mind you when most of us are caught up in the Ireland game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Good news about Keith. Strange time to release the news mind you when most of us are caught up in the Ireland game. It will still be there after the game :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Good news about Keith. Strange time to release the news mind you when most of us are caught up in the Ireland game.Strange game to get caught up in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Strange game to get caught up in. To be fair it was a great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Strange game to get caught up in. Aye? It was a cracking game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Aye, difference being our first competitive game wasn't until the start of August last season. This season, it comes a bit earlier. There is a difference between starting to panic and thinking that the club really need to be getting the finger out... True but does it really make any practical difference whether they've announced a month, 2 weeks, a week before pre-season or not? If the first team squad isn't actually in then what difference does it make? It'd be different if it we were likely to be making a marquee signing that might help shift some season tickets but the reality is that we'll be looking at free transfers and bringing in players at the end of their contracts (hence why the English transfer window is significant). Presumably players, their representatives and the contracting parties will have a schedule indicating when a deal can or can't be announced. The club also, quite rightly, have a policy of not commenting on deals before they're able to be officially announced, to me that's just good practice. As far as I can see there's a general timeline that the club seem to follow where they start announcing incoming players, which is usually just before or around the start of pre-season. They've already announced a few contract renewals and going by the timeframe that we're looking at vs previous seasons then you'd imagine we'll start to see incoming announcements as we approach the English window opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Aye? It was a cracking game.Decent for ROI I suppose,Italy's b side not so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Good news about Keith. Strange time to release the news mind you when most of us are caught up in the Ireland game.Maybe felt that they had to announce something sooner rather than later. Interesting that McGhee in his quotes strongly hinting that he will be phasing Lasley out with a strong focus on what Lasley brings off the field. On that basis, would be looking for a minimum of two midfield signings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Aye? It was a cracking game. It was? Anytime I turned over, it just looked Italy couldn't really be arsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 I think the contract genuinely was signed tonight, purely based on the fact Lasleys car was outside Fir Park at 8pm. Nothing more, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 ^^^^^^ Stalker alert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The African Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 So we now have Lasley signed up, with the tacit admission that he will not be able to play the full season, and a possible reserve keeper if he passes a medical. While not the worst, it certainly isn't that exciting. Hopefully the situation regarding McDonald, Hammell and now Pearson can be clarified soon so that we know where we stand. I also think it would be in our interests to try and deal with the contracted players who are not in our plans for next season like Chalmers and Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Made Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 From the BBC Gossip page today (a name mentioned already in this thread) Motherwell are lining up a move for Chester defender Ben Heneghan, who was the subject of a January bid from Fir Park. (Daily Express) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Maybe felt that they had to announce something sooner rather than later. Interesting that McGhee in his quotes strongly hinting that he will be phasing Lasley out with a strong focus on what Lasley brings off the field. On that basis, would be looking for a minimum of two midfield signings... I didn't pick that up from his quotes at all. It's basically the same as last year. Well boss Mark McGhee said Keith is one of our most effective players so from a footballing sense, I am delighted to have him for at least one more year. However, he is more than just that for us hes a captain in every sense of the word. He, along with some of our other excellent senior pros, help set the culture at the club and take a real involvement in other areas such as the Under 20s and the Academy. When youre building a squad, which were doing, you need guys who know what the club, the support and its expectations are all about, and thats Las. We have plenty of more work to do, but retaining Keith in our structure is something I am very pleased about. He will play a key part for us in 2016/17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 It was? Anytime I turned over, it just looked Italy couldn't really be arsed.Won their group and ended up with Spain in the knockouts, it's no wonder they might be a bit miffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 It was? Anytime I turned over, it just looked Italy couldn't really be arsed. I thought that as well, the snippets I did see in between trying to fix the shower. You're obviously not getting caught up in the mass hysteria in Ireland Numpty. The Irish guy at my work didn't make it in this morning - boss is less than impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickle Pickle Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chester-fc-ben-heneghan-expected-11513205.amp?client=safari# Looks like we've been scouting England C internationals. Most names popping up have England C caps. We're Marv and Moult not Enfland C caps too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chester-fc-ben-heneghan-expected-11513205.amp?client=safari# Looks like we've been scouting England C internationals. Most names popping up have England C caps. We're Marv and Moult not Enfland C caps too? Again, I have to say that I'm surprised that centre backs seem to be our priority. Given the rumours surrounding Ainsworth, the fact that McDonald has still to sign a contract, Hammell hasn't re-signed yet and we have three first team centre backs with two others on the fringes, use of a small budget on defenders seems odd (I say defenders plural given the strong rumours regarding Richard Tait). I know that in forward areas we have Moore, Mackin, Thomas and Ross MacLean and I'm in favour of giving our young players their chance, but we run the risk of having an unbalanced squad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 You're obviously not getting caught up in the mass hysteria in Ireland Numpty. You could say that...I was rather hoping they'd get pumped, to be honest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1991 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Was at Fir Park this morning and saw Flow with 3 guys and introduced them to Dom Thomad one looked like Richard Tait but can't be sure, def looked like new signings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoss Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Press conference at 1pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellEast Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 May be that McGhee sees Laing and Macdonald as potetntial midfielders given what he said about Laing last year and Macdonald playing deeper in a few games last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MearnsWell Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Triple signing according to Record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Triple signing according to RecordOne of them will be Dean Brill. Other two likely to be defenders. Underwhelming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebsbarmyarmy Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Chester have announced one as Ben Heneghan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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