livivoice Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Anyone have an update as I dont think he has featured in any of the pre season games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Superwell Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 He was injured but is back training again, he couldve played in the hibs game but kept him out as precaution but he is fit and ready for Saturday if required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 good topic, will read again 7/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 a bit harsh even for u Busta - the voice of reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Even if fit, would he play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Good Q. To be fair he started to look the part at right back before yet ANOTHER injury. Let's see how good Tait is. We have options at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 a bit harsh even for u Busta - the voice of reason Apologies Maybe I was in a bad mood or something. There is a big massive thread where all of this is covered though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Told he can go,shame think he is one of the best defenders we have at the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Shame if that's the case but not overly surprising given the arrival of Heneghan and his absence during pre-season. Don't know what has happened there. Had the makings of a decent centre half before faltering at East Fife. Both McGhee and Laing hinted towards a loss of confidence last season. Suspect he'll be on a half decent wage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Was tipped as a top prospect when he arrived and I thought he had the makings of it. Quite disappointed the manager doesn't rate him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Pity, but often the case when another manager comes in. Perhaps if his name was Louis Schmidt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Was tipped as a top prospect when he arrived and I thought he had the makings of it. Quite disappointed the manager doesn't rate him The manager is on record as saying he thinks Laing is "a footballer" that he thinks has the ability to make it as a midfielder. He also rated him at right back last season. Apparantly carrying an injury in pre-season. Not sure where the 'not rated' comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 It was pretty obvious when he came in that McGhee viewed Laing and Ainsworth as guys he could force out to free up a bit more money this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faddythedaddy Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 One less player to mispronounce for my Da a suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 The manager is on record as saying he thinks Laing is "a footballer" that he thinks has the ability to make it as a midfielder. He also rated him at right back last season. Apparantly carrying an injury in pre-season. Not sure where the 'not rated' comes from. Came from him being told if he gets an offer elsewhere he's free to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 And where did that come from? Was it mentioned in an interview or is it a rumour from someone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I would be disappointed but not surprised by this. We do seem to have too many centre halfs but I always felt Laing looked like he could turn into a decent player. I wasn't at East Fife last season when he had a nightmare and then disappeared for months but that seems to have been the game that really pushed him down the pecking order. I have already said on here though that the signing of Heneghan only made sense if we were moving Laing or Kennedy on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Every time he has played he has looked like he is about to make a mistake and very nervy. Also very injury prone. It's a shame because he did show promise and ability. However, given Kennedy is pretty much exactly the same (in that he can be nervy looks like making mkstakes) then we should only really have one of them on the books. Right now he is behind Heneghan, Kennedy and Ferguson for me. So, probably best he goes if he can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeboy Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I really liked Laing when he first came in, aside obviously from his introductory red card. I thought he was really good on the ball at centre half, but that may have been because I was used to watching Mark O'Brien just spend the season kicking the ball as long and as far as he could. I was really pleased when we managed to get him permanently and I thought it was something of a coup. However, I was then put off by his body language against East Fife in the league cup. He started the game looking to me as if he was giving them no respect, but soon realised he had to when Nathan Austin was tearing him apart. He obviously then had a long spell out the team but I was then impressed with him at right back, pre injury. I was a Josh Law fan and defender, but I thought Laing had a presence and engine that Law perhaps couldn't give us. It was unfortunate he got injured when he did as I felt he could've established himself there. All things considered, I'd say the jury is still out for me, as it is with Kennedy too. I would say that I prefer Laing over Kennedy, probably due to technical ability. Both are prone to an error but I think Kennedy's a stopper and that's his limit, whereas Laing is decent on the ball. It wouldn't break my heart to lose one of the two, especially with Ferguson able to step up to fourth choice centre back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Was out performed massively by an unknown Northern Irish teenager with no first team experience at all in his entire career. Facts are he's been give a decent whack at it and he's behind every other centre back available for selection, with maybe the exception of Ferguson. He's a failed signing and it would be best if he went back down south and tried to resurrect his career. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postiejim Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Part of the team that beat TheRangers 6-1 in last year's playoff ,like Long ,Law ,Pearson and Erwin will always be remembered as being part of that great result....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshillWell Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 The fact that neither he or Kennedy have cemented their place tells you everything. Laing looked a really decent prospect when he first arrived, has played twenty six games over a season and a half, but we brought in another central defender who is obviously first pick with McMannus. We will probably have Laing and Kennedy until their contracts expire next summer, which is funds we could really do with. Was out performed massively by an unknown Northern Irish teenager with no first team experience at all in his entire career. Facts are he's been give a decent whack at it and he's behind every other centre back available for selection, with maybe the exception of Ferguson. He's a failed signing and it would be best if he went back down south and tried to resurrect his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 There's a lot of assumptions that heneghan is going to be better than both Laing and Kennedy. McGhee would be naive to let Laing go until heneghan has proved himself to be a better option than his rivals - unless of course Laing is one of our higher paid players and sees his freed wage as being a way to bring in an attacking midfielder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshillWell Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I'm guessing that Laing will be on a good contract, considering we were competing with Championship teams to get him at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 There's a lot of assumptions that heneghan is going to be better than both Laing and Kennedy. McGhee would be naive to let Laing go until heneghan has proved himself to be a better option than his rivals - unless of course Laing is one of our higher paid players and sees his freed wage as being a way to bring in an attacking midfielder I do in part agree with this. However if he rates Kennedy higher than Laing, has watched Heneghan last season and in training then he likely has a decent idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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