Kat Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 Gorrin said in an interview when he started playing consistently earlier in the year that he wanted to stay and that he had an additional year on his contract but it was an apperanced based to trigger it and he doubted he would make it. Just one of those things, when he hit a rich vein of form the vultures started circling . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 4 hours ago, steelboy said: He was completely hopeless for the first half of the season. He looked out his depth against Sligo. It's almost like players need time to adapt to a new level when they make the step up. Arsene Wenger used to say it took a player 6 months to adapt to a different league that played at the same level. Maybe he knows what he's talking about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Kat said: Gorrin said in an interview when he started playing consistently earlier in the year that he wanted to stay and that he had an additional year on his contract but it was an apperanced based to trigger it and he doubted he would make it. Just one of those things, when he hit a rich vein of form the vultures started circling . Is that why he got sent off, did we see him again after that? Deliberately kept the appearances down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 41 minutes ago, ropy said: Is that why he got sent off, did we see him again after that? Deliberately kept the appearances down? It would surely be the player's choice whether to take the extra year or not. Bigi is on Eurosport 2 now. Burundi vs Nigeria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 11:49 PM, Brazilian said: was it not insanity to sign him on a one year deal, Given that he was identified as good enough for us? Of course not, we're a club who operate in the market of taking chances on guys like Gorrin, hoping we hit a jackpot every now & then and manage to find someone who's a good player and who's happy to then remain with the club for longer and improve their career before moving on. We'll win some, we'll lose some, and our batting average as far as financial return on such players isn't too bad at the moment. On 6/21/2019 at 11:49 PM, Brazilian said: whats the business model behind that? It's part of an overall business model that's seen us bring in some decent coin of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Apologies if this has been mentioned already, but Tom Aldred has signed for Robbie Fowler at Brisbane Roar https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48756470 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 John Sutton comes out of retirement, he will be registered as a player for Morton this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Lee McCulloch has been appointed assistant head coach at Dundee United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwellfan Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 Alex Fisher to Exeter from Yeovil joining up with Ryan Bowman, Nicky Law and Jake Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellfan1984 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Jacob Blyth signs for Macclesfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 I clocked this earlier. Made me curious so I looked him and them up. 3 goals last season got him a promotion. Fair play but he looks awful at fitba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 11 hours ago, Wellfan1984 said: Jacob Blyth signs for Macclesfield. Zak Jules is also playing with Macclesfield they seem to attract dross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Spiderpig said: Zak Jules is also playing with Macclesfield they seem to attract dross. We sold Zak Jules down the river. I have no idea if he'll ever turn into a decent player, but he hadn't played a senior league game when we stuck him into the middle of an injury ravaged defence in a team that was struggling to play even dire football. The result of that was as inevitable as it was disastrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilwell86 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Zak jules was hopeless but I will never forget his winning goal at rugby park after Carl Mchugh had equalised. For some reason that day felt like the turning point, one nil down, went two one ahead and gave away a penalty in the 90th minute only for Boyd to smack it off the post!! was it not Robinson's first game in charge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 22 hours ago, Wellfan1984 said: Jacob Blyth signs for Macclesfield. I thought I had read about financial trouble somewhere. Sure enough, I found this today: And members of Macclesfield Town’s squad are taking the club to court over unpaid wages. “Having exhausted all other options, we feel we have been left with no alternative but to seek legal advice and take action in order to gain payment of wages, for the last two months,” read a statement from the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 4 hours ago, weeyin said: We sold Zak Jules down the river. I have no idea if he'll ever turn into a decent player, but he hadn't played a senior league game when we stuck him into the middle of an injury ravaged defence in a team that was struggling to play even dire football. The result of that was as inevitable as it was disastrous. Turnbull and Hastie seemed to do okay when they were chucked in at the deep end. Think it's moreso the fact that he wasn't very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 4 hours ago, weeyin said: We sold Zak Jules down the river. I have no idea if he'll ever turn into a decent player, but he hadn't played a senior league game when we stuck him into the middle of an injury ravaged defence in a team that was struggling to play even dire football. The result of that was as inevitable as it was disastrous. Disastrous perhaps but inevitable I'm not so sure. Bar the fact he had played one league game you've just described Mark Reynolds introduction into senior football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, GazzyB said: Turnbull and Hastie seemed to do okay when they were chucked in at the deep end. Think it's moreso the fact that he wasn't very good. He might not have been very good. But he was still thrown into a defence with 2 fit players, in a terrible team that had more leaks than Donald Trump's White House. (Plus it's a lot easier and lot more forgiving when you screw things up playing wide right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, Andy_P said: Disastrous perhaps but inevitable I'm not so sure. Bar the fact he had played one league game you've just described Mark Reynolds introduction into senior football. Mark Reynolds made his debut in the 2nd last game of the season, when our league status had been long since secured, and the result was meaningless. Not even close to being chucked into a disaster of a team with a disaster of a defence, struggling to find 11 fit players and fighting to avoid play-offs. Again - I'm not saying he was good, I'm just saying he had little chance of success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 He had little chance of success because he wasn't very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, weeyin said: Mark Reynolds made his debut in the 2nd last game of the season, when our league status had been long since secured, and the result was meaningless. Not even close to being chucked into a disaster of a team with a disaster of a defence, struggling to find 11 fit players and fighting to avoid play-offs. Again - I'm not saying he was good, I'm just saying he had little chance of success. Little chance is nudging a little more in the right direction from it being inevitable he was going to be a disaster. That was kind of my point with the Reynolds comparison. By comparison to the dead rubber Reynolds debuted in the one senior game Jules had the experience of playing against an English Championship side in the FA Cup. It was live on TV. He had already been capped several times for Scotland U21's. He already had a contract with an English Championship side. It was not as if he had come to Motherwell having never seen a football in his life before. I certainly grant you the seriousness of a scenario faced is obviously going to be much different in February than it is in August but we were so flush of defensive options that Bobby Donnelly had been picked in the preceding games to when Reynolds started against Aberdeen But then in some respects Jules had something of a free hit at Fir Park. He was provided with a platform of experiencing a club fighting a relegation battle - without necessarily the same pressure on him as those already at the club - and if he we had been relegated he could have toddled back south absolving himself from any blame for he was on loan late in the season. If anyone sold Zak Jules down the river at Fir Park it was Zak Jules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Andy_P said: Little chance is nudging a little more in the right direction from it being inevitable he was going to be a disaster. That was kind of my point with the Reynolds comparison. By comparison to the dead rubber Reynolds debuted in the one senior game Jules had the experience of playing against an English Championship side in the FA Cup. It was live on TV. He had already been capped several times for Scotland U21's. He already had a contract with an English Championship side. It was not as if he had come to Motherwell having never seen a football in his life before. I certainly grant you the seriousness of a scenario faced is obviously going to be much different in February than it is in August but we were so flush of defensive options that Bobby Donnelly had been picked in the preceding games to when Reynolds started against Aberdeen But then in some respects Jules had something of a free hit at Fir Park. He was provided with a platform of experiencing a club fighting a relegation battle - without necessarily the same pressure on him as those already at the club - and if he we had been relegated he could have toddled back south absolving himself from any blame for he was on loan late in the season. If anyone sold Zak Jules down the river at Fir Park it was Zak Jules. So basically what you are saying is he was pish, just like we all thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermarv Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Spiderpig said: So basically what you are saying is he was pish, just like we all thought. He was pish but he scored a pivotal goal against Killie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Was he they guy that stopped the ball going behind for a goal kick that cost us a goal and a few points? Can’t remember the game or circumstances just a guy doing something an under 10 would know better not to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Yep, that was him. Scored a nice OG too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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