mfc Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Hopefully it's just a case of he's away back to arsenal to keep ticking over and they can have a look at him during the break up here and there's not something more sinister going on.with the nick our squad is in right now the last thing we need is to be losing someone that's been our best player so far this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 5 hours ago, well_said said: Allegedly Who's alleging he's going to Hibs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 14 minutes ago, bobbybingo said: Who's alleging he's going to Hibs? Some Hibs fan on Pie & Bovril as far as I can make out..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 4 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said: Some Hibs fan on Pie & Bovril as far as I can make out..... Craig or Charlie? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothman Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Alan Nixon, football writer for critically acclaimed newspaper The Sun... 😅 has linked Motherwell, Dundee and St. Mirren with interest in bringing Curtis Main back to Scotland. If true, I would be in the "thanks, but no thanks" category, but given the paper he works for, I'm inclined to think this may be another instance of lazy journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Definitely don’t think bringing Curtis Main back would be a good idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Balls of Shire Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, mothman said: Alan Nixon, football writer for critically acclaimed newspaper The Sun... 😅 has linked Motherwell, Dundee and St. Mirren with interest in bringing Curtis Main back to Scotland. If true, I would be in the "thanks, but no thanks" category, but given the paper he works for, I'm inclined to think this may be another instance of lazy journalism. Not the worst... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 We should not be looking to sign a player with a worse goal-per-game ratio than the player we just moved on for being shite. Main (71 in 434) - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/curtis-main/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/77715 Wilkinson (72 in 328) - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-wilkinson/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/228791 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Balls of Shire Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 7 minutes ago, wellfan said: We should not be looking to sign a player with a worse goal-per-game ratio than the player we just moved on for being shite. Main (71 in 434) - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/curtis-main/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/77715 Wilkinson (72 in 328) - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-wilkinson/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/228791 Fair dues but having seen both of them play , I'd have Main first all day You're presuming also Wilko was punted , he may have wanted a move away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Main is a hard working, no nonsense, get stuck in player. Could be a great combo for someone like Biereth and IMO is better than we have. BUT He's not a goal scorer. For that reason I'd rather we focus on sorting other areas of the park , starting with midfield which is woefully light in both numbers and quality . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 3 minutes ago, wellsince75 said: Main is a hard working, no nonsense, get stuck in player. Could be a great combo for someone like Biereth and IMO is better than we have. BUT He's not a goal scorer. For that reason I'd rather we focus on sorting other areas of the park , starting with midfield which is woefully light in both numbers and quality . if he would be a good combo for biereth is main also signing for hibs :):):):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 3 minutes ago, smiddy said: if he would be a good combo for biereth is main also signing for hibs :):):):) Biereth is on a season loan with us. I thought he was back training with the Gunners due to us having a short break https://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/mika-biereth-trains-with-arsenal-first-team-ejeheri-and-bandeira-involved/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 I liked Curtis Main. Hard working no nonsense front man, but not a goalscorer. For me there's no doubt he would be an upgrade on Obika, Bair & Shaw. But not so much so that we should be looking to bring him back. Unless we were moving one of the others on of course. We need to target our resources at the weak areas of the team which is clearly Midfield, RWB and potentially LWB and CB depending on other ins an outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 17 minutes ago, wellsince75 said: Biereth is on a season loan with us. I thought he was back training with the Gunners due to us having a short break https://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/mika-biereth-trains-with-arsenal-first-team-ejeheri-and-bandeira-involved/ The Gunners have a bit of a record for recalling on loan players from one club then putting them out on loan again to another. Hopefully our season loan deal is watertight with no recall option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 5 minutes ago, santheman said: The Gunners have a bit of a record for recalling on loan players from one club then putting them out on loan again to another. Hopefully our season loan deal is watertight with no recall option. Yeah in recent times they loaned a guy to Ross County recalled him and sent him to Hibs only to recall him early into the arranged loan to sell him. Hopefully as nothing has been mentioned its just a case of Arsenal having a look at him over the winter break. Three clubs in England recalled their players on New Year's Day least we had the decency to alert Huddersfield that Spencer will serve his suspension if they held off a day. When Mika was injured he returned to Arsenal for a sizeable amount of time to get back up to speed but obviously that's generally the norm with loan players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, mothman said: Alan Nixon, football writer for critically acclaimed newspaper The Sun... 😅 has linked Motherwell, Dundee and St. Mirren with interest in bringing Curtis Main back to Scotland. If true, I would be in the "thanks, but no thanks" category, but given the paper he works for, I'm inclined to think this may be another instance of lazy journalism. Me too he's pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mccus28 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 29 minutes ago, pretzel said: Yeah in recent times they loaned a guy to Ross County recalled him and sent him to Hibs only to recall him early into the arranged loan to sell him. Hopefully as nothing has been mentioned its just a case of Arsenal having a look at him over the winter break. Three clubs in England recalled their players on New Year's Day least we had the decency to alert Huddersfield that Spencer will serve his suspension if they held off a day. When Mika was injured he returned to Arsenal for a sizeable amount of time to get back up to speed but obviously that's generally the norm with loan players. I see Spencer is playing against Man City today. Good luck to the fella, wasn't the worst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Main is a far better option than Obika. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, wellsince75 said: Biereth is on a season loan with us. I thought he was back training with the Gunners due to us having a short break https://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/mika-biereth-trains-with-arsenal-first-team-ejeheri-and-bandeira-involved/ yes but arsenal have previous for recalling loans in the window ( there porogative ) then sendind them else where to further there development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 28 minutes ago, steelboy said: Main is a far better option than Obika. I'm a better option than Obika, another signing who has contributed feck all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 5 hours ago, steelboy said: Main is a far better option than Obika. Yes. However this may just be paper talk or his agent trying to stir up an auction. If it is genuine, then yes, he's a better target man than Obika. However, as things stand, we have greater needs elsewhere to strengthen. If Obika is shipped out then maybe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 6 hours ago, steelboy said: Main is a far better option than Obika. why dont we sellotape main obika and shaw together then weve got a semi decent striker, also heard today of of a pal of gents that biereith just just back at arsenal for training and assesment purposes they seem happy with his game time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 21 minutes ago, smiddy said: why dont we sellotape main obika and shaw together then weve got a semi decent striker, Nah we’ve had that option he was called Wilkinson it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 On 1/7/2024 at 11:54 AM, twistandshout1983 said: Definitely don’t think bringing Curtis Main back would be a good idea Celtic fans already wrecked seats in the South Stand. Can we really afford to replace more with his shooting? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Balls of Shire Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 49 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said: Celtic fans already wrecked seats in the South Stand. Can we really afford to replace more with his shooting? His shooting wasn't too bad v Aberdeen at Hampden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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