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31 minutes ago, robsterwood said:

Point taken. Was wondering why he still has no club

I didn't realise that he had missed so many games over the years, I thought his injury worries were from recent years. Saying that I'm sure Ryan Jack was vocal about Kipre trying to wreck his career or something. He said in an interview recently that he was training on his lonesome at Dalziel Park, you can't help but feel he will likely fold like origami if we signed him.

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2 minutes ago, wellfan said:

I’d be shocked to see any Premiership club take a punt on Jack unless it was on an expenses and appearances based contract.  

He is the very definition of a perma-crock. 

No doubt a fit Ryan Jack would do a job for us.

But given our current injury status, even I would be questioning SKs decision making if we go down that route!

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6 hours ago, MJC said:

We won one, perhaps two league games between the January and the split that season and when 0-2 down at Livingston we’re heading for bottom six until we scraped a last gasp leveller and other results going our way over several weeks helped our cause no end. It was a fluke, no two ways about it. If anything the credit should go to Tony Watt for his goals in the first half of 21/22 otherwise we would have been in relegation trouble never mind in with a shout of top six.

Were we not in the top six all season other than for 20 minutes during that match? 

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9 hours ago, MJC said:

We won one, perhaps two league games between the January and the split that season and when 0-2 down at Livingston we’re heading for bottom six until we scraped a last gasp leveller and other results going our way over several weeks helped our cause no end. It was a fluke, no two ways about it. If anything the credit should go to Tony Watt for his goals in the first half of 21/22 otherwise we would have been in relegation trouble never mind in with a shout of top six.

Fortunately the season does not start in January. So credit to him and all the players for amassing enough points over the full season to secure top six. So not a fluke. Sufficient hard earned points amassed to finish above six others. I would settle for that outcome any season.

His time was up for the reasons I highlighted. But if you want to pick and choose partial seasons, why not opt for August to December which would suggest he was one of the top Managers in the League. Of course he wasn't, but it is easy to ignore the positives when you are intent on being negative.

For clarity, I detested the football under Alexander even when winning and the enjoyment of securing points in that first half season was obliterated by what we were subjected to disguised as football. I would have happily seen him moved on before season end. He did what was asked of him though which I guess is why he was not binned pre Sligo.

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1 hour ago, witchfindergeneral said:

Callum Paterson (formerly of Hearts) has been told to find a new club by Sheffield Weds. Can play literally anywhere and is a big boy. Would yous take him?

Not in our price range plus he's well past his sell by date, a no thanks from me.

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2 hours ago, witchfindergeneral said:

Callum Paterson (formerly of Hearts) has been told to find a new club by Sheffield Weds. Can play literally anywhere and is a big boy. Would yous take him?

Was thinking the same when I read the news, probably would to be honest.

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On 8/14/2024 at 9:52 AM, David said:

We're currently sitting with a first team squad of around 26 players. Yes, some of them are injured, but those injured players still need to be paid and their medical costs taken care of.

They will all return at various points over the coming weeks and months, so we can't just keep spending money on new players. How big do we want our squad and wage bill to be?

Even if the management decide they want to make some more signings, it'll be a hard sell on any new player when we ask them to come in and provide cover for an injured player, then they likely get papped out the team when said injured player returns.

At most, I anticipate a few six-month loans before the transfer window closes, and even then, the calibre of these players might not be sufficient to satisfy the online critics.

 

This is the squad currently.

Oxborough/Hegyi

Mcginn/Koutrumbis Gordon/Balmer Blaney/Casey

SOD/Kaleta Davor/Miller/Halliday Callahan/Slattery/Sparrow Wilson/Seddon

Paton/Nicholson

Moses/Robinson Stuparevic/Watt/Stamatelopolous

Imo that's weak at RWb, Holding Midfield, and attacking midfield.

That's a Kelltlewell/Recruitment team issue can't say they've not been backed as they've been allowed to bring in 13 of their own players.

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54 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:

This is the squad currently.

Oxborough/Hegyi

Mcginn/Koutrumbis Gordon/Balmer Blaney/Casey

SOD/Kaleta Davor/Miller Callahan/Slattery/Sparrow Wilson/Seddon

Paton/Nicholson

Moses/Robinson Stuparevic/Watt/Stamatelopolous

Imo that's weak at RWb, Holding Midfield, and attacking midfield.

That's a Kelltlewell/Recruitment team issue can't say they've not been backed as they've been allowed to bring in 13 of their own players.

I know he's shite but you've missed out Halliday. I also suspect Wells might get more minutes than you'd think...

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40 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said:

I know he's shite but you've missed out Halliday. I also suspect Wells might get more minutes than you'd think...

I forgot Halliday existed tbf, Wells will get loaned out in my humble opinion

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7 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:

I forgot Halliday existed tbf, Wells will get loaned out in my humble opinion

I'd like to see Wells loaned out and get plenty of first team minutes somewhere. He looks like he could be a great wee player for us in the next couple of years. However, I think injuries to the squad will force Kettlewell to keep him in the match day squad until at least January.

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24 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:

I forgot Halliday existed tbf, Wells will get loaned out in my humble opinion

I think Wells is good enough to break into the team. Get A wee run of games under his belt and and I think he will do just fine. 

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4 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

I think Wells is good enough to break into the team. Get A wee run of games under his belt and and I think he will do just fine. 

I don't disagree but with Nicholson's absence (unless you're playing Watt as a creator rather than a number nine which I we will do), a lot of responsibility in midfield being loaded on the shoulders of two weans...

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10 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

I don't think Wells is quite ready yet. Maybe a loan spell or a few minutes as a regular sub? 

I think the lack of other creative players for the foreseeable future means that he will be used from the bench a fair bit. Maybe out on loan in January if Stuperavic, Paton and Nicholson are all back...?

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1 hour ago, Stevie73 said:

Ryan Jack training with us today, better than any midfielder excluding Lennon that we have, would need to be on a pay per play as track record not great.

The "SK is responsible for every injury we have" brigade will be in meltdown if we sign Jack.

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1 hour ago, Stevie73 said:

Ryan Jack training with us today, better than any midfielder excluding Lennon that we have, would need to be on a pay per play as track record not great.

Been in the building for a while. Training facilities courtesy of his friendship with Halliday

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