port-ton Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Happy with that. Valuable experience around the place and was absolutely fine last season. Anything that lowers our top knots to squad size ratio is okay in my book. Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Aye no real complaints, still solid at this level and good to have a bit of experience about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I really didn't want to keep McLean on last year. He was a liability in his first season. I suspect that was mostly injury/fitness related. While I still think there is an obvious weakness with his pace, and particularly with the way attacking players can get away from him in the box, I think he's been fine this season for the most part. Maybe an unpopular opinion but he was arguably our best centre back last season (excluding Ledger, who mostly played RB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Happy with that There's a storm on the horizon And for that I can't see the sun For I'll keep a waiting on the pavement For the ice cream van to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaunTon Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Like others I thought McLean performed better than last season and overall his contribution was ok. He's not quick but with a decent player alongside he could form a reasonably solid partnership. Would be good to see Ledger joining up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamOakTree Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Mr.Blue said: Really hoping that Gus has known for a while that he was getting the job and has been speaking to some of the current squad and making enquiries about new players. Jacobs is a great start although I'd be concerned that he continued to play with 2 sitting midfielders in front of a back 4 which didn't work until the two Airdrie games. Like others I'd be happy to see McAdams, Ledger and McLean stay with Lyon, Strapp and Hynes. The only others I'd consider keeping at a push are mcguffie and Oliver. I'm not really sure about the younger players in and around the squad and whether any of them are ready to make the step up. It's clear we definitely need centre backs and strikers. Over the season there's been a few players who have stood out against us and imo we should be making moves to bring them in. Milne and McLean from Montrose would be good additions as would Turner from Airdrie. Can't think of any centre halves at the moment. I think the two sitting midfielders was due to the shakiness of our central defenders, two of which have now left and the most reliable one re-signed along with Jacobs. Starting the rebuild from the back is an encouraging start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Maybe the difference in McLean this season was having a full preseason. He mentions that in his interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 5 hours ago, SpoonTon said: I really didn't want to keep McLean on last year. He was a liability in his first season. I suspect that was mostly injury/fitness related. While I still think there is an obvious weakness with his pace, and particularly with the way attacking players can get away from him in the box, I think he's been fine this season for the most part. Maybe an unpopular opinion but he was arguably our best centre back last season (excluding Ledger, who mostly played RB). An unpopular opinion if your name is Markus Fjortoft, perhaps. Not really for anyone else though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hej Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 He was solid enough, but it's pushing it a bit extending his deal at this age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_panther Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Have we punted all the other shit yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappiecat 1.2 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 11 hours ago, pink_panther said: Have we punted all the other shit yet? No, you're still free to post in the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Cappiecat 1.2 said: No, you're still free to post in the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton4life Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 22 hours ago, Cappiecat 1.2 said: No, you're still free to post in the forum. Unless Toby has his red paint brush in hand. Record of giving 523 reds. As he has giving me only 100 who got the rest? Anyway he got a pat on the back from admin, do they do forum blazers? Anyone giving this a red dot must consider this not to be an open supporters forum but an extension of their WhatsApp group. Oh have a nice summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_panther Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I left a comment on his latest blog and it seems to have disappeared. Strange that eh? At least he managed to have a word with the manager at Arbroath so he must have put in a good word for him to MCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Ton4life said: Unless Toby has his red paint brush in hand. Record of giving 523 reds. As he has giving me only 100 who got the rest? Anyway he got a pat on the back from admin, do they do forum blazers? Anyone giving this a red dot must consider this not to be an open supporters forum but an extension of their WhatsApp group. Oh have a nice summer 101* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Madton said: Fjortoft, Mcginty, Salkeld, Wallace and Omar no longer on the official squad page...Muirhead, Blues and Orsi still are though. Wouldn't read anything into that about anyone being offered new deals. While Nesbitt and Johnson have been removed as well, McGinn's still there and we know his loan's expiring even if we are going to try bringing him back. I'm sure some players in that 'on loan' section have been released now as well? With Wallace and Omar already having been away on loan and Johnson having been bombed out as soon as MacPherson came in, those three had possibly already been told they weren't being offered new deals weeks ago but the club haven't announced anything yet as they're going to do a proper update detailing everyone who'll be released and they haven't had that conversation with the likes of Orsi yet. I'm taking that as updating players who are away already rather than meaning all the rest have had offers. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 https://www.gmfc.net/player-update/ Shaun Rodgers, Justin Johnson, Rabin Omar and James Wallace gone, club in discussions with the rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_panther Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 But they've missed Gary Oliver. Looks like its gonna be the same old shite from last season. Now that is scary if McPherson thinks most of them are good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Tbh if we are going to be shite then at least I'll have Muirhead to hate-watch the same way everyone did with only an excuse for over a decade Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Okay, now alarm bells are ringing that we might offer deals to the rest. The fact that remaining group includes Butler is what gives me hope that's not the case and they're just drip feeding details as they have conversations with players, but that would seem a weird way to go about things. The remaining out of contract players are McAdams, Butler, Ledger, Blues, Millar, McGuffie, Colville, Oliver, Orsi and Muirhead, plus some more youngsters who've never been near a squad. Surely there's no way we're retaining all of them while running with a smaller squad? Some of them just obviously aren't up to the Championship. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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