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  1. I'm sure he almost came on loan or something like that. He was definitely strongly linked - I think when McInally was manager.
  2. Ryan Christie wasn't a Celtic youth, though.
  3. He won club player of the year awards in our first season back at this level. He had a very good season and was touted for bigger things after that. He started the next season impressively as well. He played brilliantly in our 5-0 win at QotS and looked like a certainty for a big move at that point. Then Duffy started moving him about, he seemed to lose a bit of pace and struggled for consistency. He actually played well at left back in his last few months at the club, but that was only about 4 or 5 games (and his reputation took a pounding with his lacklustre performances in other positions). At this point he'll need to work very hard and find some very good guidance to get his career back on track.
  4. Strange, incompetent goalkeeping by Martin again for that one. Where's he going? He's left his goal, what happens if McMullen nicks in and gets the ball? That being said, Doyle obviously isn't looking at what's going on and puts himself under pressure with his touch. He was never great at looking where he was putting the ball.
  5. Brian Graham has 4 first half goals against another one of his former teams, Raith.
  6. Alex Williams scored 24 goals in his first 24 games for us. The were legitimate reasons to get excited there, and always legitimate fears about whether he would fulfil his potential.
  7. When Russell was winning club PotY awards in our first season back at this level, fans would have been astonished by him only getting a six month deal at a team like Falkirk this far on. The potential is there. If he's actually treated like a left back, he puts the effort in and is given some good guidance, then there's no reason why he can't be a success.
  8. Doyle had a couple of big problems. One was that his passing and crossing up the pitch could be so poor that he was creating good opportunities for opposition breaks. This meant that not only did he not create very much, but also that he could be problematic defensively. On the whole he was good enough defensively, but he did have a spell when he was a bit error prone and a bit prone to being caught flat footed (being slow off the mark was his other problem - I think he had been described as the slowest and fastest player at the club). On the flip side, an on form Forbes in front of him pretty much hid all of those deficiencies and gave him the confidence to play his best stuff for us. He looked a really good right back for a spell. He also works really hard and comes across as a great guy, so there's never a hint of him hiding or giving up.
  9. It won't surprise me at all if Murdoch goes on to have a decent career which includes playing in the top flight, because the potential is there. It also doesn't surprise me that he has gone to Ayr, because I don't think his level of performance is at the level most Morton fans say it is. Likewise I would've been happy for him to stay, but I'm not disappointed that we've tried to improve on what he offered.
  10. I can't be alone in thinking Murdoch is overrated? He's a decent player with some real qualities, but I'm not convinced that the sum of those qualities added up to a player whose influence on game's was really that effective. I'm not sure he read the game well enough or moved cleverly enough to avoid being too reactive to what was happening around him. There's real potential there though, and he has much of the raw ability to move towards stepping up a level. Perhaps noone higher than Ayr willing to stake that on him.
  11. He was never quite mobile enough for this level of football, but his ability with the ball at his feet was never in doubt. That 8 minute hattrick against Forfar was the kind of special thing he was capable of. If he was more of an athlete he could've played at a higher level.
  12. £20k is noted in the accounts for that year for a player sale. I think it could only be Fred. Poor stuff if there isn't a sell-on clause though.
  13. McKay was the type of loan player than you're never going to get the best out of as the club loaning the player. He just wasn't in it 100%. That was made clear at both Raith and Morton. What wasnt clear was whether he had the intensity required or not - he has since shown that he does (I was surprised to see him as a player who would chase down balls that looked like lost causes). I'm not convinced he'll ever move up a level but he's a much better player than he performed out on loan - and I'm of opinion that this was down to the intensity not being there out on loan (which isn't uncommon for loan players).
  14. I made my posts because I have a different opinion on it, not because I was trying to deny anyone else their opinion or because I'm bothered that there are those on here with strong views that are different to mine. I'm not annoyed that you think he's a little rat, I'm just putting across that not everyone feels that way about it.
  15. Your opinion on it is different to mine. I'm not bothered by that either.
  16. He missed 2 cup wins and then left before the league started. We got a decent enough fee, won the league, and he obviously made a good move for himself. He forced the move, but it reached a conclusion in decent time. Sometimes players do that. Sometimes managers try to force players out they don't want. It's often not pretty, but I'm not going to hold a grudge over it. It's not even as if he made a big public fuss about it or bad mouthed the club or anything. I'm not remotely bothered by it.
  17. He helped us to a second place finish after coming back. It was hardly some big favour. We were relegated, he wanted to move, we got £20k, then we won the league and he went on to be successful at another club. He forced the move, so what? I'm not quite sure what the big deal is here.
  18. No complaints about his contribution. His early form was an important factor in our league win. Archie's Campbell's form was also an important factor in our run in 12/13. Both players have probably been shown in the long run to be fairly limited players with enough ability to have good spells of form, but lacking in the basics in their game to be consistent performers. Caldwell made such a good first impression that I think we all assumed that his later dip was the exception rather than the purple patch, but I'm really not so sure.
  19. I thought Caldwell started well for us but faded pretty quickly. In the end we were better without him in the team. I think his early form gave a false impression of the all-round ability he actually had.
  20. Fred assist had just helped put Oestersunds 1-0 up against Galatasary in the Europa League.
  21. Quitongo did the right thing. Dodged a bullet by avoiding signing whatever dodgy contract that Mike Peden would have put in front of him. We were in an absolute state, and shouldn't have been expecting favours from a player just because we gave him a trial. Wasn't so happy about him booting a ball at the fans away at Alloa, mind you.
  22. Yeah, looking at last year it looks like he should be eligible to play. The SSC email I got the other day said Scotland would take an u20 squad - I guess it's got to do with their self imposed younger player policy going on at the moment.
  23. Whatever else might be the case, is he not too old? I'm a bit surprised that Nesbitt has been called up.
  24. I don't particularly hold anything against either of them for joining Raith. The more important issue is whether either of them actually have any end product at this level. I'm not sure that they do.
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