Tangy wrote:

Hes not without talent but I dont see him as a starter next season and that's surely what he needs.

Fitness issues must be a concern for saintees?

He can beat a man but has no end product.

Never been fit enough to play 90 minutes week in week out in his 2 and a half years.

We need better.
 

All the best Pete. Lives just down the road from me so will always get a smile when I pass him. But just not what we need at this time. Scared to think how much we've paid him in wages in 2.5 years....

Tele online reporting we have opened talks with him!! Surely not

We definitely have.

Mellon quoted. Dearie, dearie me.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/peter-pawlett-transfer-latest-dundee-23877052

Morphman wrote:

Looking about online it seems I'm one of the few who rate him. Always feel when he plays that he is one of very few players that is confident enough to hold on to the ball and take it forward 10/15 yards when allowed instead of passing the buck.

Think he's a smart player also, keeps possession well, wins fouls when we're under pressure or killing time towards the end of games.

A new deal where he comes down from his apparently very well paying contract to a more reasonable amount I would take him back in a heart beat.

I just feel he flatters to deceive mate. Very little end product, ever. Though i do concede he is one of the few players in the team who can actually go past a man and looks to do so. But it's not enough for me. His runs and dribbles hardly ever lead to a goal.

I wonder what signal this sends out to the fans about our ambitions for the club and the style of play we are going to be playing when we are re-signing an injury prone player who is now the wrong side of 30 and who hasn't really contributed a great deal in 2 and a half years (imo).
 

I cannae make up ma mind.
Good squad man when fit.
Depends on what we intend paying him and where we could better spend the money.
Last bit the key, so for me, adios mate.

Pawlett is OK. But I think over his time at the club everyone would agree he has been a waste of a wage. If we are offering a deal then I hope it is only a 1 year extension and it is on slightly reduced terms. Mellon's quotes suggest he has a good influence on the dressing room and I've watched interviews with a couple academy players in the past who have singled him out as being a  big influence on them. So maybe a bit more to it, but a creative midfielder needs to be on our top 3 priorities this summer.

I wonder how much this is actually about loyalty to the current squad given that at a high, collective level, they’ve got us promoted, more or less kept us safe and taken a wage cut during all of this. To start trimming through popular squad members would be a sure fire way to piss off all of your squad.

My initial reaction was I think his apparent wages could be better spent on someone really pacey or someone who will really link midfield and attack. Generally just about improving the squad and looking to kick on. Maybe that’s still the case and Pawlett becomes a squad player with better coming in. Or, we have no money so he gets reduced terms and we save on a signing on fee!?

It's all paper talk at the moment though, isn't it? Even if MM is quoted, there's no reason for him to say PP is shite and we don't want him. 

Might offer him a low basic but a pay as you play deal  so he only gets the higher amount when fit and able.

Not his biggest fan and wonder if recent improvements have anything to do with contract expiry.

no way has he shown enough for a 2 year extension - very worrying

I've said I'd be happy with him staying but for 2 years he'd better be taking a massive wage cut, particularly given the rumours of what he does get paid.