We need a better option than Denham and Graham, but there can't be many experienced out of contract players available, and even then, how much game time do they get when Gallagher returns?

So do we target someone that we know can handle the step up on an 18 month deal?

Or we could just stop fannying a bout so much in the defensive and midfield thirds and score more goals, so that it's not a concern 

Reckon we'll bring in another 'promising' loanee.

 

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kiwiarab wrote:

Loick Ayina has signed for Ross County on a loan deal till end of the season.


He could have been an option for us, as a right footed centre half.

Hopefully Ross Graham can continue his form from the Inverness game until Gallagher is back, even though he is playing kinda out of position.

Loick Ayina is a very good player, under the right coach.

Goodwin obviously doesn't fancy him though, and imo he got worse under him last season the longer the season went on. Telling.

Very interested to see how he does at County.
 

Ayina haa everything you'd want in a modern day central defender.

Pace, physicality, strength, comfortable on the ball, decent ability.

But he was very prone to doing an impression of a dog chasing a balloon.

It would've done us in this league, but 6 months on, with barely no game time, going to a team fighting for survival, with an absolute fruit loop of a manager, it probably doesn't end well.

Och well.

 

Finn Seemann wrote:

David_Blunkett wrote:

Ayina haa everything you'd want in a modern day central defender.

Pace, physicality, strength, comfortable on the ball, decent ability.

But he was very prone to doing an impression of a dog chasing a balloon.

It would've done us in this league, but 6 months on, with barely no game time, going to a team fighting for survival, with an absolute fruit loop of a manager, it probably doesn't end well.

Och well.

 

I know - you would have thought he'd have learned...

Out of the frying pan into the Fire they make from Wickermen to sacrifice virgins.
 

Tek wrote:

If we can only sign one more before 1st Feb, then make it another attacking player, one with pace.

Don't need another CH. Gallagher will be back soon and Graham is fine to deputise.

 
Grieve has pace. We have enough front men, just lacking a manager who knows what he's doing. We also do need to find a replacement for Denham in my opinion, it's a vital area of the team. One who can also play RB preferably.

Tek wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

Tek wrote:

If we can only sign one more before 1st Feb, then make it another attacking player, one with pace.

Don't need another CH. Gallagher will be back soon and Graham is fine to deputise.

 
Grieve has pace. We have enough front men, just lacking a manager who knows what he's doing. We also do need to find a replacement for Denham in my opinion, it's a vital area of the team. One who can also play RB preferably.

Grieve's a Striker.

It's more a winger we are crying out for.

Middleton shite and so is Fotheringham tbh (though not convinced he is one).

We are so slow, pedestrian and predicatable at times.
 

 True, but it's the managers responsibility to sort out the way we are playing. Signing another winger won't make Goodwin any less clueless I'm afraid.

Tek wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

 True, but it's the managers responsibility to sort out the way we are playing. Signing another winger won't make Goodwin any less clueless I'm afraid.

Indeed.

Might just help us create more though, cos the last few weeks have been horrendous and we are topping this shit league by default.

God help us if Raith start winning again.
 

 
Having said that, we are better away from home and if we win our next couple we could all of a sudden be 7 points clear at the top plus a huge goal difference

Why has Middleton stopped running in behind the full back when mcmann has the ball? He really flatters to deceive, his numbers are good but his overall play is shocking

We need pace on the wings, for me I agree with TEK, a pacey winger is the position we should be going after

Grimshaw at right back is fine, doesn’t really offer much going forward but he’s fine defensively, he needs a winger in front of him who makes runs and comes short for the ball, for me fotheringham and Middleton hide far to much, they make lazy runs. I’d give cudjoe a run in the team again.

Anyone know why Glasd wasn't involved at all yesterday?

We are heavy in numbers where his preferred position is, Wotherspoon, Mochrie, Watt and Meekinson are all ahead of him.

The club should be trying to offload the likes of Glass and Freeman over the coming days and adding a right back and a center half.

I think we are fine going forward, our goals for column would back that up, we just need to be a lot more direct when we are 30 yards from goal than we have been recently.

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Anyone know why Glasd wasn't involved at all yesterday?

We are heavy in numbers where his preferred position is, Wotherspoon, Mochrie, Watt and Meekinson are all ahead of him.

The club should be trying to offload the likes of Glass and Freeman over the coming days and adding a right back and a center half.

I think we are fine going forward, our goals for column would back that up, we just need to be a lot more direct when we are 30 yards from goal than we have been recently.

assuming you mean Glass? he was 21st man, so in the stand
 

dufc2019 wrote:

Middleton is such a 1 trick pony so predictable to play against fuck knows how he got  game for Rangers.

Thought Kai got found out a bit yesterday, up against a couple of defenders who were young and quick and couldn't beat them. I think his numbers are papering over a few cracks there.

Cudjoe is just not good enough

Kai has a long way to go.  He was up against competent defenders yesterday and got no change out of the at all.  He does however thrive on a bit of chaos and the most chaos witnessed on Saturday afternoon was Terry the Terror winding up the Pars 'Ultras' before kick off.

Cudjoe has something, unclear what that is, but Goodwin will never find it.

Can we sell Moult and Watt to Motherwell before the deadline and buy a striker?

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unless there is someone with some experience of first team football then we will not bring anyone in - too big a risk, as we have seen with Denham, of you player with no first team experience coming in on loan.

Probably need to move on some of the higher earners not playing which we have been unable to do.

would like an overlapping right back as Grimshaw is functional but offer very little in terms of passing or crossing - but doubt that will happen.