Tek wrote:

Beharder wrote:

LarsErikKjell wrote:

Important to remember from yesterday that our starting 11 was missing FIVE players from our long winning run before Xmas.

Watson (apparently carrying a slight strain)
Harkes (should have played ahead of Powers yesterday imo)
McMullan, Clark, Appere - injured.

Its not easy to chop and change your squad that much and break down an organised team like Arbroath. Some of it can be put down to team selection but the vast majority of the blame has to go to the players yesterday. As mentioned above we needed to mix up our play.

As also mentioned on others posts, Cammy Smith. I think the conversation needs to be had that we need him for the run in.

With everyone fit (hopefully) this would be my team for Alloa.

-‐--------------------Benji
----Smith Butcher Watson Robson
McMullan Powers Harkes Appere
--------------------C.Smith
-----------------Shankland

Subs: Deniz, Connolly, King, Glass, Sporle, Pawlett, Mochrie

C Smith suddenly seems to have improved as a player because UTD were very poor yesterday.  He has proved he is not good enough a number of times, far better to persevere with Mochrie

I've heard this a few times now about us being better giving game time to Mochrie rather than play an experienced player. Why? What is this rush to give a 16 year old game time? Do we have designs on him playing at Ibrox, Parkhead and Pittodrie next season? I'd imagine not.

So why this importance on playing him now, when we still have games to win.

Boys like him are still a couple of years away from first team action in reality. And even then their introduction should be gradual and brought on at the right time.

It's asking too much of what is, still a schoolboy, to come on and win us games.

We need experienced, hardened players in against the likes of Arbroath to win these type of games, that are invariably a slog.
 

does it bump up the development fee when he does a Scott Banks?
 

PatReilly wrote:

Beardy23 wrote:

 
does it bump up the development fee when he does a Scott Banks?
 

That's a good question: anyone know? Also, has Chris Mochrie turned down any new contract offers, or has he signed on for longer than May 2020.

Mochrie signed a 3 year deal last Summer, apparently.


 

Yep, this article from last summer when Mochrie and a bunch of other lads signed their first professional contracts, surely it would not be a 12 month contract.

https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/6065/THIRTEEN-ACADEMY-GRADUATES-SIGN-PROFESSIONAL-CONTRACTS.html

PatReilly wrote:

Tek wrote:

PatReilly wrote:

That's a good question: anyone know? Also, has Chris Mochrie turned down any new contract offers, or has he signed on for longer than May 2020.

Mochrie signed a 3 year deal last Summer, apparently.

 

At games I'd heard fans saying he'd refused a contract, and on transfermarkt it has him out of contract on 31st May. However, I think under 18 contracts are sometimes shielded on that account, given the players' ages. Also, I couldn't understand Robbie picking him but not Banks in games earlier in the season, if he'd refused a contract extension offer. 

So a new three year deal make sense. 

 
Pretty sure Paul said on the podcast that he’d spoken to Mochrie’s mother at a recent reserve game and she said he’d signed a three year deal at the start of the season.

The boy’s still at school apparently as well.