Tekel Towers » Nicky Devlin

JerryDungle · 30/4/2017 9:55 am

We've apparently agreed a pre-contract for the Ayr United captain.

TheShed · 30/4/2017 10:09 am

Yay

Ex Houston Arab · 30/4/2017 10:23 am

Is he the right back?
I liked the look of him last tweet me at tannadice - pacy and agressive

Edit - Just checked - he is. Think he's better than what we currently have for that position, sad as that may sound.

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Beharder · 30/4/2017 10:24 am

Hopefully this is true , im not questioning your sources JD . Based on what we saw at Tannadice He is better than any full back currently at Tannadice.

30/4/2017 10:28 am

I heard yesterday we've signed Gary Harkins on a pre contract!

Beardy23 · 30/4/2017 1:10 pm

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:
I heard yesterday we've signed Gary Harkins on a pre contract!

apart from being a lazy derry loving cunt, he would still be better than we have

BigAndyFTD · 30/4/2017 2:24 pm

Seen Hearts also linked wi him, think he could be a good bit oh business if we can get it done

Rocky Raccoon · 30/4/2017 2:28 pm

I would laugh my arse off if we signed Harkins, what the fuck have we became?

Fidel_Castro · 30/4/2017 3:31 pm

I liked the look of the guy Stirling yesterday had a great engine. Is he a loanee from another club?

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lifesanocean · 30/4/2017 3:33 pm

Fidel_Castro wrote:
I liked the look of the guy Stirling yesterday had a great engine. Is he a loanee from another club?

Celtic. As was the boy Vaughan.

RogerTheAlien · 30/4/2017 4:34 pm

Nicky Devlin would be a positive signing. Imagine we signed that fat lazy fuck Haskins, no ta.

PatReilly · 30/4/2017 7:20 pm

lifesanocean wrote:
Fidel_Castro wrote:
I liked the look of the guy Stirling yesterday had a great engine. Is he a loanee from another club?
Celtic. As was the boy Vaughan.

Stirling is a Dumbarton player, not a loanee. He's signed for QoS next season, but I think he flatters to deceive.

Vaughan is on loan from Raith.

PatReilly · 30/4/2017 7:27 pm

Devlin is good going forward, not so sure about his defensive qualities.

Both Stirling and Devlin are familiar to me, as they played at Ochilview earlier in their careers.

Is this what we've come to?

Tangy · 30/4/2017 8:17 pm

PatReilly wrote:
Devlin is good going forward, not so sure about his defensive qualities.

Both Stirling and Devlin are familiar to me, as they played at Ochilview earlier in their careers.

Is this what we've come to?

Worked out well enough for Swanson, Prince gomis and to an extent Andy Webster - all silver kissers who played in the lower leagues.

In all honesty, he's at a good age, was made captain of the team at the age of 21 and seems to be pretty loyal - he's certainly worth a bash. I'd happily have us sign the best players from our current league, presumably on wages which won't break the bank

30/4/2017 8:39 pm

Tangy wrote:
PatReilly wrote:
Devlin is good going forward, not so sure about his defensive qualities.

Both Stirling and Devlin are familiar to me, as they played at Ochilview earlier in their careers.

Is this what we've come to?

Worked out well enough for Swanson, Prince gomis and to an extent Andy Webster - all silver kissers who played in the lower leagues.

In all honesty, he's at a good age, was made captain of the team at the age of 21 and seems to be pretty loyal - he's certainly worth a bash. I'd happily have us sign the best players from our current league, presumably on wages which won't break the bank

You neglected to mention one Andrew Robertson and GMS - as you say nothing wrong in looking down the leagues for talent

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bowers · 30/4/2017 8:41 pm

Looking down the lower leagues is what is needed we have managed to get some gems in years gone by and we need proper scouting in place to get more of these players.

PatReilly · 30/4/2017 9:06 pm

Not critical of bringing in lower league players, mentioning these two specifically as I know of their abilities in the past. Stirling especially wouldn't be an improvement.

Devlin, as I say, wasn't the best defensively at Stenhousemuir.

Tangy · 30/4/2017 9:46 pm

Fair play. Don't know too much about him tbf - I'll take any positive news going just now😁

Arab87 · 01/5/2017 8:26 am

From what I have seen of him, he's a good player, better than any option we have at right back at the moment as Cammy Ballantyne isn't ready yet.

TheShed · 01/5/2017 10:39 am

Arab87 wrote:
From what I have seen of him, he's a good player, better than any option we have at right back at the moment as Cammy Ballantyne isn't ready yet.

If Cammy Ballantyne isn't ready yet, he never will be. Boys 20yr old, not a kid anymore.

From the little I've seen of him, I'd say he's a better option than what we've used all season, but that's based on seeing him 3 times so may be wrong.

bowers · 01/5/2017 10:47 am

One thing i thought when we got relegated was that we would see a good few dev players this term. Hasnt been the case which is quite worrying if our management team doesnt see much talent in whats coming through

Arab87 · 01/5/2017 10:54 am

Ballantyne needs another season out on loan, he's had a good season from what I hear but needs that extra year on loan.

RogerTheAlien · 03/5/2017 12:47 am

bowers wrote:
One thing i thought when we got relegated was that we would see a good few dev players this term. Hasnt been the case which is quite worrying if our management team doesnt see much talent in whats coming through

Matty Smith and Cammy Ballantyne have both had good season's out on loan, maybe next season.

lifesanocean · 03/5/2017 10:56 am

McKinnon doesn't rate Matty Smith (seems bizzare when you consider his performances towards the end of last season). I fully expect him to be released in the summer. Brad Smith was seemingly told before Xmas that he needed to start consistently performing well for the U20s (and on his loan spell where he hardly got a game) otherwise he would be released as well. I expect him to be offski too.

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