Harkins gone

[Spikefaethesouth]

Never stayed more than two years at any of his 17 clubs which includes 3 spells at Dundee except as a young player
at Blackburn where he was around for 6 years but never made a first team appearance - is this another Baird / Kerr
scenario ?

I was looking at his career a few weeks back and thought exactly the same a rolling stone in the same mould as Baird where he has only short spells at any one club. Why did he end up at Queens with his talent well obviously other bigger teams did not fancy him with his track record and it is he that has left us in the lurch but on the positive his departure will have released funds for the January window so hopefully we can recruit much needed creativity and finishers. An undoubted talent but no conviction when needed.

[johnny_dumfries]

There’s been a complete overreaction by some on social media. I think we need to applaude Queens here for getting shot of someone with a bad attitude & who was more than likely a bad influence in the changing room.

Time to move on and look ahead.

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

I was looking at his career a few weeks back and thought exactly the same a rolling stone in the same mould as Baird where he has only short spells at any one club. Why did he end up at Queens with his talent well obviously other bigger teams did not fancy him with his track record and it is he that has left us in the lurch but on the positive his departure will have released funds for the January window so hopefully we can recruit much needed creativity and finishers. An undoubted talent but no conviction when needed.

one thing iv noticed about our manager ,he seems to have fall outs with players who like to express themselfs on the pitch our free flowing types ,which for me only leads to one conclusion ,he doesnt want to let these players play ,seems too stuck in his ways of keeping teams solid which defo doesnt work with most of our current players ,we have too many who like to play free flowing attacking football which contradicts our managers tactics ,so he falls out with them when these players get annoyed with his tactics .

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

we are just lucky that dobs is so laid back a guy ,and such a nice attitude as i have no doubt he would be walking too ,as he is also a free flow type player ,but his nice guy attitude keeps him happy .

[Auld_Chippy]

How many of those did he departe mid season ?

Add Stirling to the list of fall outs all be it he survived

I've little doubt that if we'd been operating with a bigger squad that Stirling would have been loaned out/released. Naysmith seems to see Stirling as an easy target to substitute or drop even though he's been one of our best attacking options this season.

[Auld_Chippy]

The curse of Alloa away strikes again...

Although Harkins didn't actually play against Alloa. Going by the OS the decision was made before that.

[Ftivano1]

Very sad to see Harkins gone. He may have had an attitude, but he could create something out of nothing in midfield and just how do you replace him?

Maybe end up at one of our Championship rivals such as his former club Partick Thistle

[ALBERTZ_11]

Although Harkins didn't actually play against Alloa. Going by the OS the decision was made before that.

True enough...

[ALBERTZ_11]

Harkins Stats at Queens
Played 20 games and 3 goals
13 in the league and one goal
7 in the cups and two goals

[fatfan]

There’s been a complete overreaction by some on social media. I think we need to applaude Queens here for getting shot of someone with a bad attitude & who was more than likely a bad influence in the changing room.

Time to move on and look ahead.

Johnny how can you say Harkins had a bad attitude and that he was a bad influence in the changing room. Have you heard anything? If your basing this on his record of clubs then I question why the club signed him in the first place. Or is this more of a case of him not liking the managers tactics or attitude towards players and he has been released by the club/manager