Season 26/27- Transfer Rumours/ Outgoings

[NOSCOTCAPS]

Now that Richards has departed the club who is going to be the competition for Walton next season?............. Hladky who I believe was at St Mirren with Goodwin might be available on a free but I reckon he'll stay where he is or get another club down south. Had a fair few good Polish keepers and Rafal Gikiewicz would be a good continuation of Zaluska, Szamatulski and Rado. Or is it an English keeper in the mould of Stevie Banks who was brilliant for us?

The Dutch market served us well also with Sieb and Guido. Czech/Slovak with Dusan. All physically and genetically tall nations, therefore must be proportionately more goalie types among their league teams. Although I wouldn?t want to diminish Adams?s chances of securing No2 slot, he surely has to get a chance sometime; after all he is the Scotland u21 keeper, so surely fairly decent?

[JamesMcClean]

He didn’t start Adams in any of the dead rubbers we had following the last Derby. If JG wouldn’t start him in those then he’s not going to start him at all. If that’s how Goodwin feels about him then to be fair to the young lad, let him go so he can start somewhere else. Really feel for him as he’s never and now will never, get a chance at Tannadice.

[TerryTheTerror]

I don't blame JG for that at all. Putting a young keeper in too early could cause more damage than good, especially the way we were defending last season.

[JamesMcClean]

I don't blame JG for that at all. Putting a young keeper in too early could cause more damage than good, especially the way we were defending last season.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on that one. Adams has played a LOT of football when out on loan so it’s not exactly like he’s out of practice. You may be right that the thought is not to chuck him in so as not to damage his confidence. Or alternatively it’s that JG has seen him play and train and just doesn’t fancy him. My feeling is that it’s the latter.

[Arabs4ever]

I don't blame JG for that at all. Putting a young keeper in too early could cause more damage than good, especially the way we were defending last season.

That is on the manager. Persisting with the three at the back from the start in every game was daft. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, hope not ffs. Hopefully he has put the three at the back in the bin. I would have played Adams against St Mirren but behind a back four.

[JUSTaway]

That was an absolute shocker from Goodwin, not at the very bare minimum starting Adams v st mirren. Playing instead a guy who'd made multiple mistakes and proven at best he wasn't good enough to be No1, and isn't even with us now. If you don't have the confidence to stick a keeper in for a dead rubber then when are you ever going to play him? He might have stuck him in and he might have had a howler, I'd rather he did that then have a howler in a game that matters,

[TerryTheTerror]

We’ll have to agree to disagree on that one. Adams has played a LOT of football when out on loan so it’s not exactly like he’s out of practice. You may be right that the thought is not to chuck him in so as not to damage his confidence. Or alternatively it’s that JG has seen him play and train and just doesn’t fancy him. My feeling is that it’s the latter.

Yeah, maybe that's actually the case which is fair enough isn't it?

[Arabs4ever]

United are noted to have an interest in Hungarian winger Bence Babos. One thing I would say about wingers and Goodwin play them on the proper side none of this inverted winger pish imo. Look at Gannon-Doak the other day goes outside and crosses for Adams to put the ball in the net, objective achieved. How many times can you say that the inverted wingers have done any of that consistently?

[JUSTaway]

Fatah was effective as an inverted winger, Trap less so. Think it's less an issue if you have an attacking wing/full back on the same side e.g. Dixon/Conway. Also you need a dalby/Daly for wingers hitting the byeline to be fully effective. Most effective of course is a winger that can go inside and outside, put doubt in defenders mind.

[JUSTaway]

Yeah, maybe that's actually the case which is fair enough isn't it?

You have to assume he doesn't rate him.

[Arabdownsouth]

United are noted to have an interest in Hungarian winger Bence Babos. One thing I would say about wingers and Goodwin play them on the proper side none of this inverted winger pish imo. Look at Gannon-Doak the other day goes outside and crosses for Adams to put the ball in the net, objective achieved. How many times can you say that the inverted wingers have done any of that consistently?

Gannon Doak also went right through the middle to set up Adams for his second though. Its not about inverted or otherwise for me, its just about being tricky and being good .

[Yeats 62]

You need to have a real striker/s in the box, in the right place, at the right time, when a conventional winger (if there even is such a thing nowadays) gets past the full-back and fires the ball in. Without that, inverted wingers usually cut inside on to their good foot, and having no other option, take a dip. (Fatah)

Thing is, with players like Traps, teams were happy to let him go outside, knowing his delivery with his standing foot, probably.... wouldn't cause much damage.

It doesn't matter what scenario happens, if there is nobody in that box desperate to score, we are back to square one.

Looking forward to see, who our main man in the box this season will be, and what he is being tasked to do.

[TerryTheTerror]

You have to assume he doesn't rate him.

Yeah, I think that's spot on.

[Kdyteejay2]

You need to have a real striker/s in the box, in the right place, at the right time, when a conventional winger (if there even is such a thing nowadays) gets past the full-back and fires the ball in. Without that, inverted wingers usually cut inside on to their good foot, and having no other option, take a dip. (Fatah)

Thing is, with players like Traps, teams were happy to let him go outside, knowing his delivery with his standing foot, probably.... wouldn't cause much damage.

It doesn't matter what scenario happens, if there is nobody in that box desperate to score, we are back to square one.

Looking forward to see, who our main man in the box this season will be, and what he is being tasked to do.

He has to be a lot better than Watters was hopefully.

[Yeats 62]

He has to be a lot better than Watters was hopefully.

That won't be hard.

To be fair to the guy, he did put in a decent shift, but that was not what we needed to make the difference.

We need a stiker to focus on, or it's going to be much of the same (I dread)