Quote Originally Posted by Daly9 View Post
This serious?

You expect the manager to sign players because his employee went to watch him a couple of times? Taylor's job is to do the donkey work and give his recommendations to the manager. McKinnon quite rightly wants to see the players for himself, see how they fit in with rest of players, assess wether they'll settle in Dundee etc.

Baffles me how any United fan could share your attitude in the above post after McNamara handed out 2 and 3 year deals to duds like sweeties. Had we brought in the likes of Anier, Bodul, Bilate, Oyenuga etc on trial we might have avoided countless underwhelming performances and expensive pay offs.
I think it depends on the player. If he's been injury free and watched several times while playing last season then he could be an immediate signing. If he's borderline it's understandable that he might be invited to show off his paces before signing. So it's horses for courses.

What concerns me a little is why wasn't Ray down south more often or at other Championship games when we were idle. Maybe he was, I've no idea, but if I was the coach I'd want to see the target myself playing in competitive matches before offering a trial or signing him.