Quote Originally Posted by Pacman1903 View Post
He played 248 minutes in our 1st team between 2013-17. This was over 17 apprarances. That averages 14 min an appearance. That cannot be classed as getting a chance.

How many starts are in that?

And how many consecutive starts did he get? Id hazard a guess at none.

The boy did not get a chance at us
For what it's worth Shankland started twice and came on as a sub 15 times and no the starts were not consecutive (Partick 4/4/15 played 55 mins and Dundee 16/5/15 played 60 mins). All of his appearances were in season 14/15 with him being on loan to Dunfermline 13/14, St Mirren 15/16 and StMirren/Morton 16/17). He therefore averaged 9 minutes per game for his 15 substitute appearances, which sounds about right for a McInnes substitute. He did okay in his three years of loans to the Championship playing 77 league games and scoring 21 goals although in his final year of his contract he only scored 4 goals in 33 league games, which presumably contributed to him being released. He obviously has got himself sorted out after moving to Ayr on a new contract scoring 32 goals in 36 league games so far albeit the majority of those at League One level.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and from what I saw live (albeit limited minutes) and his record in his final season on loan it's tough to argue that it was wrong to release him