Transfer rumour thread 20/21

[Arabdownsouth]

As it stands, I genuinely don't believe out best 11 on the park is any worse than probably half a dozen teams in the league. But, I do think we need more depth. If a couple of our best 11 are injured or suspended then we will be relying on young lads to make the step up and perform (Glass, Mochrie, Neilson etc). We need dependable back up which youth doesn't provide unless they are exceptional for their age. I say, a centre-half is needed. Probably a couple of midfielders, one central and one wide, and one of them capable of providing goals. Another striker contributing goals too. And fingers crossed Luke Bolton is the other out and out winger we've needed.

We absolutely don't need any more centre mids in my opinion

[ranaldarab]

I think we need goals from midfield that I don't see Butch, Harkes or Powers contributing on a regular basis. But what do I ken.

[tHeArAb]

I keep thinking back to how much we capitulated without Butcher. When he was injured, we were absolute horse****.... in the f*cking Championship! Now if we relied on one guy to hold our team together down there, how the hell are we going to fare in the Premiership??

[Arabdownsouth]

I think we need goals from midfield that I don't see Butch, Harkes or Powers contributing on a regular basis. But what do I ken.

I meant unless we are unloading a couple first, we are overloaded in that department. Remains to be seen how well they cope at a higher level, we may be surprised though.

[BackRowArab]

Mochrie and Glass have to be given a run this season. No point in having talented youngster stagnate while we bring in a bunch of 29 year olds that had one good season 5 years ago

[tHeArAb]

Mochrie and Glass have to be given a run this season. No point in having talented youngster stagnate while we bring in a bunch of 29 year olds that had one good season 5 years ago

Didn't think Glass was up to much last season if I'm being honest and he was completely outmuscled against Hibs. Mochrie seemed a bit more capable of holding his own in the short time he got on the pitch.

Very happy with the signing of Bolton. He looks better than what we have in both the full back and right wing position.

[BudMill90]

I think we need goals from midfield that I don't see Butch, Harkes or Powers contributing on a regular basis. But what do I ken.

Declan Glass should be given the chance to be that player imo

[BudMill90]

I keep thinking back to how much we capitulated without Butcher. When he was injured, we were absolute horse****.... in the f*cking Championship! Now if we relied on one guy to hold our team together down there, how the hell are we going to fare in the Premiership??

When you say 'We' we should really be saying 'Robbie's Team'... I'm hoping Micky sets the team up to be a lot stronger and not rely overly on one player. I've heard Powers has looked very good in pre-season.

[tHeArAb]

When you say 'We' we should really be saying 'Robbie's Team'... I'm hoping Micky sets the team up to be a lot stronger and not rely overly on one player. I've heard Powers has looked very good in pre-season.

You'd hope he can get something extra out of the players yes, take that mental fragility out of them that was evident when Butcher wasn't there to hold the team together, but I'm not going into the new season assuming he can improve this squad to a point where we are all of a sudden a Premiership side.

Powers looked slow and sluggish in the Killie highlights I thought. Only highlights though, so hard to tell.

As for Stewart. He has a year left on his contract and is on a reported £7K a week. He'd command a fee and a huge drop in wages, whilst probably still being one of our highest earners. He also doesn't fall into the category of player we can improve and sell on. Would be a strange signing imo.

[Noddydog]

I keep thinking back to how much we capitulated without Butcher. When he was injured, we were absolute horse****.... in the f*cking Championship! Now if we relied on one guy to hold our team together down there, how the hell are we going to fare in the Premiership??

Coming into this season, I think we can hope to see some improvement from existing players on the basis of:
Young players having picked up experience and still on an upward development path - Robson, Smith, Appere.
More young(er) players who should now be pressing hard for more game time - Glass, Mochrie, Freeman, Graham, Neilson, Davidson
Players from abroad now more bedded in and getting up to speed with Scottish game - Harkes, Powers, Sporle (and to a lesser extent Benji)
Also potential benefit of new manager and more pressing style with clean slate for some players. So direct comparisons with h last season may not be appropriate.