Transfer rumour thread 20/21

[stokearab]

Why sign the guy in the in the first place then if he has 4 players already in front of him? If we think the likes of Forfar are going to improve him he cant be very good, certainly not 'Premiership ready' like we were told.

Here's my take. Asghar wanted to sign him when Neilson was in charge. Neilson said no. Asghar then wanted to sign him once Neilson left. MM either feels slightly pressured into signing an Asghar player, or is desperate because he knows we aren't going to sign many players in this window and reluctantly agrees. He then tells the fans the boy is Premiership ready to keep us happy, when he himself knows fine well the boys nowhere near being ready for the Premiership.

We're then told MM is pissed off at certain aspects of our transfer policy. Two days later the player he told Utd fans was ready for the Premiership is off to Forfar on loan. Bizarre if you ask me.

You might be right but the only flaw in the theory is I can't see MM lying to the support over something like that because he's got nothing to gain from it. He could just as easily have said he was happy to see the club signing great future prospects and no-one would have expected the boy to feature in the first team or be surprised when he got loaned out. I have to trust MM and SF on this but I think the lad should have got a couple of run outs as a sub in the League Cup games. Then fair enough if it's obvious he's not ready loan him then.
My concern is we may have signed a player who knows he's better than some getting a game and he's in a new country having to travel to Forfar. Who knows it might be the making of him.

[tHeArAb]

Who knows mate. The whole 'Premiership ready' then not actually giving him a game, then sending him to Forfar, is just wierd. If he's off to Forfar then he's a long way off being Premiership ready so why say it? Most of us had already assumed that he wasn't given his background. It's just a bizarre signing & turn of events.

[TerryTheTerror]

Who knows mate. The whole 'Premiership ready' then not actually giving him a game, then sending him to Forfar, is just wierd. If he's off to Forfar then he's a long way off being Premiership ready so why say it? Most of us had already assumed that he wasn't given his background. It's just a bizarre signing & turn of events.

It's better to play competitive games (assuming they do at some point) as opposed to not?

[offshore_arab83]

It's better to play competitive games (assuming they do at some point) as opposed to not?

Then we should have got King away on loan then mate

[BackRowArab]

Then we should have got King away on loan then mate

Not even Forfar would take him

[TerryTheTerror]

Not even Forfar would take him

Yeah, that's a tough sell to any team.

[Whitfieldarab]

Not even Forfar Albion would take him

Changed that for you bud

[tHeArAb]

It's better to play competitive games (assuming they do at some point) as opposed to not?

Of course it is, so he's one for the future then. Not Premiership ready.

[TerryTheTerror]

Of course it is, so he's one for the future then. Not Premiership ready.

Yeah, that does seem like an odd quote from MM. But maybe the opportunity arose after this and MM has made the judgement he would be better if he went on loan. Things change.

[offshore_arab83]

Basically we've signed a guy whos not ready to play for us when we were told he was. Bit of a letdoon this