Lawrence Shankland ....

[tHeArAb]

Laurence's team getting beat 7-0 at home to Anderlecht with 5 minutes to go!

As good as relegated.

[Yeats 62]

Laurence's team getting beat 7-0 at home to Anderlecht with 5 minutes to go!

One of the strangest transfers I can ever remember ???

Hmmm..... Wonder how much Rangers (helped) in the signing of Lawrence with a relegation release clause in his contract???

Too far, I know.... then again????

[dodetap]

A cheeky we give us him back and forget the rest of the payments deal bid for him

[tHeArAb]

A cheeky we give us him back and forget the rest of the payments deal bid for him

After seeing how we've starved the strikers since his departure, I doubt that's ever gonna happen unfortunately. That and the fact he seems to be enjoying life in Antwerp.

[Yeats 62]

After seeing how we've starved the strikers since his departure, I doubt that's ever gonna happen unfortunately. That and the fact he seems to be enjoying life in Antwerp.

That's a good point. I'm sure Shankland, Clark, McNulty etc. didn't start firing blanks, or even worse, not firing at all, overnight. Decent service to our strikers recently has been woeful. It's law of averages, plenty balls in the box , some go in. Very little balls in the box, very little go in.

I would personally play two up front to play off each other. Even a target man and another trying to feed off that.

I know I'm no manager in the slightest, but lone forwards don't work unless you have a very attacking midfield and/or wingbacks. As a team we seem to be very mixed up on how we should/could be playing.

I was never McNulty's biggest fan, but even I am looking forward to him coming back in the team to change things around a wee bit.

[DBDU]

A cheeky we give us him back and forget the rest of the payments deal bid for him

I actually think we did well to get the money for LS that we did in the end .
I said at the time that I thought we ought to have sold him after we went up as i had doubts he would be very prolific in the SPL .

I think he is a very very good lower level striker but the stats don't lie I'm afraid and his goals in top flight football is pretty poor , not just while at United but wherever he has been including now in Belgium .

( TIN HAT AT THE READY ) This isn't going to be a popular opinion either but i also think there's a degree of risk in the Tony Watt signing .
He's had a lot of clubs , not got a particularly great goal scoring record at any of them aside from this season and i would expect he will be coming on pretty big wages seeing as his stock is currently high .

I do think he is a good player , he will also bring more than just goals to the team but I hope people aren't totally shocked if it turns out he doesn't end up scoring a lot of goals because his career up to now would suggest that's a very real possibility .

[LSArab]

There is big risk in Tony Watt signing.

Disagree about Shankland - he had zero service. Shanks did well with what he had and was even scoring from the halfway line

If shanks was at old firm he’d be banging in goals every week. He is a proper striker and would do well for us now - no doubt at all about that

[DUFCstokie]

I'll never get my head round Shanklands advisor convincing him that leaving DUFC for Beershoot was a career progression

[Shedboy1971]

I have a feeling we are looking to get another striker either Jan or summer too. I wouldn't be surprised if a return for shanks is realistically on the table.

[tHeArAb]

"Lawrence Shankland puts SPFL clubs on transfer alert as Beerschot 'will listen to offers' for striker"

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...clubs-25889060