07 Jun 2016 10:46:37
Here's a question guys
Since Martin oneill took over till now would you say most of our signings from the spl have been successful or more failures?
07 Jun 2016 11:46:07
Good question man. All in all I reckon we've done pretty well in last decade or so. There have been stinkers like Riordan and Killen but we've also had likes of Broonie, Robson, Hartley and Marc Wilson to name a few. Might not have worked out with GMS (time will tell) but I think Armstrong will come good too.
07 Jun 2016 11:56:33
Since the spending has sky rocketed in the championship any player with the talent can earn more so why stay up here? In more recent times mccarthy etc we have simply let the better ones slip by trying to get them too cheap. For older players using Robson and Hartley as examples if they were in their prime today I think they would be down south. The wages we pay now are less than what we did 15yrs ago! Not many teams will be able to say that.
07 Jun 2016 11:58:56
Lol, asked a mate about this and he reminded me of David Fernandes-oooft!
07 Jun 2016 12:12:48
Sorry Davie Bhoy I disagreed by mistake.
I would also throw wee skippy into your list.
07 Jun 2016 12:26:46
Pearson was a player who i rated but i bit like uncle Phil bad with injuries. What about that boy Flood :)
07 Jun 2016 12:59:20
Wee McDonald, Agathe, Hartley, robson, think Caldwell and Pearson were decent to!
07 Jun 2016 13:38:50
Wow! Forgot about Agathe, was he from Hibs? Others mentioned good too (with exception of Flood)
07 Jun 2016 13:40:38
I think we have had some good players that stepped up a level when they have came to Parkhead
Agathe
Robson
Hartley
Brown
Caldwell
Momo syla
McDonald
Even rab Douglas was successful even though he had his blunders.
07 Jun 2016 14:31:44
Ye Davie from hibs for less than £50 thousand
07 Jun 2016 15:05:31
We all talk about Larsson being a bargain but your right lads Agathe was something else, one touch and away down the line. Mind how good his ball into the box was for Suttons header at Ajax.
07 Jun 2016 15:50:03
His goal against ajax was a stormer tae.
07 Jun 2016 17:10:06
Good shout Kev i forgot he scored, I'm giving the poor guy credit for a cross too haha. 3 cracking goals that night and could have been more. We really did have some team then we could have beaten anyone on our day.
07 Jun 2016 17:40:14
Your right Stan but how many of them were considered European class before celtic.
07 Jun 2016 17:41:45
Ulrik laursen 1.9m hibs
Broto (Livingston) free-excelled
Darren jackson 900,000
Mike Galloway hearts 500,000
Gordon Marshall
Joe miller 650,000.
07 Jun 2016 17:51:25
What about McManus? Ex club captain.
07 Jun 2016 18:52:48
Island mcmanus came through our own youth system
Shnek9 most they guys came before oneill
07 Jun 2016 20:40:51
Kev good call, here's a question
Best player to make the first team since MON from our youth team?
07 Jun 2016 20:48:45
Until Tierney ad have said shaun maloney but if the wee man keeps going like last season it's him.
07 Jun 2016 21:00:23
Aye Shaun Maloney or KT both miles ahead of rest.
07 Jun 2016 21:11:25
Big Kennedy would have been the best IMO, but we will never really know
07 Jun 2016 21:37:50
Surprised Mulgrew (from Aberdeen) wasn't mentioned. Stokes too from Hibs. Pressley anyone?
All in you SHOULD be safer buying players who have proven themselves in our league but some of the dross mentioned here proves that isn't the case.
07 Jun 2016 22:36:22
Niallh I can mention plenty dross that has come from abroad or English football in that time tae.
Every signing is a gamble but we shouldn't just write off players for our own league just because it's Scotland
07 Jun 2016 22:38:09
THEBIGTIM you could be right but it always worried me how often he got caught under the ball at boys level.
08 Jun 2016 18:00:18
Kev
I have been on before saying we should think about signing guys from our own league and been shot down every times. Hayes, Rooney, Logan, Shinnie (while at Inverness) , Armstrong, Ryan McGowan (while at Hearts) .
As someone else says every signing is a risk and even guys who have played for Real Madrid (Gravesen) have struggled playing here. We have just got to hope that BR has the Midas touch!
{Ed007's Note - It's nice to see more supporters not seeing CL qualification as a necessity because if we start signing players from lower leagues including any you've mentioned you can forget about it - we'd even struggle domestically if we filled our team with garbage like Hayes and McGowan.}
08 Jun 2016 21:19:26
Ed
I can't win. Already said in a previous post that half the buys from Scotland, even ones I suggested have been dross.
Champions League should be 100% our priority and it is good to see Stokes,CKR, Cole, Scepovic moving on as they are just not good enough. Hopefully this means we are looking at a different calibre of player now!
{Ed007's Note - You're not going to qualify for the CL if you're shopping for players in Scotland.}
09 Jun 2016 13:19:37
Not making my point very clear Ed, sorry.
I was accused by Kev of ruling out guys from Scotland. I was saying that in the past I have mentioned guys like Hayes and McGowan to prove that I hadn't completely ruled out making signings from Scotland.
My original point was that I had championed guys from Scotland who have since proven to be dross but that every transfer is a gamble.
I'm sure BR won't be looking through last seasons game footage and drooling over players from Killie and Hamilton. I am hoping he is aiming a bit higher than that especially with an adequate SPFL player like Stokes getting freed.