25 Jan 2021 17:26:00
We can blame lots of things on why we didn't get 10, but for me one of the major reasons was not signing McGinn. The obvious loss of the player (who is now worth about 10 times what we needed to pay) the relationship breakdown between manager and board, the burden on the old guard to keep going to the well, the manager leaving followed by KT and a load of unsettled players. One player doesn't make a team but the impact of not signing him had big ramifications.
25 Jan 2021 18:25:18
McGinn didn’t want to come once he had a concrete offer from the Hollywood league and peatrie didn’t want to sell to Celtic. why rake up auld crap? 🤷ðŸ»â€â™‚ï¸.
25 Jan 2021 18:43:29
Losing McGinn has NOTHING to do with the board. The reason McGinn went to Villa was that he wasn't given assurances regarding guaranteed playing time which was totally down to Rodgers.
McGinn has said so himself and people need to get off the boards back.
Rodgers was always going to jump back into the PL as soon as his agreement with Liverpool ended, why do you think Lawwell got him to sign the deal he did.
It's also been mentioned on here any other places that KT was always going to leave but that was accelerated because Lennon came in.
And what other manager worth his salt would knowingly admit to the press that he knew of certain players that didn't want to be at the club but continue to play them?
25 Jan 2021 19:31:10
So why did BR try to get the board to sign him the day he was on his way to sign for Villa? It was the Board that messed about, had they done the deal early and just paid Hibs he wouldn't have had the offer from Pub league. Its a fact PL played low ball and asked Hibs to keep us informed on the hope when another offer came in he would match it but if not we get him on the cheap.
25 Jan 2021 19:55:22
James forest's injury has been a huge difference this season between us winning and drawing games in my opinion.
25 Jan 2021 20:25:41
Chinks did that story come from the same BR that told everyone that he loved the club and then walked out 24hrs later and tried to take the whole backroom staff right before the Hearts game.
McGinn himself said in a tv interview that the deal was agreed with the clubs and he was wanting assurances that he would play and that we wouldn't give him it but Villa did.
26 Jan 2021 06:36:16
The injury to Forrest was not the reason, the reason was there is no depth of squad. With Forrest out a back up should have been in the wings
Purely a team management/ resourcing issue.