The January 2019 Transfer Window Discussion Thread

[Dundeefc93]

Jm wanting players with a bit of fight  if we don't lee wallace  we might get william wallace he had a lot of fight. ???

[Reverend Lovejoy]

13 minutes ago, Dundeefc93 said:

Jm wanting players with a bit of fight  if we don't lee wallace  we might get william wallace he had a lot of fight. ???

On freedom of contract?.

[WoodStein]

9 minutes ago, Reverend Lovejoy said:

On freedom of contract?.

....only if he pleads for it, apparently. He who shouts loudest....??

[Cobra]

Why haven't Kidderminster shown any interest in taking their "unplayable midfield maestro" Elton back to Worcestershire?

[bjs]

20 minutes ago, Cobra said:

Why haven't Kidderminster shown any interest in taking their "unplayable midfield maestro" Elton back to Worcestershire?

Because they still haven’t stopped laughing at an SPL team signing him......oh yes and because he’s sh**e!!!

[harry94]

23 minutes ago, Cobra said:

Why haven't Kidderminster shown any interest in taking their "unplayable midfield maestro" Elton back to Worcestershire?

I have family from there and they would be overjoyed if he comes back. They just don't think it's realistic.

Their opinion was that he'll go to Fylde who were keen on him in the past, a division higher and aren't skint.

Part of me would maybe like to see him on loan there but I think it'd be hard to not release him if there was a serious long term deal to get him off the wage bill.

[sneddee]

we need a Gary Harkins type signing. a bit of creativity!!

[Guest]

Would anyone take Kris Boyd for 5months? I'd take him, its another option from the bench and tbh it means he wouldn't go to St Mirren. 

[harry94]

16 hours ago, Reverend Lovejoy said:

A sensible reply. I'm guessing that most clubs can't afford his wages. If Rangers do a deal with him to pay off the remainder, or most, of his contract then that could allow us to sign him in exchange for Kamara. Not beyond the realms of possibly. His fitness might not be up to scratch though.

I think your logic is sound that there's maybe a way to do it but what you have to remember is that there are teams who will easily put similar contributions that we could afford on the table. Rangers might well alleviate some of that to make us competitive but if it's another £2k or so that they are cutting off for us, it's the same as them just giving us £50k if a team matches that. The only way it'd really benefit Rangers in any way over giving cash would be if there literally wasn't any interest from a similar financed club, I find that quite unlikely and would take a stab at predicting some teams down south would take him.

If that's the way it is, it doesn't really matter about Kamara as Rangers would be giving us cash anyway - the mechanism of it would just change. Wallace would be a high earner and whilst I think he'd be a good player, Ralph has come into his own and seems to be doing very well. I don't know who our other targets are but I'd think that we'd want to commit resources elsewhere as it's not really the priority position. I think it'd be unreasonable to expect Ralph to be as effective further up the park tbh, it's a bit of a risk to bank on working out.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

14 minutes ago, Harry94 said:

I think your logic is sound that there's maybe a way to do it but what you have to remember is that there are teams who will easily put similar contributions that we could afford on the table. Rangers might well alleviate some of that to make us competitive but if it's another £2k or so that they are cutting off for us, it's the same as them just giving us £50k if a team matches that. The only way it'd really benefit Rangers in any way over giving cash would be if there literally wasn't any interest from a similar financed club, I find that quite unlikely and would take a stab at predicting some teams down south would take him.

If that's the way it is, it doesn't really matter about Kamara as Rangers would be giving us cash anyway - the mechanism of it would just change. Wallace would be a high earner and whilst I think he'd be a good player, Ralph has come into his own and seems to be doing very well. I don't know who our other targets are but I'd think that we'd want to commit resources elsewhere as it's not really the priority position. I think it'd be unreasonable to expect Ralph to be as effective further up the park tbh, it's a bit of a risk to bank on working out.

That sounds pretty sensible. Possibly a loan deal then or am I grasping at straws?. 

I can't see why, if there's interest from elsewhere, he's still at Rangers when he's so far out of the picture.

[harry94]

3 minutes ago, Reverend Lovejoy said:

That sounds pretty sensible. Possibly a loan deal then or am I grasping at straws?. 

I can't see why, if there's interest from elsewhere, he's still at Rangers when he's so far out of the picture.

Maybe, I'd imagine it'd just entirely depend on what other rivals there are. It may be the motivation for it dragging on so long though, maybe that other interest just isn't there and the links in the summer weren't that firm.

I think the problem before was that he has had a groin issue since the summer and has been struggling for fitness for quite some time. It could maybe mean that the suitors list is small and his last six months are a complete write off anyway, in those circumstances, there might be some appeal in just sending him out.

It's just my hunch that if he is actually capable of playing football again this season, he'll go somewhere else.

[chomp my root]

47 minutes ago, Harry94 said:

I think your logic is sound that there's maybe a way to do it but what you have to remember is that there are teams who will easily put similar contributions that we could afford on the table. Rangers might well alleviate some of that to make us competitive but if it's another £2k or so that they are cutting off for us, it's the same as them just giving us £50k if a team matches that. The only way it'd really benefit Rangers in any way over giving cash would be if there literally wasn't any interest from a similar financed club, I find that quite unlikely and would take a stab at predicting some teams down south would take him.

If that's the way it is, it doesn't really matter about Kamara as Rangers would be giving us cash anyway - the mechanism of it would just change. Wallace would be a high earner and whilst I think he'd be a good player, Ralph has come into his own and seems to be doing very well. I don't know who our other targets are but I'd think that we'd want to commit resources elsewhere as it's not really the priority position. I think it'd be unreasonable to expect Ralph to be as effective further up the park tbh, it's a bit of a risk to bank on working out.

At the moment I'd say LB isn't one of our problem areas, I've no problem with having cover but Nathan Ralph is consistently one of our best players at the moment so if we were looking for  a 'marquee' signing I'd rather it was for another position.

The money men will do their thing but IF its the case that Kamara has downed tools then they have to make the call whether to cut their loses or play in the reserves/kids and make an example of him. Not knowing the financials (we'll have spent a fair bit in january though I'd guess) I'm happy to go with however they call it, its their money (and club).