partickthedog Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 4 hours ago, javeajag said: Harry Stone hearts keeper joins on season long loan I thought "Heart of Stone" was a song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 4 hours ago, javeajag said: Harry Stone hearts keeper joins on season long loan I hope he proves me wrong but at 19 & only been on loan at Albion Rovers playing 13 games I'm disappointed. I feel we need an experienced keeper in this league. I'm not even sure if Sneddon's good enough although he has improved recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThickAsThieves Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Very highly rated at Hearts. I’m happy with the signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, jaggy said: I hope he proves me wrong but at 19 & only been on loan at Albion Rovers playing 13 games I'm disappointed. I feel we need an experienced keeper in this league. I'm not even sure if Sneddon's good enough although he has improved recently Remember that 13 games was at least half a season in the strange circumstances of last season. Personally, I am happy that we have not pulled a Fox out of the hat to demote Jamie to Number 2 without the possibility of fair competition. Jamie has a reasonable opportunity to establish himself. Equally Harry sounds good enough and keen enough that he will be a challenger/deputy as required. Edited July 9, 2021 by partickthedog I used the word "fair" twice. Thought once was fair enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted July 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Manager update ……nearly 1800 season tickets now and lots more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 3 hours ago, jaggy said: I hope he proves me wrong but at 19 & only been on loan at Albion Rovers playing 13 games I'm disappointed. I feel we need an experienced keeper in this league. I'm not even sure if Sneddon's good enough although he has improved recently 2 hours ago, ThickAsThieves said: Very highly rated at Hearts. I’m happy with the signing. Absolutely in the "who knows" with this. Put another way I'm lost to either argument. We've been let down with "experienced" back up keepers in the past. We've been pleasantly surprised with young keepers who've been thrust into the team. I favoured going down the experienced line but that was dependent on Sneddon been considered the clear No 1 keeper. Jamie has only been given a one year contract, which suggests the jury may still be out. With that in mind bringing in a loanee makes sense. Loanees are less likely to be of the experienced category so potential becomes the issue. Stone certainly meets that criterium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laukat Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 I quite like the idea of competition for the number 1 jersey. Prior to last season we had a clear first choice in Fox, Bell and Cerny. We've probably not had competition in that position since 14/15 when Gallacher and Fox were in the squad. (There was a brief spell when Hazard and Penrice battled for the jersey but its difficult for a young keeper to develop when they a playing behind a poor team that had a constant change in formation between back 3 and back 4.) Fox and Bell looked too comfortable and there were plenty of games were they should have been dropped but we didn't really have a ready alternative. Cerny was a great keeper but when he was injured the drop in standard to Scully was really noticeable and unsettled the defence Hopefully between Penrice and Stone we have 2 decent keepers and the competition forces both to higher levels. McCall is pretty consitent with picking a back 4 and with experience like Foster and Bell it should be a good environment for a young keeper to develop. However I do think this is a huge season for Sneddon. If he ends up playing second fiddle to a 19 year old then it doesn't auger well for his future. To my mind Sneddon needs to improve his kicking especially from open play and also start to exert more authority in his 6 yard box on corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 57 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Absolutely in the "who knows" with this. Put another way I'm lost to either argument. We've been let down with "experienced" back up keepers in the past. We've been pleasantly surprised with young keepers who've been thrust into the team. I favoured going down the experienced line but that was dependent on Sneddon been considered the clear No 1 keeper. Jamie has only been given a one year contract, which suggests the jury may still be out. With that in mind bringing in a loanee makes sense. Loanees are less likely to be of the experienced category so potential becomes the issue. Stone certainly meets that criterium. As I have said before …. Sneddon only accepted a one year contract, we don’t know what he was offered. It maybe that he wanted to keep his options open for next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 47 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said: As I have said before …. Sneddon only accepted a one year contract, we don’t know what he was offered. It maybe that he wanted to keep his options open for next year That's certainly a possibility, DD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle88 Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 I don’t think having an I experienced goalkeeper is a bad thing, hopefully having Bell in front of him will make it much easier. I genuinely don’t remember the last time we had a big g commanding goalkeeper. In recent years, well in the last 10 years we’ve had very small goalkeepers, Fox I absolutely hated even during his first spell I felt like he was our weak link. The others who come to mind are Tuffey and Cerny. I’d love to see us get a goalkeeper that can really command his box at some point. I also remember the french guy that came in when lambie took us up to the premier league, he looked great in his first few games and then had an absolute bowler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Kai Kennedy likely to be signing for Dunfermline now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Third Lanark said: Kai Kennedy likely to be signing for Dunfermline now More prospects of success there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Garscube Road End 2 said: More prospects of success there? No they were able to nick in and offer Rangers far more money than we could even though a verbs agreement had already been made. That £500,000 grant they got goes a lot more than our £150,000 one unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: No they were able to nick in and offer Rangers far more money than we could even though a verbs agreement had already been made. That £500,000 grant they got goes a lot more than our £150,000 one unfortunately Yeah. Such is the level playing field in our shitty league. Which puts into reality that 5th/ 6th next season will be a decent season. Edited July 10, 2021 by Garscube Road End 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Should we change the title of this thread, or start a new one. Next Season is now This Season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 I see James Lyon scored for Stenny tonight. I wonder if the terms of his loan will allow him to play against us on Saturday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifexile Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Fawlty Towers said: I see James Lyon scored for Stenny tonight. I wonder if the terms of his loan will allow him to play against us on Saturday? I think it's a condition all loan deals that players aren't allowed to play against their 'parent' club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, fifexile said: I think it's a condition all loan deals that players aren't allowed to play against their 'parent' club Thanks, I would not expect him to play if we were in the same division but might be different for cups. Edited July 13, 2021 by Fawlty Towers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Evidently the young lad's goal was a cracker. eta from the Stenny twitter account Quote There was no MOTM poll tonight but I’m sure we can all agree that James Lyon is the worthy winner. Edited July 13, 2021 by lady-isobel-barnett 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, fifexile said: I think it's a condition all loan deals that players aren't allowed to play against their 'parent' club I remember somebody saying that it is an unwritten rule that players don't play against their parent club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 About 4.48min in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ahf5c6PI-E 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, Auld Jag said: I remember somebody saying that it is an unwritten rule that players don't play against their parent club. I'm sure there have been English teams that got into trouble for that fairly recently. I feel like it might be the case for cup games, but that in league games these agreements are against the rules. Might just be an English thing or even something I've imagined though. Edited to add: looked it up and I'm definitely wrong. Premier League rules say that players cannot play against parent clubs. Not a UEFA rule though. SPFL rules seem to be the same for cup and league matches. Edited July 14, 2021 by twinny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: About 4.48min in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ahf5c6PI-E Wow!! Worth watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 The goal from Lyon on Thistle Twitter. Great goal, good start for the young man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle88 Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Starting a petition to bring back lyon to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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