elevenone Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 5:21 PM, jlsarmy said: Seemingly the searing pace of 38yr old Chris Burke is on his way to Firhill ! Re signed for Killie today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 50 minutes ago, elevenone said: Re signed for Killie today. Seemingly as a coach not as a player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, jlsarmy said: Seemingly as a coach not as a player Reading the Killie website and what his role will entail I can’t see him having time really to be a player anywhere. plus his quote about having had a chance to have a rethink about continuing as a player after saying previously he would carry on as a player makes it further unlikely I feel Edited July 11, 2022 by Third Lanark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 The lack of pace in the team was there for all to see on Saturday. Signing Burke would only have aggravated that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 His name had been mentioned, tho' I doubt we were ever serious in signing him, but I see Craig Sibbald is off to Dundee Utd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy McD Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 We seam to be taking our time about signing Fitzpatrick or letting him go................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 37 minutes ago, Jimmy McD said: We seam to be taking our time about signing Fitzpatrick or letting him go................ I understand it’s to do with queen of the south refusing to release his player registration until they get a compensation amount they have set. I do not know the ins and outs of the legality of it but it’s clear the player himself wishes to play for Partick Thistle and the delay is with Queen of the South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Loan news: Tony Weston joins on season-long loan | Partick Thistle FC (ptfc.co.uk) Hopefully a lot better than the recent forward we got on loan from them.... but always a risk at this age and with limited experience... on paper seems more of a benefit for them than us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 So that'll be the first of our Rangers loans in, and not the one everyone appeared to be expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Certainly a different sort of striker to the ones we have currently, and decent strikers in our price bracket are thin on the ground. Will be interesting to see how he gets on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Rangers youngster Tony Weston joins Thistle as Jags close in on three more signings | Glasgow Times The Jags travel to Rugby Park tomorrow night for their second outing in the group stages of the Premier Sports Cup and Herald and Times Sport understands that the Jags expect to have completed another signing before the match gets under way. The Championship club are pressing on with their transfer activity as McCall applies the finishing touches to his squad, and a further two new recruits are expected to have joined the Jags by the end of the week. Thistle Weir Youth Academy graduate Aidan Fitzpatrick remains on trial at Firhill and McCall is hopeful of thrashing out compensation with previous club Queen of the South, who are entitled to a cut of the development fee. The Jags have been heavily linked with a loan move for Rangers midfielder Cole McKinnon and speaking last week, McCall explained the areas of the squad he is looking to strengthen. The Thistle boss is after “a couple of wide players, some cover in defence and a striker”, as well as a central midfielder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 from James cairney The state of play with transfers at Firhill as I understand it: - Weston in - Fitzpatrick still on trial - Another signing expected before Killie - Thistle closing in on another two new recruits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Tony Weston in on loan fron Rangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Wee Blue Nose McCall loves the Rainjurs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 I don't think he really has. However, he has obviously developed a good business relationship with them, and in terms of the loanees we have got, it sometimes works out and sometimes doesn't. That's tends to be the way of it with all loan deals though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laukat Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Interesting quote from McCall in this article Rangers transfer exit nears as Partick Thistle 'keen' on starlet with done deal 'very close' - Glasgow Live McCall said: "I am pretty sure there will be another one, possibly two, in the squad for Wednesday. "I can't really talk about them yet but one of them is close, and another is 99.9% done. That would mean we are close to where we want to be, maybe short of a striker and a defender. "I don't think it's a secret that he (McKinnon) is one we are very keen on. That is very close." The quote above is meant to be after Weston signed. If McKinnon is the one that's close and Fitzpatrick the one that's 99.9% done then that still means he's looking at a striker and a defender beyond those. So does that mean we'll have 4 strikers this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, laukat said: Interesting quote from McCall in this article Rangers transfer exit nears as Partick Thistle 'keen' on starlet with done deal 'very close' - Glasgow Live McCall said: "I am pretty sure there will be another one, possibly two, in the squad for Wednesday. "I can't really talk about them yet but one of them is close, and another is 99.9% done. That would mean we are close to where we want to be, maybe short of a striker and a defender. "I don't think it's a secret that he (McKinnon) is one we are very keen on. That is very close." The quote above is meant to be after Weston signed. If McKinnon is the one that's close and Fitzpatrick the one that's 99.9% done then that still means he's looking at a striker and a defender beyond those. So does that mean we'll have 4 strikers this season? We need 4 strikers- we saw how we struggled with Graham injured and Rudden away. if we have 2 injured we would only have Westin so we clearly need backup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denismcquadeno.eleven Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: We need 4 strikers- we saw how we struggled with Graham injured and Rudden away. if we have 2 injured we would only have Westin so we clearly need backup 4 strikers for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 minute ago, denismcquadeno.eleven said: 4 strikers for me. Yep- I don’t know if Docherty is still on trial with us too, as he is a striker as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Third Lanark said: We need 4 strikers- we saw how we struggled with Graham injured and Rudden away. if we have 2 injured we would only have Westin so we clearly need backup Repeating myself (once again ) but if McCall is going with one up top then a fourth striker isn't an absolute priority. Yes we struggled without a fourth striker last season but that was largely due to not having width (playing central midfielders out wide). We were almost forced into playing two up top in what was an unbalanced line up. Our best player, Tiffoney, was often marginalised due to that set up. I think there's likely to be many more goals from an attacking midfield three from Lawless, Turner, Tiffoney, Fitzpatrick(?), AN Other(?) than from a third and fourth striker. Playing say a 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 formation (like on Saturday) will effectively mean a fair amount of bench time for a third striker never mind s fourth. Striker No 4 could be very rusty if/when called upon. So I'd make another attacking wide type midfielder with pace much more of a priority than a fourth striker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denismcquadeno.eleven Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 hour ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Repeating myself (once again ) but if McCall is going with one up top then a fourth striker isn't an absolute priority. Yes we struggled without a fourth striker last season but that was largely due to not having width (playing central midfielders out wide). We were almost forced into playing two up top in what was an unbalanced line up. Our best player, Tiffoney, was often marginalised due to that set up. I think there's likely to be many more goals from an attacking midfield three from Lawless, Turner, Tiffoney, Fitzpatrick(?), AN Other(?) than from a third and fourth striker. Playing say a 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 formation (like on Saturday) will effectively mean a fair amount of bench time for a third striker never mind s fourth. Striker No 4 could be very rusty if/when called upon. So I'd make another attacking wide type midfielder with pace much more of a priority than a fourth striker. I feel that Graham as an older striker, cannot be guaranteed for every game. Weston performed very well at a much lower level, but he is now going to be playing at a higher one. We do not ‘know’ him yet-the vision of ‘Alegria’ still lingers-the last Rangers young loanee striker we had. And, the other striker is also new to us. If we had two strikers who we knew very well, had played together/separately previously, regularly getting goals, it ‘might’ make a difference. ‘Might’ but, who knows. Perhaps the 4th could be a player who could play in another position in addition to striker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laukat Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 hour ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Repeating myself (once again ) but if McCall is going with one up top then a fourth striker isn't an absolute priority. Yes we struggled without a fourth striker last season but that was largely due to not having width (playing central midfielders out wide). We were almost forced into playing two up top in what was an unbalanced line up. Our best player, Tiffoney, was often marginalised due to that set up. I think there's likely to be many more goals from an attacking midfield three from Lawless, Turner, Tiffoney, Fitzpatrick(?), AN Other(?) than from a third and fourth striker. Playing say a 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 formation (like on Saturday) will effectively mean a fair amount of bench time for a third striker never mind s fourth. Striker No 4 could be very rusty if/when called upon. So I'd make another attacking wide type midfielder with pace much more of a priority than a fourth striker. Pretty much how I see it. We don't really have wide midfielders that we can play and its hard to see how we are not going to regularly play 2 from Tiffoney, Lawless and Fitzpatrick (if he signs) so that pretty much dictates the formation will mainly be 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. 4 strikers for 1 starting spot would suggest 1 is not going to see much game time. On the other hand if another striker is coming in perhaps it suggests Weston is striker no 4 and a cheap backup option? McCall did say he thought he could play anywhere across the front 3 so perhaps he is cheap cover at striker and as an emergency winger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 Starting to get concerned about Tiffoney. Injured again and missed a chunk of last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denismcquadeno.eleven Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Lenziejag said: Starting to get concerned about Tiffoney. Injured again and missed a chunk of last season. He will certainly be a key player for us, if we’re to be the best we can be. And, if he’s out, it will be a huge miss. That happened last season with Graham too at the end, when we were forced, through lack of alternatives, to turn to Jakobiak and Alegria, who we knew in our hearts couldn’t cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 23 minutes ago, denismcquadeno.eleven said: He will certainly be a key player for us, if we’re to be the best we can be. And, if he’s out, it will be a huge miss. That happened last season with Graham too at the end, when we were forced, through lack of alternatives, to turn to Jakobiak and Alegria, who we knew in our hearts couldn’t cut it. Can see Milne bombing up the left wi g to supply Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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