beep0608 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'm not sure if it's been mantioned elsewhere, but Grehan has a shocker on Saturday. He lumbered about like an unfit rugby forward, did nothing with the ball, or....anything. At one point I wondered if I'd ever seen a worse subs appearance, though there are one or two candidates for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornwoodjag Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 he really did look out of place when he came on.carthorse sprung to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryHell Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Bloody hell, when I read the topic heading I thought that he'd scored in training or something. Damn you and your delayed posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags365 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 To be fair to him, when was the last time he played? Stirling cup game? (where he scored) I remember people were slagging Doolan and Erksine when they hadn't been playing regularly so I'm willing to give him more of a chance. Though I will conceed he wasn't great when he came on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry gaz Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 At one point I wondered if I'd ever seen a worse subs appearance, though there are one or two candidates for that. Dave the Ukranian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 To be fair to him, when was the last time he played? Stirling cup game? (where he scored) I remember people were slagging Doolan and Erksine when they hadn't been playing regularly so I'm willing to give him more of a chance. Though I will conceed he wasn't great when he came on. He played 90mins for the reserves in midweek. He didn't exactly shine in that game either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 When I saw the thread title and subtitle I thought Grehan had been elected to the Club Board... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 he'll come on and score the winner on saturday, that dumpling duberry won't be able to mark him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevenone Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 maybe if he hadnt stood chatting to dunfermline sub for 10 mins in centre circle at half time on sat he would have been able to make more of an impact when he came on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefulpuntgeorge Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 The latest of a long line of fringe players who I will do my best to support, although he did have a stinker on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 maybe if he hadnt stood chatting to dunfermline sub for 10 mins in centre circle at half time on sat he would have been able to make more of an impact when he came on! ?? Was it Paul McKenna on the Dunfermline bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Grehan is under contract for next season - a waste of a wage on current form. You have to ask why McCall gave an unproven player a two and a half year contract contract. He was not so generous to many of better players in the first-team squad at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Doolan, Erkine, Kinningburger, Boyle and Paton were all written off as utterly hopeless yet all of them have now found excellent form and are doing the business. Lets give Grehan a proper chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Doolan, Erkine, Kinningburger, Boyle and Paton were all written off as utterly hopeless yet all of them have now found excellent form and are doing the business. Lets give Grehan a proper chance. I am willing to give Grehan a chance. I have suggested (on several occasions recently) that, like those you mention, he too needs a loan spell. It would give him, hopefully, regular first-team football and the opportunity to improve. If Doolan gets injured or suspended, we will be short of proven ability up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Fellows Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I am willing to give Grehan a chance. I have suggested (on several occasions recently) that, like those you mention, he too needs a loan spell. It would give him, hopefully, regular first-team football and the opportunity to improve. If Doolan gets injured or suspended, we will be short of proven ability up front. I agree, can we not send him out on loan to Clyde. Doolan, Boyle and Kinniburgh all went there and by all accounts were shocking. However, they all came back and suddenly started to show improvement. Maybe they realised how lucky they were to be at a big team like Thistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beep0608 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Doolan, Erkine, Kinningburger, Boyle and Paton were all written off as utterly hopeless yet all of them have now found excellent form and are doing the business. Lets give Grehan a proper chance. I actually agree. I thought he looked like a possible in previous games, but Saturday was, as posted, a shocker. Sorry for getting you all excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I agree, can we not send him out on loan to Clyde. Doolan, Boyle and Kinniburgh all went there and by all accounts were shocking. However, they all came back and suddenly started to show improvement. Maybe they realised how lucky they were to be at a big team like Thistle. Waste of time. Suppose he's sprobably guaranteed a game there, but based on the league table I doubt they can get the ball out of their own half. Dumbarton are in a similar position to that of Clyde last season, so if we were to get a loan striker in I'd like to see him go there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 I've been a big critic of Grehan and on Saturday, his general play did him no favours. However, when you watch him, he wins just about everything in the air. Maybe the problem with Grehan is the way we are using him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Waste of time. Suppose he's sprobably guaranteed a game there, but based on the league table I doubt they can get the ball out of their own half. Dumbarton are in a similar position to that of Clyde last season, so if we were to get a loan striker in I'd like to see him go there... Or Stenhousemuir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Or Stenhousemuir. Aye. Those two teams have only scored 20 goals each, so will be in need of a striker. I don't know if Grehan has the ability to do a job for them, but I would hope we're not holding on to him much longer if the potential wasn't there. The thing is though, if he was sent to a team at the top of div 3 instead, he would see many more better opportunities to score than at a team struggling in div2, however the quality of opposition would be less challenging. Do we have enough forwards to let one go out on loan actually? We have Doolan, Donnelly, arguably Erskine and then Grehan. I'd rather not have to include the youngsters, as McCall has shown that waiting to introduce them at the right time is much better than throwing them on when we're desperate and have no options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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