Graeme Russell Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Not in any way ITK but heard this morning that we are signing a young boy from abroad. He is a 16 year old Croatian and he is dubbed as the new “Messi” with the same stature. We are seemingly waiting on paperwork clearance before being announced.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy T Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Graeme Russell said: Not in any way ITK but heard this morning that we are signing a young boy from abroad. He is a 16 year old Croatian and he is dubbed as the new “Messi” with the same stature. We are seemingly waiting on paperwork clearance before being announced.. I doubt the new Messi would be signing for us. Any good young talent is welcome but it’s all relative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasavallan Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 What's Copil doing these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmaroon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Just now, Tasavallan said: What's Copil doing these days? Cynic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 The ‘new Messi’ from Croatia? If he was anywhere near that he’d be at Dinamo Zagreb and valued at £20m+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tasavallan said: What's Copil doing these days? playing in the third tier of romanian football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo 1874 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Graeme Russell said: Not in any way ITK but heard this morning that we are signing a young boy from abroad. He is a 16 year old Croatian and he is dubbed as the new “Messi” with the same stature. We are seemingly waiting on paperwork clearance before being announced.. Reckon FF is the guy to ask about this he is very well itk about the youth football side of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashauskis9 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, colinmaroon said: Cynic!!! Is that the boy’s name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmaroon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Gashauskis9 said: Is that the boy’s name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB1to4 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Was there not a young trialist that impressed FF a while back. Sure he was 16, abroad and may have been some problems with a visa? I could of course be making all of this up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thought Police Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Was Ryan Gauld not meant to be the Scottish Messi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_razors_edge Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, MrB1to4 said: Was there not a young trialist that impressed FF a while back. Sure he was 16, abroad and may have been some problems with a visa? I could of course be making all of this up! Im sure he was Ukrainian. Croatia Ukraine, tomato tomayto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bking9 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, Thought Police said: Was Ryan Gauld not meant to be the Scottish Messi? Yep. Imagine if guald played last night we would have had mcginiesta and Messi, surely we'd have won the game 5-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB1to4 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, The_razors_edge said: Im sure he was Ukrainian. Croatia Ukraine, tomato tomayto Aaah, that was it, Ukrainian. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianajones Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 We already have one of Europe's most promising wonder kids in Cochrane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) Love a wunderkid signing! Most don’t make it, but it’s always fun getting your hopes up along the way! Juanjo Copil Kostadinov Templeton Novikovas Rapnik Prychynenko Burns Those were the last hyped up kids I can think of in recent times. Mixed bag in terms of success. Bring on the next wunderkid I say! Edited September 8, 2018 by Bez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portobellojambo1 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 There was a youngster, well 21 years old, who was being classed as the Croatian Messi, but I'm sure I read somewhere he signed for an Italian team for about £5 million 2/3 months back. Not unless there is now an even younger Croatian Messi, Version II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy T Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I don’t think Novikovas was ever labelled a wonder kid - he just signed for us when he was young.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 47 minutes ago, Graeme Russell said: Not in any way ITK but heard this morning that we are signing a young boy from abroad. He is a 16 year old Croatian and he is dubbed as the new “Messi” with the same stature. We are seemingly waiting on paperwork clearance before being announced.. He's avoiding tax already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge of Djoum Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Thought Police said: Was Ryan Gauld not meant to be the Scottish Messi? You misread. It was ''new Scottish mess''. Edited September 8, 2018 by New York Fleapit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, Jammy T said: I don’t think Novikovas was ever labelled a wonder kid - he just signed for us when he was young.... Seem to remember he was signed at a time just after we had been getting shedloads of players from FB Kaunas, and everyone was groaning about “not another liff”. A couple of posters looked a wee bit deeper and informed us he was actually a very highly rated prospect. That’s how I seem to remember it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy2 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 29 minutes ago, Bez said: Love a wunderkid signing! Most don’t make it, but it’s always fun getting your hopes up along the way! Juanjo Copil Kostadinov Templeton Novikovas Rapnik Prychynenko Burns Those were the last hyped up kids I can think of in recent times. Mixed bag in terms of success. Bring on the next wunderkid I say! Premature to include Burns and I wouldn’t include Temps as a what might have been, but we’ve had some corkers over the years. Podraig Moran was meant to be the Irish Ryan Giggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaths17 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 tommy harrison always rings a bell when wunderkind are mentioned, turned out to be tam kite. remember man city spent quarter of a million for steve mckenzie the english wonder child, highest fee at the time was city buying kevin reeves for a mil and forest paid the same for trevor francis, forest got a good return for their cash.......man city got robbed in both cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Shaggy2 said: Premature to include Burns and I wouldn’t include Temps as a what might have been, but we’ve had some corkers over the years. Podraig Moran was meant to be the Irish Ryan Giggs. Was more meaning that these were/are kids who arrived at us with exciting potential and were highly thought of as being able to make it at a very high level. Temps was smashing them in left right and centre for Stenny at something ridiculous like 15 I think. Think it was only the presence Branny and Copil that took the spotlight off him. Going back a wee bit though, might be remembering things a bit hazily. Edited September 8, 2018 by Bez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, reaths17 said: tommy harrison always rings a bell when wunderkind are mentioned, turned out to be tam kite. remember man city spent quarter of a million for steve mckenzie the english wonder child, highest fee at the time was city buying kevin reeves for a mil and forest paid the same for trevor francis, forest got a good return for their cash.......man city got robbed in both cases. Franny Jeffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Jambo Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 31 minutes ago, Bez said: Seem to remember he was signed at a time just after we had been getting shedloads of players from FB Kaunas, and everyone was groaning about “not another liff”. A couple of posters looked a wee bit deeper and informed us he was actually a very highly rated prospect. That’s how I seem to remember it anyway. One of the best crossers of a ball we’ve had in my time. Had things been a little different at the club during his time here he could have been a top player imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, everton_jambo said: One of the best crossers of a ball we’ve had in my time. Had things been a little different at the club during his time here he could have been a top player imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, everton_jambo said: One of the best crossers of a ball we’ve had in my time. Had things been a little different at the club during his time here he could have been a top player imo Agreed. If we'd had better players he could've been very good. I think he turned down a big Portuguese club to sign for Hearts too? Quick google shows he is playing in Poland alongside previous Celtic wonderkid Cillian Sheridan I love wonderkids as we talk about them for pages, and then most of them never even get near the first team... I mis Kostadinov's brother on here. He was a nice fellow. Edited September 8, 2018 by Spellczech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Jambo Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Bez said: Haha obviously that one was at the forefront of my mind. for some reason the other was when he came on and turned the game in our favour at McDiarmid Park and (I think) set up Obua for what we thought was a late winner. Only for them to score a free kick with the last kick of the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Just now, everton_jambo said: Haha obviously that one was at the forefront of my mind. for some reason the other was when he came on and turned the game in our favour at McDiarmid Park and (I think) set up Obua for what we thought was a late winner. Only for them to score a free kick with the last kick of the game I liked him too, other than his habit of visibly pulling back from 50/50s. He had plenty of skill though. When he played against Scotland a couple of years ago, he looked a far better player than the one who left us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Its Islam Feruz isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Just now, been here before said: Its Islam Feruz isnt it? The ‘Scottish’ Adu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junta Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) Kevin Queen was supposed to be the next big thing back in the day. Tottenham signed him from us when he was 15 IIRC. Edit: Cant mind if it was Kevin Queen or Kevin McQueen. Edited September 8, 2018 by Junta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley_ Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Bez said: Love a wunderkid signing! Most don’t make it, but it’s always fun getting your hopes up along the way! Juanjo Copil Kostadinov Templeton Novikovas Rapnik Prychynenko Burns Those were the last hyped up kids I can think of in recent times. Mixed bag in terms of success. Bring on the next wunderkid I say! Kostadinov and Copil are the only ones I would really say were hyped up as wonderkids from that list. Another was Wagner. Juanjo was in his twenties by the time he signed for us as well. The rest were just promising youngsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy2 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 32 minutes ago, Bez said: Was more meaning that these were/are kids who arrived at us with exciting potential and were highly thought of as being able to make it at a very high level. Temps was smashing them in left right and centre for Stenny at something ridiculous like 15 I think. Think it was only the presence Branny and Copil that took the spotlight off him. Going back a wee bit though, might be remembering things a bit hazily. Apologies. I thought it was a list of guys who never quite lived up to the hype. To be fair, it would’ve been difficult to do so given some of the reports we’d heard of these kids. Here’s a wee team (different eras) of kids who we had that were meant to have huge futures and ended up at Brechin and such, one even went to Hibs!!! Gary O’Connor Fraser Mullen Paul McMullen Robbie Horn Conrad Balatoni Callum Tapping Tommy Harrison Neil Janczyk Dmitri Copil Bronamir Kostadinov Jamie Mole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy T Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Bez said: Seem to remember he was signed at a time just after we had been getting shedloads of players from FB Kaunas, and everyone was groaning about “not another liff”. A couple of posters looked a wee bit deeper and informed us he was actually a very highly rated prospect. That’s how I seem to remember it anyway. Yep. But not sold as a wonder kid like Copil and Kostadinov were. Completely different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerjambo Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 ............ So when are we gonna get more info on the new wunderkid eh eh??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junta Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Graham Weir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Beni of Gorgie Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Thought he scored against Celtic last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sac Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Sadly, most wunderkids just fade away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav M Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Stephen Simmons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscjambo Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Freddie Adu..... wonder kid. FM special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 13 minutes ago, davemclaren said: Sadly, most wunderkids just fade away. Yeah its a shame really, Scotland has produced some outstanding talents at youth level that just haven't made the step up. Did the national team at youth level not beat a Portugal team including Figo (years ago now!) ? IIRC almost none of that team made it professionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, OTT said: Yeah its a shame really, Scotland has produced some outstanding talents at youth level that just haven't made the step up. Did the national team at youth level not beat a Portugal team including Figo (years ago now!) ? IIRC almost none of that team made it professionally. Paul Dickov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 37 minutes ago, Shaggy2 said: Apologies. I thought it was a list of guys who never quite lived up to the hype. To be fair, it would’ve been difficult to do so given some of the reports we’d heard of these kids. Here’s a wee team (different eras) of kids who we had that were meant to have huge futures and ended up at Brechin and such, one even went to Hibs!!! Gary O’Connor Fraser Mullen Paul McMullen Robbie Horn Conrad Balatoni Callum Tapping Tommy Harrison Neil Janczyk Dmitri Copil Bronamir Kostadinov Jamie Mole Neil Janczyk snatched victory from defeat against the peg sellers in a somewhat memorable last couple of minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djnoisy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) Alen Halilovic on loan from Milan Edited September 8, 2018 by Djnoisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 We get to see Scott Robinson back at Tynecastle in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav M Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 34 minutes ago, OTT said: Yeah its a shame really, Scotland has produced some outstanding talents at youth level that just haven't made the step up. Did the national team at youth level not beat a Portugal team including Figo (years ago now!) ? IIRC almost none of that team made it professionally. Was at that game, schoolboys world cup or something, was played at tynie. Dikov looked like the best player on the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Jammy T said: I don’t think Novikovas was ever labelled a wonder kid - he just signed for us when he was young.... Certainly was. He had a trial at Benfica IIRC, easy to see his talent just a guy with a poor attitude. I actually heard bad things about him around Edinburgh when he was here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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