BackOfTheNet Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Herbert said: Elijah Adebayo - Got a text from a pal saying were looking at him, Anyone seen him play? Hmmm. According to this video he has just signed a contract extension in the summer, so unless it was just a one year extension I would expect they would want a fee for him. They won’t loan out if he’s playing regularly and scoring better than 1 in 3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AC Mallin_51 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Firefox said: 23 years old and 6ft 4in according to Wikipedia. Craig Levein just had an orgasm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tian447 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Jamie Walker Tash said: Lafferty looking for a club... Would take him, no problem at all. Would be an incredible player in the Championship, and even at 34 next year would handle a step up to the Premiership. It would have to be good wages, and we'd have to keep an eye on his "bants", but turning down a player like him if the options suited both teams would be incredibly stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ainsley Harriott Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, Pasquale for King said: Amazingly fit these days, totally different. Still scoring too. What a babe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamhammer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Smith's right boot said: Ffs nothing to do with age, to do with style. Smith is one of our oldest and fittest players. We're talking about guys that are ate 31, 34 sh, some ex internationals. not 40year old pub players. So Berra’s age has nothing to do with how poor he is against pacy forwards? We need a blend of experience and young players. The policy of recruiting “mature” players who can bring through the younger ones isn’t really bearing fruit. It’s leaving us top heavy with punts, risks and failures. Im encouraged with GMS signing and if we get another striker in I’ll be happy enough but we’ve gotta get into a position where we’re only bringing in one or 2 quality players per window and promoting a couple of younger players and regularly playing them. All IMO of course Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sinks Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 What about Nicky Clark at Dundee Utd? Available on pre contract I think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salad Fingers Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, sinks said: What about Nicky Clark at Dundee Utd? Available on pre contract I think Dundee sniffing about him. Would be hilarious trolling of United if that happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheBigO Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, Jamhammer said: So Berra’s age has nothing to do with how poor he is against pacy forwards? We need a blend of experience and young players. The policy of recruiting “mature” players who can bring through the younger ones isn’t really bearing fruit. It’s leaving us top heavy with punts, risks and failures. Im encouraged with GMS signing and if we get another striker in I’ll be happy enough but we’ve gotta get into a position where we’re only bringing in one or 2 quality players per window and promoting a couple of younger players and regularly playing them. All IMO of course No agreed here. Too much movement every window. Not unusual for any team these days of course, but we should be looking to stem that. We recruit when we need to replace a sale, or if someone is definitely better than we have. Youngsters in and around squad with the chance to negate even that recruitment if they prove reliable. We need to hope Robbie does well. Ripping up the squad with every management change, while again not unusual, really hasn't helped us. This all started when Cathro recruited, breaking up a steadyish team (tho there were plenty changes after promotion) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pasquale for King Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 minutes ago, Ainsley Harriott said: What a babe As you would imagine his wife is fit.https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TTMErHkvk/?igshid=ep4mrhh2whw4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FWJ Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 25 minutes ago, hmfc_liam06 said: An underrated player from the Romanov era. Scored the last penalty in the 2006 final. 🥰 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jamboinglasgow Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 18 minutes ago, BackOfTheNet said: Hmmm. According to this video he has just signed a contract extension in the summer, so unless it was just a one year extension I would expect they would want a fee for him. They won’t loan out if he’s playing regularly and scoring better than 1 in 3. His contract is up in the summer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
portobellojambo1 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) I'm only guessing here, but I think Joe Savage may play a big part in bringing in a striker. I think we may be counting on his knowledge of players, or a player, in England whom he thinks might benefit us in the striker position. Edited January 13 by portobellojambo1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ainsley Harriott Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 15 minutes ago, Pasquale for King said: As you would imagine his wife is fit.https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TTMErHkvk/?igshid=ep4mrhh2whw4 Imagine coming home after hard days training to spend the evening banging her. What a guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DC_92 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 minutes ago, Tazio said: Sheffield Wednesday have denied that rumour about QPR. Also Jordan Rhodes is a bit of a myth and has been pretty useless the last few seasons. He’s only managed 3 starts this season and has only scored about 20 odd goals in the last six seasons. He was great at Huddersfield and Blackburn but hasn’t been a regular big scorer since then. They've been looking to shift him for ages but can't because he's on a huge wage. I think Norwich tried to sign him permanently after having him on loan during their promotion season but were put off by Sheffield Wednesday's demands. We won't be able to cover a sufficient percentage of his wages for a loan and if they decide to release him then I expect he'll have options closer to home who are willing to pay more. I'd be amazed if this happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kingantti1874 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 18 minutes ago, Pasquale for King said: As you would imagine his wife is fit.https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TTMErHkvk/?igshid=ep4mrhh2whw4 certainly did enough trying before buying 😆 lucky ******* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BackOfTheNet Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 10 minutes ago, jamboinglasgow said: His contract is up in the summer. Must have been a one year extension clause in the contract then. I would imagine if there’s any truth to it then it would be a pre-contract. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Batistuta87 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 8 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said: certainly did enough trying before buying 😆 lucky ******* He was a top shagger in his day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cruyff Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Rhodes peaked about 10 Yr ago. Cummings is a prick Lafferty is over the hill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
merrymac Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, Cruyff said: Rhodes peaked about 10 Yr ago. Cummings is a prick Lafferty is over the hill. Brief concise and accurate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kingantti1874 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, Batistuta87 said: He was a top shagger in his day hero Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jambonian Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, portobellojambo1 said: I'm only guessing here, but I think Joe Savage may play a big part in bringing in a striker. I think we may be counting on his knowledge of players, or a player, in England whom he thinks might benefit us in the striker position. I remember a few years ago thinking that David Nugent would've been a good signing. Unfortunately he's getting on a bit now and moved around some clubs in recent times but i reckon we wouldn't be interested in him at this stage of his career anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pasquale for King Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 29 minutes ago, Ainsley Harriott said: Imagine coming home after hard days training to spend the evening banging her. What a guy I’m just surprised they’ve only got three kids 😆. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pasquale for King Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 27 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said: certainly did enough trying before buying 😆 lucky ******* Yeah I think he was popular with the local girls up George Street 😆. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Walker Tash Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, tian447 said: Would take him, no problem at all. Would be an incredible player in the Championship, and even at 34 next year would handle a step up to the Premiership. It would have to be good wages, and we'd have to keep an eye on his "bants", but turning down a player like him if the options suited both teams would be incredibly stupid. I think it's unlikely but i wouldn't mind him back. Here seemed to be the only place he settled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wavydavy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 44 minutes ago, DC_92 said: They've been looking to shift him for ages but can't because he's on a huge wage. I think Norwich tried to sign him permanently after having him on loan during their promotion season but were put off by Sheffield Wednesday's demands. We won't be able to cover a sufficient percentage of his wages for a loan and if they decide to release him then I expect he'll have options closer to home who are willing to pay more. I'd be amazed if this happened. Hopefully. One of those players who had a number of decent goal scoring seasons up to about five years ago and has done little since. According to the stats I saw he has scored 23 goals in the last five years. He would be a big risk and an expensive one at that. Edited January 13 by wavydavy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maroon Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Is there any chat about singing a new centre half ? Not kept up with the thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rudy T Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 15 minutes ago, maroon said: Is there any chat about singing a new centre half ? Not kept up with the thread Could do with a summary. Striker, Defender, any one else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smith's right boot Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Jamhammer said: So Berra’s age has nothing to do with how poor he is against pacy forwards? We need a blend of experience and young players. The policy of recruiting “mature” players who can bring through the younger ones isn’t really bearing fruit. It’s leaving us top heavy with punts, risks and failures. Im encouraged with GMS signing and if we get another striker in I’ll be happy enough but we’ve gotta get into a position where we’re only bringing in one or 2 quality players per window and promoting a couple of younger players and regularly playing them. All IMO of course Talent, quality, attitude, fitness is important, age is irrelevant. I want a good team, young, old I don't care. The reality is, if young players are good enough they'll make a claim for first team football. I don't want young players thrown in just because they are young, that is pointless. I mean to a certain point, not like 40 year olds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rave MacPherson Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Looking towards next season and this would be the kind of team i would be looking for Gordon Smith Souttar new. Kingsley Haring. Irvine New. Mckay Smith Naismith Boyce New keeper Halkett Brandon Halliday Ginnelly Walker Wighton New cf New cb New am Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldGorgie Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, Rave MacPherson said: Looking towards next season and this would be the kind of team i would be looking for Gordon Smith Souttar new. Kingsley Haring. Irvine New. Mckay Smith Naismith Boyce New keeper Halkett Brandon Halliday Ginnelly Walker Wighton New cf New cb New am Just as well you won’t be in charge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wavydavy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 16 minutes ago, Rave MacPherson said: Looking towards next season and this would be the kind of team i would be looking for Gordon Smith Souttar new. Kingsley Haring. Irvine New. Mckay Smith Naismith Boyce New keeper Halkett Brandon Halliday Ginnelly Walker Wighton New cf New cb New am It would be a good idea to maybe get the names of the Hearts Players correct for starters. I assume you are meaning Irving and Mackay-Steven. 😍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Gio Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Purely speculative re Hornby, if he hasn't settled, hasn't played much, clubs are not flush in France, a termination is not out of the question. Wishful thinking, but that's what these threads are for. No sign of Billie yet, speaking of wishful thinking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamhammer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 31 minutes ago, Smith's right boot said: Talent, quality, attitude, fitness is important, age is irrelevant. I want a good team, young, old I don't care. The reality is, if young players are good enough they'll make a claim for first team football. I don't want young players thrown in just because they are young, that is pointless. I mean to a certain point, not like 40 year olds. Where are our youngsters though SRB? Play em a couple of times, punt on loan, not seen again. Possibly due to the managerial mess but still you’d think more would be pushing for first team Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PapaShango Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Hopefully we pull a striker from nowhere and it's not the same players we get linked with every window - Cummings, Lafferty. Time to move on from these guys. Someone who can score goals would be a decent start! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazman Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Savage will have spent the last however many months scouring the lower leagues in England looking for players for Preston. Bound to have a few in mind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HoGwash Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 16 minutes ago, PapaShango said: Hopefully we pull a striker from nowhere and it's not the same players we get linked with every window - Cummings, Lafferty. Time to move on from these guys. Someone who can score goals would be a decent start! I can't wait for Cummings and Lafferty to retire so we don't have to discuss them every window. Although I thought Zeefuik had retired and he still comes up so I might have to wait till they're both dead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smith's right boot Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 12 minutes ago, Jamhammer said: Where are our youngsters though SRB? Play em a couple of times, punt on loan, not seen again. Possibly due to the managerial mess but still you’d think more would be pushing for first team If they are good enough, Hickey and Irving for example they will get game time. I would like more young players to break through and earn us money or play for us along time but that rarely happens now and I want Hearts to get the best possible team and for me age is not a criteria. Hickey broke through, refused to sign an extension we got a bit cash for him. Irving is the next one, he has shown a bit but he might not sign an extension. Holt and Patterson before them done the same. If these guys who get a sniff of first team football want to leave at a the first opportunity and won't sign extensions to maximise their value for us then imo the Academy needs to be questioned, should we be putting more resource into scouting free youngsters released form big clubs down south at the ages of say 18-21, rather than the time, money and effort in training the young boys and scouting the lower leagues for guys of that age? Age does not determine if a player is good or not tho and that is the important part, in fact at our level as is proving with a few guys, they need to play at a lower level for a good few years then at their peak they are at spfl level. None of the youngsters that have left recently or are not playing apart atm apart from Hickey would improve the current side. In fact, some like the senior pros are responsible for where we are right now. They simply are/ were not good enough. In al honesty, I want us to have the best possible team, I don't care about age or how we do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Sanchez Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I was reading Robbie's blueprint on how he thinks Hearts should play. Can only be a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2. I actually liked George Burley's style but I think Naismith stops us from playing it. Gordon Smith Halkett Berra Kingsley Ginnelly Irving Haring Halliday Big striker Boyce Halliday is probably the ideal player for the Camazzola role. You would need another centre back and to sort the midfield out though, depending on how Haring fares. When he says he likes the idea of a big striker and a smaller one, I'm assuming he means Naismith or Boyce in the No.10 if it's a 4-2-3-1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JamboAl Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, Pasquale for King said: Nonsense. So when is Diego Costa, Robert Snodgrass, Jimmy Dunne and Jordan Rhodes signing to play for us in the Championship 😱🤔🤷🏾♂️😂😆?!?! I think you just made that up or, at the very least, embroidered it. Show us the link where someone said we were signing Snodgrass. BTW it should be when ARE not when IS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agentjambo Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 26 minutes ago, Rick Sanchez said: I was reading Robbie's blueprint on how he thinks Hearts should play. Can only be a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2. I actually liked George Burley's style but I think Naismith stops us from playing it. Gordon Smith Halkett Berra Kingsley Ginnelly Irving Haring Halliday Big striker Boyce Halliday is probably the ideal player for the Camazzola role. You would need another centre back and to sort the midfield out though, depending on how Haring fares. When he says he likes the idea of a big striker and a smaller one, I'm assuming he means Naismith or Boyce in the No.10 if it's a 4-2-3-1. No GMS? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rave MacPherson Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, wavydavy said: It would be a good idea to maybe get the names of the Hearts Players correct for starters. I assume you are meaning Irving and Mackay-Steven. 😍 Glad you picked up on the important aspects of my post.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rave MacPherson Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, OldGorgie said: Just as well you won’t be in charge. Yawn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Sanchez Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 6 minutes ago, Agentjambo said: No GMS? Christ, never even entered my head! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wavydavy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, Rave MacPherson said: Glad you picked up on the important aspects of my post.... You are welcome. I suppose you don't mind if people get your name wrong? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davemclaren Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, wavydavy said: You are welcome. I suppose you don't mind if people get your name wrong? Clever. 🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john thomas Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 54 minutes ago, HoGwash said: I can't wait for Cummings and Lafferty to retire so we don't have to discuss them every window. Although I thought Zeefuik had retired and he still comes up so I might have to wait till they're both dead. Won't stop them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rave MacPherson Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 30 minutes ago, wavydavy said: You are welcome. I suppose you don't mind if people get your name wrong? It happens quite a lot. Doesn't bother me. What is your point? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnking123 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Cummings is not a big striker that will hold ball up. Neither can Rhodes or Maguire can do that job either. Can rule them out thankfully. Lafferty would be a high price mistake. Need a bigger robust player with a bit of energy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cruyff Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 9 minutes ago, johnking123 said: Cummings is not a big striker that will hold ball up. Neither can Rhodes or Maguire can do that job either. Can rule them out thankfully. Lafferty would be a high price mistake. Need a bigger robust player with a bit of energy. We should just sign Ross Stewart at County as a cheap but potentially handy player to have. He's a big unit and can hold the ball up as well as being a good target in the box. Then sign a proper top notch targetman in the summer and replace Wighton with a quick poacher so we have 4 good options. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agentjambo Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 We need this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Jóhannsson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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