BrahimHemdani 1 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Where is Der Berliner, he usually puts up a good update of the squad with everyone in their positions.....that will give us a good view as to where we need to strengthen. But Id guess we have enough for the season. Its still not a good long term squad but its strong enough to win this league. And Under a good tactician this squad should comfortably be in the top 2 in the country. Bell, Simonsen, Gallacher Foster, Faure, McAusland, Mohsni, McGregor, Zaliukas, Gasparatto, McCulloch Wallace, Smith Aird, McKay Macleod, Law, Peralta, Black, Hutton, Shiels Templeton, Crawford Miller, Boyd, Daly, Clark, Gallacher 28 man squad for the SPFL Championship; we certainly didn't NEED Simonsen and now that he's signed Zaliukas, I doubt he'd have signed McGregor either. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 28 man squad for the SPFL Championship; we certainly didn't NEED Simonsen and now that he's signed Zaliukas, I doubt he'd have signed McGregor either. 1 or 2 will likely go out on loan. I think Ally needed to get a right back in as Foster is the only natural RB and isn't rated by a lot of fans. It will probably be trimmed to 23 with Gallacher (GK), McAusland, Gasparatto going out on loan and maybe the sale of a couple. I used to like Kyle Hutton as a player but of all the signings and re-signings this summer he is probably top of the list that wasn't needed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bear 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 28 man squad for the SPFL Championship; we certainly didn't NEED Simonsen and now that he's signed Zaliukas, I doubt he'd have signed McGregor either. I'm relatively happy with the business we've done this window, however: One of Simonsen / Gallacher wasn't required. Plus one of Peralta / Hutton. Plus either Shiels or Crawford. And probably both Jig and Daly. That's 5 wages - probably circa £1m p.a. less the cost of termination for those still in contract - we could have saved, or invested in a creative central midfielder. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,457 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Any reason this and the Zaliukas threads are not in the transfer thread?, just saying!, it's easier to read the one thread. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,306 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I just wonder if McCoist is now having doubts about Cammy Bell. I'm just not convinced about Bell at all. He wasn't greatly tested last season but I thought there were one or two worrying signs. For starters he doesn't seem at all convincing when coming for crossballs and doesn't command his box. Better teams will exploit this. Maybe this is why Simonsen has been signed again 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmu 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I just wonder if McCoist is now having doubts about Cammy Bell. I'm just not convinced about Bell at all. He wasn't greatly tested last season but I thought there were one or two worrying signs. For starters he doesn't seem at all convincing when coming for crossballs and doesn't command his box. Better teams will exploit this. Maybe this is why Simonsen has been signed again There may well be concerns about bell when tested further. Don't think this is mcoists reason for signing simonsen. Just more surrounding himself with experienced pros to cover his arse.. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Davison 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I just wonder if McCoist is now having doubts about Cammy Bell. I'm just not convinced about Bell at all. He wasn't greatly tested last season but I thought there were one or two worrying signs. For starters he doesn't seem at all convincing when coming for crossballs and doesn't command his box. Better teams will exploit this. Maybe this is why Simonsen has been signed again Your assessment could be right, RAB, but Ally had ample time to weigh up Bell's capabilities before signing him. I feel that Cammy Bell is an adequate goalkeeper, while well below the standard of the Woods, Goram, Klos and McGregor. The re-signing of Simonsen, for me, at least, is difficult to understand. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 There may well be concerns about bell when tested further. Don't think this is mcoists reason for signing simonsen. Just more surrounding himself with experienced pros to cover his arse.. Having an experienced keeper as back-up may or may not prove to be important, dependent on future events that are unknown. Three main issues arise 1. Budget / Salary 2. Dundee Utd cup-tie showed SS not to be a guarranteed 'safe pair of hands'. 3. Development of youth I tend to agree that the signing policy generally reflects Ally's short-termist approach which is based in the 20th century and will take the club no-where, or rather will be unable to compete at the top end of the top tier given economic constriants. ie. Ally can spend his way through the divisions but will (if still in a job) be shown up next season when we are shown up to be clueless and skelped by Celtic. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,290 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Just to keep us on track with the first team squad ... Goalkeepers: Scott Gallacher (born 15.07.1989 ) – contracted till 2015 Cammy Bell (born 18.09.1986 ) – contracted till 2017 Steve Simonsen (born ) - contracted till 2014 - extension till 2015 [Alan Smith (born 25.05.1993 ) – contracted till 2014] Defenders: Darren McGregor ( ... ) – contracted till 2015 Marius Zaliukas ( ... ) - contracted till 2016 Luca Gasparotto (born 03.09.1995 ) – contracted till 2014 (probably extented) Steven Smith (born 30.08.1985 ) – contracted till 2015 Ricky Foster (born 31.07.1985 ) – contracted till 2015 Bilel Mohsni (born 21.07.1987 ) – contracted till 2015 Kyle McAusland (born 19.01.1993 ) – contracted till 2015 Sebastien Faure (born 03.01.1991 ) – contracted till 2015 Lee Wallace (born 21.08.1987 ) – contracted till 2017 Midfielders: Kyle Hutton (born 15.02.1991 ) – contracted till 2014 - extended till 2015 Ian Black (born 14.03.1985 ) – contracted till 2015 Nicky Law (born 29.03.1988 ) – contracted till 2016 Dean Shiels (born 01.02.1985 ) – contracted till 2016 David Templeton (born 07.01.1989 ) – contracted till 2016 Lewis Macleod (born 16.06.1994 ) – contracted till 2017 Robbie Crawford (born 19.03.1993 ) – contracted till 2017 Barrie McKay (born 31.12.1994 ) – contracted till 2017 Arnold Peralta (born 29.03.1989 ) – contracted till 2017 Fraser Aird (born 02.02.1995 ) – contracted till 2018 Strikers: Lee McCulloch (born 14.05.1978 ) – contracted till 2015 Jon Daly (born 08.01.1983 ) – contracted till 2015 Nicky Clark (born 03.06.1991 ) – contracted till 2016 Kenny Miller ( ... ) - contracted till 2015 (plus option) Kris Boyd ( ... ) - contracted till 2015 (plus option) Will post a 4-4-2 setup later on. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Any reason this and the Zaliukas threads are not in the transfer thread?, just saying!, it's easier to read the one thread. I've merged the Simmo one into here since it wasn't large, but the Zaliukas thread is on it's 8th page, so we'll let that run. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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