Jake Hastie

[Clubdeckg]

They were raving about him after his first few games!

 

[WinkieWATP]

The four players I mention make up the spine of our team !

Do they %^*&

 

[Fondablondes]

My personal opinion was we should have loaned him straight back to Motherwell where he was doing well. Although even when he did well there did they not recall him from a loan to a lower league team when he wasn’t playing?

If I'm honest mate, I wasn't convinced by him signing in the first place. I'm no football manager though, so go with the flow. Time will tell.

 

[Buffel87]

Aribo , Kamara, Defoe and Arfield are all British.

Kamara is Finnish

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

Do they %^*&

Who the %^*& are you watching then

 

[Eddie Doc]

Kamara is Finnish

He's only 23.

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

Kamara is Finnish

He sounds very English , I know he was born in Finland but couldn't find anything on his upbringing apart from spending a while in arsenal's academy .

 

[WinkieWATP]

Who the %^*& are you watching then

Aribo, Kamara, Defoe and Arfield are the spine of our side?

All British aswell

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

Aribo, Kamara, Defoe and Arfield are the spine of our side?

All British aswell

Okay ? Please explain how they aren't ?
The stats show they are .

 

[Coplandbear]

Another player of ours who's been mismanaged by his loan club.

Imo he should be brought back and assessed by the management then loaned out to a team in our league the same should apply to McCrorie.

 

[JamboReid1874]

Aribo , Kamara, Defoe and Arfield are all British.

I know that I wasn’t going for the full list mate

Again though this just emphasises the British backbone in the squad and it’s something to be very proud of.

 

[WinkieWATP]

Okay ? Please explain how they aren't ?
The stats show they are .

Does a spine not go right through the middle? Starts with a goalkeeper, then a CH,CM,CF?

Defoe isn’t even the main striker, Kamara isn’t the main man in midfield.

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

Does a spine not go right through the middle? Starts with a goalkeeper, then a CH,CM,CF?

Defoe isn’t even the main striker, Kamara isn’t the main man in midfield.

The spine of a team: key players : stats say the aforementioned are .

 

[WinkieWATP]

The spine of a team: key players : stats say the aforementioned are .

ok.

 

[Fin-Ger]

He sounds very English , I know he was born in Finland but couldn't find anything on his upbringing apart from spending a while in arsenal's academy .

He moved to London with his mom when he was 13. His parents are from Sierra Leone. Glen started in Southend United and then moved to Arsenal academy

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

ok.

It's okay to disagree .

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

He moved to London with his mom when he was 13. His parents are from Sierra Leone.

thanks .
Fine he's Finnish !

 

[WinkieWATP]

It's okay to disagree .

Of course it is but you can’t have the spine of a team without a CH

 

[BlueMcLeod89]

Of course it is but you can’t have the spine of a team without a CH

that'll be tav and goldson aye

 

[BlueSevenTwo]

If he can’t get a game for them he has no chance with us

Difficult to argue that but still has time on his side so you never know.

 

[Teddyjohn]

Saw Hastie against Celtic towards the end of last season after the Rangers speculation and thought he was brutal.

Poor signing.

 

[WinkieWATP]

that'll be tav and goldson aye

McGregor, Goldson, Jack, Morelos

Thats the spine of the team

 

[GazzaNumber8]

Maybe Hamilton or Hearts ? I wouldn’t help clubs such as Motherwell or Hibs given their fans reactions to us.

yes , we are going to need teams to take points off them and to be fair nobody really looks capable.

 

[Club Deck Pakora]

I think on what I've seen, Hastie would have been a better option from the bench compared to Barker. That's not to knock Barker as he may need a little more time to showcase what he has.

Add Ojo to that as well.

 

[GovanFront4]

Really surprised we didn't send him back on loan to Motherwell. Motherwell fan I know in work was convinced they would be getting him back. It was madness to take him out a team when he was doing really well.

 

[Tpol_rfc]

You could have just ignored it happy Larry

I'm sorry I just can't when someone makes the decision to type out that cringeworthy shite.

 

[Fondablondes]

I'm sorry I just can't when someone makes the decision to type out that cringeworthy shite.

I'll watch out for all your perfect posts

 

[Bruce_Wayne]

Saw Hastie against Celtic towards the end of last season after the Rangers speculation and thought he was brutal.

Poor signing.

Do you enter every thread and think 'how can I act the cnut in this one then?'

 

[GallowgateBlue]

Add Ojo to that as well.

True bud. I honestly thought at the start of the season Ojo was going to be massive for us. I still think there is a player there and the second half of the season hopefully he realises that himself.

 

[Club Deck Pakora]

True bud. I honestly thought at the start of the season Ojo was going to be massive for us. I still think there is a player there and the second half of the season hopefully he realises that himself.

The boy looks talented enough at times just can’t do it against teams with a decent quality of player. I fully expect him to be a English league 1 level player in a few years. He just doesn’t have the appetite and game intelligence to play at a higher level.

 

[Tpol_rfc]

I'll watch out for all your perfect posts

Just don't do it again and we'll put an end to it.

 

[Fondablondes]

Just don't do it again and we'll put an end to it.
No chance, we are at war

 

[zFuturesBright]

I think Gareth Pale should have stayed in the SPL

 

[MonSquish]

When’s his loan spell finished at Rotherham?

 

[WinkieWATP]

When’s his loan spell finished at Rotherham?

Pretty sure we could recall him now should we wish. Defo saw quotes from the Rotherham manager saying he wanted him to stay but would understand had we called him back due to lack of game time.

 

[Daz1690]

Really want more of our fringe players loaned out to SPL sides, anything that helps the others take points off the poets is a goid thing.

 

[Kirbys House]

Signing was bizarre to say the least

Signing a promising young lad from our league is bizarre?

OP, he's started five of their last nine league games (and came off the bench in another three), not sure how that's getting no minutes?

 

[Jjbscotty]

Signing was bizarre to say the least

In what way was signing a young talent from scotland bizzare?

 

[robertobear]

Send him up to Mcinnes then we will know at least of that team will try against the Tims

 

[pelem]

Aah, thought you had a deep seated aversion to Rotherham. No wonder you were befuddled.

Yeah, Motherwell are khonts.

Keep up son.

 

[Bumplittledipper]

Keep up son.

Ok dad. Though I might not be yours.

 

[bilkobear]

when the deal was done I thought we should of just left him at Motherwell to keep getting game time and progress until we were ready to use him

England isn't the best place to send players in my opinion, I would rather see players go to the Low Countries like Holland and Belgium.
These are leagues where there is a huge emphasis on technical football.
The physical part of football found in English lower leagues isn't a great finishing school and that is demonstrated by why so many EPL teams go abroad for players who can make an impact in their first teams rather than fish in their own waters.
Maybe I am wrong and perhaps there are stats to prove I am wrong, but it is certainly an impression one is left with when you view starting elevens each week in the EPL.

 

[Ibroxkev]

If we had no plans to use him we should’ve offered less money and given him straight back on a 12 month loan.

 

[Realger34]

He started well down there, I think he will be a big player for us in the future.

 

[goldson bollocks]

Not been following him to be honest but did he not start well down there?

 

[blueshire]

Get the boy back up the road,loan him to another premier league team and let him do damage to our rivals,i think there's a player there,give him time to develop

 

[Kirbys House]

Get the boy back up the road,loan him to another premier league team and let him do damage to our rivals,i think there's a player there,give him time to develop

Rotherham are top of the league; I think it would be good for him to keep playing for a team in a promotion chase.

 

[blueshire]

Rotherham are top of the league; I think it would be good for him to keep playing for a team in a promotion chase.

He's not playing according to other posters though

 

[Kirbys House]

He's not playing according to other posters though

As I said last night: he's started five of their last nine league games (and came off the bench in another three).

 

[MearnsUnionist]

Another player of ours who's been mismanaged by his loan club.

Imo he should be brought back and assessed by the management then loaned out to a team in our league the same should apply to McCrorie.

Just because he's not getting a game doesn't mean he's being mismanaged by Rotherham mate.

Would you say we've mismanaged Ojo?

Part of a player's career development is learning to knuckle down and work hard to regain your place in the team, if you've underperformed and lost it.

No player should have a god given right to start every game, especially if he's not performing to the best of his ability.

Both Hastie and McCrorie started well and then had a couple of poor games and the manager changed the team.

Would you expect Gerrard to continually select Ojo, even if he's playing poorly?

Gerrard sent McCrorie and Hastie down south to challenge them to develop the weaker parts of their game and get up to Rangers standard.