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Amongst all the recent talk of Graeme Shinnie, who I think everyone agrees is a great addition, I'd like to mention our other full back. Best of a bad lot last week, and great today. His recent form has shown him to be the best RB in red for a while. Keep it up lad, with you on the right and GS on the left next year + an Anderson replacement with Reynolds, our 1st choice defence for next year could be Scotlands best.

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Freeing up Andersons wage gives us an option for another CH, and I would like cover in there, in case we end up in a position like now. The Taylor/Reynolds combo is great, not so much the Considine/Reynolds - I'd like another right sided CH first team player next year. Anyway, whether it's Ash and Reynolds or someone else, I meant this thread as praise for Shay - not sure how that's being slow at all.

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Freeing up Andersons wage gives us an option for another CH, and I would like cover in there, in case we end up in a position like now. The Taylor/Reynolds combo is great, not so much the Considine/Reynolds - I'd like another right sided CH first team player next year. Anyway, whether it's Ash and Reynolds or someone else, I meant this thread as praise for Shay - not sure how that's being slow at all.

That would be Daniels I'm guessing...

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Daniels will be off a la Hector if he does well for us. A bit slow there chief

Players like playing here. They seem to be happy enough to take less dough to be here and, going by what I've seen so far, hopefully Daniels will be one of those cases. We were unlucky with Hector in that Reading had a mass shortage of centre halfs. Hopefully this one turns out a wee bitty better and we can keep him and get some dosh once he turns out a star.

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We can always bring in better players, regardless of position, but at our level I think we're in pretty good shape in most areas of the pitch.

 

Logan's in no need of replacing, and he's got the best goal celebration since McGhee's classic 'Belt round the pitch pointing furiously at nothing in particular' routine. Good control, gets forward to help the attack, smashing dancer....

 

Goodwillie doesn't score as many goals as I'd like, but his hold up and link up play is about the best at the club. I'd use him in a Jess-style role in the middle of the park, just behind Hans Klopek.

 

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Shaugnessy I think is underrated inna, btw.

 

So that's what I think.

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Not sure about the negatives from some folk about Logan this year - he had a wee dodgy spell, but the last three games in a row I've been too, and he's put in a shift in each one.

There's putting in a shift and there's pushing up forward so you then neglect your defensive duties and you loose your man and goals are conceded.

He's great but he needs to concentrate more during a game and k keep an eye on his man.

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There's putting in a shift and there's pushing up forward so you then neglect your defensive duties and you loose your man and goals are conceded.

He's great but he needs to concentrate more during a game and k keep an eye on his man.

Attacking full backs are always going to be vulnerable to a few mistakes defensively (& the grief that comes from this) especially against fast opposite numbers as he was Today v Hendrie.

That Hendrie lad is a decent player & a player I'd have liked us to take an interest in had we not secured Shinnie.

 

Logan is a very good FB even though he is weaker defensively than attacking but he brings a lot to the team. Really looking forward to next season with him on one side & Shinnie on the other. Harsh for Considine given how good he's been (both defensively & attacking) at left back this season but it just means Shinnie will have to be at his best to keep out Considine.

 

Could be a quiet Summer window for us. Possible replacement for Jack & a decent keeper being the MAIN signings I'd assume. All the rest will be luxury signings if at all. Good time to be sniffing out the young potential stars for the future from the lower levels, seen as the first team shouldn't need any major surgery for a while.

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Woops, those replies were meant to be as one /:-) - and thinking about it, if we lost Mark to injury rather than Ash, with Shinnie at LB, maybe Consi would slip into left side CH just fine. I always thought Consi played fine alongside Anderson in a CH pairing, just not so much with Reynolds. Despite the fact that Shinnie/Logan as full backs sounds jizztastic for next season, Consi has been fine at LB recently.

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Yep Redstar, nae a bad shout (or reasoning!!), re:Consi for captain.

 

Only concern is if Shinnie nicks his place next year, 1. I think it would be a real shame for Andy should he maintain current form, and 2. Could his potential backup status compromise his being chosen for captain?

 

I know there are those on here who will say stick Shinnie in midfield, but for me, Shinnie's a fantastic LB (best in Scotland, arguably), and our midfield is already solid as fuck.

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Has he played his last game for us or am I reading too much into him running over the South Stand after the Almaty game and giving someone his shirt (the only player to do so). Would somewhat stack up with his insipid performances so far this season (perhaps his mind is not on his current job).

A right back also training with us?

 

Put it this way, I wouldn't be surprised to see him sold.

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