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The Big Scottish Transfer Round-Up · Scots With A Mic

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Listen to the noise. Listen to the passion in Hamden
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Park. It's John again.
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It's Johnny's Yes Man, the Green done by Dunfish Chance, the one
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for Scotland. Hello, and welcome back to
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another episode of Scots with a Mic.
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I'm your host, James Scott, and it's been a very busy January
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across Scotland. We've had lots of ingoings and
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outgoings, and that is what we're here to talk about.
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The transfer window slammed shut yesterday at this time of record
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then. And yeah, there was a lot going
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on right up to the deadline, lots of late moves and lots to
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talk about. So let's get into.
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Joining me on the podcast is Fen Crocker.
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Fen, good to have you back on. Good to be on, lots to talk
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about. I definitely and also joining us
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is Nail Cavanaugh Nail how we doing?
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Good mate, thank you. It's been a been a while since
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I've been on a a lot's happened but.
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Yeah, he must have just been non-stop with Celtic last night.
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Luna. Luna coming in.
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Final still could be another side in as well.
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Yeah, true. Yeah, Yeah, we'll get into that,
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I'm sure. Yeah, I mean, right.
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OK, where we start? I mean the biggest transfer in
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Scottish football was arguably Scotland striker Kieran Berry,
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former Reef Rovers man. I'll plug that right now.
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He moved from Herbs to Verona in the city for €6 million pounds
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plus add-ons. I believe so, yeah.
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Substantial fee, especially for a club like Herbs is one of the
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biggest transfers we've seen from a non Old Firm.
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Club, I mean, I mean, it's a club record fee for Herbs,
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massive, massive fee for him. I think the the bids that kept
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on coming in and they rejected them.
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We were all thinking, you know, you should take the money, but
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fair to play to Herbs. You know, they held out for for
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what they deemed was was the value of Kieran Bowie.
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And they've got their massive sale.
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I think it was about 48 hours after he signed that the head
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coach got sacked. So yeah.
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But also be basically thrown our rock bottom in the league.
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There's that context there. Yeah.
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Yeah. Well, they're I think 14 points.
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I want to say they're round about the same points as
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Fiorentina, but they only won their first game in December in
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the league. You know, that's sort of where
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they're sitting a bit on the table.
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It's not looking great. And the managers obviously got
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the chop for us. Is that good or bad for him?
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I don't know. Obviously he was.
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Obviously wasn't done too good a job.
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Their second lowest scorers in the league.
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And like you said, yeah, they are rock bottom.
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So maybe they're preparing for life in Sarah B.
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Maybe Kieran Bowie can conceive them from the drop.
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Well, I think Sarah B might actually not actually be too bad
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for him if they were to go down, get some experience kind of kind
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of similar to what Josh Doig did.
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And he's came back stronger this season.
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So yeah, we'll have to see he's. Made almost £10,000,000 off
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Verona Habs, by the way, that's they've got a good thing going
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there. It's a, it's a tiny wee, yeah.
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So Josh Doyke, he was done, said Abby as well.
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He's not special and it's done well for him.
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So but I mean, is a good move in terms of when you look at like
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you mentioned there, one of the lowest scorers in the league,
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strikers of us and not up to the job so far.
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Pretty. I mean, it looks good from
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potentially getting game time at least.
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I mean, I guess that's always one of the worries.
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These guys go tightly and like Lennon, Millie's finally getting
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his chance now in the start of the season, as the mums went by,
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you start to think, oh, has it been the night movies not
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getting game time at all? But I think it's we could maybe
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expect to see Kimbe fairly quickly get in a run out to see
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if he's going to bring something extra to the table that their
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current strike force isn't. But yeah, no, it's good.
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It's good to see Hebs but you said stand on their ground and I
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mean personally I don't know where if I was the value came
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bad dead thing sex my own was on the the higher side but hubs
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didn't need to sell and they did.
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Exactly. They let the club's test the
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resolve and they held out and they got, like you said, the
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biggest thing when the Creek Gordon got Sunland.
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It must be around 2007. 7. 2007, right?
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I've got that bang on. Yeah, that's 20 years.
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And when you go back, actually you consider that's a lot of
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money to be getting thrown around.
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Back. In year back in.
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That does matter at the time. Yeah.
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And I think one of the only other sort of big fees was for
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Scott Brown going hips to Celtic.
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Yeah. That was a club record fee I
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believe before the Kieran Bowie sale, so.
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I know. But yeah, obviously good.
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I think it's good for obviously for Scotland as a team we
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getting on our national side, it's got another player in this
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area. Yeah, I think it's also good for
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for Scotland as a league as well.
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I think obviously we talk about Scotland internationals a lot,
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but I think for the league itself, it's really good to see,
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you know, non Old Firm clubs as well as Old Firm clubs holding
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out for for these these top fees that we've not seen for so long
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for their best players. Because I think for so long
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clubs have just, you know, take taking whatever they're given
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really. Yeah, almost like.
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Ferguson yeah, yeah, Key. They all win.
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I mean it's kind of comparing different players here.
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They're not a striker and you know, maybe different ages and
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stuff. Like they didn't go for anywhere
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near this sort of money. Even Lennon Miller, there's only
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5.5 million I believe that might be EUR as well.
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So. Yeah, it seems a bit more but
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like even even in the last few days Massuinis say Motherwell
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they were they received a bit of I think 2.5 million from
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Blackburn, turned it down because he's worth more.
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Dundee got a 7 figure bid from Portsmouth for Luke Graham,
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turned it down as well. So, you know, it's good to see
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that these clubs that are valuing their players more and
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that they are holding out for these bigger fees obviously as
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well. Celtics turning down 25,000,000
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for angles. We can, we can debate whether
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that's smart or stupidity. You know, that's one for up for
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debate as well. No, I think it is good to see
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you especially see when you look down in England some of the fees
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getting branded about for players, for example, Yorgen,
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Stan Larson, 50 million or just under 50 million, Crystal Palace
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from Wolves, two goals all season.
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So I think these clubs have got every right to be asking for
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these prices. James, you've touched on as
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well, when clubs are in a position to sell, when they
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don't need to sell, then why not ask for these fees?
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There's no Hibbs swearing exactly rushing, Keyed and Bebe
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out at all. But they've got a good enough
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fee there. So I think they've got every day
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and they should be. I'd like to see more of it, more
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demanding, high fees. I think, I think all parties in
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that situation are happy, like Hibbs will be got to lose 1 of
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their star players. But like you said, the money
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they've got in a key for next season, you know, so it's
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something they can really use to invest in our squad.
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And yeah, I. Did go out quickly and sign a
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few replacements obviously, I think it was Dane Scarlett from
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Tottenham on the loan as and Ando and Elding from from Sligo
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Rovers. So they did go out, try and
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replace them as quickly as possible while still, you know,
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not going out, being rash and keeping a lot of money, as you
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said, in the Kitty for next season.
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Yeah, about what? What we'll go back up because
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we'll work our way through some of the top transfers in
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Scotland, but what we'll do is we'll cover a couple of the
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Scottish ones first. London Dykes made his transfer
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from Birmingham to Charl and obviously wasn't getting too
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much game time at Birmingham and he made a good start to life at
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the Valley with a goal at the begin against Ipswich I believe,
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which is quite funny because I think they were one of the
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club's been rumoured to the after them or no Lester the last
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time. Yeah, it was less to score
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together. I think both, sorry, both those
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clubs around from actually, but yeah, he end up scoring against
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them, took his goal well, again, he's another failure, has not
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been getting too much game time. But yes, again, it's so crucial
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to the way Steve Carr plays when he lines out Scotland up
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sometimes depending on how he wants us to go about our
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business. How good is it to see him, you
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know, going somewhere He's clearly going to be getting game
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time. It's a back four months coming
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up for a lot of players across the different leagues are
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wanting to be in that squad in June.
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Dykes is a guy there's been sort of question marks around because
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I think people have sort of been saying how long can a guy that's
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not getting games consistently stay in a squad based on the
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matter of what he's done before. But I think yeah, well, does
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well from. I think it's a different, I
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think it's a big four months from for different reasons than
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others. I think for others it's about
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getting in the squad. I think for him it's about
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getting as fit as possible. You mentioned there he made a
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good start. I think he came on against
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Sheffield United and within 60 seconds of coming on he got an
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assist. Only goal of the game, one nil
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win. So it's been a good start to
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him. He's plays 90 minutes, two
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games, 87 minutes against Leicester, as you said, where he
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where he got a goal. And I think, yeah, he's not
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going to be dropped from Steve Clark squad, let's be honest.
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But it's about being the best player that he can be for what
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what he is because because obviously he's not that clinical
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goal scorer. He's not going to get a hat
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trick every game, but but he's going to win every single
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header. And it's about being as fit as
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possible come come June 11th or whatever it is against Haiti.
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Yeah, I mean, as well worth knowing, unfortunately he did
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mess out in the EUR back in 2024 like that was that was, you
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know, heartbreaking stuff for him.
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He was, he was still over with the squad.
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No, that's how much he enjoys being part of that unit and
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stuff. But unfortunately someone who
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was so important and getting us there wasn't able to take part.
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And it would have been a shame if you know, he just tapered it
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off in form and just wasn't really going into the World Cup
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in the best place, whether that's in the squad or not.
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And this will give him the best chance to and like you said,
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starting life off in the night. We a goal and assessed in his
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first couple of games. Can't really complain.
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Think I mean, there was it was quite a few Scottish boys on the
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move. Actually.
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We'll just rattle through a couple and then we'll get some
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sort of general opinions. Even Mooney of Saint Madden went
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down to Arsenal. 18 year old, good move for a young guy,
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Although I mean you do see a lot of these young guys going down
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to the big clubs down South and sometimes you do go a bit mess
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and see there's always that concern.
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But I guess the youngster will be absolutely buzzing to get a
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move like that and I heard someone with the chop in there.
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Yeah, yeah, I was just going to say as an Aberdeen fan that that
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brings me back to Lewis Perrier, who I think at the time he had
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scored like 40 goals and 30 games, something mental and went
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down to Leeds Academy and I've not heard anything about him
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since. I'm always a bit wary where, you
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know, are these players really, are they really investing for
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for in these guys for the future or are they just bolstering out
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there on the 21 squad for for the key players that they are
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investing in? Because with the amount of money
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that they get, I saw something where each Champions League win
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is I think 4 million on top of it for Arsenal.
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So with with one win, a 10th of that is is gone to Evan Mooney.
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Obviously I think it was around 400 K for for him to move down.
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They've got to sell on theme St. Mirren as well, but it's it's
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pennies for these guys. So are they, are they investing
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in them or are they just bolstering out their their youth
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squads for other players that they do see a future for?
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Yeah, I mean, it's interesting as well because like, Arsenal
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has not been a club. There's been too many Scottish
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guys recently, apart from Kim Bowie, Kimberly Quintini, sorry,
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and then they signed Callan Hammer, or I believe it's
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Simpson Johnson, and he's been doing fairly well.
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He's been doing really well for them.
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Yeah, and he rave reviews. Only 15, I'm pretty sure he was
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training with. Was it the first team?
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Was he? Yeah, it was the first team for
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a couple times. So I think he's, I can't
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remember his under seventeens or under nineteens captain.
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He's one of the two and he's just been included in the under
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17 Scotland squad again. So yeah, he's did really well.
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I and he's yeah I mean he's he's he's well thought of down there
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centre half as well position we've not been blessed with too
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much over the recent years so it's good to see that umm but
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another player that Arsenal were interested in but it didn't end
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up happening. He went to Tottenham Hotspur on
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loan is James Wilson. Umm, I mean, that just seemed to
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come out of nowhere, doesn't. It that's the that's the most
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bizarre move of the window for me.
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It's obviously T she can play in the for the under 20 ones.
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But like you say, James, it just came out and nowhere like
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literally nowhere like he was he's leaving.
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He's not even been playing at hearts and then all of a sudden
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taught number and from. So I think that probably falls
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under the category that friend was taught about as where was
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did he actually have a eye for the future as James Wilson or
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are they just wanting to like bull stop in under 21 squad?
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Yeah. And the way it's done is like
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it's a loan with the auction to buy in the site.
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No, I think it's a good move for the lads.
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Obviously happy for him and I'm glad it's alone because
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obviously it doesn't. If it doesn't work out, you can
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come back up and and still be at Hearts.
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But I'd honestly not be surprised if he makes his debut.
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As far as this season, I know that's bold to say, but in the
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January transfer window, they signed 1 senior player.
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Yeah, they're they've got an incredible injury crisis, one
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that I've never seen before. And if their squad gets better,
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I would not be surprised if if he makes his debut at one point.
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Be shocked by that to fail. I know he's been good but for me
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that's a that's a better stretch.
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But like you said that when he's got the the perks of getting, I
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mean, Adam, that's usually on the podcast from Gorgie talk
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that says like as long as he's at Tynecastle under that
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McKenna, he won't get much game time.
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Derek is not been, I mean, he has brought free guys like Lewis
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Ferguson. He did play with David Watson at
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Kilmarnock, but he's not been like overly known for playing
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young players and maybe giving them a chance to go here does
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expose them to something new, give them opportunities that you
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wouldn't begin the hearts right now.
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Even if he has traded with the first team, but that's a real
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bonus. I just.
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Question what it does to his value if spars you know, if he
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just plays in under 20 ones for the next couple of months and
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any retardants to hearts in the summer and spars just got now
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you know right like what I mean it's good for.
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I don't think it makes as big an impact as you think because even
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if he doesn't get sighted permanently, he's still trained
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with the first team at Spurs and you learn from players that are
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leaps and bounds above anything at heart.
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So I think, I think it's, I think it's only positive.
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I don't know about the way Spurs are playing.
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I don't know how many leaps. Well, come on, let's not compare
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Hearts. Let's not compare Hearts.
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The Spurs. So I thought you were you going
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to jump in there now. But I do get that point because
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that is an interesting point because would it benefit more
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being in an under 21 station room for six months or being an
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addressing room that's going for a league title like in the and
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like few years down the lane and his career 10 years time she's
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still at hearts of moved on. I think expedience of being an
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attention and that's going for a league title, I think would
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probably benefit more than just being in a under 21 station
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room. Yeah, I mean, I agree with that.
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But the same time if he's get obviously it's big FS, but if he
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is getting exposed to first team at Spurs and I think that's
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really good for him as well. And I think right now he's fifth
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choice striker Hearts, which is crazy.
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And I think he had options to go out on Luntus and Johnson and
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they they they blocked that heart.
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So, you know, who knows? I think that's one that we'll
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just have to wait to. See, that's quite a very slight
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indoors moment. From there you can go into Perf.
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Instead, he's ended up like Hotspur.
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Like, is this so funny how these things work out?
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But I know best of luck to James because if it works out from
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that could be, you know, that could really like make his
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career, but we'll have to wait and see see how it plays out.
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Touching on a couple other Scotland transfers, right?
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Finley got this. I've got that right this time
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going from Rangers to Kilmarnock on loan.
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I mean, he's a guy I would have liked to seen in the first team
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of Rangers. To be honest.
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I'm surprised he's going to Kilmarnock.
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I mean, I don't know, I don't mean to hammer Neil McCann here,
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but his management track record isn't amazing.
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I don't know what another forum on Sunday him, Finley Curtis
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under him like the parts would do for his development.
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But you know, I guess that's we'll just have to wait and see
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how that plays out. Transfers that didn't happen.
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That's a wee topic we can touch on because there was a massive
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story that broke about Robertson leave in Liverpool, Andy
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Robertson, Scotland captain, leave in Liverpool and go into
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Tottenham as well, really blow up, but then it didn't happen.
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Where does that sit with you guys?
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Is that something you would like to see happen?
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Because obviously he is kind of playing second fiddle to
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calculus. From a Scotland point of view,
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if you've been selfish then yes, you would like to see it happen.
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It's the same as dates you want your key players to be playing
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regularly going into the World Cup.
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But a, I think as well, if you look at it on the flip side,
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he's he's obviously clearly happy at Liverpool.
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You know what he's going to get for Liverpool.
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He's still going to be heavily involved I think, because I
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think in recent weeks he's been more up to it.
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But in the first few months Kirk is was a bit hot and cold.
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So I think he's still going to feature a lot.
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But just you'd obviously rather him playing week in week out.
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But if he's happy but playing each club football, then I think
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that'll be that'll be all right. Yeah.
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I think, I think it could have actually worked out well if he'd
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gone to Tottenham and he could have, you know, kind of taken
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James Wilson under his wing a bit.
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But no, as long as he's still getting some game time at
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Liverpool, I think it's all right.
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Obviously he's regarded so highly in Liverpool, almost like
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a club legend I think. Every location now on the
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talking about, you know how much the fans appreciate Sort of
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modern day legend. Absolutely.
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He has kind of, in his time at Liverpool, reinvented what means
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to be a fullback. Absolutely.
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I think people, I think you'll only get the recognition that he
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deserves when he retires. I think how much he
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revolutionized the modern day fullback is quite understated.
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I think when you think back, it was him and Alexander Arnold
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that kind of created this, this shift that we see today as as
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normal. So yeah, he's he's been integral
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to a great Liverpool side over the years.
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He's adored by them. And I think it's it's probably
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only right that he stayed. Obviously, like Niall said, from
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a selfish point of view, I'd love to see him get booked more
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game time. But, you know, I'm sure he's
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happy where he is. Yeah, but he said World Cup
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coming up, you want him to play in.
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But I mean, I think he his contract runs out in the summer.
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He will be playing football away from marriage aside, at some
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point next season. And I think this will be.
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To see you'd expect to get a a proper and field farewell at the
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end of the season that yeah, if he'd left.
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And as much as it's theatrical and isn't really substance any
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of any material substance to how his footballs played, I'm sure
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that you would quite like to get that sort of heroes goodbye.
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Yeah. And I think when you think about
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having a Scotland shirt as well, I think this might be or
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probably is the the last major tournament that he will be
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starting for us because I think in 2028 he'll be God.
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How old, 3534? Yeah, he's 31 right now, but he
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turns 32 in March, so. Yeah, maybe 34.
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I've come there, you know. Sorry.
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EUR, Yeah, the EUR will be 34 and I think there's enough
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talent coming through that, you know, he's clearly not at his
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prime anymore. And I think, you know, there's
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potential that he wouldn't start the euro.
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So obviously that's a wait and see.
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You'll be in the squad at the matching styles.
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There's some sort of massive shift in what's coming through.
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But like you said, this is maybe his last crack.
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It being one of the main many def.
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I can't imagine it to be captain.
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Come then if he was, you know, he's not going to be playing
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regularly for us. So yeah, no.
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But yeah, that worked out the way it did.
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We had rumors of Lennon Miller going to Strasbourg, but the
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sort of peered out and now he seems to begin a lot more
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regular game time at Otanese. And he was playing the other
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night, used to beat Roma one now, which was a great result
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for him and the team. And he's like, like I said,
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that's him 123456 last six games he's featured quite heavily.
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So yeah, great to see for him. Just just to add on to that, I
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think the Danaze fans absolutely love him.
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I've seen also even other fans from different Syria clubs
21:18
saying like, you know, this is this is a guy for the future and
21:21
a couple. He's got something best.
21:23
Than him like I've been on my Google Translate on Twitter and
21:26
everything like that. Yeah.
21:28
What was it? Miller must play.
21:30
Lenin must play there. Yeah, they played there.
21:32
It's a Como game or something. But yeah, he's, he's been really
21:35
good for them. So it's good to see you 'cause
21:36
yeah, there was a few months where I think me and you, James,
21:38
were thinking, is this going to work out?
21:41
There was a reason for. The bench, it's not like you
21:43
expect them to go in and start dominating and starting every
21:46
week, but like you really just wasn't featuring at all and you
21:48
kind of thought when's he going to get, when's he going to get
21:50
his break? There was even rumours of him
21:52
being homesick. I didn't believe that, but you
21:54
know, you never know. But yeah, good to see him
21:57
finding his feet in Italy. Then another guy in Italy there
22:00
was rumoured to be moving. Was she Adams on the Planetarino
22:05
scored a couple of goals in his last couple of games.
22:09
He finally found this sort of goal scoring form.
22:12
Believe he got two against Roma and then he scored one at the
22:14
weekend there. So yeah, he was rumored to be
22:16
going to Wolves, which are in pretty dire straights at the
22:19
bottom of the Premier League. So I think I'll speak for
22:23
everyone when I say I'm glad he's not ended up there.
22:26
Yeah, as well. Not much, not much said about
22:28
that. I think he much prefers, I think
22:31
you'll probably much prefer being at 3:00 than Wolverhampton
22:34
Wanderers. And yeah, glad that didn't
22:37
happen. I'm not even sure he would be
22:39
first choice straight kid at wolves either.
22:42
Yeah. I think he would be well,
22:44
obviously strand Larson's left, but I just don't think he'd have
22:47
been like, no offense, he Adams, but we was also looking to stay
22:52
up and I just don't think that's a a Maliki signing.
22:56
So I think it was obviously just for for the squad.
22:59
Yeah and then like as well when I say there are two goals
23:02
against roll my scored against Leche at the weekend.
23:06
You're finally getting goals. You know he's not been the most
23:09
prolific over there and he's got you know, 3 in the last four
23:12
games so I don't know why suddenly.
23:16
Exactly. So yeah, another guy that was
23:19
rumoured to be on the move was Nathan Patterson potential and
23:22
moved to Genoa. What's the thoughts around that?
23:24
Because Patterson hasn't been featured and overly forever and
23:29
and. He surprised me a wee bit
23:31
because I know you thought you said there that he hasn't overly
23:35
been featuring, but I think he's actually like featured the.
23:38
Last couple months. I will, yeah, he's coming.
23:41
I mean the last few games ever and he played 71 minutes, Aston
23:45
Villa played 90 minutes. Probably 116, yeah.
23:49
But I was a bit, I was a wee bit surprised when that leak came
23:54
out that because I believe that Jake O'Brien's back from injury,
23:59
which maybe we have a factor in it, but then.
24:01
How long does that last or no true like that's that's kind of
24:05
new a new obviously when when you read stuff online, they do
24:09
even the funds and the blogs. The ones added enemy sort of
24:12
thing that he was a backup to James O'Brien.
24:14
And it's kind of like again. I mean, if you think back,
24:17
Nathan Patterson was probably our biggest prospect to write
24:20
back before he started getting his injured problems and then
24:23
I'm breaking a. Member friendly against Poland,
24:28
I don't know if you remember, I think it was yeah, they got a
24:31
penalty to equalize and last minute that wasn't one and he
24:34
absolutely told them to shreds that game just up and down the
24:37
wing all all that long. And I think that was when I was
24:39
like, oh, this guy's like really got potential.
24:42
And obviously he's not gone on and and done that consistently
24:46
and he's been out his worst enemy, but I hope that he can
24:51
get over that and, and trying to find some, some regular game
24:55
time. I don't know if that's going to
24:56
happen. Everything like you said,
24:58
O'Brien, what I've read is that, yeah, he's not, he's not really
25:04
thought that fondly by the fans. Hopefully it can change their
25:08
minds. Obviously, he's just for them.
25:11
He's just been injured for so long that they've not really got
25:13
a chance to look at him properly for a for a sustained period of
25:16
time. Yeah, he's like one of the sort
25:18
of one, but no, the picture for that long.
25:19
Maybe a bit like an heckey as well.
25:21
You kind of like even as I've got on fine.
25:23
You can you came back. I think you featured early last
25:27
year might be wrong in saying that, but it kind of came back.
25:29
You're like goodness, you know, and then you look his agencies
25:32
only 24 like this guy scores so much as clear head on me.
25:35
I wasn't not there writing them off, but you do can you just
25:39
slips out to the back of your mind and other guys become your
25:41
natural first choice when you're thinking of who you'd start for
25:44
the team especially, I mean what Italy has done for Scottish
25:49
players of recent years. Would you blame him for having
25:53
having a look over there and going?
25:54
You know, I want a better that, you know, a decent league chance
25:57
to prove myself as a good level and also get minutes under my
26:00
belt and put myself in contention for the summer
26:02
because he's our guy that missed the EUR last last time around.
26:07
We end up playing Ralston at right back.
26:09
He'll be going. You know what, there's an
26:10
opportunity to get it right back there.
26:12
Hecky's not playing every week for Brentford.
26:15
You know, there's a chance that right back spot might be up for
26:18
grabs. And you know, if I can get
26:19
consistent game time, why can't it be me?
26:23
So yeah, another one, one last one, one last one.
26:27
It didn't happen was Rory Wilson on our top striking prospects at
26:32
Aston Villa. He was rumoured to be in a
26:34
similar, sort of a similar sort of James Wilson move,
26:38
Hoffenheimer sort of doing one through our loan to potentially
26:41
by in the summer. But yeah, couldn't be worked out
26:43
there. And I think there's still stuff
26:46
on the, I think, can we say fan about the yes?
26:48
So there's a buy option that was proposed by Hoffenheim for about
26:53
€7 million, but they're looking just to do a straight loan for
27:00
Rory because I think Aston Villas still have them, still
27:02
have Rory in in their long term plans.
27:05
So the transfer window shut here obviously and in the major
27:08
leagues in Europe, but there is still options in Norway and
27:12
Sweden I believe because their windows are open much longer,
27:17
March and April I think. So obviously no names being
27:20
dropped, but there's clubs interested in in Norway and
27:24
Sweden. So all hope is not lost because
27:27
I think, yeah, Hoffenheim was getting floated about there, But
27:30
I was thinking, you know, how much game time is he going to
27:33
get when there's the strikers like Kramerich in the fray?
27:36
So start. Start in the Bundesliga, Yeah, I
27:38
think, I think the talk was they were they were more using mostly
27:41
going to be and then in the end of 20 series, I think that was
27:44
kind of what we heard getting floated about.
27:46
So yeah, I mean hopefully does get moved because he is really
27:49
at the point in his career we should be getting first team.
27:51
Football, you're good enough and he's good enough.
27:53
Well, he is good enough and you know, he last season or even
27:57
early that season, he was handed by a lot of injury sort of stuff
27:59
going on. It is time he should be kacking
28:02
on. He's been one of our hottest
28:03
prospects for a while that we said one of the previous pods
28:06
when he went to Arsenal Villa, he kind of went down South.
28:09
This was a similar hype to the week Gilmore that So that's, you
28:13
know, that's the level a guy, you know, we should really be
28:15
hoping for. You know, he's only just pushing
28:17
into his 20s. But like, yeah, it'd be good to
28:20
see him actually, because men's football.
28:23
Yeah, because because he's, he's been doing really well all the
28:26
time that he's been in the youth teams.
28:27
Aston Villa where to the point, all Aston Villa fans have been
28:31
taken, you know, talking about when's he going to play, when's
28:33
he going to play, Should be the first team that's not happened.
28:36
He's he's. Scotland fan, you know we've not
28:39
been blessed with strikers so when you see a guy coming who
28:41
that's doing your desperate desperate why is he not getting
28:44
game time out and he. Scored, he scored a hat trick in
28:46
the UEFA Youth League this season as well.
28:48
So he is clinical and hopefully he can show that in a league
28:53
where where it's first team football and and then kick on
28:55
from there obviously. Yeah, exactly right.
28:57
OK, enough of the Scotland boys will get on to sort of league
29:01
details now starting with Hearts.
29:04
We'll work our way down from the top.
29:06
They've been getting the business done quite early,
29:10
bringing in Geordie Altena and is it from, well you right back
29:15
1.4 million, Volvic, Well, absolutely no one near about
29:19
that one, €1.2 million. I think that was one that they
29:24
were speaking about for a week while, wasn't it?
29:27
They also brought an Islam Cheznikov right winger on the
29:30
fee and then Ugandan Rogers Mato from Massudo inside Nevada.
29:36
That was just a loan. That was a mark.
29:38
Leonard as well. Mark Leonard two, sorry, yeah.
29:41
Is it the option for loan for Rogers Mato?
29:44
Is that not? Not so no, no they they
29:46
announced them on a pre contract and then.
29:49
Like in the. Middle of January and then I
29:51
think they got them on loan until the end of the season and
29:55
then obviously it will become permanent in the summer.
29:57
Sorry. And that's why I was trying to
29:58
work my way to. But I can remember because what
30:00
happened was they announced a pre contract and then I believe
30:04
it was an MLS club with some description, came in to Vidar
30:08
and put in a transfer request from not a transfer request, but
30:11
you know, the North offer. And suddenly it was a, you know,
30:15
it was all open air because you'd had this pre contract,
30:17
same heart as allegedly. And suddenly, you know, Vidar
30:21
looking to sell them. So yeah, but end up getting
30:24
their man in a roundabout way. And then he said Leonard as
30:28
well, looks like a good, bad business bringing him back to
30:30
Tyne Castle. Obviously was there as a
30:32
youngster and then he was thought off quite highly.
30:35
Birmingham, you know, I think when you were talking about
30:38
their guy for. So I tapping on for a Scotland
30:41
call up at some point. And then he seems to have fallen
30:43
in a favor. But he's ended up at Tyne Castle
30:45
and the hunt for a title. So, yeah, recruits.
30:48
Well, what do we think there? I think Mark Clendard could be
30:51
an absolutely massive sign and I've seen what he can do.
30:53
I don't think many fans have watched the much at Birmingham
30:58
or Northampton. When he was at Northampton, I
31:00
think that was at the same time Kieran Bowie was there as well.
31:02
Yeah. So yeah, he's he's phenomenal.
31:05
I think he could be a really big sign and I think you saw
31:07
glimpses of that in the Celtic game.
31:09
The to to Celtic game dropped. Him straight into the starting
31:12
lineup, Yeah, he sort of strolled it.
31:13
Yeah, I think he was one of the best players on the pitch.
31:15
You know, we'll see what he's like in the in the coming weeks
31:18
obviously as well, but I think that's a massive sign in Geordie
31:22
Altena. Again, great signing.
31:25
You know, maybe a bit late in the in the fillback department.
31:29
They go out and they get one early in the window as well.
31:32
And like I said, Rogers matter. They were getting quoted for I
31:34
think 1.5 million for him. They went no, not doing it.
31:37
I'll just sign a pre contract. And then obviously they've given
31:40
him a smaller loan fee and he's came straight away to to kind of
31:45
ease the injury that that Jacques Cliff has for the next
31:48
couple weeks along with Kibori and and obviously Claudio Braga.
31:52
So I think they're they've recruited really well.
31:54
I think they've shown intent and I'd say that they've probably
31:58
done the best business of the window, maybe only behind
32:03
Rangers. They also have signed Josh
32:05
Mcpaic on a pre contract. Yeah, Yeah.
32:08
That was way back. Yeah.
32:09
I mean, yeah. But it's good.
32:11
It has been good business for Hearts because there was they
32:14
were always going to be tested this window with, you know, it
32:17
was a talk of if they're still in the title race now they'd
32:19
have to have a good giant window just ensure they had the ground
32:23
run into, you know, the final straight to the season.
32:26
And they have been Hanford with a couple injuries, Cami Devlin
32:29
and Shanglin. They're absolutely key men to
32:31
what they've been doing at Tynecastle and and their absence
32:35
on those gaps was going to be hard.
32:37
But like you said, I mean, across the board, you know,
32:40
brain in guys like that. Mato, Ugandan international
32:43
scored the AFCON. You've got George Del Tanner as
32:46
well. And then, you know, Leonard
32:49
looks like they've done well and you know, these other guys are
32:52
injured. Welcome back.
32:54
So I think like put some in a good possession going into the
32:57
final stretch. Just got to see how that plays
33:00
out. Points at Mountain tonight.
33:02
So we'll have to find out what happens there to see if they
33:04
extend their lead at the top. Now coming down a little bit,
33:08
Niall, you're on with us as our Celtic informant.
33:12
Lots of deadline day business went on at Parkhead.
33:17
Obviously he got the Thomas Schvanchiera.
33:21
Fun shit I funshot. Enough.
33:23
That would do. Yeah, he came in quite early on
33:25
on from Gladbach, got an assessed in his opening game.
33:29
He's looked like probably a pack of the bunch in terms of what
33:31
you brought in, but talk us through those are the guy you
33:34
brought in, obviously 4-5 ones in total, yeah.
33:41
Yeah, but they start no money, no money spent.
33:45
I'm presuming there's probably a couple of loan fees in there.
33:49
But yeah, Shank, Kinshana, Shank that.
33:52
He's probably the packet a bunch.
33:54
However, I'll hold and place that right back.
33:57
I'm not sure if many listeners have watched, but he's been
34:00
decent. A junior Adamo from Freiburg had
34:05
a promising start to his career, broke through and Switzerland
34:09
and then moved to Salzburg and Austria who unknown to produce
34:14
good talent. Benjamin Alpha alone from
34:17
Brentford. I'm not sure why.
34:21
I don't really get the the point in that, just developing
34:25
somebody else's player, but a Joe Mavuku from Laurent, he's
34:30
probably the one who's had the most controversy about him, was
34:35
going to sign a deal with about £3,000,000 and he's medical.
34:41
It flagged up that he has heart problems.
34:44
So so take last minute, we negotiated to deal to a loan to
34:50
buy. So All in all, I think there's
34:53
three loan to buy's in there and two straight out loans.
34:57
I mean, you said earlier you kind of thought, I mean, there's
34:59
two lines of thinking about that when you go and they don't want
35:02
to spend back because they know they've not got a permanent
35:04
manager. O'Neill won't be there past this
35:06
summer. So you kind of want to give that
35:08
money to the new guy coming in. But at the same time you're
35:11
saying, well, you know, I've Celtic, if you know Celtic spend
35:15
12 million on a player. I'm just blocking numbers out
35:16
there here. They spend 12 million on a
35:18
player and the Scottish Premier League, a guy of that caliber is
35:21
going to do the job. So the manager coming in, you
35:24
know, should be happy to see a guy that's hopefully done a job
35:26
for you over the, you know, the tail end of the season and then
35:29
he can pack up with that and going to the next.
35:32
Yeah, I mean, for me, I think Benjamin Arthur is the weirdest
35:35
one at the bunch when you've got a player like Stephen Welsh.
35:37
What's that? Obviously, yeah.
35:40
He's gone back to Motherwell. Yeah, first half the season.
35:43
Yeah, after, after signing Benjamin Arthur, you reload out
35:48
Stephen Welsh, the Motherwell her, you know, they're not far
35:51
off Celtic, I'm telling you, they're, I think they're four
35:54
points behind, you know. Motherwell fans are very happy
35:56
with that. So yeah, Motherwell, I mean, I
35:59
guess it keeps on playing. I suppose if he's not going to
36:01
be playing, maybe Celtic are looking next season going, you
36:03
know, where we could be a guy we rely on.
36:05
So let's just keep Motherwell. But he's doing good things, he's
36:08
developing, he's found somewhere, he's playing good
36:10
football and hopefully, I mean, you never know, Gentians,
36:13
Motherwell fans will hate me for saying this, but that could be a
36:17
manager. Celtic a look at next season,
36:19
I'm sure if he was coming in to say like and Stephen Welsh was
36:22
already there, you know, that's I mean, that's our conversation
36:25
for a different day. And then one we touched already
36:28
is there's a potential for fee agent Oxley Chamberlain coming
36:32
in as a late signing. What are your thoughts on that?
36:35
I'd be I'd be happy with that because I know he's not really
36:39
played since May when he was released from the heat task, but
36:44
he's been training with Arsenal and I believe I deal was in the
36:47
pipeline from Arteta because he oversee thinks he's good enough
36:51
to be entering the squad. But I think you'd be a good
36:54
option. I believe personally that I
36:58
think you'd be a better option off the bench and like me, Cohen
37:01
or Paolo Bernardo, who in my opinion haven't been updated
37:05
this season. So not as I say, and I can I can
37:08
get behind and it's not really a panic by Ida Kelechi and actual
37:14
enough. He was just a complete panicked
37:16
by because they couldn't get a striker in but I and obviously
37:21
Martin the new rate some. So this may be this could be
37:26
biased, but whatever Martin O'Neill thinks, it gets my fuel
37:29
back. Fair.
37:30
I mean like as an experienced player come into the squad, I
37:35
mean on paper it looks a good signing, but it's just one of
37:38
these ones. You do really have to watch it
37:39
play out when the time comes. So yeah, it's not happened yet.
37:43
So watch the space on that one. Yeah.
37:45
And then obviously bad Celtic almost sold on then almost sell.
37:50
But RNA Angles bottom Forest tested the result for 25,000,000
37:55
bed when Celtic not back, which I mean, I guess the board don't
37:59
want to be seen to sell and it was a board's decision around
38:03
and they don't be seen to sell on their best assets.
38:05
But that is an incredible fee for a guy that you could maybe
38:09
question whether. Yeah, exactly.
38:12
You bought them for 11,000,000 in August and yeah.
38:14
Yeah, so I mean, that's crazy, yeah, especially for the
38:19
Scottish parent league. I don't think apart from we're
38:21
just talking about beforehand guillotine for 25 now.
38:23
And I think maybe Calvin Bassey went for around a bit of 20 mark
38:26
and then you had Matt Riley 30. The big numbers like this don't
38:31
appear every too often, you know.
38:33
So it's it's you know, fair plated thumb first time that
38:36
down question, you know, whether or not that was the best
38:39
decision in just we're going to try and get freeze last ones as
38:43
quick as possible. Rangers the the bad guys coming
38:45
in where Ryan Nadre for 5.5 million euros.
38:49
They also had Todd romance from Westerlo and is a torchy Chewani
38:58
from Stringgraz. I hate getting names wrong, but
39:00
yeah. In fact, Romans and Chikwani
39:04
were announced with Andres Scoff Olson.
39:08
He came on more from Wolfsburg. They sort of.
39:09
Did that's a master fan? Triple is just lone, but yeah,
39:13
back player, experienced international with Denmark as
39:16
well. So I mean, Rangers doing well to
39:18
sort of recruit there because I mean, they're all in.
39:21
As I said before, I actually felt between Celtic and Rangers
39:24
and you're going to hit me for this nail.
39:26
I felt Rangers were the ones showing more promise of catching
39:29
Hearts. Oh, not even close.
39:31
Yeah, I mean, well, they're on the same points, but you know,
39:33
in terms like what we're seeing, Rangers just seem to be doing a
39:36
lot the loot Canmore convinced on the path.
39:39
I think the fans are sort of on a better place, whereas, you
39:42
know, said they're, you know, loggerheads fans, boards,
39:46
managers trying to bring in players and he's joking about in
39:49
press conference but not getting signings.
39:51
Meanwhile, Rangers are mechanical those deals done
39:53
earlier apart from the Ryan and the daily 1.
39:56
So, yeah, I mean, so we can. So we can not too bad.
40:00
I mean, obviously, yeah. Scott Scott Olson's a massive
40:04
sign and I'm not too familiar with the with other ones, but
40:08
after some digging they look decent signings.
40:10
Obviously you'll have to wait the.
40:12
Took took when he is, it usually got a red card against Celtic a
40:16
season for still that's an ego power.
40:19
Yeah, they'll sent off, sent off at Celtic Park.
40:23
So there's a there's a start for you.
40:27
So he's already loved the Rangers, I'm sure.
40:29
Pretty much. He's probably already seen them.
40:31
Yeah, I mean, I mean, big money spent really well, not for
40:34
Rangers, but decently sized figures for for those three.
40:40
And then Scovels and we mentioned previously big
40:43
players. I wouldn't say Rangers have been
40:44
thrown about that sort of money recently.
40:46
So yeah, exactly. Or like, you know, I mean, I
40:48
think when you look at not enables the guys, they're not I
40:51
mean they're not I don't you know, the rain and the address
40:54
on the younger side. I mean, it's good.
40:56
I mean Rangers problems been if not been invested in the right
40:58
way and guys are going to retain value or increase and this is a
41:03
bit more shrewd business from them.
41:05
If you could call our. Back fees for players and wages
41:08
who age we didn't really on the side.
41:11
Exactly. Yeah, But Celtic, we're always
41:13
good at that. And it almost seems like that's
41:15
sort of flipped in the last year or so.
41:18
Just OK. Well, Ralph, through HEBS, I
41:20
mean like you said, they had own Elding from Sliegel Rovers, the
41:25
19 year old who got twelve goals and four assists last season in
41:29
their league. They brought men for 400K, so it
41:32
doesn't look too bad that business.
41:34
They got Ante Suto from Slavin Balupo striker on our striker,
41:40
so really doing. I mean they lost, they sent out
41:43
collegial known, they've brought on these two strikers here.
41:46
They spent €550,000 on him. You had four goals and five
41:51
assessed in the creation top fight this season.
41:54
Pass lack came in from Bochum, former Prussia Dortmund boy feel
41:58
back. And then like you mentioned
42:00
there, I found a couple of loonies and Gran Garan gar from
42:06
Copenhagen maybe butchered that one again, sorry.
42:09
And then Kai Andrews and scarlet from spars yeah, I mean, I did
42:13
actually reach out to a spars fan I know.
42:16
And the I mean, they seemed pretty happy, but I mean,
42:18
obviously they feel like they've sort of earlier part of the
42:21
season could have gone better. The are touching distance from
42:27
Motherwell to be really have aspirations on catching them.
42:30
And you know, I think she should actually they lost Junior Hoiler
42:34
as well, which they've kind of they've lost guys there and they
42:38
have this do seem to do seem to recruit OK, especially bringing
42:42
in the strikers. And yeah, and they have sort of
42:46
reinforced at the back with it, you know, the center half and
42:48
past lack because they actually they've not scored too far off.
42:52
I think they're pretty someone in terms of goal scored to
42:54
Motherwell, but where they've not matched them as goals
42:58
conceded, they've got some like 10 more goals conceded.
43:00
And that really is the seven point gap right there.
43:02
It's the goals of land. So the dumbbell to recruit
43:05
helps. Fans have spoke to seem happy
43:07
with that. So yeah.
43:09
Coming up to your team fan Aberdeen.
43:12
Tom McIntosh came in on a free transfer from Portsmouth.
43:15
He was a guy that was getting tapped for a Scotland Co-op and
43:17
not to in the recent past. So yeah, not too bad.
43:21
Yeah, for one. 21 International did very well.
43:24
I have to see. I think that's just one that
43:26
wait and see see how he does. Yeah.
43:28
And then yeah, Liam Morrison was another looney, a guy that I've
43:31
kind of been tapping for Scotland call, but he seems to
43:34
on a favorite QPR but alone Aberdeen, you know, for the kick
43:39
on and the second-half of the season and really get their game
43:43
together. He's potentially up, you know, a
43:45
spot in the Scotland World Cup squad.
43:47
So I think that I think he maybe I just spoke about that and his
43:50
ambitions. I'm not sure.
43:51
Yeah, he did. I think obviously him being at
43:54
Bayern Munich before there was such high hopes for him, Yeah, I
43:58
think he does have the potential.
44:00
Again, not seen too much of them still being down in England.
44:06
Yeah, still young. So him and Lyle Cameron, I think
44:09
both have come with the with the World Cup in the back of their
44:13
mind trying to get as much game time while Cameron is barely
44:16
getting any Rangers. And they kind of see Aberdeen as
44:20
as an opportunity to to show off what they can do to Steve Clark
44:24
if he's if he's watching. Yeah.
44:26
And then you said to me, the sort of biggest one you're
44:27
excited about was Dennis Geiger on loan or Geiger from on loan
44:32
from Hoffenheim? Yeah, I think he could be a
44:34
really good one. He's got Bundesliga experience.
44:38
I think we only got him because of Lutz Fansteel, our sporting
44:42
director. Obviously he's got ties to
44:44
Bundesliga and I think he could be a really good one.
44:48
He played at Hoffenheim, played against, you know, top players
44:51
like Lauren Verts. So hopefully, fingers crossed he
44:54
can come in and screw and stroll it.
44:57
Obviously we lost a few players. Leighton Clarkson is is the main
45:01
one for me. Dante, Paul VAR as well to to
45:03
Louis and the MLS. But yeah, Leighton Clarkson,
45:06
he'll go down as as an Aberdeen legend probably because of how
45:11
few times we've won the Scottish Cup and he was in that squad.
45:13
So both of them will be remembered fondly.
45:17
Yeah, I think we've had a decent window.
45:20
Not too shabby, but I'm not that hopeful for the second-half of
45:24
the team, I'll be honest. I mean, you look at the Aberdeen
45:28
team though, you say there's a plant, you know there's a good
45:30
base here, you know they've got guys they've brought in there,
45:33
seem to recruit, not too bad. Then you did you watch the
45:36
Kilmarnock game to. Me.
45:37
Yeah, Dad. Well, I didn't buy like I saw
45:39
the score, but yeah, what I'm saying is the bar is pretty low.
45:43
We like Aberdeen in terms of improving, not I mean like.
45:47
I mean, I think we just keep getting further into the whole
45:49
though. I mean, as you say, as you say,
45:52
on paper, our squad is brilliant.
45:53
It should be in the top six. It should be probably where Hibs
45:56
are, but that's not happened. Oh, she's recalled from from
46:01
loan and he's had a permanent transfer elsewhere.
46:06
And yes, per Carlson also recalled from his loan back at
46:11
Lania So. These are guys that weren't
46:13
doing anything in the first half in the season, so.
46:15
I know, but it's. On big grade, use Israel.
46:18
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think just with
46:20
no permanent manager, the way that we're playing, I don't have
46:24
high hopes. We'll see if I'm proven wrong.
46:26
I'd love to be proven wrong. Maybe we can retain our Scottish
46:29
Cup or something like that, but I'm not, I thought.
46:31
That would be something you can always hope.
46:35
Underwear. We're just touching them.
46:36
Obviously we can be read not together in their league
46:38
position. They've brought on a striker
46:41
from the Swedish league mayor. They got him on a three years
46:45
Ethor Bjor golfson. So I don't know if that was sort
46:50
of done pre empt and a potential departure from Mashwanisi who's
46:55
been like he is. I was.
46:57
I mean we talked with Barry go on.
47:00
I mean he gets the sort of attention because he's Scottish.
47:03
I think arguably the most informed player in the country
47:05
is to under mass money she because of you mean seven goals
47:11
and it's like 6 games for club and country is crazy.
47:14
They did, you know, like you said, Scottish clubs seem to be
47:17
getting a bit of a backbone in terms of, you know, when teams
47:20
come and test the resolve lowball and they're standing the
47:23
ground and saying, you know, that's not how we value our
47:25
player. And you know, they're not really
47:29
recruit too much from that as much as you can see.
47:31
Motherwell fans can maybe correct me on that.
47:32
But you know, I think it. Was just.
47:35
Even Welsh, Yeah. But.
47:37
I think he's more of a probably going to be a backup because I
47:41
don't think a stomach stomach a lot.
47:46
Yeah. I.
47:46
Can never say I can. Never, yeah, I don't think he's
47:49
really been fighting. So I think that's more of a a
47:52
cover, but obviously last when you see that Morrow will kind of
47:56
front free of like mass when you say Justin said is very
48:00
interesting. They all kind of see me switch
48:02
about and game. It's not like I'm having.
48:05
People, sorry, and having people like Elliot Watt behind them.
48:08
Yeah. They've really got a good base
48:10
and it's it's just testament that, you know, they've sold
48:13
arguably one of their best players, Lennon Miller and they
48:16
still to be honest. Imagine.
48:20
Imagine where they could have been.
48:21
Yeah, you. Know, I know.
48:24
I mean, I mean, and it's good to see machine system as well
48:28
because this one says that Zimbabweans love affair they've
48:32
got for Motherwell. Yeah.
48:34
And this tweet, he said if I obey Shava, this guy on Twitter,
48:38
I got several thousand likes. He said I speak for every
48:42
Zimbabwe. And when I say we are now all
48:44
fans of Motherwell, we identify. We identify with your whole
48:47
wellhood, be it Motherwell, Fatherwell, Brotherwell, sister.
48:54
I'm by mash when you say, fine by mash when you say and that's
48:57
why that is brilliant. That's just these funny sort of
49:00
things that crop up in Scottish football.
49:02
Only Scottish football and only Scottish football, yeah, for
49:05
Motherwell it was getting flooded with Zimbabwe and stuff
49:09
and I think with Hearts it was Kazakhstani stuff.
49:13
I think every single post they do now it's like play, play
49:17
chestnut golf, play chestnut golf.
49:18
And in one of the the posts it was Derek McInnes in a pre match
49:22
press conference and all the comments were saying speak
49:25
Kazakh. So that's it.
49:30
That's it. Go.
49:31
Get a dual language. Yeah, they need to get a dual
49:33
angle translator. And honestly, love for Derek to
49:36
just give it a go and do anything in Kazakh.
49:39
That'd be class. But no, yeah, these are the nice
49:42
things that kind of are Scottish football.
49:45
It's it's the soul of it. Yeah.
49:48
Motherwell in a good position. Not many signings, but I don't
49:51
think they need many. Yeah.
49:54
Lace you said that airline about something else, but don't don't
49:57
fix if it's not broke and Motherwell under Jan Jan asker
50:02
doing absolutely amazing things and to fair long may that
50:05
continue because the league table is very fun to look at.
50:08
You know, there's a lot going on a lot of competition.
50:12
Like, I'm just so buzzing to see how it pans out in the
50:14
second-half of the season. I obviously think model where
50:16
we've got an eye on Satan. Because we're not.
50:19
Because why not? Why?
50:20
Because Celtic and Rangers are closer and moderable than the
50:23
Hearts. Yeah, I'll tell you what, what
50:27
you would have got in the bookies for Hearts first,
50:29
Motherwell second. At the start of the season I
50:32
could have retired with a 1 LB coupon.
50:35
No Europe for one of Celtic and Rangers, unless they won the cup
50:37
that would be. Oh, no.
50:39
But yeah, I think a couple other notable signings.
50:44
Scott Wright signing for Dundee. What do you think of him being
50:47
back in Scotland? Saying spear with Dundee Zell
50:51
2018 nineteen well a player that was probably about a touchy
50:59
subject to you for a. Yeah, I'm not even.
51:02
Always divided opinion a lot at Rangers.
51:05
I think it was more leaning towards a the more that this
51:11
guy's probably not good enough, but at the end of the day, Scott
51:14
Wright started more Europa League finals and Lionel Messi,
51:17
so now you go. That's a start.
51:21
Lovely. I think, yeah, Ross Kennedy also
51:24
kind of got their their chequebooks out because of how
51:26
badly they're doing this thing. Again.
51:28
Yeah, again. Do you feel that you've got a
51:32
few off the wage bill? Yeah, a few off.
51:35
The wage but but they replaced them with Itchak Piazza and Liam
51:39
Polworth. I believe that went over the
51:41
line. Former Inverness man, I'm sure
51:44
that will go well. Yeah, in parts of the Highlands.
51:47
So yeah, quite surprised in that one.
51:50
Obviously he did quite a infamous celebration towards
51:54
county fans at one point as well.
51:57
So yeah, good signings for them. Yeah.
51:59
And, and and Livingston also made quite an important signing,
52:01
not in the form of a player, but instead a manager.
52:04
Marvin Barley, who I believe was assistant before, stepped up.
52:07
Yeah, he's now the the, you know, head lead manager,
52:12
whatever you want to call it with Martindale's kind of it
52:15
said stepping up. Yeah, it's foreign.
52:17
Director. They framed it as him.
52:19
Yeah, it framed. They framed it as him stepping
52:21
up. But I think it is a bit of a
52:23
step back overseeing the club operations more than the the the
52:28
team itself, because I think I saw a stat that was it was a 24
52:32
game run without a win, which is.
52:35
Yeah, not one since August. Incredibly.
52:37
Bad, Yeah. It's just obviously it kind of
52:40
go on, but you kind of do look at and go.
52:43
Tartandale has become part of the identity of Livingston over
52:46
the last couple of years. Yeah, I'm a very.
52:48
There's a gratitude that a hard team, they work hard.
52:50
You know Eagles right through them.
52:52
You know. You've heard.
52:53
That sometimes a question though.
52:54
You know what? I.
52:55
Mean you've you've seen the same tech talk.
52:57
I have no, but like you know he has he has been synonymous with
53:05
Livingston success. You know, the way he's played,
53:07
he's got the most at a small budget.
53:10
I've got them doing things, you know, in the league, getting to
53:12
the Premier League, things like that.
53:14
And I do think there's a slight risk and bringing them badly,
53:19
you know, in terms of his experience.
53:21
I think his last role was cleaning the South.
53:24
So I'll be I mean it. Can't get worse than this
53:26
though, can it? Can, but yeah, it just, I'll
53:29
despair. It's just one of these ones that
53:30
kind of surprised us. It came out of nowhere in terms
53:33
of the news cycle. But yeah, I think I think we
53:36
have covered everything boys good hours or for less than
53:39
there. So I hope you enjoyed that.
53:41
If there is anyone or anything we messed, especially if it's
53:43
gladly all this, I'm sorry. We did try and take as
53:46
comprehensive notes as possible. We've tried to pick each other
53:49
up when we've met something over the course of the recording.
53:53
But yeah, it was, you know, it's been a good one.
53:56
And like I said, can't wait to see how the second-half of the
53:58
season pans out in Scotland as well as Scottish boys abroad and
54:03
down South. Seen how they're doing in the
54:04
build up the World Cup? Fen pleasure to have you back
54:08
on. Cheers mate, thank you.
54:10
You as well now, nice to chat. To you, It's good to meet you
54:12
mate, nicely nice to get back on.
54:14
Our first one together, so I know brilliant.
54:17
And what is on the next one, Cheryl?