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36 minutes ago, Jute said:

Yeah mate who watches Inverness says he doesn’t think Bavidage is good enough for our level. Stewart on the other hand he has praised regularly. 

I was in Inverness at the start of the week and one of my mates who is a season ticket holder for ICT said exactly the same Jute 

RicoS321
3 minutes ago, Ernie said:

I'd settle for another Darren Mackie.  Unfortunately he might not even be that but probably worth a punt rather than another "project" debacle.

I don't think he'll be as useful as Mackie. Mackie was similar in attributes to Olusanya. Bavidge seems to be similar to someone like Bruce Anderson. Technically good, but not particularly fast, not really got a burst of pace over ten yards either, and not 6ft4 or as wide as Curtis Main. Those physical attributes are difficult to engineer in a player. Striker is a very hard role without at least one of them. 

I agree with the overall point about project players, but I also don't think that should be a reason for bringing through a youth player if the trajectory seems insurmountable either due to physical attributes or ability. 

I'm guessing Bavidge will go out on loan again next season anyway. One of the slightly pernicious aspects of the development loan system is that it allows us to hold onto players like Bavidge, who would otherwise have just gone to ICT permanently, and utilise a team like Arbroath to de-risk our development. I'm not quite sure the balance is correct and necessarily good for lower clubs or young players. Although it undoubtedly benefits other young players, so it certainly isn't black and white. It does greatly benefit us.

TheDonbytheDee
5 hours ago, The.Moog said:

2 year deal would be mental like…

Not if used correctly and coaching being part of the deal.

Sounds like he is off though and the fact he never started last Tuesday night, made me suspect he was off, so what you have posted sounds like it could well be true. 

Shinnie will always be one of my most favourite players. 

RicoS321
1 hour ago, Panda said:

Callum Slattery is leaving Motherwell. Believe we were interested, but he wasn't.

Couple of Partick Thistle players on our radar so wouldn't be surprised to see Stephen Robinson at Firhill on Thursday.

Slattery would have been good. Nevermind.

Stanway is an interesting one. I struggle to get a guage on him. He looks very good, covering a lot of ground and making good runs late into the box. Would be a good replacement for Shinnie I think. I just don't know if he's quite good enough to make the step up. It could be that he's one of those guys that has all the right attributes but he's only got them at 80% of an SPFL player in his role! It's worth a punt though. 

3 minutes ago, Stewart said:

Just posting that. Just not worked. Think lad was let down by way club managed move. Should have been put out on loan to get used to playing in Scottish football once it became clear he wasn’t ready for first team. 

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It broke way back in mid January that we were looking at Stanway on a pre contract.

We are now four months on and nothing concrete.

Can't help but wonder if it was going to happen it might have happened by now, unless of course it has and both parties agreed to keep it under wraps until season end, of that makes sense 🤔

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