I'd take him.
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08-01-2020 09:19 AM #3
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08-01-2020 09:20 AM #4
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He'd probably do a job. Hearts have a habit of making decent player look horrendous.
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08-01-2020 09:20 AM #5
Ive no idea tbh, never saw enough of him to say.
I do remember a podcast earlier in the season though where they were slating Levein for playing in a midfield 2 when that’s clearly not his game now.
That’s not me advocating us signing him but I do think there’s every chance he had more to offer than what Hearts got out of him.
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08-01-2020 09:22 AM #6
Why? well well past his best, wouldn't be cheap, and by all accounts has lost any drive he did have when Ireland failed to qualify for the euros.
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08-01-2020 09:23 AM #7
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I'd probs take him too to be fair
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08-01-2020 09:25 AM #8
I don't know much about him as a player, but if you list most of the biggest criticisms of our team this season he would appear to fix a few of them.
At 35 you'd expect him to provide a bit of leadership. Even if he can't get about the park, someone disciplined enough to sit in front of the back four might be invaluable, letting Hallberg push on and do more further forward and helping out the centre backs a bit at times.
A player capable of putting his foot on the ball in a congested midfield is always an asset and if he is still in the reckoning for a decent Ireland side at his age then he must still have something about him?
And surely we can't ever have enough players desperate to get it right up the Jambos?
I'd be keener on this than the Berra idea, only because he fits the bill of what our squad is currently lacking.
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08-01-2020 09:46 AM #9
As long as his wage demands aren't horrendous, he could be a good option for 6 months.
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08-01-2020 09:48 AM #10
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Our standards have dropped remarkably if folk would take this guy because he would “do a job.”
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08-01-2020 10:00 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Having someone who "does a job" is better than having a whopping great cavity in the middle of your team where nobody can do that job, and in our team that is the deep lying midfield position where Whelan plays.
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08-01-2020 10:23 AM #15
Someone here, saying he’s just what we need in terms of leadership on the field, flies in the face of the maim criticism by Jambos on KB. Yes, I know they’ll have a go at players getting the boot or leaving their club, but that doesn’t mean what they say hasn’t an element of truth.
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08-01-2020 10:25 AM #16
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Actually think he'd slot in to our midfield perfectly. Defensive midfielder with bags of experience surrounded by better players than at Hearts. I'd have him till end of season.
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08-01-2020 10:28 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-01-2020 10:33 AM #19
I think Jack Ross will cast his net further than former Hibs players and recently released Hearts ones.
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08-01-2020 10:34 AM #20
Would 100% take him. 6 month deal. Has a point to prove and was great for villa less than a year ago.
Isn't too old for the position he plays.
Wouldn't read too much into him not being great at hearts as they are ****ed top to bottom.
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08-01-2020 10:38 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-01-2020 10:40 AM #22
Please no! Don't think he had any real interest in playing in Scotland. Only in getting in the RoI squad for the qualifiers.
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08-01-2020 10:41 AM #23
I honestly thought this was a spoof thread & I still think the OP was being mischievous. Honestly, people want a guy who has been emptied from the team 5 points adrift at the bottom of the league! That's not even mentioning his lack of training, his huge wage & disruptive dressing room influence. Behave!
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08-01-2020 10:41 AM #24
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Was probably the best player on the park when they beat us at easter road, very comfortable on the ball and looks to play forward as much as possible.
But if Ross didn't want McGeouch then he won't want 35 yo Whelan. Very similar players.
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08-01-2020 10:43 AM #25
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08-01-2020 10:50 AM #26
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08-01-2020 10:52 AM #27
I mean it's a slightly less woeful idea than signing Berra but only just.
No no no no no no from me
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