KDI 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Latest news is that Walter wants Ehiogu. Are we becoming an elephants graveyard?Daily Record Story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEFISH 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Murray and Waldo have a shocking startegy (beer) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenage bear 5 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Its early days yet. Webster if its a long term deal is a good signing, Weir a stop gap, Ehiogu was a very good player but past it now.So 3 signings, 2 loaners and a freeMurray not exactly digging deep is he, Walter must be looking at spending some "real" money soon surely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,106 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Murray better dig deep otherwise if Wattie starts putting a string of bad results together then the fans will really turn on Murray this time.We need quality in the team,i know Ugo and Weir were quality and could still do a job but we need serious quality to build for next season and have a run in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearwhocares 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Its early days yet. Webster if its a long term deal is a good signing, Weir a stop gap, Ehiogu was a very good player but past it now.So 3 signings, 2 loaners and a freeMurray not exactly digging deep is he, Walter must be looking at spending some "real" money soon surely I think hes doing it on the cheap and keeping the the money to spend on the midfield ie Brown / Hartley IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenage bear 5 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Its early days yet. Webster if its a long term deal is a good signing, Weir a stop gap, Ehiogu was a very good player but past it now.So 3 signings, 2 loaners and a freeMurray not exactly digging deep is he, Walter must be looking at spending some "real" money soon surelyI think hes doing it on the cheap and keeping the the money to spend on the midfield ie Brown / Hartley IMO. I hope so mate.If we can keep Webster past the Summer he will be a good signing, but the others are just patch up jobs.So I hope your are right and we sign a couple of good young players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohan 25 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I don;t know why people are getting worked up over the signing of Weir, and now possibly Ehiogu. They are only on short term deals of 5months, it's not like they are signing long term deals at a old age. And I would be so happy to see Weir/Webster/Ehiogu in the centre of defence rather than Svensson or Hemdani. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Stars Bearette 1 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I don;t know why people are getting worked up over the signing of Weir, and now possibly Ehiogu. They are only on short term deals of 5months, it's not like they are signing long term deals at a old age. And I would be so happy to see Weir/Webster/Ehiogu in the centre of defence rather than Svensson or Hemdani. Strategy seems to shore things up with a few short term deals with experienced players to secure second place and help on the kids. Walter is just in they need time to get all the scouts out of Vienna and back on the road on the search for talent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I don;t know why people are getting worked up over the signing of Weir, and now possibly Ehiogu. They are only on short term deals of 5months, it's not like they are signing long term deals at a old age. And I would be so happy to see Weir/Webster/Ehiogu in the centre of defence rather than Svensson or Hemdani.Strategy seems to shore things up with a few short term deals with experienced players to secure second place and help on the kids. Walter is just in they need time to get all the scouts out of Vienna and back on the road on the search for talent Strangely enough I totally agree with what you're saying SB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
port_bear 86 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 We are missing the point here... The league is over and Walster has his sights set on one thing ONLY.... Finnishing 2nd and getting into the Champs League... Weir and Ehiogu are experianced defenders, no nonsense players who will come in till the end of the season and do a job for us... This will give Walter time to asses other players and move for better players in the summer when the Champions League money is guaranteed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 We are missing the point here... The league is over and Walster has his sights set on one thing ONLY.... Finnishing 2nd and getting into the Champs League... Weir and Ehiogu are experianced defenders, no nonsense players who will come in till the end of the season and do a job for us... This will give Walter time to asses other players and move for better players in the summer when the Champions League money is guaranteed... Agree with you mate, the problem with a few people on here though is they seem to want to argue for the sake of it, consolidating 2nd spot is the priority, we aren't going to get good young defenders at this time of the year who have the relevant experience because no teams will want to sell them.With these coming in at this moment in time, they can help to consolidate second spot, and just possibly we could (and I think should) progress another couple of rounds at least in the UEFA cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearwhocares 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 We are missing the point here... The league is over and Walster has his sights set on one thing ONLY.... Finnishing 2nd and getting into the Champs League... Weir and Ehiogu are experianced defenders, no nonsense players who will come in till the end of the season and do a job for us... This will give Walter time to asses other players and move for better players in the summer when the Champions League money is guaranteed... Agree with you mate, the problem with a few people on here though is they seem to want to argue for the sake of it, consolidating 2nd spot is the priority, we aren't going to get good young defenders at this time of the year who have the relevant experience because no teams will want to sell them.With these coming in at this moment in time, they can help to consolidate second spot, and just possibly we could (and I think should) progress another couple of rounds at least in the UEFA cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 762 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 We are missing the point here... The league is over and Walster has his sights set on one thing ONLY.... Finnishing 2nd and getting into the Champs League... Weir and Ehiogu are experianced defenders, no nonsense players who will come in till the end of the season and do a job for us... This will give Walter time to asses other players and move for better players in the summer when the Champions League money is guaranteed... spot on. Short term deals, doesnt bother me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 we are becoming a joke ehiogu cant even get a game for a championship side, he is injury prone and the fans are saying his attitude has been terrible,we are becoming a retirement home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,121 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 we are becoming a joke ehiogu cant even get a game for a championship side, he is injury prone and the fans are saying his attitude has been terrible,we are becoming a retirement home. Have to agree, we slagged Sellik last year for Dublin, Keane etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 we are becoming a joke ehiogu cant even get a game for a championship side, he is injury prone and the fans are saying his attitude has been terrible,we are becoming a retirement home. Have to agree, we slagged Sellik last year for Dublin, Keane etc. difference is we actually need strengthening in those areas, both short and long term. Celtic didnt need dublin or keane in the slightest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 we are becoming a joke ehiogu cant even get a game for a championship side, he is injury prone and the fans are saying his attitude has been terrible,we are becoming a retirement home. Have to agree, we slagged Sellik last year for Dublin, Keane etc. difference is we actually need strengthening in those areas, both short and long term. Celtic didnt need dublin or keane in the slightest if you think they two players are our answer, thwn oue standards have really dropped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitch 364 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Surely we have our own youngsters that could step up for the remainder of the season.I don't agree with the signing of Weir at his age but more because it smacks of an old pals act from Walter. Why not give a couple of young guys the chance to impress? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,299 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'd guess Walter's targets for this season are:Finishing 2nd in the SPLReducing the points defecit to Celtic to single figures.Reaching at least the last 16 of the UEFA cup.All 3 should be achievable but he will not be able to do it with the current squad for obvious reasons. He has to look at short term quick fixes in key areas first and in parallel look to address things longer term.I have no problem at all with the signing of Weir as part of this process indeed his experience may help turn Svensson into the player we thought we were getting. I'm less sure about Ehiogu though, I'd rather stick with Weir and Svensson with Webster maybe coming back into contention later this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gid 46 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Surely we have our own youngsters that could step up for the remainder of the season.I don't agree with the signing of Weir at his age but more because it smacks of an old pals act from Walter. Why not give a couple of young guys the chance to impress? If I remember back to Walter's first spell in charge, he wasn't exactly keen to rely on youngsters coming through. In fact, Barry Ferguson stated shortly after breaking into the top team under DA, that if Smith had still been in charge then he would probably have left the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_beam 2 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 weir 36 (37 in 2 months)Ehiogu 34combined age of 70/71 (smo) this is NOT the way forward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitch 364 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Surely we have our own youngsters that could step up for the remainder of the season.I don't agree with the signing of Weir at his age but more because it smacks of an old pals act from Walter. Why not give a couple of young guys the chance to impress?If I remember back to Walter's first spell in charge, he wasn't exactly keen to rely on youngsters coming through. In fact, Barry Ferguson stated shortly after breaking into the top team under DA, that if Smith had still been in charge then he would probably have left the club. So he did, I remember that now. I hope he doesn't go that way this time. Things are starting to look a bit more promising with the younger guys breaking through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 This another empty rumour? Or has anything happened with it? The Daily Rubbish seemed to be claiming it was practically a done deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueIsTheColour 35 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 This another empty rumour? Or has anything happened with it? The Daily Rubbish seemed to be claiming it was practically a done deal.Just speculation at the moment but his agent has talked with Smith apparently and today's Gossip Page on BBC says he is going to turn down Leeds and Watford to sign for us. Don't know how much this is true, if at all, but i would not like to see this guy at Ibrox. Can't even get in to the Middlesbourgh team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,262 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 On ?36,000 a week at Middlesborough reportedly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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