Montrose_Mag

He did well in the SPL didn't he? Not really, by the time he left he was thought to be on his way down. Complete ponce of a player who would rather shirk a challenge than win it for his team.

ah, different Tony makes more sense Mad Tony got confused Reminds me of...

For anyone who fancies picking up a team in Scotland, Montrose FC. Pish team, pish support numbers wise, totally skint and got a power mad owner. At least the only way is up and we can't get relegated! http://www.montrosefansforum.net/index/index.php

And as I post that he goes and scores.

Terrible miss tonight.

Ha don't ask, late nights and early starts don't seem to agree with the section of the brain used for spelling and grammar.

My other team is Montrose FC. Scottish 3rd Division. Pish team but their is no fun in just supporting a big team winning all the time is their. Still undergoing a transition period where the club has finally decided that stability is the way forward, it's just a shame that we don't have any finances at all.

Surely if he's not good enough for Celtic he's not good enough for us? Just a thought like. Always came across as a mercenary to me. That's the thing he is good enough for Celtic who have constantly played the awfull McManus under Strachan much to the anger of the Celtic fans. He stayed put and has always said how much he loved their club and their fans. They tried to get him to sign some sort of gag order as well which was all a bit strange so it seems he has been frozen out for non-footballing reasons.

I wouldn't want Driver at all, yes he is young but has shown all the signs of Gutierrez in that he can take a man on but once he does it more often than not his cross leads to a goal kick. As for everyone slagging off Balde, I do reckon he would come in and do a great job; strong, powerfull, wins every header, deceptively quick and his only real weakness is his ability to play the ball out of defence. For a free transfer we could certainly do worse than him.

Well a few people have said that looking for the relatively cheap Scottish players might be a good option instead of paying an inflated fee for the equivelant English players. So thought I would lay out a list of Scottish based players we could realistically sign, that would also be good for the future of NUFC. Leigh Griffiths (Livingston) - Young striker playing for an unfashionable club, has bundles of potential and at only 18 looks sure to have a very bright future ahead of him. Livi have severe financial problems so have put a fee of only £100,000 on him, buttons for a prospect. James McArthur (Hamilton) - Not the player that has been linked with Liverpool and Celtic repeatedly, but this player is a tenacious midfielder with that bit of snarl that likes to cover his back four. Would most likely jump at the chance to move to the NE and unlike Butt and Nolan he can pass a ball. Paul Dixon (Dundee United) - If we don't manage to hold on to Enrique then we could do with an attacking full back like Dixon who gets up and down the wing all day and also has excellent delivery. Lee Wallace (Hearts) - Left back again, who doesn't get half the credit of the winger infront of him (Driver), but while Driver reminds me of Gutierez in the fact that he can take a man on but his delivery is terrible. Wallace is the player who has always stood out for me, he is a player I would reckon is Premiership bound in the future. Andy Dorman (St Mirren) - Midfielder who has a pearler of a left foot, of the players mentioned so far he would be the riskiest one as I haven't seen him as often as I would've liked but what I have seen he seems to have the ability to change a match. Bobo Balde (Celtic) - Big strong defender who is out of contract so wouldn't require a fee, was frozen out at Celtic by Gordon Strachan for reasons unknown, but under Martin O'Neill was a collosus. No nonsense type player of which we could be doing with. Well anyway, feel free to shoot down any of them but when I see people suggesting Jason Scotland who was never that good a player up here then it makes me think if any others could make a big impact if they moved.

So how long before he picks up some sort of recurring injury?

Welcome aboard BTW - cracking to see a whole load of newbies sign up in the last 24 hours. Aye, was always a lurker on here reading what everyone else said. But now that the board has become members only was sort of forced into signing up But yeah thanks for the welcomes lads. Oh unless you count Montrose FC as opposition that is

Hopefully Beye stays and proves himself to be the Nobby Solano style of foreigner instead of the typical money grabbing one. On the Krul thing though, he wasn't exactly great in his time up here in Scotland. He will obviously have improved but seeing him lining up for the first game of the season would leave me a touch aprehensive.