07 Apr 2026 18:45:13
Can anyone else ITK confirm pre contract in place with Kenny McLean?
And ongoing talks with Nathan Patterson, Luke Anderson and Oliver Burke?
07 Apr 2026 19:20:03
At unlikely McLean can negotiate a pre contract with Norwich holding the option for another year.
Not hearing anything on other players named.
07 Apr 2026 19:20:22
Never heard of Luke Anderson and would certainly take Patterson back but it would be a no to McLean, he's done, and a massive no to Burke who is hopeless.
07 Apr 2026 19:36:25
Nothing on any of the players mentioned.
07 Apr 2026 19:40:08
Think you're having your leg pulled. Don't think Luke Anderson exists. Patterson has less than 70 pro games under his belt at club career and is 25 this year and Burke? We don't need another headless winger on our books. Union Berkin also like him and want him to stay.
07 Apr 2026 20:20:30
Patterson has one year left this summer. I deal could be done imo.
07 Apr 2026 20:28:13
Luke Anderson, currently without a club or an identity, it seems.
07 Apr 2026 20:37:52
Kenny McClean would be a fantastic signing. He's a good player with a helluva lot of experience, and that would be invaluable to us coming off the bench and around the squad and training etc. I'd really like us to sign McClean.
07 Apr 2026 21:24:14
We need players that would be invaluable in the starting 11, not off the bench. McLean is a huge no for me, same with Burke. That has to be a wind up! Patterson, I would take.
07 Apr 2026 21:38:46
Ec, we need more than 11 players in the squad though mate.
We're going to be losing minimum 12 players in the summer so we need to replace them.
We also need to sign Scottish trained players.
Possibly losing Raskin and Dio so he left with only Barron and Chucky next season so I reckon we need 3 cm's.
07 Apr 2026 21:58:37
Why would we sign a 34-year-old? It goes against everything we're trying to do. Buy McLean and we can sell him on, to walking football. Nuts.
07 Apr 2026 22:05:51
Man City.
07 Apr 2026 22:55:42
We should have signed him 2/3 years ago if we were going to.
07 Apr 2026 23:02:21
No thanks to any of them.
07 Apr 2026 23:34:30
34 isn't old in modern football terms.
He's a fitness fanatic, if the problem is age then there isn't a problem.
If some don't rate him or want him, that's a fair doos, but absolutely wouldn't blame that on age.
We need experience. All winning squads are a mix of old and young, it's an invaluable thing to have.
08 Apr 2026 00:39:40
Stevie, it's longevity for me. The SPL is a tough league, I think he has a year/2 max. I would prefer someone at 30 coming in and being the experience for 4/5 years.
08 Apr 2026 01:07:03
Personally I think it is too late in the day to
be building for the future with the likes of McLean and Burke, plus I wouldn't have Patterson back simply because he can't stay fit for prolonged periods. If someone can find a Luke Anderson out there and turn him into a 30+ goals per season no.9 with youth on his side, I'm all in.
08 Apr 2026 01:50:15
Rfc, I do know what you're saying, mate, and you're not wrong.
I think if a free transfer can be negotiated then it's a no brainer for me.
We need to have the 8 Scottish trained quota filled asap and he's one of the attainable ones.
I see him having 2 good years with us then he can maybe go back to St Mirren or wherever for a year before retiring.
He's a far better player than people on here realise.
08 Apr 2026 06:18:54
Fantastic player trading model that is, absolutely no way.
08 Apr 2026 07:47:18
Tavs a fitness fanatic and he struggles with recovery on the pitch as many have pointed out, similar age also, but age isn't the problem? You miss the point about our trading model, it's not conducive to buy a player that's not marketable or profitable, it doesn't fit the model we're building.
08 Apr 2026 12:55:26
Sorry, just no, I don't care if we need Scottish players. No to all 3.
08 Apr 2026 12:59:12
McLean is done, and signing a player to come off the bench or be around the training ground is a waste of a wage. We might lose Raskin and Diomande, but we will have better replacements lined up.
08 Apr 2026 14:58:30
Fork, u didn't miss it at all, mate. I just
don't agree with it.
We can't sign a squad full of players age 20-23, we need to have players with experience to guide them along. That's how squads work and do well together, by mixing them up a bit.
We need experience and we need Scots trained so there you have it in one player.
He's never going to be a starter either. He's a squad player and a sub, coming on to slow the game down, for example.
Time will tell, but for me he'd be a very good signing, one that others who don't think so will agree with down the line.
08 Apr 2026 15:20:34
Disagree, Stevie, we already have experience in the team, bringing in a 34 yr old to not be a starter is a no for me. π
08 Apr 2026 16:30:04
Fork, fair enough mate, all about opinions or it wouldn't be worth coming on.
I'll be over the moon if we sign better players than McClean. It just doesn't help with Scottish trained quota though.
Who would u like to sign to fill the Scots trained problem in the squad?
08 Apr 2026 16:40:11
Not McClean. π
08 Apr 2026 16:42:25
Tbh not really thought about it, bud, worry about that when the titles decided. π
08 Apr 2026 17:07:50
Not McClean. π Fair enough, mate. ππ»
08 Apr 2026 17:56:03
Stevie. ππ