28 Jul 2019 20:46:20
I’ve been a big fan of Stevie G and most of what the club has done in his time, but I have to say I’m very disappointed with our treatment of Dorrans. I know for a fact he turned down double what he gets from us to stay in England because he wanted to play for his boyhood club. The reason he has struggled with injuries in his time at the club is because he spent the first season here playing through the pain barrier and at well below 100% as he felt he owed it to the fans as our big signing of that summer. This is a man who has put his body, career and reputation on the line for the club he loves and to see him treated like this is a disgrace.

I don’t mind the ostracising of guys like Grezda, and previous to him Pena etc, guys who were never fit to wear the shirt, but the lack of respect we are showing to good guys these days, off the back of the appalling way we have treated Lee Wallace, is worrying to me. We are better than that. When guys love the badge like Dorrans and Wallace do, the least we can do is give them that bit of respect. We as a club should hold ourselves to that standard.

1.) 28 Jul 2019
28 Jul 2019 21:27:31
I do agree Wagman about Dorrans but at the end of the day you have to trust our Manager and he is the man trying to win us the League Title! 👍🇬🇧.

2.) 28 Jul 2019
28 Jul 2019 21:37:44
How do u want to treat him? Were now passed his level and no longer good enough for the midfield. So he has to move on. No matter what club he suppotrs. If he's not good enough get him off the wage bill.

3.) 28 Jul 2019
28 Jul 2019 22:08:03
Correct Paul.

4.) 28 Jul 2019
28 Jul 2019 22:48:58
Hi Graeme! 😳.

5.) 29 Jul 2019
29 Jul 2019 00:05:59
People totally missing the point. It’s not about getting him off the wage bill. It’s about how he is treated until then. Here’s a hypothetical - and one that isn’t too far fetched - we can’t get anyone else to take him and once the window closes Davis and Arfield both get injuries that rule them out for the season. Meanwhile we have an experienced player of similar ilk who has been training away from the first team for months and probably won’t be up to speed.

6.) 29 Jul 2019
29 Jul 2019 05:19:09
How have the club treated Dorrans badly? He was playing then got injured. He was injured for a long time, the club signed new players, moved on. He's now fit but obiviously isn't showing the gaffer he's better than the players in front of him. Isn't that just football is?

7.) 29 Jul 2019
29 Jul 2019 07:11:17
If Arfield and Davis got injured, we would still have Docherty, Kamara, Jack, Aribo. Polster looked decent today in midfield as well so I don’t think that would be a big issue. Dorrans just not good enough anymore unfortunately. We all wanted it to work for him but injuries have stopped any chance of that happening now.

8.) 29 Jul 2019
29 Jul 2019 08:50:05
Because he’s been papped out away from the first team, not even allowed to train with them. Unless someone is clearly a bad apple, which I don’t believe to be the case here, that kind of exclusion makes no sense. It’s embarrassing to the player, to the club and believe me it would make other players think twice about moving to the club, as football is a small community and players talk.

As I say, also short sighted as while we are paying his wage we may as well make sure we are able to use him if required. Like I say, if we can’t move him on and we get some injuries after the window we’ll see how wise a policy this is.

9.) 29 Jul 2019
29 Jul 2019 09:38:09
He's away from the first team squad, because he's not in the first team squad. Happens all the time in football, can't really see what the big issue is.

10.) 29 Jul 2019
29 Jul 2019 10:33:14
SG has been honest with all his players. Some are good and part of his plans, some are not part of his plans and available for transfer.

I'm sure Dorrans isn't being ostracized. He isn't training himself. It's just football at most big clubs. You need to keep improving and unfortunately, some decent players get replaced by better every season.