Might as well get a transfer thread in here since it's January, even if we're only likely to see players going one way.
Obviously Lewis Macleod officially departed at the start of the month, and now Kyle McAusland has been released and has been snapped up by Dunfermline.
Worth mentioning that he's been often touted by the fans as preferred choice at right back, however he's actually a midfielder who we played out of position at right back a few times, and even if he did show up well there it goes against the grain of criticising our recent managers for playing people out of position to say he should have been our first choice there. He did do well in a couple of pre season games in his correct position of holding midfielder, but given that central midfield is one of the most oversubscribed areas of our squad it was always going to be a stretch for him to get in the side. A player I liked but maybe not the first team stick on many like to think of him as, so happy to have had him here and happy to see him get a decent move at this point in his career.
I can't think off the top of my head, but has anyone else moved on in this window?
Just remembered Ryan Finnie who also left when his short term deal expired. He was another who - a bit bizarrely in his case - had people claiming when he'd left that he was our best right back and should have been in the team. This despite the fact he couldn't even hold down a place in our development side.
Obviously Lewis Macleod officially departed at the start of the month, and now Kyle McAusland has been released and has been snapped up by Dunfermline.
Worth mentioning that he's been often touted by the fans as preferred choice at right back, however he's actually a midfielder who we played out of position at right back a few times, and even if he did show up well there it goes against the grain of criticising our recent managers for playing people out of position to say he should have been our first choice there. He did do well in a couple of pre season games in his correct position of holding midfielder, but given that central midfield is one of the most oversubscribed areas of our squad it was always going to be a stretch for him to get in the side. A player I liked but maybe not the first team stick on many like to think of him as, so happy to have had him here and happy to see him get a decent move at this point in his career.
I can't think off the top of my head, but has anyone else moved on in this window?
Just remembered Ryan Finnie who also left when his short term deal expired. He was another who - a bit bizarrely in his case - had people claiming when he'd left that he was our best right back and should have been in the team. This despite the fact he couldn't even hold down a place in our development side.