A Window Of Chance

So as this transfer windae drags and drags with seemingly oor board having short arms and deep pockets it gives you time to have a look at the posturing and posing going on.

Now, teams know other teams are desperate to strengthen or freshen up in their fight against relegation or their quest for a holy grail. Some teams have just changed managers and they new men are trying to stamp their style on their new charges or in some cases return them to an “aye ready” west of Scotland refuge for the ugly and under privileged.

Boards, agents and managers are playing games of poker all up and doon the country with those who don’t have the bottle paying over the top fee’s in their desperation.

West Ham and Charlton in England seem to the main offenders with the reported £70,000 a week the hammers have paid for hatchet man Lucas Neil almost sheer folly.

Oor own St Martin now has cash to burn and even he has been caught up in the melley. At Aston Celtic wie a randy Americans money he is throwing money at the glory hornet boys for an untested 21 year old. I’m glad to see he still has the transfer target list he had at the hoops wie the capture of John Carew from Lyon. Expect a bid for Dwight Yorke at 11.50pm on Jan 31st Villa fans.

Up north the main stooky seems to be aboot whether or not Hibs will let the Hibee Two, The Hibee Twins or the bloody Proclaimers leave this month. Their manager is adamant that they are not going anywhere while his chairmen is strangely maybe more markedly silent.

Now for me John Collins has a cheek. He walk oot on the Easter Road club to further his career then made a fortune being one of the first hootsmen to take advantage of Bosman when leaving us.

For him to bleating and making big noises is like bit like Jock McConnell saying he disnny like a local income tax when 15 years ago he backed a plan for a local income tax.

Collins should know what these players are going through. The last two games Kevin Thomson has been subbed at half time after below par performances. Interesting enough the other twin hasn’t been touched. Does this mean that Thommo wishes a move more or is it just affecting him more?

Wie the players agent coming oot and saying we are talking to Hibs wie regards signing them- dinny trust that McKay though- and the Hibs chairmen silent on the whole affair it makes you wonder if Collins bombast is all hot air and he is already looking forward to a couple of million spend in the summer.

If it goes through it would be a major outlay for us. So far we have got a bosman- Elvis- a Cameroon left back for a nominal fee and have bid just over £100,000 for a 16 year old who today was compared to Mo J*hnston by the original agent orange McMurdo.

The amount of team’s interest in James McCarthy is frightening. Already been on trial at the pool, wie the Chelski heid tapper upper saying he is the most talented 16 year old he has seen in years- is the 1st division really that guid a yard stick to say? - with others stating that his progress is far above his years.

Now how was this fellow missed and he ended up at Hamilton is one question and again its 1st division cloggerville. A journeymen’s dream of a league where the kicks are free.

I think Celtic are hoping to pull on the heart strings- well he has chosen to play for the Republic over Scotland and he looks like Pearo’s younger better looking brother- but is this going to be it?

Is oor transfer windae going to be full of false hope, nominal fees and buying for the future? Are we going to lose the Scottish player of the year to Fulham, as we won’t go up a couple of grand?

By the 31st of Jan these questions should be clearer. Transfer windaes are no guid and should be scrapped. Too much pressure for the powers at be and clubs in trouble both on and off the park. If you have dosh you should be able to spend it when you want. If you need to sell someone then you should be able to when you want.

It would end this fretting up and doon the country. But one thing for sure, by the end of this one we should know if the rumours of the board backing GS to the hilt were true or not.

At the moment they are distinctly in the not category.

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