Mabes Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Free Agent.. pay off from Rangers!!! Beatts always provokes reaction on here......seat on the bus????
Saint Without a Halo Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 A contract on a pay per game basis?
hamster Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Well, Beatts would certainly satisfy as a headline signing maybe for the right reasons too.
saintsmonkey Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 He will regain his scoring touch at st mary's just like Skacel did for Hearts.
Saints Fan Dan Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Can't see it happening but would be great.
Lighthouse Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 I think if the Swindon game taught us anything it's that we just can't make it stick up front without Rickie. Forte and Guly's hold up play is awful and DC is a midget. Barnard is hardly a target man either. I'd take a put on Beatts. He's on a free with a decent payoff from Rangers to boot so I doubt he'd demand extortionate wages.
westofshannonsaint Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 if he's not good enough for a top 2 spl club yes, provided his wage demands were realistic & he was willing to join the squad I'd give him a chance.
egg Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 He will regain his scoring touch at st mary's just like Skacel did for Hearts. Hopefully he will also lose two stone and gain three yards of pace.
Alanh Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 I wouldn't take him. I don't think he would fit the style of play that we are trying to play. He never had a great first touch and that is obviously importantto NA. Also, we need pace up front and I don't think he's got that anymore.
Saint Fan CaM Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 yes, provided his wage demands were realistic & he was willing to join the squad I'd give him a chance. This.
pap Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 If he doesn't sign up with a new club straight away, why couldn't he train with the club?
pap Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 And I'd sign him up. If fit, can do a job at this level.
hamster Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 if he's not good enough for a top 2 spl club yes, provided his wage demands were realistic & he was willing to join the squad I'd give him a chance. If we assume he'd cost circa £1m then that's a decent saving to add to his salary, maybe a 1 year deal would balance the books with the benefit of relative low risk as we could let him go. He'd have a lot to prove in that time though.
buctootim Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 If he doesn't sign up with a new club straight away, why couldn't he train with the club? How does a 30 something lazy cokehead fit into our 'young and hungry with something to prove' ethos?
CWD Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Take him on trial. If he can prove he's still got it then sign him up. If not, let him go with a 'thanks for the past mate, but we've moved on'. Win Win.
egg Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 How does a 30 something fat lazy cokehead fit into our 'young and hungry with something to prove' ethos? Nutshell
hamster Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 How does a 30 something lazy cokehead fit into our 'young and hungry with something to prove' ethos? Good point.
saintsmonkey Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Beattie is better than Lambert and Barnard. IMHO
Appy Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Beattie is better than Lambert and Barnard. IMHO You're confusing the word is with was. Would still take a punt on him though, i'm sure we would be at the top of his list for new clubs.
buctootim Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 How come a 27 year old defender who played 9 times for Celtic last season is clearly sh ite in a sh ite team and unwelcome here, whilst a 33 year old striker who played 7 times for Rangers without scoring should be snapped up immediately?
S-Clarke Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Beattie is better than Lambert and Barnard. IMHO Not anymore he isn't, you'd be surprised to see him these days. Total failure in the SPL for rangers, and in the premiership for Blackpool. He's on the downward slide now.
pap Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 How does a 30 something lazy cokehead fit into our 'young and hungry with something to prove' ethos? I did not know he was a cokehead. I do not mix in those circles.
Roger Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Beattie is better than Lambert and Barnard. IMHO He isnt better than lambert now way near.
SaintBobby Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Have not been a fan of having him back. But....if he's a free agent and keen to come, there's no downside risk is there? (assuming salary demands are reasonable). Perhaps just let him train with us or maybe a pay-as-you play deal or conceivably a signing for 3 months until the next transfer window?
Saint_clark Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 A contract on a pay per game basis? He would never accept this when he could easily get a guaranteed weekly wage somewhere else.
Trader Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Beattie wouldn't be on the bus - he'd want a chauffeur driven limo. Billy big b*ll*x and a disruptive influence on the most together squad we've ever had. Adkins would be mad to even consider him. Plus the fact that he's completely finished - did nothing at Everton, Stoke, Blackpool or Rangers.
skintsaint Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 In one thread people moan about signing a centre half who can't make the first team in the SPL.. the next thread people ask us to sign someone released from a team in SPL who failed even more.
Roger Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 In one thread people moan about signing a centre half who can't make the first team in the SPL.. the next thread people ask us to sign someone released from a team in SPL who failed even more. But who has a good history with us.
buctootim Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 But who has a good history with us. Irrefutable logic. Michael Svensson to start next game then, David Peach on the bench.
Roger Posted 31 August, 2011 Posted 31 August, 2011 Irrefutable logic. Michael Svensson to start next game then, David Peach on the bench. Le tiss too? Maybe its I long for the days of 2003?
BlakeySFC Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 We can't sign any decent players, let alone BT. If we couldn't even sign Gorkss what makes everyone think we could sign BT, this clubs a joke. Ambition, what ambition?
K,Billy's supersound Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 blakey pls shut the **** up and stop whinening like a ***** getting old now.
alpine_saint Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 Pay-as-you-play, possibly. But someone will offer him some sort of contract, I am sure.
Deano6 Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 Pay-as-you-play are a myth. Never happen, unless it's for a 40 year old who's about to drop down dead any second.
Hatch Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 There is a reason he has been released by Rangers, and thats because he aint no good any more.
dubai_phil Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 We can't sign any decent players, let alone BT. If we couldn't even sign Gorkss what makes everyone think we could sign BT, this clubs a joke. Ambition, what ambition? Well if you don't think we have any ambition then fook off and support Crawley Town or Man Citeh.
Hatch Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 We can't sign any decent players, let alone BT. If we couldn't even sign Gorkss what makes everyone think we could sign BT, this clubs a joke. Ambition, what ambition? Seems like Blakey was stood outside St Marys all night last night in his Saints bobble hat waiting for the SKY cameras so he could dance around in the background making faces. Seems disappointed it never happened.
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 Give him a contract til January to see if he can prove himself. If not, or if he proves disruptive, send him on his way. If he can recapture former glories, then we'd have ourselves a bargain.
The9 Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 Pay-as-you-play are a myth. Never happen, unless it's for a 40 year old who's about to drop down dead any second. Or Jonathon Woodgate at Stoke.
sambosa75 Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 I'd imagine BT will be getting himself back down to Southampton whilst he finds himself a new club. As far as I know he has still got some good connections within the club. If I was him I'd be getting on the phone and asking if he could train with Saints. This would be win-win. Beattie gets to benefit from our facilities and getting himself fit and Adkins gets a chance to assess him first hand. Could be a useful player to have around if he proves himself to be hungry enough for it.
Ken Tone Posted 1 September, 2011 Posted 1 September, 2011 I'd imagine BT will be getting himself back down to Southampton whilst he finds himself a new club. As far as I know he has still got some good connections within the club. If I was him I'd be getting on the phone and asking if he could train with Saints. This would be win-win. Beattie gets to benefit from our facilities and getting himself fit and Adkins gets a chance to assess him first hand. Could be a useful player to have around if he proves himself to be hungry enough for it. Given his wife's family still live down here and he has young children I imagine you're right, he may well be down here a lot in the near future and it would indeed make sense for him to train at Saints. So if he then proves he has some fitness and some desire to play, why shouldn't he earn a short term contract? The main question would be how much, or rather how little, he'd accept in wages.... or will he seek yet another big pay day with someone like Leicester or West Ham. Here he'd be useful back up for Rickie, but I doubt he'd be first choice nowadays, so his wages would reflect that .. and that may be hard for him to accept.
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