April 9, 200620 yr Not sure what truth, if any, there is in this but some of my Tic mates reckon that the little red headed one is very impressed with Blackie and may be planning a bid for the wee guy. Has anyone else heard anything.
April 9, 200620 yr If any of these rumours prove to be correct, I hope we make any potential buyers dig deep. After all, we're not some kind o' Highland feeder team (as that's C*unty's job! ).
April 9, 200620 yr let him go no hassles,they can give us maloney,mulgrew and £1m and they can have him :P
April 9, 200620 yr Like youre thinking BF. We want top money for him if he does go (which i hope he doesnt).
April 9, 200620 yr Yes, he'd be a benchwarmer at Celtic Park but sometimes the lure of the spondoolacs can be too much for players to resist sadly.
April 9, 200620 yr He is planning to launch a joint raid for Black and Hart. And maybe Cowie and Rankin as well!
April 10, 200620 yr I have been 'reliably' informed that Black is top of Brewsters shopping list. Will Rankin, if rumours are true, be a replacement for Blackie?
April 10, 200620 yr I think Black would be the easiest Brewster target to replace. Rankin is as good if not a better player with the added bonus of posing a serious goal scoring threat Brown and Dargo howvere would leave a much bigger void and to a lesser extent Dodds It could be a nervous summer :roll:
April 10, 200620 yr If dods goes i want to see Greer from Killie up here. Watched him a few times and he realy impresses me everytime. Watch this space 8)
April 10, 200620 yr surely black wouldnt want to go to tic? he has had 1 half decent season , thats all he has done, to early for him to move on to a club where he would be a bench warmer at best, the question remains though , could keane, lemmon and blackie all play in the same midfield
April 10, 200620 yr Think Black would be exactly what Celtic would want in their midfield, he is a Lennon/Keane type of player. A possible long term replacement I would say. The Hart rumours were true, O'Neill did have him watched last season!
April 11, 200620 yr Author Black may be top of Brews list but the Tic will pay more. oats, neither Keane or Lennon will be there next season. Keane has already indicated that he is likely to retire and I'm sure I read that Lennon will be leaving as well. If Rankin is a better player than Black then why aren't all those. interested in Black, not just going for Rankin. Personally I think he is no more than a good first div player.
April 11, 200620 yr The reason no one signed Rankin was County didn't want to sell there prize asset - he was under contract and they were quite prepared to play hardball unless they were offered silly money. He will go in the summer - there have been loads of scouts watching him. I just hope we haven't left it too late. I've seen Rankin play roughly 7 times this season - he's beeen VERY good in 5 of them, Ok in one and he was rubbish on Saturday but Ross County are just going through the motions now There is little difference between the top 1st divison sides and the bottom SPL sides, so he can easily make the supposed step up in class!! Most of our team are 'good 1st divison players' anyway - our strength lies in the fact we are a team cos lets fave it we don't have many skilful players
April 11, 200620 yr Black should look at was has happened to the likes of peason who gets 10 mins if he is lucky before moving to the likes of them
April 17, 200620 yr Ian Black is probably the most likely first team regular to leave butit will take a club record bid for us to part with him.
April 17, 200620 yr Should this not be on The Rumour Mill board? probably - we are still getting used to the boards ourselves !
Not sure what truth, if any, there is in this but some of my Tic mates reckon that the little red headed one is very impressed with Blackie and may be planning a bid for the wee guy. Has anyone else heard anything.