With January only 3-4 weeks away, I thought I'd start a thread for the January window, only for players we know of so no rumours as that is what rumour section is for.

It looks very likely that Conor Henderson will be signed up as he had a successful trial period.

Also, its imperative that Miles Storey gets signed up.  Not too sure about Tobi Sho-Silva so will leave it to you guys to discuss lol.

For me, we need 1 or 2 strikers but if Henderson is signed, then it will be 1 striker due to fact only 1 or 2 players are rumoured to be all John will be allowed.

Wouldn't mind seeing Darren Murray signed up eiti but he is contracted to a club so is unlikely to happen :(.

Definitely him!
Can't believe folk condone this!
Colours changed here - think of it as a Swiss League game, with no relevance to us...or perhaps a Dundee United player seeking to get one of our guys sent-off!
Sho-Silva.avi

28 minutes ago, AlexJones said:

 

They'd probably say nice things about each other all the time. "Do you like the new tattoo mate?" "Nah.... I loooove it!"
(did you mean complement? )

 

Whoops! 

 

1 hour ago, AlexJones said:

 

They'd probably say nice things about each other all the time. "Do you like the new tattoo mate?" "Nah.... I loooove it!"
(did you mean complement? )

We haven't made a signing this big since... Duncan Shearer!

That combination would take me back to Falkirk's, Stokes / Latapy days and what a pain in the erse they were against us. 

With a Stokes Storey partnership, I'm sure me and Sneckboy would love to compliment the both of them. Or maybe they could compliment each other over a nice hot bowl of soup. 

He has always done well under Hughes, although Celtic pay his wages he really will have a point to prove that he deserves better than spending his Saturdays on the bench or in the stand.

Would be a good bit of business to complete season 21.

 

  That soup reference is brilliant, 12th Man!

I'd be very happy with Stokes. On paper he is a goal getter. Of course he's had his controversy. That's pretty much part n parcel of being a striker who plays for both hibs and Celtic. And being out of the team means he might be initially rusty. But if Yogi can get his head screwed on right he could bang in those dozen goals that get us in a European spot and a long cup run. We've often been a good club (and area) for players who have maybe lost their way to regroup and refocus and get their form back. If Stokes can get his form back here then it puts him in the shop window and helps us score goals. Mutually beneficial.

I have it on reliable info that this is a done deal for loan deal till end of season.

Still sceptical but source was bang on for butcher to hibs

The comments from John Collins today were certainly quite encouraging in that ICT seem to be Celtic's preferred destination, but it really depends if the player wants to come here or not.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35265183

If the mooted moves do come to fruition, we'll have done very well in this transfer window to have Lopez out and Stokez in.

 

Wishful thinking but I hope they can add Scott Allan into the mix aswell to replace Ryan Christie.

1 minute ago, ICTRoughi said:

Wishful thinking but I hope they can add Scott Allan into the mix aswell to replace Ryan Christie.

Unfortunately SPFL rules prohibit more than one player going on loan between 2 clubs in the same division. Part of the reason we couldn't get anyone on loan from Celtic as part of Ryan deal.

One final thought regarding the Stokes loan. I wouldn't put it past Celtic to put him in the team on Sunday against Stranraer making him ineligible for us should we progress to the next round of the Scottish Cup. 

Edited January 8, 201610 yr by ICTRoughi

1 hour ago, ICTRoughi said:

One final thought regarding the Stokes loan. I wouldn't put it past Celtic to put him in the team on Sunday against Stranraer making him ineligible for us should we progress to the next round of the Scottish Cup. 

No need to do that.  There would be a standard clause in any agreement to prevent him playing against Celtic.  In any case, Celtic would probably want us to be as strong as possible to knock out other sides like Aberdeen before any possibility of us meeting them again.  It would not be in their interest to have Stokes cup-tied before sending him out on loan.

5 minutes ago, DoofersDad said:

No need to do that.  There would be a standard clause in any agreement to prevent him playing against Celtic.  In any case, Celtic would probably want us to be as strong as possible to knock out other sides like Aberdeen before any possibility of us meeting them again.  It would not be in their interest to have Stokes cup-tied before sending him out on loan.

No need for any clause either.  SPFL rules state......

During the term of a temporary transfer the Player concerned shall not Play against the transferor Club in a: (i) League Match; (ii) Play-Off Match; (iii) League Cup Match; (iv) match in the Challenge Cup; or (v) match in the Scottish Cup.

I hope the Chairman has the sense to say no chance, we don't need Stoke's baggage at our club. This is a guy who because of his attitude can't get a place in a really poor Celtic side. The Hibs fans were not exactly distraught to see the back of him despite his goals and neither are Celtic.

http://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?251689-Tom-English-on-Anthony-Stokes

ICT Twitter account has just said that we have signed Alex Fisher until the end of the season with an option for another year.

EDIT: And he's available to play in the game today.

Edited January 9, 201610 yr by RiG

6 foot 3 old fashioned centre forward. Now let's hope Helen Chamberlain follows 

Looking at his stats, he could be just the person we need to play just behind/in front or along side Miles. Has quite a few goals in him and at least he's match fit having played 22 games for torquay this season. Also it seems he's trained at the glenn hoddle academy. Quite a few decent players have come through there, ikechi anya is instantly one that springs to mind

Just heard John Hughes on the radio saying that Dani Lopez is leaving, freeing up his wages helped to secure Miles Storey for the rest of the season.

On 07/01/2016 at 7:02 PM, Renegade said:

What about Miles Hippolyte?  He's got the pace out wide that we really need especially with Doran out and he's got a great long throw.  Seemingly we were keen in the summer but couldn't do a deal.

I can confirm that a bid of £250,000 has been made to Livi for Miles Hippolyte.

37 minutes ago, Shaun said:

I can confirm that a bid of £250,000 has been made to Livi for Miles Hippolyte.

.... on mahonio's Football Manger save.

Fixed that for you. 

2 hours ago, Shaun said:

I can confirm that a bid of £250,000 has been made to Livi for Miles Hippolyte.

Ah another of Mahonio's transfer rumours.  When's Andy Kirk signing?

Praying that we are after some kind of wide midfielder / winger with a creative spark and some pace.

2 minutes ago, RiG said:

Praying that we are after some kind of wide midfielder / winger with a creative spark and some pace.

Instead of Stokes, we should look at getting Gary Mackay-Stevens on loan.

2 hours ago, ICTRoughi said:

.... on mahonio's Football Manger save.

Fixed that for you. 

Mahonio?  Who he? ;-)

According to today's papers, Stokes prefers a loan move to Hibs over us and Dundee United. 

Stokes apparently going to reject a loan move to ICT:

https://www.sundaypost.com/sport/football/scottish-premiership/celtic-striker-anthony-stokes-set-to-knock-back-plans-for-inverness-loan-move/

No direct quotes though.