James McArthy

[Alex MacLeod]

has signed for Wigan for a fee of 1.3 m rising to 3m depending on appearances etc.

[Kingsmills]

has signed for Wigan for a fee of 1.3 m rising to 3m depending on appearances etc.

Should keep Hamilton solvent for the next couple of seasons.

[Yngwie]

They've also managed to sell Joel Thomas for ?125,000 to Colchester according to BBC. A striker with 1 goal from 28 games?!

[Harry Chibber]

They've also managed to sell Joel Thomas for ?125,000 to Colchester according to BBC. A striker with 1 goal from 28 games?!

I think they'll be down this season.. Easton is their biggest loss IMO

[CaleyMad]

They've also managed to sell Joel Thomas for ?125,000 to Colchester according to BBC. A striker with 1 goal from 28 games?!

So can we sell Barrowman for ?125,000?

My on-topic point was... Isnt it McCarthy instead of McArthy

[Mick]

yes it McCarthy...easy mistake to make

[CaleyMad]

McArthur and McCarthy. . . easy to mix up.

[dead_ball_specialist]

I read today he's done a McGeady and chosen to play for Ireland over Scotland. Makes you sick.

Edited July 22, 2009 by dead_ball_specialist

[Alex MacLeod]

I read today he's done a McGeady and chosen to play for Ireland over Scotland. Makes you sick.

Sorry but it doesn't make me sick. What does though are the people who lay the blame at McGeady, or in this case McCarthy when all the time its the SFA who are to blame. Aiden McGeady hung of for two seasons waiting on a Scotland call before he got fed up waiting and opted for Ireland. McCarthy would probably be the same. If a player doesn't get a call should he just not exercise his option?

[dead_ball_specialist]

I don't buy the 'he wasn't getting a game for Scotland' argument. If you're getting on a bit, and you know you aren't going to get picked for your home nation (i.e. don hutchison, ray houghton, lorenzo amorouso (almost played for scotland :D) then fair enough. But he made the decision when he was still a teenager, as did McGeady.

There's nothing wrong with being proud of your ancestry and heritage. But if your personal identity and national loyalties lie with Ireland (or ANY other country) over Scotland, as is the case in some communities in the central belt, then that's an unhealthy state of affairs IMHO.