gdevoy Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, Wrangodog said: So instead of being part of the Kilmarnock team that beat Eintracht Frankfurt and won the league, Tommy McLean would have gone to Chelsea, Man City, or Liverpool, if he was playing today. Seems very likely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 It happens to bigger clubs too, Celtic lost their U17 captain to Bayern Munich for f**k all in the summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 So if we had played Smith in a first team game even for ten minutes or so (when AA frequently brought on subs) would we have got any more for him ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiepies Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Wrangodog said: So instead of being part of the Kilmarnock team that beat Eintracht Frankfurt and won the league, Tommy McLean would have gone to Chelsea, Man City, or Liverpool, if he was playing today. Probably still would have been here .Let go by one of the infirm for being to small then maybe going on to win the champions league with Liverpool or one of the infirm shelling out £2 million plus for him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebigguy68 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Squirrelhumper said: It happens to bigger clubs too, Celtic lost their U17 captain to Bayern Munich for f**k all in the summer. It happens all the way down the food chain as you say. It’s hard to fend off. Kids always attracted to bigger teams. Point is why are we not exploiting the same model in the lower leagues in Scotland? Poaching promising young kids after a few first team games, for peanuts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkG Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 BBC report future fees based on performance. Quite surprised at that as I thought compensation was for development rather than potential. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piffer Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, NorfolkG said: BBC report future fees based on performance. Quite surprised at that as I thought compensation was for development rather than potential. Does cross border come into it at that age? Celtic manipulated that loophole with A slightly older Dembele who would have cost an English a couple of million 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyham Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/liam-smith-joins-manchester-city/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killieboy1980 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Good luck to Liam, thought we might have tried to keep him until after the Youth Cup final when/if it happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayD Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Killieboy1980 said: Good luck to Liam, thought we might have tried to keep him until after the Youth Cup final when/if it happens. Maybe the projected loss of revenue from coronavirus situation played a part? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I thought he'd went weeks ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdodge Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Good Luck Liam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bute-killiefan Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Classy words from people at the club as he leaves. Good luck to him, hope he does well there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 1:38 PM, Wrangodog said: So instead of being part of the Kilmarnock team that beat Eintracht Frankfurt and won the league, Tommy McLean would have gone to Chelsea, Man City, or Liverpool, if he was playing today. Tommy very nearly went to Chelsea from Killie but turned it down because he realised he was a home buddy. I laughed at the time, but it turned out to have been in his interests in the long run. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boring Bob Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, jasper said: Tommy very nearly went to Chelsea from Killie but turned it down because he realised he was a home buddy. I laughed at the time, but it turned out to have been in his interests in the long run. I disagree. Tommy was the best striker of a ball I have ever seen (even 50 years on and I include Beckham in my opinion). Had he gone to Chelsea and played on the opposite wing from Charlie Cooke, flighting perfect balls into Peter Osgood, John Hollins and Alan Hudson he would have been a revelation. Provincial boy from Ashgill opted for the Daily Record route to Ibrox, instead of the higher level which his talents merited. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie71 Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Back in the day, there was probably very little difference in quality between the top flights in Scotland and England. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, jasper said: ....it turned out to have been in his interests in the long run. Can you be so sure? He never won another cap after leaving Killie. Probably made a decent amount of money by contemporary standards and won a stack of medals, Including the ECWC. But I remember him being challenged for his position at various times by Bobby McKean, Davie Cooper and - God help us - even Cutty Young. I’ve got no idea how he would have developed at Chelsea but I think there's room for doubt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffer Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Good luck to the boy could this be the start of a golden era of Scottish football players ? with Liam at City and Billy Gilmour doing so well at Chelsea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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