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Andrew Shinnie - (Ed. joined Livingston)

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,647
    edited February 2021
    Basically taking over his contract from Luton. Needs to impress now otherwise he'll be another to leave in the summer.

    Tbh I can't see how this makes any difference. He was on loan until the end of the season & as the transfer window has closed there is no recall. Just means we are now paying ALL of his wages.

    Weird when you come to think if it. Must be more to it. 
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,408
    edited February 2021
    Good news. 

    I like Shinnie and he knows the league well. Am glad he is one our own, rather than a loanee. 
  • A good deal for all concerned.  Charlton free up a space in the matchday squad for loan players & Shinnie gets until the end of the season to earn a new contract
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,360
    Muttley will be pleased, we could play the following squad Saturday: 

    Amos 
    Gunter - Oshilaja - Famewo - Maatsen
    Shinnie - Pratley - Smith
    Jaiyesimi - Millar
    Stockley
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,242
    A good deal for all concerned.  Charlton free up a space in the matchday squad for loan players & Shinnie gets until the end of the season to earn a new contract
    Agree.

    Don't think he's as bad as some say but his not been brilliant or consistent either.
  • Good news, but you can guarantee that one of our loans will now pick up a season ending injury making it unnecessary...
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Basically taking over his contract from Luton. Needs to impress now otherwise he'll be another to leave in the summer.

    Tbh I can't see how this makes any difference. He was on loan until the end of the season & as the transfer window has closed there is no recall. Just means we are now paying ALL of his wages.

    Weird when you come to think if it. Must be more to it. 
    We had 6 loan players so only 5 could be named in a matchday squad. 
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    edited February 2021
    Basically taking over his contract from Luton. Needs to impress now otherwise he'll be another to leave in the summer.

    Tbh I can't see how this makes any difference. He was on loan until the end of the season & as the transfer window has closed there is no recall. Just means we are now paying ALL of his wages.

    Weird when you come to think if it. Must be more to it. 
    It's already been explained by Bowyer though. We had 6 loans and therefore 1 loan player had to miss out from the Matchday 18.
    Who would you leave out from Shinnie, Famewo, Stockley, Millar, Smith or Maatsen?

    Evidently Bowyer wanted to select all 6.

    Now, with Shinnie signed on a permanent contract, all 6 can be selected. It's as simple as that.


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  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,001
    edited February 2021
    He’s a good player imo.
    Think he’s one that needs consistency, as most players do.
    Hopefully he has a regular position nailed down now and stays injury-free to show what he can do.

  • Valley27000
    Valley27000 Posts: 3,417
    Good news.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,594
    Basically taking over his contract from Luton. Needs to impress now otherwise he'll be another to leave in the summer.

    Tbh I can't see how this makes any difference. He was on loan until the end of the season & as the transfer window has closed there is no recall. Just means we are now paying ALL of his wages.

    Weird when you come to think if it. Must be more to it. 
    oops, see Oggy has stolen my thunder.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,594
    edited February 2021
    and he's got to do a lot more to convince me he's good enough for even League One. If by some miracle we do go up then he's not a Championship player imo.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Basically taking over his contract from Luton. Needs to impress now otherwise he'll be another to leave in the summer.

    Tbh I can't see how this makes any difference. He was on loan until the end of the season & as the transfer window has closed there is no recall. Just means we are now paying ALL of his wages.

    Weird when you come to think if it. Must be more to it. 
    oops, see Oggy has stolen my thunder.
    Sorry, Large. Didn't mean to take away your chance to put your bruv Golfie in his place.. :smile:


  • He's a very good player, and you can see the talent he has on the ball and for me (along with the defence) was one of the major reasons we went on that winning run near the beginning of the season.

    Has not looked at his best since he returned from injury, but has done a decent job considering he has been played out of position on the right and overall we've not been great anyway.

    Can only see this as a positive, and is certainly not something Wigan could afford to be doing.....
  • Happy with this - really don't get everyone's problem with him, he's got a great eye for a pass and already provided a few assists this year pre-injury, think he's just not 100% sharp right now. More than good enough for L1
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,683
    Not overly impressed to be honest. 
    31 years old so not exactly building for the future. 
    From what little I've seen of him he seems a steady 7 out of ten sort of player. 
    Having said all that I wish him all the best.
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,231
    Think he's one of our best players... Does the simple things right and keeps us ticking. Need to find a way to play him in the middle, he is wasted on the right

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  • Not overly impressed to be honest. 
    31 years old so not exactly building for the future. 
    From what little I've seen of him he seems a steady 7 out of ten sort of player. 
    Having said all that I wish him all the best.
    If we had an entire team of those then we probably wouldn't be where we are. Too many players putting in 5's is the problem.
  • cafc_se7
    cafc_se7 Posts: 2,277
    Not overly impressed to be honest. 
    31 years old so not exactly building for the future. 
    From what little I've seen of him he seems a steady 7 out of ten sort of player. 
    Having said all that I wish him all the best.
    Player of the season when Luton went up! My Luton mates gutted to see him
    go.
  • cafc_se7
    cafc_se7 Posts: 2,277
    CAFCsayer said:
    Think he's one of our best players... Does the simple things right and keeps us ticking. Need to find a way to play him in the middle, he is wasted on the right
    This! 
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,359
    edited February 2021
    Bogle only got a contract to the end of the season as well. 

    Meanwhile we signed players like Gunther on 2-year contracts with an option of another year. 

    The length of the contract says a lot about our intentions for the player.

    When the season is over, likely we will go for someone younger. Until then, he's one of the few midfielders we have with composure. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,683
    Not overly impressed to be honest. 
    31 years old so not exactly building for the future. 
    From what little I've seen of him he seems a steady 7 out of ten sort of player. 
    Having said all that I wish him all the best.
    If we had an entire team of those then we probably wouldn't be where we are. Too many players putting in 5's is the problem.
    Can't really argue with you on that.
    But at 31 years of age he's hardly going to improve  and as we have seen with Pearce and Pratley plus Watson and to some degree  Gunter players can go downhill fast once they get to this age.
    I would have preferred someone younger is all I'm saying. 
  • CAFCsayer said:
    Think he's one of our best players... Does the simple things right and keeps us ticking. Need to find a way to play him in the middle, he is wasted on the right
    Agree
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,772
    I’m sure it’s just the case of him being the cheapest option the 6 loanees to turn perm 
  • Taxi_Lad said:
    I’m sure it’s just the case of him being the cheapest option the 6 loanees to turn perm 
    He was also the one option out of contract in the summer. 
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,634
    I think he has been excellent. Always looking to get on the ball, dictates play and tracks back, 4 assists and 2 goals in 16 games isn’t the worst record either and I’m pleased he’s signed permanently. Would imagine when we don’t go up he’ll sign an extension