Mr Mac Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Noticed an article on the Courier website with McPake saying Dorrans is rolling back the years in pre-season, looks like he's here for the new season if he wants... Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al k Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Hoping he can be a star for us this season. People forget he never had a pre-season and was the easiest target for the fan's. Did he get covid? Breen was similar too, another I have big hopes for this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend85 Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 aye both Dorrans and breen missed out on proper pre season and then suffered with injury and illness. Could be completely different with a proper pre season behind them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelty_par Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 46 minutes ago, Al k said: Hoping he can be a star for us this season. People forget he never had a pre-season and was the easiest target for the fan's. Did he get covid? Breen was similar too, another I have big hopes for this season. Or he was asked to come in and refused, and wanted a 4 week holiday before he joined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Let's be fair here, Dorrans has pedigree and of he gets a full pre-season, stays lucky with injuries and buys into the new managers tactics then he should stroll this league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berry Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Precisely, we should be considering ourselves very fortunate to have Dorrans in our team playing League One football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Dorrans is allegedly very paly with mcpake. perhaps that's why he's thinking to give it one last go, either that of he hasn't managed to plot his route out just yet that he hinted at the end of season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secure Par Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 I would say every player in the team will be given time to prove themselves after last season. Fresh start and work hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Riva Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Piracy said: Let's be fair here, Dorrans has pedigree and of he gets a full pre-season, stays lucky with injuries and buys into the new managers tactics then he should stroll this league. Dorrans is 35 and it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking he's done - I couldn't believe it when Jimmy Calderwood signed up a 35 year old for the Pars. Craig Brewster. He was class. A motivated, fully fit Dorrans can be a similar revelation in League 1. Edited June 17, 2022 by GG Riva 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mac Posted June 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 I tried to make my original post neutral in the hope of getting some discussion going so only fair I give my thoughts now... I think that a good pre season could be a turning point for Dorrans, he definitely has pedigree and should be able to pull the strings in midfield. Hopefully a few good performances can put a lid on last season for him and others. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Remember Lubo Maravcik was 33 when he joined Celtic in 1998 and left in 2002. Not that Dorrans is obviously in that class but that signing was treated by derision by the Celtic fans, part of that being his age. Age is a factor being 30+ but it's less so than 20 or 30 year ago. Dorrans can prove a lot wrong. I hope he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digs Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 52 minutes ago, Piracy said: Remember Lubo Maravcik was 33 when he joined Celtic in 1998 and left in 2002. Not that Dorrans is obviously in that class but that signing was treated by derision by the Celtic fans, part of that being his age. Age is a factor being 30+ but it's less so than 20 or 30 year ago. Dorrans can prove a lot wrong. I hope he does. Same thing happened with Brewster, he was 38 when we signed him.... As far as I'm concerned, he was no where near as bad last season as some would have you believe. In some of the games folk were moaning, I wondered which way their seats were facing because it clearly wasn't towards the pitch. Regardless of all of that, every player get a clean slate from me. Last season is done, it's in the past, we move forward. If we can't do that, then how do we expect the players to? We need them going into every single game thinking of nothing else other than winning and three points. That has to be the mindset this year. Our biggest issue last year was the lingering doubt and lack of confidence from a very poor start. We showed in flashes that we could be the good side we looked on paper, Yogi was right about that, but we were inconsistent due to the lack of confidence and self belief being so fragile. This year, the single biggest task McPake faces is overcoming that and experienced players like Dorrans can help him do that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Dorrans looked pretty innefective for Dundee a couple of years back, he looked pretty innefective for the most part last season and I'm not a fan of us having to play 3 in the middle to compensate for him. Hughes came in and said Dorrans was our best player, I have no doubt he'd look absolutely class in small sided training games, but we've seen precious little of that for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roy Barry Fan Club Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Without I hope betraying any confidences, I would merely say that I think it would be a reasonable assumption that Dorrans will be much more in tune with McPake than either of the two previous managers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Roy Barry Fan Club said: Without I hope betraying any confidences, I would merely say that I think it would be a reasonable assumption that Dorrans will be much more in tune with McPake than either of the two previous managers. I think that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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