@owlstalk Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 8 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Therealrealist Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Massive move for him..#flair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastowl Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Just shows what happens when players get above their station/listen to their agents. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Oxford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Don't think this was the career path he was hoping for when he turned us down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Looked so good in one of the games for us as well (Derby?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARMYARMY2010 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Is the scottish league set up so catastrophically bad,that league two newcomers Barrow can sign a Hearts player yesterday,or is it more Hearts clearing the decks because of lower income from relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post @owlstalk Posted August 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Blue and white said: Oxford 23 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Joao's Tooth Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Turned down prem teams to sign for Hearts didn't he #SeanFlair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomtheOwl95 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Good move for the lad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Oxford City ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, BARMYARMY2010 said: Is the scottish league set up so catastrophically bad,that league two newcomers Barrow can sign a Hearts player yesterday,or is it more Hearts clearing the decks because of lower income from relegation. Another Hearts youngster is going to Bayern Munich. Hearts have a decent set up comparable to a well-run upper end of the Championship side. The problem with Scottish football is the lack of strength in depth. There is only enough population to support half a dozen decent sized clubs and it's made worse by the total dominance of the Old Firm taking far more than their 'share' outside of Glasgow. So even the SPL is made up of half clubs with proper, well resourced setups and half clubs that would struggle in EPL League 1. When you get relegated and there are no Old Firm or Edinburgh Derby games, the revenue REALLY dries up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Overrated, after one half decent game for us went to Scotland, now lower league. As I suspected, found his level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Where have Oxford found £100,000 + for him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edinburghowl Posted August 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2020 6 hours ago, BARMYARMY2010 said: Is the scottish league set up so catastrophically bad,that league two newcomers Barrow can sign a Hearts player yesterday,or is it more Hearts clearing the decks because of lower income from relegation. It’s a player that has been out on loan his whole career and made 5 total appearances (and that’s including substitute appearances) in 3 years at the club. Bobby Burns is a nice young laddie but he wouldn’t have even got a sniff for us in the Scottish Second Tier. Not good enough that’s why he is going. 4 hours ago, owlinexile said: Another Hearts youngster is going to Bayern Munich. Hearts have a decent set up comparable to a well-run upper end of the Championship side. The problem with Scottish football is the lack of strength in depth. There is only enough population to support half a dozen decent sized clubs and it's made worse by the total dominance of the Old Firm taking far more than their 'share' outside of Glasgow. So even the SPL is made up of half clubs with proper, well resourced setups and half clubs that would struggle in EPL League 1. When you get relegated and there are no Old Firm or Edinburgh Derby games, the revenue REALLY dries up. ^^^^ This is spot on. Due to the sparse population of the country there is a mixture of levels of club going from English Championship equivalent downwards. However I’d even go as far as to say that the likes of Hamilton and Ross County would probably struggle in the English League 2. Another big problem is people not supporting their local team and the buses full of fans from the smaller towns that travel to Glasgow every second week depriving those smaller clubs of revenue. I support both Hearts and Wednesday, I’ve been going to games at both clubs since the 80s. Owlinexile is right and I’m afraid to say that the facilities in particular the Training setup and Academy at Hearts are superior to what we have at Hillsborough. Hickey will be a big loss for Hearts but I hope and I’m sure he will go on to have a great career. Clare improved a lot after a terrible start at the club, but Hearts will be happy to have him off the wage bill. He was on a sizeable amount of money (paid for in part by a local billionaire benefactor that supports the club) and he hasn’t been a big success. To be fair to Clare he was showing signs of becoming decent and turning it round once he switched to full back but he has still has not been worth the outlay. The club will be able to sign a couple of players with the savings on Clare’s wages and they’ve recouped a fee too so that’s why they’ll be happy to move him on. Good luck to him. 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 That's a good move for him as oxford seem to be a club on the up, closer to home and probably an upgrade in wages . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwë Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 What happened to Hearts is a disgrace, and makes a mockery of sport. For all the whining about the return of football being unsafe, apart from odd cases here and there, it's been fine and all the real footballing leagues in Europe carried on eventually, rightly so. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, jonnyowl said: Where have Oxford found £100,000 + for him? Do we get a share? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grandad Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Scottish football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) I've never wished anything but the very best to any young player starting a career in professional football but i must admit to being a little indifferent with this lad! Edited August 6, 2020 by casbahowl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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