Steve B
Jack Armstrong
Ok done. You can have him for a year. Look after him, wrap him up warm in winter and get his goal and assist tally firing up.
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Alexander Cole Mighten
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Chief Eye Roller
I guess the issue for the club is do Hearts have a coaching staff that has identified his cul-de-sac problem and can develop his decision-making?
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Grenville Morris
Exactly.
And will he get enough starts. He doesn’t need 10 minute cameos, we can give him that here in the prem.
He needs to back up 20 games and show what he can do from there…that has to be the no 1 objective for a loan
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Chief Eye Roller
i don't know who handles loans at the clubs these days, but you'd think that Cooper will know what he wants from a loan.
JamboinEdinburgh
A. Trialist
We have a good team in place from a coaching perspective. To take us to third in our first year back in the league after demotion which was covid induced was impressive.
Mighten will get plenty of games, and a supportive (sometimes demanding) fan base to usher him on.
Barrie McKay (is he a swear word on here?) joined us in early September last year and we’ve see him take his game to a new level due to the fact he’s been given lots of game time and a platform to perform.
It’s one that really excites me if I’m honest.
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Chief Eye Roller
I've always thought Mighten will make it when he gets a good solid run of games. In the past couple of years he's been in a halfway house with us. Too good to be loaned out but not fully matured to own a place in the side.
As for Barry McKay, well he's a proper fannie. His time here wasn't fruitful for either side. Technically good but not man enough for the Championship at that time. Last I looked he seemed to be falling down the English leagues so hopefully, he can make something of himself at Hearts.
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Grenville Morris
In the context of us being in the Championship, and having very little depth, yes.
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Chief Eye Roller
He didn't get sent out on loan last season because he was good enough to be around the squad and on the bench.
He was used 23 times in approx 35 games he was available.
When required, he came on and he did a job.
As Steve Cooper said last season...
And reiterated just one month ago
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Grenville Morris
Sure, but that doesn’t mean he was too good to be loaned out.
In reality we didn’t have the squad depth.
Coops is bigging him up as is his way but at the same time admitting that maybe how he was handled wasn’t in the best interests of his development.
I don’t really mind, but I’m trying to be objective and I’ve felt for the last couple of years that a loan would do him good and might provide that impetus to get him to the next level
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Chief Eye Roller
It doesn't really need explaining again, it's all about the context.
Haych
John Robertson
Mighten is better than McKay on the basis that he isn’t a fanny.
Yoghurt Slice
First Team Squad
Very highly skilled winger/forward who has very very high potential if he has good decision making coached into him. Off the ball he tends to drift into space that his teammates don't quite read, and he ends up getting frustrated. I thik he's a smart lad and will figure it out but definitely needs the right coaching in a system that plays to his strengths i.e. getting him to run onto the ball in the final third and beat defenders, consistently, in a trajectory that will actualy take him into an area where he can do the damage he's capable of.
I believe if these things come, he'll be a very capable playmaker and goalscorer, possibly at prem level. But definitely needs a season on loan where he gets starts
I believe if these things come, he'll be a very capable playmaker and goalscorer, possibly at prem level. But definitely needs a season on loan where he gets starts
Master Yates
John Robertson
Mighten has elite level potential, but due to his size and the way he plays, it could still go either way.
Plenty of small, dribbly wingers looked like world-beaters as kids but never stepped up. It’s really important that when he does go on loan, he plays games and makes progress.
If he has a good loan at Hearts, a step up to the Dutch or Portuguese league would be a good finishing school for him next year.
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Plenty of small, dribbly wingers looked like world-beaters as kids but never stepped up. It’s really important that when he does go on loan, he plays games and makes progress.
If he has a good loan at Hearts, a step up to the Dutch or Portuguese league would be a good finishing school for him next year.
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Grenville Morris
Agree with this and much of what has been said above.
I guess my main point is the biggest risk for a talent like Alex is to assume its just going to happen because he is so talented. It doesn't work by osmosis and although his age is often brought up in mitigation, there are several players that have been through our first team and made tangible progression in the last few years who are younger. I actually think its the number of seasons you have spent in that first team environment not age these days that dictates expectation (same for Soh).
So whilst I have no doubt he will have a career as a professional football I think what hangs in the balance is at what level and for this player particularly we need to look at whats best for him this year not necessarily the club-after all we have a big squad now and if necessary going out and spending 3-6M on a decent Championship winger hardly seems a big deal if that's whats needed to get Alex out somewhere else...
mister
First Team Squad
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Grenville Morris
Point taken-what I meant was they were younger than he is now when playing at first team level-Brennan, Neco, even Biancone.
Not meant as any sort of insult to Alex just that in the modern game and particularly under Steve Cooper, age isn't an issue, or indeed an excuse...
Omar Devone Little
Mr Realistic
Yeah if at 20 you haven't really ever played regularly then I think you need to take stock of your career and make some tough choices.
I fully expect Mighten to go out on loan and play regularly, probably in League One which I think is absolutely fine. It will probably suit him well. And who knows he may end being good enough for this level but I'm not sure he'll play in the PL for us.
I fully expect Mighten to go out on loan and play regularly, probably in League One which I think is absolutely fine. It will probably suit him well. And who knows he may end being good enough for this level but I'm not sure he'll play in the PL for us.
Ashley
Steve Chettle
Sheffield Wednesday interested in taking him on loan:
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
Would appear to be a better arrangement for us and Alex in my opinion.
Ashley
Steve Chettle
Close by, similar sized club and likely to challenge for promotion. Reckon it'd be a great move for him.
BryanRoy22
Ian Bowyer
Would also be playing under a manager I really like. Darren Moore.
Comes across like a great bloke and always gets the most out of his teams. I think that would be the perfect move for Mighten.
Comes across like a great bloke and always gets the most out of his teams. I think that would be the perfect move for Mighten.
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Grenville Morris
Do people think theres any advantage to a young player going on loan closer to home?
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Grenville Morris
Depends on the player and how much they depend on their home environment tbh
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Chief Eye Roller
Advantage to who and for what?