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BBC News
2 days ago
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Findlay return & firepower - your transfer window priorities
We asked for your views on what Kilmarnock must do in the summer transfer what some of you said:Kenny: We desperately need some firepower up front and we need to hopefully get Stuart Findlay, Joe Wright and Fraser Murray re-signed! We struggled last season due to lack of signings, when Findlay was injured we let in goals like a sieve. Hopefully we get a couple of big signings We have a team full of ageing players where the most you will get out of them is a yearly contract. This is good for the players concerned but not the team. Findlay and Bruce Anderson will probably go. Bobby Wales and Innes Cameron have gone and we don't exactly have money available to buy decent players. We are in deep We could be looking at a major overhaul of the squad. A keeper, two full-backs and centre-backs to start with. The midfield might be okay but we'll need to replace Daniel Armstrong as well as Cameron and Wales. There are a few youngsters who might get a chance, Ben Brannan, Chris Burke and Archie Traynor for We need another goalkeeper, striker, creative midfielder and Findlay back, If nothing else we need to sign at least two strikers who are capable of scoring 15 to 25 goals apiece per season and two wingers capable of servicing them competently week in week out!Steven: The team needs a strong spine, a new goalkeeper, central defender, passing midfielder to partner David Watson and a goalscoring striker. The team should be built around Findlay! He is the first and main priority. We need additions all over the pitch, mixed with bringing through the youth but Findlay is the biggest addition that we can make. There are some names on the out-of-contract list that I'd keep but I think the squad needs freshening If we have 12 players out of contract I think it's time the manager starts showing the fans how he is going to replace them. I would make Findlay my first port of call before Hearts sign him up. Has been a rock in this defence. We also need to find a new dependable goalkeeper as with the loss of Kieran O'Hara, Robby McCrorie isn't up to being the number one. Building the team round Watson would be the best as it show our academy is producing talented kids who can start in the first team.
BBC News
21-05-2025
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Is Findlay return crucial for next Killie boss?
In a summer that will now be marked by change in the dugout, is the new Kilmarnock manager's most pressing task luring Stuart Findlay back to Rugby Park once again?The Scotland cap has just completed his second consecutive season on loan from Oxford United, the third club he has moved to Killie from, with one permanent move in there too. He's a fans' favourite, no doubt about Oxford deal has a year left, meaning they may seek to cash in this summer. Be it a permanent switch or another loan move, being able to call upon him would be a vital step in guiding Killie back into top-six contention and not the doom and gloom of another relegation defender's season was interrupted by an injury that forced him to miss a sizeable chunk of the campaign, but he returned in recent weeks to help pull the club away from the mire at the foot of the McInnes, his manager for all but one game this season, was keen to highlight the importance of the 29-year-old after the crucial win over Dundee that guaranteed top-flight safety. Findlay's influence on this Killie side is perhaps more important now than any other member of the reports suggest McInnes may try and take the centre-back with him to Hearts. Findlay, though, has a clear affection for Killie."There's no doubt having Stuart Findlay back has been massive for us," McInnes said, praising the defender."That ability for a centre-half to make people round about them better is a dying art, because so many boys now just want to play their own game and look after themselves, but he does it in such a quiet, effective way."The next Killie manager - whoever he may be - will have plenty to contend with next season. Keeping Findlay at the heart of the defence would ease many a concern.
BBC News
17-05-2025
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'McInnes wants Shankland and Findlay deals'
Incoming Hearts boss Derek McInnes wants to take Stuart Findlay with him from Kilmarnock, where the 29-year-old centre-half has spent two seasons on loan from Oxford United. (Daily Record), externalAstana have admitted defeat in their attempt to sign Kazakhstan winger Islam Chesnokov from Tobol, with sports director Kaisar Bekenov saying the 25-year-old is "very close" to a transfer to Hearts. (Scottish Sun), externalDerek McInnes will make securing Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland on a new deal his priority when the manager moves from Kilmarnock, with the Scotland striker out of contract this summer. (Daily Record), externalRead Saturday's Scottish Gossip in full.
BBC News
17-05-2025
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'McInnes wants to take Findlay with him to Hearts'
Incoming Heart of Midlothian boss Derek McInnes wants to take Stuart Findlay with him from Kilmarnock, where the 29-year-old centre-half has spent two seasons on loan from Oxford United. (Daily Record), externalKilmarnock striker Bobby Wales has passed his medical with Swansea City and is in the process of finalising terms on a four-year contract that will net the Scottish Premiership club around £300,000 in training compensation for the 19-year-old. (Daily Record), externalRead Saturday's Scottish Gossip in full.
BBC News
11-05-2025
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'You can't buy that' - McInnes hails Findlay's impact
Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes hailed the influence of Stuart Findlay after the 3-2 win over Dundee on Saturday secured their Scottish Premiership 29-year-old defender, on loan from Oxford, returned to action at the end of March having been out since last November with severe ligament his return to the side, Killie have won four out of six matches, the last three of which have been victories that have kept them away from the relegation play-off spot."There's no doubt having Stuart Findlay back has been massive for us," McInnes said."He doesn't always catch the eye, and he's not exactly dribbling out and making chances and all the rest of it, but he's such a calming influence."That ability for a centre-half to make people round about them better is a dying art, because so many boys now just what to play their own game and look after themselves, but he does it in such a quiet effective way."It was Robbie Deas' best performance of the season, maybe the best performance in a Killie shirt, he was outstanding."Stuart makes him better, he makes [Corrie] Ndaba better, he makes [Lewis] Mayo better. And you can't buy that. That is worth so much."
