Ross Stewart

[Suhari]

Frustrating if he moves on, after the support we've given him... he's a very capable striker (when fit).

What would we need to spend to bring in someone equivalent?

[St Chalet]

6 minutes ago, Suhari said:

Frustrating if he moves on, after the support we've given him... he's a very capable striker (when fit).

What would we need to spend to bring in someone equivalent?

The irony is. We’d pay a greater transfer fee rather than a sign-on fee for Ross. 

[Themotherfunky]

After the kind of talent the club has brought in this season, I don't doubt we'll find a replacement for him.

 It's baited breath every time he goes down. He's one serious knock away from another season out, and with the upcoming season being essentially a last throw of the dice for promotion (before the parachute payments dry up at least) can we afford to nurse him through another season, or have him on the physios bench for months at a time? 

Don't get me wrong, I've been rooting for him to stay fit, and was delighted he got picked to go to the WC. But as a club we need to be ruthless now, if we're to go up. 

[Suhari]

26 minutes ago, St Chalet said:

The irony is. We’d pay a greater transfer fee rather than a sign-on fee for Ross. 

Exactly.

[LegalEagle]

He owes us. We stood by him for a long time when he couldn’t play. It would be poor on his part to simply fuck off at the first opportunity. He doesn’t strike me as being like that. 

[St Chalet]

3 minutes ago, LegalEagle said:

He owes us. We stood by him for a long time when he couldn’t play. It would be poor on his part to simply fuck off at the first opportunity. He doesn’t strike me as being like that. 

He doesn’t owe us. It’s business. If he pops a knee in the next couple of weeks we won’t be signing a deal. He will lose everything and his agents will lose 10%!of what they could have earnt. 
 

With Larin signing the risk for us is much less than his as of June 6th 2026. 
 

[CSA96]

1 hour ago, St Chalet said:

He doesn’t owe us. It’s business. If he pops a knee in the next couple of weeks we won’t be signing a deal. He will lose everything and his agents will lose 10%!of what they could have earnt. 
 

With Larin signing the risk for us is much less than his as of June 6th 2026. 
 

He also got injured while working for us, then had a bunch of connected injuries, which players often lay at their rehab. We've rushed/pushed him too much a couple of times too

It's just business. He is nearly 30 and this is gonna be his last 'big' contract, he needs to get it right and he needs to get some security for himself too

[CB Fry]

I don’t really see where he would go that would be better than what we'd offer. Unless he wants to move back to Scotland and always dreamed of playing for Celtic/Rangers (who won't pay more than us).

Would be amazed if he ended up at a Prem team. I'm not sure who that leaves. He's not going to leave us to join, say, Burnley surely?

 

Honestly he is a huge injury risk so he's not down as a must-sign priority for me. I know they cocked up with Downs but I trust SR to get a replacement if needed.

[Scoobysaint]

6 hours ago, LegalEagle said:

He owes us. We stood by him for a long time when he couldn’t play. It would be poor on his part to simply fuck off at the first opportunity. He doesn’t strike me as being like that. 

He’s our employee. We bought him while injured. You can’t sack a footballer because they are injured. He owes us nothing and is perfectly entitled to look for a final bumper deal as he enters his thirties. I hope he stays but understand if he chooses not to. If we wanted him that badly we should have activated the clause earlier.