Brendan Kiernan

Winger signs on loan from Walsall

https://gtfc.co.uk/kiernan-sig.....OvJ4yKD1ob7mmzKe9qjQ

Quoted from blundellpork

Winger signs on loan from Walsall

https://gtfc.co.uk/kiernan-sig.....OvJ4yKD1ob7mmzKe9qjQ

I’m a bit dubious of this one. Walsall, who are presumably fancied to struggle this season, happy to let someone come to a division rival. Hmmm….

Anyway, Hurst’s no mug, so fingers crossed this one works out.

Feels like a bit of a squad filler

Some Walsall fans said he's good, fast, and always goves 100% - sounds like a typical Hurst signing
Just doesn't work with Flynn's formation, and wasn't signed by him

Sounds good. If he doesn't fit in with their new manager and we are paying his wage or a good portion of it you can see why he's been allowed to come here. Even though I'm not a fan of a 6 month loan as it seems to go a bit against what we've be doing,  I will trust hurst on this as it purely could be a tactical/squad player type signing due to the 5 subs.

Spoke to my Harrogate town fan/ friend . Great player , likes to take players on , great attitude , better as a striker than a winger !

He's got raw pace. Something we haven't got in the squad and probably didn't have last season either. A great option to unsettle defences and an out ball over the top if required..

What I'm finding quite interesting is that league 2 clubs are willing to let their players go out to rival and fellow division clubs. In previous seasons this would have been avoided but khan joining from Orient and now Kiernan from Walsall shows how happy clubs are just to free up some wage budget for potentially a new player. Looking at Brendan's history he's scored goals every club he's played at. Looks quick, direct and an upgrade on Sousa, plus has till January to prove himself and maybe put himself in the shop window.
So no brainer for me. Hopefully plays really well and we snap him up on a perm in the next window. Either way hopefully help put us in a strong position come Christmas.
Good luck and  welcome to the Mariners

With it being a shorter loan could it be that Khan's injury is a little more serious than initially thought?

Sounds like he has every attribute you’d want in a winger. Pace, directness, good crosser and will track back. The natural pessimist in me therefore wonders what’s the catch, wouldn’t he be at a higher level than L2 if he has all that. Maybe he’s inconsistent and has games or periods in games where he goes missing.

Or, the ever increasing bullish part of my intellect, says it’s cos we’re shopping at Sainsbury’s (not quite Waitrose yet) and not Aldi or Lidl, or even by this stage in most transfer windows we’ve been at a food bank! Even though we’re signing players close to the start of the season, they’ve got clubs and have good reputations. Think it’s the case with this lad as well as Khan, Morris maybe Orsi as well where they’ve come off the back of issues/question marks at other clubs whether it be through injury, change in management, even attitude issues but if it clicks and Hursty gets a tune out of them (as he has done before) they’ll look a cut above at L2.