CityCentre Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 minute ago, True_Don said: MCInnes saying Hoban and Mcrorie brought in to cover expected McKenna departure....jeezo...Hoban injury prone and McCrorie is best used centre mid... Need a CB replacement asap! I saw that, very disturbing to say the least. One is a midfielder and the other one is out of contract in three months and can sign for anyone now. If we don't replace him with a competent centre-back our season could descend into farce. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Yeah so Hoban gets injured (fair chance) we have probably one of our most promising midfielders in years getting wasted at CH. otherwise we have Hoban/Considine & one of Devlin or Taylor as other main CH. Oh ma fkn heid ? Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 How Aberdeen would that be? Lets buy a good player, let you all see how good a player he is, how he totally transforms how we play, and then play him somewhere else, just cos. 1 Link to comment
Reed or deed Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Millertime said: Aberdeenrowie? Scott Mckenna. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 50 minutes ago, CityCentre said: I saw that, very disturbing to say the least. One is a midfielder and the other one is out of contract in three months and can sign for anyone now. If we don't replace him with a competent centre-back our season could descend into farce. I keep coming back to Findlay. He's now got 9 months left on his contract at Killie, he's left sided so would be a like for like replacement and he's been involved with the Scotland set-up quite recently. Problem is...Killie would likely want (a pure guess) around £400-500k to let him go.....maybe even a touch more as they know that we have just pulled in £3million for McKenna. In normal times, I'm sure Cormack would authorise this immediately, given that we would be roughly £2.5million up on the deal, and Findlay's wages would at worst be the same level as McKenna. But covid has fucked up our finances, we've already brought in players essentially on the never never so it isn't going to happen for now. What we do know is that Devlin, Taylor and Considine are all out of contract next summer. And Hoban of course in January. I'm sure we will take up the year's option on Consi. Taylor might have got an extension but yesterday's performance will have ensured that it won't happen now...McInnes and Cormack know the fans would be in revolt if he did. Devlin is gone as well. So there's 3 centre-backs now needing replaced. Hoban might well get an extension and on form he definitely should. But he's a big risk for obvious reasons. And if he continues his good form up here, an EFL 1 club in the south east of England could become interested...they'd be able to pay him the same as we can but he wouldn't have to uproot his young family 500 miles north. I think he appreciates what we have done for him rehab wise so on balance we probably are in pole position for his services. But we still need at minimum one more central defender. So Findlay on a pre-contract in January seems the obvious choice. Killie might want a fee in rather than lose him for nothing, but by then his value I'd imagine is down to about £150k or so. And at that point lower level English Championship clubs or top end EFL1 clubs might well think he's a virtual no risk investment. I just hope we are all over his agent right now letting him know of our interest. Link to comment
perthshirered Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 58 minutes ago, strachanmcgheegoal said: Sorry, worded that badly and I take your point re the Celtic final. I was really meaning in terms of immediate cash impact. Get to the groups and pocket £3m minimum and potentially affect the coefficient which makes it that much easier to repeat. Beat Celtic in the final and will we continue to go toe to toe with the cheeks? Or will we just lose half our victorious squad and be back to scratch again (and still be third). The Sociedad game wasn't even a play off, they got bent over in the next round by Kuban Krasnodar. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 27 minutes ago, Ten Caat said: I keep coming back to Findlay. He's now got 9 months left on his contract at Killie, he's left sided so would be a like for like replacement and he's been involved with the Scotland set-up quite recently. Problem is...Killie would likely want (a pure guess) around £400-500k to let him go.....maybe even a touch more as they know that we have just pulled in £3million for McKenna. In normal times, I'm sure Cormack would authorise this immediately, given that we would be roughly £2.5million up on the deal, and Findlay's wages would at worst be the same level as McKenna. But covid has fucked up our finances, we've already brought in players essentially on the never never so it isn't going to happen for now. What we do know is that Devlin, Taylor and Considine are all out of contract next summer. And Hoban of course in January. I'm sure we will take up the year's option on Consi. Taylor might have got an extension but yesterday's performance will have ensured that it won't happen now...McInnes and Cormack know the fans would be in revolt if he did. Devlin is gone as well. So there's 3 centre-backs now needing replaced. Hoban might well get an extension and on form he definitely should. But he's a big risk for obvious reasons. And if he continues his good form up here, an EFL 1 club in the south east of England could become interested...they'd be able to pay him the same as we can but he wouldn't have to uproot his young family 500 miles north. I think he appreciates what we have done for him rehab wise so on balance we probably are in pole position for his services. But we still need at minimum one more central defender. So Findlay on a pre-contract in January seems the obvious choice. Killie might want a fee in rather than lose him for nothing, but by then his value I'd imagine is down to about £150k or so. And at that point lower level English Championship clubs or top end EFL1 clubs might well think he's a virtual no risk investment. I just hope we are all over his agent right now letting him know of our interest. We would certainly not be paying a chunky fee this window but a wee £175k Kenny McLean type deal on deadline day might not be impossible if McInnes can make a case. I think its more likely a loan Oct-Jan and ready to pounce on someone in January. We should be getting Tommie Hoban extended by 18 months in the October break if he shows up well in the next three. Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I'd like to think Hoban will stay with us for another year or so to get his career back on track. He's not obliged, or owes us anything, but would be nice for him to stick around after we've been good to him in the last year or so. Taylor being hooked at HT was pretty telling. It's not often a CB get's hooked at HT unless he's either injured or had a nightmare, and I don't think he was injured. Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Tord31 said: We would certainly not be paying a chunky fee this window but a wee £175k Kenny McLean type deal on deadline day might not be impossible if McInnes can make a case. I think its more likely a loan Oct-Jan and ready to pounce on someone in January. We should be getting Tommie Hoban extended by 18 months in the October break if he shows up well in the next three. We cannot be relying on Devlin or Taylor replacing McKenna. McInnes may have to try & sweet talk Cormack in to signing a good replacement (even if it’s a season long loan) unless he wants a promising start to fritter away due to games like yesterday. Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, Tord31 said: We would certainly not be paying a chunky fee this window but a wee £175k Kenny McLean type deal on deadline day might not be impossible if McInnes can make a case. I think its more likely a loan Oct-Jan and ready to pounce on someone in January. We should be getting Tommie Hoban extended by 18 months in the October break if he shows up well in the next three. Maybe a loan with a commitment to buy similar to McCrorie Link to comment
Ohjimmyjimmy Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Horrible piece of business to knock back Villa last year. The club have probably done as much as they can to maximise the deal after the cunt showed his hand with the transfer request last year. Fuck sake. Link to comment
Cults_Sheep Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said: I'd like to think Hoban will stay with us for another year or so to get his career back on track. He's not obliged, or owes us anything, but would be nice for him to stick around after we've been good to him in the last year or so. Taylor being hooked at HT was pretty telling. It's not often a CB get's hooked at HT unless he's either injured or had a nightmare, and I don't think he was injured. I would say he owes us a wee bit considering we've provided his rehab and training for free whilst he was injured. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Even if Hoban stays for the entirety of this season that would be a start. We're going to be completely rebuilding our defence next summer as the only defender with a guaranteed contract beyond then is Hernandez. We're going to need 6 or 7 new defenders..... Scary stuff Link to comment
redstrummer Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: Even if Hoban stays for the entirety of this season that would be a start. We're going to be completely rebuilding our defence next summer as the only defender with a guaranteed contract beyond then is Hernandez. We're going to need 6 or 7 new defenders..... Scary stuff With that in mind Findlay and Leigh would be good start now Link to comment
afc1903mad Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, Ohjimmyjimmy said: Horrible piece of business to knock back Villa last year. The club have probably done as much as they can to maximise the deal after the cunt showed his hand with the transfer request last year. Fuck sake. I think everyone understood the call at the time. McInnes apparently warned Steve Bruce against a last minute bid, yet it was still left till the last minute. Nobody predicted that Covid would happen let alone forsee the impact to clubs. Incidentally, it was 2 years ago that we received a bid from Villa Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, redstrummer said: With that in mind Findlay and Leigh would be good start now Aye an imminent bid for Findlay if affordable would be a good plan. Or at the very least getting him signed up for next season. Link to comment
shooftahmooftah Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, Ohjimmyjimmy said: Horrible piece of business to knock back Villa last year. The club have probably done as much as they can to maximise the deal after the cunt showed his hand with the transfer request last year. Fuck sake. They all must be suffering from brain damage, bunch of idiots. 1 Link to comment
shooftahmooftah Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: Aye an imminent bid for Findlay if affordable would be a good plan. Or at the very least getting him signed up for next season. Mcinnes would probably sign Findlay currie and he’s been dead for years. 2 Link to comment
afc_blockhead Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, shooftahmooftah said: They all must be suffering from brain damage, bunch of idiots. You would certainly recognise someone suffering from brain damage you fucking simpleton Link to comment
starryfish Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Ten Caat said: I keep coming back to Findlay. He's now got 9 months left on his contract at Killie, he's left sided so would be a like for like replacement and he's been involved with the Scotland set-up quite recently. Problem is...Killie would likely want (a pure guess) around £400-500k to let him go.....maybe even a touch more as they know that we have just pulled in £3million for McKenna. In normal times, I'm sure Cormack would authorise this immediately, given that we would be roughly £2.5million up on the deal, and Findlay's wages would at worst be the same level as McKenna. But covid has fucked up our finances, we've already brought in players essentially on the never never so it isn't going to happen for now. What we do know is that Devlin, Taylor and Considine are all out of contract next summer. And Hoban of course in January. I'm sure we will take up the year's option on Consi. Taylor might have got an extension but yesterday's performance will have ensured that it won't happen now...McInnes and Cormack know the fans would be in revolt if he did. Devlin is gone as well. So there's 3 centre-backs now needing replaced. Hoban might well get an extension and on form he definitely should. But he's a big risk for obvious reasons. And if he continues his good form up here, an EFL 1 club in the south east of England could become interested...they'd be able to pay him the same as we can but he wouldn't have to uproot his young family 500 miles north. I think he appreciates what we have done for him rehab wise so on balance we probably are in pole position for his services. But we still need at minimum one more central defender. So Findlay on a pre-contract in January seems the obvious choice. Killie might want a fee in rather than lose him for nothing, but by then his value I'd imagine is down to about £150k or so. And at that point lower level English Championship clubs or top end EFL1 clubs might well think he's a virtual no risk investment. I just hope we are all over his agent right now letting him know of our interest. I wouldn’t be writing Taylor off after yesterday. He had a poor match amongst others but he has proven fairly recently to be a competent Aberdeen player and perhaps him playing alongside Hoban could bring him on a bit again. 2 2 Link to comment
Zander1903 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Surely Forrest have a surplus to demand CB they can loan us for the rest of the season as part of the deal Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 This has got a loan move for Jack Hendry written all over it Link to comment
perthshirered Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, starryfish said: I wouldn’t be writing Taylor off after yesterday. He had a poor match amongst others but he has proven fairly recently to be a competent Aberdeen player and perhaps him playing alongside Hoban could bring him on a bit again. He is far from competent. A good display by him is defined by him not gifting a goal to the opposition. Fuck ups and howlers are expected of him by most. Even when he is perceived to be playing well he launches simple passes straight out the park and he is the master of going up for a headed clearance and mistiming so badly it veers off at 90 degrees in the other direction. If we are seriously intending on seeing out the rest of the season with what we have then serious questions need asking. 1 Link to comment
shooftahmooftah Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 55 minutes ago, afc_blockhead said: You would certainly recognise someone suffering from brain damage you fucking simpleton I certainly recognise your name BLOCKHEAD. Num Nuts. I think you may be a brain damaged director. 1 Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, starryfish said: I wouldn’t be writing Taylor off after yesterday. He had a poor match amongst others but he has proven fairly recently to be a competent Aberdeen player and perhaps him playing alongside Hoban could bring him on a bit again. ? Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Taylor's inadequacies are there for us all to see. But I'd rather play with Taylor at centre back with McCrorie in midfield than McCrorie at centre back with Ojo in midfield. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: Taylor's inadequacies are there for us all to see. But I'd rather play with Taylor at centre back with McCrorie in midfield than McCrorie at centre back with Ojo in midfield. Like saying ‘I’d prefer to step in dog shit than cow shit’ Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, fine-n-dandy said: Like saying ‘I’d prefer to step in dog shit than cow shit’ McCrorie out of position plus Ojo in midfield is worse than both Taylor and McCrorie playing in their proper positions I'd say. McCrorie drives the team forward much like Shinnie did giving the defence a bit of time and space. Ojo pulls the midfield deeper putting pressure on the defence. 1 Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 minute ago, aberdeen1970 said: McCrorie out of position plus Ojo in midfield is worse than both Taylor and McCrorie playing in their proper positions I'd say. McCrorie drives the team forward much like Shinnie did giving the defence a bit of time and space. Ojo pulls the midfield deeper putting pressure on the defence. Both options are shit but I hate the idea of Taylor pulling on the shirt again. Never ever seen a defender in that guy. He ‘looks’ like he could be a CH until he starts playing. He’s dangerous in opposition box sometimes & that had some folk completely blinkered to his actual skills in defence. He’s a fkn cart horse in defence 1 Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 42 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: This has got a loan move for Jack Hendry written all over it He's already on a season's loan at KV Oostende. Pay attention! Link to comment
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