Confirmed: Alan Tate On Loan

[Geoff_Tipps]

Swansea defender possible loan? Anyone know of any truth on the matter?

[buchanskii]

Meh.

 

31, Centre Back and hasn't played a lot of games lately due to injuries. Oh well, In McInnes we trust.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

Versatile and loyal defender who played a key role in my champ man game in about 2006!! For this reason sign him up - I have to thank him

[Scotty1990]

Also former swansea captain a few seasons back, mature head and would hopefully bring experiance into the dressing room and onto the pitch, hopefully the next rumour is about a swoop for a new striker.

[Mikeyboy1903]

Brilliant loan signing if he can keep fit..............

[NorthernLights24]

Versatile and loyal defender who played a key role in my champ man game in about 2006!! For this reason sign him up - I have to thank him

 

I found my faith in basing opinions of signings on FM/CM games was forever destroyed by Thorarinn Kristjansson.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

 

I found my faith in basing opinions of signings on FM/CM games was forever destroyed by Thorarinn Kristjansson.

 

And as for Mark Kerr.......

[Mr Brightside]

Whilst we're on the subject, the following players have no clubs:

 

Julius Agahowa

Amr Zaki

Freddy Adu

Adriano

David Bentley

Cherno Samba

Any of them would be great banter!!

 

I agree that if Tate is fit and can get upto match fitness quickly then he could be a great signing, lots of experience and I remember seeing him play really well for Swansea a couple of seasons ago in the championship.

[Tord31]

This lad has signed. Thread can come out of rumours.

 

On paper a very intriguing signing. Vastly experienced

[K-9]

Seems homework done on this one and deal done early. Makes a brilliant change from we will wait til end of month when squads down south take shape and see what we can do.

[King Street Loon]

Decent loan signing.

Can play anywhere across the back.

Prodiminantly a right sided defender.

 

So we'll say bye to Hector and hi to Tate at Killie.

[The Oxford Don]

Intriguing signing although I'm not entirely sure why we need a former Scotland and Lions outside-centre, who also played rugby league.

[paddy]

confirmed

 

http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20140103/defender-tate-joins-dons-on-loan_2212158_3602376

[StandFree1982]

Decent loan signing.

Can play anywhere across the back.

Prodiminantly a right sided defender.

 

So we'll say bye to Hector and hi to Tate at Killie.

Going by redweb, it doesn't sound like we've totally given up on Hector coming back.

 

"I've made no secret of the fact that, even if Michael does come back, we are pretty short in terms of cover in that department, and I'm delighted to bring in someone with Alan's experience"

[dj_bollocks]

So maybe we can move the thread then...

[Mikeyboy1903]

Have heard that this guy could be a possible replacement for Anderson when he "retires"

[a don in oz]

*groan*

 

 

 

"While Alan is predominantly a centre back, he can also play at full back if required, and he'll go straight into the squad for Sunday."

 

There you go. The centre back who CAN play at full back... yep. Oh well. Hope he's ok. Maybe with experience he'll be better cover at full back than Hector was.

[a don in oz]

On the upside, McInnes has obviously been doing his homework to get ahead of the game to be able to bring out this signing so early in the window.

[StandFree1982]

I'd rather have Tate playing LB / RB than Magennis or Clark.

 

What's happened to Clark? I thought he was meant to be on the mend, but he's not featured at all (i think he was playing for the U20s though??). It's unlikely Clark would get anywhere near our midfield with the players we have at the moment.

[StandFree1982]

On the upside, McInnes has obviously been doing his homework to get ahead of the game to be able to bring out this signing so early in the window.

He's doing what any proper manager should be doing. Something we've missed over the last good number of years. It's amazing how doing the little things, the things you are hired to do, can make such a big difference to a team.

[Parklife]

 

What's happened to Clark?

He's just shite at fitbaw. Would rather give a kid a game than that clown.

[spamspamspam]

Know absolutely nothing about this geezer but looks like he has a good background and has played at a decent level so should be able to handle the SPFL.

 

Unfortunately I'd say this means Hector aint expected back, if he was they would've taken this guy on a month with the option to extend at the end of it.

 

Hard to get excited when you know nothing about a player but hopefully he'll fit in quickly and stay fit. Looks decent on paper anyhoo.

[a don in oz]

Spam3: McInnes made the point in his presser that getting Tate was going to happen whether or not Hector is staying, so he wanted extra cover.

 

So maybe if Hector is confirmed as not coming back he's got a second one up his sleeve.

[Monkey]

Was a suggestion, I think on Twitter, that Hector could be back on the 31st if not sold during the window.

 

Also I see that Tate has played right across the back 4 and also played in goals at points. If can stay healthy will be a good addition.

[tommo1903]

Good.

 

We are a full back, a striker and a goalkeeper away from winning the league

[boboisared]

Know absolutely nothing about this geezer but looks like he has a good background and has played at a decent level so should be able to handle the SPFL.

 

Unfortunately I'd say this means Hector aint expected back, if he was they would've taken this guy on a month with the option to extend at the end of it.

 

Hard to get excited when you know nothing about a player but hopefully he'll fit in quickly and stay fit. Looks decent on paper anyhoo.

From what I've heard Hector is desperate to stay.

[tommo1903]

If we keep Hector we will have 5 centre halfs capable of playing full back (Reynolds, Considine, Hector, Shaughnessey & Tate) but no actual full back thats made more than a handful of starts.

 

As I've already stated due to having superior tactical knowledge, the system we are playing allows for us to have a narrow back 4.

 

Still think we need a full back if we need to change our tactics throughout a game for whatever reason.

[a don in oz]

From what I've heard Hector is desperate to stay.

 

I've seen a few people say this... yet

 

 

 

“If I get a chance to play at Reading then that would be great for me,” he said.

“To play for them is obviously my goal so we’ll see what happens in January.

“Playing for the first team is the reason I’ve been going out on loan. That’s why I’ve been trying to get so much experience. It’s getting to the stage now where it’s really close. It’s just about getting that breakthrough.”

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/michael-hector-wants-return-reading-6375049

[StandFree1982]

Good.

 

We are a full back, a striker and a goalkeeper away from winning the league

Josh Magennis?

[Huntlysheep]

Well done McInnes, a good piece of business. Amuse shows how the small things like tying up a player on the 3rd day of the window makes a difference in the grand scheme of things!