The Mckenna Dilemma

[Henry]

Flipping right.

[V for Vendetta]

Would love to see the club operate a real buy to sell policy but they just don't have the people at the club needed to do that.

 

It can't be done by the manager- needs a proper scouting department and head of scouting/director of football or whatever to focus on that angle leaving the manager to get on with the other stuff.

 

Also needs some very good senior management within the club and not sure Fraser for example is really that type.

 

Lastly of course needs the "seed" money to get started..

[PondHopper]

Would love to see the club operate a real buy to sell policy but they just don't have the people at the club needed to do that.

It can't be done by the manager- needs a proper scouting department and head of scouting/director of football or whatever to focus on that angle leaving the manager to get on with the other stuff.

Also needs some very good senior management within the club and not sure Fraser for example is really that type.

Lastly of course needs the "seed" money to get started..

Mckenna is your seed. No answers for the rest

[Arabian Knight]

rest eh it wis generic wishy washy paintin by numbers shyte cunts who read tae much english sports press n git idea aboot wi a gade structure shid be..lazy obvious shyte spoutet by itk hingers oan in boozers n forums acros the land

[V for Vendetta]

Mckenna is your seed. No answers for the rest

Yep, most likely.

 

I just described it that way because with the sort of wealthy people we have involved at the club they could actually loan the seed money and recoup it in year 3/4/5 as we sell some players.

[Proud Dandy]

Would love to see the club operate a real buy to sell policy but they just don't have the people at the club needed to do that.

 

It can't be done by the manager- needs a proper scouting department and head of scouting/director of football or whatever to focus on that angle leaving the manager to get on with the other stuff.

 

Also needs some very good senior management within the club and not sure Fraser for example is really that type.

 

Lastly of course needs the "seed" money to get started..

It’s a really difficult business model to get right though at our level. Celtic can play these guys in the Champions league for a couple of seasons and an English club will be willing to pay a premium after seeing that player deliver at a higher level than the SPFL. Anyone will value a player more if they can perform well under more pressure.

 

Few players outside the old firm go for more than £1m (excluding home grown players with talent clubs like us would struggle to attract if they were playing elsewhere), so signing someone for a decent amount would be a big gamble.

 

With the lure of a massive pay rise elsewhere, we would also really struggle to extend a good young players’ contract after paying for them. McLean is a good example, we paid money to secure him, yet as soon as he fulfilled his potential it made sense for him to let his contract run down and triple his money in England.

 

For that reason I think we need to pay a fee that we can at least determine was worth paying to secure a good player for the contract length.

[PondHopper]

It’s a really difficult business model to get right though at our level. Celtic can play these guys in the Champions league for a couple of seasons and an English club will be willing to pay a premium after seeing that player deliver at a higher level than the SPFL. Anyone will value a player more if they can perform well under more pressure.

Few players outside the old firm go for more than £1m (excluding home grown players with talent clubs like us would struggle to attract if they were playing elsewhere), so signing someone for a decent amount would be a big gamble.

With the lure of a massive pay rise elsewhere, we would also really struggle to extend a good young players’ contract after paying for them. McLean is a good example, we paid money to secure him, yet as soon as he fulfilled his potential it made sense for him to let his contract run down and triple his money in England.

For that reason I think we need to pay a fee that we can at least determine was worth paying to secure a good player for the contract length.

Aberdeen actually has a nice platform too to showcase players. Getting past Burnley in leg 2 would help sell.

[G31DON]

I don't like the concept of selling him to Celtic and then going out and acting like you are going to compete with them. I feel like the wolves make a ton more sense if they liked what they saw. Above a poster mentioned celtic liked to buy for a few million and sell for a profit. I sure wish aberdeen would take on that flipping business model with young prospects from Latin America and Africa. But back on topic pls sell the kid down south.

 

 

 

Should have signed Khalid Aucho.

 

Aberdeen actually has a nice platform too to showcase players. Getting past Burnley in leg 2 would help sell.

 

We've already lost that match, unfortunately.

[The_Next_Legend]

Some lad Chris Mepham is under a 15mill bid from Bournemouth at the moment. 

 

He is 21, Welsh and plays for Brentford, has 4 international caps, has made 34 first team appearances.

 

Scott McKenna is pretty much exactly a year older, has 8 international caps, 50 apps for Aberdeen with another 33 while on loan.

 

This should be the template for us looking to get money for our prized assets - fair enough an english to english transfer is always going to rake in more money but we should be looking double figures in the millions at least.

[StandFree1982]

Some lad Chris Mepham is under a 15mill bid from Bournemouth at the moment. 

 

He is 21, Welsh and plays for Brentford, has 4 international caps, has made 34 first team appearances.

 

Scott McKenna is pretty much exactly a year older, has 8 international caps, 50 apps for Aberdeen with another 33 while on loan.

 

This should be the template for us looking to get money for our prized assets - fair enough an english to english transfer is always going to rake in more money but we should be looking double figures in the millions at least.

 

The difference is that they tend to inflate transfer fees between English sides. When it comes to buying from Scotland, they will usually star incredibly low and throw in some Haggis banter to sweeten the deal.  

[Parklife]

Some English lad from Brentford also has the premium of being classed as "Homegrown", which EPL clubs must have a certain number of when naming their 25 man squad.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Blogger PMG touting Mckenna to sellick for Hayes plus money.

 

No chance of that happening (I hope).

 

Much better to keep developing McKenna, and seek to insert a sell-on clause when selling him to some english mob later.

[RedForever]

Blogger PMG touting Mckenna to sellick for Hayes plus money.

 

No chance of that happening (I hope).

 

Much better to keep developing McKenna, and seek to insert a sell-on clause when selling him to some english mob later.

 

Rumours starting again that Villa may come back for him

[PondHopper]

Good. Villa makes more sense.

[boboisared]

Blogger PMG touting Mckenna to sellick for Hayes plus money.

 

No chance of that happening (I hope).

 

Much better to keep developing McKenna, and seek to insert a sell-on clause when selling him to some english mob later.

Which he nicked from the Celticblog. Which made a cunt of itself yesterday.

[BWG]

Folk who read that mongs blog are just as bad as he is at this point.  The guy got lucky once when a rumour he heard about the huns dying turned out to be true and he's been dining out on it ever since.

[G31DON]

 

Keep him for a summer blockbuster instead of selling now.

[G31DON]

So good I posted it twice.

[boboisared]

Folk who read that mongs blog are just as bad as he is at this point.  The guy got lucky once when a rumour he heard about the huns dying turned out to be true and he's been dining out on it ever since.

I dunno, the comments section are always a laugh.

 

Developing story.

[Ten Caat]

Anyone got a link to his blog? Sounds like a hoot

[fine-n-dandy]

Some lad Chris Mepham is under a 15mill bid from Bournemouth at the moment. [/size]

 

He is 21, Welsh and plays for Brentford, has 4 international caps, has made 34 first team appearances.[/size]

 

Scott McKenna is pretty much exactly a year older, has 8 international caps, 50 apps for Aberdeen with another 33 while on loan.[/size]

 

This should be the template for us looking to get money for our prized assets - fair enough an english to english transfer is always going to rake in more money but we should be looking double figures in the millions at least.

McKenna has also captained his country & had a couple of MotM games for his country.

You are correct in saying we should be aiming for & expecting DOUBLE figures in the £m's for him plus sell on of 20/25%

[dave_min]

So good I posted it twice.

Think you deleted the wrong post

[G31DON]

Think you deleted the wrong post

 

Thought you were keen on piss poor jokes?

[boboisared]

Do you really need to capitalise words for extra emphasis?

Really?

 

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[dave_min]

Really?

 

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[fine-n-dandy]

Do you really need to capitalise words for extra emphasis?

NO I don't really NEED to but it DOES help SOMETIMES

 

 

ya fkn IDIOT.

 

 

 

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[Reliablesource]

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[Chester Don]

i would keep an eye on Sothampton sniffing around McKenna

[Ten Caat]

i would keep an eye on Sothampton sniffing around McKenna

 

Bit pervy them doing that. You could always report their antics anonymously to Grampian Plod