Summer 2021

[aberdeen1970]

6 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said:

You took time to read & reply ?? melt

Aye at half time 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

1 hour ago, fine-n-dandy said:

  I know which of the two I’d prefer we signed. Cormack is a fkn useless cunt. Snake oil selling charlatan.

of all his signings so far, only Gurr has a very outside chance of being the type he promised we were looking at signing. All rest are the type of signings made by Gretna ffs. Aged high wage earning fantasy football type shite with no long term plan.

Fuck me, I think you’d rather we lost, just so you could say “I told you so”. 

FFS we won 5-1 - enjoy it. 

[redstrummer]

its clear we need another striker and a CH if only to cover for injuries and suspensions 

[stevew8863]

Great team effort tonight from a fresh looking side with a better approach than I have seen for years. Players looking happy knowing which direction it takes to score a goal instead of passing all the way back to our ‘playmaker’ Lewis to punt the ball. All very encouraging. And YES this team needed shored up quickly with old heads as last season I never want to see again. The signings all looked good and improved the side but maybe need another striker yet. CR9 looks like he knows how to play as a 9 with good hold up play and got in the 6 yd box to get his goal. All very encouraging so get behind your team stop talking shite and hopefully see an improved team this year.

[ThomohawkKid]

Here, Ojo was very good. It’s happening. The second coming of funso ? Ojo. 
 

Big ✈️ as well btw. First class.

 

Jeez even McLennan stepped up wae a beautiful goal after being a write off by many. 
 

Very positive night, but yeah a CB n Striker yet for me and hopefully maintain those standards!! 

[stevew8863]

Yes a lot of positive energy from Ojo tonight he looked tidy, hope that was not a knock he went off with.

[Tord31]

If Glass wants to play with two strikers then he'll be struggling to pretend we dont need one or even two more

[Zeus]

Chris Mueller ?

We've Connor McLennan smashing in worldies against top European opposition. ?‍♂️

[WesthillWanderersFC]

27 minutes ago, stevew8863 said:

Yes a lot of positive energy from Ojo tonight he looked tidy, hope that was not a knock he went off with.

He was injured. Looked like he was holding his calf. 
Fair play, he played well bearing in mind he was in an unfamiliar position for him. 

[BonnieDon]

St Mirren have rejected Wigan's bid of 300k for Jamie McGrath. 

Cormack commenting at halftime that we are still looking to sign a player or two.

Ferguson will have drawn further attention after yesterdays performance.

If Ferguson is sold for say 3-4 million is it unrealistic of us to reinvest some of that to sign McGrath and/or Jason Kerr?

[ThomohawkKid]

No, you’d hope at least half Ferguson’s fee can be reinvested. Add an extra mill on every game he plays like last night.

[Tord31]

2 hours ago, BonnieDon said:

St Mirren have rejected Wigan's bid of 300k for Jamie McGrath. 

Cormack commenting at halftime that we are still looking to sign a player or two.

Ferguson will have drawn further attention after yesterdays performance.

If Ferguson is sold for say 3-4 million is it unrealistic of us to reinvest some of that to sign McGrath and/or Jason Kerr?

I think McGrath will leave St Mirren before Ferguson leaves Aberdeen. Does that mean we are ruled out? Possibly.

[Tord31]

11 hours ago, Tord31 said:

If Glass wants to play with two strikers then he'll be struggling to pretend we dont need one or even two more

Coming back to this. I think having watched last night that really the third striker needs to be of a higher quality than I was previously expecting/accepting. It's not a squad player we need a decent third striker in this squad as the dynamic will completely change if JET or Ramirez are missing for a month.

 

[King Street Loon]

Just read the last few pages of this thread. 

What a load of bed wetting going on from a few posters.

It's the 23rd July, window closes 31st August. Plenty time still to do business. 

[DD1903]

18 minutes ago, King Street Loon said:

Just read the last few pages of this thread. 

What a load of bed wetting going on from a few posters.

It's the 23rd July, window closes 31st August. Plenty time still to do business. 

It never fails to amaze...

[sooth_stander]

2 hours ago, Tord31 said:

Coming back to this. I think having watched last night that really the third striker needs to be of a higher quality than I was previously expecting/accepting. It's not a squad player we need a decent third striker in this squad as the dynamic will completely change if JET or Ramirez are missing for a month.

 

Not even convinced JET is an out and out striker. Clearly very skillfull but wants to play the game at walking pace, and moreso outside the box. Making the signing of another striker even more imperative 

[aberdeen1970]

5 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Not even convinced JET is an out and out striker. Clearly very skillfull but wants to play the game at walking pace, and moreso outside the box. Making the signing of another striker even more imperative 

He's never been a conventional centre forward apart from latterly with Livingston. 

 

 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

39 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Not even convinced JET is an out and out striker. Clearly very skillfull but wants to play the game at walking pace, and moreso outside the box. Making the signing of another striker even more imperative 

I’d he could run, he’d be at a higher level than the Dons.

Has everything else, strength, passing, skill, just not very mobile & will struggle to last 90 minutes.

He was excellent for 65-70 last night then faded. 

 

[Tord31]

40 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Not even convinced JET is an out and out striker. Clearly very skillfull but wants to play the game at walking pace, and moreso outside the box. Making the signing of another striker even more imperative 

 

34 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

He's never been a conventional centre forward apart from latterly with Livingston. 

 

 

Yes he's definitely going to pick up a lot of minutes deeper and even midfield. Even if it was not our intention it'll happen naturally because that is what his game is about.

A third striker will pick up loads of minutes so it's an important part of the squad.

After seeing McCrorie last night I think he is going to wing it and go with Gallagher, Consi, Devlin and McCrorie for CB options until 1st January. About two less than we've been used to McInnes going with.

So it's only a winger and a striker we are looking for...

[super_al]

How good is the boy Hibs have signed?

[Henry]

10 minutes ago, super_al said:

How good is the boy Hibs have signed?

He's got the crossing ability of Beckham, the dribbling ability of Garrincha, the heart of a lion, and an 8" piece as well.

What a player ?

[starryfish]

Cormack did say at half time on Red Tv last night that they are still working on deals to be done by the end of August. The emphasis, he said, would be on quality.

[Dave Bus]

Seen that st mirrens asking price for McGrath is 500k. Surely just get that deal done. Another striker(backup) and centre back (to allow McCrorie to play where ojo did last night) would complete the squad as well. 

[Dave Bus]

Punt Kennedy and Ruth , both not good enough. Also send Dean Campbell for a loan spell with Dundee or something, needs to play every week.

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, Dave Bus said:

Seen that st mirrens asking price for McGrath is 500k. Surely just get that deal done. Another striker(backup) and centre back (to allow McCrorie to play where ojo did last night) would complete the squad as well. 

You'd be better playing McGrath where Ojo was 

[fine-n-dandy]

18 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Aye at half time 

When I wrote it also ?

[fine-n-dandy]

2 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Not even convinced JET is an out and out striker. Clearly very skillfull but wants to play the game at walking pace, and moreso outside the box. Making the signing of another striker even more imperative 

100%. We need another striker. 

44 minutes ago, Dave Bus said:

Seen that st mirrens asking price for McGrath is 500k. Surely just get that deal done. Another striker(backup) and centre back (to allow McCrorie to play where ojo did last night) would complete the squad as well. 

Got to be worth the risk/investment. We should be getting it done before season gets going properly as he may start season well & create more interest from teams we cannot compete with financially. 
 

Maybe try & offload Kennedy to St Mirren as part of the deal.

 

Provided they don’t push the fee up too much more if we throw in Kennedy 

[The Gee Man]

Not going for McGrath now is why we toil getting real money into the club! I know we don’t have the finances to do this type of deal too often but, 1 every 2 season should be the goal, pick up at 500k develop the player and sell for £3+ million and repeat. Real scouting is needed to get us back up challenging for every honour going 

[RED_JOHN]

6 hours ago, King Street Loon said:

Just read the last few pages of this thread. 

What a load of bed wetting going on from a few posters.

It's the 23rd July, window closes 31st August. Plenty time still to do business. 

I was just thinking that myself and some ought to be reminded we won 5-1 last night without all these players we supposedly need. 
 

[The Gee Man]

1 hour ago, Millertime said:

What?

When?