Summer 2021

[North_Andy_Dandy]

They’ve said they’ll only add quality to the squad so hopefully that rules out Hendry. But I wouldn’t mind signing a young striker with potential for a small fee but it looks like our focus is on the short term by the business we’ve done already. 

[Scotty_Toronto]

On 7/2/2021 at 4:31 PM, BonnieDon said:

As mentioned elsewhere, Hibs have offered 250k for Jamie McCart of St Johnstone. A 24 year old left sided centre back.

Personally think we should be going in with a bid ourselves.

On 7/2/2021 at 4:35 PM, aberdeen1970 said:

Aye its a no brainer 

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Hibernian face stiff competition to sign St Johnstone defender Jamie McCart, with Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley all keen on the 24-year-old, along with Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.

[Zander1903]

4 hours ago, ThomohawkKid said:

Watkins can cover any of the front 4 positions. I’d take him happily on a 2 year deal. 

^^ this

played good with him in the team last season, marley( my dogs name), wright (prick) & hedges made us watchable for  a change

maybe could have scored more but the link up play brought others into the game, no surprise the decline started with his injury

[Don_Corleone]

44 minutes ago, Zander1903 said:

^^ this

played good with him in the team last season, marley( my dogs name), wright (prick) & hedges made us watchable for  a change

maybe could have scored more but the link up play brought others into the game, no surprise the decline started with his injury

Yup, if we'd kept those 3 fit (and at the club) all season I think it would have been a completely different story.

[fine-n-dandy]

10 hours ago, RED_JOHN said:

Hopefully with Stephen Glass running the show during this preseason Funso Ojo and Matt Kennedy look like totally different players from what we normally witness when out on the pitch. Both need huge confidence installed into them.

I would also hope that Joe Lewis and Andrew Considine have a big improvement on their ability to concentrate and stay focused but in all honesty I don’t think they are upto it. 

 

 

I have very little faith that there is any kind of player good enough for Aberdeen in Kennedy, maybe a very slim chance that Ojo could get a chance if he improved but not much faith there either tbh

5 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Given that Glass & Co had fuck all to do with the loan signing of Hendry, I don’t see him returning. 

If there is dough left in the kitty, I’d like to see a young up coming front player signed, a “project” signing if you will. Surely with Russell’s contacts, he could source such a player.

I wouldn’t have been averse to the return of Watkins but that ship has sailed now, with the signing of JET and Ramirez,

 

4 hours ago, North_Andy_Dandy said:

They’ve said they’ll only add quality to the squad so hopefully that rules out Hendry. But I wouldn’t mind signing a young striker with potential for a small fee but it looks like our focus is on the short term by the business we’ve done already. 

Glass has categorically stated he will not sign players as ‘gambles’ which also contradicts the earlier chat from him & Cormack. They are focused on old ‘pros’ which also contradicts his not signing ‘gambles’ as they can easily be injured &/or turn out to be cart horses 

[Laichomoray]

1 hour ago, Don_Corleone said:

Yup, if we'd kept those 3 fit (and at the club) all season I think it would have been a completely different story.

And it might have been enough to keep McInnes in a job,though I think it was as much a lucky coincedence of players,as it was McInnes inspiration.

  Happy to have Watkins back if available/affordable

[thurso]

5 hours ago, North_Andy_Dandy said:

They’ve said they’ll only add quality to the squad so hopefully that rules out Hendry. But I wouldn’t mind signing a young striker with potential for a small fee but it looks like our focus is on the short term by the business we’ve done already. 

Instead of signing a young striker with potential why not just give young ruth a chance as back up 

[thurso]

33 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said:

I have very little faith that there is any kind of player good enough for Aberdeen in Kennedy, maybe a very slim chance that Ojo could get a chance if he improved but not much faith there either tbh

When the team played good with Watkins up front with Wright and hedges behind him I thought Kennedy was good in the wingback role and hayes on the other side. I’d hope he could get back to that kinda form. Ojo on the other hand I thought was pretty crap throughout 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

20 minutes ago, thurso said:

Instead of signing a young striker with potential why not just give young ruth a chance as back up 

Nah.

He needs to be playing regular football to progress. 

Best to loan him out & bring in a 3rd striker IMO. 

[North_Andy_Dandy]

13 minutes ago, thurso said:

Instead of signing a young striker with potential why not just give young ruth a chance as back up 

I’d be open to given Ruth some game time but my thinking was someone from an academy down south. It all could change once this new chief scout gets announced he may have some players on a shortlist we could target straight away. 

[RED_JOHN]

25 minutes ago, North_Andy_Dandy said:

It all could change once this new chief scout gets announced he may have some players on a shortlist we could target straight away. 

One thing is for certain…Cormack hasn’t exactly financially backed Glass as such so far. We have signed up some new players but certainly not enough so far. We are certainly spending less than what I hoped for but he still (Cormack) has time to prove me wrong.

[super_al]

I think the plan has been to sign established players in the short term to get us through the Euro ties and allow us time to source the head of recruitment. Once that position is filled I suspect we will see signings more akin to what we expect. 

[North_Andy_Dandy]

13 minutes ago, RED_JOHN said:

One thing is for certain…Cormack hasn’t exactly financially backed Glass as such so far. We have signed up some new players but certainly not enough so far. We are certainly spending less than what I hoped for but he still (Cormack) has time to prove me wrong.

I’d say he has been backed to a degree but not as fully as we were all hoping for. I can only assume that Cormack is hoping to see fans back in the ground and money coming into the club before he starts opening his wallet again. Hopefully this and if we can get into the group stages in Europe will see some money spent on quality players but that would be nearer the end of the window.

[RED_JOHN]

I really hope Cormack does back Glass better and genuinely makes us a real threat to the league title never mind the cups. His statement about winning will need to be backed financially. Don’t hold back Dave….all the money spent on training facilities etc will mean nothing if the goods on the pitch aren’t strong enough to be serious contenders. 

[thurso]

3 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Nah.

He needs to be playing regular football to progress. 

Best to loan him out & bring in a 3rd striker IMO. 

The 3rd striker should be a loan then as if not when Ruth comes back from his loan he would be 4th choice further down the pecking order 

[Ten Caat]

4 hours ago, super_al said:

I think the plan has been to sign established players in the short term to get us through the Euro ties and allow us time to source the head of recruitment. Once that position is filled I suspect we will see signings more akin to what we expect. 

Bit risky if that is what we are doing to sign only one centre half when you have released  two and (as far as we know) retained one who is always injured on a 6 month contract. And having never replaced McKenna from almost a year ago. Hacken are no mugs.

[maryhilldon]

I think we need a striker,  a winger and 2 CDs. 

[Redmist1903]

11 hours ago, North_Andy_Dandy said:

get into the group stages in Europe will see some money spent on quality players but that would be nearer the end of the window.

So no money being spent on players then

[slippers]

52 minutes ago, Redmist1903 said:

So no money being spent on players then

Very Celtic esk mentality which has served them well this past 3-4 seasons in CL qualification...

 

where as rangers speculated and it’s unfortunately massively paid off! 

[RED_JOHN]

I think Dave Cormack has realised he won’t sell the season tickets he wants because the Aberdeen apathy is hard to remove.

The only way is through big investment in the team and having a squad that genuinely looks like they will win things. 
There is only a certain amount of sympathy fans they can take advantage of….the rest of us want an exciting team that looks like it means business before we decide to purchase a season ticket.

 

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

3 hours ago, slippers said:

Very Celtic esk mentality which has served them well this past 3-4 seasons in CL qualification...

 

where as rangers speculated and it’s unfortunately massively paid off! 

Aye but Rangers can speculate and if they fail they just go bust and start again. Few years touring the lower leagues then come up, speculate, win the league again all while the Dons do fuck all

[RED_JOHN]

The current squad is similar to a builder that makes the statement that he will build the best house in the street….he purchases quality tools and equipment to do the job but doesn’t buy the materials to make it a reality. 

[The Gee Man]

1 hour ago, RED_JOHN said:

The current squad is similar to a builder that makes the statement that he will build the best house in the street….he purchases quality tools and equipment to do the job but doesn’t buy the materials to make it a reality. 

Yawn ? 

[Guest]

100% need another striker, a winger and a centre half. 
 

Probs end up getting 2 out of 3.

[Tord31]

1 minute ago, ConsiCanBoogie1903 said:

100% need another striker, a winger and a centre half. 
 

Probs end up getting 2 out of 3.

We should have plenty capacity to get these in even if they have to loans subsidised by parent clubs.

Even if we've bust or almost bust the budget we should manage to raise something by loaning out a few players before too long. Even with 9 subs we have too many central midfielders for the bench. If Mackenzie plays a lot at left back (e.g. Hayes doesn't play 50% or more) then we have a lot of wingers too with Kennedy, McLennan, Hedges, McGinn and Hayes plus JET will pick up some minutes in midfield like Glass used Kamberi in three of the games.

So I'd say, presuming we keep Ferguson that probably two of Campbell, McGeouch, Ojo and Virtanen can move out, and one of Kennedy and McLennan.

That's before including youngsters like Ethan Ross, Ruth (Falkrik bid obviously), Barron etc.

So we should have plenty capacity to bring in another 4 in the next 8 weeks.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

We should have plenty capacity to get these in even if they have to loans subsidised by parent clubs.

 

Hopefully, Tord!

[dazzy_deff]

9 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

We should have plenty capacity to get these in even if they have to loans subsidised by parent clubs.

Even if we've bust or almost bust the budget we should manage to raise something by loaning out a few players before too long. Even with 9 subs we have too many central midfielders for the bench. If Mackenzie plays a lot at left back (e.g. Hayes doesn't play 50% or more) then we have a lot of wingers too with Kennedy, McLennan, Hedges, McGinn and Hayes plus JET will pick up some minutes in midfield like Glass used Kamberi in three of the games.

So I'd say, presuming we keep Ferguson that probably two of Campbell, McGeouch, Ojo and Virtanen can move out, and one of Kennedy and McLennan.

That's before including youngsters like Ethan Ross, Ruth (Falkrik bid obviously), Barron etc.

So we should have plenty capacity to bring in another 4 in the next 8 weeks.

Ethan Ross is long gone. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

10 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

We should have plenty capacity to get these in even if they have to loans subsidised by parent clubs.

Even if we've bust or almost bust the budget we should manage to raise something by loaning out a few players before too long. Even with 9 subs we have too many central midfielders for the bench. If Mackenzie plays a lot at left back (e.g. Hayes doesn't play 50% or more) then we have a lot of wingers too with Kennedy, McLennan, Hedges, McGinn and Hayes plus JET will pick up some minutes in midfield like Glass used Kamberi in three of the games.

So I'd say, presuming we keep Ferguson that probably two of Campbell, McGeouch, Ojo and Virtanen can move out, and one of Kennedy and McLennan.

That's before including youngsters like Ethan Ross, Ruth (Falkrik bid obviously), Barron etc.

So we should have plenty capacity to bring in another 4 in the next 8 weeks.

Head of Recruitment incoming too remember.

Potentially holding off until he’s in the door. 

The fact he tried & failed to get Clark Robertson means he knows we need another centre half.

He’s dropped a big hint that he’ll be chapping Steven Gunn’s door for another striker.

Time yet. 

[slippers]

3 hours ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said:

Aye but Rangers can speculate and if they fail they just go bust and start again. Few years touring the lower leagues then come up, speculate, win the league again all while the Dons do fuck all

I think the speculation will come once we have a higher value of squad. I’m sure they have data on what they think the squad is valued at but if we can double/treble that value we will speculate more, probably the right way to go about it but will take that bit longer. Biggest gripe in that is the value of basically all the player we have signed is very little as majority are over 30. 

[Tord31]

24 minutes ago, dazzy_deff said:

Ethan Ross is long gone. 

ok thats more dosh back in the pot then.