Hagi's pubic hair Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 18 minutes ago, thurso said: I’d rather swap ojo for McGrath Fair point Link to comment
Kiriakov33 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 It would make sense that if Blackburn have cooled their interest in Hedges then it would also stall any chance of Mcgrath heading north this month. Hopefully still get him on pre contract though. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 As I said about a month back, Blackburn have a decent shot at promotion to the EPL. Whilst Hedges would be a useful player for them in the Championship, he'd be a waste of space in the higher division so can totally understand why they might be holding off making any sort of commitment on him. Nevertheless McGrath would only cost about £250k. Could be the difference between us making European football or not. It;s a fucking bad day if we can't afford to spend that amount without getting a fee in for someone else first 1 Link to comment
AyrshireSheep Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ten Caat said: As I said about a month back, Blackburn have a decent shot at promotion to the EPL. Whilst Hedges would be a useful player for them in the Championship, he'd be a waste of space in the higher division so can totally understand why they might be holding off making any sort of commitment on him. Nevertheless McGrath would only cost about £250k. Could be the difference between us making European football or not. It;s a fucking bad day if we can't afford to spend that amount without getting a fee in for someone else first Especially when we "bid" 500k for Boyle in the summer and haven't spent that money anywhere else... Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ten Caat said: It;s a fucking bad day if we can't afford to spend that amount without getting a fee in for someone else first Aye I agree. Surely we can free up a wee bit now when we're likely to sell Ferguson and Ramsay for decent dosh sooner rather than later. Makes the summer window twice as bad if we're hamstrung in January after blowing all the cash on punts. 1 Link to comment
Bournemouth Gee Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Putting the incontinence sheet on the bed Link to comment
North_Andy_Dandy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Just now, AyrshireSheep said: Especially when we "bid" 500k for Boyle in the summer and haven't spent that money anywhere else... Did we spend some of that money on Bates? The club could be better financed after the next couple of home games. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, Ten Caat said: As I said about a month back, Blackburn have a decent shot at promotion to the EPL. Whilst Hedges would be a useful player for them in the Championship, he'd be a waste of space in the higher division so can totally understand why they might be holding off making any sort of commitment on him. Nevertheless McGrath would only cost about £250k. Could be the difference between us making European football or not. It;s a fucking bad day if we can't afford to spend that amount without getting a fee in for someone else first 12 minutes ago, AyrshireSheep said: Especially when we "bid" 500k for Boyle in the summer and haven't spent that money anywhere else... If Utd can pay a fee for Watt & we can’t for McGrath it’s pretty sad. My feeling is that because of the amount of cash Glass spunked on utter dross in summer, Cormack has hidden the chequebook Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, Ten Caat said: As I said about a month back, Blackburn have a decent shot at promotion to the EPL. Whilst Hedges would be a useful player for them in the Championship, he'd be a waste of space in the higher division so can totally understand why they might be holding off making any sort of commitment on him. Nevertheless McGrath would only cost about £250k. Could be the difference between us making European football or not. It;s a fucking bad day if we can't afford to spend that amount without getting a fee in for someone else first Hedges is not good enough for the top of the English Championship. And I agree. Get the money spent. We’ll make a multiple of it in the summer by selling just one player. Stop fucking about. Link to comment
RedRichard Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 what we do in the next two weeks will reveal how serious we are about European group stage football. our squad is pretty small taking into account likely injuries... 1 Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Just now, WesthillWanderersFC said: Hedges is not good enough for the top of the English Championship. And I agree. Get the money spent. We’ll make a multiple of it in the summer by selling just one player. Stop fucking about. Hedges (on form) is perfectly able for top of championship/lower EPL. Fkn sick of this massive over exaggerated belief in quality of Guffy game. Hedges is a Welsh (fringe) international & there are some pretty decent players keeping him out. He would have been in their squad last year if not for injuries if not very close. Plenty worse players than Hedges in championship/lower EPL 1 Link to comment
AyrshireSheep Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 38 minutes ago, North_Andy_Dandy said: Did we spend some of that money on Bates? The club could be better financed after the next couple of home games. I don't know if we paid a fee for Bates. If we did then it's pretty poor business considering he had essentially been banished from Hamburg and told he was never going to play and wasn't even allowed to train with the 1st team. £350k or whatever St Mirren want is probably the prize money difference for finishing 2 places higher in the league. If we are serious about wanting European football and trying to qualify for the groups then it's money we should be able to spend. After all Cormack's words when Glass was appointed was "spend thousands to make millions". Link to comment
Simosmashed my knee Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 hours ago, slippers said: I wouldn’t believe that 1. Going by Twitter he’s 1 of Huddersfield’s main men. Did the press conference for the game this weekend. You don’t do stuff like that if you are being shipped out. Fair shout slippers was just getting excited about a decent signing........ Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said: Hedges (on form) is perfectly able for top of championship/lower EPL. Fkn sick of this massive over exaggerated belief in quality of Guffy game. Hedges is a Welsh (fringe) international & there are some pretty decent players keeping him out. He would have been in their squad last year if not for injuries if not very close. Plenty worse players than Hedges in championship/lower EPL Lower EPL. LOL Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: Lower EPL. LOL Yes indeed. There are some utter shite (over paid shite) at many lower EPL teams. This delusional arrogance that the EPL (because they pay so much) is 100% packed full with ALL quality players is sad as fk. Hedges could quite easily be amongst plenty of them. 1 Link to comment
super_al Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 The Daily Hun is reporting that we have approached Saint Johnstone regarding offer Zander Clark a contract. 1 Link to comment
torry_battery_ram Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, super_al said: The Daily Hun is reporting that we have approached Saint Johnstone regarding offer Zander Clark a contract. A position we aren't in desperate need of strengthening at this present time. Would much rather see us try and sign some wingers, an attacking midfielder who can create and a second striker just in case Ramirez is crocked by a Hun hatchetman on Tuesday. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Ramsay best get his steel shin guards looked out because they will be after him Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said: Yes indeed. There are some utter shite (over paid shite) at many lower EPL teams. This delusional arrogance that the EPL (because they pay so much) is 100% packed full with ALL quality players is sad as fk. Hedges could quite easily be amongst plenty of them. Ok, I’ll bite. Where would Ryan Hedges play in the EPL? … Link to comment
RabidGiraffe Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, super_al said: The Daily Hun is reporting that we have approached Saint Johnstone regarding offer Zander Clark a contract. Apologies to link for smelly weegia: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/zander-clark-set-aberdeen-transfer-25952267 Same article says we "have tabled a strong bid" for McGrath and "are looking to bring in players with pace in the front areas" Link to comment
YorkDon Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 4 hours ago, shooftahmooftah said: That will be in 9 days time. ? Do you feel any twitches yet. ? Does it not close on the 31st Jan? Link to comment
ThomohawkKid Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: Ok, I’ll bite. Where would Ryan Hedges play in the EPL? … Hedges wouldn’t look out of place as a fringe player at say Norwich Burnley or Watford. Tbh is he any worse than say a Jacob Murphy at Newcastle? Link to comment
RabidGiraffe Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 21 minutes ago, torry_battery_ram said: A position we aren't in desperate need of strengthening at this present time. Would much rather see us try and sign some wingers, an attacking midfielder who can create and a second striker just in case Ramirez is crocked by a Hun hatchetman on Tuesday. Lewis is past his prime, quite happy to see a new No1 in place for next season. Clark on a pre-contract fits the bill. I'll be disappointed if we don't finish this window with a back-up striker for Ramirez and a first choice creative attacker/forward in the squad. 1 Link to comment
starryfish Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, ThomohawkKid said: Hedges wouldn’t look out of place as a fringe player at say Norwich Burnley or Watford. Tbh is he any worse than say a Jacob Murphy at Newcastle? 22 career goals in 8 seasons for Hedges at a lower level than EPL would suggest he’d struggle at that level Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 12 minutes ago, ThomohawkKid said: Hedges wouldn’t look out of place as a fringe player at say Norwich Burnley or Watford. Tbh is he any worse than say a Jacob Murphy at Newcastle? Yes. Link to comment
AyrshireSheep Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 45 minutes ago, RabidGiraffe said: Apologies to link for smelly weegia: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/zander-clark-set-aberdeen-transfer-25952267 Same article says we "have tabled a strong bid" for McGrath and "are looking to bring in players with pace in the front areas" I think the strong bid refers to the contract we have offered him. Could be wrong though. And the last line of "Aberdeen are looking to bring in players with pace to the front areas" reminds me of Cormack at the end of the last January window tweeting "we tried to get another attacking player with flair and pace but couldn't get it done". We'll get fed the same line this year when it fails to materialise. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, torry_battery_ram said: A position we aren't in desperate need of strengthening at this present time. Would much rather see us try and sign some wingers, an attacking midfielder who can create and a second striker just in case Ramirez is crocked by a Hun hatchetman on Tuesday. Your opinion matters not a jot though Neither does mine though I unsurprisingly totally disagree with you Somebody/people at the club have identified that we need a new goalkeeper. So presumably they are in agreement with me. Just because Lewis might not be the most pressing need to be replaced does not equate to the fact "other needs" have kicked that decision down the road for some time now and that we shouldn't do it. I dont care what the player is in any position. If there is someone better than the current incumbent then if it's possible for the club to get them onboard I want it to happen Link to comment
Millertime Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, RedRichard said: what we do in the next two weeks will reveal how serious we are about European group stage football. our squad is pretty small taking into account likely injuries... What? Our squad is massive Link to comment
Tommy Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 3 hours ago, fine-n-dandy said: Hedges (on form) is perfectly able for top of championship/lower EPL. ? Like fuck he is. The idea that we have offered stupid money for him to stay is crazy. 1 Link to comment
RabidGiraffe Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, AyrshireSheep said: I think the strong bid refers to the contract we have offered him. Could be wrong though. And the last line of "Aberdeen are looking to bring in players with pace to the front areas" reminds me of Cormack at the end of the last January window tweeting "we tried to get another attacking player with flair and pace but couldn't get it done". We'll get fed the same line this year when it fails to materialise. I would consider Clark on a pre-contract plus McGrath, a back-up striker for Ramirez (early 20s with potential to improve), and a first choice creative/attacking midfielder/winger of some sort in now as a reasonable window. 1 Link to comment
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