Summer 2022 Transfer Window

[Torry Tosser]

42 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Hladky transfer fee talks ongoing according to their local media.

 

Also in talks with Akin Alkan.

[redone]

14 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

If it was the McInnes era we wouldnt move on he'd be joining on loan in 2023 

......and we'd qualify for Europe.

[Tord31]

7 minutes ago, Dave Bus said:

You’re right, the wage agreed will probably be similar to what we offered. They get circa 10k average attendance so slightly less than. Better exposure with a mid table eredivisie team to be honest though. Reckon it would’ve been a tight call for the lad overall, could’ve gone either way.

It was probably enough to swing it that another Odd player was going to Sparta this summer

[zeroisgod76]

40 minutes ago, Broken_Glass said:

Oh....wait. I see what you tried to do there...

 

Insignificant previous prick.

So i'm just insignificant now, but previously a prick? I'll take that ??

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

19 minutes ago, Torry Tosser said:

Also in talks with Akin Alkan.

Impressive stats for Akin Alkan last season. Played 31 matches in the second tier of Turkish football. 0 goals (conceded??), but no assists. 

[Betty Swallicks]

3 hours ago, Dave Bus said:

Wouldn’t imagine Sparta Rotterdam could offer more wages than us, smaller club as well. Guess Rotterdam is a cooler city. Rreckon we would’ve pulled out once it became evident we were getting miovski , leaving lauritsen with only one option.

I presume it was one or the other for us since both cost a fair fee. Once Miovski signed I presumed we walked away.

If Ramirez is staying we're ok for forwards now imo, if he's away then another (cheaper) forward will likely come in. 

 

[StandFree1982]

2 hours ago, RabidGiraffe said:

Woods is the only player I haven't noticed in any of the pre-season training pics and clips.

Going by the training kits Gallagher has been bumped from squad number 5 > 20.  Watkins from 7 > 15

Opposition struggled to notice him between the sticks either, boy was invisible. 

[StandFree1982]

21 minutes ago, redone said:

......and we'd qualify for Europe.

Wouldn't be so sure about that. Results prior to him being sacked were appalling, and we scored 1 goal in 2 months or something daft. 

[perthshirered]

2 hours ago, DandyDonside said:

Won't be any signings before Monday. Enjoy your weekend lads. I am Jose Mourinho.

No you aren't. 

[thurso]

15 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said:

Wouldn't be so sure about that. Results prior to him being sacked were appalling, and we scored 1 goal in 2 months or something daft. 

We still qualified for Europe tho 

[thurso]

46 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

31 tbf isn't particularly old for a 'keeper, look at how old the Edinburgh clubs' 'keepers are. He's more than 3 years younger than Lewis and ideally we can move Lewis on as I don't think he'll take too kindly to be second choice. Then we could look at bringing in a younger back up, although Tom Ritchie does seem to be very highly rated, he'd probably be better off going out on loan this season to get himself some first team experience.

Even joe Lewis is younger than both Edinburgh goalies. 

I just feel if we are going to sign a goalie it should be a good younger goalie mid to late 20s. Hladky is barely 3 years younger than Lewis so we will probably have the same problem in 2 years time. Might as well go with joe than sign someone else and put Ritchie in in a year or so since he’s so highly thought of. I’d even be inclined to give Ritchie a game in the league cup groups to see how he gets on 

[Zorba]

Hladky is a decent keeper but don't think he's an improvement on Lewis, much and such the same. Not against the signing and £100k to sign a player capable of challenging Lewis seems a good enough deal considering the money we just took in. Do you think if Lewis was at Ipswich, he would be No 2? Also, a St Mirren fan I know says that Jak Alnwick was a better all-round keeper than Hladky. We desperately need to replace Woods though, was a weird signing.

[RabidGiraffe]

Zander Clark wanted by Stoke apparently.

[RabidGiraffe]

3 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Hladky is a decent keeper but don't think he's an improvement on Lewis, much and such the same. Not against the signing and £100k to sign a player capable of challenging Lewis seems a good enough deal considering the money we just took in. Do you think if Lewis was at Ipswich, he would be No 2? Also, a St Mirren fan I know says that Jak Alnwick was a better all-round keeper than Hladky. We desperately need to replace Woods though, was a weird signing.

Woods was the definition of lazy recruitment

[DandyDon80]

13 minutes ago, thurso said:

We still qualified for Europe tho 

I am a big fan of Mcinnes but we never actually qualified for Europe, just the qualifying rounds. I honestly think that Goodwins achievements will surpass Mcinnes if he is given time. 

[Tord31]

9 minutes ago, RabidGiraffe said:

Woods was the definition of lazy recruitment

Did we not find him at a minutes notice when Cerny got a career ender? So that was probably well played by the recruitment team. Extending his contract not once but twice is the bit that is a massive fuck up

[thurso]

9 minutes ago, DandyDon80 said:

I am a big fan of Mcinnes but we never actually qualified for Europe, just the qualifying rounds. I honestly think that Goodwins achievements will surpass Mcinnes if he is given time. 

I thought playing a team from a different country meant you were playing in Europe to qualify for Europe you have to do well in your own country. 

Maybe I’m just old and remember that as the way it was

 

[DandyDon80]

1 minute ago, thurso said:

I thought playing a team from a different country meant you were playing in Europe to qualify for Europe you have to do well in your own country. 
 

 

Yes, you are right. We were playing in Europe but still never qualified is what I meant.

[Zeus]

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[redone]

54 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said:

Wouldn't be so sure about that. Results prior to him being sacked were appalling, and we scored 1 goal in 2 months or something daft. 

And yet we still qualified for Europe 

[redone]

24 minutes ago, DandyDon80 said:

I am a big fan of Mcinnes but we never actually qualified for Europe, just the qualifying rounds. I honestly think that Goodwins achievements will surpass Mcinnes if he is given time. 

So all these games against teams from foreign countries the length and breadth of Continental Europe were just pre-season friendlies then.

Strange that the SPFL allow the teams who ,presumably, elect to play these friendlies to bypass the group stages of the League Cup. Seems a bit unfair. 

[DandyDon80]

3 minutes ago, redone said:

So all these games against teams from foreign countries the length and breadth of Continental Europe were just pre-season friendlies then.

Strange that the SPFL allow the teams who ,presumably, elect to play these friendlies to bypass the group stages of the League Cup. Seems a bit unfair. 

I know we finished in a league position which would allow us to qualify for the competition but we never made it to the knock out stages under Mcinnes. We came close on a few occasions but didn't get there. But yes, you could argue that we qualified for Europe 

[minijc]

25 minutes ago, Zeus said:

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Just checked the weather, fine day the morn, indeed. 

[Dad]

25 minutes ago, Zeus said:

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'I must buy better clothing'

[Zeus]

Lips are sealed 

[Bournemouth Gee]

Yeah it's been too long without a signing 

[ullevi]

52 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Did we not find him at a minutes notice when Cerny got a career ender? So that was probably well played by the recruitment team. Extending his contract not once but twice is the bit that is a massive fuck up

Oldham were on the bones of there arse and they needed rid of a few players asap, we needed a keeper and we got Woods pretty cheap, he was seen as a reliable enough 2nd choice keeper, I suppose he served a purpose as a cheap alternative that was never needed really.

[shinniesta1]

I imagine a younger and longer term solution to the goalkeeper position would be something we look at some point in the next few season, but it's not urgent when Hladky should last several seasons.

Tom Ritchie could be that.

[Ten Caat]

1 hour ago, thurso said:

Even joe Lewis is younger than both Edinburgh goalies. 

I just feel if we are going to sign a goalie it should be a good younger goalie mid to late 20s. Hladky is barely 3 years younger than Lewis so we will probably have the same problem in 2 years time. Might as well go with joe than sign someone else and put Ritchie in in a year or so since he’s so highly thought of. I’d even be inclined to give Ritchie a game in the league cup groups to see how he gets on 

I wouldn't be too averse to that at all. 

But overall think he'd be best to go out and get some first team experience ideally at SFL1 level or maybe Norn Irn Premiership so he gets toughened up. I'm still not convinced he'd be ready to take over as number 1 next season but continue his progress and in 2 years he should be ready to step up. Of course in the interim we'd need to get him tied up on a long term contract to safeguard against him fucking off either cheaply or free.

As others have said, I'm not overly convinced that Hladky would be a massive upgrade on Lewis but I think overall he shades it ability wise and at least isn't a liability with he ball at his feet like Joe is. There's a chance of saving ourselves a bit of cash by bringing him in and trying to offload Lewis, but even if Joe decided to sit out the remaining 2 years of his contract at worst they'd surely push one another to ensure whoever has the jersey is motivated to perform at their best in order to keep it.

[Andy_123]

Is Ritchie not just back from some sort of serious injury?