Summer 2022 Transfer Window

[thurso]

36 minutes ago, RabidGiraffe said:

I think we need two keepers of similar ability who can push each other.  Joe's best season was arguably when he had Neil Alexander competing for the first team jersey. 

When we had Cech as back up I didn't worry when Joe was injured because there was someone decent to step in.

We need another keeper at least as good as Joe is, preferable better.

Send Ritchie out on loan to gain experience and develop

No we don’t we just need one good competent keeper. Having another of similar ability is just a waste of the budget when one will never play. 

[Studebaker-90]

51 minutes ago, RabidGiraffe said:

I find some of you really hard to comprehend.  There's some posters in this place that if they all met in real life it's 50/50 it'd either end in a massive scrap or a gay orgy.

You’d like that wouldn’t you. Eh? EH! 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

 

[fine-n-dandy]

3 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

 

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[minijc]

Easy swap with Dunne that.

[fine-n-dandy]

4 minutes ago, minijc said:

Easy swap with Dunne that.

Bitter sweet. 
 

Hopefully not part of deal & we are after far better. Competent even 

[Zeus]

Straight swap for Hdlacky

[AyrshireSheep]

Scott Burns says St Mirren want Gallagher. So in other words St Mirren are in no way interested in Gallagher. 

[sooth_stander]

Another pay off, though, as Gallagher will be taking a huge hit on his wages.

How much has last summer’s fuck ups cost us?

[Hoppy]

Now shift McLennan 

[Helmet]

9 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Another pay off, though, as Gallagher will be taking a huge hit on his wages.

How much has last summer’s fuck ups cost us?

A lot, but the way things are going maybe it's costing Cormack more than anything.

[aberdeen1970]

11 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Another pay off, though, as Gallagher will be taking a huge hit on his wages.

How much has last summer’s fuck ups cost us?

Must be seven figures 

[Tord31]

The Dunne Gallagher swap is surely the shout. No fee involved and we just, unfortunately, have to pay the salary of both for this season

[WesthillWanderersFC]

19 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Another pay off, though, as Gallagher will be taking a huge hit on his wages.

How much has last summer’s fuck ups cost us?

About £2.5k per week difference maybe?   
Would he be on £5k per week with us, & maybe £2.5k-£3k per week at St Mirren 

The annual difference is £100k-£130k. 

[Guest milne_afc]

Gallagher is on one of the highest wages AFC have ever paid.

[Tord31]

2 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

Gallagher is on one of the highest wages AFC have ever paid.

WTAF. Shakes head.

[RabidGiraffe]

59 minutes ago, thurso said:

No we don’t we just need one good competent keeper. Having another of similar ability is just a waste of the budget when one will never play. 

You and I will just have to agree to disagree there.  You need at least two good players for every position because they will push each other to excel, plus we need to cover for suspensions and injuries.  A player who knows he has no competition knows he doesn't have to fight for his place. 

[aberdeen1970]

Seems a bit daft to intentionally scrimp to have a shite back up keeper if you can afford a better one. 

As others have said, the competition should improve general performance as well as reducing risk if your first choice loses form/gets injured/gets sent off and suspended. 

At least a decent back up will keep you competitive if he's called upon. 

[RabidGiraffe]

1 hour ago, Studebaker-90 said:

You’d like that wouldn’t you. Eh? EH! 

Ok, I've worked out which group you're in

[Sonoftherock]

13 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

Gallagher is on one of the highest wages AFC have ever paid.

@Ten Caat is this true?

[Broken_Glass]

Lewis is more than capable and for me still deserves to be number one. Any keeper playing behind that back line last year would have struggled. The hesitancy of the central pairing, the initial high pressing full backs Glass persisted with which left the defence hopelessly exposed and basic errors all left Lewis basically fucked. 

Get a settled back 4, a competent centre half pairing and Joe will be back to his best in no time.

[RabidGiraffe]

If Gallagher goes that leaves Watkins and Ramirez  as the only signings remaining from our summer 2021 window.

Gallagher and Watkins are arguably McInnes signings, so that would leave Ramirez as Glass's only summer signing left, and I suspect he'll be gone pretty soon.

[Zorba]

No swap for Charles Dunne, he is god awful. I'd rather we paid off Gallagher and just cut our losses, or loaned him to St Mirren with them covering 75% of his wage. If it was a loan would mean they don't have to pay him a signing fee so could afford more in wages. I'd rather see one of the youngsters sit on the bench and be the 5th choice centre half than Dunne be it.

[Tord31]

6 minutes ago, RabidGiraffe said:

If Gallagher goes that leaves Watkins and Ramirez  as the only signings remaining from our summer 2021 window.

Gallagher and Watkins are arguably McInnes signings, so that would leave Ramirez as Glass's only summer signing left, and I suspect he'll be gone pretty soon.

Ah summer 2021 transfer window.... the one where Russ Richardson was on gardening leave and Darren Mowbray was still working his notice

[redone]

28 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

Gallagher is on one of the highest wages AFC have ever paid.

Massive pinch of salt for that one. Bucketful actually 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

1 minute ago, redone said:

Massive pinch of salt for that one. Bucketful actually 

£5,500k per week I read, it won’t be far away from that. 

Put it towards someone else further up the pitch. 

[RabidGiraffe]

5 minutes ago, Broken_Glass said:

Lewis is more than capable and for me still deserves to be number one. Any keeper playing behind that back line last year would have struggled. The hesitancy of the central pairing, the initial high pressing full backs Glass persisted with which left the defence hopelessly exposed and basic errors all left Lewis basically fucked. 

Get a settled back 4, a competent centre half pairing and Joe will be back to his best in no time.

I think Lewis is past it. He's not going to get better with age like wine and Craig Gordon.  We can find a better keeper.

That keeper does need to be pretty good though.  It looks like our first choice back four will consist of a rookie from Forest, a good CB from Wycombe that has no experience of the SPFL, an Irish CB that has played plenty games but not at this level, plus a young and inexperienced MacKenzie at LB.  The keeper that stands behind that back four needs to be experienced and confident.  Lewis would be OK, but I'd prefer better.

[redone]

5 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

£5,500k per week I read, it won’t be far away from that. 

Put it towards someone else further up the pitch. 

Where ?

Mind you , might explain why Considine felt he was being short changed 

[Sonoftherock]

14 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

£5,500k per week I read, it won’t be far away from that. 

Put it towards someone else further up the pitch. 

Where did you read that?  

Did you manage to get access to @Ten Caat’s top secret dossier?

[reekie_dock]

19 minutes ago, Zorba said:

No swap for Charles Dunne, he is god awful. I'd rather we paid off Gallagher and just cut our losses, or loaned him to St Mirren with them covering 75% of his wage. If it was a loan would mean they don't have to pay him a signing fee so could afford more in wages. I'd rather see one of the youngsters sit on the bench and be the 5th choice centre half than Dunne be it.

You've been sucking yer soul through the glass bbq if you think st Mirren will cover 75% oh his wages