Summer 2022 Transfer Window

[Durrant Dived]

20 minutes ago, BonnieDon said:

I'm not convinced Forrest would sign for us. Hearts and Dundee Utd are currently both more enticing options. 

 

Well hearts certainly are he wouldn't even need to move house. No brainer for him to go there if there's a contract. 

[torry_battery_ram]

1 hour ago, BonnieDon said:

I'm not convinced Forrest would sign for us. Hearts and Dundee Utd are currently both more enticing options. 

 

This could be a problem for us all summer. Dundee United and Hearts are both likely to be in Europe so will be a more attractive move than bottom 6 Aberdeen

[aberdeen1970]

14 minutes ago, torry_battery_ram said:

This could be a problem for us all summer. Dundee United and Hearts are both likely to be in Europe so will be a more attractive move than bottom 6 Aberdeen

If we offer a player more money than the likes of United over a 2 or 3 year contract you'd think they'd still come here rather than plumping for a few qualifying games in Europe in the middle of their summer holidays. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

21 minutes ago, torry_battery_ram said:

This could be a problem for us all summer. Dundee United and Hearts are both likely to be in Europe so will be a more attractive move than bottom 6 Aberdeen

Dundee Utd will be out of Europe before the season starts. 
 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

3 hours ago, perthshirered said:

What's the criteria for dribbling? 

Eight pints of Moretti should do it. 

[AyrshireSheep]

2 hours ago, torry_battery_ram said:

This could be a problem for us all summer. Dundee United and Hearts are both likely to be in Europe so will be a more attractive move than bottom 6 Aberdeen

Hearts have recruited very well without the European money they will receive. They could end up signing some very good players in the summer with the guarantee of European football until at least Xmas next season. Them signing Simms on loan in January makes our failure to sign a striker even more galling. He looks a player and i'd have been delighted to get him here. 

[aberdeen1970]

25 minutes ago, AyrshireSheep said:

Them signing Simms on loan in January makes our failure to sign a striker even more galling. He looks a player and i'd have been delighted to get him here. 

Absolutely. 

Hearts got on with the job of getting a striker in. We 'tried really hard'. 

[perthshirered]

4 hours ago, torry_battery_ram said:

This could be a problem for us all summer. Dundee United and Hearts are both likely to be in Europe so will be a more attractive move than bottom 6 Aberdeen

I certainly wouldn't worry about United,they are currently around 130% wages to turnover, they can't sustain anything like that for long, they will need to be trimming back a hell of a lot. 

[Dons79]

11 minutes ago, perthshirered said:

I certainly wouldn't worry about United,they are currently around 130% wages to turnover, they can't sustain anything like that for long, they will need to be trimming back a hell of a lot. 

A would, mark ogren has more money than cormack!, after selling his dads company croix oil.he’s also got software businesses and real estate businesses, he sold his oil company for “well into eight figures”, cormack had a partnership in the Silicon Valley in other words shared wealth when sold?.can easily justify that in football terms, especially in the Scottish league

[Robin Askwith]

10 hours ago, Roberto said:

So random. Cove are flying, just got promoted and play excellent football at times and goes to Thistle who Cove will finish above next season. IMO.

He’s going full time with Partick.

 

[Darren Mackie]

Brett Long has been recommended by Neil Simpson and will likely come in as back up goalie next season. 

[Tord31]

Alan Forrest would be another decent spfl player the same as Matty Kennedy.

No better or worse.

It's not worked out great for Kennedy but that's not to say Forrest would not be ok.

However unfortunately I am gonna say his ceiling is 'fairly decent spfl player' eg unless there is a lot of decent players elsewhere in the team its not working out 

[torry_battery_ram]

1 hour ago, Darren Mackie said:

Brett Long has been recommended by Neil Simpson and will likely come in as back up goalie next season. 

The Peterhead keeper?

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

10 hours ago, Dons79 said:

A would, mark ogren has more money than cormack!, after selling his dads company croix oil.he’s also got software businesses and real estate businesses, he sold his oil company for “well into eight figures”, cormack had a partnership in the Silicon Valley in other words shared wealth when sold?.can easily justify that in football terms, especially in the Scottish league

Personal wealth clearly doesn't matter otherwise Aberdeen would have been romping it from 1997 onwards. Instead we were paying 50k for Leon Mike

[Durrant Dived]

8 hours ago, torry_battery_ram said:

The Peterhead keeper?

How the mighty have fallen. Peterhead goalies and cove left backs ?

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

12 hours ago, Tord31 said:

Alan Forrest would be another decent spfl player the same as Matty Kennedy.

No better or worse.

It's not worked out great for Kennedy but that's not to say Forrest would not be ok.

However unfortunately I am gonna say his ceiling is 'fairly decent spfl player' eg unless there is a lot of decent players elsewhere in the team its not working out 

I don't know a lot about Alan Forrest to be honest. I find a lot of folk on here say they dont watch any other Scottish football but as soon as we are linked with another player everyone acts like they've been watching them day in day out. 

We have a tendency to turn our noses up at local players. I bet anyone would take Ross Stewart now, but that was a vile prospect when he was a County player. Nobody wanted John McGinn from St Mirren and most didn't even think he was good enough while he was at Hibs (Ok I was one of them ? Might have been wrong...)

That said, I guess we have been stung my some very shit SPFL signings like Jet, Main, Storey, Kennedy, the list goes on....

[starryfish]

12 hours ago, Darren Mackie said:

Brett Long has been recommended by Neil Simpson and will likely come in as back up goalie next season. 

Since when did Neil Simpson become a scout?

[StandFree1982]

3 hours ago, Durrant Dived said:

How the mighty have fallen. Peterhead goalies and cove left backs ?

Probably miles better than Gary Woods. In fact, i'd put money on it! 

[Durrant Dived]

10 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said:

Probably miles better than Gary Woods. In fact, i'd put money on it! 

Still what is the point in wasting money paying Woods off when he is 2nd choice. Get a non-injury prone first choice and it will resolve the problem.

[Durrant Dived]

2 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

I thought Partick signed the Cove left back? 

Seems a strange stick to beat the manager with when he never even signed the lad. 

They did. I just meant we were linked with him and now a fucking Peterhead goalie. Terrible rumours. 

[aberdeen1970]

I thought Partick signed the Cove left back? 

Seems a strange stick to beat the manager with when he never even signed the lad. 

[minijc]

3 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

I thought Partick signed the Cove left back? 

Seems a strange stick to beat the manager with when he never even signed the lad. 

But Mainstandmoan said he was definitely signing for us.

[aberdeen1970]

12 minutes ago, Durrant Dived said:

They did. I just meant we were linked with him and now a fucking Peterhead goalie. Terrible rumours. 

Ah gotcha min. 

Aye, nae many exciting rumours just now. Probably because we're not safe yet and have bigger fish to fry! 

Most of the rumours are made up shite anyway tbf.  As long as we're not getting told on the 1st of September that we were "really close" to getting a South American International winger and a German u21 striker but couldn't get them over the line but we're delighted that Matty Kennedy has overcame his back injury and Connor McLennan has been flying in pre season training so they'll be like 2 new signings. 

[aberdeen1970]

9 minutes ago, minijc said:

But Mainstandmoan said he was definitely signing for us.

Aye, schoolboy error. 

He'll learn to wait until 5 minutes after someone has officially signed before committing himself 

[minijc]

2 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Aye, schoolboy error. 

He'll learn to wait until 5 minutes after someone has officially signed before committing himself 

lol.

[The Gee Man]

22 minutes ago, Durrant Dived said:

They did. I just meant we were linked with him and now a fucking Peterhead goalie. Terrible rumours. 

All rumours out the window until we know what league we are playing next season 

[aberdeen1970]

25 minutes ago, Durrant Dived said:

They did. I just meant we were linked with him and now a fucking Peterhead goalie. Terrible rumours. 

At least the rumours haven't came true, that would be worse. 

Like when we were rumoured to be linked with a 26 year old Atlanta 2 right back who had a handful of professional appearances and a striker from Wolves who'd bombed on loan in the English lower divisions.

[Durrant Dived]

8 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

At least the rumours haven't came true, that would be worse. 

Still time for worse rumours to come true ?

[super_al]

52 minutes ago, minijc said:

But Mainstandmoan said he was definitely signing for us.

I don’t believe he did. He just stated we were looking at him.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

1 hour ago, Durrant Dived said:

They did. I just meant we were linked with him and now a fucking Peterhead goalie. Terrible rumours. 

im not sure afc chat rumours count

but if they do ill say we are linked with harry kane

thatll even things out