OrlandoDon

Hale would be a good signing, replacing sokler or Ambrose in the squad. I’d take hale replacing sokler, bavidge replacing Ambrose, and miovski replacing nisbet. Still leaves us the big lump option missing up top though. One scot in the squad and one Scot out. suman is an interesting one, 25 year old Aussie. Not a kid, so I’m assuming he’s replacing doohan? Thought our back up keeper would be a Scot to help the quota.

Bain wants first team football. Would be ideal, plus Scottish, but hard for him to come here knowing he’s back up to mitov. I’d say we’re just as likely to sign Bain as we are Rico. Unfortunately.

Anyone know who our 5th penalty taker was going to be? Not that we needed 5 to beat Celtic.

So that two of the quota gone. Keen for rumors, who we gettin’???

So based on that, at worst, bavidge since we have so few forwards anyway, Duncan, Boyd, Milne, Delvin, shinnie. That 6, hopefully Mackenzie and perhaps a Scottish keeper……?

Looking at Celtic, can we find the next Niall mcginn type? McGinn was out of contract, at least a loan with an agreed price to buy? Daniel Cummings (out of contract I think and is a goal scorer) , Jude bonnar, what’s the deal with Scott Bain if doohan is going there? Is David turnbull realistic now we may have more transfer funds and guaranteed euro footie? Rory Wilson at villa, Bailey rice at rangers?

Yeah. I think that’s the concern. We don’t want to pad out the squad with mediocre Scottish players just to meet a quota. I’d even consider Duncan in that category. But who is out there? If we didn’t have mitov then Gunn is a good suggestion, but I’d take mitov over Gunn. Also the reason I wondered if Taylor at left back was a possibility. Got criticized for overly suggesting allan Campbell, especially since he’s apparently been rather gash at united, but I suppose it’s that type of player, maybe even the Ross McCrorie type, good Scottish talent whose career has stalled for some reason, form or injury. Is allan Campbell a young sivert/shinnie who has lost his way? How about Glenn Middleton? Ross Stewart at Southampton? How about Robby mccrorie, I don’t think he’s a legit first choice keeper but similar to doohan with the reminder that Milton has had injuries. David watson at killie is or was highly regarded, Ryan hardie at Plymouth? I think the MLS boys, Ryan Gould and Lewis Morgan are out of our price range? Not recommending, just throwing out names! suggestions??

Season’s been over for a while now, still no more signings?!! Keen to see who we target. Simply show potential signings footage of the last 24 hrs and you can see how much you’ll be loved and how much the dons mean to the city. Been sooo impressed and proud of what I’ve seen the last 24 hrs. Wonder what the new Aussie boy is thinking? I certainly think JTs stock went up, the coach who manufactures this win playing a ‘new’ formation and taking down a team who smashed us multiple times this year. Think we’re in a good position to recruit right now. definitely think there is now more expectation in the squad building. Don’t intend any meannesss, McGrath is away, but hoping ruby, vinnie sokler dabbagh okkels rich jensen and Ambrose don’t return. even wonder if we can do better than nisbet, esp if we could use those funds to loan miovski. think we build around mitov doohan (he did fine and is Scottish, let’s say he stays) devlin tobers Milne molloy kneuster Jensen sivert shinnie topi morris gueye Clarkson palaversa polvara Boyd, plus I hope Mackenzie returns. Add the Aussie. That’s 19. I think a squad of 24 is about right, excluding Scottish youth coming through. What stands out is we have no forwards and few Scots, needed for Europe. Of this 19 I think we have to expect 2-3 may move on, we may get offers for a Clarkson for example. I could even see us getting offers for gueye or Morris based on their highlights from the year. I also wonder if polvara moves on, and wonder if sivert stays. I’d take the money and run if we get decent offers here. assuming for arguments sake Mackenzie stays, we need to sign a starting holding mid, attacking mid, and center forward. Think we still try to sign a big time winger. We have a keeper and a back 4, I think Clarkson is the only pure starter in midfield, we have topi and the Aussie (or another signing), the other 3 are up for grabs.

I think a bojan loan is a win win. We get a legit striker, they either get a guy who finds form and rejoins them, or he’s advertised playing for us and gets sold for decent money. All assuming it’s a successful loan.

Said it yesterday, major credit to Thelin, they gave the guys two days off after the utd game and came up with a one game game plan. Executed it perfectly. However, based on thelin’s experience, yesterday was a JT type of game with 19% possession. major credit to the players for executing the plan, everyone did their jobs but special mention to jack Milne who was excellent, plus dorrington really has had a good loan. Fair to say we will not be signing central defenders this summer. Milne tobers kneuster and molloy, plus ruby, we are covered. Although I think we should sell ruby. when was the last time we had a proper preseason? Sounds like we may get rested players who get to play preseason, adding new players more appropriately rather than learning on the fly. Will this influence the timing of adding new players? Would love to see Mackenzie stay, I like the three full backs we have. Curious if we can find a way of utilizing polvara. Think we must sign a legit starting center mid, one to replace shinnie/sivert, no cutting them out but we need a younger version. Plus we must get a legit #10. Also wonder if the funds are now there to loan miovski?

Good to know, appreciate that. Sounds like it’s not that much difference between Europa and conference. We will see the bump playing CL in 2026-27.

Saw a stat yesterday that Aston villa earned twice as much for playing champions league compared to spurs who won the Europa league, something like 80m to 40m. Anyone know the financial difference between us playing Europa league or conference league? Assuming we win the competition we play in, given our current success and habit of winning trophies.

Loads of respect for a captain taking the first penalty. Feared for shinnie as his legs were surely fucked by that time. Top don, super penalty leading the way. Polvara too, doesn’t play a lot but class yet again and coolly finished. Dabbagh beauty too, and as for palaversa, barely plays a full game, but to go the whole way and strike the pen so well, amazing. Penalties are luck to an extent, but also preparation. JT got it spot on today.

So what did mitov say? said it last week too, Morris and gueye are not good enough to be regular starters but both are worth keeping to bring off the bench. They definitely add to the squad. Both definitely played their part today. wonder if today and the European opportunity this autumn will sway a nisbet and or Mackenzie decision about their futures??

We’ve re-signed Dave bus?

Change of tactics and formation worked. Congrats to jimmy for being brave.

Will say knoester has been an excellent signing!

Knoester MOTM?

What does this mean for Europe?

Shout out to polvara yet again, stuck at the back, played well, and excellent pen.

4 fucking excellent penalties! And I hate high penalties!!

What’s bizarre season!

Fuuuuuuckkkk!!!!!

Still in it! 30 to go, why not?!!

We can hope! Come on!!!!