OrlandoDon

You can wish but I’d say he’d go for 4m plus, prob close to 5. We got 6.8m a year ago, they’ll want as much of that as possible. what’s the sell on for us? 20%? I wonder if Celtic go for him…

I don’t see dorrington coming back at all, much like Madison, even Christie. Good loan but time for him to kick on, he’ll either go to spurs first team squad or a higher end championship team. We have so many glaringly obvious needs and we spent on tobers, an experienced national captain and leader, who will get fit in preseason, plus we must give Milne game time. Molloy covers kneuster, ruby should be moved on. Polvara is good cover too, if he is still here. What I will say though, perhaps we’re getting a good connection with spurs, a little like Liverpool perhaps (or did we get burned with Williams), where we see more loans from them. i do think we’ll seee more of Milne and a back 3 in the future. Not our weekly formation but Celtic, Europe, etc, I think Milne will start more when we do that.

You think they’ll make it to the cup final??

Agreed, a lot more, but they have no manager and a pretty poor squad. They’ve also spunked a fair amount of money on players in recent years that I don’t think are in a healthy financial state. This change doesn’t buy them success and, putting my red specs on, we at least have a manager and a squad to build on, plus plenty of momentum. Still think we could give them a challenge next year.

When you factor in Celtic will pay maybe 10m for a player and rangers need multiple signings, 20m is not a lot. With wise spending I think we’d be competitive with them next season.

I was meaning the starting bid. We’re not giving him away cheaply. Makes miovski look like Leon Mike.

So you’re saying 2025-26 won’t be Ambrose’ season?? £10m to inter Milan next summer?

Other than to find his best form and to renew his contract with us, saving the hassle of buying a new left back. Jack’s an odd one, from player of the season to date, and injury, and rarely played in weeks, totally out of favor. Wish the boy well but I think he’s been poorly advised.

If we can loan miovski we totally do, would be huge, but agree the priority is finding the next bojan. But we have zero high quality forwards and that was obvious this year, it’s not just one in we need. Sokler Dabbagh and Ambrose are very likable guys but I’d like to think we can find better than all 3 this summer. We all agree on Ambrose, Sokler has had enough time, and while dabbagh is a bit of a cult hero, he’s looked very average, even poor quite often. 3 goals (I think ) plus a penalty in 5 months doesn’t stand out.

Vey proud seeing again and again the celebrations of the fans, and the relationship our fans seem to have with the team/players/club. Also nice seeing pics of Adam Rooney and dean campbell in the crowd, hearing how happy Derek young was in the commentary. Really think we do have a bit of a unique club, something special.

I think we’re all very emotional and sentimental at the moment. Trust me, I’m over the moon too and watch highlights or penalties every hour! however, is dabbagh any better than sokler? He’s better than Ambrose but I still think if we’re taking a punt on one of our existing strikers, I’ll like it to be bavidge. Sokler dabbagh and Ambrose aren’t going to improve us. We need to replace nisbet and need another forward to push that signing, and it’s none of this 3. Two signings plus bavidge. If we loan miovski, highly unlikely I know, then I’d consider keeping sokler since those two played well together. and being more gloom and doom, jimmy just coached a very jimmy type of game successfully. From what I heard, that’s the type of teams and games he’s capable of creating. However, he cannot play that way in the vast majority of league games, and has still to figure out style of play and create consistency. One cup win in a one off game doesn’t hide the fact we’ve been the worst league team since early November. Feeling extremely optimistic and excited for summer signings. It’s year one of the three year project, or longer. A cup win is great but still lots to do, and new players are needed.

Perhaps, I threw him out there a month or two ago when he hadn’t been playing, plus with them being relegated from the championship, I don’t know how that affects Cardiff’s finances.

That’s one way to go, but are we padding out with players who will never play, or can we sign Scots, like a Greg Taylor, who make a difference. He’s going to be out of contract, I think he’s a good player and would be an excellent signing. Much like David Turnbull, perhaps Watson at killie, maybe it’s unlikely but they would be great and Scottish.

Na, he sounds too intelligent and articulate for that place.

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.