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Maybe Jack has watched the shite that Barron has received from going to THEM and thought he'd rather actually move to an ambitious club that won't ostracise his entire family from the north-east. Now ... when are we getting a new #9? And please don't let it be Shankland

Ah yes, correct!

I think the only homegrown youth Deek ever showed time for was Connor McLennan and Bruce Anderson. Even then the latter was only really a late sub. Even Wright never really flourished until the Glass/Goodwin era, as IIRC McInnes farmed him out to Dundee

I had fears he'd do a Chris Maguire and choose to let his contract expire before signing a brand new one, thus shafting us. But Lewis seems to be waaaaaay more professional and classy than Bebo ever was

Jensen fee agreed a couple of days ago. It's now down to personal terms. As for Isak, the guy only scores every 113 minutes. That sort of stat is never gonna dislodge Peter Ambrose as first choice

Spurs fans don't see Dorrington ever breaking into the top team on a regular basis. However Ange has given him a new contract til 2029 immediately before sending him up to us. So clearly he thinks there's something there. Dorrington (I keep wanting to call him Donnington for some reason) has represented England at all youth levels up to his current U19 status, so he must have something about him ...

Jesus. I've just reviewed the highlights. The lad who was playing just as shit as Ambrose... turns out to be Duk! Feck, maybe I am racist after all

The Depressing Journal says Dorrington is an England U19 International and plays Central Defence.

Who would take him? I doubt Stonehaven Juniors would even want him. I watched him in the hearts game and I can only liken him to a stick floating down a river. he bumps into everything, mostly unintentional. Sometimes the ball comes to him, and both he and the ball go spinning off in a different direction until the overall force of the river re-directs the ball back in the correct direction.

Oct 2001 down at Almondvale, Solberg definitely played left back. IIRC it was Whyte and Phil McGuire in the middle back then as Anderson was on his way back from a leg break

I watched the Nots Forest vs Luton FA Cup game this weekend. Luton were good, contained Forest for long periods of the game. I thought Walsh ?their Defensive midfielder) was particularly good for much of the game. But they were ultimately undone by a Forest team who are riding high in the Premiership. A healthy sig that they rested so many of their big guns for this and were still 2-0 up by the time the big guns came on in the final 10 minutes

Solberg was more of a LB, and he played when we had a CB pairing Whyte and Anderson ... a pairing I'd settle for any day

Pretty sure David Lilley and John Inglis played together for a few. Didn't we also try Haraldur Ingolfsson in defence once too, and he was absolutely abysmal

So long as none of our currently fit strikers are playing, we should win this

As JT says, he seems to be the consummate professional. His arrival spiel at Aberdeen comes off the back of a classy farewell to the GCZ fans and club: "Dear GCZ fans, I want to thank all of you for your support, energy, passion, and love you have shown me throughout this one and a half year! You made every game unforgettable! Though I’m moving on to a new chapter with a different team, I will be forever grateful! "Dear GCZ staff, big thanks to each and every one of you for your hard work and support, I truly appreciate everything you’ve done! "Finally, It’s been an pleasure to play alongside with such talented and dedicated teammates! Thank you for making my time here so special! "I wish you all the best for the season ahead and beyond! Hopp GC!" Welcome, lad. Now for one more CB and a #9

Doesn't his missus play for Aberdeen Women?

Hibs allegedly wanting Kelle Roos Lol

Particularly with Sokler out for a while and the others being pish.

Confirmed on Sky Sports transfer centre: Aberdeen agree defender deal Latest from Sky Sports News' Anthony Joseph: Aberdeen have agreed a deal worth around £800,000 for Grasshoppers centre-back Kristers Tobers. The Latvia captain has also agreed personal terms with the Dons. He is due to arrive in Scotland tomorrow to undergo a medical and finalise the move.

The defence is absolutely bereft of all confidence at the moment, and this is creeping in further up the field. I believe the only way to fix it is to being in quality in defence ... we ain't gonna fix the defence buying cheap. Okkers is in, Tobers almost in. I think we still need to keep the pressure on trying to get Jensen in too. Then when the time comes, get rid of MacDonald as he simply cannot play in JTs system Molloy is one for the future. If the new guys prove to be comfortable and competent, maybe pop Molloy or Rubi next to them against lower quality opposition so that they can continue their education

I know Okkels hasn't played much since leaving Elfsborg. But the fact he has played 3 years under JT tells me he knows how to play in Jimmy's systems. If he's a left winger, don't we already have Keskinen in that position? Still urgently need defenders ... possibly four of them. Our team needs a refresh of confidence at the back. Molloy out long term, Devlin and Jack clearly still recovering. And Rubi I'd happily not see in a red jersey again. Hopefully we can agree a fee for Jensen and hes the first of four swift signings in defence

Rumours that Inter are preparing a £16.5M bid for Ferguson in this window. This is only a month after interest from AC Milan and only a month after signing an extension that contracts him to Bokogna til 2028. May the bidding war commence

I read it was St J who were after Ramsay

I've wondered that for a while. Ournsuccessful period was largely based on having the likes of Keskinen tired the opposition for 46 minutes, then we'd sub him for Morris who would use his freshness to cut past the defence and set up Duk, Gueye, Sokler or Nisbet. I was surprised it took 11 games for the other Premiership managers to figure it out. But it and the zonal marking tactic seem to be what JT worked the team so hard on in the summer. Shinnie said it himself it took them a fair bit of effort to learn this different tactic. So now that the other teams have figured this out, JT needs to embed an additional tactic when this one is sussed out on the day. Hopefully this is part of his 3 yr plan, to embed a series of different tactics that can be deployed like second-nature.

Shows how shit the league is. 7 games ago we were talking of potential Chapions League and Hibs were talking relegation. Now we are canon fodder and Hibs are talking Top 6. Of course, Hearts still say 2nd is mathematically possible