It is never too early to get this up and running 

Window opens on 12 June which is eighteen weeks on Thursday 

 

1 hour ago, redordead said:

Lazetic done 👍 

Well it's certainly been a long drawn out saga to get him here.

Let's all just hope he doesn't turn out to be shite 🤞

Is it too late for Thursday's game? Or are we allowed to sign up until the day?

6 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Is it too late for Thursday's game? Or are we allowed to sign up until the day?

Allowed to register two additional players up to 24 hours before the match.

Might make the squad but sounds like it’s going to be too early for him to have much impact by Thelins comments. From BBC:

"We've been monitoring Marko for a while and are very pleased to have secured his signature,"

"He has a fantastic pedigree and despite his young age has played at high level in different leagues across Europe.

"We will have to be realistic in our expectations with Marko as it will take him a bit of time to get up to match sharpness and integrate into our way of working. 

"His pre-season has been a little frustrating due to the uncertainty surrounding his future, but he's shown great patience and now he's finally arrived we're delighted to get down to the hard work with him to get him up to speed.

"We believe he will be an excellent addition to our squad. He has an imposing physical presence; good technical ability and he will provide versatility and competition for places ahead of a busy season. 

"We believe we can unlock some of the undoubted raw materials that he has to make him a potent threat for Aberdeen."

12 minutes ago, Jute said:

Programme cover for Thursday 

Frightening the number of them I have been to. Makes me feel very old.

 

Not as old as Al but old. 

Might not be as old but equally senile it would appear.

Why you posting that in the summer 2025 transfer thread ? 😂

7 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Might not be as old but equally senile it would appear.

Why you posting that in the summer 2025 transfer thread ? 😂

Oh FFS.

So we paid a fee in the end? Interesting to see how much it was in the end and if they still have a sell on. Really hope this guy is a big part of the answer! 

P&J reporting that Peter Ambrose is expected to leave the club before transfer window closes. 

1 hour ago, Jute said:

P&J reporting that Peter Ambrose is expected to leave the club before transfer window closes. 

He might not be up to much as a striker but he is a body.

Surely we have another one coming in if he is leaving 🤔

Does it say if it is to be permanent or a loan ?

12 minutes ago, BigAl said:

He might not be up to much as a striker but he is a body.

Surely we have another one coming in if he is leaving 🤔

Does it say if it is to be permanent or a loan ?

There's an entire cemetery of bodies just next to the ground that could do a similar job.

Lazetic, Sokler and Yengi is enough. Unless there's a chance of getting Nisbet in a week or so. At least he's certain to do a job. We've already got a few projects. 

Hope I am wrong but I cannot see us signing Nisbet now. Just does not fit way we are looking to play and don’t think Jimmy is big on having a plan B. 

24 minutes ago, BigAl said:

He might not be up to much as a striker but he is a body.

Surely we have another one coming in if he is leaving 🤔

Does it say if it is to be permanent or a loan ?

Just says leaving club no detail beyond that. 

Seems to have been a lot of chatter on the hat (I’ve not looked) and Twitter about some surprise departures (Polvara?), new investment (Atlanta?), replacement for our injured LB which is going to be required as it’s a longer spell than we thought, and an exciting player who’s starred against us previously 🤷‍♂️ 

Helps make sense of a lot of rumours there but seems awfy convenient. 

6 minutes ago, manc_don said:

Seems to have been a lot of chatter on the hat

David Turnbull or Triantis in

Dante to Hibs

Some American investment

Chose to place as much or as little credence as you like upon any of it. Know which camp I'm in 😉

1 minute ago, BigAl said:

David Turnbull or Triantis in

Dante to Hibs

Some American investment

Chose to place as much or as little credence as you like upon any of it. Know which camp I'm in 😉

Oh aye, I’m as sceptical as the next man.  Was why I qualified that I hadn’t been on there so keeping myself clean 😉

2 hours ago, Jute said:

Hope I am wrong but I cannot see us signing Nisbet now. Just does not fit way we are looking to play and don’t think Jimmy is big on having a plan B. 

I don't know if Nisbet will sign, but I wouldn't say he doesn't fit the way he play. All three strikers we have are all very different players. 

Would also say our options out wide are all different types of player (for example, Milanovic cuts inside while Morris is more of a traditional winger) so don't agree with the lack of plan B.

 

Yengi and Lazetic look like both intended to act as hold up players to me (admittedly on limit video clips) and thought it was interesting Morris was on the left a lot on Saturday and trying to cut in. Plan B looked a lot like plan A to me.

2 minutes ago, Jute said:

Morris was on the left a lot on Saturday and trying to cut in. 

Which, considering he usually plays on the right, would that not be an example of trying a different plan?

1 hour ago, Panda said:

Which, considering he usually plays on the right, would that not be an example of trying a different plan?

Not really. Replacing Keskinen cutting in with Morris doing so isn't really a change of plan. Morris hitting the byline is pretty much our plan B. We were probably hoping for something a bit more. Sokler offers something different up front, but he's probably better in a two. I suspect Lazetic will be providing the same as is expected of Yengi and was last season of Nisbet. Put it this way, I wouldn't be expecting much of I saw either replace one another during a game. Just different grade of quality. Gueye allowed us to change things up last season, as did Duk for his season. Sokler does offer the option of a two I guess. 

13 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Not really. Replacing Keskinen cutting in with Morris doing so isn't really a change of plan. Morris hitting the byline is pretty much our plan B.

Again, it's still using Morris in a different way and position than normal.

The front three does switch around. The wide players are different types of players (Morris different from Milanovic, Bilalovic different from Keskinen).

I don't think we're doing to see huge changes to how Thelin wants to set up, but there clearly is a plan B there.

Plan B (or C) to me would also involve a different type of 9, not just another big loon up top trying to hold the ball up etc.

Scott Burns writing in The Retard saying that we have opened contract extension talks with Polvara who apparently is happy in Aberdeen and didn't feature against Morton on Saturday as he had been sick during the week

Not unhappy with that, IIRC he was one of our best players in our last European campaign.

12 minutes ago, Slim said:

Not unhappy with that, IIRC he was one of our best players in our last European campaign.

Agree on both points Slim, but He does appear to only have a bit part to play under Thelin, so wouldn't be surprised to see him take his chances on moving on somewhere else.

Think he could do a job in Europe or maybe he might head back across the water. I know who his bird is, but where is she based as that might play a part in it ?

30 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Scott Burns writing in The Retard saying that we have opened contract extension talks with Polvara who apparently is happy in Aberdeen and didn't feature against Morton on Saturday as he had been sick during the week

Good news if so. Hopefully we're just being dicks by not playing him until he signs a four year extension. He's a good footballer who is versatile and comfortable on both feet. Missing a yard of pace and running power.