Summer 2026 Transfer Window

[Jute]

5 hours ago, Ajja said:

What’s the script with the Czech/English lad at Falkirk? Lissah? Is he another Swansea loanee? He’s looked tidy. 

On loan from Swansea and under contract until June 2027. 

[Ajja]

14 minutes ago, Jute said:

On loan from Swansea and under contract until June 2027. 

So a double swoop for him and Congreve. Chuck a million sovs at Snoop Dogg, job done. Bosh. 

[Jute]

54 minutes ago, Ajja said:

So a double swoop for him and Congreve. Chuck a million sovs at Snoop Dogg, job done. Bosh. 

Not sure after last summers window that we will be chucking about much money this summer. 

[TheDonbytheDee]

9 hours ago, Jute said:

Not sure after last summers window that we will be chucking about much money this summer. 

We are going to be cutting our cloth to suit this summer. Might be a good thing for us.

I also think we won't be getting rid of too many players under contract, but Robinson will likely get more out of some of them and you would like to think some will have a point to prove too. 

[RicoS321]

It strikes me that nobody has done an analysis of the last year's signings yet:

Suman (s) - fail

Bratveit (s) - success 

Gyamfi (s) - jury's out 

Frame (s) - success 

Elvis (s) - success 

Dorrington - fail

Morrison - success 

McIntyre (s) - fail

Aouchiche - success/fail

Armstrong (s) - success 

Geiger - fail

Aremu (s) - jury's out 

Kjartansson (s) - fail

Cameron - success 

Karlsson - fail

Milanovic (s) - fail

Bilalovic (s) - fail

Olusanya - success

Yengi (s) - fail

Lazetic (s) - fail

Nisbet (s) - success 

Think that's everyone. Criteria for success is simply fulfilling the intention of the signing. For example, Armstrong was signed as a first team regular, Frame as a development player getting minutes, Elvis to cover in the last few games if required. Karlsson was signed as a superstar and so fails (mainly because I hate him). Aouchiche fulfilled his brief, but left early. Dorrington is better than Morrison but didn't feature in the way Morrison has. Geiger is better than Aremu but has spent too long injured or suspended. Aremu is jury's out because he is a long term signing (I should perhaps have split into long term and loans), who I think we may see relegated to bit part player in time (depending on his preseason). Gyamfi too. 

21 signings in a season, with 7 loanees and 2 short terms is a sign of a failed system. Of the 12 signings, to only have 5 successes, with one being the already proven Nisbet, the sub keeper and another being Elvis, is astoundingly bad. Really, we're looking at about 20-30% success. We should be aiming for 60%. Armstrong's success is also tempered by the fact that he hasn't been fit enough to play two games per week, and that will likely be worse next season. Frame is the only one who stands out as a good signing, who will likely improve over time. 

An absolute disorganised disaster of a season for recruitment. No clear plan, far too many gambles and too many players in a similar mould. A real concern that we don't have the slightest clue what we're doing and that there are real problems with the underlying system. Last summer shouldn't have happened, as was clear last summer.

[Ajja]

Suspect there were probably two objectives for recruitment if we are clutching at some sort of plan. Player trading (the gambling) and playing system (4231/inverted wingers/transitional/flood the zone/bla bla). Feels like there are competing priorities to it, Cormack wants us to be financially sustainable so successful player trading is demanded. Thelin/Lutz wanted to force a system that is too easy to play against in Scotland unless you have the funds to buy players that are miles ahead of the rest. Result is a cluster fuck of signings we can’t mould into a team. If we are cutting back on spending and so can’t perform major surgery on that squad then Robinson is going to need to be able to work JBA level miracles. He did make Philips into a moderately decent prem midfielder so there is hope I guess….

[wee toon red]

Has the club said or done anything that indicates we'll spend less this year or is it just speculation? Cormack hasn't scaled back yet and I'm not sure this will be a summer where he could do it given the amount of new players that will be needed.

[Mason89]

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

It strikes me that nobody has done an analysis of the last year's signings yet:

Suman (s) - fail

Bratveit (s) - success 

Gyamfi (s) - jury's out 

Frame (s) - success 

Elvis (s) - success 

Dorrington - fail

Morrison - success 

McIntyre (s) - fail

Aouchiche - success/fail

Armstrong (s) - success 

Geiger - fail

Aremu (s) - jury's out 

Kjartansson (s) - fail

Cameron - success 

Karlsson - fail

Milanovic (s) - fail

Bilalovic (s) - fail

Olusanya - success

Yengi (s) - fail

Lazetic (s) - fail

Nisbet (s) - success 

 

Roughly 2 minutes after this season ends, I’ll have no idea who most of these players are and couldn’t pick them out a line up. Are Bilalovic, Milanovic and Lazetic really three different people? They’ve all just morphed into the same blob of shite to me 

[RicoS321]

1 hour ago, Mason89 said:

Roughly 2 minutes after this season ends, I’ll have no idea who most of these players are and couldn’t pick them out a line up. Are Bilalovic, Milanovic and Lazetic really three different people? They’ve all just morphed into the same blob of shite to me 

A lot of that has to do with their names and their haircuts. It was clear after Polvara was forced out for looking too much like Milne, that we were going to have to address the three you mention. 

[Panda]

Listening to Robinson's press conference today, he seems keen on keeping Morrison and Olusanya.

 

[tlg1903]

There's a good interview with Brian Kerr on rtv as well.   Anyone else think he looks a bit like an older Simon Murray? 

[Don Julio]

Thought I'd give my take on our signings:

Suman (s) - who knows? Not really tested and what is it we expect from a backup keeper?

Bratveit (s) - didn't hugely impress me, but fine as a back up

Gyamfi (s) - good going forward, mixed defensively - may be a question of whether part of a 4 or a 5? Obvious injury issues

Frame (s) - success 

Elvis (s) - not tested

Dorrington - fail. Really don't know why.

Morrison - not sure, potential to be a success, depending on role and system?

McIntyre (s) - fail

Aouchiche - success/fail

Armstrong (s) - success but a bit of a rolls royce, my sense is we'll get more out of him if we're performing better

Geiger - moderate success: I think has helped bring some stability but fitness/injuries have limited his contribution 

Aremu (s) - flashes of what he might be capable of, but fitness has limited contribution to date

Kjartansson (s) - too soon to say. He's young and a "project player". He's stepped in sometimes and shown potential

Cameron - success-ish. He's been busy and energetic, but doesn't feel like his impact in terms of goals, etc. has been what I'd expect?

Karlsson - early goals garnered points that probably have saved us, but over the piece a fail. A negative influence on the team I suspect

Milanovic (s) - even as a "project player" has looked completely lost and unable to impact the game. Unclear if remediable

Bilalovic (s) - as a "project player" has shown flashes of potential, but certainly not a success yet. Would like to see him given a Shady Mo role

Olusanya - despite his limitations, has been a successful signing

Yengi (s) - redefines the meaning of fail. Extraordinarily bad signing.

Lazetic (s) - "project player" so early to judge, but hasn't shown any signs of progression, potentially the reverse, so not looking good

Nisbet (s) - success 

[Ajja]

Wonder if McCowan will be surplus to requirements at CP next season. Think I’d probably prefer him over Cameron if we are going to go in for OF/Dundee sloppy seconds. 

[DantheDon]

Fair assessments mostly being made but I agree with Don Julio that Bilalovic and Kjartansson are young players and it would be unfair to write them off yet. Maybe even Lazetic falls into that category, I feel like he could be the type of player Robinson could work with as he has the attributes physically. 
I wouldn’t write off any one completely, it’s been such a strange season.

[RicoS321]

10 hours ago, DantheDon said:

Fair assessments mostly being made but I agree with Don Julio that Bilalovic and Kjartansson are young players and it would be unfair to write them off yet

I should have stated in my original post, that the reason I put these down as fails is that I think it would have been expected for them to play more of a part this season, Kjartansson especially. Fails in comparison to Frame and Lobban basically. Next season will give us more of an idea. They're both too old for our youth setup, and should be making the breakthrough. 

[swaddon]

Sky Sports are saying that the club are looking at signing Martin Boyle.

[The.Moog]

If he put in half the effort he did against the Diets last week he’d certainly do a job for a year or two.

Ticks the Gogic box for me, proven experienced SPFL player who knows the league and has delivered in it for years so could do a job for a year or two while we completely rebuild the squad - which lets be honest, is going to take a bit of time given the mess its in.

 I’m not against it on that basis…

[BigAl]

18 minutes ago, swaddon said:

Sky Sports are saying that the club are looking at signing Martin Boyle.

Regurgitation of the story I highlighted on 17th April or is it actually happening.

Imagine signing a player of this age when we refused to give McGrath the fourth year that would have taken him through to this age 

[manc_don]

3 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Regurgitation of the story I highlighted on 17th April or is it actually happening.

Imagine signing a player of this age when we refused to give McGrath the fourth year that would have taken him through to this age 

Make it make sense. Just bonkers really.

[The.Moog]

Yep - the club was all over the shop on the McGrath one. Seemed a strange decision full stop, given he’d been pretty good overall in his 2 years, but then made zero sense at all once they gave Nilssen a 3 year deal.

Looked even worse when the replacements never delivered either unsurprisingly…

Edited 1 hour ago by The.Moog

[Jute]

28 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Regurgitation of the story I highlighted on 17th April or is it actually happening.

Imagine signing a player of this age when we refused to give McGrath the fourth year that would have taken him through to this age 

Suggests a complete 180 in our recruitment strategy. 

[The.Moog]

1 hour ago, Jute said:

Suggests a complete 180 in our recruitment strategy. 

Good - cause its been horrific…