Firstly no intention to wind up Rico ( but it is a bonus) by starting this more than forty eight hours ahead of January window closing BUT as a squad we are all over the fucking place and even at this early stage I would imagine we all would have opinions on what need to happen over the summer.

Appreciate that certain things might be addressed in the remaining forty eight odd hours of the winter one BUT given our performance to date, coupled to us being manager less, I wouldn't stake any money on it

Thoughts lads and lassies 

36 minutes ago, 2stars said:

Was glass half empty with the Killie 2 but again read the arguments for and thought at least Mayo could be an upgrade on what we have

the Austrian lad will go one of 2 ways and hopefully he is the disciplined defensive midfielder we have needed

then my optimism sank when news said the deal to sign Olusanya was close

yes the lad can put himself about, is fast and did actually provide goals in some shape or form, but fuck me he isn’t a footballer

if you wanted chaos and strength we may as well try to get Pape back because he offered that and was more of a footballer and goal threat than Olusanya will ever be 

Maybe with a full close season under his belt and some real time on the training pitch with the management and coaching team he’ll realise he’s not a footballer and go and get a job as an estate agent or summink. 

13 minutes ago, Ajja said:

Maybe with a full close season under his belt and some real time on the training pitch with the management and coaching team he’ll realise he’s not a footballer and go and get a job as an estate agent or summink. 

I was hoping that was the plan for Milanovic

1 hour ago, wee toon red said:

Squads are built in many ways so there’s a role for guys like olusanya imo.

I am not disagreeing that as part of a squad a guy that has pace , strength and can cause chaos isn’t a bad option, just feel there are possibly others out there that can offer that but can also offer more 

2 hours ago, 2stars said:

then my optimism sank when news said the deal to sign Olusanya was close

I just smashed my half full glass and replaced it with a goblet of doom

Sounds like two very professional players in mayo and lyons, both leaders and standard setters. Every team needs balance, skill, flair, muscle etc, these guys both bring qualities we sadly lack. No judgement from me until the summer signings are complete and we see a more realistic picture of what we expect from them.

3 hours ago, wee toon red said:

Squads are built in many ways so there’s a role for guys like olusanya imo.

Exactly. He proved he can have a positive impact on our team, certainly contributed more than  yengi Ambrose and lazetic. Reminds me of Darren mackie, different type of player obviously,but has his limitations yet will provide value to a squad. Don’t want him as a starting player, I don’t see him as good enough, we certainly need a new legit 9 to compete with nisbet. But for those who don’t rate him, he’s already shown us that he has something to offer, can have an impact, and having signed Ambrose yengi and lazetic, we could certainly do better but also do a lot worse.

we certainly need to offload those three.

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23 hours ago, Jute said:

Cannot say I like either of the two signings announced today but they are the type of players I feared Robinson would sign. Back to celebrating mediocrity. 

After the amount of cash that the Swedish neep wasted on transfers then it is no surprise that these are the sort of signings that Robinson has no choice but to go after.

lets get behind him and support them all and see what happens.

way too early for negativity 

 

SF 

49 minutes ago, blowupsheep said:

After the amount of cash that the Swedish neep wasted on transfers then it is no surprise that these are the sort of signings that Robinson has no choice but to go after.

lets get behind him and support them all and see what happens.

way too early for negativity 

 

SF 

That's quite upbeat from Jute 🤣

1 hour ago, blowupsheep said:

the Swedish neep

Wouldn't that just be a Swede?

3 hours ago, blowupsheep said:

After the amount of cash that the Swedish neep wasted on transfers then it is no surprise that these are the sort of signings that Robinson has no choice but to go after.

lets get behind him and support them all and see what happens.

way too early for negativity 

 

SF 

Why is it too early for negativity?  The predictions that Robinson would turn us into something like St Mirren are coming true.

3 hours ago, Jupiter said:

Why is it too early for negativity?  The predictions that Robinson would turn us into something like St Mirren are coming true.

Flike, imo it's all about expectations vs reality, i'm old enough to remember getting to Gothenburg in 83 and thinking "ach it's ok, i'll go next year"🤦‍♂️ Robinson is who we've got, negativity will do us no good, we have to get behind him and who ever he plays and hope it gets us good results. SF🤞🏻

Scott Burns linking us with Connor Ronan. Recall we were interested in both him and McGrath when they were both at st mirren, and eventually got McGrath, while Ronan went to MLS.
Ronan did play for Robinson, so they have a connection.

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19 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Scott Burns linking us with Connor Ronan. Recall we were interested in both him and McGrath when they were both at st mirren, and eventually got McGrath, while Ronan went to MLS.
Ronan did play for Robinson, so they have a connection.

Aye but is he a clay doddie or decent like McGrath ? (I wonder)

I seem to remember him being quite exciting and us being in the running to sign him before Wolves giving him a chance to break into their team.

Story from that time: https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/aberdeen-handed-connor-ronan-blow-24892313.amp

Edited May 29May 29 by Slim

We're fairly stocking up on the defensive players.

Also enjoying how early we appear to be getting these players. Last season, we got to the middle of August having only signed five players - Ronan could be our fourth before we even get to June.

1 hour ago, Panda said:

We're fairly stocking up on the defensive players.

Also enjoying how early we appear to be getting these players. Last season, we got to the middle of August having only signed five players - Ronan could be our fourth before we even get to June.

I’m not saying anything yet. But I suppose we need to remember we have competitive games starting July 11 so there is an urgency. Ronan would bring balance to the signings to date, strength and now some flair, but the tougher signings will be two wingers and a 9. Plus a keeper?
im equally eager to see players leaving.

Just had a wee look at Ronans stats there.  What's interesting to me, especially given the perception some have about Robinsons style of play being a bit hoofball, is that his time at St Mirren was by a mile his most productive from an attacking sense.  Was fond of a worldie from outside the box if memory serves too so I would be quite open to signing Ronan 2bh.

Milanovic tipped for a move back to who we signed him from.

 

Source is Scott Burns.

 

Probably a good move for the lad.

1 hour ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Milanovic tipped for a move back to who we signed him from.

 

Source is Scott Burns.

 

Probably a good move for the lad.

One of our most disappointing signings in recent memory (and there’s been a few!). 

1 hour ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Milanovic tipped for a move back to who we signed him from.

 

Source is Scott Burns.

 

Probably a good move for the lad.

Show us the fucking money and he is all yours 😉

1 hour ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Milanovic tipped for a move back to who we signed him from.

 

Source is Scott Burns.

 

Probably a good move for the lad.

Do we get our deposit back?

4 hours ago, Kowalski said:

One of our most disappointing signings in recent memory (and there’s been a few!). 

Completely agree. For a decent amount of hype, he turned out to be like playing with a man down, the only time he didn't give the ball away is when he passed it back to the full back. It maybe wasn't his fault but he nearly always played on the right and couldn't beat his man on the outside so mostly came into the pitch where he either lost the ball or it went backward, slowing down any attack. always had to use his left foot. He also was terrible at tracking back, in that game against Dunfermline their left back had the whole pitch to himself, Milanovic just let him wander past him and stick crosses in thebox. Unforgiveable.

Probably not a realistic signing - rumours are quite a few clubs are already circling - but Robbie Ure is banging the goals in for Sirius in Sweden. 

Seven goals in 10 games this season. Eleven in his debut season last year. Only 22, Scottish, was released a few years ago by Rangers.

14 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Milanovic tipped for a move back to who we signed him from.

 

Source is Scott Burns.

 

Probably a good move for the lad.

And a far better move for us 👍

Edited June 1Jun 1 by Blow.Up.Sheep

 

5 hours ago, Panda said:

Probably not a realistic signing - rumours are quite a few clubs are already circling - but Robbie Ure is banging the goals in for Sirius in Sweden. 

Seven goals in 10 games this season. Eleven in his debut season last year. Only 22, Scottish, was released a few years ago by Rangers.

Suspect he is already out of our price range as Sirius seem to have paid a large fee to sign him from Belgium.