As per usual, no direct quotes about the players mentioned

 

McGhee is planning a mass cull in January and Darren Mackie, Derek Young, Stuart Duff and Tommy Wright are earmarked for the exit door.

 

McGhee said: "It's nothing personal, it's just the way things happen in football.

 

"The fans may have their own ideas about certain players but I will make my own judgments.

 

"When I went to Motherwell I was told straight away David Clarkson and Paul Quinn were hopeless, Stephen Craigan was too slow and I would be better off without them.

 

"But I took time to assess all three who proved great assets."

 

I'd like to see Maguire punted.

He was woeful again and I fear he's starting to believe his own hype.  He's really nothing special at all.

I'd like to see Maguire punted.

He was woeful again and I fear he's starting to believe his own hype.  He's really nothing special at all.

 

I don't think thats too fair. He wasn't in his natural position today, and I think he was a little pissed off he didn't get to start after putting in such a good shift last Saturday.

 

But don't get me wrong, I would have been more effective than him if McGhee had given me the nod today.

By the looks of things, or rather how i've interpretted them, it doesn't look like these guys will be leaving in Jan. McGhee's in today's P&J saying we won't be strengthening our squad in Jan

By the looks of things, or rather how i've interpretted them, it doesn't look like these guys will be leaving in Jan. McGhee's in today's P&J saying we won't be strengthening our squad in Jan

 

Eh? Fucking hell 

from the P&J

 

McGhee, who also wants midfielders Mark Kerr and Gary McDonald and defender Maurice Ross to sign up for extended stays, added: “I don’t know if any club will be able to strengthen in the January transfer window. We certainly don’t have the money. We are hoping if we can agree pre-contract deals with players then their clubs might think it best to release them early. We have been really lucky to sign a player such as Maurice, but I don’t think there will be big changes.â€

 

Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1457071#ixzz0VEXcvhO8

 

I'm hoping that maybe he's keeping his cards close to his chest. Because we have to get a creative midfielder.

@manc_don - Aberdeen will be okay though, they don't need television money to strengthen.

@manc_don - Aberdeen will be okay though, they don't need television money to strengthen.

 

They certainly shouldn't rely on it. Youth is the way forward for most teams in Scotland. Think back to times before over cooked TV money. Time to forget about England, we will never compete with England again for players. Certainly not without some sort of revolution.

They certainly shouldn't rely on it. Youth is the way forward for most teams in Scotland. Think back to times before over cooked TV money. Time to forget about England, we will never compete with England again for players. Certainly not without some sort of revolution.

 

Its a sad indictment of the times that we cannot compete with lower league teams in England, but if the future is as bright as the little glimpse we've had this season, we should be ok. My only concern is though is that we need someone in the middle of the park that will dictate play, and I doubt any of our youth are ready to take on that role just yet.

I'm hoping that maybe he's keeping his cards close to his chest. Because we have to get a creative midfielder.

This was posted on the hat.

 

Just listened to Craig Robertson on Redweb, he outlined what his role within the club is, which is chief scout, and that he is off to Slovenia this weekend to look at two possibilities.

@Sharpie - I absolutely agree, problem being that as long as there is bucketloads of cash in the English league players will be enticed down there.  Vicious circle.

@Sharpie - I absolutely agree, problem being that as long as there is bucketloads of cash in the English league players will be enticed down there.  Vicious circle.

 

So long as we are selling players to down south, would that be a bad thing though?

 

And, fuck me, the quote facility does work!

So long as we are selling players to down south, would that be a bad thing though?

 

And, fuck me, the quote facility does work!

 

Totally, I'm sure we all agree that the future of this club is to be like hibs, a selling club. Obviously, I hope and pray we can sell our players for the price that HIVs do. So selling players to England is no bad thing, as long as its not at the drop of a hat! Oh and Leith, its his USP

 

Mini, Klimpl came from Slovenia did he not? I always thought that we should be utilising the Eastern European market a bit wiser than the likes of...christ, what his name? That tall Czech guy?

Mini, Klimpl came from Slovenia did he not? I always thought that we should be utilising the Eastern European market a bit wiser than the likes of...christ, what his name? That tall Czech guy?

 

Petr Wolarazchick(ish)??

 

I remember watching him play in Montrose!

Petr Wolarazchick(ish)??

 

I remember watching him play in Montrose!

 

Nah he was Polish (and appeared to be good at the time), that really shite striker JC signed from the Czech replubic, began with B i think?

Lubomir Blaha!

Not Jan Koller then...?

Not Jan Koller then...?

 

Haha I knew someone would say that, thats the one Dave, Blaha He was awful.

Mini, Klimpl came from Slovenia did he not? I always thought that we should be utilising the Eastern European market a bit wiser than the likes of...christ, what his name? That tall Czech guy?

 

Lubomir Blaha

@Sharpie - I absolutely agree, problem being that as long as there is bucketloads of cash in the English league players will be enticed down there.  Vicious circle.

 

Aye, but looks like that is life. If it means we compete in our own league with home bread players then that is a positive.

 

Liverpool's title chances? 

@leith_red - I agree our future as a club is bringing through our own youth and selling them to richer clubs, my only issue with that is the fact we'll never really progress as we'll constantly have the spine of our team ripped out. 

 

Letting players go has killed us in recent years.

 

Hibs may be a good example with regards bringing through talent, selling them for large sums and moving on, but it hasn't really helped them kick on as a club.  They've stagnated and regularly finish 5th/6th.

@leith_red - I agree our future as a club is bringing through our own youth and selling them to richer clubs, my only issue with that is the fact we'll never really progress as we'll constantly have the spine of our team ripped out. 

 

Letting players go has killed us in recent years.

 

Hibs may be a good example with regards bringing through talent, selling them for large sums and moving on, but it hasn't really helped them kick on as a club.  They've stagnated and regularly finish 5th/6th.

 

But that will happen to Celtic and Rangers more often now as well given their own investment problems? Things will even out more?

And as I remember we were essentially a selling club in the late 70's early 80's there were only a few who stayed and I bet that was more than slightly reliant on the relative fee's received for the rest. Also there are a fair few worried by Hibs now, that they seem to be re-investing some of the money received in transfers.

 

If only some people had the foresight to see the advantages of being in a decent financial position for if/when one of the OF's fortunes turned and suggested not wasting the guts of a million quid on replacing the management team.   

@Sharpie - I do hope they'll even out but the revenue streams will always be slightly higher at the Old Firm so they'll have the advantage.  To compete with that Aberdeen would need to keep the spine of the club intact for a few years, constant chopping and changing personnel doesn't work.

 

@baggy89 - The spine of the club was kept intact during the success of the late 70s and early 80s even though players were sold off.