Ok so thank fuck the season is over and we can really start to look to next season.  Theres clearly going to be a change in personell so realistically which players do YOU think we should be signing or at least approaching.  

 

I'm interested in imrie and cerny at hamilton, possibly neil as well but would need assurances about fitness.  Rooneys contract is up at ict and would have him in a second.  Scott boyd at county could be worth taking in for the defence but given there would be a fee involved i doubt it will happen.  Would really like stevie smith but norwich would have to release him for this to happen.  Another f/b that can play either side would def be advisable though.  More than anything we need someone with a bit of guile in midfield.  Who this is though i have no idea.......

Overall i think the minumum we need is a goalie, 2 fullbacks, 1 centre half, 1 attacking midfielder, 1 wide player and 1 striker

Minimum  

Riordan for all his ability as got some serious issues with nediness he needs to sort out first. Doesn't pull his weight for the team and the boy has some serious issues. Falling out with Strachan and being banned from every club in Edinburgh highlights this.

Dons know it wasn’t good enough

but fraser defends stadium plan and rejects claim that club is out of touch with supporters

By Paul Third

 

Published: 18/05/2011

 

Aberdeen chief executive Duncan Fraser insists the club is determined to give supporters success on and off the field after admitting the season just finished was not acceptable.

 

The Dons finished in ninth place in the SPL for the second successive year and Fraser admits no one at Pittodrie is happy with results on the field. But he believes that, with the support of the board, Craig Brown can deliver improvement.

 

The club’s directors insist Pittodrie is no longer fit for purpose and that the need to move to a new stadium at Loirston on the outskirts of the city is urgent. But Fraser insisted that the club is not neglecting team affairs in favour of the stadium.

 

Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2270810#ixzz1MhIo3Qx0

 

I also read that we had Youl Mawene on trial last week? Apparently played under brown at PNE.

He sounds a bit of a player actually. Reasonable Fitba history. Sign him up :-)

And the Dons are also in the market for Willo Flood, the former Dundee United and Middlesbrough midfielder. (Daily Express)

this signing would create a real splash.

this signing would create a real splash.

 

Disagree. I think it'd be watering the seeds of destruction!

More puns, Dam it.

One pun and immediately the floodgates open 

I don't think this will solve our leaky defence, though it could plug the gap between the midfield and attack.

Just a wisp of a lad but I don't expect him to be inundated with offers.

But would he join a shower like AFC?

But would he join a shower like AFC?

 

Apparently not as Daily Retard has an article this morning saying he is signing for the Arabs.

Ah, the season of frustration and disappointment is firmly upon us

And so it begins....

Ah, the season of frustration and disappointment is firmly upon us

 

Did that not finish last week..?

The season of frustration  and disapointment never  ends as an aberdeen fan

Now be careful not to get crushed in the stampede for season tickets, but the exciting news for all dons fans (from yesterday's EE).....

 

I'll get the best out of Mackie

 

Says Craig Broon.  Hold me back.

 

I wonder what goal tally he's going to set for the strikers, that always works a treat. 

Craig Brown's "big name signing" was going to be Russell Anderson, who was interested in coming back, but has decided to see out his contract at Derby. 

Fuck sakes, that would have been fantastic. 

Great, more disappointment! I was hoping with Craig brown in charge we might be a bit more attractive to players.

Fuck sakes, that would have been fantastic. 

 

I know!

 

Another injury prone player to clog up the treatment room 

 

Yes Anderson was good, better than Diamond and Considine, but Seve was far better, and I'm sure we can do better than go back in time to a player who was IMHO idolised way beyond his actual contribution.

 

 

Puts on tin hat

I'll counter that, who do you realistically think we can sign? I've read a few boards where people were even saying they didn't want to resign smith. What the fuck? We deserved to finish in the position we finished. We're unattractive as a club with the fans turning their backs, I genuinely wouldn't want to go to a club like that if i was a player. Anderson would have been a coup for us, and I don't expect to see the club signing anyone of his or Seve's calibre anytime soon. Call it negative, but I call it being realistic.

I know!

 

Another injury prone player to clog up the treatment room 

 

Yes Anderson was good, better than Diamond and Considine, but Seve was far better, and I'm sure we can do better than go back in time to a player who was IMHO idolised way beyond his actual contribution.

 

 

Absolute bollocks.  Did you see Seve play in his last two years?

Absolute bollocks.  Did you see Seve play in his last two years?

 

I'd hope MBT is referring to the seasons when he first signed, in which he was phenomenal. That midfield was probably the best midfield pairing we'd had in a decade. If he's referring to Seve as CB, then he's wrong