Can't quite believe we're almost at the end of the Season, have to say, It has flew in, I know there is still a good few weeks left, but the Manager will be thinking about next season for sure.

 

The likelihood is that GMS & Shinnie will be off, they'd surely have agreed an extension by now if they weren't? McKenna may have more interest and may leave, Stewart will go, Lowe will go, Gleeson ( Still not had a fair crack of the whip in my opinion ) will more than likely go also, Forrester already off the books, Hoban sadly injured, Reynolds off to Dundee United ( All the best ) James Wilson (  )  we will be rather light yet again.

 

We're a good amount of players down. What are the key positions that we need to address? Will we finally expand our scouting network?

 

This is arguably the most difficult task, in terms of recruitment, that McInnes will face.

 

 

 

 

As I predicted.....McInnes offered St Johnstone Main in exchange for Kennedy. And as predicted.....Tommy Wright told McInnes to ram it.

 

They want Devlin......

As I predicted.....McInnes offered St Johnstone Main in exchange for Kennedy. And as predicted.....Tommy Wright told McInnes to ram it.

 

They want Devlin......

 

Hopefully this means the end of Main, but still left wundering how we signed him in the first place.

https://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/squads/reserve-team/mark-gallagher/

 

Allegedly becoming an Aberdeen Player in the not too distant future.

 

Now officially a Dons Player.

 

 

Hopefully this means the end of Main, but still left wundering how we signed him in the first place.

 

Correct, a fucking bonkers addition, he's rank rotten & should never have been signed.

 

You'll get the odd oddball that'll defend him, saying he's not getting service ( When played ) etc.... but if you look at his career stats, you'll see quite clealry that he's just not a good Player, simple as, and smacked of an utterly lazy signing. I hope he leaves, wether it's for Kennedy in this window, or just in general.

As I predicted.....McInnes offered St Johnstone Main in exchange for Kennedy. And as predicted.....Tommy Wright told McInnes to ram it.

 

They want Devlin......

 

They can have him imo. He's turned to piss and a waste of a wage sitting on the bench. 

Still think Devlin is better than Taylor. Not quite sure why Taylor seems the established central defender now, although if Leigh were fit the form two in the middle would be the two lefties.

Taylor is far mor physical than Devlin and he appears to be making less howlers, his performance v Morelos was very good he couldnt be bullied , Devlin is too lightweight

Still think Devlin is better than Taylor. Not quite sure why Taylor seems the established central defender now, although if Leigh were fit the form two in the middle would be the two lefties.

 

Totally against the return of Taylor BUT impressions so far are that he looks more accomplished than his first time around. If he sticks to the basics he is ok, but oh my God, the distribution leaves an awful lot to be desired.

The Devlin we saw early doors last season made him look like a player but seems to have lost his way and never recovered the form of pre the injury he picked up with the Scotland squad

I assumed Devlin would only go there on loan, which would be a good idea. As poor as he’s been these last couple of months, swapping a Scotland international defender for a player we can get for free in a couple of months would seem a little foolish.

mcfud tried to pay £250k for tansey during january...

I assumed Devlin would only go there on loan, which would be a good idea. As poor as he’s been these last couple of months, swapping a Scotland international defender for a player we can get for free in a couple of months would seem a little foolish.

 

Why? The fact he is a Scotland international is purely down to us having totally shyte options there as opposed to Devlin being any good. He's only really had 3 months during his time with us when he was any good, the rest either being long periods of out through injury or when he got selected being no better than distinctly underwhelming. Considine has generally kept him out and now Taylor is doing the same.....entirely on merit. Having him sit on the bench at his age and on his salary is doing neither the player or the club any good.

 

Letting him go would free up a relatively big wage. We could then bring in a young prospect from the lower leagues, as I have said before...even paying £100k, the savings on Devlin's wages mean it would be self-funding in not much more than a year. If we stumble on a gem...then we are quids in down the line.

 

There can be no question that what we lack right now is someone who can play on the wing or as a second striker that has genuine pace. Therefore Kennedy is a priority. Sacrificing Devlin to get him onboard to my mind is a reasonable bit of business.

 

Devlin is off form, I wouldn't say he's a bad player. We're better off trying to help him get his performances back up rather than getting rid of him which not only leaves us with Ash Taylor as first choice, but unless we can find a *good* defender in the next nine days we'll either be chronically short in defence like we were last season when Dominic Ball was playing CB, or we sign another stop-gap of the standard of well, Dom Ball.

 

 

I have no idea how much Devlin gets paid but it can't be that much if St Johnstone think he's within their budget. Unless his wages are not within their budget which means we'd still be on the hook for the difference between his current salary and what they can afford to pay him for the next 18 months. Which would be even more foolish.

 

If he goes there on loan, he's either shite and that gives us the justification to get rid of him in the summer or he does well and he comes back and resumes his place as an asset in our squad.

 

As it stands, I'd be surprised if he leaves at all, we still need to hedge against a possible bid for McKenna during this transfer window.

My take on Devlin is that he recovered pretty well from his cruciate injury. Made himself an automatic pick and got a Scotland call up, deservedly although as I said before....there's hardly a wealth of other options to select from. However suffered a mysterious injury whilst away with the Scotland squad that kept him out far longer than we were originally told. I think this has caused him to suffer doubts as to his long term ability to stay fit and is playing (when he gets selected) within himself in an effort not to get injured again. But playing within himself just isn't good enough and hence Mcinnes only picks him in an emergency now. I said a couple of weeks ago that I heard that he is....and I quote..."unsettled" Hasn't really settled in Aberdeen and if the chance came of a move back to the Central Belt, as long as the terms were broadly similar to what he's on now he would jump at the chance. He hasn't requested a move just yet....although he has had words with Mcinnes. If we were to keep him on...he won't tolerate the present situation a whole lot longer.

 

Unless we sell McKenna, we really wouldn't be short of central defensive cover. Vyner doesn't require an op and should be fit in 3-4 weeks. Leigh should be fit  2-3 weeks beyond that releasing Considine back to central defence and putting Taylor on the bench. Devlin then gets an occasional game as an over age player in the U20s but generally earning a big wage for doing not very much at all. I think we will hang fire until the last few days of the window to see if someone does bid for McKenna. If nothing comes in, I suspect we will let Devlin go in a swap for Kennedy

 

I'd assume it's timing. If McKenna goes we're short given Leigh and Vyner are injured, and having had the injuries we've had I understand DM is unwilling at present. I really liked the Devlin signing, as much as I disliked the Taylor signing, but not sure what has happened. As acknowledged, he hasn't been the same since the Scotland injury.

 

Offering Main is a poor effort on our part, we want a creative player and offer a complete opposite in return. Would rather see them get McLennan on loan for 6 months, even Campbell on loan too given our potential log jam in center mid, but obviously these could well have been discussed. Surely we tried to give them Gleeson too.

 

According to Wiki, Joe Shaugnessey has played 2 games for Southend  this year, what has happened to him? Signed a one year deal last year, worth a look?

Shaughnessy can gtf…..had agreed to join us on a pre-contract verbally then allowed his agent (his father) to suddenly increase the demands. And if he cant get a game for Southend who are embarrassingly bad, he certainly isn't good enough for us.

Shaughnessy can gtf…..had agreed to join us on a pre-contract verbally then allowed his agent (his father) to suddenly increase the demands. And if he cant get a game for Southend who are embarrassingly bad, he certainly isn't good enough for us.

 

Nothing to add to that TC.

Summed up perfectly.

 

According to Wiki, Joe Shaugnessey has played 2 games for Southend  this year, what has happened to him? Signed a one year deal last year, worth a look?

 

Knee injury.

 

 

Knee injury.

 

Oh good. That's one of the required criteria that AFC look for met.

seem to be eyeing some no mark detritus from wolves

seem to be eyeing some no mark detritus from wolves

 

Ryan Giles to be exact

Turns 20 on Sunday.

Former youth academy POTY

Been on loan to Shrewsbury this season

Was supposed to be a season long loan but recalled to Wolves owing to injuries so not sure how he can now be coming to us  if we don't get Kennedy in this month 

you may have answered it..

you may have answered it..

 

Meant recalled to Wolves owing to the level of squad injuries they have not Giles himself having injuries 

Kennedy signing today/tonight. Agreed a fee with them, not sure if one of our Players is involved heading their way.

Kennedy signing today/tonight. Agreed a fee with them, not sure if one of our Players is involved heading their way.

 

Aye see The Sun (apologies) reporting that the deal is done.

Also claiming that Boyce has knocked us back and signing a 3 1/2 year deal with Hearts