May as well have it’s own thread with the impending exodus / signings nearly upon us.

I see we’ve also been linked with mcnulty the Arab. Wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been linked with a player who player well against us, he the answer to our goal scoring issues though?

For some strange reason his name reminds me of the dart player Terry Jenkins.  Can we nickname him 'Bully Bully' too?!?!

Sunderland allegedly after Ethan Ross according to the Daily Record.?

4 hours ago, BigAl said:

Sunderland allegedly after Ethan Ross according to the Daily Record.?

I wouldn’t mind that.

Use the £200k compensation to add to the McGrath bid. 

51 minutes ago, RedStarTorphins said:

I wouldn’t mind that.

Use the £200k compensation to add to the McGrath bid. 

Its the Retard and sounds like guesswork but here you go...https://the72.co.uk/238965/aberdeen-unable-to-agree-fee-for-peterborough-united-linked-jamie-mcgrath-from-st-mirren/

What is the basis for Ethan Ross being worth anywhere near £200,000 compensation?  Not complaining like, just wondering ?.  He's barely started a game for us.  It can't have cost that much to develop each player in our youth team.  Considering what we paid for Ferguson from Hamilton, who was recognised as being a really good prospect, it doesn't make much sense.  Ross is nearly 20 and hasn't got anywhere near the first team really.

5 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

What is the basis for Ethan Ross being worth anywhere near £200,000 compensation?  Not complaining like, just wondering ?.  He's barely started a game for us.  It can't have cost that much to develop each player in our youth team.  Considering what we paid for Ferguson from Hamilton, who was recognised as being a really good prospect, it doesn't make much sense.  Ross is nearly 20 and hasn't got anywhere near the first team really.

It’s a set formula based on players length of time at the club, international caps and first team games from memory. Did have a link to explanation of how it’s calculated but cannot find it at the moment. Suspect £200k is about right given Ethan’s age and length of time at the club. 

On 10/06/2021 at 23:08, scotfree said:

He's been banned. 

Back on topic please. ?

No wonder this forum is dead.  

 

 

1:1 coaching in pre-season at this rate. 

Gurr joins on a one year deal (no loan). Welcome aboard etc.

4 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Gurr joins on a one year deal (no loan). Welcome aboard etc.

Was he the third choice right back?

18 minutes ago, manc_don said:

Was he the third choice right back?

He was second choice right back for their reserves.

McRorie likely right back next season anyway, maybe this guy will be the pressure he needs to get his finger oot. I don't think Ramsay is ready and could do with a 6 month loan at a championship club.

7 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Gurr joins on a one year deal (no loan). Welcome aboard etc.

I'm happy to give anyone a fair chance, but nothing about this signing fills me with confidence.

1 hour ago, OxfordDon said:

I'm happy to give anyone a fair chance, but nothing about this signing fills me with confidence.

I'm fairly confident he'll be shite.

Not much to go on, granted, but his use of the ball seems intelligent. Sturdy wee guy, reckon he'll be fine. It's only a year, McCrorie more than likely the preference at RB/RWB ( Squad number 2 ) so will see how it develops. 

 

 

17 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Gurr joins on a one year deal (no loan). Welcome aboard etc.

Pretty safe to assume he’ll be shite.

He’s 25 & played less than 20 games at a level that’s at Scottish Championship  level.

What would we be saying if we’d signed Ayr’s 25 year old full back who’d only played 18 games? 

This just re-affirms my doubts about Glass (& Cormack for that matter!)

Where are the “exciting signings” we’ve been promised? 

We won’t qualify for Europe is my prediction. 

It's hard to see how he could be good. Ordinarily you could argue he might be some hidden gem that Glass knows about from his previous job, but his previous team thought he was shite as well and cut him out their squad in favour of a right back who couldn't get in our team last season.

There are a long list of decisions now that make very little sense from a footballing perspective and all involve Atlanta in some capacity, including the decision to hire Glass in the first place. I've yet to really see a benefit to it unless there's money getting funnelled into the club behind the scenes. I have a feeling it's all going to blow up at some point and we'll get our own expose in the Athletic about how Arthur Blank has been using the changing rooms to hide stolen Rembrandt paintings or something.

I’m seriously starting to lose patience with this ridiculous circus we’ve become a part of. 

3 hours ago, KGB said:

I’m seriously starting to lose patience with this ridiculous circus we’ve become a part of. 

What circus? The only negative noise I hear is from our own fans not giving glass and the new signings the benefit of the doubt. It’s our own doing.

8 minutes ago, LA-Don said:

What circus? The only negative noise I hear is from our own fans not giving glass and the new signings the benefit of the doubt. It’s our own doing.

Completely agree. I am actually looking forward to this Season. I was extremely against Glass getting the job, but he's here, he's saying all the right things and I have definitely seen a difference in how we approach games and actually played in those games, the more time he's had to work with them, Russell too, Apaloo and Brown coming in, then it can only get better. Hopefully with another 2 additions ( Ramirez & another Striker ) then we'll at the very least, improve on what McInnes did, in what will be a far more difficult League. 

 

I'm expecting big things for us, seriously, and to think only 3 months ago I was apoplectic with the fact Glass got the job. 

Agree with the last 2 posts.Some of the comments,mostly elsewhere, have been cringeworthily premature.Ok,a couple of the signings havent set the heather on fire,but Glass sees something in them,or something that he can work with.Lets at least wait and see if he can justify their signings after a reasonable amount of games.

  Definitley looking more to the new season than i would have been,if only out of curiosity.

 

I love how A LOT of the the press mention Brown, Gallagher, Emmanuel-Thomas, Jenks and now Gurr as new signings but forget we tied up Gary Woods for a couple of years!!

Some news to cheer a few folk on here up this grim morning........

 

Clark Robertson has signed for Portsmouth?

On the other hand, that means we are now looking to sign a defender that our management team considers not to be as good as Clark Robertson. Failing that, whoever they find sleeping on a bench outside of Atlanta United's reserve team stadium.