In consideration of our failing season, thought an update to our contract situation might be worthwhile. Apologies for the length.

GK

2023

• Woods (31) - Is he Injured? noticed the boy Ritchie was on the bench Sunday.

2024

• Lewis (34) - Been off form but capable of getting that back made some good saves yesterday. 

No real issues here. Lewis has been out of form, but not really a problem for January or even next summer. 

Defence

January 2022

• Devlin (28) - Injured needs to be released.

Summer 2022

• Considine (34) - Injured and aging but should be given another year extension.
• Gurr (26) - not of the required standard.

2023

• MacKenzie (21) - Injured will be fine once he recovers from injury.
• Gallagher (30) - Injured looked off form when he has been fit.

2024

• Hernandez (24) - Loaned out hopefully Atlanta repay us for the fee paid out on their behalf and the whole sorry mess can be put to bed. 
• McCrorie (23) - arguably a midfielder been OK at the back and we have had little option. 
• Ramsay (18)- Injured could end up receiving offers for him, maybe his current injury will delay them till next summer. 
• Bates (25) - improving. 

I'd hope we are looking to start next season with MacKenzie, Gallagher, McCrorie (is he a midfielder), Ramsay (unless the right offer comes in) Bates & Considine (depending on his recovery). In January, Devlin must be off the payroll, attempts made to get Gurr off too, and fingers crossed Atlanta buy Hernandez (for everyone's sake). Should be planning on 4-6 of the current lot being here next season. Assuming recovery from injuries and no more occurring;

MacKenzie, Gallagher, McCrorie, Ramsay and Bates till end of the season, that are good enough, scope for additions.

Midfield

Summer 2022

• Hayes (34) - can see him signing an extension if offered but is he as effective as first time around? Can we get better and younger for the wage?
• Hedges (26) - will be off, decision is balancing any money offered and what player(s) can we bring in against what little Hedges playing within himself brings for the remainder of the season.
• McGeouch (28) - Injured? (again) imagine he's looking to see what offers he gets and will be trying to minimize injuries to his fragile body in the meantime.
• Ojo (30) - Also seems to be looking to see what offers he gets and we should be able to do better. 
• McGinn (34) - Past it.

End of Loan Summer 2022(If possible cancel them all in January)

• Jenks (19)  - Not good enough
• Samuels (21)  - Not good enough
• Longstaff (21) - Not good enough

2023

• Campbell (20) - Doesn't appear as if Glass rates him that highly.
• Kennedy (27) - Injured (allegedly) tried to get rid of in the summer depending on how true the back injury is, will likely try again.
• McLennan (22) - Injured he's got strength, pace, skill all let down by decision making and consistency. Should be at a higher level if he's going to make it at his club. 
• Brown (36) - Injured? Will give his all and probably been our best player, but he's 36. 

2024

• Ferguson (22) - doesn't want to be here will push for a move to england again in January. 

Next season would be planning on Hayes (to sign a new contract), Campbell, Brown, McLennan maybe Hanratty. Potentially for remainder of the season we have;

Campbell, Brown & Hayes who will give their all all, albeit Brown is 36 and probably will need a rest at some point some & Hayes who is 34 and has 6 months left on his contract. Hedges, McGeouch and Ojo who will be playing with one eye on a signing on fee elsewhere, won't care where we finish and play accordingly. Jenks, Longstaff and Samuels none of whom are good enough and none have a vested interest in our success.  Kennedy and McLennan who are not good enough and Ferguson who is trying to get a move elsewhere. 

Forwards

2023

• Watkins (31) - Hopefully stays injury free for the remainder of the season.
• Ramirez (30) - Possibly Glass's singular piece of good recruitment
• JET (30) - wrong type of player for battling at the wrong end of the table

An aging strike-force. Can't see any of them being here after summer 2023. JET too much of a luxury but can't see anyone taking him off our hands in January. Ngwenya to join them next season?

Youth on loan

• Ngwenya (18) - contract till 2024
• Ruth (19) - contract till 2022
• Barron (19) - contract till 2022
• Ritchie (18) - contract till 2022
• Duncan (17) - contract till 2022
• Hanratty (18) - contract till 2024
• Mykyta (19) - contract till 2022
• McIver (18) - contract till 2022
• Gallagher (20) - contract till 2022
• Milne (18) - contract till 2022

As far as I can find only Ngwenya and Hanratty signed for longer than the end of the season?

Following Sunday it appears we may only have 15 fit outfield players fit. 3 defenders (1 is Gurr and McRorie will be banned for hibs), 9 midfielders (Longstaff might as well not be here, Jenks and Samuels aren't good enough, McGinn has made 2 starts from 7 appearances ), 3 forwards (1 is JET).

7 games till the break and opening of the window. 

Recruitment has been a shambles for a while now, nothing we saw in the summer points to improvements and this must be the most unbalanced & incoherent (almost as bad as this post), uncommitted and aging squad we've had in a long time. Hopefully our DoF has been making several plans based on any number of scenario's.

We have to;

• Mitigate the effect losing Ferguson and/or Ramsay would have
• Take into account the lack of commitment from the 8 midfielders with no contractual obligation beyond the end of the season.
• The imbalance inexperience and decimation through injury of our defence. 
• The age of our attack. 
• And the lack of players in their "prime years" throughout the squad.

And this has to be balanced against;

• how shit January is as a transfer window
• that we have enough to ensure we don't get dragged into relegation worries
• not make rash decisions that fuck up future season with more aging or not good enough players all playing the same positions on high wages. 

Devlin just can’t stay fit. We signed him injured and injuries have prevented him getting any sort of run with us. Giving him another deal is a really odd one. 

7 hours ago, Jute said:

Devlin just can’t stay fit. We signed him injured and injuries have prevented him getting any sort of run with us. Giving him another deal is a really odd one. 

It's either that or put him down.

 

How long do players like Dante Polvara have to quarantine for nowadays?

Is he actually in Scotland yet or available for the hun game?

 

'Polvara oh oh 

Cantare oh oh oh oh

No wonder my happy heart sings

He's hotter than buffalo wings'

😁

16 hours ago, HaarDon said:

How long do players like Dante Polvara have to quarantine for nowadays?

Is he actually in Scotland yet or available for the hun game?

 

'Polvara oh oh 

Cantare oh oh oh oh

No wonder my happy heart sings

He's hotter than buffalo wings'

😁

No

We need to cut our losses with Devlin and move on, waste of a wage. Damaged good and would rather see glass being through another youth to fill the squad than have Devlin. Nothing against the guy, he’s just in a similar spot to tommy Hoban.

A little surprised to see us go for Zander Clark too but has joe peaked and is now on the decline? He’s been an excellent servant to the club but perhaps we move for a solid new keeper while he’s available. Don’t mind either way.

2 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

We need to cut our losses with Devlin and move on, waste of a wage. Damaged good and would rather see glass being through another youth to fill the squad than have Devlin. Nothing against the guy, he’s just in a similar spot to tommy Hoban.

A little surprised to see us go for Zander Clark too but has joe peaked and is now on the decline? He’s been an excellent servant to the club but perhaps we move for a solid new keeper while he’s available. Don’t mind either way.

Clark a cheaper option than Lewis is my guess. Lewis definitely a better keeper so unless Lewis has asked to be transferred/released cost reduction is only thing that makes sense. 

On 12/01/2022 at 09:24, RicoS321 said:

The key is to get a pre-contract with the player. That'll force their hand a little. It'll likely be a very late in the window thing for any move in January.

BBC gossip this morning saying we are not pursuing McGrath 

Looks like hes had his head turned by interest from English clubs https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/aberdeen-pull-plug-on-jamie-mcgrath-move-as-st-mirren-ace-considers-other-options-3529668

! We will never ever even challenge for 2nd place again  ! Oh well we can sign broom and Turner!! Pathetic non existent ambition from that yank shyster!!

Not that bothered about McGrath himself not signing more that he is type of player we need. Hopefully club have another target of similar type identified that can be brought in quickly. 

1 hour ago, LightbulbMoment2021 said:

! We will never ever even challenge for 2nd place again  ! Oh well we can sign broom and Turner!! Pathetic non existent ambition from that yank shyster!!

Would you prefer your sugar daddy bankrolled us? What level of debt do you think we should run up? Can you define "ambition", and how you think signing a player - McGrath - who wouldn't get into Hun or Tim sides would fit into that? Thanks.

Apparently Cagliari have made a “loan with obligation to buy” offer for Ferguson. 
What’s the point in that? If you want to buy him just give us the money now…

12 minutes ago, baggy89 said:

Apparently Cagliari have made a “loan with obligation to buy” offer for Ferguson. 
What’s the point in that? If you want to buy him just give us the money now…

They are struggling this season and suspect it’s down to them not wanting to pay a big fee if they get relegated. Think Ferguson would suit a move to Italy so hopefully more than just Cagliari interested. 

We are also playing the huns tomorrow!

8 minutes ago, manc_don said:

We are also playing the huns tomorrow!

You cynic. 

8 hours ago, Jute said:

They are struggling this season and suspect it’s down to them not wanting to pay a big fee if they get relegated. Think Ferguson would suit a move to Italy so hopefully more than just Cagliari interested. 

Yes, Sky were reporting it last night as having an obligation to buy him for £3.5M at the end of the season if we they avoid relegation.

1 hour ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Yes, Sky were reporting it last night as having an obligation to buy him for £3.5M at the end of the season if we they avoid relegation.

They are Italian team I follow and they are pish this season. Create very little, don’t score many and keep making defensive mistakes that kill them. Cannot see them avoiding relegation unless they get new players in. From games I have watched think Ferguson would get a game ahead of their existing midfield but not sure he would be able to help keep them up. 

10 hours ago, manc_don said:

We are also playing the huns tomorrow!

Ha Ha! I actually googled to see if Gattuso was manager, or any other hun links.

See Charles-Cook got 2 tonight for County. Thought he’d looked decent few times I’ve seen him in highlights.

One to keep an eye on or just an irregular run of form? 

8 minutes ago, baggy89 said:

See Charles-Cook got 2 tonight for County. Thought he’d looked decent few times I’ve seen him in highlights.

One to keep an eye on or just an irregular run of form? 

I think he's a great player and was hoping McInnes might have made a move for him a while back, but it seems he only picks up the shite players that have good games against us.

On 17/01/2022 at 23:40, baggy89 said:

Apparently Cagliari have made a “loan with obligation to buy” offer for Ferguson. 
What’s the point in that? If you want to buy him just give us the money now…

Glass saying that Ferguson not going to Cagliari. I think the Italian league would be a good move for him. 

I'm hoping that whoever comes in for him will give us the Kenny McLean option of keeping him until summer. He dominated the Huns midfield last night and that's a run of about 6-7 games where he's really starting to show his ability. I think we'd really struggle to replace him and especially in this window, but I also think we'll miss out on the best form of his career if we cash in right now.

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

Glass saying that Ferguson not going to Cagliari. I think the Italian league would be a good move for him. 

I'm hoping that whoever comes in for him will give us the Kenny McLean option of keeping him until summer. He dominated the Huns midfield last night and that's a run of about 6-7 games where he's really starting to show his ability. I think we'd really struggle to replace him and especially in this window, but I also think we'll miss out on the best form of his career if we cash in right now.

Between now and August 31st, or whenever the summer window closes, has to be the strongest position we'll be in with Ferguson. Strongest we've been since Aston Villa offered a similar deal for McKenna with a few hours of the transfer window left. If he can keep the form till end of the season with 2 years left on his deal, we should receive a sizable offer.

While I'd like to see us keep him for a long time, if we let it go much beyond next January, I can imagine him pushing for a move from a derisory offer from the huns or he'll wait 6 months and sign a pre-contract with the cunts. Can't really fault his performance last night, someone said on twitter (so likely to be absolute shite) that he didn't celebrate his goal?

1 hour ago, baggy89 said:

Between now and August 31st, or whenever the summer window closes, has to be the strongest position we'll be in with Ferguson. Strongest we've been since Aston Villa offered a similar deal for McKenna with a few hours of the transfer window left. If he can keep the form till end of the season with 2 years left on his deal, we should receive a sizable offer.

While I'd like to see us keep him for a long time, if we let it go much beyond next January, I can imagine him pushing for a move from a derisory offer from the huns or he'll wait 6 months and sign a pre-contract with the cunts. Can't really fault his performance last night, someone said on twitter (so likely to be absolute shite) that he didn't celebrate his goal?

He ran and got the ball, as if the draw wasn't enough. He looked determined, and maybe slightly relieved after that dirty Hun Uri Geller tried to fuck up his penalty. I don't know what the poster on Twitter is suggesting, but you don't have to look too far back to see Ferguson celebrating a winner against the Huns. 

2 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

He ran and got the ball, as if the draw wasn't enough. He looked determined, and maybe slightly relieved after that dirty Hun Uri Geller tried to fuck up his penalty. I don't know what the poster on Twitter is suggesting, but you don't have to look too far back to see Ferguson celebrating a winner against the Huns. 

Makes sense.

Jack Gurr officially away.