mcdougall(4) Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 They want 25m for him I think they'll get it Link to comment
DD1903 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 The boy Main sums up Scottish fitba. He bounced around several lower league teams in England - and without fail he made an arse out of himself at every single one. He then struts up to Scotland and is already one of the best players in the region!The mask is slipping...! Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Hector, Ward, Church, Maddison, I think would be players that most fans didnt know much about but that, overall, were a success.Hector I will give you. Church was relatively well known enough & had a reasonably credible stature. Breaking though at international level. Ward was rated & at Liverpool ffs. Maddison was rated at £3m+ So no not really ones that fall into the 'great discovery by scouts' Hector aside like I say. The scouts have been (for the most part) shite at finding undiscovered, or unexpected & cheap talent for us. Especially in terms of us signing on ft deals. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 even if you are more generous and give them all the successes from england the hit ratio is still appaling 1 Link to comment
Guest milne_afc Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Yes he is And will be in England squad as predictedWhat you basing your claim on? I agree he's got a chance of an England call up. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 even if you are more generous and give them all the successes from england the hit ratio is still appalingExactly. Taking a wage for fk all. We should be looking at some other clubs scouts rather than their players lol Link to comment
Tord31 Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 id say an excellent ratio was more than half the players are of the required quality so good is probably more than a quarter? what mcinnes might argue is that not all players should count towards the score as some have been under a grand per week random punts Link to comment
Clockweights Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Refereeing standards are the equaliser in our game.What a heap of shite. Link to comment
mcdougall(4) Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 What a heap of shite.You think they're good ? Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 How do they end up with him and Moult and we get Maynard and Cosgrove ffs.Scouting Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 How do we end up with Logan and Lewis and they end up with kipre and the lescott lookalike? I would take Kipre here. Ahead of Ball, Tansey, O'Connor and shite anyway Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Yes. But wed play him at full back. Or in midfield. Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 How do we end up with Logan and Lewis and they end up with kipre and the lescott lookalike?It's a mixed bag at every club. We've not been particularly good at it lately, although we've had some successes. Lewis wasn't discovered by a scouting network - he was a very very widely known, proven player. Then before we compare with say Motherwell you've got to consider that we can pay more than they can, we are only seeing the ones they find and can then afford to bring in. We should be able to pay more and get better players more often IF our network is comparable. Link to comment
Henry Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Could we stretch ties to Scandinavia? They'd need to be some pretty stretchy ties Link to comment
Poodler Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 My mate Brian lives in Scandanavia I'll ask him if theres anyone worth signing Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 For every good find we've had, we've had 2/3 that have been absolutely tragic. The likes of Burns, Monakana, that GK Collins was it? We're never going to get every one right, nobody does, but we should be expecting better of our scouting dept. A 2 year pursuit for Tansey for him to turn round and say he'd rather go play elsewhere than fight for a place in our team is another howler they've had. Link to comment
alscotoz Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 They'd need to be some pretty stretchy ties Maybe we could get elastic bands? There must be some good talent there, relatively cheap, that could be pursued? Link to comment
Foster14 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 We seem to do alright for a team that doesn't develop youth nor scout well enough! 1 Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 We seem to do alright for a team that doesn't develop youth nor scout well enough! True. But why not strive for better when it looks achievable. We are all feeling a bit Ash Taylor about all our 2nd place medals Not that we'd trade it for 22nd place... Link to comment
Foster14 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 True. But why not strive for better when it looks achievable. We are all feeling a bit Ash Taylor about all our 2nd place medals Not that we'd trade it for 22nd place... I'm not saying we should not strive for better, I'm just failing to see why we shouldn't be jealous with other teams doing well with one or two finds from the English lower leagues when they'll have had a whole load of shite passing through as well. Link to comment
Foster14 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Plus to bring perspective to the table, and since we are talking about him, in two of Ash Taylor's three seasons at the club, 2014/15 (33 goals) and 2016/17 (35 goals) were the two lowest goals against tallies in the last 25 seasons. Yet I'm sure most people would class him as a poor signing from England. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Taylor would have to go down as a success although he was shite 1 Link to comment
BWG Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Taylor would have to go down as a success although he was shiteStrongly disagree. Taylor was nothing but detrimental to that team. Might have been part of a relatively successful team (that still won fuck all) but it was despite him being there. 2 1 Link to comment
alscotoz Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Whilst we may have missed out on some top drawer signings, and whilst we might have signed some absolute shite - I'd still rather be us, than fucking motherwell or cunting kilmarnock. or Edinburgh city? or, or, or? Dumb comment. 1 Link to comment
alscotoz Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 How is it Al? What Im saying is, is that we're still more or less second - for all the success motherwell and kilmarnock have had with signings this year, the'yre still well off the pace of us, and have been for a number of years. So not a dumb comment you wee prick - feel free to jet over so I can give you a red hot arse. If you want to fulfil fantasies then you'll have to pay the fare, pops. 1 Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Plus to bring perspective to the table, and since we are talking about him, in two of Ash Taylor's three seasons at the club, 2014/15 (33 goals) and 2016/17 (35 goals) were the two lowest goals against tallies in the last 25 seasons. Yet I'm sure most people would class him as a poor signing from England. Ash Taylor goes into the I've seen more worse than better category of defenders at Aberdeen 1 Link to comment
Redforever86 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Robinson and Clarke are fairly new to the SPL so will still know who is decent and available down south at the moment. That said Im sure both have a lot more contacts down there than McInnes. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Devlin, McGinn and Nwakali miss out tomorrow. Injured. McKenna, Christie, McLean and Considine are all a booking away from missing the first post split match Link to comment
BWG Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Nwakali seems to be a perma crock. Link to comment
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