Ernie McCracken Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: And presumably the next down on the list is an even worse option? Well yeah, you would think so. If they had a better option they wouldnt have been stooping so low as Clark Robertson. Very concerning. Waiting for Dave to announce AFC branded snake oil on sale in the club shop. Link to comment
Hagi's pubic hair Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: And presumably the next down on the list is an even worse option? At this stage it's probably better not go online until the start of the new season and just see who the fuck turns up! Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said: What’s the chances of us looking at Liam Lindsay? He’s probably overpaid and on a good contract so maybe unlikely always seemed a decent player. Odd he is absolutely nowhere near the Scotland squad when we are capping considine, gallagher, hanlon, Hendry and playing guys out of position there He would make sense as he's left sided and Stoke are desperate to offload him. Strange it never worked out for him there Wages likely the big stumbling block though. £3million players expect a commensurate salary Was reported last week that Preston wanted him to join permanently Link to comment
SupportmeansSUPPORT Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Lindsay is almost certainly out with our price range in terms of wages and Stoke would still get a decent fee for him. As a left sided centre back, Scotland under 21's defender George Johnston who Feyenoord bought from Liverpool a couple of years ago but is out of contract this summer would be a good option for us. Was on loan at Wigan in 2nd half of last season and did well 5 Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 13 hours ago, Ten Caat said: He would make sense as he's left sided and Stoke are desperate to offload him. Strange it never worked out for him there Wages likely the big stumbling block though. £3million players expect a commensurate salary Was reported last week that Preston wanted him to join permanently Strange the fees he has gone for and the wages he is probably on when he is nowhere near Scotland and plays in our weakest position. Also struggling to get a game for a fairly average team. Sounds like he must have a superb agent. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said: Strange the fees he has gone for and the wages he is probably on when he is nowhere near Scotland and plays in our weakest position. Also struggling to get a game for a fairly average team. Sounds like he must have a superb agent. I had missed the fact he had been a further permanent transfer. Madness down there and shows weve a decent chance of getting paid by McKenna and Cosgrove taking another move. Link to comment
redstrummer Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 14 hours ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said: What’s the chances of us looking at Liam Lindsay? He’s probably overpaid and on a good contract so maybe unlikely always seemed a decent player. Odd he is absolutely nowhere near the Scotland squad when we are capping considine, gallagher, hanlon, Hendry and playing guys out of position there I'd be going for Jason Kerr , hope we are looking at him . Probably out of our market now though Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 22 minutes ago, Tord31 said: I had missed the fact he had been a further permanent transfer. Madness down there and shows weve a decent chance of getting paid by McKenna and Cosgrove taking another move. I genuinely can't see Cosgrove going for more than a couple of mill. McKenna definitely, he's started most of their games. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, StandFree1982 said: I genuinely can't see Cosgrove going for more than a couple of mill. McKenna definitely, he's started most of their games. I just mean they could quite easily move for a fee, any fee. 20% of a fee down there is real money to us as it might be the difference between affording a McGrath, a Kerr, a whoever and falling short. Link to comment
Tord31 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, redstrummer said: I'd be going for Jason Kerr , hope we are looking at him . Probably out of our market now though He's in the last 11 months of his contract so if he has not got a move by August i'd say he's starting to be worth less than £500k. If that coincides with us selling Ferguson, Hedges or McCrorie then it could easy be a go-er. Our time to move is always gonna be with 9 months (or 4 months) to go on the contract and and paying a small fee. I think once the players of this half decent quality are on free transfers then they would normally be out of our reach as other clubs see the player is on a free transfer and dont really care about scrimping on wages even if the player is not going to be a automatic first pick. Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Tord31 said: He's in the last 11 months of his contract so if he has not got a move by August i'd say he's starting to be worth less than £500k. If that coincides with us selling Ferguson, Hedges or McCrorie then it could easy be a go-er. Our time to move is always gonna be with 9 months (or 4 months) to go on the contract and and paying a small fee. I think once the players of this half decent quality are on free transfers then they would normally be out of our reach as other clubs see the player is on a free transfer and dont really care about scrimping on wages even if the player is not going to be a automatic first pick. Agree 100% Much harder to pick up these players when out of contract, as there are about 45-50 clubs (including the EPL) in England who would easily pay more than us. Our best chance is to try & pick them up when 12 or 6 months remain on their contract, but that means we have to gamble & pay a fee and assume we’ll recoup it by selling the player on. I’d love us to pay £500k apiece for the likes of Jason Kerr & Jamie McGrath, but I seriously doubt we can afford that. Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: Agree 100% Much harder to pick up these players when out of contract, as there are about 45-50 clubs (including the EPL) in England who would easily pay more than us. Our best chance is to try & pick them up when 12 or 6 months remain on their contract, but that means we have to gamble & pay a fee and assume we’ll recoup it by selling the player on. I’d love us to pay £500k apiece for the likes of Jason Kerr & Jamie McGrath, but I seriously doubt we can afford that. It is a huge gamble once they get to around 24+ as the chances of selling them on decreases. shinnie, mclean and the wee hun rat were superb for us but nobody was ever in for them Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said: Agree 100% Much harder to pick up these players when out of contract, as there are about 45-50 clubs (including the EPL) in England who would easily pay more than us. Our best chance is to try & pick them up when 12 or 6 months remain on their contract, but that means we have to gamble & pay a fee and assume we’ll recoup it by selling the player on. I’d love us to pay £500k apiece for the likes of Jason Kerr & Jamie McGrath, but I seriously doubt we can afford that. We'll be selling Ferguson so we should have a percentage of that fee to reinvest hopefully. Uncertainty over crowds and hospitality will be the determining factor but I feel we need to make an investment on a couple of players of the right age otherwise we'll have too big a gap between the over 30s and the 'emerging talent' Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said: It is a huge gamble once they get to around 24+ as the chances of selling them on decreases. shinnie, mclean and the wee hun rat were superb for us but nobody was ever in for them Aye, and a gamble I doubt we’d take, unless of course we sell Ferguson for say £3m & re-invested a chunk of it. 1 Link to comment
WesthillWanderersFC Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said: We'll be selling Ferguson so we should have a percentage of that fee to reinvest hopefully. Uncertainty over crowds and hospitality will be the determining factor but I feel we need to make an investment on a couple of players of the right age otherwise we'll have too big a gap between the over 30s and the 'emerging talent' Yip, agree with that too. The likes of Kerr & McGrath are at a perfect age. Sign them up & flog them on for a profit in a couple of years.... repeat. Link to comment
The Gee Man Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Clubs seem to have reversed on a deal for Ferguson obviously realised they couldn’t take the piss like they have in past! scottish talent over 100 games £350k. foreign with 19 vowels in name £3.5 million!!! Link to comment
DD1903 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 33 minutes ago, The Gee Man said: Clubs seem to have reversed on a deal for Ferguson obviously realised they couldn’t take the piss like they have in past! scottish talent over 100 games £350k. foreign with 19 vowels in name £3.5 million!!! Based on? Link to comment
The Gee Man Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, DD1903 said: Based on? Based on there is no more offers Link to comment
DD1903 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, The Gee Man said: Based on there is no more offers Doesn't make sense. But ok. how do you know we haven't had any further offers ? Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, DD1903 said: Doesn't make sense. But ok. how do you know we haven't had any further offers ? Probably because there have been no more offers made public & no rumoured interest by either the club & (more importantly) his Arsehole agent. on that basis it is fair to argue more in favour that there haven’t been any other offers rather than support the idea that there has been. pretty fair assumption id say Link to comment
Donmacca Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said: Probably because there have been no more offers made public & no rumoured interest by either the club & (more importantly) his Arsehole agent. on that basis it is fair to argue more in favour that there haven’t been any other offers rather than support the idea that there has been. pretty fair assumption id say It's the 1st of June and there's a major tournament in a couple of weeks time, the market is bound to be slow. Don't wet the bed just yet. Link to comment
super_al Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I am totally bored of this window already. Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, super_al said: I am totally bored of this window already. That's not true! You Canadians live for transfer speculation! You all love it! Link to comment
DD1903 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Sonoftherock said: That's not true! You Canadians live for transfer speculation! You all love it! Who could have imagine a Canadian being overly dramatic during transfer window (or any time I suppose...)?! Link to comment
minijc Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I seriously can't see Ferguson being our player for much longer, heads been turned. Link to comment
Ramandu Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said: shinnie, mclean and the wee hun rat were superb for us but nobody was ever in for them True, but hopefully having had a few success stories (as each of those is), teams are more willing to pay for our players. Link to comment
Guest milne_afc Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 3 hours ago, minijc said: heads been turned Bold statement Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 8 hours ago, minijc said: I seriously can't see Ferguson being our player for much longer, heads been turned. Make lifting a cup next season all the sweeter Link to comment
Crashnyploshnit Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 15 hours ago, Sonoftherock said: That's not true! You Canadians live for transfer speculation! You all love it! Sure do? Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Jackson Irvine - MOTM and a goal for the socceroos over night, in their world cup qualifier.. really hope we can sign him! Link to comment
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