Summer 2024 Transfer Window

[Ten Caat]

He's surely too injury prone for any SPL club to take a chance on? 

Maybe a player-manager job at lower SFL or Highland/Lowland league level?

[aberdeen1970]

Kilmarnock beckons 

[Hoofball]

5 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Kilmarnock beckons 

McInnes will definitely have been on the phone to him and probably gave Hayes a call as well

[RabidGiraffe]

48 minutes ago, BaaBaaRedSheep said:

 

PLAYERS I WOULD LOAN OUT / SELL:

Gueye

McGarry

Hayes - OOC in Summer, will retire

Morris

Polvara

Besuijen

Duncan

Roos - OOC in Summer, will be gone

MacDonald 

Doohan

Ngwenja - OOC in Summer, will be gone

Richardson - On loan at Colchester who are rumoured to want to make it permanent

Stewart - OOC in Summer, will be gone

 

 

 

I'd also be holding on to Polvara, MacDonald and Doohan as squad players.  

We already need to bring in at least 12 players as it is, and the more we move on the more we have to find and negotiate with.

[TerryMcDermott]

On 2/13/2024 at 9:44 AM, REDRUM said:

Heard from a Hun acquaintance that the Rat Ryan Jack has been offered a precontract with us to come back in the summer and was apparently meetimg Burrows and Gunn this week. No idea where they got this from or the validity of it either.

Personally think it's a load of shite but wondering if anyone heard anything similar. 

Well…..that would likely be it for me. I could under no circumstances support an Aberdeen team with Jack in it. Simply unthinkable that the staunch loyal dirty rat fuck could ever wear red again. 
 

No fucking way. Ever. Ever ever in fact. 

[TerryMcDermott]

As posted, Jack will toddle off to the diets. Hun Lite will suit him fine. 

[jamiesd]

10 hours ago, TerryMcDermott said:

As posted, Jack will toddle off to the diets. Hun Lite will suit him fine. 

Its got Killie all over it

[Arthur FN Shelby]

12 hours ago, TerryMcDermott said:

As posted, Jack will toddle off to the diets. Hun Lite will suit him fine. 

Not sure Hearts would go for Jack, seem to have their act together as regards signings. Maybe a few years back but not now, Killie, definately.

[Andy_123]

2 hours ago, Arthur FN Shelby said:

Not sure Hearts would go for Jack, seem to have their act together as regards signings. Maybe a few years back but not now, Killie, definately.

I know we joke about McInnes signing all his old players constantly, but would he sign Jack after he slithered off and signed with the huns behind McInnes back after telling him he hadn't?

His body couldn't cope with the artificial pitch their either. When is that getting ripped up?

[pittodriepie83]

Noticed Gartennman saying he’s holding off on deciding on his future until the manager is sorted out. Can’t say I’d be overly bothered if he was to go, partly at fault for their first today. Looks okay in some games but overall meh. Wouldn’t be arsed about Jensen leaving either, and you’d assume MacDonald will be off too. 
 

I do think there’s a player in Rubezic but definitely needs someone beside him to calm him down, very raw. Another decent sized rebuild in the summer for the defence alone when you include the goalies. Let’s hope we’re not gonna have a complete moron overseeing it all this time

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[WesthillWanderersFC]

18 minutes ago, pittodriepie83 said:

Noticed Gartennman saying he’s holding off on deciding on his future until the manager is sorted out. Can’t say I’d be overly bothered if he was to go, partly at fault for their first today. Looks okay in some games but overall meh. Wouldn’t be arsed about Jensen leaving either, and you’d assume MacDonald will be off too. 
 

I do think there’s a player in Rubezic but definitely needs someone beside him to calm him down, very raw. Another decent sized rebuild in the summer for the defence alone when you include the goalies. Let’s hope we’re not gonna have a complete moron overseeing it all this time

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There’s concerns about all the defenders: 

Gartenmann - Too small, physically weak, slow, lacks concentration & his passing is poor. Does have good moments but I wouldn’t be looking to spend cash to keep him. 

Ruby - Rash & dives in too often. 

Jensen - a bit soft IMO 

MacDonald - looks a shadow of the player he was last season.

I suspect MacDonald & Gartenmann won’t be here & we’ll be looking for two central defenders. 
Ruby & Jensen are contracted long-term. 

[Tord31]

Surely MacDonald is injured? Something strange going on there

[pittodriepie83]

8 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

There’s concerns about all the defenders: 

Gartenmann - Too small, physically weak, slow, lacks concentration & his passing is poor. Does have good moments but I wouldn’t be looking to spend cash to keep him. 

Ruby - Rash & dives in too often. 

Jensen - a bit soft IMO 

MacDonald - looks a shadow of the player he was last season.

I suspect MacDonald & Gartenmann won’t be here & we’ll be looking for two central defenders. 
Ruby & Jensen are contracted long-term. 

Agree with all that. Thought he might’ve been a calming influence on Ruby but in reality I think Rubezic is better. Definitely rash at times but still think there’s a player to work with in there, hopefully someone can coach the diving in out of him.

So aye two centre halves, a new first choice keeper & hopefully a solid back-up assuming we cut our losses with Doohan. Nae as if we’ll have European football to fill quotas for. 
 

Devlin the wrong side of 30 now with nobody to even provide cover never mind competition. As much as Mackenzie has improved he’s still not good enough to get us where we want to be IMO. 
 

If you’re being really honest, outwith Miovski, Devlin, Clarkson & Rubezic I wouldn’t be fussed about getting rid of the rest. Maybe McGrath, Barron I suppose but he clearly doesn’t want to sign anyway. 
 

We’re going to need to hope for a large fee for Lewis Ferguson & Miovski to reinvest. Not quite as many as 13 but still a decent sized rebuild. Time will tell whether Cormack lets Gunn oversee it & whether they manage to get in a good manager. 

[ericblack4boss]

On 2/16/2024 at 12:28 PM, Andy_123 said:

I know we joke about McInnes signing all his old players constantly, but would he sign Jack after he slithered off and signed with the huns behind McInnes back after telling him he hadn't?

His body couldn't cope with the artificial pitch their either. When is that getting ripped up?

Hun DMC new fine he was off to them , yet another lie the sleekit cunt came out with 

[Hoofball]

1 hour ago, Tord31 said:

Surely MacDonald is injured? Something strange going on there

Warnock didn’t start him against Motherwell due to his fitness and he was struggling after 70 minutes so he was never going to start today as well. I’d play him ahead of Gartnemann. 

 

1 hour ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

There’s concerns about all the defenders: 

Gartenmann - Too small, physically weak, slow, lacks concentration & his passing is poor. Does have good moments but I wouldn’t be looking to spend cash to keep him. 

Ruby - Rash & dives in too often. 

Jensen - a bit soft IMO 

MacDonald - looks a shadow of the player he was last season.

I suspect MacDonald & Gartenmann won’t be here & we’ll be looking for two central defenders. 
Ruby & Jensen are contracted long-term. 

MacDonald will still have a year left on his contract in the summer, I think he’ll still be here next season

[WesthillWanderersFC]

23 minutes ago, Hoofball said:

Warnock didn’t start him against Motherwell due to his fitness and he was struggling after 70 minutes so he was never going to start today as well. I’d play him ahead of Gartnemann. 

 

MacDonald will still have a year left on his contract in the summer, I think he’ll still be here next season

I think he’ll want away purely because he’s not getting games.

All up in the air though seeing as our clueless Board have fuck all clue who they want as manager, no succession plan, or what the fuck they’re doing. 

[Hoofball]

Just now, WesthillWanderersFC said:

I think he’ll want away purely because he’s not getting games.

All up in the air though seeing as our clueless Board have fuck all clue who they want as manager, no succession plan, or what the fuck they’re doing. 

Hiding behind the on going review which to me is just a smokescreen for them being fucking clueless and having no idea what to do

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

Need to be sensible with who we bring in this summer. Hopefully the nucleus of the team stays and we can just strengthen with some key signings.
 

another season of bringing in 10+ players will be an absolute disaster  

[Ten Caat]

44 minutes ago, Byrne Baby Byrne said:

Need to be sensible with who we bring in this summer. Hopefully the nucleus of the team stays and we can just strengthen with some key signings.
 

another season of bringing in 10+ players will be an absolute disaster  

By my reckoning we'll need

1 x 1st choice 'keeper

1 x back up right back

1 x 1st choice left back (MacKenzie becomes back up, try to offload McGarry)

1 x 1st choice left centre back (Jensen becomes back-up)

1 x back up right centre back (to Rubezic)

1 x defensive midfielder (Ramadani replacement!!)

1 x central midfielder (Barron replacement)

1 x right winger (depending on what happens with Besuijen)

1 x left winger

1 x first choice main striker (assuming Miovski leaves)

1 x Duk replacement (assuming he also leaves)

 

So 8 at a minimum, more than likely 10 or 11

[Johnnyred1]

I would prefer to bust our budget on 5 good first team players than dilute the budget on 10 average at best.

[cruickc2]

We need to bust the budget to get the players we need, be that 8 or whatever.

I dont believe spending the budget and only getting half of what we need just to get really good players is beneficial as the positions we dont strengthen will still make us shit overall. 

[AyrshireSheep]

36 minutes ago, cruickc2 said:

We need to bust the budget to get the players we need, be that 8 or whatever.

I dont believe spending the budget and only getting half of what we need just to get really good players is beneficial as the positions we dont strengthen will still make us shit overall. 

There should be no excuses really for Cormack. We'll be getting a club record fee for Miovski and probably close to another £3m for Ferguson when he moves on. Add in the likely sale of Duk and the training fee for Barron there's going to be over £10m coming into the club this summer. He needs to spend. And speaking in relative terms, spend big for us. 

[slippers]

10 minutes ago, AyrshireSheep said:

There should be no excuses really for Cormack. We'll be getting a club record fee for Miovski and probably close to another £3m for Ferguson when he moves on. Add in the likely sale of Duk and the training fee for Barron there's going to be over £10m coming into the club this summer. He needs to spend. And speaking in relative terms, spend big for us. 

He can start that spending on the manager. If we spend all this time and appoint a British journey man type the board should be hounded out. We need some real ambition that’s ticks all the boxes this time. 

[AyrshireSheep]

8 minutes ago, slippers said:

He can start that spending on the manager. If we spend all this time and appoint a British journey man type the board should be hounded out. We need some real ambition that’s ticks all the boxes this time. 

Absolutely. 

That has to be the biggest investment this summer. It has to be somebody with a track record. Ideally that comes in the form of trophies etc but realistically that won't happen. So it needs to be somebody that has a history of signing players, developing them and selling them at a profit while playing a decent brand of football. The league this season has shown we don't need Pep or Klopp to have any sort of success. 

[starryfish]

54 minutes ago, slippers said:

He can start that spending on the manager. If we spend all this time and appoint a British journey man type the board should be hounded out. We need some real ambition that’s ticks all the boxes this time. 

Realistically who will we attract?

[WesthillWanderersFC]

15 minutes ago, starryfish said:

Realistically who will we attract?

Unlikely to be any one of any substance.

1) Dave Cormack’s track record suggests he doesn’t want an experienced, “strong” minded manager who will question things.

2) No-one with credibility will want to report to a DoF such as Steven Gunn 😆

But I do agree with the point that was made. 
Instead of spunking £750k on the likes of Gueye & Morris, try & invest in a proven manager, as hard as that might be. I’d rather buy out a successful manager from a contract than spend £500k on a player. 
I’ll give the club the time to sort this out and see what happens come April/May, but the last 3 appointments have been horrendous & don’t fill you with confidence. 

 

[pittodriepie83]

2 hours ago, starryfish said:

Realistically who will we attract?

Chris Wilder was ready to sign until Cormack started dictating things to him. Say what you want but he’s a manager with PL experience. I think we’d be surprised at the level of manager we could attract if we actually invested there. 

[slippers]

4 hours ago, starryfish said:

Realistically who will we attract?

I’m not stupid enough to think that it will be a household name. But I’d like someone that is currently doing well at a team in Europe. Someone we can look at the stats and see he’s punching well above what he should be with the resources. Someone that plays a nice style of football to align with what we are suppost to be trying to do. 
 

I actually think that we could surprise a few if we sold the next manager the right project and gave them a decent budget to work with in Scottish terms. Can just imagine the press if we appoint someone in that ilk, no Scottish experience blah blah blah. Think that’s the problem it’s been that way far too long. 

[minijc]

1 hour ago, pittodriepie83 said:

Chris Wilder was ready to sign until Cormack started dictating things to him. Say what you want but he’s a manager with PL experience. I think we’d be surprised at the level of manager we could attract if we actually invested there. 

That's not quite true.

[pittodriepie83]

26 minutes ago, minijc said:

That's not quite true.

It’s the story I got via someone who was told directly from Wilder that he was taking the job & taking him in as a coach.