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So no one was out with their drone over training today to spark off some signing rumours?
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6 minutes ago, moses1924 said:
Great news if Gabby has resigned, not so fussed about Telfer, not the worst though. However, still need a decent number of new, strong players in as we wont stay up with the team from last season plus Todorov. Not complaining about the business done so far but need more.
McCabe said exactly that in his Lanarkshire live interview, happy to retain most of the squad and now need to add some quality.
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8 minutes ago, Rio 2 said:
The silence from the club is deafening.
There was a statement put out on Facebook and Twitter.
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13 minutes ago, AJ77 said:
Far too inconsistent, wouldn't have minded him staying if we hadn't went up. No disrespect to the lad but need a better standard of player to compete in the championship.
He actually was great at the first goal either, never got close to Connor Smith. Yip, really has to work on his defending!
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I've just watched the Hamilton 2nd leg highlights again. After Hamilton's 2nd I think Euan Deveney must have realised his time was up given McCabe's reaction to him!
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The retention of players has gone well to date but I wouldn't be fussed about Telfer resigning despite him being a "proven" championship player. I would have preferred him over McMaster but we now need a more physical presence in the midfield area, as well as Kerr McInroy on loan!
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36 minutes ago, Rossm25 said:
Love that we are at the "let's judge a player before we've seen them" part of pre season already
More "intrigued" rather than judging.
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5 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said:
Yes, but you have to accept there is a larger element of risk than other signings who have more of a CV. Obviously you sign them with the hope they'll add to the team, but signing 2 players who've never played first team football (except a few minutes for O'Connor) and expecting them to go straight into a Championship starting 11 is a huge risk, to me anyway. All youth players at bigger clubs are 'highly rated' yet most never make it, so I'm reserving judgement until I see them.
It's not at all a criticism of the signings, the flip side of the argument is they'll potentially have a higher ceiling than a more established signing and could be brilliant. I'd just like to make sure we have a relatively experienced group of players for the Hibs boys to come into so that if they aren't as good as we've been told it's not a major issue.
Totally agree that it's a risk but obviously Rhys thinks they're up to it.
Depending on how much we're paying for them then it could be a major issue.
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39 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said:
'Highly rated' is the most meaningless phrase in football though. It essentially means people think he's good despite no hard evidence at that level to prove it. Anyone on the books at a professional football club at that age gets the 'highly rated' tag, and we've seen first hand that plenty are pretty poor.
Not saying that will be the case with the Hibs boys at all, but it's impossible to have any accurate knowledge of how good they'll be when they've never played first team football. My hope is we have enough players to have a team of more established players, the Hibs boys will then be a no-lose bonus. They could turn out to be brilliant, but if they're not at least it wouldn't ruin our season.
I always believe that if you sign loan players, especially season long like we've done, then they are there to improve the starting 11 or at the very least make a major impact, otherwise there is no point.
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15 minutes ago, Mr November said:
Meh. McMaster did well towards the end of last season but not sure he’s ready for the step up just yet. I hope we’re still able to bring in a stronger holding midfielder, as I’d rather not rely on McCabe and McMaster there all season. I do think he has potential, so hopefully he can develop further this season.
I'm not a fan but if we continue our 4-3-3 formation then at the moment we have McCabe, McMaster, Devenny & Aiken vying for the 3 positions. Don't now see us resigning Telfer and Frizzell as that would be an extremely lightweight midfield although Aiken is a relative unknown.
A Scott Martin type is required.
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46 minutes ago, AJ77 said:
Saturday pre season starts.
1 month since the Hamilton game. They've not even had time to get out of condition!
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49 minutes ago, Mr November said:
I think that's a great signing. He's not the best technically but he's a real handful as he showed every time he played against us and offers us a physical option for games when Gallagher is struggling. We will need a bit more physicality and height going up a level, so Todorov seems a good fit for that. I'm not sure he's a great fit our our style of play but McCabe was clearly getting a bit more streetwise as the season progressed and having options to change it is really important.
Agreed, much needed height added today.
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3 minutes ago, ++Ammo - Airdrie++ said:
You knew
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39 minutes ago, Diamonds_Are_Forever said:
Hamilton midfielder you seen at the stadium still signing?
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26 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:
Absolutely this. Much more eloquently put than my attempt.
Given that the comments came from a Club Ambassador and the kit man then I'm sure they have some credence.
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5 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:
Interesting comment from someone at the club on the Facebook group about lots happening behind the scenes currently.
In fairness, we have been really quick off the mark this year with the two Hibee's on board. Obviously being in the play offs left us a couple of weeks behind most others.
Some of the comments, probably the ones you pertain to on the Facebook group would most certainly be more accurate than most of the speculation that does the rounds.
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On 24/05/2023 at 13:22, Diamonds_Are_Forever said:
We have a new player agreed to sign for next year who funnily enough I seen down at the stadium last night
Signed yet?
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The reality is that unless we have few spectacular signings for our level, we will probably be the bookies favourites to go down. The quality of the loanees will probably shape our season.
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5 minutes ago, FLDiamond said:
Perfect…. Not that I wish Thistle any hardships like we had, but if this means they will have to tighten belts and maybe be a weaker team next season then that for me is perfect. The difference between Championship and top flight money wise has to be absolutely massive. If they were banking everything on the playoffs then that was foolish. We know better than any team - unless your holding silverware above your head there’s no guarantees of promotion(even the silverware hasn’t always made things a cert)
Just shows the fine lines n football. Thistle going up to Dingwall in buoyant mood with a 2 goal lead not really contemplating losing it. Crash bang wallop and it’s another season in the championship and by the way “we’re skint”
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Some bad financial rumblings on the Thistle forum. Seems like that defeat at Ross County has hit them really badly.
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1 minute ago, DiamondDownSouth said:
I would definitely have preferred to have kept Smith, but I guess he thought it was his time (oh, and he's probably earning considerably more too). I don't blame Murray, in fact when he went to Raith last summer the only player he took was Easton, so at least we got promotion before he swooped in.
I will always remember Smith's goal in the first leg of the final against Hamilton, which we ultimately needed to take the tie into extra time and penalties. I thank him and wish him all the best.
Just watched his interview and he mentions the proximity to his home as a factor. Didn't mention his wage increase but I'm sure that played a part as well.
Yip, all the best Callum but of course I hope you have mare's against us next season.
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I'm a great one for pace at this level and for that reason alone Smith is massive loss. Each to their own of course but he was the one from our front 3 I was desperate to keep. Gallagher, I don't think can repeat last season's purple patch and I'm not convinced McGill has the ability to be a success in the championship either.
On the plus side, I don't believe Josh O'Connor is here to warm the bench and I'm sure can be better than all of them.
Oh and Ian Murray is a caant!
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3 hours ago, Rhys McCabe Hype Train said:
Was hoping club might’ve made public that we’ll be voting against the Conference League by now.
Doesn’t look likely now and is our owner not involved in some sort of the SFA establishment.
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32 minutes ago, Airdrie101 said:
What do we consider one of the highest earners would be on per week. Asking out of curiosity.
As @Passionate stated, Quitongo on £375 plus £25 appearance. Virtually minimum wage! Would have thought Rhys would be the highest paid given he has 2 jobs and bonuses on top, and well deserved IMO.
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Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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We're in a decent place but now the exciting part starts with the new signings and it seems everyone is mostly in agreement on the positions needing filled. We finished 3rd in League 1 last year and it's questionable at the moment if we've improved our starting 11:
O'Connor - Whilst he's an unknown it would be massive if he turned out be better than Smith.
Aiken - Faces a lot of competition for a central midfield and again it would be a bonus if he became a regular starter.
Todorov - On the face of it an excellent signing but given the way Rhys likes to set up it looks like either him or Gal to start.
Anyway, as Rhys alluded to, the quality signings are still to come.