Chubbychops Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, Cardle is Magic said: No idea how you can make that assessment when you've not watched any other L1 midfield. How do you know what I've watched or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Stellaboz said: My favourite moment was talking to him in Life after thr first Hibs semi final. Everyone in town must have bought him a drink, lad was wasted and had table full of stuff untouched. Nice lad, had time for everyone. Hamill was an incredible player, but unfortunately too many nights like the above were his downfall. I have little doubt he'd have been an EPL regular if he'd kept on the straight and narrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Chubbychops said: How do you know what I've watched or not. At most you'd have watched brief highlights of teams last season. That is hardly useful research and most teams will be changing part or all of their midfields. It was just a standard, knicker-wetter "we need 6-7 signings" post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 7 hours ago, Cardle is Magic said: At most you'd have watched brief highlights of teams last season. That is hardly useful research and most teams will be changing part or all of their midfields. It was just a standard, knicker-wetter "we need 6-7 signings" post. I've watched full games involving Queens Park 4 times, Airdrie twice. East Fife twice, Dumbarton and Peterhead. I have also seen many of the midfielders in this league previously. I'll stick with my view that our current midfield is not going to be good enough without bringing in better quality. I can assure you I'm not ''knicker wetting'' either, it's an opinion and reading my post back and don't see anything other than that. I have a hell of a lot bigger things going on in my life that puts DAFC quite low down my list of things to ''wet my knickers'' about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 We need a good few bodies in still. 6-7 is just obviously estimates. I don't know how much exactly will be signed, but around that will probably be about right. A goalkeeper, couple defenders, and a few midfielders. These are absolute musts that we have to sign. We have a midfield that will get totally bodied in this league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62030282 Puts things into perspective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, par-adise said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62030282 Puts things into perspective. Peterhead are part-time and play in the middle of nowhere right up the north of Scotland. Who would want to play for them, unless they can afford very good wages? Plenty of the Lowland League clubs will be better options for players. You're going to start to see these teams fall out the league eventually in the future as the Lowland League clubs become far better options for the best players looking to play part time football. Hamilton, on the other hand, have been punching well above their weight for many years and are starting to see the McArthur/McCarthy fallout disintegrate. How many season tickets do they get? It can't be better than many teams in this league Christ. It puts things in to perspective as a whole, but we most certainly should be looking to sign decent players that can get us promoted and compete in the Championship. AJ managed that very comfortably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 We are very much fishing in the same pool as Hamilton at the moment, i.e. the dregs of full timers and loans from the premiership. If you're suggesting we are somehow above them then that is just hubris. Plus we are also competing with careers out with football. If wages are falling at the same time as more money is being pumped into part time leagues there will be more opportunity to drop part-time and still get a decent supplement to your earnings from football. Also the last line from Rankin is suggesting players just don't really care about the cup games, and are happy to wait it out to get the best deal in time for the league starting. It puts into perspective the macro situation we are operating in. Basically we just need to be patient but I'm sure we will be adding numbers when we can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaton Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Two points there really. The cup is farcical and far too early to start. Most seasons squads are still being formed and players signed when it starts. Absolute joke of a cup now.Also we are not fishing in the same pool as Peterhead. Hamilton yes but I'd be expecting us to be planning a bit longer term than just this season and hopefully we are after future championship level younger players from league 1 as well as some Championship and even Prem cast offs. It's our first season down here and so we could still attract a decent player depending on whether the budget for wages etc is there to compete with bottom end Championship clubs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 No one suggested we were fishing in the same pool as Peterhead. Sadly I agree with you in terms of the cup. Enjoyed the format when it was introduced but I think it's run it's course. I think there's still scope to keep some sort of group stage but to move at least some of the games into the autumn, preferably at the expense of the challenge cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Peterhead are seeing the effect of Cove Rangers in the SPFL now too IMO. There's no way guys released from Aberdeen (youth and seniors guys like Considine and Logan) will sign for them when Cove are an option. Logan will be minted through his plumbing business so could easily have taken a small salary at Peterhead if Cove weren't around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 I know Considine signed for St Johnstone but Cove were in for him too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 hour ago, par-adise said: No one suggested we were fishing in the same pool as Peterhead. Sadly I agree with you in terms of the cup. Enjoyed the format when it was introduced but I think it's run it's course. I think there's still scope to keep some sort of group stage but to move at least some of the games into the autumn, preferably at the expense of the challenge cup. If anything, group the start of the Challenge Cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 58 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: If anything, group the start of the Challenge Cup. f**k that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Starting the season early for this bullshit world cup is a farce, got to feel for players with school age family that said I couldn't care less how the group stages go. All about the league this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 It is possible to focus on more than one thing at a time. Can't see the club signing 6-7 more players. Maybe 3 or 4. You have remember that income will be way down (less prize money, lower away crowds, season tickets struggling to reach 2000*), no TV cash. Plus the nonsense of last season is probably still costly. There's also the running costs of the academy and training ground. *Sadly this will probably be the new level going forward 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1885 at this stage is an incredible amount to be shifted given what absolute fucking dirge the fanbase has had to put up with recently. Can see us shifting 2500 before the start of the season if we can add a few more names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toun Clock Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Aye 1885 isn't bad considering how utterly dreadful we've been for a number of seasons leading up to a relegation to L1. Also given the state of the world at the moment, cost of living etc. I'm sure between now and the end of the month we'll get closer to the 2500 mark. A couple of pen gifs wouldn't go a miss in helping out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lochgellyPAR Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Dunno if its been mention before but what’s happened to Sammy the Tammy and the ball boys before kick off. Can’t even remember hearing the Dunfermline anthem recently either? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 On 04/07/2022 at 08:21, Chubbychops said: I've watched full games involving Queens Park 4 times, Airdrie twice. East Fife twice, Dumbarton and Peterhead. I have also seen many of the midfielders in this league previously. I'll stick with my view that our current midfield is not going to be good enough without bringing in better quality. I can assure you I'm not ''knicker wetting'' either, it's an opinion and reading my post back and don't see anything other than that. I have a hell of a lot bigger things going on in my life that puts DAFC quite low down my list of things to ''wet my knickers'' about. You've obviously not seen our midfield. Anyone who put in a bit of effort never mind skill saw our lot roll over last season. And we still have a good few of the protagonists. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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