cults_sheep Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Share a similar opinion with some who are a bit ho-hum about Cowie. Pretty decent SPL player but not a stand out. One of those players who suddenly seemed to be good enough for an International call up when he left god's country to ply his trade in England. I'm sure Deek has forgotten more about the game than I ever knew but Storrie played quite well yesterday and Cammy Smith, IMO, is not Good enough. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Seems like the Dandies have a trialist playing in the development side today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Probably for the development team. Font think we've had a trialist for the first team under McInnes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cults_sheep Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Probably for the development team. Font think we've had a trialist for the first team under McInnes Only Andrew Driver i think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Trialist was Shaip Tela, an 18 year old Macedonian youth internationalist. http://www.afc.co.uk/news/7301.php#.Vp7NPhBxqUk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Has Reynolds card be rescinded yet and has that diving Jake been cited for "engaging in an act of simulation in order to deceive an official into incorrectly ordering off an innocent loon" yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldie1980 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Quinn not going anywhere till after the dundee game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Has Reynolds card be rescinded yet and has that diving Jake been cited for "engaging in an act of simulation in order to deceive an official into incorrectly ordering off an innocent loon" yet? Quite clearly not, no. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Quite clearly not, no. Outrageous, worse than Hitler/Fyvie IMO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 who are the dons going to bring in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Heard McInness on the radio going home saying he hopes to have another signing in before your next game who ever that's against?! Always said along you need a Draper type of player in that midfield but Storey done well tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_14 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Yep Storie has taken his chance thus far. Whilst I understand putting him in against Celtic may not bode well, does putting a new signing in a key area of the pitch straight in against Celtic really sound much better? Unsure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I think we might sign 2 or even 3 players. So far Ward, Parker and McLaughlin moved on with Quinn odds on to move north on deadline day. Only Collin in so far so the list would suggest some room? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy233 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Enjoyed trip to Pittodrie last night - big tray of steak pies in the photographers room at half time - can't see what the moaning about your catering is about at all 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Heard McInness on the radio going home saying he hopes to have another signing in before your next game who ever that's against?! Always said along you need a Draper type of player in that midfield but Storey done well tonight. Draper is a rumoured target for the Dons. Out of contract at the end of the season and as per usual we seem to have made no effort to sign our key players to new deals. I see McInnes is again bemoaning the gulf in resources between Aberdeen and Celtic (fair point) but he doesn't feel that Aberdeen have a substantially bigger budget than other sides in the league (complete guff). Not having a go at the guy, I quite like him, but why does he seem to be somewhat hypocritical in his comments regarding differences in budgets of the other sides in the leagues? I know the gulf between Aberdeen and Celtic will be greater than say Aberdeen and ICT but there's still a gulf there that ICT can't even hope to compete with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Yep Storie has taken his chance thus far. Whilst I understand putting him in against Celtic may not bode well, does putting a new signing in a key area of the pitch straight in against Celtic really sound much better? Unsure. Agree with this, it's definitely a case that depends on the player we bring in and although we've done it before (Logan at the cup semi immediately spirngs to mind) I hope Storie keeps his place and starts against Celtic. You'd imagine if we were getting someone who would immediately start and slot into the side it would be someone with experience at this level or former first team at another premiership club. At the very worst Storie could be subbed off if it turns out to be another game to soon for the player, but he's done very well over the last two games and should be pleased with himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthsaint1977 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I heard that too, said he thinks we will see a new face in the squad before Celtic game. Storey is a great prospect, thought he had a fine game last night. He is a young lad though and we can't rely on him playing 90 mins every week. One thing I do love about our current management is the way they conduct their transfer dealings. Always done quietly and with minimum media fuss before it actually happens. proper fan boy statement that Stan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Draper is a rumoured target for the Dons. Out of contract at the end of the season and as per usual we seem to have made no effort to sign our key players to new deals. I see McInnes is again bemoaning the gulf in resources between Aberdeen and Celtic (fair point) but he doesn't feel that Aberdeen have a substantially bigger budget than other sides in the league (complete guff). Not having a go at the guy, I quite like him, but why does he seem to be somewhat hypocritical in his comments regarding differences in budgets of the other sides in the leagues? I know the gulf between Aberdeen and Celtic will be greater than say Aberdeen and ICT but there's still a gulf there that ICT can't even hope to compete with. I get where your coming from there though I think McInnes is saying words to the effect that afc don't have anywhere near the same gulf over other teams in the league than Celtic have over afc. I don't think it's an unreasonable point but I don't really see the point in him discussing it. Most football fans know roughly what sort of financial weight their club punches at after all. I have noticed draper as a player of potential interest before and he would certainly add some needed height to cm. How's his ball retention these days? That was always my issue with him. I notice Jackson Irvine was meant to be benched again yesterday before Martin Wood got injured pre match. It does make me wonder if he might be coming the other way as part of the Quinn deal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Of course AFC pay some players, McGinn/Rooney/Shinnie etc, more than other teams might afford but we also have other players like Robson that are on moderate wages that all the teams could afford Edited January 24, 2016 by d31 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I get where your coming from there though I think McInnes is saying words to the effect that afc don't have anywhere near the same gulf over other teams in the league than Celtic have over afc. I don't think it's an unreasonable point but I don't really see the point in him discussing it. Most football fans know roughly what sort of financial weight their club punches at after all. I have noticed draper as a player of potential interest before and he would certainly add some needed height to cm. How's his ball retention these days? That was always my issue with him. I notice Jackson Irvine was meant to be benched again yesterday before Martin Wood got injured pre match. It does make me wonder if he might be coming the other way as part of the Quinn deal. He's a horrible player if he isn't on your team. Constantly niggling at your players, a few nibbles here and there but he would be a fantastic signing for pretty much any team in this league. Superb at winning the ball back but his passing at times can be somewhat slack but he is up and down the pitch all day long and can, on occasions, display a reasonable turn of pace to get past players. I'm very annoyed we haven't offered a new deal yet. I think we tried recently but he said that he was "just concentrating on his football" which is an ominous sign. I wish we would be more proactive in offering new deals and not wait until January when players heads might start to be turned by other clubs sniffing around. Of course AFC pay some players, McGinn/Rooney/Shinnie etc, more than other teams might afford but we also have other players like Robson that are on moderate wages that all the teams could afford The same applies to some of the players at Celtic which Aberdeen could probably afford. Just like Celtic can gazump Aberdeen so to can the Dons blow clubs like Inverness out of the water when it comes to finances and wages but McInnes never seems to talk about that. There is no doubt that a gap exists between Celtic and Aberdeen and this gap is bigger than say Aberdeen and ICT but nonetheless a gap does exist. Shinnie allegedly (and I stress allegedly) more than trebled his wages by going to Aberdeen who blew our offer out the water and he won't even be the best paid player at Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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