HunterAFC Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Decent chance that Cosgrove (20k) will out score Édouard (9M) and Morelos (1M). If McKenna goes early, or we know he will, then we would have a bit of leeway for a rebuild. Hope we'd push the boat out and try to get Jason Kerr in as his replacement as we'd almost definitely recoup whatever we pay. Quite like Lawson at Livi as a possible Shinnie replacement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiefan Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 23 hours ago, DrewDon said: Can't say I'd be too disappointed if our offer is withdrawn. Shaughnessy is not as good as any of the four* centre-backs we currently have at the club, and he certainly isn't good enough to be a replacement for McKenna, if that is the intention. * Reluctantly including Hoban here. McKenna is vastly overrated, lump of wood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 11 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: I am genuinely petrified about the next window We’ve got it badly wrong in a few areas the last couple of windows.... Not really. We brought in Lewis Ferguson, which was a stupendous bit of business, and Max Lowe. McInnes, like all managers, gets some things right and some things wrong. His record though proves that he mostly gets it right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Killiefan said: McKenna is vastly overrated, lump of wood. He's a 22 year old centre back who has already captained his country. The vast majority of central defenders don't become really good players until they're into their late 20's, or even after that. If social media had been around in the 80's, I dare say that thick as shit jealous wee people like you would have been saying that Miller and McLeish were lumps of wood as well. Edited April 7, 2019 by Bob Mahelp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 52 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: Not really. We brought in Lewis Ferguson, which was a stupendous bit of business, and Max Lowe. McInnes, like all managers, gets some things right and some things wrong. His record though proves that he mostly gets it right. Erm, yes really Two good signings there you’ve mentioned over the past couple of years Does that excuse the dough spunked on: Greg Tansy Nicky Maynard Stephen Gleeson Chris Forrester James Wilson Our Recruitment is sketchy at best, I don’t see how it can be argued otherwise 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Killiefan said: McKenna is vastly overrated, lump of wood. He's a defender who defends - he's still young so will make mistakes and have bad games, but has all the physical attributes to do well in English football, at least at Championship level, Six fixtures in Glasgow to date this season - two goals conceded - McKenna was pivotal to that record. It's a very Scottish thing to slate young players that are making good progress. Edited April 8, 2019 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 12 hours ago, Killiefan said: McKenna is vastly overrated, lump of wood. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 11 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: Erm, yes really Two good signings there you’ve mentioned over the past couple of years Does that excuse the dough spunked on: Greg Tansy Nicky Maynard Stephen Gleeson Chris Forrester James Wilson Our Recruitment is sketchy at best, I don’t see how it can be argued otherwise I think it's fair to say that our transfer record has become more patchy since we've had to basically rebuild the team every summer, which is understandable to a large degree. In the first few windows Derek was excellent at building on the core of the team he inherited. Initially Robson, Flood. Then we had Logan and Rooney, Shinnie, Mclean and lewis. We seemed to resolve all the significant issues in the team. Yes there were duds along the way but they never lasted long, Zola, Wylde etc were shipped on pretty quickly. Since the 2017 SC final when we lost basically the core of the team, Mcinnes was chased by Sunderland and then we had a few weeks to pull a team together for Europe. Tansey was never good enough. In defence of Maynard, he was a back up option to May or Moult, had we signed May earlier in that window I very much doubt we'd have signed him. We've signed players that on paper should've been good enough. I was pleased with Gleeson, May, Stewart, Wilson etc at the time of signing, all seemed good options. We are maybe guilty of not digging deep enough into the character of some of these guys, Wilson in particular seems a total p***k, as he's clearly talented. We've not had the best few windows but I think it's a stretch to say I'm petrified of what's to come. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: Our Recruitment is sketchy at best, I don’t see how it can be argued otherwise Every single team out there has hits and misses when bringing in new players. We've brought in some dross, of that there's no doubt, but given that only 1 team in Scotland has finished above us in the last 4 years, I would suggest that we're doing better than most when it comes to recruitment. Could we be doing better though ? Yes, probably. Edited April 8, 2019 by Bob Mahelp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 It’s a tough gig though the recruitment at Aberdeen. The fans expect to compete with the erse cheeks on the pitch, but the accounts can’t compete with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiefan Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 07/04/2019 at 21:42, Bob Mahelp said: He's a 22 year old centre back who has already captained his country. The vast majority of central defenders don't become really good players until they're into their late 20's, or even after that. If social media had been around in the 80's, I dare say that thick as shit jealous wee people like you would have been saying that Miller and McLeish were lumps of wood as well. Poor mans Zander Diamond, oh and I’m totally thick and wee. Also Willie Miller is needing to get put in a home, senile old twat that proves that heading a ball is bad for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Killiefan said: Poor mans Zander Diamond, oh and I’m totally thick and wee. Also Willie Miller is needing to get put in a home, senile old twat that proves that heading a ball is bad for you. Deary me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Killiefan said: Also Willie Miller is needing to get put in a home, senile old twat that proves that heading a ball is bad for you. Oh dear oh dear - and we tended to think people from west central Scotland that chose not to support the bigot brothers were the good guys. There are quite a few defenders of the day getting early onset dementia and this could well be a contributory factor. I know one of them very well and he lifted silverware with AFC in 1970 - and of course two of the more high profile cases managed us. Maybe you need to find out more about what Amanda Kopel is doing for this cause. Edited April 9, 2019 by tarapoa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 10 hours ago, Killiefan said: Poor mans Zander Diamond, oh and I’m totally thick and wee. Also Willie Miller is needing to get put in a home, senile old twat that proves that heading a ball is bad for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiefan Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Dindeleux said: Ha ha , only one fanny under the Killie banner commenting on this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 13 hours ago, Killiefan said: Poor mans Zander Diamond, oh and I’m totally thick and wee. Also Willie Miller is needing to get put in a home, senile old twat that proves that heading a ball is bad for you. Poor show this. Willie Miller is a shite radio pundit, and harbours a residual hatred for Killie due to us ending his football career in the 1990s - but I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. And the same goes for the tartan army twats parroting this nonsense about Alex McLeish. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 On 08/04/2019 at 10:06, Dons_1988 said: I think it's fair to say that our transfer record has become more patchy since we've had to basically rebuild the team every summer, which is understandable to a large degree. In the first few windows Derek was excellent at building on the core of the team he inherited. Initially Robson, Flood. Then we had Logan and Rooney, Shinnie, Mclean and lewis. We seemed to resolve all the significant issues in the team. Yes there were duds along the way but they never lasted long, Zola, Wylde etc were shipped on pretty quickly. Since the 2017 SC final when we lost basically the core of the team, Mcinnes was chased by Sunderland and then we had a few weeks to pull a team together for Europe. Tansey was never good enough. In defence of Maynard, he was a back up option to May or Moult, had we signed May earlier in that window I very much doubt we'd have signed him. We've signed players that on paper should've been good enough. I was pleased with Gleeson, May, Stewart, Wilson etc at the time of signing, all seemed good options. We are maybe guilty of not digging deep enough into the character of some of these guys, Wilson in particular seems a total p***k, as he's clearly talented. We've not had the best few windows but I think it's a stretch to say I'm petrified of what's to come. I'm not convinced that recruitment has got worse. Off the top of my head McInnes is successful with roughly 1/3 of signings. I would add Hoban and (effectively) Devlin to the good players signed in the summer (maybe not good signings though). It was easier to recruit players that were better than the players they replaced when we had a worse squad. Eg I doubt O'connor would be a regular starter now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 34 minutes ago, Estragon said: Poor show this. Willie Miller is a shite radio pundit, and harbours a residual hatred for Killie due to us ending his football career in the 1990s - but I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. And the same goes for the tartan army twats parroting this nonsense about Alex McLeish. I'm sure I've read/heard interviews where he said he picked up the injury that ended his career playing for Scotland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 33 minutes ago, coprolite said: I'm not convinced that recruitment has got worse. Off the top of my head McInnes is successful with roughly 1/3 of signings. I would add Hoban and (effectively) Devlin to the good players signed in the summer (maybe not good signings though). It was easier to recruit players that were better than the players they replaced when we had a worse squad. Eg I doubt O'connor would be a regular starter now. You are probably right if you look at all signings as one population. He's never had great success with the squad players in my view (I'm thinking tate, Parker, Wylde, Monakana, Burns etc etc) but first two years he built on our first XI very well IMO. But it was always adding to an already strong team as opposed to overhauling it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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