gannonball Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I can only assume a big (not in size like those two cloggers) signing is imminent as surely they wont reveal those two cloggers on their own? As much as I think they can cope against bottom six opposition, in terms of a PR move at the end of a somewhat underwhelming season* it wont help season ticket sales or overall feelgood factor. *Compared to past few seasons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I think most will be happy to keep Logan but would like some genuine competition for him. Remains to be seen. Taylor will divide opinion and some people will absolutely hate it. He was a regular in McInnes’ best dons side and although he has his moments was a decent defender. His career since will also put people off. Again, let’s see what else we do at centre half this summer before judging properly. Pretty sure that in his first season he won almost all Club Player Of The Season awards at Northampton, so presumably he did ok. No idea about last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 41 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: They really wouldn't My point is it's a laughable, uninspiring couple of signings for a team who talk about chasing 2nd and competing for trophies. I genuinely wouldnt want either player at Saints. Ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Romeo said: Booooo.... Seriously though, got the impression that Aberdeen fans were not entirely happy with his performances last year? Extension for Logan and possibly Taylor back, is this what you want to see? It was the season before when Logan got most of his criticism. Looked to be back to something approaching his best before he got injured. Made a big difference to our team on his return from injury at seasons end. Taylor is not the worst defender about if he keeps it simple. Has at least one mistake in him per game though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 As ever with English clubs he's had a couple of managers so probably hard to judge him on that. More concerned at how unimaginative it is than if he is or isnt a decent defender 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 16 minutes ago, gannonball said: I can only assume a big (not in size like those two cloggers) signing is imminent as surely they wont reveal those two cloggers on their own? As much as I think they can cope against bottom six opposition, in terms of a PR move at the end of a somewhat underwhelming season* it wont help season ticket sales or overall feelgood factor. *Compared to past few seasons Don't really buy into the idea of making signings for PR purposes. We will see players come in this summer of a better standard than those two, whether or not that's imminent doesn't bother me. I'd like to think the club wouldn't rush into signings to appease the noise on twitter. Although admittedly they'll find it harder to ignore RandomGuy's views. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Delighted with Logan extending. He was in premiership team of the season 2 or 3 years running before his injuries and loss of form. Not keen on Ash Taylor coming back, makes lots of mistakes and his distribution is awful. Midfield is where we are seriously lacking though and I hope we are looking at a higher level to fill those spots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Fair play to Random for getting that reaction with week old news, fair play wee man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Uninspiring is the word for Taylor. It’s no disaster, and I was a big fan when he was here before, but he’s done nothing since and seems a bit of a prat. Curtis Main is worse IMO. Connor Sammon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Unless McInnes has a specific plan for him (or he is just going on the Semi final last year) - I can't really get my head around Aberdeen signing Main - a player whose departure from 'Well has scarcely merited a comment from 'Well fans such is the big cloud of 'meh that surrounded him this season. He's getting a very decent move (bigger club, more money) on the back of 3 goals in 31 games and some totally indifferent performances - so his agent at least is very effective as I don't believe we offered him a new deal or had intentions to do so (happy to be corrected on that). He gives loads of effort, probably has more skill than he's given credit for and is obviously a big unit (blech) - but he's just not very good at being a striker if some of the chances he missed this season are anything to go by. Aberdeen supporters are pretty difficult to please - so I'd be surprised, to put it mildly, if he makes the grade at Pittodrie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I'm with Swello on this one. Don't get me wrong, I was one of the ones who liked Curtis Main, but to get a move to Aberdeen on the back of 3 goals in 31 games? His agent has played a blinder. If you think back to the 2018 SC Semi at Hampden, then big Curtis & Bad News Bowman absolutely ragdolled Arnasson & McKenna so maybe he wants to pair him up with Cosgrove next season and change the style a wee bit. I don't know. I wish him all the best. His performances in his first six months were great for us, but this season he looked like he would rather be anywhere else - he looked disinterested and frustrated. I was under the impression he wanted to head back down south but I suppose if Aberdeen come calling, it'll be difficult to turn down. It's not a signing that will take Aberdeen to a different level though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Swello said: Unless McInnes has a specific plan for him (or he is just going on the Semi final last year) - I can't really get my head around Aberdeen signing Main - a player whose departure from 'Well has scarcely merited a comment from 'Well fans such is the big cloud of 'meh that surrounded him this season. He's getting a very decent move (bigger club, more money) on the back of 3 goals in 31 games and some totally indifferent performances - so his agent at least is very effective as I don't believe we offered him a new deal or had intentions to do so (happy to be corrected on that). That looks to have been the case. We were dishing out extensions like sweeties at the end of last season after Main's purple patch yet he was never mentioned as being in line for one. He was supposed to have been planning on talks in January but apparently that never happened, then this was the line in April when the Aberdeen thing came up: “There has been no movement in terms of that [my future]. Everything since the turn of the year has been fully focussed on whether we can make the top six or not. It is something that has been on the back burner." If we'd got to April and we still hadn't made him an offer then it'd suggest that anything we did put on the table would have been a token gesture. It's interesting that (per Scott 'reliable' Burns) Aberdeen apparently tried for him in January but he preferred to wait and see what his options were in the summer. Can't argue with that as an approach but if, as @Desp (and the Burns story) says, his preference was to go back south then he may not have had particularly attractive options on that score. Edited May 22, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, capt_oats said: That looks to have been the case. We were dishing out extensions like sweeties at the end of last season after Main's purple patch yet he was never mentioned as being in line for one. He was supposed to have been planning on talks in January but apparently that never happened, then this was the line in April when the Aberdeen thing came up: “There has been no movement in terms of that [my future]. Everything since the turn of the year has been fully focussed on whether we can make the top six or not. It is something that has been on the back burner." If we'd got to April and we still hadn't made him an offer then it'd suggest that anything we did put on the table would have been a token gesture. It's interesting that (per Scott 'reliable' Burns) Aberdeen apparently tried for him in January but he preferred to wait and see what his options were in the summer. Can't argue with that as an approach but if, as @Desp says, his preference was to go back south then he may not have had particularly attractive options on that score. Sounds like the typical footballer who doesn't want to stay but is publicly keeping his cards close to his chest. We're going through the same with GMS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Sounds like the typical footballer who doesn't want to stay but is publicly keeping his cards close to his chest. We're going through the same with GMS. Definitely. It's been pretty clear for ages that Main wasn't planning on sticking around. I think most of us expected him to be away in January especially after his perma-rage red card against Killie in December. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Sounds like the typical footballer who doesn't want to stay but is publicly keeping his cards close to his chest. We're going through the same with GMS. 100% Correct - but in this case, the feeling was clearly mutual as the club made no effort to keep him whatsoever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 So we're agreed Curtis Main will win us the league then? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 33 minutes ago, Desp said: I'm with Swello on this one. Don't get me wrong, I was one of the ones who liked Curtis Main, but to get a move to Aberdeen on the back of 3 goals in 31 games? His agent has played a blinder. If you think back to the 2018 SC Semi at Hampden, then big Curtis & Bad News Bowman absolutely ragdolled Arnasson & McKenna so maybe he wants to pair him up with Cosgrove next season and change the style a wee bit. I don't know. I wish him all the best. His performances in his first six months were great for us, but this season he looked like he would rather be anywhere else - he looked disinterested and frustrated. I was under the impression he wanted to head back down south but I suppose if Aberdeen come calling, it'll be difficult to turn down. It's not a signing that will take Aberdeen to a different level though. The thing that might give us a bit of hope is that when we signed Cosgrove he had scored 1 goal in 33 senior games, and this season he has scored 21 goals in 50 games. He’s certainly no Messi, but 21 goals, and they weren’t all penalties, is a fair return and means that we shouldn’t be writing Main off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 This seems like a bizarre signing to me tbh. I could maybe see this making sense if Aberdeen were bringing him in as an option to offer something totally different from their other forwards, but as it stands he's stylistically probably somewhere between Cosgrove and May but significantly worse than both. I tried to make excuses for him during his initial barren spell, but 3 league goals in 40+ games since his purple patch for us just suggests he's not up to it at this level tbh. There's a chance he manages to click at Aberdeen like he first did with us, scores 15 and makes us all look like dicks, but I wouldn't bet on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 We have the best goalkeeper in the league , Devlin gets fit pre season we have the best centre back pairing in the league . Lowe comes back we have the best left back in the league . Mcginn and Mclennan out wide are as good as anybody in this league and we have a centre foward that has banged in 21 goals. Do you genuinely believe all that pish? Haha fucking hell. You sound like a rangers fan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken es Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Logan signing aye okayish but need someone in to challenge for his position.Taylor oh ffs and Motherwells Curtains Main Noooooooooo.Man i a need some cheering up it's meh to downright depressing so far. Offer Taylor and Main sweeties so no loss financially or GTF. Jesus right i'm off to crack open that bottle of Glenfiddich 15yr i am in serious need of cheering up,seldom ever been this disheartened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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