DukDukGoose Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, HarleyQuinn said: I wonder if we may see a few surprise outgoings who are under contract. McCrorie for 800k (thereabouts), Ojo to Wigan (125k), Lewis to England and possibly Kennedy as leverage as part of the McGrath deal. Are these random musings or something you've heard? Are you from Canada? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game of throw-ins Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Bogbrush1903 said: Shankland has yet to prove he can be an outstanding talent in the top league in Scotland yet. He may have topped any of our leading goalscorers this season but he didn't rise above the mediocrity this season. That might be down to Mellon's playing style or it might be that Shankland just struggles more at a higher level but it's cost him a place at the Euros. I'm certainly not wondering why we let him go at present though. I watched him when Arbroath won at Tannadice just before Covid and he missed a sitter and his general play was hopeless.. To be clear, I never thought we made a bad decision letting Shankland go. Based on the evidence available we made the right call. As he's admitted in interviews since, his problems at Aberdeen were to do with confidence. He seems to have had a particularly extreme case of imposter syndrome and didn't think he deserved to be at the club. But once he went to the lower leagues he seemed to mature into some self-belief and when he was scoring a lot of goals and getting into the Scotland team most Aberdeen fans must at least have wished that we'd found a way of unleashing his potential at Pittodrie. Maybe not quite the same thing as wishing we hadn't let him go. He was a pretty clear MOTM in one of our league games against United at Tannadice so he hasn't been mediocre all season. As for his current form, time will tell whether it's a blip or whether his fragile confidence means he'll never fulfil the promise he's shown in his good spells. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Are these random musings or something you've heard? Are you from Canada? I live in Canada. Nothing I've heard just random however. The Lewis Morgan enquiry and the bit about Griffiths (supposedly we are not interested) was something I was told shortly after Glass arrived. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, Game of throw-ins said: To be clear, I never thought we made a bad decision letting Shankland go. Based on the evidence available we made the right call. As he's admitted in interviews since, his problems at Aberdeen were to do with confidence. He seems to have had a particularly extreme case of imposter syndrome and didn't think he deserved to be at the club. But once he went to the lower leagues he seemed to mature into some self-belief and when he was scoring a lot of goals and getting into the Scotland team most Aberdeen fans must at least have wished that we'd found a way of unleashing his potential at Pittodrie. Maybe not quite the same thing as wishing we hadn't let him go. He was a pretty clear MOTM in one of our league games against United at Tannadice so he hasn't been mediocre all season. As for his current form, time will tell whether it's a blip or whether his fragile confidence means he'll never fulfil the promise he's shown in his good spells. To be fair, it wasn't like he dropped down and was fantastic. He was hit and miss. I also remember him missing some sitters when we gave him a chance too. 6 minutes ago, HarleyQuinn said: I live in Canada. Nothing I've heard just random however. The Lewis Morgan enquiry and the bit about Griffiths (supposedly we are not interested) was something I was told shortly after Glass arrived. Ok. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Are these random musings or something you've heard? Are you from Canada? Are you hinting that Vancouver_Don and HarleyQuinn are the same poster? If HarleyQuinn is then he seems to have used a far more agreeable approach than Vancouver_Don by stating clearly its their musings and not from a friend on the board. Vancouver_Don was P&B's very own Aldridge Prior who some on here enjoyed reading despite clear evidence he was full of shite.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said: That's called hedging your bets.. Anderson sure he'll do well but not good enough. Jay Emmanuel Thomas brilliant and hopeless... All bases covered I think.. Maybe on JET because I haven’t seen enough to make a judgement really. But on Anderson I think he has enough to be a bottom 6 striker or around that level but won’t be good enough for us. That’s all I meant by a decent career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dons_1988 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Boooooo burn the *** 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, Bogbrush1903 said: Are you hinting that Vancouver_Don and HarleyQuinn are the same poster? If HarleyQuinn is then he seems to have used a far more agreeable approach than Vancouver_Don by stating clearly its their musings and not from a friend on the board. Vancouver_Don was P&B's very own Aldridge Prior who some on here enjoyed reading despite clear evidence he was full of shite.. It was a joke. Not in a joking mood now though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 In all seriousness nothing good ever comes from this being played out in public for any party involved, except maybe the buying club. We’d obviously let him go for a fair price so why he’s trying to force our hand so early in the summer I don’t know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Them describing the original bid as insulting is a little surprising though. Normally that's the kind of thing you see Journalists say from 'sources' rather than the club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 What the hell are they thinking tweeting that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Don't have any issue with the club tweeting that. Watford see where we stand and we've forced the issue. Also better to see it come from the club than a sunsport headline. Also don't have any issue with the transfer request either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: In all seriousness nothing good ever comes from this being played out in public for any party involved, except maybe the buying club. We’d obviously let him go for a fair price so why he’s trying to force our hand so early in the summer I don’t know. Disappointing to see Aberdeen holding a gun to his head and not letting him progress his career tbh. 1 minute ago, lubo_blaha said: What the hell are they thinking tweeting that? I'd guess they're getting out in front of the story as it'd be leaked by his agent anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 That kind of language has DC written all over it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: That kind of language has DC written all over it I genuinely don't see anything wrong with it and you know I'm hardly the biggest Cormack fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, Merkland Red said: I genuinely don't see anything wrong with it and you know I'm hardly the biggest Cormack fan. I’m not massively against it, just has his footprint on it. Don’t think Milne would ever use that language. I am just disappointed it looks like it might become a fractured parting of the ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Broon comes in and players want to leave.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMCs Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Lewis jumping ship? Not really surprising but this is very rash and disrespectful after one rejected offer. Bloody Watford as well not even a biggish club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, DMCs said: Bloody Watford as well not even a biggish club. LOL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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