Thenorthernlight Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 46 minutes ago, Illgresi said: Somewhat worrying the general theme of that (albeit I'm only 5 minutes in), that the team is nearly done. Some significant areas of concern within the squad remain. Yip, we’re short in a few areas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 56 minutes ago, Illgresi said: Somewhat worrying the general theme of that (albeit I'm only 5 minutes in), that the team is nearly done. Some significant areas of concern within the squad remain. Whilst I don't agree with the "if we lined them all up today and announced them there'd be excitement' comments, is there really significant areas of concern? A centre half and winger then we're basically good to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiJock Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 If all we would be signing are squad players i'd rather we didn't bother and just rolled the dice with some youngsters to fill gaps next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Whilst I don't agree with the "if we lined them all up today and announced them there'd be excitement' comments, is there really significant areas of concern? A centre half and winger then we're basically good to go. And a striker. I know anyone coming in now is likely to be the 3rd choice but I'd be pretty underwhelmed if we went into the season with just Emmanuel-Thomas and Ramirez as options? Edited June 30, 2021 by Rodhull 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Merkland Red said: Whilst I don't agree with the "if we lined them all up today and announced them there'd be excitement' comments, is there really significant areas of concern? A centre half and winger then we're basically good to go. Personally I would say we need 2 players for every role in the team. I don't think we have that, and I have questions over a number of the areas we are covered. Presuming we play 4-3-3: First choice: Lewis Gurr Gallagher McCrorie MacKenzie Ferguson McGeouch Brown McLennan Emmanuel-Thomas Hedges Backups: Woods Ramsay Devlin* Considine Hayes Jenks Campbell Ojo Kennedy Ramirez McGinn There may be others in the squad but those are likely the main options. I'm presuming Gurr will be first choice based on the Glass' chat about giving young players the right amount of game time, and willing to give the chap a chance. We clearly need a first choice centre back to pair with Gallagher, as I don't think McCrorie is a natural there. That said he is much better with the ball than your standard CB so that is maybe where we're going. Happy with MacKenzie at left back. Happy enough with Devlin and Consi as back-ups. I think we need stronger cover at left back, as Hayes was absolutely woeful last season. Midfield trio doesn't get much stronger in this league imo, but I really feel it lacks creativity. Perhaps Jenks will come in as a no.10. Campbell has potential, but really needs to step up this season. Ojo I don't hold out much hope for. Happy with Hedges, but one good winger is never enough. We need a right winger who's just as good, or it makes it much easier for the opposition to mark Hedges out of the game. I'm likewise concerned, that another injury to Hedges and we're fucked. I'm not fully convinced by either Emmanuel-Thomas or Ramirez, but I hope to be eating my words come this time next year. tl:dr So for now, I'd accept a top class (for this level) centre back and right winger. Ideally we'd similarly have that in the 10 (although we may have already with Jenks...who knows). I also think we're weak for cover down the left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Although I should add that if we play with two up front it would RamJet, and that my friends, is epic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 we’re very light defensively IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 49 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: A centre half and winger then we're basically good to go. 21 minutes ago, Illgresi said: tl:dr So for now, I'd accept a top class (for this level) centre back and right winger. ^This pretty much sums it up for me. Were we really expecting Glass/AFC to come out tonight and specify positions that need strengthened and name the personnel we are looking to bring in tho? Overall a decent fan engagement exercise - youth will play if good enough, attacking football, Investment, Europe etc. even managed to answer the Gurr / Hernandez 1st, 3rd, 4 choice question pretty succinctly. The only significant area of concern to me was that there were Aberdeen fans dumb enough to ask questions in the live chat of a pre recorded video on YouTube... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I’d say we’re about 2/3 players short with CB being the most pressing issue. After that, I’d like to see a wide player. If they could play up front as well that would kill two birds with one stone.I think we’re covered at centre mid, although if we sell Ferguson then we should be spending a bit of money on a good quality replacement. I wouldn’t say we have a stand out at either full back position but with McCrorie, Ramsay and Gurr at RB and MacKenzie, Considine and Hayes at LB then we probably have enough there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Sounds like Gurr will be first-choice right-back from Glass's comments, which does slightly concern me based on his career history to date, but hopefully I will get a pleasant surprise when I see him play. Glass was fairly talking him up, anyway. I agree with others about a centre-back, winger and striker being the most pressing priorities, if we are to take some more in. Or even someone who could play both wide and central, kind of in the mould of Watkins. I would be a bit surprised if Glass went into next season continuing to play out from the back with the current centre-back options. I suppose he could put McCrorie there so we have someone a bit better with the ball, but I'm still not sure if he is physical enough to be a centre-back in a four. We definitely look one short at the moment in that position, to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Rodhull said: And a striker. I know anyone coming in now is likely to be the 3rd choice but I'd be pretty underwhelmed if we went into the season with just Emmanuel-Thomas and Ramirez as options? We probably need a pacey option. It'll be interesting to see if anyone from the youth setup shows anything in preseason. @Illgresi and @DrewDon make good points. Didn't quote for the sake of not having big walls of text everywhere and too lazy to snip bits on phone. I was pleasantly surprised with the questions that were asked, even if they'd been prepped beforehand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Illgresi said: Personally I would say we need 2 players for every role in the team. I don't think we have that, and I have questions over a number of the areas we are covered. Presuming we play 4-3-3: First choice: Lewis Gurr Gallagher McCrorie MacKenzie Ferguson McGeouch Brown McLennan Emmanuel-Thomas Hedges Backups: Woods Ramsay Devlin* Considine Hayes Jenks Campbell Ojo Kennedy Ramirez McGinn There may be others in the squad but those are likely the main options. I'm presuming Gurr will be first choice based on the Glass' chat about giving young players the right amount of game time, and willing to give the chap a chance. We clearly need a first choice centre back to pair with Gallagher, as I don't think McCrorie is a natural there. That said he is much better with the ball than your standard CB so that is maybe where we're going. Happy with MacKenzie at left back. Happy enough with Devlin and Consi as back-ups. I think we need stronger cover at left back, as Hayes was absolutely woeful last season. Midfield trio doesn't get much stronger in this league imo, but I really feel it lacks creativity. Perhaps Jenks will come in as a no.10. Campbell has potential, but really needs to step up this season. Ojo I don't hold out much hope for. Happy with Hedges, but one good winger is never enough. We need a right winger who's just as good, or it makes it much easier for the opposition to mark Hedges out of the game. I'm likewise concerned, that another injury to Hedges and we're fucked. I'm not fully convinced by either Emmanuel-Thomas or Ramirez, but I hope to be eating my words come this time next year. tl:dr So for now, I'd accept a top class (for this level) centre back and right winger. Ideally we'd similarly have that in the 10 (although we may have already with Jenks...who knows). I also think we're weak for cover down the left. Ramirez hasn’t come all the way here, uprooting his family etc, to be a back up. As we stand, I think it’ll be; Lewis McC/Gurr Gallagher Considine MacKenzie Brown Hedges Ferguson Jenks Hayes Ramirez Cant make up my mind about right back, but Glass was talking up Gurr. Might depend on the opposition. If a weaker team & we’re attacking more, maybe Gurr will play then. I don’t think Jenks & definitely not Ramirez are here to be subs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: Ramirez hasn’t come all the way here, uprooting his family etc, to be a back up. As we stand, I think it’ll be; Lewis McC/Gurr Gallagher Considine MacKenzie Brown Hedges Ferguson Jenks Hayes Ramirez Cant make up my mind about right back, but Glass was talking up Gurr. Might depend on the opposition. If a weaker team & we’re attacking more, maybe Gurr will play then. I don’t think Jenks & definitely not Ramirez are here to be subs. Aye I meant to mention that a few of those positions it's hard to determine who's going to be the starter. As you mention Ramirez may well be the starter, I only put JE-T there as he's the known quantity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Fair play to JET for putting all the pressure on himself, had a good laugh seeing that headline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Ramone Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 In all competitions, tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrational Behaviour Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Can definitely see Brown playing that half back role where he drops in between the CB's to pick up the ball. Presuming Glass still wants us to play out from the back so Brown doing that would make sense. I can see Hayes being played as full back more than MacKenzie or Considine. If he wants the same energy Gurr brings in an attacking sense then Hayes is most likely to do that. Admittedly, I have no idea what our strongest team is. Which in one sense is exciting but also very concerning at the same time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 A very very good defender (pace and size) would make a huge difference to the team if he wants to continue playing 2 at the back when we are attacking. Maybe that could be a loan from an EPL club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_Kahn Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I'd be really surprised if Gurr is good enough to be a starting right-back in the league. Not even sure he is at the same standard as Jon Gallagher, who was miles off the level required for a top 3 team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 minute ago, O_Kahn said: I'd be really surprised if Gurr is good enough to be a starting right-back in the league. Not even sure he is at the same standard as Jon Gallagher, who was miles off the level required for a top 3 team. I think it sounds like we'll get to see him before too long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 13 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: Cove not happening I’ve heard Definitely off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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