The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

[CoveRangers1922]

Just now, CoveRangers1922 said:

We'd take Duncan and McLennan (probably, we're desperate) in a heartbeat. Especially the former who would be a guaranteed starter every week alongside Fyvie, Yule and Scully.

Hopefully McIntyre is speaking with Goodwin this week. We've started the first 2 league games with only 15 players, squad is threadbare.

Towler looking decent to be fair especially since he's stepping up 2 divisions and is just 17 years old.

Must admit I'd be well annoyed (towards Cove not the Dons) if Ryan Duncan comes out on loan and doesn't come to us. Not that we should have any defined right to get him but because we are crying out for a left winger, actually wingers in general, we can give him game time at a decent level and he could train with you during the week. 

 

[GTG_03]

5 hours ago, CoveRangers1922 said:

Must admit I'd be well annoyed (towards Cove not the Dons) if Ryan Duncan comes out on loan and doesn't come to us. Not that we should have any defined right to get him but because we are crying out for a left winger, actually wingers in general, we can give him game time at a decent level and he could train with you during the week. 

 

Aye that arrangement makes good sense to me. Hopefully something gets done as I'd hate to see him sitting on the bench only getting the odd cameo.

[Thenorthernlight]

21 hours ago, Illgresi said:

MacKenzie was saying on RedTV yesterday that he's not far away from fitness. I'd imagine we'll just continue with Scales at left back and McCrorie in the middle until such time as MacKenzie is fit.

1) He’s barely been fit for over a year.

2) He’s not good enough. 

[tarapoa]

1) He’s barely been fit for over a year.
2) He’s not good enough. 

Agree with the first point.

On the second - thought he was promising at first, then dipped, then showed up well when he did return last season.

I hope he does make it, and would like to see him in a side without two clowns as a central defence, but certainly wouldn’t want to have no other options in the event Coulson is fked.

Goodwin’s whole Plan A involves Scales and McCrorie being in the positions they started in on Saturday.

[Illgresi]

1 hour ago, Thenorthernlight said:

1) He’s barely been fit for over a year.

2) He’s not good enough. 

 

Can't argue with the first point, only Goodwin will know if he's ready to play.

 

1 minute ago, tarapoa said:

Agree with the first point.

On the second - thought he was promising at first, then dipped, then showed up well when he did return last season.

I hope he does make it, and would like to see him in a side without two clowns as a central defence, but certainly wouldn’t want to have no other options in the event Coulson is fked.

Goodwin’s whole Plan A involves Scales and McCrorie being in the positions they started in on Saturday.

 

Agreed, I thought he showed a lot of promise when he broke into the team. I think it's pretty obvious that his succession of injuries played a big part in his dip in form. I'd equally like to see him make it, and now would be his chance with Coulson out.

[AngusTheBull]

1 hour ago, Illgresi said:

 

Can't argue with the first point, only Goodwin will know if he's ready to play.

 

 

Agreed, I thought he showed a lot of promise when he broke into the team. I think it's pretty obvious that his succession of injuries played a big part in his dip in form. I'd equally like to see him make it, and now would be his chance with Coulson out.

He did also spend last season playing alongside Gallagher and Bates which can’t have been the smoothest introduction to senior football. I’d like to see him alongside a competent central defence.

[kingjoey]

15 hours ago, Alex_14 said:

So, assuming we are going 4-2-3-1 in the main, we have a fair number of players fighting for those front 4 spots:

Miovski
Ramirez
Duk
Morris
Roberts
Kennedy
Besuijen
Hayes

I assume the below are away (permanently or loan)
Duncan
McLennan
Watkins

I’m on the fence, it’s a lot of players to try and keep happy but the strength in depth is good, considering we had f**k all depth last year.

With the chat that we still want a ‘creative midfielder’, which I take to be a #10, we will be rather top heavy.

There is no way Ryan Duncan is going to be away from the club apart from on loan.

[big al]

4 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said:

1) He’s barely been fit for over a year.

2) He’s not good enough. 

I find it really disappointing that a lot of Dons fans seem to have forgotten McKenzie's good games when he came into the team.

Get behind the young man, he’s definitely a decent player. 
A sustained period of being injury free obviously would help things alot.
 

[tarapoa]

A mere month apart

[Thenorthernlight]

11 hours ago, CoveRangers1922 said:

Must admit I'd be well annoyed (towards Cove not the Dons) if Ryan Duncan comes out on loan and doesn't come to us. Not that we should have any defined right to get him but because we are crying out for a left winger, actually wingers in general, we can give him game time at a decent level and he could train with you during the week. 

 

Ryan Duncan is a right winger.

Left sided, but plays wide right. 

[Alex_14]

There is no way Ryan Duncan is going to be away from the club apart from on loan.

Aye, so like I said then?

Also to the other poster, I don’t think Clarkson counts as vying for a front 4 spot, would imagine he will always play in one of the ‘2’ in a 4-2-3-1, with Barron going into the #10 if anyone. He’s not even on the list of the 8 guys fighting for the front 4 spots. Healthy competition I guess!

[CoveRangers1922]

9 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said:

Ryan Duncan is a right winger.

Left sided, but plays wide right. 

Right enough, he was playing right wing for Peterhead against us last season. Very direct which is what I really like about him.

Read in the paper yesterday that Goodwin wants to run with 22 players including Jack Milne and Ryan Duncan.

JG said talks have already been had with players that aren't likely to feature. McLennan has got to be one of them. Surely he'll go and not just be contempt picking up his final years wage before leaving.

Edited August 9, 2022 by CoveRangers1922

[Thenorthernlight]

2 hours ago, CoveRangers1922 said:

Right enough, he was playing right wing for Peterhead against us last season. Very direct which is what I really like about him.

Read in the paper yesterday that Goodwin wants to run with 22 players including Jack Milne and Ryan Duncan.

JG said talks have already been had with players that aren't likely to feature. McLennan has got to be one of them. Surely he'll go and not just be contempt picking up his final years wage before leaving.

McLennan & Watkins will leave. 
And if anyone wants Bates, he’ll be gone too.

Jim Goodwin initially said Ryan Duncan would be here until January, then it would be reviewed.

I personally think he’d be better loaned out to keep his progress going. 
Cove would be as good a place as any for him. 

[CoveRangers1922]

35 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said:

McLennan & Watkins will leave. 
And if anyone wants Bates, he’ll be gone too.

Jim Goodwin initially said Ryan Duncan would be here until January, then it would be reviewed.

I personally think he’d be better loaned out to keep his progress going. 
Cove would be as good a place as any for him. 

McLennan, we should enquire about, but he'll likely have other options. If any SPL club is interested he won't come to us.

Watkins I suspect will go back down South and who knows about Bates, he seems open to trying another European adventure.

Would be frustrating to see Ryan Duncan continually sitting on the bench until January getting the odd 5-10 minutes.

[tarapoa]

31 minutes ago, CoveRangers1922 said:

McLennan, we should enquire about, but he'll likely have other options. If any SPL club is interested he won't come to us.

Watkins I suspect will go back down South and who knows about Bates, he seems open to trying another European adventure.

Would be frustrating to see Ryan Duncan continually sitting on the bench until January getting the odd 5-10 minutes.

McLennan will feel he's above the second tier - and I reckon will be angling for L1/L2 down south, if not another top flight Scottish club.  His agent better make sure his YouTube reel goes back a few years, as a more recent one would involve a succession of heavy touches and fouling defenders or running the ball out of play needlessly.  My Martin Boyle career comparison theory on him is being tested, but no doubt if he leaves us, that will end up happening.

Would be a shame if Watkins left, as he definitely offers something a bit different. If he knows he'll have limited game time, then maybe he's pushing for the move himself.

Bates remains curious given Goodwin went out of his way to explain that he expected much better from him with a pre-season under his belt, and playing more in his preferred position.  Maybe just too expensive to be a squad player, but given the Legia Warsaw golden egg has disappeared, maybe we're stuck with him.

Agree that Chievo R**g**s (or Arbroath) makes sense for Ryan Duncan, as they are playing at a good level, p/t and allow continued training at Cormack Park. 

 

Edited August 9, 2022 by tarapoa

[CoveRangers1922]

4 minutes ago, tarapoa said:

McLennan will feel he's above the second tier - and I reckon will be angling for L1/L2 down south, if not another top flight Scottish club.  His agent better make sure his YouTube reel goes back a few years, as a more recent one would involve a succession of heavy touches and fouling defenders or running the ball out of play needlessly.  My Martin Boyle career comparison theory on him is being tested, but no doubt if he leaves us, that will end up happening.

Would be a shame if Watkins left, as he definitely offers something a bit different. If he knows he'll have limited game time, then maybe he's pushing for the move himself.

Bates remains curious given Goodwin went out of his way to explain that he expected much better from him with a pre-season under his belt, and playing more in his preferred position.  Maybe just too expensive to be a squad player, but given the Legia Warsaw golden egg has disappeared, maybe we're stuck with him.

Agree that Chievo R**g**s (or Arbroath) makes sense for Ryan Duncan, as they are p/t, playing at a good level and allow continued training at Cormack Park. 

 

You can see a St Johnstone, Livi or Killie trying to sign McLennan. Whether he'd get a regular starting place at any of them or just end up warming their bench / being a sub I'm not sure.

Also wouldn't put it pass Hartley trying to take him down South. Seen he was at the Raith game a few weeks back.

[O_Kahn]

4 hours ago, CoveRangers1922 said:

 Surely he'll go and not just be contempt picking up his final years wage before leaving.

That sounds rather like what Barcelona think a couple of their players should do.

[tarapoa]

4 hours ago, CoveRangers1922 said:

McLennan has got to be one of them. Surely he'll go and not just be contempt picking up his final years wage before leaving.

There will be plenty contempt if he does, but suspect his latest contract was a decent one and it would be fair to say he's hardly kicked a ball since - other than setting up the odd second touch tackle.

 

[Wellington]

13 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said:

Ryan Duncan is a right winger.

Left sided, but plays wide right. 

Another player Cove Should look at is Magnus Watson at Bank’s oDee a right sided player with phenomenal pace.

[CoveRangers1922]

48 minutes ago, Wellington said:

Another player Cove Should look at is Magnus Watson at Bank’s oDee a right sided player with phenomenal pace.

Never heard of him but always thought we should scout the lower leagues. Apart from Towler from the Dons, Jim McIntyre has taken in dross in McDonagh and Luis Longstaff.

See Arbroath took Shanks from Locos on a 3 year deal. A player I've always thought that could do well higher up the leagues is Scott Barbour of Fraserburgh.

Thought the Dons could have used the same philosophy and go for our star player of recent seasons, Harry Milne. He's well ahead of the likes of Towler, Hancock, Mackenzie in my opinion.