Ampersand Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: Good template for what the scouting should be about. Sign a player for £100k. We make a 10 fold profit in one year. Slight caveat in that we should be aiming to keep players for more than one season where practical & it makes business sense. The absolute key though is that we can replace them with players of at least the same quality. Overall, we’re possibly weaker than we were last season & we need good players in asap. A couple of defenders & a couple (minimum) of midfielders Agree with all of this. A 10 fold profit will surely be an outlier, but is exceptional business, which outweighs the need to manage player turnover in this instance. But we should generally be looking for a couple of seasons at least, and there should always be a succession plan in place! Squad is looking very thin other than up front. ETA: Great move for Rama, too. Big league; short hop across the water from home. Good luck to him. Edited August 4, 2023 by Ampersand 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d31 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 30 minutes ago, Ampersand said: Agree with all of this. A 10 fold profit will surely be an outlier, but is exceptional business, which outweighs the need to manage player turnover in this instance. But we should generally be looking for a couple of seasons at least, and there should always be a succession plan in place! Squad is looking very thin other than up front. ETA: Great move for Rama, too. Big league; short hop across the water from home. Good luck to him. McGarry and Scales coming in would have us at 10 decent defenders. Clearly we need to sign at least 2 midfielders on top of that. We'll get the majority of that done before long 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Rodhull said: Ramadani confirmed. Gutted he has left, thought he was excellent last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Rodhull said: Are we not still a bit light in the number of home produced players? Surely some more Scots will need to be signed for the European squad at least. I think we will have 10 players which I think is enough: Jack Mackenzie Graeme Shinnie Connor Barron Ryan Duncan Jack Milne Nicky Devlin Ross Doohan Alfie Bavidge Findlay Marshall Tom Ritchie (has he went out on loan?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) I make our current position, compared to the squad that ended last season as 13 out and 11 in. That is balanced 4 v 4 in terms of players that would be regarded as regular starters (or likely to be here in Sep). Jury out on whether others like Polvara can make that step up. OUT Gorter, Lewis, McCrorie, Richardson, Coulson, Pollock, Scales, Ramadani, Myslovič, Kennedy, Roberts, Markanday, Watkins. IN Doohan, Ritchie, Devlin, Stewart, Milne, Dadia, Rubežić, Ngwenya, Polvara, Besuijen, Sokler. As things stand, we are most certainly a bit weaker in squad depth and maybe to an extent quality. Even much of this window felt like it was all about securing Shinnie and the bonus of getting Clarkson on a permanent deal. However, we were always likely to need to wait until the last few days of the window for 2 or 3 players - but it would also be good to get another 2 or 3 in ahead of that. Edited August 4, 2023 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorie Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: Good template for what the scouting should be about. Sign a player for £100k. We make a 10 fold profit in one year. Slight caveat in that we should be aiming to keep players for more than one season where practical & it makes business sense. The absolute key though is that we can replace them with players of at least the same quality. Overall, we’re possibly weaker than we were last season & we need good players in asap. A couple of defenders & a couple (minimum) of midfielders Good post. I guess if an offer comes in that meets are asking price it needs to be accepted. even if it’s only having a player for a year I much rather sell early than let them run down their contract and lose for nothing or for a smaller fee due to having a year left on a deal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Squad numbers announced. With 5, 6 and 7 still to be filled hopefully it means first team quality players to come in rather than just squad fillers. 2Nicky Devlin3 Jack MacKenzie4 Graeme Shinnie8 Connor Barron9 Bojan Miovski10 Leighton Clarkson11 Luis Lopes (Duk)17 Jonny Hayes18 Rhys Williams19 Ester Sokler20 Shayden Morris21 Dante Polvara22 Vicente Besuijen23 Ryan Duncan24 Kelle Roos25 Tom Ritchie26 Anthony Stewart27 Angus MacDonald28 Jack Milne30 Or Dadia31 Ross Doohan32 Findlay Marshall33 Slobodan Rubežić36 Alfie Bavidge55 Kieran Ngwenya 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 hours ago, betting competition said: I think we will have 10 players which I think is enough: Jack Mackenzie Graeme Shinnie Connor Barron Ryan Duncan Jack Milne Nicky Devlin Ross Doohan Alfie Bavidge Findlay Marshall Tom Ritchie (has he went out on loan?) Hope so. Thought it was more than that needed for some reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) Does Slobba have some particular penchant for the Number 33? - as if the logic of 5,6,7 being reserved for likely regular starters is in place, what on earth is Barron and his petted lip doing at #8 ? Maybe this is based on how good Barron still thinks he is after a good game for Scotland U-21s a couple of years back? Edited August 4, 2023 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, tarapoa said: Does Slobba have some particularly penchant for the Number 33? - Number of Serbian children he’s eaten raw. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Pretty sure Williams had 5 on all his training gear when he arrived. Maybe something to those rumours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, tarapoa said: Does Slobba have some particularly penchant for the Number 33? Quote 33 is pretty unique. Number 33 is a Master Number (Master Teacher) and resonates with the energies of compassion, blessings, inspiration, honesty, discipline, bravery and courage. Number 33 tells us that 'all things are possible'. 33 is also the number that symbolizes 'guidance'. The treble is on lads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, tarapoa said: Does Slobba have some particularly penchant for the Number 33? - as if the logic of 5,6,7 being reserved for likely regular starters is in place, what on earth is Barron and his petted lip doing at #8 ? Maybe this is based on how good Barron still thinks he is after a good game for Scotland U-21s a couple of years back? And MacKenzie at no.3?! Please no. That’s the number “Ruby” prefers I think, hence the 33. Ultimately the numbers mean little. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunbartonshireRed Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Rodhull said: Squad numbers announced. With 5, 6 and 7 still to be filled hopefully it means first team quality players to come in rather than just squad fillers. 2Nicky Devlin3 Jack MacKenzie4 Graeme Shinnie8 Connor Barron9 Bojan Miovski10 Leighton Clarkson11 Luis Lopes (Duk)17 Jonny Hayes18 Rhys Williams19 Ester Sokler20 Shayden Morris21 Dante Polvara22 Vicente Besuijen23 Ryan Duncan24 Kelle Roos25 Tom Ritchie26 Anthony Stewart27 Angus MacDonald28 Jack Milne30 Or Dadia31 Ross Doohan32 Findlay Marshall33 Slobodan Rubežić36 Alfie Bavidge55 Kieran Ngwenya I look at that squad and think we'll struggle with the amount of games we have. I think there has to be at least 4 players coming in who are starting quality. Who knows what sort of quality McGarry has but if he's not up to it then that's another window passed without the left back area addressed. For me, we still need a left centre back, 2 midfielders, and an attacking midfielder in the Teklic mould. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAFC94 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: Pretty sure Williams had 5 on all his training gear when he arrived. Maybe something to those rumours. Pretty sure Dadia also had the no. 5 in his press photos, so maybe they were just passing it around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, DunbartonshireRed said: I look at that squad and think we'll struggle with the amount of games we have. I think there has to be at least 4 players coming in who are starting quality. Who knows what sort of quality McGarry has but if he's not up to it then that's another window passed without the left back area addressed. For me, we still need a left centre back, 2 midfielders, and an attacking midfielder in the Teklic mould. The Ramadani replacement is in our league for £300k too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunbartonshireRed Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: The Ramadani replacement is in our league for £300k too. I don't think St Mirren would sell us Baccus for £300k tbh. We'd have to stump up more. Probably closer to £500k for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazelle83 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 We lack physicality in midfield, we don't need more midgets! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 56 minutes ago, DunbartonshireRed said: I don't think St Mirren would sell us Baccus for £300k tbh. We'd have to stump up more. Probably closer to £500k for us. They agreed £275k with Bolton. If they ask for a vast amount more, let him leave for f**k all next summer & get someone else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunbartonshireRed Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: They agreed £275k with Bolton. If they ask for a vast amount more, let him leave for f**k all next summer & get someone else. I know they agreed £275k with Bolton. Doesn't mean they'd agree that with us. Imagine if we agreed a fee for one of our players with a club outwith our league then the b*****d Garden come calling. We'd obviously want more from them because they are in the same league and we're directly competing with them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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