Aberdeen21 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) From what I hear we are still in for Jamie Ness. He wants to come but Scunthorpe are looking for a fee. The manager was also down at Peterborough vs Norwich last night trying to thrash out a deal for a Norwich player who played last night. It is believed to be attacking midfielder James Maddison but rumours also it may have been Tony Andreu. Edited August 31, 2016 by Aberdeen21 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 From what I've seen Reynolds has been just as poor as he was last year, weak with terrible distribution. We had to either sign a left back, or a midfielder to play alongside Jack as well as a centre half. And, although it's only 4 games into the season, we look totally toothless. Hayes being out doesn't help. but surely with the added depth we would be hoping for more? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 From what I've seen Reynolds has been just as poor as he was last year, weak with terrible distribution. We had to either sign a left back, or a midfielder to play alongside Jack as well as a centre half. And, although it's only 4 games into the season, we look totally toothless. Hayes being out doesn't help. but surely with the added depth we would be hoping for more? I forgot to mention wes burns actually! I think he'll be great for us.I get what we've seen so far isn't that inspiring but I think the attack is still gelling and I think we look more solid.We may not improve as much as I hope but I see no reason to panic at this point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackiemyday Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just about spat my coffee out with the Reynolds shout, the guys been terrible. Looks like a little boy getting bullied by bigger guys in the playground sometimes. I kind of agree with Aberdon, O’Conner and Lewis am happy with. However still major question marks over his other signings, i think he has signed the right "type" of player but whether these guys have the quality to fill the criteria they have been brought into am not sure. Stockley wins headers, but if McInnis refuses to play 2 up front then he is a passenger. Don’t know what people are seeing in Storey i think he has been very average in his games so far. I am holding out hope because i saw the player he can be at caley, he hasn’t got near that form with us yet. Burns I have been most happy with, he is raw though and has a habit of holding on to the ball for too long. Don’t even want to address the Morris signing. I would have liked to have seen some more quality come in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I did say slightly about Reynolds. Maybe even that is a bit strong. Was more based on the Maribor games I thought he looked better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackiemyday Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I did say slightly about Reynolds. Maybe even that is a bit strong. Was more based on the Maribor games I thought he looked better. He has a decent enough game against Maribor, but the guys past it in my book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 4 minutes ago, StandFree03 said: Players hardly had any game time and they're written off, 4 games into the season and we are "toothless", signings have been poor etc etc. Its the Aberdeen way. Do you disagree? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackiemyday Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 4 minutes ago, StandFree03 said: Players hardly had any game time and they're written off, 4 games into the season and we are "toothless", signings have been poor etc etc. Its the Aberdeen way. All I said was that there were still question marks over some of them. Which is a fair point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 All I said was that there were still question marks over some of them. Which is a fair point. It is but the debate started by aberdon saying we'd had an 'absolute shocker' of a window so far 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 minute ago, Dons_1988 said: It is but the debate started by aberdon saying we'd had an 'absolute shocker' of a window so far Which is hysterical nonsense tbf. Not a great start to the season but lots of potential there. Main gripe has been the quality of the final ball and crosses, and not just from the new boys. It'll all come together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: It is but the debate started by aberdon saying we'd had an 'absolute shocker' of a window so far I've explained what I meant by that and I haven't written anyone off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingboots Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 14 minutes ago, AberDon said: Do you disagree? It's too soon to judge. Teams have slow starts. Shit happens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 minute ago, shootingboots said: It's too soon to judge. Teams have slow starts. Shit happens. I said we had looked toothless, which is true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingboots Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 minute ago, AberDon said: I said we had looked toothless, which is true. I don't think McInnes has had a particularly good start to season I'll say that much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackiemyday Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I would have liked us to bring in a "big name player" of sorts. I think this was an important window for the club to signal its intent to compete with Celtic. Of course am not asking us to go out and spend millions like they can but i would have liked us to go after a few players of real quality and spend a little cash. Guys whose names you wouldn’t have to stick into Wikipedia to work out who they are. This in no disrespect to the guys we have brought in but i think after all the noise the club has made in the past season or two about going for the league we have more then settled for 2nd/3rd place, which is disappointing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 This in no disrespect to the guys we have brought in but i think after all the noise the club has made in the past season or two about going for the league we have more then settled for 2nd/3rd place, which is disappointing. Being realistic, we never had a chance of challenging Celtic this year. The last two seasons we absolutely did. In 14/15 we were incredibly consistent against 10/11 sides but f*cked it in the head to heads with Celtic. Last season we blew our best chance in a generation to win the league with two stupid runs of games, despite managing to beat Celtic twice. We should have loosened the purse strings in January but we didn't and it cost us that chance.This season, with Celtic having a manager who knows what he's doing, the signings he is able to attract and the money they are bringing in from Champions League and much bigger crowds, we don't have a chance unfortunately, no matter how many well-know players McInnes can bring in.Also worth mentioning the club never made any noise about going for the league, McInnes made a point of not mentioning it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I would have liked us to bring in a "big name player" of sorts. I think this was an important window for the club to signal its intent to compete with Celtic. Of course am not asking us to go out and spend millions like they can but i would have liked us to go after a few players of real quality and spend a little cash. Guys whose names you wouldn’t have to stick into Wikipedia to work out who they are. This in no disrespect to the guys we have brought in but i think after all the noise the club has made in the past season or two about going for the league we have more then settled for 2nd/3rd place, which is disappointing. Of course every fan wants a 'big name player' and 'signals of intent' but let's be honest that's just noise.I would hope mcinnes does not judge players that way. Sometimes you just have to trust in what we're doing.We have no chance of winning the league, 2nd is doable, let's get behind them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 4 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: Also worth mentioning the club never made any noise about going for the league, McInnes made a point of not mentioning it. True, but it's frustrating after Milne's 'tooling up' shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackiemyday Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me about what i wanted them to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberDon Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 5 minutes ago, Mackiemyday said: Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me about what i wanted them to say. It was never explicitly said, but I felt that the club implied several times that winning the league was an ambition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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