DukDukGoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Fucking boom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Jesus, that's some signing. Absolutely glorious footballer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 9 minutes ago, betting competition said: Beat me by a second! What a signing this is, didn't expect him to come as expected Championship teams that pay more than us. An incredible signing if we pull this off. Right under the noses of the cheeks and the 24 Championship clubs who could pay more than us. A real statement signing who should encourage others to join and stay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 minute ago, lubo_blaha said: An incredible signing if we pull this off. Clarkson himself is hinting at it on his own Twitter page, so its 100% done IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I'm not getting overly excited until Aberdeen announce it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Fucking boom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 minute ago, kingjoey said: I'm not getting overly excited until Aberdeen announce it. I clearly have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 17 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Clarkson himself is hinting at it on his own Twitter page, so its 100% done IMO. How did he compare to the rest of the league? Obviously passed the eye test for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, kingjoey said: I'm not getting overly excited until Aberdeen announce it. This is what my brain says. My erection says otherwise 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterAFC Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: An incredible signing if we pull this off. Right under the noses of the cheeks and the 24 Championship clubs who could pay more than us. A real statement signing who should encourage others to join and stay. I'd argue a season with us and at least 8 games in Europe should see him being looked at by lower prem/series A teams next summer. On his game he sticks out like a sore thumb in red, harder to do that at the cheeks and the 50 man Championship squads. Then there's Dylan Levitt... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, kingjoey said: I'm not getting overly excited until Aberdeen announce it. Good man, kj. Join the club! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJFCtheTeamForMe Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) Fair play to the Aberdeen leadership in getting a signing like Clarkson. I'm sure it's a reasonable fee for a Scottish club but at least it's exciting for your fans! From a neutral perspective I don't exactly want the other teams to get better than mine but it's good to see other clubs attracting players like him and hopefully make the League as competitive as possible! It may persuade others like him to come on loan to other clubs also if they see it as an opportunity to showcase their ability like Maddison did in the past as well. Aberdeen recruitment and spending of the transfer fees they've raked in seems from the outside anyway to have been done reasonably well! Saints of course don't have that level of money to spend but in recent years have paid fees (100k here 40k there type signings) for a few and they've all been pretty much been absolutely disasters. Three of Davidsons signings totalling about 160k managed about 6 starts between the 3 of them. Edited June 15, 2023 by SJFCtheTeamForMe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorie Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 All honesty I never thought he would be back. Club really doing well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, SJFCtheTeamForMe said: Fair play to the Aberdeen leadership in getting a signing like Clarkson. I'm sure it's a reasonable fee for a Scottish club but at least it's exciting for your fans! From a neutral perspective I don't exactly want the other clubs to get better and better than mine but it's at least good to see other clubs attracting players like and hopefully make the League as competitive as possible! It may persuade others like him to come on loan to other clubs also if it gives them the chance to show their ability. Aberdeen recruitment and spending of the transfer fees they've raked in seems from the outside anyway to have been done reasonably well! Saints of course don't have that level of money to spend but in recent years have paid fees (100k here 40k there type signings) for a few and they've all been pretty much been absolutely disasters. Three of Davidsons signings totalling about 160k managed about 6 starts between the 3 of them. We seem to be having a bit more success having moved from the model of 'managers decides who he wants'. I thought it was crazy when the Saints guy was bumped because Davidson didn't like his signings, while he spunked your budget on players he knew. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 This must surely be followed up by a gross act of incompetence like not being able to afford to sign anyone else as a result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 42 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: How did he compare to the rest of the league? Obviously passed the eye test for us. Looks a right good player and quite a Statement by Aberdeen. Hadn't realised a permanent transfer was even a possibility. I like the way Aberdeen are going about things when it comes to signings. Not your standard signings and club clearly has good a scouting network in place. Yes, there will be a few duds to come, but equally if Aberdeen find a few gems (like they have recently) it could make the club some serious serious money as well as enticing others and most importantly creating a very successful team. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJFCtheTeamForMe Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: We seem to be having a bit more success having moved from the model of 'managers decides who he wants'. I thought it was crazy when the Saints guy was bumped because Davidson didn't like his signings, while he spunked your budget on players he knew. I don't have any inside info or anything so I'm just speculating but I presumed Grieves left on or was moved on because Davidson was just not willing to work with him and back his signing suggestions. He had some more modern ideas on recruitment and I have a feeling Davidson wasn't one for stats or anything along those lines and frankly was more old fashioned and more into the less fact based and more gut feeling type of recruitment. We made 3 signings Vertainen, Bair, Mahon for fees which were all disasters, which I presume were from the scout Grieves and they barely kicked a ball and 2 of the 3 are gone. Bair isn't up to it either. Davidson then signed like you say "guys he knows" a few of them have been a disaster as well. Interestingly big Andy Considine proving a lot of doubters wrong at times this season. Someone deserves the jail for the 3 year deal Crawford was given as well. Anyway, didn't mean to takeover the Aberdeen thread with Saints chat. My point though was that at least they've not pissed the money up the wall on shite like Saints!!!! Edited June 15, 2023 by SJFCtheTeamForMe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, SJFCtheTeamForMe said: I don't have any inside info or anything so I'm just speculating but I presumed Grieves left on or was moved on because Davidson was just not willing to work with him and back his signing suggestions. He had some more modern ideas on recruitment and I have a feeling Davidson wasn't one for stats or anything along those lines and frankly was more old fashioned and more into the less fact based and more gut feeling type of recruitment. We made 3 signings Vertainen, Bair, Mahon for fees which were all disasters, which I presume were from the scout Grieves and they barely kicked a ball and 2 of the 3 are gone. Bair isn't up to it either. Davidson then signed like you say "guys he knows" a few of them have been a disaster as well. Interestingly big Andy Considine proving a lot of doubters wrong at times this season. Someone deserves the jail for the 3 year deal Crawford was given as well. Anyway, didn't mean to takeover the Aberdeen thread with Saints chat. My point though was that at least they've not pissed the money up the wall on shite like Saints!!!! A lot of folk said we were mad to get rid of McInnes but when you look at Killie, he's championing Russ Richardson. That was Mcinnes's only real scout. He recommended Cosgrove so deserves a lot of credit but some of his other recommendations were beyond awful. Other than that, it was guys McInnes knew or players that knew the league. Unfortunately, they often weren't a fit for the system either. Vertainen looked like he didn't get a fair crack of the whip tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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