kingjoey Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Jim Forrest has passed away. He was my hero before Joe Harper. A fantastic player. Let's hope that Rangers don't try to rewrite history after they binned him as the scapegoat following their Berwick Rangers defeat in 1967. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Just now, kingjoey said: Jim Forrest has passed away. He was my hero before Joe Harper. A fantastic player. Let's hope that Rangers don't try to rewrite history after they binned him as the scapegoat following their Berwick Rangers defeat in 1967. His goal scoring record in the top division at Rangers and Aberdeen was very good. Quite incredible that he only got 5 caps for Scotland. With Forrest and Harper playing around the same time at Aberdeen if I’m looking at the stats correctly I’m surprised you never won more trophies. RIP Jim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, Molotov said: His goal scoring record in the top division at Rangers and Aberdeen was very good. Quite incredible that he only got 5 caps for Scotland. With Forrest and Harper playing around the same time at Aberdeen if I’m looking at the stats correctly I’m surprised you never won more trophies. RIP Jim. Came so close to winning the league in 1970/71. So close. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: Is he though? For example, do you see an English Championship club signing him? I doubt it personally. I could envisage plenty of Championship clubs wanting to sign him, yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, DrewDon said: I could envisage plenty of Championship clubs wanting to sign him, yes. If he gets back to what he was 18 months ago, yes. Let’s see how it goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 4 hours ago, kingjoey said: Jim Forrest has passed away. He was my hero before Joe Harper. A fantastic player. Let's hope that Rangers don't try to rewrite history after they binned him as the scapegoat following their Berwick Rangers defeat in 1967. He had thighs on him like tree trunks. Great man to have in your side. Great goalscorer. Can always remember Rangers' fans giving him dogs abuse and calling him a f****** b*****d! Quite unbelievable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: He had thighs on him like tree trunks. Great man to have in your side. Great goalscorer. Can always remember Rangers' fans giving him dogs abuse and calling him a f****** b*****d! Quite unbelievable I disagree. It’s entirely predictable with that mob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I really hope we get Barron tied up on a new contact. When on form, he's ever bit as good as Clarkson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I think Barron is potentially a significantly better level player than Ramadani. It has been quite strange how things have panned out with him since that spell a couple of years back, but hoping it’s not too late for a win-win situation with the contract to be worked out and for him to be a key player this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 8 hours ago, tarapoa said: I think Barron is potentially a significantly better level player than Ramadani. It has been quite strange how things have panned out with him since that spell a couple of years back, but hoping it’s not too late for a win-win situation with the contract to be worked out and for him to be a key player this season. Different type of player. Ramadani is more a “hassler”, similar to Shinnie. Barron is more like Clarkson, getting on the ball, passing, keeping it ticking over. Rama should still have been replaced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 As good as Barron has looked recently, I'm still sceptical he's got the consistency. Unfortunately Clarkson seems to be off the boil so no real competition there atm. I'm still very much of the opinion that if there is no reasonable expectation that Barron signs a new deal he shouldn't be playing, even if it is doing the whole "cutting of one's nose..." Absolutely sick of bringing young players through only to lose them to the fucking English leagues (or worse, them). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I think we probably can play Barron and Clarkson in the same team, but Clarkson would need to play further forward than he was under Robson last season. It was notable that he came on for McGrath rather than Barron on Sunday, and they both finished the game last night too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 57 minutes ago, Illgresi said: As good as Barron has looked recently, I'm still sceptical he's got the consistency. Unfortunately Clarkson seems to be off the boil so no real competition there atm. I'm still very much of the opinion that if there is no reasonable expectation that Barron signs a new deal he shouldn't be playing, even if it is doing the whole "cutting of one's nose..." Absolutely sick of bringing young players through only to lose them to the fucking English leagues (or worse, them). Totally disagree with you. If he's the best player for the position, which he is just now, he plays. In my mind it's nonsensical to suggest otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 13 hours ago, DrewDon said: I think we probably can play Barron and Clarkson in the same team, but Clarkson would need to play further forward than he was under Robson last season. It was notable that he came on for McGrath rather than Barron on Sunday, and they both finished the game last night too. If we played a possession based game then having Clarkson and Barron as part of a midfield 3 would be excellent. However, that's not Robson's gameplan or his system. We're still crying out for another centre mid and a left back, it's so frustrating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 hour ago, GTG_03 said: If we played a possession based game then having Clarkson and Barron as part of a midfield 3 would be excellent. However, that's not Robson's gameplan or his system. We're still crying out for another centre mid and a left back, it's so frustrating. We've got three left backs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 30 minutes ago, kingjoey said: We've got three left backs. True. I should've said a good left back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 hour ago, GTG_03 said: True. I should've said a good left back. You don't rate James McGarry? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, kingjoey said: You don't rate James McGarry? Reasonable chance we won’t be seeing him again this year though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Reasonable chance we won’t be seeing him again this year though. That's possible, but GTG seemed to be implying that he don't have any good left backs. As well as McGarry, I still feel that Jack McKenzie is a decent player and Jonny Hayes can still cover. A club Aberdeen's size is not going tonuse part of our budget to sign a fourth left back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 hour ago, kingjoey said: You don't rate James McGarry? I actually forgot about him but he's out injured for a few months. He did look promising tbf. I don't think Mackenzie is up to it and as much as I love Hayes, he's a 36 year old converted winger. Fine as a stand in but he shouldn't be a regular starter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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