Grangemouth Bairn Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 4 minutes ago, hk blues said: It's called exaggerating for emphasis. The point is unless someone is within daily travelling distance of their home then being homesick is certainly possible. I'm sure plenty of Scots living in London suffer from it regardless of how wealthy or otherwise they are. You're assuming that the many attractions of London are something everyone is looking for - it's simply not true. Ok, not sure I get your point regarding 400 vs 4000 miles though. He also moved to Spain to try and get regular first team football so hopefully that suggests that his homesickness is something he’s been able to conquer . We’ll likely get an indication of that this summer when his next club destination is confirmed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 2 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Ok, not sure I get your point regarding 400 vs 4000 miles though. He also moved to Spain to try and get regular first team football so hopefully that suggests that his homesickness is something he’s been able to conquer . We’ll likely get an indication of that this summer when his next club destination is confirmed. My point was once you're outside an easy daily commute then it doesn't matter all that much how near or far you are as much of homesickness is in the mind anyway. I'm not actually all that convinced he is all that homesick and think its more likely a throwaway comment that's been made and folk are putting lot of weight behind it to give them some hope that he may return to Glasgow sooner rather than later. I can't see it but let's see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrico Pallazzo Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Aberdeen desperately need to sign someone / sell someone, or release a new kit, because we're now onto the 2nd page of fans from other clubs discussing Kieran Tierney's possible homesickness on the AFC thread. C'mon Cormack, get yer finger oot min! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 1 hour ago, Enrico Pallazzo said: Aberdeen desperately need to sign someone / sell someone, or release a new kit, because we're now onto the 2nd page of fans from other clubs discussing Kieran Tierney's possible homesickness on the AFC thread. C'mon Cormack, get yer finger oot min! Agree with the sentiment but I’m going to refrain from engaging with a certain tabloid paper reporting on a certain out of contract young midfielder of ours joining a certain club. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kempes Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Connor Barron heading to Ibrox… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Agree with the sentiment but I’m going to refrain from engaging with a certain tabloid paper reporting on a certain out of contract young midfielder of ours joining a certain club. Surprised it took them so long tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 That would be a terrible move for him, he'd do well in Italy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 I can understand the attraction to him of moving there. It’s a league he knows, a team that dominates possession more often than not, and he has the ability to establish himself as a starter more or less as soon as he joins. I hope it doesn’t happen and he either heads abroad or down south, but he would improve them unfortunately. Top player even if I’m going to bitterly pretend otherwise if he ends up at Ibrox. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 37 minutes ago, DrewDon said: I can understand the attraction to him of moving there. It’s a league he knows, a team that dominates possession more often than not, and he has the ability to establish himself as a starter more or less as soon as he joins. I hope it doesn’t happen and he either heads abroad or down south, but he would improve them unfortunately. Top player even if I’m going to bitterly pretend otherwise if he ends up at Ibrox. Hmm. I'm not sure how he copes with the pressure. Could see it going more along the lines of the Scott Wright career progression rather than Ryan Jack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 20 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: Hmm. I'm not sure how he copes with the pressure. Could see it going more along the lines of the Scott Wright career progression rather than Ryan Jack. Thats ‘on the scrap heap of clubless/unemployed football jobbies Ryan jack’ you mean 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kempes Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 7 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Thats ‘on the scrap heap of clubless/unemployed football jobbies Ryan jack’ you mean That’ll be Ryan Jack incoming then as his replacement, or will he be off to Tannadeechee? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 48 minutes ago, Kempes said: That’ll be Ryan Jack incoming then as his replacement, or will he be off to Tannadeechee? Dinna. That was the rumour around the City on Saturday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Thats ‘on the scrap heap of clubless/unemployed football jobbies Ryan jack’ you mean You’d have to have a heart of stone not to laugh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 (edited) 4 hours ago, DukDukGoose said: Hmm. I'm not sure how he copes with the pressure. Could see it going more along the lines of the Scott Wright career progression rather than Ryan Jack. In fairness, Jack made a determined effort to endear himself to the fanbase and ease the pressure by acting hard and getting about twenty red cards in his first season. I would recommend Barron take the same approach if the move does happen. Edited June 12 by DrewDon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 LOL. Celtic will be delighted if that’s the level of player in The Rangers team next year Not that big a loss for the Dons I don’t think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 20 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: LOL. Celtic will be delighted if that’s the level of player in The Rangers team next year Not that big a loss for the Dons I don’t think. Hmm I dunno. He's a tidy player, has the potential to reach Callum McGregor levels and is very much a player in the same vein. It's been a strange situation with him as he's not had consistent game time. I don't think Ibrox is a smart move for him tho tbh if he does go there, he'd be much better served following Fergusons/hickeys path. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 3 hours ago, DrewDon said: In fairness, Jack made a determined effort to endear himself to the fanbase and ease the pressure by acting hard and getting about twenty red cards in his first season. I would recommend Barron take the same approach if the move does happen. Yeah I Iiked Jack as a player, when he's fit and on form he's a great player. Agree with the above tho, acting hard and trying to wind up Aberdeen fans to get the zombies onboard. Wright did it too, a weak fart would knock him over too. Regardless, we'll need to strengthen in the middle of the park. Still haven't replaced Ramadan I and we can't rely on Shinnie playing 40 games a season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 (edited) 3 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: LOL. Celtic will be delighted if that’s the level of player in The Rangers team next year Not that big a loss for the Dons I don’t think. Agreed, if Barron is their level then it suggests they really are skint. I hope he goes. Just another wee local rat if he lands up there...if he has the opportunity to go to Italy and decides Snake Mountain is the place for him then he deserves all the failure he's going get. Edited June 12 by Bogbrush1903 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 On 12/06/2024 at 07:30, Grangemouth Bairn said: Ok, so London is very accessible from Coatbridge on various methods of travel ie. Car/Train/Plane and I’m sure he regularly pays for his friends and family to visit him given he’ll be a very rich young man. London is also a very cosmopolitan city which will 100% cater for the English speaking. You however are suggesting KT would not be any more homesick if he lived in Pakistan which is c.4000 miles from Coatbridge ? I 100% disagree. You can move from Dundee to Aberdeen and be homesick. Not something to make light of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 31 minutes ago, kingjoey said: You can move from Dundee to Aberdeen and be homesick. Not something to make light of. Fair enough - fortunately not something I’ve suffered from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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