Thenorthernlight Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, tarapoa said: That is a bottom six squad IMO - even allowing for MacDonald, Polvara and Clarkson coming back in. Hopefully JT's "irons in the fire" get that sorted. Usually Burns has leaked them all by now. I’d agree. It’s not great. We have a manager with a track record, so let’s back him. 3-4 good players & we’re looking fine. Burns knows f**k all now that Considine, his leak, is not there. Although, I did hear he might be back coaching the u-16’s? Maybe Hayes replacement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, tarapoa said: That is a bottom six squad IMO - even allowing for MacDonald, Polvara and Clarkson coming back in. Hopefully JT's "irons in the fire" get that sorted. Usually Burns has leaked them all by now. Look through the other squads in the league. Which ones would you genuinely rather have than ours? We still have a full month to go. He's obviously not wanting to dive in to signings for the sake of signing players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 The depth of the squad is not great but I’m not seeing the mad panic yet. A few more will come in, and the first 13-14 picks are already pretty good I’d say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishZizou Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 23 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: Look through the other squads in the league. Which ones would you genuinely rather have than ours? We still have a full month to go. He's obviously not wanting to dive in to signings for the sake of signing players. I agree that we shouldn't be adding players for the sake of adding players and moving more cautiously is the right approach as we have sunk significant cost into utter dross we still have kicking about like Gueye, Mcgarry, Sokler and Morris. I'm not saying ours is worse than others, it is pretty much on par with multiple others in the league but with the investment we have had that isn't good enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 31 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: Look through the other squads in the league. Which ones would you genuinely rather have than ours? We still have a full month to go. He's obviously not wanting to dive in to signings for the sake of signing players. The injuries to Polvara & Clarkson are rotten luck. But there’s zero excuse for the lack of good wingers. We’ve known we’ve needed them since last season ended. Still nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 23 minutes ago, ScottishZizou said: I agree that we shouldn't be adding players for the sake of adding players and moving more cautiously is the right approach as we have sunk significant cost into utter dross we still have kicking about like Gueye, Mcgarry, Sokler and Morris. I'm not saying ours is worse than others, it is pretty much on par with multiple others in the league but with the investment we have had that isn't good enough. I'm sorry but I can't agree that Sokler is utter dross. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 16 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: I'm sorry but I can't agree that Sokler is utter dross. He’s not dross. Saying he’s inferior to Miovski is not an insult….Miovski is our best striker in over 30 years. He’ll get goals with service - crosses & cut backs. He’s poor with his back to goal though. His touch isn’t good & the ball breaks off him a lot. We won’t replace Miovski with better, but I’d hope we can strengthen other areas of the team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 4 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: He’s not dross. Saying he’s inferior to Miovski is not an insult….Miovski is our best striker in over 30 years. He’ll get goals with service - crosses & cut backs. He’s poor with his back to goal though. His touch isn’t good & the ball breaks off him a lot. We won’t replace Miovski with better, but I’d hope we can strengthen other areas of the team. The lad didn't say he was inferior to Miovski. He said he was utter dross. Agree with your thoughts on Sokler. I feel we're setting up to play to those strengths rather than hoofing the ball though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 14 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said: He’s not dross. Saying he’s inferior to Miovski is not an insult….Miovski is our best striker in over 30 years. He’ll get goals with service - crosses & cut backs. He’s poor with his back to goal though. His touch isn’t good & the ball breaks off him a lot. We won’t replace Miovski with better, but I’d hope we can strengthen other areas of the team. Worth pointing out though that in season 1 miovski was a great finisher, in season 2 he was a great striker. Sokler is unlikely to hit those heights (I am still admittedly a bit of an ester sceptic) but needs the chance to develop as miovski did. We’ll see I suppose. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishZizou Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, DukDukGoose said: I'm sorry but I can't agree that Sokler is utter dross. I sincerely hope I’m proven wrong but I think he’s really poor. I dont think it’s all about scoring as a striker (although he has scored 1 in 26 for Aberdeen, a lot as a sub granted), he doesn’t ever look like scoring to me. I don’t really get what he’s meant to be good at. Regardless, he’s just one of many signings on long term deals that shouldn’t be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Just now, ScottishZizou said: I sincerely hope I’m proven wrong but I think he’s really poor. I dont think it’s all about scoring as a striker (although he has scored 1 in 26 for Aberdeen, a lot as a sub granted), he doesn’t ever look like scoring to me. I don’t really get what he’s meant to be good at. Regardless, he’s just one of many signings on long term deals that shouldn’t be. He's scored 4 this season. Not sure where the 1 in 26 comes from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishZizou Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 7 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: He's scored 4 this season. Not sure where the 1 in 26 comes from? Apologies, I am confirmed speaking garbage. That 1 in 26 relates to last seasons league only. I’m probably being unfair as he only started 6 times and most of my mates think I’m pretty harsh on him but I just don’t get it with him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 It is still a small sample size with Sokler, but I think he is quite limited. His touch isn't great, he doesn't hold or link play particularly well, and I'm unconvinced by his finishing. I don't think he is likely to massively improve, so we have to try and play up to what strengths he does appear to have, and he appears most comfortable with service from wide areas. He isn't going to be able to rely on a decent quality of service from our current squad, especially sans Hoilett, which makes the next few weeks imperative. As sharp as Clarkson has looked in the group stages, too, I am a little concerned that having Sokler as a striker against better opposition won't really suit him - I'd certainly be surprised if he managed to replicate the sort of link he showed at times with Miovski over the last couple of seasons. I think he could do a reasonable job with a good quality of crossing from wide, but I think he would benefit most from us signing a Danny Armstrong type of player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: Miovski is our best striker in over 30 years. Didn't realise Darren Mackie had left that long ago, time really does fly. Edited August 1 by gannonball 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Sokler is big and fast. That's enough to be reasonably effective in this league. With the right coaching players like that can become very very effective: see Magennis and Cosgrove. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorie Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 5 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: The depth of the squad is not great but I’m not seeing the mad panic yet. A few more will come in, and the first 13-14 picks are already pretty good I’d say. I’m wondering if the moves for players have been made and the red tape getting them over the line being from Europe is holding things up? Hope so anyway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afc_blockhead Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 6 hours ago, ScottishZizou said: I agree that we shouldn't be adding players for the sake of adding players and moving more cautiously is the right approach as we have sunk significant cost into utter dross we still have kicking about like Gueye, Mcgarry, Sokler and Morris. I'm not saying ours is worse than others, it is pretty much on par with multiple others in the league but with the investment we have had that isn't good enough. Which of his 5 minute cameos under Robsons hoofball disaster made you decide hes got nothing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 On 31/07/2024 at 21:44, Thenorthernlight said: From a reliable source Hopefully it finally forces us to bring some one in Is your reliable source able to say why nothing has come out anywhere, apart from your post, about Leighton Clarkson’s shoulder injury? When will it be public knowledge? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 3 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Is your reliable source able to say why nothing has come out anywhere, apart from your post, about Leighton Clarkson’s shoulder injury? When will it be public knowledge? No idea. Maybe in the pre-match presser, although Jimmy is tighter than a gnat’s chuff in giving much away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishZizou Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 52 minutes ago, afc_blockhead said: Which of his 5 minute cameos under Robsons hoofball disaster made you decide hes got nothing? Are we having a debate as to whether the significant outlay on Pape Gueye was or wasn’t a wise use of money? For the money we spent we should be getting very good Scottish premiership player. It’s hard to imagine that the coaching staff got him so wrong last year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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