ArabFC Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said: I think with the manager and squad we have we'll be alright. Not great, not terrible. Just...fine. Surviving shouldn't be the goal though. We need to improve on last year. I'm fairly confident that we can, but we do still need 2/3 quality additions to the squad. I can't deal with another season of Harkes starting every week! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, ArabFC said: Surviving shouldn't be the goal though. We need to improve on last year. I'm fairly confident that we can, but we do still need 2/3 quality additions to the squad. I can't deal with another season of Harkes starting every week! Define "improve on last year". If you mean the quality of football, I totally agree. If you mean the league position, that's going to be seriously tough. TBH, I don't think the objectives should really change much from last season. Get in the Top 6 with a chance of Europe, and a decent run in one of the cups. The only addition is "don't embarrass ourselves in Europe" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Shedboy Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I reckon we could get 10 points more this season and finish fifth, or even 6th. League position is out of our hands to a certain degree. You'd expect Aberdeen to challenge and at least one other. I'd class getting those 10 more points as improvement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Define "improve on last year". If you mean the quality of football, I totally agree. If you mean the league position, that's going to be seriously tough. TBH, I don't think the objectives should really change much from last season. Get in the Top 6 with a chance of Europe, and a decent run in one of the cups. The only addition is "don't embarrass ourselves in Europe" 1 minute ago, Big Shedboy said: I reckon we could get 10 points more this season and finish fifth, or even 6th. League position is out of our hands to a certain degree. You'd expect Aberdeen to challenge and at least one other. I'd class getting those 10 more points as improvement. These two posts sum it up for me. A couple of more decent signings, including a good defensive midfielder as has been suggested, and I think the objectives are possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Define "improve on last year". If you mean the quality of football, I totally agree. If you mean the league position, that's going to be seriously tough. TBH, I don't think the objectives should really change much from last season. Get in the Top 6 with a chance of Europe, and a decent run in one of the cups. The only addition is "don't embarrass ourselves in Europe" Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibs all have bigger budgets than us, so finishing in the European spots will always qualify as success to me. But despite finishing 4th last year, we weren’t good. Others were just worse. Plenty of room for improvement even if finishing ahead of Hearts is probably a pipe dream. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 24 minutes ago, ArabFC said: Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibs all have bigger budgets than us, so finishing in the European spots will always qualify as success to me. But despite finishing 4th last year, we weren’t good. Others were just worse. Plenty of room for improvement even if finishing ahead of Hearts is probably a pipe dream. That's fair enough, hard to argue with it. I have heard some United fans saying it's unacceptable if we finish lower than third this year. It's like they haven't actually been paying attention to anything for years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 59 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: That's fair enough, hard to argue with it. I have heard some United fans saying it's unacceptable if we finish lower than third this year. It's like they haven't actually been paying attention to anything for years I find it hard to believe any Arab saying this other than tongue in cheek. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve55 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 4 hours ago, ArabFC said: Surviving shouldn't be the goal though. We need to improve on last year. I'm fairly confident that we can, but we do still need 2/3 quality additions to the squad. I can't deal with another season of Harkes starting every week! I dont think we can afford them to be fair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I'd be astonished if we finished ahead of Hearts. 4th is possible, but we'll need to be a lot better than we were last season. I'd be happy with top 6 and a more watchable team. A decent cup run would be nice as well 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny arab Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 21 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said: I'd be astonished if we finished ahead of Hearts. 4th is possible, but we'll need to be a lot better than we were last season. I'd be happy with top 6 and a more watchable team. A decent cup run would be nice as well I think this would be most Arabs take on things and with a couple of good signings (DM & AM, Shinnie & McGrath would be perfect) this should be achievable. Will need a bit of luck avoiding injuries as not much decent back up in the squad at the moment, Clark & Chalmers came on yesterday and offered very little. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Aberdeen and Hibs will both be shite again this year. We need to factor that into expectations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldie1980 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Aberdeen and Hibs will both be shite again this year. We need to factor that into expectations.Ooooft,think u could be rite about Hibs tbf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Aberdeen and Hibs will both be shite again this year. We need to factor that into expectations.I have a feeling, based on very little, that Aberdeen will be pretty good this season. Hibs look an absolute gang right now though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Sarto Mutiny said: I'd be astonished if we finished ahead of Hearts. 4th is possible, but we'll need to be a lot better than we were last season. I'd be happy with top 6 and a more watchable team. A decent cup run would be nice as well Fourth again would be brilliant. Fifth and Europe still very good. Sixth still acceptable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFC_ Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Totally agree, 5th/6th would be np for me as long as there is continued progress in other areas, young team etc. Margins are so fine in this shitey league format , seven points between 4th and 10th, a bit of mild luck gets you europe. Doncaster out etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Aussie international left back Aziz Behich about to sign apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabFC Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Gibby82 said: Aussie international left back Aziz Behich about to sign apparently. Can’t complain. Good pedigree. But left back hardly a priority imho. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap in 94 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Anyone know if there's any friendlies in St Andrews this week? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 11 hours ago, ArabFC said: Can’t complain. Good pedigree. But left back hardly a priority imho. Yeah it seems a strange one. I said previously that a balanced squad was important but we’re about to embark on the season with some omissions whilst strengthening positions that don’t desperately require strengthening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIFE ARABIAN Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: Yeah it seems a strange one. I said previously that a balanced squad was important but we’re about to embark on the season with some omissions whilst strengthening positions that don’t desperately require strengthening. Personally I think it's a great signing. I think United have a list of players that they are waiting to become available and can only conclude those signings when they're told they can. I think this is why Gogic hasnt signed. I think Utd could have secured him weeks ago but are waiting for their number one defensive midfield target to become available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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