SEETHING Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 I saw him miss a number of sitters against Spurs, which rather suggests that he is as comically shite as he was for 99.9% of his appearances last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) Reports saying we are after a Colombian international left back. This is the kind of stuff I can get behind. Even if he's shite, it's far more exciting than some L2 diddy from England. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/andres-salazar/profil/spieler/911065 Edited August 1 by Tony Wonder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 If he is the new left back, Penrice can play in midfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Reese Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Salazar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Assuming Boateng and Salazar sign, it'll be interesting to see who makes the European squad. It looks inevitable that some first teamers are going to miss out. Assuming MacDonald can be registered, we can effectively name 23 senior players. This would be my best guess guess as things stand: Clark / Gordon** / MacDonald** Taylor / Oyegoke Kent / Halkett* Kingsley* / Rowles Salazar / Penrice* Baningime / Boateng Nieuwenhof / Devlin Dhanda / Spittal* Vargas / Oda McKay* / Forrest* Shankland* / Boyce That would see Tagawa, Grant and Musa miss out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) Delighted the season is finally here. Felt like quite a long summer. Seasons in Europe are always just better. If we can beat Falkirk and get a cup quarter-final in early doors as well then it just makes the season so much more fun. Feels like there's something big happening every week when you throw at least 8 European games, a cup quarter and maybe semi, and the usual big league games into half a season. f**king brilliant. I think we're looking ok relative to our rivals in terms of our squad, but we'll need to be patient this season. The early fixtures are quite unkind and the post-Europe fixtures are very bad. In the first five games we play both the Old firm, go to Dens, then have Motherwell away and United at home after European games. That's tough, and I expect there'll be a few of our rivals a good few points ahead of us early doors. We also have Hibs and Aberdeen away after Europe, and Killie and Rangers too. Expect we'll have a bit of work to do to catch up in the second half of the season, but the squad looks deep enough to do that. I'd take being within 6 points or so of third by January. Long season ahead though, and I think decent cause for optimism. Edited August 2 by VincentGuerin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 New contract for Kingsley is imminent. Brilliant news IMO, would be happy to see him retire here. We genuinely feel like a very well run club at the minute, it's a bit disconcerting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 36 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said: New contract for Kingsley is imminent. Brilliant news IMO, would be happy to see him retire here. We genuinely feel like a very well run club at the minute, it's a bit disconcerting. Even had a quarterly update from our CEO without him making an absolute tit of himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 3 hours ago, Darren said: Even had a quarterly update from our CEO without him making an absolute tit of himself. Heady times 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 On 02/08/2024 at 13:32, VincentGuerin said: Delighted the season is finally here. Felt like quite a long summer. Seasons in Europe are always just better. If we can beat Falkirk and get a cup quarter-final in early doors as well then it just makes the season so much more fun. Feels like there's something big happening every week when you throw at least 8 European games, a cup quarter and maybe semi, and the usual big league games into half a season. f**king brilliant. I think we're looking ok relative to our rivals in terms of our squad, but we'll need to be patient this season. The early fixtures are quite unkind and the post-Europe fixtures are very bad. In the first five games we play both the Old firm, go to Dens, then have Motherwell away and United at home after European games. That's tough, and I expect there'll be a few of our rivals a good few points ahead of us early doors. We also have Hibs and Aberdeen away after Europe, and Killie and Rangers too. Expect we'll have a bit of work to do to catch up in the second half of the season, but the squad looks deep enough to do that. I'd take being within 6 points or so of third by January. Long season ahead though, and I think decent cause for optimism. Having a lot of tough away games after Europe might not be a bad thing on the basis that you'd "budget" most of your points from elsewhere, so any dropped points aren't necessarily a disaster. Last season our post-Europe games were Kilmarnock and Motherwell at home and Dundee away and we took 1 point out of 9. That was a bit of a nightmare considering we'd have been looking for 6-7 points from those games. Swap those for visits to Pittodrie, Ibrox and Rugby Park or something and we'd be looking at 2-3 points as a decent return. You could also argue it's easier to get the adrenaline going for a game against Hibs or Aberdeen than it is for a home game against St Johnstone in front of a sleepy Sunday crowd after a hard shift in midweek. More importantly, our strength in depth is looking really good across most of the squad. There were probably 3-4 starting yesterday who won't be first picks, but all of them performed well. As long as we can keep injuries to a reasonable level we ought to cope fine with Europe I think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 48 minutes ago, DC92 said: Having a lot of tough away games after Europe might not be a bad thing on the basis that you'd "budget" most of your points from elsewhere, so any dropped points aren't necessarily a disaster. Last season our post-Europe games were Kilmarnock and Motherwell at home and Dundee away and we took 1 point out of 9. That was a bit of a nightmare considering we'd have been looking for 6-7 points from those games. Swap those for visits to Pittodrie, Ibrox and Rugby Park or something and we'd be looking at 2-3 points as a decent return. You could also argue it's easier to get the adrenaline going for a game against Hibs or Aberdeen than it is for a home game against St Johnstone in front of a sleepy Sunday crowd after a hard shift in midweek. More importantly, our strength in depth is looking really good across most of the squad. There were probably 3-4 starting yesterday who won't be first picks, but all of them performed well. As long as we can keep injuries to a reasonable level we ought to cope fine with Europe I think. That's a fair point about budgeted points. I think the squad looks as capable of coping with it as it's reasonable to expect. The club have done a good job of developing this squad year on year, and I think without Europe we'd absolutely f**king skoosh third. As things stand I don't think it would even be a discussion. It does complicate things slightly though. From a supporters' point of view it's fantastic. Thursday European games followed by trips to Easter Road and Pittodrie are the kind of weeks you want. I'm really looking forward to it all. My bank balance is not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Potential play off opponents now known. Braga (POR)/Servette (SUI) Molde (NOR)/Cercle Brugge (BEL) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (UKR)/Viktoria Plzen (CZE) Midtjylland (DEN)/Ferencvaros (***) Some really tough ties but no one that you'd basically resign yourselves to getting pumped from, apart from maybe Braga. Brugge or Plzen probably look our best shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 minute ago, Tony Wonder said: Potential play off opponents now known. Braga (POR)/Servette (SUI) Molde (NOR)/Cercle Brugge (BEL) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (UKR)/Viktoria Plzen (CZE) Midtjylland (DEN)/Ferencvaros (***) Some really tough ties but no one that you'd basically resign yourselves to getting pumped from, apart from maybe Braga. Brugge or Plzen probably look our best shot. I've been to Pilzen It's where they invented Pilsener lager The Brewery tour was really good Eastern Ukraine might not be so fun 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tony Wonder said: Potential play off opponents now known. Braga (POR)/Servette (SUI) Molde (NOR)/Cercle Brugge (BEL) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (UKR)/Viktoria Plzen (CZE) Midtjylland (DEN)/Ferencvaros (***) Some really tough ties but no one that you'd basically resign yourselves to getting pumped from, apart from maybe Braga. Brugge or Plzen probably look our best shot. Yep. Braga is the only one you'd say we'd have very little chance on the face of it. I'm assuming they've improved since we pumped them 20 years ago. Edited August 5 by DC92 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galajambo Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 2 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: I've been to Pilzen It's where they invented Pilsener lager The Brewery tour was really good Eastern Ukraine might not be so fun Will the Ukranians be allowed to play home games, or have to play at a neutral venue? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galajambo Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/ Link for watching the draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Winners of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih or Viktoria Plzen. Away leg first. We'll be underdogs but not an impossible task. Being away first is good, just go there with the aim of keeping the tie alive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC92 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) Plzeň got to the Europa Conference League quarters last season, winning every game in the group and only conceding 3 goals in 10 games. Kryvbas haven't played in Europe before but did finish 3rd in the Ukrainian league. Edited August 5 by DC92 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 minute ago, DC92 said: Plzeň got to the Europa League quarters last season, winning every game in the group and only conceding 3 goals in 10 games. Kryvbas haven't played in Europe before but did finish 3rd in the Ukrainian league. It was the Conference League, but still yeah impressive. They'd be favourites as I say, but they are 3rd in the Czech league last season. It's always going to be hard at this level but we've also had games before where we almost have zero chance at all. If we are at our best I think we have a chance of an upset. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylish Kid Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 17 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: I think the squad looks as capable of coping with it as it's reasonable to expect. The club have done a good job of developing this squad year on year, and I think without Europe we'd absolutely f**king skoosh third. As things stand I don't think it would even be a discussion. It does complicate things slightly though. The squad is getting towards the big side again and I hope/expect Naismith to rotate a lot more. Robbie's undoing imo was he persisted with the same players and (despite injuries) didn't utilise the whole squad 1 hour ago, Galajambo said: Will the Ukranians be allowed to play home games, or have to play at a neutral venue? Apparently they play in Slovakia at the moment 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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