The Famous Aberdeen’s European Tour 2023/24

[Frank Grimes]

 

If Sellick win the cup and we end up we end up in the Conference as expected this is what the pots look like at the moment 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

Piece of piss. 

May 2024 tickets for Athens booked already. 

[betting competition]

2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

Piece of piss. 

May 2024 tickets for Athens booked already. 

Thought the Europa League final is in Dublin next year!

[Melanius Mullarkey]

6 minutes ago, betting competition said:

Thought the Europa League final is in Dublin next year!

I admire your confidence young man.

[lubo_blaha]

On 25/05/2023 at 11:12, Melanius Mullarkay said:

I admire your confidence young man.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

Spoiler

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[Merkie84]

What round do we go in if SuperCaleygoballistic in the cup final? 

[Frank Grimes]

3 hours ago, Merkie84 said:

What round do we go in if SuperCaleygoballistic in the cup final? 

We’d have to negotiate QR3 and a playoff in the conference 

Unseeded

[Merkie84]

Ah, so we really do need  a Celtic win? 

Looks like it makes a big difference, not just the odd extra qualifying round. 

[Buckets]

On 24/05/2023 at 23:46, Frank Grimes said:

 

If Sellick win the cup and we end up we end up in the Conference as expected this is what the pots look like at the moment 

That’s a good projection to get an idea of the competition but Aberdeen will likely be in Pot 3 for the Conference League groups.

[Irrational Behaviour]

We need 8 association trained players in our squad for Europe. Going to be interesting to see how we achieve that. 

I'd imagine that Devlin won't be the only Scottish player we sign. 

[lubo_blaha]

7 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said:

We need 8 association trained players in our squad for Europe. Going to be interesting to see how we achieve that. 

I'd imagine that Devlin won't be the only Scottish player we sign. 

We need 8 association trained players including at least 4 club trained players in our 25 man squad. Players under 21 aren’t included in the squad and we can use any number of them.

These players must have played with ourselves or another Scottish club between 15-21.

Of our currently (or future) contracted players/loanees, that leaves us:

McCrorie 

McKenzie

Shinnie 

Kennedy

Barron

Devlin

Campbell

McLennan

It’s obviously pretty unlikely that all of them will be here next season.

I believe we can also use under 21s who meet the criteria (Barron, Duncan, Ngwenya, Milne) although that eats into space in the 25 man squad.

Anyway, a few more Scottish signings could be on the horizon.

[lubo_blaha]

 

[ScoRoss]

On 02/06/2023 at 06:45, Irrational Behaviour said:

We need 8 association trained players in our squad for Europe. Going to be interesting to see how we achieve that. 

I'd imagine that Devlin won't be the only Scottish player we sign. 

 

On 02/06/2023 at 14:25, lubo_blaha said:

We need 8 association trained players including at least 4 club trained players in our 25 man squad. Players under 21 aren’t included in the squad and we can use any number of them.

These players must have played with ourselves or another Scottish club between 15-21.

Of our currently (or future) contracted players/loanees, that leaves us:

McCrorie 

McKenzie

Shinnie 

Kennedy

Barron

Devlin

Campbell

McLennan

It’s obviously pretty unlikely that all of them will be here next season.

I believe we can also use under 21s who meet the criteria (Barron, Duncan, Ngwenya, Milne) although that eats into space in the 25 man squad.

Anyway, a few more Scottish signings could be on the horizon.

Don't really need to have 4 club / 8 national homegrown players. They only begin to count after the first 17 players in the squad. 

I.e. Unless they have a squad of 25 over 21 year olds, they can always leave spaces in the squad to count as a homegrown spot.

I can't imagine the squad is going to grow that much over the next few months. At the moment they'd struggle to meet the minimum player requirement.

[Binos]

Above posts expose the completely fucked nick of Scottish football,  resolutely refusing to develop players 

[Frank Grimes]

6 minutes ago, Binos said:

Above posts expose the completely fucked nick of Scottish football,  resolutely refusing to develop players 

What are you on about?

Aberdeen have one of the best Academies in the country

We’ve made millions in the last few years developing young Scottish players and selling them on 

If kids are good enough at Aberdeen, they’ll get a game 

[Binos]

5 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said:

What are you on about?

Aberdeen have one of the best Academies in the country

We’ve made millions in the last few years developing young Scottish players and selling them on 

If kids are good enough at Aberdeen, they’ll get a game 

And yet your own fans fear you won't meet the criteria 

 

[Frank Grimes]

Damn, if only we had an entire transfer window and a significant windfall to rectify the situation 

[lubo_blaha]

1 hour ago, Binos said:

Above posts expose the completely fucked nick of Scottish football,  resolutely refusing to develop players 

Scott McKenna, Ryan Fraser, Lewis Ferguson, Kenny McLean, Calvin Ramsay, Ryan Christie, Ryan Jack, Lawrence Shankland, Graeme Shinnie. All Scotland internationals who have been developed by Aberdeen in some capacity. Outside of Celtic, no one else can produce a list like that.

 

[tarapoa]

Just glad to be back here after last season’s hiatus.

The fact that our 7th best points haul in the past decade has somehow yielded eight guaranteed European games - wow, just wow.

I think we merit a go at this for a decade of relative credibility on the continental stage - embrace the new format and give it a serious go AFC….

Edited June 3, 2023 by tarapoa

[ScoRoss]

An entire Aberdeen homegrown XI would easily qualify for Europe. Not bad for refusing to develop any players

 

----------------------------------Scott Bain----------------------------------

-----------------Michael Rose---Scott McKenna---Clark Robertson---------------

Calvin Ramsay----------------------------------------------------Daniel Harvie

-----------------------Lewis Ferguson-----Ryan Jack---------------------------

---Ryan Fraser--------------------------------------------------Scott Wright---

--------------------------------Bruce Anderson-------------------------------