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I think another CM is needed, I like Flood for his attitude but to consistently challenge for honours you really need a bit more than that. I now see him as the weakest link in the side and, even worse, he has no direct competition for his position. On doing a little research on Ness he could be a good shout. He played last season for crewe on loan from Stoke and did pretty well apparently, they want him back according to an article in crewes local rag from last week. He's 6ft 1 so has a bit of presence about him and despite the fact we have our best team in decades the cm is a little lightweight. I had hoped we would go for McGinn from helen to add a bit of steel to the centre of the park but this ness is 24 and has more experience at a higher level. Ness was one of the deserters for free when the huns went to the wall (another bonus, the huns will hate him for walking out on them.... the seethe from the ranks of Mordor if he came and did well for us would be almost intoxicating) Stoke may be prepared to terminate his contract for little to nothing. He's never going to get a game for them and it will free up the wage so they would likely be easy to deal with. It could be a very shrewd piece of business IMO I was never overly keen on the idea of taking in May on loan, not for his ability but for the developing another teams player in an area we have decent options and a young prospect aspect of it. Taking him on a perm would be a very different story, no question he would be a superb addition giving us real strength in depth up front. This comes off it will be the best transfer window in my memory by a distance

I really don't see what the fuss is about with ciftci

Johnathan Wilson was bigging him up before the game so i was looking to see what he meant http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jul/04/chile-argentina-lionel-messi-copa-america I hope it does work out for him internationally as it could be glorious to behold. 2018 has to be in his mind as his last real chance to perform at his best at a WC, 2022 is just too long away and he will surely have waned by that point. The front line the Argies have is stunning yet it just never seems to quite work, they should have been beating Chile by a couple at least

Durrant and Fat Sally have been there also, very tainted brand. That said most Killie fans I have met (about 5) have been pretty sound

Anyone watch the copa america final? Sanchez panenka's the winning penalty in the shootout, cool.

Reynolds out for several weeks apparently.

I thought we looked alright in the first half, poor in the second. Don't understand the slating of ward, nothing he could have done about the goal and other than that though he commanded his box well............ not said that abut and AFC keeper since Kjaer. First competitive game after a short lay off at a tricky awya fixture? I'll take 1-1 happily

Whilst I can't complain about either ac or gs's performance I'm still scunnered that gs is in midfield

So so

teams out and as is common with DM you cannot be sure how we are lining up. Could be 5-3-2 or 4-3-3, im hoping 5-3-2 as i really don't want shinnie in midfield.

In fact could a mod move this post to the 25/1 thread in aberdeen fc chat please?

If you register a new accoutn with coral you can get a 20 pound free punt just by betting a fiver. They have us at 25/1 to win the title so when you add the free bet on its the equivalent of a 126/1 stake for a fiver. That's worth a flutter surely

I'm far from convinced we even need May let alone on loan if you catch my drift. We have three talented strikers, 4 if you include Mcginn. I'm expecting a much better campaign from Goodwillie and Shankland and I really think we are going to give some teams a right doing this season. Assuming the new keeper works out (the decision has been made on that so theres no point stressing about it any longer) the only area of concern for me position wise in the first team is Def Mid . I like flood, you cant question that he's a grafter and when on his game a right pain in the arse to play against but he's too hit and miss and there's no natural replacement. I had wondered if Gibbons was going to get more game time this season as I thought he had potential there but he's been let go. IMO we should go for John Mcginn from Saint Mirren, we would get him for a development fee which would be 150 k tops and he would take floods role in the team from him quite easily.

That's not a bad move for him actually, he should get plenty games for them you would think but only warm a bench at best for AFCB. He didn't play enough last season and ipswich will likely challenge for the play offs so its a decent side for him to go and try to improve. This is a big season for Fraser IMO, if he doesn't get more game time now then his career has hugely stalled at a crucial part of his previously promising career.

It's going to be interesting to see how much game time Quinn gets. He's clearly intended to replace Anderson in the squad. DM may be thinking about putting him in alongside Reynolds as a regular partnership with Taylor and Considine as a second or back up partnership. My point is, I suppose, last season Reynolds was pretty much undroppable due to lack of cover, being quick, natural left footer and also captain. Assuming Shinnie is going to be deployed primarily at LB (oh god, oh god, please, he's the best LB we have had since Robertson and you can argue that this is the first time the LB situation has been properly addressed since his departure to the huns in the early 90's) then Considine will be challenging for the CB position. I could see him and Taylor having a good balance as a pairing now I think about it, Considine is quite streetwise these days and was an integral part of the squad last season. Regardless though if Quinn works out we all of a sudden have multiple options for the back line, he could be a key signing. I'm not convinced myself, I was told he was known as bit of a boozer at county from a pretty reliable source but in McInnes I trust I suppose.

Langfield i reckon. He'll be binned after his testimonial for sure

No shit Sherlock ;-) This works a little better for me it has to be said but I can fully understand your disappointment

Opening fixture moved to Sunday 3.30 pm ko

Yeah can't argue with any of that. He did pick up a wee bit toward the end of the season

I don't think he would cost that much and given he's out of work would probably be open to offers, that he still clearly has a lot of love for the club can't hurt either. I think whether he would be prepared to uproot his family back to Scotland would be a much bigger hindrance. That said on doing a little research his kids are 22 and 19 respectively so probably leaving/left home.... Worth offering him an interview at the very least.

Not really any quotes there other than Leighton. Far from convinced it's a done deal at the moment. I still would love to see the out of work Theo Snelders get it

That would be a very interesting signing, he's clearly got great potential. Can you imagine the seethe from ict fans if this happened?

Pathetically only a few of them seem to care about anything more than that he's irish/probably Catholic. Only one of them even has clocked that he would never be interested in dropping down a division or that we wouldn't sell to them. Fucking Huns

Yeah this appointment could prove to be half baked

Great news but I doubt he will see it out, west Brom well poach him sooner or later