manc_don Posted July 1, 2021 Author Report Posted July 1, 2021 Watched some of the q+a and liked what he had to say. Seemed to focus on youth with a few older buys to help develop them. Have to say jack gurr really doesn’t inspire me. Guess the proof will be in the next couple of windows Quote
Panda Posted July 3, 2021 Report Posted July 3, 2021 He spoke about Gurr at the Q&A, defended that signing quite strongly. Quote
baggy89 Posted July 5, 2021 Report Posted July 5, 2021 See Tommy Johnson is being linked as our new head of recruitment. Left the same role at Blackpool. Quote
BigAl Posted July 5, 2021 Report Posted July 5, 2021 We won't be signing Jackson Irvine, if indeed we were ever remotely interested as he is off to St Pauli in Germany. No great loss in my opinion Quote
BigAl Posted July 5, 2021 Report Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, baggy89 said: See Tommy Johnson is being linked as our new head of recruitment. Left the same role at Blackpool. Quote Sure i heard that somewhere last week mate Quote
baggy89 Posted July 5, 2021 Report Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, BigAl said: Sure i heard that somewhere last week mate Fuck knows what I was doing last week. Clearly not reading donstalk, anyway. 1 Quote
LA-Don Posted July 5, 2021 Report Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, BigAl said: We won't be signing Jackson Irvine, if indeed we were ever remotely interested as he is off to St Pauli in Germany. No great loss in my opinion I like him, but see him playing a similar midfield position to Ferguson, mcgeough, Campbell, brown, ojo, mccrorie, even jenks. I think he’s played as a central defender and we need that but is more of a midfielder now and we don’t really need him with the log jam we have there. We need the creative midfield types and that’s not him. Quote
RicoS321 Posted July 19, 2021 Report Posted July 19, 2021 Keiran Ngwenya pens a new deal to keep him here forever. Quote
OxfordDon Posted July 20, 2021 Report Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) On 19/07/2021 at 17:36, RicoS321 said: Keiran Ngwenya pens a new deal to keep him here forever. Didn't realize he's already a full international (for Malawi) Edited July 20, 2021 by OxfordDon Quote
LA-Don Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 Based on what we saw today, i think we are good for fullbacks when we have the two young boys, gurr, hayes, considine and mccrorie. Still think we need another central defender, a #10, and a winger. Not convinced by mclennan, kennedy, even ojo wide, but at least the first two are essential. Quote
RicoS321 Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 4 hours ago, LA-Don said: Based on what we saw today, i think we are good for fullbacks when we have the two young boys, gurr, hayes, considine and mccrorie. Still think we need another central defender, a #10, and a winger. Not convinced by mclennan, kennedy, even ojo wide, but at least the first two are essential. I agree about fullbacks. I wouldn't say centre half is a priority. Considine, Gallagher, Devlin and McRorie is enough for the time being. If we could only get one or two players in I'd be looking at a striker and a winger, with a fast striker a priority. Ramirez looked a bit tired around 70 minutes last night (before his goal) and we could have been doing with fresh legs. Jet also looked tired, but was playing slightly deeper so could have been replaced by jenks in theory. Other than McGinn, there wasn't an option to replace. If we're continuing with two up front then we need an option to take off the bench as the number one priority. That said, I don't think we'll be restricted to one or two signings so a centre half would be my third choice. Another priority is to move on some players. If Ojo is ahead of McGeouch then I'd like to see McGeouch moved on, similarly one of McLennan and Kennedy. Our bench looked a little busy last night. Filled with senior players. Quote
Elgindon Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, RicoS321 said: I agree about fullbacks. I wouldn't say centre half is a priority. Considine, Gallagher, Devlin and McRorie is enough for the time being. If we could only get one or two players in I'd be looking at a striker and a winger, with a fast striker a priority. Ramirez looked a bit tired around 70 minutes last night (before his goal) and we could have been doing with fresh legs. Jet also looked tired, but was playing slightly deeper so could have been replaced by jenks in theory. Other than McGinn, there wasn't an option to replace. If we're continuing with two up front then we need an option to take off the bench as the number one priority. That said, I don't think we'll be restricted to one or two signings so a centre half would be my third choice. Another priority is to move on some players. If Ojo is ahead of McGeouch then I'd like to see McGeouch moved on, similarly one of McLennan and Kennedy. Our bench looked a little busy last night. Filled with senior players. Felt a bit sorry for Johnny last night.He looks frustrated at L B. I would give him a run of a few games alongside Jet or Ramirez to see if he might be an additional striker option Quote
LA-Don Posted July 23, 2021 Report Posted July 23, 2021 forgot about Devlin, plus mccrorie played well yesterday, so maybe not quite so essential. Would quite like to see Mackenzie given a run at left back and hayes ahead of him. While he doesn’t have the pace he used to, hayes as well as hedges are clearly our best wide players. Would like us to move on kennedy and bring in another winger. agree we have a log jam in center mid, need to move on ojo or mcgeough and get a more creative midfielder. I know st mirren want money and it’s my American influence here, but no way cash plus ojo or mcgeough, and or kennedy for McGrath?? agree another forward too, while that’s mcginn now I think we’re still thin up top. 1 Quote
Panda Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 23/07/2021 at 08:50, RicoS321 said: Another priority is to move on some players. If Ojo is ahead of McGeouch then I'd like to see McGeouch moved on, similarly one of McLennan and Kennedy. Our bench looked a little busy last night. Filled with senior players. Think McGeouch could actually be an important player this season. Before Glass took over I was reading some American blogs to try and get a handle on how he liked to set up, and it appeared he was a big fan of one guy dropping deep and picking the ball up from defence. That was very much what Brown did against Hacken, at times playing centre of a back three, then pushing into midfield. Brown though I doubt will play 40-50 games this season, certainly not the full 90 minutes. It'll be a big ask to play 2-3 times a week, which at times we'll have to do. So he needs a back-up for that role. McCrorie possibly will be that man with Gallagher partnership Considine, but it's also a role that seems to very much suit McGeouch. The jury is still out on Ojo. Glass seems to be playing him in more of a forward role which essentially means he doesn't have to do all the stuff he's crap at - tackling, heading, closing players down. The guy I wonder about now is Dean Campbell. Not a fan of shipping players off on loan as I prefer they learn how to play in our system, but I don't know where we play him and Jenks coming in on loan pushes him further down the pecking order. 2 Quote
wee toon red Posted July 27, 2021 Report Posted July 27, 2021 New head of recruitment, Darren Mowbray: https://www.afc.co.uk/2021/07/27/dons-appoint-head-of-recruitment/ Quote
manc_don Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Posted August 4, 2021 A few rumours going round that Hedges isn't signing a new deal and linked with Boro'? If he's going to walk away for free, we need to sell him now imo. Time for a replacement. Quote
Jute Posted August 4, 2021 Report Posted August 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, manc_don said: A few rumours going round that Hedges isn't signing a new deal and linked with Boro'? If he's going to walk away for free, we need to sell him now imo. Time for a replacement. Also being linked with Blackburn managed by our new head of recruitment’s brother. Also being reported that Virtanen is being allowed to leave. Quote
tlg1903 Posted August 4, 2021 Report Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, manc_don said: A few rumours going round that Hedges isn't signing a new deal and linked with Boro'? If he's going to walk away for free, we need to sell him now imo. Time for a replacement. Last year, I would take 750k 2bh Quote
RedStarTorphins Posted August 4, 2021 Report Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Jute said: Also being linked with Blackburn managed by our new head of recruitment’s brother. Also being reported that Virtanen is being allowed to leave. He’s gone - Hamilton, permanent deal. Quote
LA-Don Posted August 4, 2021 Report Posted August 4, 2021 Plenty of positives in the first 3 games but I’m certainly concerned by our lack of creative players. Jet is probably our only #10 type, but we need a natural attacking central mid to make us less predictable. So far it’s hedges mclennan and ojo wide but I think one more is needed too. Are we priced out from going for McGrath? Anyone else remotely linked with us? If hedges were to go we are really limited on the creative front. plus who is the other forward we pick up? That’s essential! Quote
BigAl Posted August 5, 2021 Report Posted August 5, 2021 6 hours ago, LA-Don said: Plenty of positives in the first 3 games but I’m certainly concerned by our lack of creative players. Jet is probably our only #10 type, but we need a natural attacking central mid to make us less predictable. So far it’s hedges mclennan and ojo wide but I think one more is needed too. Are we priced out from going for McGrath? Anyone else remotely linked with us? If hedges were to go we are really limited on the creative front. plus who is the other forward we pick up? That’s essential! McGrath is off to England. That ship has well and truly sailed We simply can't/won't compete. Quote
tlg1903 Posted August 5, 2021 Report Posted August 5, 2021 15 hours ago, HaarDon said: Hedges is worth at least $2mill imo Not with a year left on his deal he isn't Quote
BigAl Posted August 5, 2021 Report Posted August 5, 2021 15 hours ago, HaarDon said: Hedges is worth at least $2mill imo 13 minutes ago, tlg1903 said: Not with a year left on his deal he isn't A quarter of the inital sum would be tops in my opinion under those circumstances and even then that only remains the case until the end of this window. Quote
tlg1903 Posted August 5, 2021 Report Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, BigAl said: A quarter of the inital sum would be tops in my opinion under those circumstances and even then that only remains the case until the end of this window. I reckon we might be able to squeeze 750k but I concede 500 is more realistic Quote
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