Jute Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 New signings announced. Way things are going some of these lads might be playing at Buckie on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Right footed centre half? If we're going to sign a right-sided centre half, then his name should be Michael Hector. Edit: To be fair, Wycombe fans rate him highly. Edited June 20, 2022 by Panda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Panda said: Right footed centre half? If we're going to sign a right-sided centre half, then his name should be Michael Hector. Edit: To be fair, Wycombe fans rate him highly. We can rate a lot of players that we don't need highly. It's not a great signing policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 We are delighted to announce that highly rated full back Jayden Richardson has joined The Dons on on a three-year deal from @NFFC. #StandFree | @JRichardson2_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Spent last season on loan with Notts County in National league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigAl Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 Just now, Jute said: Spent last season on loan with Notts County in National league. Keep up min 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgindon Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Wikipaedia rates him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayden_Richardson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 So McCrorie into midfield then? Made it into the National League team of the season last season (which, to be fair, is the least I'd expect of an Aberdeen signing playing at that level.) General consensus is he's terrific going forward but can't defend. Perfect signing for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Is he part of the 'add-ons' for McKenna then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Shite. Should have signed Shaun Rooney instead. Welcome aboard loon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshire_don74 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 liam scales in on loan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Liam Scales announced. Season long loan doesn't appear to be any mention of a loan to buy agreement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Fuck sake. Slow doon with the signings. Fucking ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 So already ruled out of at very least three games next season. Surely there has to be an option to purchase involved in this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, BigAl said: So already ruled out of at very least three games next season. Surely there has to be an option to purchase involved in this The issue with buying him permanently is he has three years left on his contract at Celtic worth about £750,000 which he probably expects to get. Not only are Celtic reluctant to sell, we'd need to make Scales one of our highest earners, as well as pay a transfer fee to Celtic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Panda said: The issue with buying him permanently is he has three years left on his contract at Celtic worth about £750,000 which he probably expects to get. Not only are Celtic reluctant to sell, we'd need to make Scales one of our highest earners, as well as pay a transfer fee to Celtic. Far too sensible approach Panda and not sure I totally agree with all of what you say. Celtic were allegedly prepared to recoup their outlay i.e. £500k If Scales wants to play football then it was obvious he was going to have to leave Celtic. If he was the one that was going to excite the fans would we not have stretched to £5k per week. On that basis no one loses out financially If this is the one that JG thinks will excite the fans then is surely way off the mark in his thinking. Nothing against the boy Scales in any of what I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, BigAl said: Far too sensible approach Panda and not sure I totally agree with all of what you say. Celtic were allegedly prepared to recoup their outlay i.e. £500k If Scales wants to play football then it was obvious he was going to have to leave Celtic. If he was the one that was going to excite the fans would we not have stretched to £5k per week. On that basis no one loses out financially If this is the one that JG thinks will excite the fans then is surely way off the mark in his thinking. Nothing against the boy Scales in any of what I say. But 500k + 750k in wages is a hell of an outlay for a relatively untested lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Panda said: But 500k + 750k in wages is a hell of an outlay for a relatively untested lad. Possibly, but we're certainly not going to get the finished model in that price bracket. Classic stick or gamble scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsdaft Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 He can fuckin stay at celtic then. Goodwin must go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, donsdaft said: He can fuckin stay at celtic then. Goodwin must go. What took you so long DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 34 minutes ago, Panda said: The issue with buying him permanently is he has three years left on his contract at Celtic worth about £750,000 which he probably expects to get. Not only are Celtic reluctant to sell, we'd need to make Scales one of our highest earners, as well as pay a transfer fee to Celtic. Then find another target. We simply should not be developing players for either of the arse cheeks. He should be left to rot in their reserves. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee toon red Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 If he makes our absolutely shambolic team better for 34/35 league games then I couldn’t give a fuck whether that “development” is good for Celtic or not as we’re light years away from being on the same planet as them anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggy89 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, wee toon red said: If he makes our absolutely shambolic team better for 34/35 league games then I couldn’t give a fuck whether that “development” is good for Celtic or not as we’re light years away from being on the same planet as them anyway. And we're certainly not going to get anywhere near, if we are developing their players at the expense of our own, while being unable to utilise said players against them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee toon red Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 30 minutes ago, baggy89 said: And we're certainly not going to get anywhere near, if we are developing their players at the expense of our own, while being unable to utilise said players against them. At the expense of our own? If we had any good ones we wouldn't need to loan Scales. I totally get that in an ideal world we'd be signing players permanently and developing our own but sadly that world ended a long time ago, not just for us but for football as a whole. It's the club's job to put the best team on the park they can, both short and long term, and if a one-season loan improves the defence (short term) while allowing budget to be used to improve the team elsewhere (medium-long term) then that's a judgement only the club can make. Supporters getting their knickers in a knot about loaning players from "them" or "them" doesn't really achieve anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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