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The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23


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4 minutes ago, frankthetank22 said:

Hahaha, like aberdeen could afford to buy the leagues top goal scorer, if he goes anywhere it'll be england.

Aberdeen have cash to spend already . If they sold Hayes or McGinn then Boyce would easily be in their price range unless you are coming up with a transfer fee using Dundee logic.

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If you have the sheer audacity to take Stevie on loan, you could at least give us Miles Storey as a consolation prize.


Having just read that we have no interest in May, then this would make me happy.

I fully expect some 35yo "target man" instead though.
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Presumably May would play as a left striker if he joined

The position he destroyed us from in the Ibrox semi final

Would allow him to play with Rooney but still to keep us with Mcinnes favoured one up front formation

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Of course they're not.

Warnock has said all along he's one of a number of players they're keen on.

They put a shitty little bid in, then a second shitty little bid after being told they were nowhere near our valuation.

Hardly strikes me as a club desperate to get their man.

Hayes will stay, IMO.

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5 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

That May story seems utterly baseless, tbh, they spend two paragraphs saying saying he's injured, and knows McInnes, then spend the rest of the article talking about Hayes.

Hes going to be linked with nearly every big club in the country this window.

Scott Burns does get a lot of our target right long before any other journalist does. 

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3 hours ago, d31 said:

Presumably May would play as a left striker if he joined

The position he destroyed us from in the Ibrox semi final

Would allow him to play with Rooney but still to keep us with Mcinnes favoured one up front formation

Where does Hayes (if he stays) slot in in that case? 

That's just it, May was undoubtedly great up here, but he hasn't played games in a long time and needs time to get up to speed. It seems a bit of a pointless signing to me - I can't see us going to 4-4-2 all of a sudden.

Maybe McInnes will get continental and go all 3-5-2 on us.

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50 minutes ago, Alex_14 said:

Where does Hayes (if he stays) slot in in that case? 

That's just it, May was undoubtedly great up here, but he hasn't played games in a long time and needs time to get up to speed. It seems a bit of a pointless signing to me - I can't see us going to 4-4-2 all of a sudden.

Maybe McInnes will get continental and go all 3-5-2 on us.

Perhaps Hayes plays central or on the right.

Squad game and May's minutes would be built up slowly from the bench anyway - he's been out injured for 13 months

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1 minute ago, d31 said:

Perhaps Hayes plays central or on the right.

Squad game and May's minutes would be built up slowly from the bench anyway - he's been out injured for 13 months

Exactly! We need someone who can turn it on pretty quickly for us. There are question marks, anyway.

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23 hours ago, jessmagic said:

Will post later if anything of interest comes up during this q and a tonight.

McDermid told us that if we wanted the manager to remain open and honest, then nothing from the Black & Gold evening should appear on social media - as this is where the weegia get their stories from these days.

However, P&B is a step up from social media and I don't believe he said anything too controversial - so some stuff gathered.  Worth getting B&G for this event.

 

He feels the criticism that came the team's way following Hampden, Ibrox and Dingwall was OTT.

Admits Hampden was a flop and too many players froze. Mentioned Sir Alex called him and said it's even happened to Scholes et al in his time.   Stated an inexplicable lack of energy - no fouls/bookings, even guys like Hayes having a mare.

McGinn's performance and stats they measure suggested he was very jaded around that time, hence why he was left on bench for Hampden and some other games around that time.

Rooney was ineffective in final - Stockley played at Ibrox due to good performances in previous too matches - Partick, Inverness

Feels we were the most positive away team at Ibrox this season - did this due to cup final criticism, and feels we may have been better served $hitfesting it and countering, as we got a normally morose Sevconian home support up for it by opening up the game

Mentioned Sevco have six times our playing budget - but accepts the challenge of being compared with the Glasgow clubs and mentions the media need us to be either doing very well or very badly.

Seems confident we should finish second this season.

O'Connor is available if we need a midfield enforcer - but prefers the zip, energy and passing of the current three - Jack, Shinnie, McLean

Thinks Shinnie is a much better player than a left back, even though that is why we signed him, and the player himself is loving centre mid

Miles Storey still has a chance, but has struggled with the move so far and doesn't suit the team's style as most teams sit deep against us - but would have liked to use him more a sub (e.g. later in games if we are ahead)

Craig Storie has been a disappointment of late with a poor attitude in training - still has a chance, but St Mirren loan will make or break him.

Some kind of problem with Cammy Smith at Tannadice. 

Most impressive of all the loaned out players is Harvie at Dumbarton - they chose that club as they knew he'd be defending a lot in a PT team in a mainly FT league - and reports have been excellent

Does not feel U20 league is of value as players same guys they did at U11, U12 etc.......feels being loaned out and playing against men is only way to judge them. Would like to be able to introduce some, but asks who they would replace?

Thinks youth football is too middle class - no characters or leaders emerging and full of lads being dropped off by mummy and daddy in their 4x4s

Will likely add a player next week who will provide more goal threat.

Says there's "only so many ways Cardiff can dress up a $hit offer", but conscious he'll do right by club and player, but really doesn't want to lose Hayes

Admitted last January transfer window was a disaster - Ward exit not anticipated, Jack injury meant they targeted Tansey, when originally they wanted to strengthen elsewhere. Then Rooney's injury meant the team fell away badly - feels they may not have won the league otherwise, but could have taken it to the last couple of matches.

Mentioned being very happy that squad now has so many players of value, as when he came in, McGinn was the only one worth anything

Still moaning about the training facilities - stated Kingsford not happening would be unthinkable

Says he'll come to natural end at club at some point, but didn't envisage it being soon - although all players and management can get their head turned. Feels AFC starting to look less ambitious would be the end of it - but that Milne and Yule have been nothing but supportive in what he wants to do.

Did the prize draw using a tombola at the end - and mentioned that he used it to pick the cup final team.

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