Bad times for my Granit City boys,
finished the 1st season in 4th and made the Intertonto, signed Neil Alexander on a Bosman and so sold Alan McGregor, this left me with no 1st choice keeper when the Intertonto started a week before the Bosman of Alexander came through. Made it to the 1st round of UEFA cup where I lost 7-1 at home to Fiorentina
Had to sell Lee Miller to Hearts for £100,000 as he would not sign a new contract but managed to pick up David Clarkson from Motherwell and he has scored 20 goals in 32 games. Have reached the split in my 2nd season in 6th and am struggling with no money and a stretched squad, I have no midfield reserves as I sent them all out on loan!!
Current team is:
Neil Alexander - free from Cardiff.
David Van Zanten - £40k from St Mirren.
Thomas Scobbie - £75k from Celtic, six months after they bought him for £300k
Russell Anderson
Touzani
Jamie Smith
Scott Severin
Gary Dempsey
Cesnauskis - free from Kaunas after his Hearts loan was up.
David Clarkson - £300k from Motherwell
Scott Sinclair - loan from Chelsea.
Subs:
Scott Fox - free from Celtic
Zander Diamond
Gary Mason - £65k from Dunfermline
Craig Conway - £150k from Dundee Utd
Mark Burchill - free from Dunfermline
Brian McLean - £16k from Motherwell
Gavin Rae - free from Rangers.
Gavin Rae is away to Partick on a free at the end of the season, Craig Conway has been flogged on a pre-contract to St.Mirren for £65k (I'm signing two wingers in the summer and need the space) and I'm letting go 6 of my youth/former youth players.
Anderson and Severin are moving into the last year of their contracts, Burchill can't score to save himself and Touzani wants £11k a week to re-sign.
I'm thinking of flogging off all the original Aberdeen players and replacing them with cheap replacements over the summer to bring down the level of expectation.