DrewDon Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 03/01/2021 at 20:43, Vancouver_Don said: Gary Mackay Steven has agreed a 2 and a half year deal with us. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Can’t be true. Vancouver man said he had agreed a 2 and a half year deal with Aberdeen did he not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, DrewDon said: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Has Cormack introduced some hardball tactic when negotiating with agents? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, DrewDon said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 16 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: That's my point. He's injury riddled and it looks like you're going to sign a better winger. Be aswell trying for a move now than when he's inevitably out the team again. Well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 In truth I was somewhat disappointed to have missed out on Brophy as I thought he'd be an improvement on Main however I'm really disappointed about missing out on GMS. Coincided with Wright turning us down. Clearly Covid has taken its toll on the clubs finances. Next season's squad could be interesting to say the least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, HarleyQuinn said: In truth I was somewhat disappointed to have missed out on Brophy as I thought he'd be an improvement on Main however I'm really disappointed about missing out on GMS. Coincided with Wright turning us down. Clearly Covid has taken its toll on the clubs finances. Next season's squad could be interesting to say the least. It could just be the fact we're not that fussed about signing him or Brophy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, HarleyQuinn said: In truth I was somewhat disappointed to have missed out on Brophy as I thought he'd be an improvement on Main however I'm really disappointed about missing out on GMS. Coincided with Wright turning us down. Clearly Covid has taken its toll on the clubs finances. Next season's squad could be interesting to say the least. I'd like to think there are alternatives out there better than Main. GMS would've been good but it's hardly the end of the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Merkland Red said: It could just be the fact we're not that fussed about signing him or Brophy? I'm delighted we're not signing GMS (Brophy I thought was an upgrade on what we currently have) but if we weren't that fussed then why were we bothering investigating the possibility with either? GMS would have been a bad signing with a relatively hefty wage...two years of failure on and the Jambos are welcome to him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Bogbrush1903 said: I'm delighted we're not signing GMS (Brophy I thought was an upgrade on what we currently have) but if we weren't that fussed then why were we bothering investigating the possibility with either? GMS would have been a bad signing with a relatively hefty wage...two years of failure on and the Jambos are welcome to him We're going to be a few players down after the summer. Some big wages will go. We have the nucleus of a very good starting XI. These guys could have been told they wouldn't be considered guaranteed starters. Alternatively we could also be skint. I'm wary of getting myself upset jumping to that immediate conclusion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: We're going to be a few players down after the summer. Some big wages will go. We have the nucleus of a very good starting XI. These guys could have been told they wouldn't be considered guaranteed starters. Alternatively we could also be skint. I'm wary of getting myself upset jumping to that immediate conclusion. Think it's fair to say we're pushing the limit of our budget as it stands. Unless we have guaranteed players on their way out the door I doubt we could be offering the world to either GMS or Brophy currently. Or we've told them any offer is dependent on someone leaving and they've decided to go with a more solid offer elsewhere. Don't think we necessarily need to panic. Edited January 8, 2021 by Dons_1988 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I liked Mackay-Steven - if he was on form, he could glide past defenders and make it look effortless and he is a good finisher. We just didn't see enough of him - largely due to the injury received playing Celtic at Hampden (which, see Watkins, Marley.....also was not deemed a foul, and it was in the box) I notice he's now 30 - so not sure if his pace is still as it was. He particularly seemed to enjoy scoring against Hibs, so can see the attraction down Tynecastle way. Since McInnes has been at the club, I don't think we have ever lost out on a player we have really wanted to another Scottish club outwith the cheeks. The mood music certainly seems to have changed there given the news on Wright, Mackay-Steven and Brophy - although I still refuse to believe that we're being outdone by St Mirren....... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: It could just be the fact we're not that fussed about signing him or Brophy? Going by the comments made in the evening express by Willie Miller and Joey Harper, they have both commented about Aberdeen attempting to sign Watkins on a preseason contract will be our #1 priority. Willie Miller had mentioned the likelihood of Leigh signing which in actuality happened the following day. So I'm wondering if they are indicating some of the transfer activity for this window. I'm still hopefully Ross Stewart, Watkins and Campbell (very unlikely) will sign preseason contracts with us. I'm not so confident McLennan will stay sign a new deal either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep62 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 MacKay-Steven obviously fancies a wee shot in the Forth for a change 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Think it's fair to say we're pushing the limit of our budget as it stands. Unless we have guaranteed players on their way out the door I doubt we could be offering the world to either GMS or Brophy currently. Or we've told them any offer is dependent on someone leaving and they've decided to go with a more solid offer elsewhere. Don't think we necessarily need to panic. Yeah exactly. Of the out of contract players in the summer I think McLennan and Taylor will be here next season. Hernandez, Cosgrove and Ojo will also be gone by the start of next season. 22 minutes ago, tarapoa said: I liked Mackay-Steven - if he was on form, he could glide past defenders and make it look effortless and he is a good finisher. We just didn't see enough him - largely due to the injury received playing Celtic at Hampden (which, see Watkins, Marley.....also was not deemed a foul, and it was in the box) I notice he's now 30 - so not sure if his pace is still as it was. He particularly seemed to enjoy scoring against Hibs, so can see the attraction down Tynecastle way. Since McInnes has been at the club, I don't think we have ever lost out on a player we have really wanted to another Scottish club outwith the cheeks. The mood music certainly seems to have changed there given the news on Wright, Mackay-Steven and Brophy - although I still refuse to believe that we're being outdone by St Mirren....... GMS was/is a talented player. There's no question about it. My main concern was always GMS played for GMS rather than himself. It's no real surprise to me that televised games were where he shined. It's also interesting to look at the stats in his final season. It felt like he was carrying us at times but then when he was injured the team as a whole played better. 15 minutes ago, HarleyQuinn said: Going by the comments made in the evening express by Willie Miller and Joey Harper, they have both commented about Aberdeen attempting to sign Watkins on a preseason contract will be our #1 priority. Willie Miller had mentioned the likelihood of Leigh signing which in actuality happened the following day. So I'm wondering if they are indicating some of the transfer activity for this window. I'm still hopefully Ross Stewart, Watkins and Campbell (very unlikely) will sign preseason contracts with us. I'm not so confident McLennan will stay sign a new deal either. I'd really doubt they have a clue of what's going on transfer wise. Regarding Watkins I wouldn't be happy if we put all of our eggs in that basket. I'd like us to sign a similar, younger player. I doubt we'll get Campbell but it could be we can't sign Brophy or GMS because we've offered him a very good wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 From the press conference today Quote Nobody will be signing in January. “We run as we are. We have a squad that has got to third in the league and we want to try and improve on that in the second half of the season. “If we can get a fair wind with injuries and try to get our best players available more often, then we are more confident of meeting our objectives of getting into Europe again and having a good second half of the campaign. “There is not a manager who won’t want to make one or two adjustments to the squad. We are not in a position where we are able to do that. “We go as we are. “Marley Watkins won’t be back. His injury will keep him out until the back end of February, beginning of March, he won’t be back in January. “If somebody moved on it may change things. We don’t plan on selling anyone in January so we stay as we are. So there we go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrational Behaviour Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Sign of the times to come, unfortunately. I'd suspect we're one of the clubs to be hit hardest by the pandemic. Fully expect the majority of our OOC players to leave in the summer, including high profile players like Hoban. Worrying times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Sign of the times to come, unfortunately. I'd suspect we're one of the clubs to be hit hardest by the pandemic. Fully expect the majority of our OOC players to leave in the summer, including high profile players like Hoban. Worrying times. I'd still suspect the occasional pre-contract. A fair number of players will be leaving the club at the end of the season. Cosgrove and Hernandez will most likely be sold. I think Fergie may leave in the summer to cover our losses. I see Lewis Morgan is available as a free agent. Edit: Can rule him out as well as we've no money. Edited January 8, 2021 by HarleyQuinn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, HarleyQuinn said: I'd still suspect the occasional pre-contract. A fair number of players will be leaving the club at the end of the season. Cosgrove and Hernandez will most likely be sold. I think Fergie may leave in the summer to cover our losses. I see Lewis Morgan is available as a free agent. There’s no way he’s a free agent. He was one of the main men for Miami so no way they’d release him. There was talk of championship clubs looking to bid a couple of million on him the other week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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