highland_mechanic Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said: Exactly, I keep reading people saying that Ramsey will be a big loss but I don't know what that is based on. Our results seem to be impacted negatively when he's in the team. In six months, a big donkey like Porteous might have crocked him and he'll be worthless to us. Post of the year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Bogbrush1903 said: Exactly, I keep reading people saying that Ramsey will be a big loss but I don't know what that is based on. Our results seem to be impacted negatively when he's in the team. He may well go onto have a glittering career as, perhaps, better coaches work on his game, especially his positional sense. Although, you never know what turns a player's career can take, sometimes positive and sometimes negative so nothing is guaranteed. IF, we can get £4 million upfront for him and then it would be a great piece of business for us. If he does go on to 100 Scottish caps, Guffball gold medals, and wins the Anglo-Italian-Spanish-German League then supporters might claim that we robbed ourselves. However, that's neither here nor there at this present time, if we can get a good price for him (starting at £4 million) then, I believe, we should take it and wish the boy all the best. In six months, a big donkey like Porteous might have crocked him and he'll be worthless to us. It's exciting seeing a genuine young prospect coming through and ideally i'd like him to stay and help us win stuff. He might get crocked or not improve but he might be great. I'd rather he was great with us I can however accept pur place in the pecking order and that it makes sense for the club to sell if the price is right. The 25% of any fee or whatever that makes it back into the playing budget will be some comfort, but it's weird to me seeing fans aspiring to sell our most talented players. I expect i'll get called "yer da" for this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 minute ago, coprolite said: It's exciting seeing a genuine young prospect coming through and ideally i'd like him to stay and help us win stuff. He might get crocked or not improve but he might be great. I'd rather he was great with us I can however accept pur place in the pecking order and that it makes sense for the club to sell if the price is right. The 25% of any fee or whatever that makes it back into the playing budget will be some comfort, but it's weird to me seeing fans aspiring to sell our most talented players. I expect i'll get called "yer da" for this. I guess you have to look at what means more to your club at this present time, £4m or Calvin? Going by the losses Cormack has been spouting, he may be very grateful of the £4m. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Ramsay is the best player, with the highest ceiling, I can recall coming through the academy in a long, long time. If there is a drop off in our results when he plays, I would very much argue that correlation does not imply causation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/19816847.dave-cormack-looking-emulate-nordsjaelland-success-story-aberdeen-increased-focus-youth/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanGalloway Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 7 hours ago, johnnydun said: I guess you have to look at what means more to your club at this present time, £4m or Calvin? Going by the losses Cormack has been spouting, he may be very grateful of the £4m. What losses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, BrendanGalloway said: What losses? The losses due to no fans last season. Did he not claim that was in the millions? £5.19m https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aberdeen-announce-sobering-519m-losses-25502269.amp Edited December 31, 2021 by johnnydun 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 25 minutes ago, johnnydun said: The losses due to no fans last season. Did he not claim that was in the millions? £5.19m https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aberdeen-announce-sobering-519m-losses-25502269.amp We re they not operating losses, to be offset by player sales (x2) and covid insurance payout? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyQuinn Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bob Mahelp said: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/19816847.dave-cormack-looking-emulate-nordsjaelland-success-story-aberdeen-increased-focus-youth/ Cormack actually spoke about emulating Nordsjaelland's youth strategy back in July. He discusses the possibility at 25:13 on the timeline of the video above. If you have the time I'd recommend listening to the whole podcast. Edited January 1, 2022 by HarleyQuinn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrational Behaviour Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Signing to be made today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanGalloway Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 11 hours ago, big al said: We re they not operating losses, to be offset by player sales (x2) and covid insurance payout? Yes that’s correct. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 12 hours ago, big al said: We re they not operating losses, to be offset by player sales (x2) and covid insurance payout? Aye, £8m operating losses over the last 2 full seasons. However McKenna and Cosgrove brought in £5m, there was business interruption insurance (as Hibs had as well, not sure all clubs did) and Aberdeen also took the interest free Scottish Govt loan - all of them together probably covered those two seasons. Clearly the govt loan will need paid back at some point, but its not pressing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanGalloway Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 49 minutes ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Signing to be made today. Care to give us a clue to validate your info 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunbartonshireRed Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Hamilton Accies have signed a centre half this morning. Maybe Jamie Hamilton on the move? We were linked with him in the summer. Let's hope for a busy month with some exciting signings. Reckon we might get McGrath and a couple of players from MLS would be my bet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, DunbartonshireRed said: Hamilton Accies have signed a centre half this morning. Maybe Jamie Hamilton on the move? We were linked with him in the summer. Let's hope for a busy month with some exciting signings. Reckon we might get McGrath and a couple of players from MLS would be my bet. We will only be signing players to improve the team if some of our better players leave, unfortunately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 5 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said: Signing to be made today. Hmmm. Still on it from Hogmanay aye? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rodhull Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Longstaff loan confirmed as over too, to the surprise of nobody. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, Rodhull said: Cracking talent. Hope he gets a chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highland_mechanic Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, Rodhull said: Is Barron away to be fast tracked into the first team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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