Scottish signings
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I think he can come good but at this momment we need better, he will be for longer term.
wother1690
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Nor Barrie McKay or Dykes
Forfarbear77
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We could have the spine of a good team. McCrorie, King, Devine, McCann, Lowry and Ure but I fear some of them will never get a proper chance.
I got slaughtered on here when I mentioned Dykes for 2 million when he was still at Livingston. I was told that figure was ridiculous.
Zwingli'sSausages
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Yep. We have plenty of players coming through that should be getting more first team experience. Plus with young Scottish players, we need to be signing them young. I would have been happy if we signed Lewis Ferguson when he was at Hamilton. Once he signed for Aberdeen, the value for money dropped off significantly.
AyrshireBear79
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For the reasons I've laid out above mate I don't believe that to be the case (in terms of opportunities afforded to them).
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thefortytwa
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I'd rather have brendan fraser out wide than ryan fraser.
Forfarbear77
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King is more than ready for an extended run in the team. This fascination with semi fit/injury prone players is baffling
Jim Prideaux
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Dykes wouldn’t help us for the Home Grown Quota.
Waltersarmy
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I probably will too but imagine we signed davie Dodds/stevie Thompson in this modern era same shite would Be said , but they were decent off the bench and a euro quota player (what they were signed for)they done fine in a rangers shirt. Faces like a melted welly mind
Arkanoid
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How will he get better if he doesn’t play
GIO GIO GIO GIOVANNI
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Who would of been a better signing Josh Doig or Ridvan Yilmaz?
Louch
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Doig is rotten. Yilmaz we don’t know yet but it’s still September and he only moved to us early august so give the boy a chance
Morton Goal
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Liam Cooper. Murray Wallace.
Morton Goal
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Hard to say so far. The Italians love Doig though.
Hickey should have been when leaving Hearts, the potential was all to see.
Loan move for Elliot Anderson in January?
Morton Goal
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Shite at hivs. Been brilliant so far in Serie A.
Yilmaz can't seem to get anywhere near displacing Borna. Tells its own story. Came from a better league too.
Funnily enough we have loaned out players to every team other than Celtic and Hearts (I think).
bluetonic
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From Norwich?, rank rotten imo
Degausser
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Our nation trained quota is already full (Arfield, Jack, Wright, Souttar) so they would need to leave to add any others. It’s club trained players that we’re struggling with but hopefully Devine, King, Lowry can all progress and stay to fill those spots in years to come.
Ziltoid
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Liam Cooper isn't home grown. Murray Wallace is nowhere near good enough.
km_2083
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I thought this too, That’s why I believe we kept McGregor on as him and Mcrorie are our only 2 club trained.
It changes those suggestions above in the thread, MacKay and Fleck would only help with adding to the squad
Younger players (Lowry King on B list and don’t need to take up a spot due to age for now)
King and Lowry have the best opportunity to really establish themselves in our team.
I’m struggling to think of any Scottish players who’d enhance our squad at a realistic price.
I’m struggling to think of any Scottish players who’d enhance our squad at a realistic price.
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AyrshireBear79
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Think most clubs these days, in whichever league you chose, will have the same problem in terms of players who commit their careers to one club.
We are maybe (hopefully) due at least one..
That can not only carry the weight of the shirt, but can overcome the inevitable barrage of abuse that they would take over the years unless they were a minimum 9/10 every week.
Morton Goal
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Hes as Scottish as Goram and Gough. Have you seen our central defence?
Lots of brilliant players coming through for Scotland down South. Would we get them is another question though. Ross Stewart should be someone we should have signed before he went down South a bit like Hickey. We are too snobby when it comes to players from the diddys.
HandsomeHead
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I wonder if we’ve even thought about John Fleck?
Still only 31 and out of contract next summer, I think.
Davis, Arfield and possibly even Jack will be gone by then.
We could do a lot worse.
Still only 31 and out of contract next summer, I think.
Davis, Arfield and possibly even Jack will be gone by then.
We could do a lot worse.
Morton Goal
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Perhaps not right away but we should be looking at Lee Millers laddie.
Morton Goal
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Depends if hes going to be an EPL player again and probably settled big time down there.
Free. That’s right up our street. Probably the single most important factor. Ability somewhere down the list
AyrshireBear79
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We should be looking to sign at least 1 young Scottish talent every couple of years from the league, which is not unreasonable.
Yes a lot of teams will be incredibly difficult to deal with.. But..
Now, more than ever before (brexit) EPL teams are going to look to snap up talent from Scotland.
Your completely right on the snobbery of some of our fans though, & it just adds to the obstacle of it (as if it were needed).
I mean, imagine the uproar if we did something like that in January.. even if we were leading the title race by.. let's say 6 points (same number that for some had us out of it a couple of weeks ago), then we played certain player & dropped 3 points..
Valley Bluenose
RTV? Completed it mate!
The point the poster was making is that he (Cooper) wouldn’t be classed as a nation-trained or club-trained player in our UEFA squads. Born in England and all his football development was in England, same as McLaughlin. The other players you mention would be classed as nation-trained though, including Wallace if that’s who you meant. Hickey would certainly have been good enough (if he would have signed, given his background), the others I’m not so sure about.
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Morton Goal
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Brighton have become the latest English Premier League side eager to step up their interest in Aberdeen’s rising youth academy star Lewis Pirie.
Leeds United and Fulham have already shown their desire in bringing the young Don south of the border, with the sides watching the 16-year-old during Scotland U16's clash with Denmark, writes the Daily Record.
And the Seagulls have joined the list of interested parties after casting an eye over the youngster in his impressive performance which was topped off with a goal during Aberdeen's win over Hibs last week.
Pirie has already been handed a glowing report by the Brighton scouting team and they will continue to monitor him closely over the coming weeks.
English Championship side Sheffield United are another who are keeping a close eye on Pirie. The frontman is one of the top talents coming through the Cormack Park system and the Dons are keen to get him signed to pro-forms when he comes of age next year.
Leeds United and Fulham have already shown their desire in bringing the young Don south of the border, with the sides watching the 16-year-old during Scotland U16's clash with Denmark, writes the Daily Record.
And the Seagulls have joined the list of interested parties after casting an eye over the youngster in his impressive performance which was topped off with a goal during Aberdeen's win over Hibs last week.
Pirie has already been handed a glowing report by the Brighton scouting team and they will continue to monitor him closely over the coming weeks.
English Championship side Sheffield United are another who are keeping a close eye on Pirie. The frontman is one of the top talents coming through the Cormack Park system and the Dons are keen to get him signed to pro-forms when he comes of age next year.
Brookfield Bear
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We should have signed Lewis Ferguson and Josh Doig in the summer.
Missed opportunity.
Missed opportunity.
I would never rule out signing someone like Jack Hendry or Armstrong if they became available, just because they played for them.
They weren’t full time members of the green brigade, they were just Pro’s doing a job.
I think we will sign both, not saying we should but I think we will.
Barry Mckay on the right wing would be better than any solution we currently have.
Son of William
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I'd rather have Murdo Fraser than either of them, no worries over him not playing for the Jersey! Ryan Fraser seems like a petulant brat!
AzorIbrox
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Both would be sensible on free transfers to be honest. Tick a lot of boxes.
Has to have been association trained for at least 3 years from 15
Louch
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Because Borna upped his game and has rightly then kept his place. He’s on a 5 year deal for a reason, no point rushing him especially when we aren’t in good form to carry any errors as he learns the game.
TW14
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Burgh-Ger
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Absolutely mate.
Best group of young and in most cases, Scottish players, coming through that I can remember!!
Burgh-Ger
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I would love to see this forum cope if we signed him
TW14
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Just for the banter !
He has matured as a player, and as a person.
He plays very well for Hearts now, and his numbers are better than Kent.
There was always a player in there, just struggled with the expectation and the circumstances.
There's always a surprise or two that comes through at a club and impresses. Dundee United have a few young players who look like they could have decent careers, for example, but it's early and we haven't seen enough of them yet.
We just signed a load of players in the summer at under-18 level, both to get the numbers there high enough and to try and pick up the potential stars early. They won't all make it with us, but we are trying to pick up good young Scottish players, as well as developing our own.
As an aside - I don't believe many of the names mentioned here would have improved us in the way some are arguing. Some strong squad players perhaps. We'll never know I suppose.
We just signed a load of players in the summer at under-18 level, both to get the numbers there high enough and to try and pick up the potential stars early. They won't all make it with us, but we are trying to pick up good young Scottish players, as well as developing our own.
As an aside - I don't believe many of the names mentioned here would have improved us in the way some are arguing. Some strong squad players perhaps. We'll never know I suppose.
TallBearCr
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Was in the away end at the last oldfirm so he still follow us when he can.
