Hes a 5k a week striker who's had 6 months of formRoss Stewart is not shite but would he be worth the transfer fee and his wages has been doubled with the Mackems getting promotion?
In 6 months he'll be shit again
Hes a 5k a week striker who's had 6 months of formRoss Stewart is not shite but would he be worth the transfer fee and his wages has been doubled with the Mackems getting promotion?
Because the other European Final we made doesn't work for you?
Scott Wright is a winger, but he is just an SPL standard winger who we used on our way to a European Final.
Novo had one good season with Dundee where he scored 25 goals and went out of contract. His first season with them he scored 9 goals in 43 games.No it doesn't as Kris Boyd and Nacho Novo were streets ahead of Bruce Anderson, both players were consistently posting decent numbers and were better than most of the players in the SPL at the time.
Scottish football is at a truly dreadful standard and genuinely I wouldn't sign a single player from Scotland. You can't compare talent from back in the early 2000's to what is available now.
But hey...If Gio or Ross Wilson does go for Bruce Anderson and we win the treble next season with him scoring 40 goals then I'll hold my hands up and admit...Great shout...
No it doesn't as Kris Boyd and Nacho Novo were streets ahead of Bruce Anderson, both players were consistently posting decent numbers and were better than most of the players in the SPL at the time.
Scottish football is at a truly dreadful standard and genuinely I wouldn't sign a single player from Scotland. You can't compare talent from back in the early 2000's to what is available now.
But hey...If Gio or Ross Wilson does go for Bruce Anderson and we win the treble next season with him scoring 40 goals then I'll hold my hands up and admit...Great shout...
My Grandson is a close friend to big Ross and has been down to Sunderland to go out with him and other pals from Irvine after games, He said if we win promotion it will mean life changing wages and yes he would love to go to Rangers although he is not a Rangers fanHes a 5k a week striker who's had 6 months of form
In 6 months he'll be shit again
The same way everyone was saying the Greek boy the stinkies signed was a “one season wonder” yet he outscored everyone in the league?Hes a 5k a week striker who's had 6 months of form
In 6 months he'll be shit again
No but that's sort of my point. The time to get Ross Stewart if we wanted him was when he was leaving Ross County so he would be cheap.Ross Stewart is not shite but would he be worth the transfer fee and his wages has been doubled with the Mackems getting promotion?
Probably time for you to leave FF mate.Early days in the window and posters understandably trying to replace the excitement of the last few weeks with some rumours, or look for negatives as we haven’t moved on anyone yet.
I’m relaxed and excited moving into this window; clearly some big changes coming in/out. But we have just played a European final, our stock has not been higher in years for bringing players in plus our own squad values will be the highest they have been in a while (allowing for contract lengths etc).
One thing GvB has a track record of is building / rebuilding squads when he was at Feyenoord. Finding qualify players, some of whom played in the ECL final last night. He also has the ear of many clubs around Europe, especially in Holland and Spain and also contacts further afield. We are in a much better place for a mini rebuild this season than we have in a long while. Add in the funds from euro run, funds raised from inevitable player sales, and I think we have a busy window ahead. But as I said at the start, I’m excited.
We have a strong core squad, and I am confident Gio will improve it and have us challenging next season and winning our title back. History will show that the bheasts have never pulled ahead from a winning position. Plus there was a bawhair in it this season.
I’m also confident we will take advantage of our high coefficient and seeding and have another strong euro run. Nothing to stop us getting to another final in the next 5 years.
WATP
Your first post in 4 years and it's on a transfer thread you won't want to come backWhat a read this has been so far!
How did they perform in other leagues, or did they in reality just show themselves to be "SPL standard players?"
Can't compare talent in Scotland now v early 2000's? seems a bit wild given Scotland just had a team in a European Final, made a national tournament for the first time since 98 and have a player about to play in the CL Final and players moving to the EPL for decent money and performing.
Scottish football is in as good a place now as it has been for f*cking years TBH
That's going into the semantics of how much wages we should pay for replacements - but if its improved 2 or 3 areas in our starting XI with the money generated from a player sale then of course it does? Anyway, staying away from ifs and buts again - In general terms, I'd rather sell the likes of Aribo or Kamara at their current value and use that to improve the starting 11 we currently have. It's been made out we can't replace them. We found them in the first place - there'll be replacements out there its up for the scouting team to find them just as they did Morelos, Aribo, Kamara, etc. Can't hold on for fear of someone not being able to do the job Kamara can, then when it comes to the end of his contract he leaves anyway (as you suggested you'd be fine with).I didn't say it was all for transfer budget TBF.
I don't expect every Euro run to be like last year, I do expect us to regularly have at least a sellable asset there to be relied on to hinge us retaining players of banked quality.
If for instance, we sell Aribo for 10 million, and then add a couple of players for the starting 11 is that overly beneficial financially, two players wages coming into the team, relegates a current starter and their wage to the bench etc, that move is still sort of just hacking costs onto our budget TBF
Rangers are in as good a place as we have been for years....
We've digressed from the transfer thread so Im not biting anymore.
Is he one of that mob?My Grandson is a close friend to big Ross and has been down to Sunderland to go out with him and other pals from Irvine after games, He said if we win promotion it will mean life changing wages and yes he would love to go to Rangers although he is not a Rangers fan
That's going into the semantics of how much wages we should pay for replacements - but if its improved 2 or 3 areas in our starting XI with the money generated from a player sale then of course it does? Anyway, staying away from ifs and buts again - In general terms, I'd rather sell the likes of Aribo or Kamara at their current value and use that to improve the starting 11 we currently have. It's been made out we can't replace them. We found them in the first place - there'll be replacements out there its up for the scouting team to find them just as they did Morelos, Aribo, Kamara, etc. Can't hold on for fear of someone not being able to do the job Kamara can, then when it comes to the end of his contract he leaves anyway (as you suggested you'd be fine with).
He is the polar opposite of a Rangers fan.My Grandson is a close friend to big Ross and has been down to Sunderland to go out with him and other pals from Irvine after games, He said if we win promotion it will mean life changing wages and yes he would love to go to Rangers although he is not a Rangers fan
For that reason I'm definitely outHe is the polar opposite of a Rangers fan.
An Eskimo?He is the polar opposite of a Rangers fan.
The good thing is our manager is Giovanni van Bronckhorst. He hasn’t shown us at all what kind of player we will sign as he hasn’t had the chance. He didn’t sign Ramsay and Diallo. He will have a type and style of player he wants to bring in and has a lengthy list of contacts in the world of football beyond Bruce Anderson and Lewis Ferguson.Just come onto this thread and see folk arguing about Ross Stewart and Bruce Fkin Anderson!!!
Going to be a long summer!
Ex tim youthIs he one of that mob?
There's a difference of keeping quality players and letting a £10m+ player leave for nothing though. I'm not advocating selling every top player. If they're in last year of their contract then yes they should be moved on to limit the risk of having to replace them (at contract end) without getting money for them.If they are coming into our first team and displacing people there, it seems a given to me they would be on a pretty decent wage TBF for that kind of quality, and likely 2 or 3 who end being on a wedge of wages more than Aribo is paid over a season, as well as factoring in a likely fee for at least one of them
I wouldn't say it is a place of, fear, but it is also tricky to find good football players, there shouldn't always be a great rush to simply sell every one of them and get them out the door.
Do you know that?He is the polar opposite of a Rangers fan.
I agree that Ross Stewart is not Rangers level however with this logic you could argue similar could be made of Bassey only coming on to formHes a 5k a week striker who's had 6 months of form
In 6 months he'll be shit again
Read it on here last month from someone who appeared to know him. Must be true.Do you know that?
I know m8, just reached a Euro final and these are some of the names getting banded about. Absolutely ridiculous!Bruce Anderson and Ross Stewart.
Fucking insanity
His father was a St Mirren player and fan Ross was a St Mirren fan when he was a young boy but when he was with Celtic Pro Youth my Grandson told me he did prefer Celtic but i he is a Pro and now supports the Mackems.Read it on here last month from someone who appeared to know him. Must be true.
If you know him too you can confirm or deny it.
Ross Stewart ffs!!!
Has he given some clue by his team selections?The good thing is our manager is Giovanni van Bronckhorst. He hasn’t shown us at all what kind of player we will sign as he hasn’t had the chance. He didn’t sign Ramsay and Diallo. He will have a type and style of player he wants to bring in and has a lengthy list of contacts in the world of football beyond Bruce Anderson and Lewis Ferguson.
It’s 15 days until the window opens and I seriously suggest people try and reset their batteries, watch a bit of golf, go for a swim, a haircut, maybe even a wee holiday or few days break with the family before starting to speculate on who or what might happen during the window. Rest assured all of our players and staff are already doing so.
It’s been a long season and a draining one and will never be forgotten. But we need time away, even the most staunch among us.
My massive concern is that I don't think Ross Wilson is up to much. He worries me. I am not convinced he'll get the best deal for Bassey if he does end up moving on.
What do you mean mateHas he given some clue by his team selections?
Good, lets see him do it again. Getting one deal right does not ensure he's going to get the best. He's had more average and poor deals that good in and out.He got a deal worth up to £16mil for our back up right back.
Just preferred players, or players who may have factored more since he arrived, and who may have improved in form etc.What do you mean mate
I get the impression, while reading posts on this thread, that a lot of people are worried about the manager and coaching staff's ability to find decent players. Seems to be an underlying trust issue with the staff with regards to finding players who will fit into our team.
Lets just wait and see what happens during the summer.
WijnaldumRyan Babel is about the best of your lot.
Thijs Dallinga is someone we should be looking at in my opinion. Someone posted a good article about him on here a good few pages back and he appears to do a lot of the good things Alfie does really well.Can someone get on to the Dutch Transfermarkt, get some names, download some xg stats and heat maps to at least allow some chat other than Stewart and Anderson please!
That’s actually exciting when you put it like that.I’m really looking forward to seeing what Gio does in the transfer market. He’s made some good signings in the past -
Berghuis
St Juste
Haps
Botteghin
Sinisterra
He’s not afraid to bring in experienced players who can make an impact and utilises the free transfer market -
Van Persie
Kuyt
Ellia
Van der Heijden
And he promotes from the youth team -
Bijlow
Malacia
Kokcu
His records not perfect(who’s is?) but there’s plenty to be excited about with the addition of Dave Vos to his team only enhancing the possibilities.
Ross Stewart? Bruce Anderson?
It’s like I’ve bashed my head, woken up in 2018 and seeing people claiming Gerrard should go with Cummings rather than Morelos!