2018 Summer recruitment

[kkong]

They also released a righ sided centre half called Max Muller (German) be he recently signed for Astoria Waldorf

He is now working in a hotel? Couldn't have been that good a footballer then.

[RED_JOHN]

Neither my cup of tea, if indeed you would be content on signing them....crack on, however, do not expect many dandies to be agreeable to either.

SF

I agree with you, both of them are not who I would be interested in.

[NewOrleansRed]

When you look at the possible starting X1, where do we think that the STARTING X1 could be improved, and what would the priority be? IMO, it would be centre forward. The squad needs a couple of defenders, another midfielder and a right winger, but I think a really good no.9 (along the lines of a Moult) would be ideal.
Or left back.

Lewis
Logan Devlin McKenna Considine
Gleeson Shinnie
McGinn Forrester GMS
May

For what it's worth, I don't think we'll sign a left back
It'll be a defender (right sided) that covers right back and centre half.
Possibly another centre mid.
A right sided wide player.
Another striker (with Rooney off loaded).

Think if we're to sign 4 more, it'll be 2 prior to kicking off the season, with a couple of loans on 31/8

The frustration is, we should make a left back a top priority. We have an out and out right back. We have a stop gap left back who isn't going to get any faster next season. Its the button teams immediately push. A bit of pace or someone that likes to get in close to the full back and whooooosh......Big Andy is wondering how the guy just got three yards on him. We need another wide delivery man for sure. Rooney/May/Even Messi will all struggle without service. We all know Del Boy loves an English league journeyman midfielder. Expect a deeply underwhelming signing any day now. Still, you can only work with the budget you have so we'll see.

[ObanRed]

DM would certinaly take Taylor back.

Indian Summer ??

I'll get my coat..........

[Jussi]

Has the panic buying started yet

I'm kind of out of touch a bit.... yup

[RedStarTorphins]

Has the panic buying started yet

I'm kind of out of touch a bit.... yup

DM saying in the press he only expects " a couple of signings before the Burnley match"

kinda ties in with what I said yesterday in that if we are signing (maybe) 4 more, we'd sign 2 prior to kicking off, with maybe the balance of the squad (maybe 2) made up of end of August loans?

If it's 2 prior to the 1st game, where is the priority?

[Pauldolski10]

Goalscorer (if he insits in not playing Rooney) Winger. Would say left back but as long as we have Consi and Shinnie we won’t be in market for one

[donsdaft]

If the players they have just taken in do what they are supposed to do then we don't need anyone else.


If we intend selling McKenna then it's a different story.

[RedStarTorphins]

If the players they have just taken in do what they are supposed to do then we don't need anyone else.


If we intend selling McKenna then it's a different story.

The starting X1 is not too bad, but there is very little back up.
And that's assuming Devlin is fit, which is a huge assumption given he hasn't played in 14 months.
Reynolds is the only back up to Devlin/McKenna and I'd rather have you at centre half.
We need at least 4 more players - ideally 5

[Feck_the_Huns]

DM saying in the press he only expects " a couple of signings before the Burnley match"

kinda ties in with what I said yesterday in that if we are signing (maybe) 4 more, we'd sign 2 prior to kicking off, with maybe the balance of the squad (maybe 2) made up of end of August loans?

If it's 2 prior to the 1st game, where is the priority?

Right winger and right back/right centre half

In terms of another central midfielder now that the McGeouch deal is dead, I think we need to give Ferguson, Campbell and Frank Ross a decent crack of the whip. With Forrester and Gleeson signed, central midfield is not a priority. McGinn gives cover in the no 10 role that I assume Forrester will take up.

Then the final two would be another striker and a left back