The Summer Transfer Window

[NewOrleansRed]

For what it’s worth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44016756

[RedStarTorphins]

He'll be for the development team to be fair. Although I can't think when we last signed a player for the development team and he went on to play in the first team.

I doubt even the club think he’ll make our first team.
He’ll be signed to pad out the development squad.

[afc1903mad]

He was bought for the first team.

Such a prominent player that was to walk straight into our first team, despite DM having a reputation for not giving youth a chance.
I'm surprised there was not a separate thread dedicated to his arrival / pre-contract signing.

Meanwhile, some views from posters at that time

Lewis Ferguson....we really are tooling up for next season if this is our game changers. I can see the season tickets flying out the door with signings like this!

if he ends up being as good a midfielder that will do for me.

What i seen of Ferguson he was a decent player, good on the ball and a niggly wee bas*ard, not the finshed article but seemed to be a player in there.

Apparently DM has seen him a few times in the development league in the last 12-18 months & moves in when he heard that the boy was coming out of contract.
Tin hat on, but if he’s as good as his Dad & uncle we’ll have a player on our hands.

3. I don't really know anything about Ferguson but struggle to see him being a starter - McInnes just doesn't pick 18 year olds so hopefully your New CM is good enough to be a starter rather than on the bench.

How many signings do we honestly think we will make? The young lad from Hamilton (Ferguson) is the first for the new season.
I will say we will pay a transfer fee for 2 players (on top of the fee we pay for the development of Ferguson) and sign another 4 freebies (7 in total for you lot that lack basic arithmetic skills ).

We'll bring in

Defenders x 2
Midfielders x 2 (plus Ferguson is a bonus ball signing)
Wide player
Striker

Just my theory.

[afc1903mad]

For what it’s worth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44016756

Yep, exactly.

"When he first got into the Hamilton development teams and played against us, we took a closer look at him," McInnes told BBC Scotland.

"Lewis is a promising young player who I look forward to developing,"

"He is young in his years, but we feel he has the potential to be an Aberdeen player."

[RedStarTorphins]

I can’t imagine this will do our chances of getting Max Lowe back any good.
A call up to the England u-20’s will increase the interest in him...

https://twitter.com/dcfcofficial/sta...190634497?s=21

Think we’ll need to look elsewhere for a left back.

[afc1903mad]

I can’t imagine this will do our chances of getting Max Lowe back any good.
A call up to the England u-20’s will increase the interest in him...

https://twitter.com/dcfcofficial/sta...190634497?s=21

Think we’ll need to look elsewhere for a left back.

If we can’t get him agreed on a year loan ASAP, then suss our how much Dundee want for Ralph who has a year left on his desk or throw in Wright (as a swap) or Anderson (as a free loan)

[Aldo1983]

Yep, exactly.

**** sake. All I said was that I don't know the last player we signed for the development team who has went on to play in the first team and you do your usual and jump in to argue with anything that doesn't suit your agenda...

His dad said he was being signed for the first team.

He went straight into the first team.

We paid £250k for him.

If Mcinnes is developing him then it's the first team he's going into.

The link is from the BBC...haven't you got issues with them?

He was never going into the development squad. Not that any of this really matters.

[RedStarTorphins]

If we can’t get him agreed on a year loan ASAP, then suss our how much Dundee want for Ralph who has a year left on his desk or throw in Wright (as a swap) or Anderson (as a free loan)

Ralph is free - relegation clause.
I haven’t seen enough to comment on if he’s good enough or not.
Alleged interest in England at a decent level.
His “CV” isn’t impressive.

https://twitter.com/dundeefc/status/...237742592?s=21

[afc1903mad]

Ralph is free - relegation clause.
I haven’t seen enough to comment on if he’s good enough or not.
Alleged interest in England at a decent level.
His “CV” isn’t impressive.

https://twitter.com/dundeefc/status/...237742592?s=21

He stood out to me in our games against Dundee and I posted as such.
We were apparently linked with him and if there is interest from Hull / Barnsley is that not also potentially confirmation that there is a player in him.
The club may prefer Lowe, my point was that we should push for a decision to at least make a move for alternatives instead of holding out in hope.

[Basingstokered]

He stood out to me in our games against Dundee and I posted as such.
We were apparently linked with him and if there is interest from Hull / Barnsley is that not also potentially confirmation that there is a player in him.
The club may prefer Lowe, my point was that we should push for a decision to at least make a move for alternatives instead of holding out in hope.

What more confirmation do we need that the standout for Dundee is a player given that both Hull and Barnsley are interested there renowned for great scouting