The Summer Transfer Window

[Bridieeater]

Unless we change our manager we will get more of the same with whatever players we sign in the summer. Defensive players doing attacking work and sh!tebag tactics.

We had 51%possession and 12 shots v 7 against newco last night. How can you describe that as sh!tebag tactics?

[deaconred]

McKenna HAS lost form.

[RedStarTorphins]

We had 51%possession and 12 shots v 7 against newco last night. How can you describe that as sh!tebag tactics?

I’d say the starting X1 & the way we let SEVCO dominate (maybe an exaggeration) the first half was partly down to DM’s set up?
It was only after we were 3-1 down we went for it.
And after Harvey Price was sent off, SEVCO we’re happy to sit in.

In short, DM shouldn’t have d1cked about with the formation & team.

For once, have a go at them right from the start.

Die trying?

[ragnarok]

The lack of ambition from the board is the main one.

The cheeks strengthened again last month and we are being told we should be pleased because we managed to keep our key players.

Obviously we can’t compete with their budgets but we aren’t even looking like we are making an effort.

We might manage to finish above the Huns again this season if we are lucky but it really is just putting off the inevitable.The cheeks will keep getting stronger and we will keep filling our squad with loan players.

I have said this before; it would be quite easy for AFC to spunk a lot of extra cash for no significant improvement in the team. There are some total fantasists on here who think that the reason we didn't win the league when Deila was managing Celtic is that we didn't sign a couple of players in the winter transfer window. We all want the club to show some ambition but you can't say that the board hasn't backed McInnes in signing the likes of McLean, May and GMS over the years. Players don't grow on trees and the truth is that we sometimes have to rely on loans because there simply isn't much out there within our budget that will improve our current squad. Occasionally we'll unearth a gem who has fallen out of favour elsewhere or a sign a promising youngster but if we are trying to sign a quality player it's likely that we'll have competition and have to work hard for his signature.

The board could hand McInnes £1M to spend on transfers and it wouldn't significantly increase or improve the pool of players available to us. Just look at the current Rangers team (or even Celtic for that matter) for how little you get for a significant increase on our budget.

We have fared much better this season than most of the gloom merchants on here were predicting early on and McInnes the team gets very little credit for that. All the talk of how Hearts and Hibs had a much better transfer window than us has died down now, funnily enough. For some an assessment of our performance begins and ends with matches against Celtic and Rangers.

I'm not happy with everything. We all want to see improvement and are frustrated when there is a lack of progress or when we fail to win a key game. But on balance I don't think that the club is doing badly whereas if you took most of the stuff on here at face value you would be forgiven for thinking we're in a perpetual state of mismanagement and crisis.

[rico94]

As well as out of contract players and loans coming to an end, some under contract players comeing to the end of their usefullness (McGinn/Logan)

And Considine.

[rico94]

I have said this before; it would be quite easy for AFC to spunk a lot of extra cash for no significant improvement in the team. There are some total fantasists on here who think that the reason we didn't win the league when Deila was managing Celtic is that we didn't sign a couple of players in the winter transfer window. We all want the club to show some ambition but you can't say that the board hasn't backed McInnes in signing the likes of McLean, May and GMS over the years. Players don't grow on trees and the truth is that we sometimes have to rely on loans because there simply isn't much out there within our budget that will improve our current squad. Occasionally we'll unearth a gem who has fallen out of favour elsewhere or a sign a promising youngster but if we are trying to sign a quality player it's likely that we'll have competition and have to work hard for his signature.

The board could hand McInnes £1M to spend on transfers and it wouldn't significantly increase or improve the pool of players available to us. Just look at the current Rangers team (or even Celtic for that matter) for how little you get for a significant increase on our budget.

We have fared much better this season than most of the gloom merchants on here were predicting early on and McInnes the team gets very little credit for that. All the talk of how Hearts and Hibs had a much better transfer window than us has died down now, funnily enough. For some an assessment of our performance begins and ends with matches against Celtic and Rangers.

I'm not happy with everything. We all want to see improvement and are frustrated when there is a lack of progress or when we fail to win a key game. But on balance I don't think that the club is doing badly whereas if you took most of the stuff on here at face value you would be forgiven for thinking we're in a perpetual state of mismanagement and crisis.

As you say it depends what you want.

If you want us to be competing with the cheeks like a lot of people on here do then more money will have to be spent,but like some one said it doesn’t guarantee success so it’s a gamble.

If you are happy enough for us to compete with the other clubs for 3rd place then what we are doing might be enough.

Personally I think we need to be doing a bit more either way,we are losing key players every season now and are not really replacing them properly. If we lose GMS,Shinnie and McKenna this summer then they will have to be replaced with quality signings,not quick fix loan players or English lower league players no one has ever heard of.

[RED_JOHN]

We had 51%possession and 12 shots v 7 against newco last night. How can you describe that as sh!tebag tactics?

We were 1-3 down at half time thanks to McInnes and his sh!tebag tactics. Dress it up anyway you want, at the end of the day he lost us the match from the start of game by being so negative.

[ragnarok]

As you say it depends what you want.

If you want us to be competing with the cheeks like a lot of people on here do then more money will have to be spent,but like some one said it doesn’t guarantee success so it’s a gamble.

If you are happy enough for us to compete with the other clubs for 3rd place then what we are doing might be enough.

Personally I think we need to be doing a bit more either way,we are losing key players every season now and are not really replacing them properly. If we lose GMS,Shinnie and McKenna this summer then they will have to be replaced with quality signings,not quick fix loan players or English lower league players no one has ever heard of.

The reality is that we need to take a long term view. We’re not going to finish above the h*ns every season given the financial disparity. Sometimes we might need to ‘settle’ for third or even lower if we’re going through a transitional period. But the naysayers have been predicting a downturn for a while now and it hasn’t really materialised. The important thing is that we don’t end up back where we were as perennial strugglers. Every club goes through cycles. It might not be the kind of talk that inflames the passions but shallower troughs are important; not because we should settle for mediocrity but because for a club like AFC, consistency over the long term gives us a much better chance of enjoying spells of real success.

[xtrmntr75]

I agree with the bit about ensuring that the troph doesn’t turn into the period we endured between 97 and 2003. Trophs shouldn’t really see us finish below sixth.

For me, I’m realistic to know theLeague Championship is out with our reach unless a ‘perfect storm’ happens where the cheeks implode similar to what happened in England the season Leicester won.

I’d love us to win the Scottish Cup but the closer we get to the Final and Celtic are still in the comp, it’s harder to catch them on an ‘off day’

[RED_JOHN]

No word from Joe Shaughnessy about his contract offer....my money is on he stays at St.Johnstone.