Summer 2022 thread!

Yaaasss !!! That's the spirit !!! COY (diverse)R

Interesting to note how the criticism of Dave Cormack has virtually disappeared this last couple of weeks as the signings have rolled in.

Now, he deserves a lot of stick for last year. Having the head of recruitment in place this year is clearly now showing its benefits given how far and wide we are now spreading the net - so failing to get that role filled ahead of the last summer transfer window was a terrible mistake.

Ok, we’ve taken in serious cash this summer (well done again to all involved - including McInnes re Ferguson) but fair play, in AFC terms we are fair splashing the cash, especially if you also throw in the £400k odd for Vinny in January. Still more to come by the sounds of it. Good on Cormack for investing significantly back into the team.

This has to be the way forward, buy potential, develop and sell on for a profit - rinse and repeat.

The sell on part has certainly been very good, lets hope most of the new guys also match up.

So well done so far to Cormack, Gunn, Mowbray and Goodwin.

Now Jim, get them playing attractive winning football and we’ll have ticked all the boxes.

COYR.

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Originally Posted by The_Moog

Interesting to note how the criticism of Dave Cormack has virtually disappeared this last couple of weeks as the signings have rolled in.

Now, he deserves a lot of stick for last year. Having the head of recruitment in place this year is clearly now showing its benefits given how far and wide we are now spreading the net - so failing to get that role filled ahead of the last summer transfer window was a terrible mistake.

Ok, we’ve taken in serious cash this summer (well done again to all involved - including McInnes re Ferguson) but fair play, in AFC terms we are fair splashing the cash, especially if you also throw in the £400k odd for Vinny in January. Still more to come by the sounds of it. Good on Cormack for investing significantly back into the team.

This has to be the way forward, buy potential, develop and sell on for a profit - rinse and repeat.

The sell on part has certainly been very good, lets hope most of the new guys also match up.

So well done so far to Cormack, Gunn, Mowbray and Goodwin.

Now Jim, get them playing attractive winning football and we’ll have ticked all the boxes.

COYR.

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I agree, developing our young players and investing in up and coming prospects, and then selling them on on a cyclical basis should reap financial rewards and make us competitive too. We need to speculate to accumulate so to speak and Ferguson, Ramsay, McKenna and even Cosgrove clearly fall into that bracket.

I wonder if any player from our partners across the water may be coming on loan, gone very quiet on that front.

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Originally Posted by Auldtoontoby

I wonder if any player from our partners across the water may be coming on loan, gone very quiet on that front.

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I doubt it ? Unless they are British, or Europeans not getting a game over there ?

Think we were to be the holding tank for players in Europe they wanted to have on tap, for later when needed ?

Hernandez looked like that ? To me any way ?

God knows what the Hernandez signing was suppose to be.

Mair dodgy that signing Varga, with the main exception being that Varga was one of the best players in Europe.

The manager sounding optimistic in today’s pre-Dumbarton presser that an announcement will be made about the signing of the Portuguese boy today or tomorrow, with the added barb that the news was leaked from the slopes of Ben Fica rather than Broad Hill at the weekend. Ramirez still under contract and has said nothing to Goodwin about leaving. Ronan still of interest but he’s now training with Kevin Rowland’s Wolves’ first team squad. I suspect Plan B may have to be enacted.

In the meantime (Banffshire Top Red on trombone)….”JIMMY!”:
https://youtu.be/OcntjYtA5L8

Good to see club doing the open training session today.
Getting kids interested and doing things like this is great to see.
Manager had point, getting players into stadium in front of fans would've helped too.

Connor Ronan will not repeat not be joining! We need to move on to other targets if we haven't already

New 3 year contract for Jack Milne confirmed.