4 new faces at least

[afc1903mad]

There are a few pant wetter posts going on.
I'm confident we'll be fine for QR2, with the squad we have and the knowledge we will strengthen in time.
I have confidence in the club and the players

COYRs

[teaboy1903]

Indeed he is, 2 match ban, I think it is.

All this should have been sorted weeks ago, to go into a Euro qualifier with only Rooney as a recognised striker is mince

Only recognised striker, apart from Stockley, Storey & Stewart you mean? I know the former is banned for two games, but we're not going to sign a striker for the sake of that.

It's more the width & creativity I'm worried about, not the central striker position.

[GGMDONS]

they keep telling us they have spoken to other players whom are possability's .

if thats true it about time they signed some of them, as we need them for Europe

[afc1903mad]

they keep telling us they have spoken to other players whom are possability's .

if thats true it about time they signed some of them, as we need them for Europe

We don't need new players for QR2.
Indeed any player coming in should not disrupt our plans for next Thursday.

[RedStarTorphins]

Only recognised striker, apart from Stockley, Storey & Stewart you mean? I know the former is banned for two games, but we're not going to sign a striker for the sake of that.

It's more the width & creativity I'm worried about, not the central striker position.

Stockley - suspended for 2 games and unavailable
Storey - utter gash
Stewart - not a striker, he plays wide right

[afc1903mad]

Stockley - suspended for 2 games and unavailable
Storey - utter gash
Stewart - not a striker, he plays wide right

Shockley suspended yes.
Storey may yet become a key player. As stated many times, Hayes did not have a great first season, many questioning his ability to be a Dons player. It's possible Storey could push on.
Stewart agreed, plays behind the striker, left centre or right.

But Donna get yer knickers in a twist. Rooney will be starting and if something were to change that, DM has options, including putting McLean up front.

Did you also notice Anderson came on and scored?

We'll get another striker, but there no point in rushing an option through for next Thursday

[RedStarTorphins]

Shockley suspended yes.
Storey may yet become a key player. As stated many times, Hayes did not have a great first season, many questioning his ability to be a Dons player. It's possible Storey could push on.
Stewart agreed, plays behind the striker, left centre or right.

But Donna get yer knickers in a twist. Rooney will be starting and if something were to change that, DM has options, including putting McLean up front.

Did you also notice Anderson came on and scored?

We'll get another striker, but there no point in rushing an option through for next Thursday

Miles Storey will never be a key player for AFC - He won't even be an AFC player by the end of August, so forget that one.
And it's NOT about "rushing" - how long have known we'd be in a tricky QR2 tie?
Bruce Anderson may well be one for the future but are you seriously suggesting a 17 year old who's never played a first team game in his life will be used in a European tie?
And McLean up front? So sticking a midfield player up front is a good idea and likely to work?

They've been back for a few weeks now

[rico94]

Shockley suspended yes.
Storey may yet become a key player. As stated many times, Hayes did not have a great first season, many questioning his ability to be a Dons player. It's possible Storey could push on.
Stewart agreed, plays behind the striker, left centre or right.

But Donna get yer knickers in a twist. Rooney will be starting and if something were to change that, DM has options, including putting McLean up front.

Did you also notice Anderson came on and scored?

We'll get another striker, but there no point in rushing an option through for next Thursday

We played McLean up front for 2 meaningless end of season games a few years back, we lost them 0-1 and 0-4 and he was utter gash because he is not a striker.

I think you are being a tad over confident that we will get through QR2 I dont think its going to be as easy as you think.

[kigoretrout]

We played McLean up front for 2 meaningless end of season games a few years back, we lost them 0-1 and 0-4 and he was utter gash because he is not a striker.

I think you are being a tad over confident that we will get through QR2 I dont think its going to be as easy as you think.

Storey is not the answer unless we witness the biggest comeback since Lazarus. KM is not a striker.

Unfortunately we appear to have put most of our eggs in the Stevie May basket and luck has dealt us a steaming t..d on that one. However, you cant exactly blame McInnes. He was talking about replacing quality with quality. With the funds we have this does involve taking an element of risk on players like May who was prolific at times in Scotland but for various reasons, probably injuries, has failed to set heather on fire down south.

It will prove extremely difficult to source 2 alternatives to a fit and on form Maloney and May on the sort of budget we are dealing with.

[Don_Corleone]

The club can GTF with squad fillers
That won't cut it
We need THREE first X1 players.
If we go out to either of the opponents in QR2 due to lack of activity in transfer market, then that's farcical

I agree. We need at least a couple of starting 11 players - a central defender and a wide player probably. In addition to that we need someone who gives us a different option up front - not necessarily going to be starting every week as it's hard to leave Rooney out when he's scored over 20 goals the last 3 seasons in a row.

However, realistically in addition to maybe 2 or 3 more players who will start most weeks, I think we will still sign 1 or 2 others to bulk up the squad and give us some options. I would expect that type of player will be easier to bring in which is why I reckon there might be 1 or 2 underwhelming signings before we get 1 or 2 exciting ones.