RogerTheAlien wrote:

Like said above-

Ukrainian keeper
Dutch centre back
Moldovan centre back
Guinea midfielder
Australian Striker

Replacing

English keeper
Scottish centre back
Scottish centre back (Kevin Holt)
Scottish midfielder
English striker

This is either gonna be a stroke of magic or go completely tits up

 
Definitely a bit of a concern but at the same time, to keep a similar British core who would we have brought in that we could afford to upgrade those on that list?

I actually think it's going to be really interesting to see if he sees Graham as a starter this year over one of these incoming centrebacks. I'm never convinced that Goodwin rates him as much as he says in public.

RogerTheAlien wrote:

Like said above-

Ukrainian keeper
Dutch centre back
Moldovan centre back
Guinea midfielder
Australian Striker

Replacing

English keeper
Scottish centre back
Scottish centre back (Kevin Holt)
Scottish midfielder
English striker

This is either gonna be a stroke of magic or go completely tits up

Or something in the middle.

JerryDungle wrote:

Morphman wrote:

RogerTheAlien wrote:

Like said above-

Ukrainian keeper
Dutch centre back
Moldovan centre back
Guinea midfielder
Australian Striker

Replacing

English keeper
Scottish centre back
Scottish centre back (Kevin Holt)
Scottish midfielder
English striker

This is either gonna be a stroke of magic or go completely tits up

 
Definitely a bit of a concern but at the same time, to keep a similar British core who would we have brought in that we could afford to upgrade those on that list?

I actually think it's going to be really interesting to see if he sees Graham as a starter this year over one of these incoming centrebacks. I'm never convinced that Goodwin rates him as much as he says in public.

 
It’s definitely hard. There’s not a lot of obvious upgrades in the league that are gettable. In a different time we would’ve went and taken Mulligan from the Fun but now Hibs are in a position to spend £500k+ on the compo, which we’ll never do under Ogren. We’re definitely gonna need investment from someone like a Matthew Benham at Brentford to keep up with Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen, otherwise we’re gonna see a bigger gap opening up in the coming years.

Or the Danish billionaire that lives in Scotland.

JerryDungle wrote:

Bert Esselink’s the Dutch centre half. 25 year old who’s played in Cyprus and Poland his whole career.

Must admit, I am getting a wee bit nervous about all the foreign signings we’re making. I feel it’s a massive gamble ripping the experienced Scottish core that has done so well for us over the past 2 seasons to replace them all with largely inexperienced foreign players. What that does to the dressing room does concern me.

I really hope it doesn’t but I’ve got a feeling this season goes tits up again in big way. We’ve shifted too far away too quickly from what’s made us successful over the last couple of years.

 
Still a long way to go in terms of the makeup of the squad. I would imagine these ones have all been done early as we were cautious of the potential work permit/visa issues that can come from foreign players.

We did well with Walton for those couple of seasons but to be honest the general level of goalkeepers in Britain is at an all-time low at the minute, so I'm more than happy with us looking further afield (just not down under mate...).

The players we are relying on to keep the attitude of last season going are Strain, Ferry, Graham, Sibbald and Sevelj. They will likely start the vast majority of our matches if fit. Would love to see Sev given the armband, but time will tell.

Personally I'm not overly concerned that the majority of the signings are coming from outwith Scotland.
The standard of player in Scotland is piss poor, I can't remember a time where its been worse.
There also problem of the extra Scottish income tax to get over.
If a player had to choose between 3k a week in the English lower leagues or 3k a week at Tannadice he would find his monthly net around £500 less in Scotland

Alan Temple’s saying that it was us that pulled out of the Hamulic move. Imagine they’ve uncovered some of his supposed attitude problems and decided he wasn’t worth the hassle. Or he’s acted the cunt at the last minute and asked for more money. Either way he sounds like the sort of character you avoid.

Last edited by JerryDungle (26/6/2025 9:31 pm)

Alan Temple saying 2 may be close, both need work permit paperwork.

Arabdownsouth wrote:

redford_must_score wrote:

Alan Temple saying 2 may be close, both need work permit paperwork.

 
He also said there would be 4 in this week

 
To be fair he was probably counting Hamulic in that.

Hamulic
Kucherenko
Esselink
Another

Club decided against Hamulic. So once Esselink confirmed and if there is another this week that would make it 3 since he said that on a podcast.

For what it's worth, he was speculating, because he is a reporter who gets everything through sources. But he's not usually far off wrong to be fair to the guy.

On the latest podcast, he make a joke about how he'll just not say things like that in the future because of the stick he's apparently had online since then. People take transfer season way too seriously.

Last edited by LarsErikKjell (27/6/2025 11:34 am)

#leagueofnations 🧡😆

Danny armstrong signs for dinamo Bucharest- so puts that one to bed

must have been Esselink I saw

RogerTheAlien wrote:

Alan temple reporting we are talking to Ferencvaros in Hungary about a loan for 21 year old Issac Pappoe.

Plays central or attacking mid.

 
Just had a look at some of his clips. Looks to be a bit of a box-to-box midfielder. Good mix of him keeping possession and spraying passes from deep, but also a few goal and assists coming from breaking late in to the box.

The proof will be on the pudding, of course, but on first look he seems a decent option.

Games are often won and lost in midfield, so I like that we are not taking any chances with numbers.

Sibbald
Sevelj
Camara
Stephenson?
Pappoe?

That would give us a fair bit of depth even before you bring Odada and O'Donnell into the conversation.