I am fairly certain that most fans/posters on here know that at the end of this season there is likely to be a mass exodus of players leaving so my simple question is, would you rather we replaced them with experienced players or youngsters because I am clearly in the youngsters camp but would also believe that we may need some experienced players no matter what league we're in but especially if we're in league 1 which is the worst case scenario but also the most likely unless we can win our 6 pointers against Arbroath, Queens Park and Dunfermline 🤔.

I don't know who's here for next season but I would imagine that the key ones to retain if at all possible are Billy McKay and Mark Ridgers : ictscarf:

2 hours ago, LisleRightPeg said:

We badly need a striker but let’s get another defender in. 

Groundhog day.

Confirmed signings, Wallace Duffy (2 years) and Musa Dibaga (1 year)

Probably means no local youngsters will start the game today. 

I wonder if we might see 1 or 2 more youngsters go out on loan to HL clubs (with recall clauses). They need experience and we need whatever revenue we can get.

P&J reporting that we are trying to get Alfie Bavidge on loan from Aberdeen. Striker, Martin’s son, was loaned to Kelty last season.

50 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

P&J reporting that we are trying to get Alfie Bavidge on loan from Aberdeen. Striker, Martin’s son, was loaned to Kelty last season.

It actually says we're "closing in" on the loan signing 🤔.

1 minute ago, CaleyTennis85 said:

51 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

P&J reporting that we are trying to get Alfie Bavidge on loan from Aberdeen. Striker, Martin’s son, was loaned to Kelty last season.

It actually says we're "closing in" on the loan signing 🤔.

I hope so because sometimes someone else steps in and gazumps us if our plans are posted in the P&J before the loose ends are tied up.

Scored 9 goals on loan at Kelty last season in 30 games. 

wonder if sir Alex put in a call to the dons?

4 hours ago, Yngwie said:

P&J reporting that we are trying to get Alfie Bavidge on loan from Aberdeen. Striker, Martin’s son, was loaned to Kelty last season.

I was thinking back to our old days when we used the youth of Aberdeen and had some good success. 
 

Anyone similar to Dennis Wyness, Stuart McCaffrey, or Russell Duncan would do nicely! 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-33486675

According to this, we have signed Paul Allan so I presume this will be officially announced tomorrow morning at some point like when Musa and Wallace signed 🤷.

This one seems to have gone unnoticed by many and probably an unexpected signing so I presume the next will be the Striker, most likely Alfie Bavidge. Maybe both will be announced in the morning 🤷.

It seems that Alan Savage and Charlie Christie are determined to get Duncan Ferguson to succeed otherwise they wouldn't be backing him with signings and helping him out with advice such as playing attacking football 🤷🤷🤷.  Let's see if he takes heed or will he be stubborn and stick to the tried and tested that failed last season and the start of this! Last week suggests that he is actually willing to change tactics etc in order to succeed so I suppose that is something positive 👍👍👍👍.

Central midfielder / defensive midfielder. Was playing regularly for Dunfermline last season including against us, but I can’t claim to remember him. Wasn’t offered a contract extension by them.

Paul Allen was not offered a contract at Dunfermline because the club had a fixed budget. 67 appearances for Dunfermline, 33 last year. Aged 24. Will be experienced and driven to be back in Full Time football. Sounds like a good signing.

We have signed on loan Connal Ewan, 18yo County defender. He was on loan at Elgin last season where he played regularly, and had a spell at Forres the previous season.

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Here's hoping a proven goalscorer is soon to follow....

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That’s a kick in the teeth to our youth players. Why aren’t we developing our own players instead of Ross County’s ? 

26 minutes ago, robbo1985 said:

Here's hoping a proven goalscorer is soon to follow....

If Connal can match the 3 goals he scored last season, he’s likely to end up amongst our top scorers!

2 hours ago, Yngwie said:

We have signed on loan Connal Ewan, 18yo County defender. He was on loan at Elgin last season where he played regularly, and had a spell at Forres the previous season.

Ffs.😩

A mate of mine was a youth coach at Elgin and saw a fair bit of this lad last season. Says he's a cracking defender and a stand out in the Elgin team.  Sounds like a decent acquisition but for me it's almost pointless bringing players in while the current management team remain in situ.  That being said a striker has got to be a priority before the weekend. 

Connal is a decent Inverness lad and was with Clach before heading over the bridge. He stood head and shoulders above his peers for most of this time

As Big Dunc said in an interview not so long ago, something like, "if you don't concede any goals, you only need one goal to win"

Wise words indeed!  🤣

Okay, so we've maybe got the first bit sorted . . . .

 

 

 

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Spelt concede wrong

Sounds like Alfie Bavidge will come in tomorrow if the P and J article on the Connall signing is anything to go by so if that's the case then it's definitely been a successful window which then heaps the pressure on the gaffer to deliver results 🤷🤷.

I wonder where the extra money for one more signing than expected came from because at last week's press conference it sounded like DF was only able to sign 2 more which was Paul Allan now Allan yet we're still close to Alfie Bavidge 🤔 

I prefer the Pele Patterson mantra of scoring more goals than the opposition than worrying about conceding. It made for far more entertaining viewing. 

30 minutes ago, Scotty said:

I prefer the Pele Patterson mantra of scoring more goals than the opposition than worrying about conceding. It made for far more entertaining viewing. 

Couldn't agree more - it HAS to be entertaining.

Otherwise just get the result from the BBC at 5 o'clock

When my thoughts start turning to "I wonder what's for tea tonight" then I'm not being entertained.

Happened quite a lot last season!

1 hour ago, Scotty said:

I prefer the Pele Patterson mantra of scoring more goals than the opposition than worrying about conceding. It made for far more entertaining viewing. 

Thems was the days! Absolute joy to watch Pele’s teams, go 3 down and still believe you could win…

3 minutes ago, CaleyCanary said:

Thems was the days! Absolute joy to watch Pele’s teams, go 3 down and still believe you could win…

And who can forget when we gave Airdrie a 6 goal head start and then, oh wait, no. 😬