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Nah. He'll be off. :020:

The % that Marius would be entitled to is 20% apparently, which is a huge amount. I doubt many of us would let that kind of money go to our employers rather than our back pocket! The only defence ICT seem to have is that Marius agreed *quote North Tonight* "in principle to waiving the fee if he could join Dinamo. Unless they have that agreement in writing, i'd imagine they are up creek without a paddle. Hopefully all this can be put to bed before the end of the week followed by the more positive announcement of contract renewals from our present squad.

Glad that trio are being offered a new deal, as they could be the nucleus of our team for a few seasons yet. Mike Fraser should be on the list of immediate contract renewals as well hopefully...

Cringeworthy... :rolleyes02:

I think he will get a chance this season, but it won't be for a few months. He has hardly started any of the 'bigger' pre season games, suggesting he won't be a first pick from the start for our opening SPL games. Sutherland's comments were encouraging at the end of last season though, saying he'll be battering down Brewster's door if he isn't getting a game :clapping03: He'll just have to prove in the short time he'll get on the pitch as a sub, that he's worth a start.

Just noticed that on the BBC website as well. I guess this is why our website hasn't been updated. I'm really starting to think the board have realised the bid was 500k Euros and not 500k Pound Sterling :rolleyes02:

That's the exact lineup i am expecting from the Dons game, with the only alteration perhaps being Imrie moving to right midfield (despite his lack of experience there) and Cowie supporting the striker. I'd rather Imrie play on the left with Cowie supporting the striker and Wilson coming in to the starting 11 in place of McBain to play right midfield. Zander to come on for Wilson with 30 mins to go if he starts to tire.

Time for my 4 years out of date student card to make another appearance. Amazed it still works to get concession entry :021:

My Montrose supporting mate really rates Garry Wood and thinks he could be a success in the SPL. At the Ross County game I was really surprised to see how much he'd grown in height since last summer; and he wasn't afraid to use that height in attacking the *sigh* long balls from defence. Perhaps this is why Brewster let Bayne go, as Garry Wood could step into the hardworking target man role? Glad it's another positive result on the road

The online edition of the Daily Express reported 4 days ago that Niculae was off to Dinamo Bucharest for ?400k. Never trusted that excuse for a newspaper, but could they be right for once!?

Just seen that. Glad we didn't take their first offer, hopefully we've also built in some sort of future transfer %. Would love to know what the transfer fee is. Considering Noel Hunt went to Reading for only ?600k, if we got anything above ?500k then we've done really well. Use this money to extend Cowie and Fraser's contracts I say!

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None of these players are currently with ICT. Some of them have been linked to ICT in the past i.e. Donaldson, Bullen. To which they have already had threads about them in the Rumour Mill The rest have been plucked from the imagination of a fan, to suggest that if location/wages/career desires etc etc were no object, then we could sign them. So NON-ICT seems to make sense to me.

Aye very good :rolleyes02: Go back to playing Football Manager 08.

Pretty sure Anthony Stokes/Sone Aluko/Josh Walker et al were unproven loan signings... Anyways, here's what Brewster said in yesterday's P&J: He is here for the whole week with us and it would be a loan move if we got him

Really? Aye. He's a young player who by all accounts has a bright future and will enhance our team. To have him at the club for a few seasons rather than one would be more desirable in my eyes. Just ask Aberdeen if they'd of liked to have Josh Walker or Sone Aluko on a permanent deal :tic01:

Shame it'd be a season loan than a permanent deal...

According to the P&J it doesn't rule him out of any SPL games. However it did give him a wee injury which will affect his selection in further pre season games.

Perhaps the fact they let us do a substitution suggests they consider it not that serious? Good to hear Rooney, Gillespie and Duff played well.

If memory serves me right, a Red Card in a pre-season game rules a player out in the opening game of the season. If it was a straight red we could appeal, but 2 yellows leaves us with Barry out of the Dons game :020: I'd love someone to prove my memory wrong though! *please*

Well, Djebi-Zadi is a **** of a scrabble score :004: Paaaaatellaaaiinnenenenanann is pretty big as well...

I see the Zander Diamond, Scott Severin, Lee Mair and Stuart Duff may miss the opening game of the season as they are all carrying injuries. Diamond could be out for 6 weeks and the others will probably miss all the preseason games, which means our game may come to soon for them to be fully match fit. Why am I getting deja vu about a Dons v. ICT game being preceded by an Aberdeen FC "injury crisis"

Thought it'd be good to have a thread for the week focusing on the trip to Denmark. First match is tonight, so I look forward to hearing what the line ups and score is when it's announced on the official site. So far the only news I know is that quite a few players who were starting against St Johnstone will be rested tonight. Jamie Duff, Ian Vigurs and Rory McAllister are all starting. *source P&J* Dougie Imrie has a diary on the official site. Nice to see an insight into training routines etc... Dougie's Diary I may be on holiday from teaching, but I still tutted at some of the grammar :rolleyes02:

I'd like to think we dodged a bullet with that one! Crawford went for East Fife because of location, chance to prolong his career in footbal by coaching (which he wouldn't of got here), as well as a better chance of being a first team regular. Fair play to him, it's a better long term career choice he's made. I'd still much rather the likes of Wood and even Rory starting ahead of Crawford!