Started a little squad roster with ins and outs from the season past. There's gonna be a fair bit of movement I think. This might help keep track

Any help noting confirmed signings in the comments and I'll edit the post to suit. Please avoid idle gossip and rumours. Just definite inward bound (contract length if possible) and departures (Destination). Also any up to date information on those I've put ??? next to would be appreciated as well.

I have noted there is a transfers in and out thread but this is more of a squad list, which will take those into account.

Total (Including Esson as player and former under 20s) GK - 5, DF - 7, MF - 8, FW - 4

• John "Robbo" Robertson – Manager

Signed until the end of season (2019-20):

• Mark Rodgers - GK

• Charlie Trafford - CM

• Carl Tremarco - LB

• Coll Donaldson - CB

Signed until the end of season (2018-19):

• Gary Warren - CB (Club Captain)

• Owain Fon Williams - GK

• Liam Polworth - CM

• C Seedorf - RB

• Riccardo Calder - LB/LW

• Zachary Elbouzedi - RW/LW

• Joe Chalmers - TBC

• Felitciano Zschusschen - FW

• Nathan Austin - FW - contract length tbc

Signed until the end of next season (2017-18):

• Brian Rice - Assistant Manager

• Ryan Esson – GK coach/ player - GK

• Aaron Doran - LW

• Iain Vigurs - CM 

• Jake Mulraney - RW

• Brad Mckay - CB

• Cammy Mackay - GK

• John Baird - FW

• George Oakley - FW

• Connor Bell - FW

• Matthew Elsdon - 6 month loan deal from Middlesborough, not extended - CB

• Alex Cooper - 6 month deal until January 2018 - FW

Youth players with first team squad/ U20’s squad additions:

• Andrew MacRae - FW - 19

• Ryan McRitchie - DF - 18

• Mitchell Foy - FW - 17

• Kier Smith - MF - 18

• Liam MacDonald - MF - 17

Currently on loan:

• Stephen Foster - GK (Nairn County)

• Daniel Hoban - GK (Brora Rangers)

• Aidan Wilson - MF (Wick Academy)

• Alasdair Stark - DF (Wick Acacemy)

Departures

• David Raven - out of contract. End of an era.

• Ross Draper - joined Ross County for undisclosed 6 figure fee

• Scott Boden - contract terminated early to allow move, signed for Wrexham. Free transfer.

• Greg Tansey - End of contract. Signed for Aberdeen on free transfer.

• Josh Meekings - Out of contract. Signed for Dundee on free transfer. 

• Lewis Horner - Out of contract. Signed for Blyth Spartans on free transfer. 

•  Kevin McNaughton - out of contract. Released. Announced playing retirement.

• Billy King-  end of loan, signed for Dundee United.

• Ali Sutherland - released Jan 2017, signed for Elgin City on free transfer.

• Jason Brown - out of contract and released, signed for Peterhead on free transfer.

• Alex Fisher - Out of contract. Signed for Motherwell on free transfer.

• Larnell Cole - end of loan, appears to be free agent.

• Dean Ebbe - Option for extension not utilised - released

• Henri Anier - Option for extension not utilised - released, signed for Lahti on free transfer. 

• Louis Laing - out of contract and released, signed for Hartlepool United on free transfer.

• Jamie McCart - end of loan, returned to Celtic.

• Billy Mckay-  end of loan, signed for Ross County

Edited January 1, 20187 yr by Council Juice
Updates

21 hours ago, Caman said:

Nothing personal against him, but would rather use cash for his wages for players on the park than one sitting at an easel 

I was desperately trying to find an anagram of 'at an easel' but gave up 

48 minutes ago, TheMantis said:

I was desperately trying to find an anagram of 'at an easel' but gave up 

He's costing us so much he's certainly nae a steal

On 10/01/2018 at 7:49 PM, Caman said:

Back down south sounds like best bet for OFW then. Maybe he is making enough cash out of ICT and a bit extra with his artwork to be comfy in his current status. 

Nothing personal against him, but would rather use cash for his wages for players on the park than one sitting at an easel (as stated above by Kingsmills) 

Well said. It can't be good for his playing prospects (for a club and for his beloved Wales) that he is completely starved of game time and invisible to the public eye. If you're a professional footballer with a limited shelf life, why on earth would you do that? If I was him, I'd be pulling out all the stops to get away pronto and make a fresh start.

Liam Polworth continuing his contributions by assisting for Aaron Doran's goal on Saturday.  The first two goals also both came from Polworth corners, which the QotS defence couldn't deal with.

#contribution 

On 06/01/2018 at 9:44 PM, old caley girl said:

Gets a lot of unwarented stick. However I do find him a frustrating player. Takes everything to heart and head goes down very easily at times. Still Id rather play him than not have him in the team 

That's a fair point...I'd like to think that's something Robbo would have identified & looked into adressing.

Robbo has certainly helped improved Jake Mulraney's game no end & helped the likes of Coll Donaldson & Joe Chalmers prove the sceptics wrong & become a valuable part of the squad.

As for Vigurs? One of our best players this season - he just needs to improve on the card count! 

Edited January 16, 20187 yr by jingsmonty
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On 14/01/2018 at 12:14 AM, cif73 said:

Well said. It can't be good for his playing prospects (for a club and for his beloved Wales) that he is completely starved of game time and invisible to the public eye. If you're a professional footballer with a limited shelf life, why on earth would you do that? If I was him, I'd be pulling out all the stops to get away pronto and make a fresh start.

Exactly...I had almost forgotten that OFW was still here! As others have said, nothing personally against him, but surely a move would benefit both the club & himself? He's been out of the shop window too long now & needs to just play, at whatever level he can find.

He would leave with my best wishes for the future....

 

On 14/01/2018 at 12:14 AM, cif73 said:

Well said. It can't be good for his playing prospects (for a club and for his beloved Wales) that he is completely starved of game time and invisible to the public eye. If you're a professional footballer with a limited shelf life, why on earth would you do that? If I was him, I'd be pulling out all the stops to get away pronto and make a fresh start.

If I had a job I was not required to do anything for not far under 2k a week (reportedly) I would hold onto it for as long as possible. It is unlikely he would get close to that off elsewhere now so will be beneficial for him to hold on. He owes the club no loyalty after the way he was treated over the summer and into this season.

Folk just seem to think that OFW should happily tear up his quite lucrative contract with us and go off to any old team for buttons. Get real. as much as he will probably want to play football he also needs to make sure he gets an appropriate contract for doing so. Clearly none of the offers on the table so far have come close to what he earns at ICT so why should be move? As above, if you were being told by your employer that they didn't want you any more and they said you should leave but weren't willing to pay you off would you move to any old job for 25% of your current salary just to be able to do some work?

Maybe things will look better once we get Hughes and Foran off the wage bill.

Right at the moment, the three highest wage bills at the club are being paid to three individuals for contributing nothing.

No wonder finances are as tight as they are.

47 minutes ago, Iain said:

He owes the club no loyalty after the way he was treated over the summer and into this season.

I suspect you might find it was OFW who, as soon as we got relegated, exercised a relegation clause enabling him to leave for free.

1 hour ago, Yngwie said:

I suspect you might find it was OFW who, as soon as we got relegated, exercised a relegation clause enabling him to leave for free.

Source? Hes certainly in no hurry to go is he? 

3 hours ago, RiG said:

Folk just seem to think that OFW should happily tear up his quite lucrative contract with us and go off to any old team for buttons. Get real. as much as he will probably want to play football he also needs to make sure he gets an appropriate contract for doing so. Clearly none of the offers on the table so far have come close to what he earns at ICT so why should be move? As above, if you were being told by your employer that they didn't want you any more and they said you should leave but weren't willing to pay you off would you move to any old job for 25% of your current salary just to be able to do some work?

It's funny.  When a player is offered more wages and leaves the club, 'it's a good deal for his family'.  When a player gets probably as good a deal as he can get the same people will complain that 'he should leave to play football'.  Funny old world.

Two weeks ago Susan went on trial at Go Ahead Eagles, without success. 

(Not sure if this belongs here or in ex-ICT players news, but presumably he is still under contract? Maybe he’ll just be swept under the same carpet as André Martins!)

I remember looking Andre Martins after he left us and found a story of a Chilean club who wanted to sign him after he sent a video to them and when he turned up to sign, he wasn't the same person from the video!  Wonder if we were conned by that trick true...

Incidentally, if Zschusschen is fit enough to go on trial somewhere, is he fit enough to be in our squad?  Unless of course his lack of ability keeps him behind the U20 lads in the pecking order!

Incidentally, I see Ziggy Gordon has become available.  Now he'd probably want to go to a Premiership club but I'd take him in a second.

A Dutch press article on the internet referring to his trial with Go Ahead Eagles says that, because of Zschusschen's journeyman tendencies, he uses a moving van instead of car. Here's hoping he has need of it again this month. 

Maybe he should get a caravan and sign for County. 

 

5 days left of the window. We've lost Raven, Cooper and Elsdon and added Austin. With Susan and OFW frozen out, the squad is much thinner than the one we started the season with.  If we're serious about challenging for a play-off place, we're going to need to add a bit of depth. 

With money at a premium, we will be shopping at Nicol's corner shop. There's nothing left to go round.

Robertson said a few weeks ago that he was targeting three signings in the window, although he said that he wasn't going for midfielders.  We've signed Austin and no-one else.

Robbo said on Thursday that he was still had money in the biscuit tin for a defender.

Well Fisher won't be back. He is on telly just now for Yoevil Town having signed this morning. 

Didn't Robbo or Kellacher say that they were waiting until closer to the end of the window before going in for someone? Wonder if our targets are only going to become available if their current side sign replacements.