tartofmidlothian Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I know we've started already, but I reckon a few clubs will start releasing guys and making pre-contract deals as early as Monday. Anyone heard anything? Doesn't matter what team or league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 Hibs will need a new manager and batch of star players, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous 1874 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Sonny Bradley of Plymouth being rumoured. 6'5 centre back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1874KRM Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Anyone know what’s happening with Scott fraser? Was rumoured to of signed a precontract with us. Seen burton and Blackpool interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 14 hours ago, 1874KRM said: Anyone know what’s happening with Scott fraser? Was rumoured to of signed a precontract with us. Seen burton and Blackpool interested. What position does he play? Have we already signed someone or promoted a kid who can do the same job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 McGinn to Rangers? Surely not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 14 hours ago, 1874KRM said: Anyone know what’s happening with Scott fraser? Was rumoured to of signed a precontract with us. Seen burton and Blackpool interested. Was impressed with him in the games against Livi, pacy with quick feet and can pick a pass. He whips in a quality corner too. Would be a good signing if we can get him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 The BBC are putting news of retained and released players here, which is helpful. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/44057195 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 On 12/05/2018 at 20:39, 1874KRM said: Anyone know what’s happening with Scott fraser? Was rumoured to of signed a precontract with us. Seen burton and Blackpool interested. The fact we've announced guys who have signed pre-contracts suggests he hasn't signed for us. I'm still hopeful because he looks a very decent player who'd improve us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodenHertz Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, DG_HMFC said: The fact we've announced guys who have signed pre-contracts suggests he hasn't signed for us. I'm still hopeful because he looks a very decent player who'd improve us. Could it not have been the fact Dundee Utd where in the playoffs? Maybe they had asked us to hold off on any announcement? Just pure speculation from myself, but maybe we might here something this week now that their season is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Just now, WoodenHertz said: Could it not have been the fact Dundee Utd where in the playoffs? Maybe they had asked us to hold off on any announcement? Just pure speculation from myself, but maybe we might here something this week now that their season is over. Hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, DG_HMFC said: The fact we've announced guys who have signed pre-contracts suggests he hasn't signed for us. I'm still hopeful because he looks a very decent player who'd improve us. We only announce pre-contracts when they're actually signed though. There's every chance we still want him but just haven't agreed a deal yet. Edited May 14, 2018 by tartofmidlothian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, tartofmidlothian said: We only announce pre-contracts when they're actually signed though. There's every chance we still want him but just haven't agreed a deal yet. That was my original point to the poster who mentioned that Fraser had already signed a pre-contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ93 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I await the Scott Allan, David Goodwillie, Zeefuik return etc. banter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo414 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, tartofmidlothian said: We only announce pre-contracts when they're actually signed though. There's every chance we still want him but just haven't agreed a deal yet. In fairness though, and I might just be really tripping but I'm sure I read CL mention that we'd got a couple of pre contracts that them or their club had asked to wait til the seasons end to announce. Or maybe someone on here said it but I'm definitely sure I remember reading that somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kintner Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Rangers sign Scott Arfield. Good signing. Unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 3 hours ago, DG_HMFC said: That was my original point to the poster who mentioned that Fraser had already signed a pre-contract. Yeah, sorry, I misread that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Frank1874 said: Rangers sign Scott Arfield. Good signing. Unfortunately. I wonder if Gerrard still wants McGregor as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Say we keep Mitchell, Adao, Skinny and Naismith Sign Fraser, Bradley and Mulraney Think it'll be another LB and a GK and we'll be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnking123 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 12 minutes ago, Cruyff Turn said: Say we keep Mitchell, Adao, Skinny and Naismith Sign Fraser, Bradley and Mulraney Think it'll be another LB and a GK and we'll be done. Will be more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kintner Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, johnking123 said: Will be more than that. 16 minutes ago, johnking123 said: Will be more than that. That’ll be 13 signings. How many more do you feel we need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Scenes Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 23 minutes ago, johnking123 said: Will be more than that. We don't want tons of signings, that reeks of cathros january window...but we do need a good few. Tying up the loanees, that's 4 signings With the pre contracts thats another 3 Midfield needs the most work, but I don't think we are far away. If we sign Adoa, thats a real presence for our midfield. If we get Fraser and say one more midfielder, CB for.cover and GK then I'd say we are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, johnking123 said: Will be more than that. Do you think? If the above happened we'd have: GK- New Keeper, J.Hamilton, RB- M.Smith, M.Godinho, J.Brandon, L.Smith* LB- D.Mitchell, New Left Back, CB- C.Berra, J.Souttar, S.Bradley, D.Baur, C.Hamilton, A.Hughes * CM- J.Adao, D.Cowie, H.Cochrane, O.Lee, S.Fraser, A.Djoum, R.Callachan, A.Irving LW- D.Milinkovic, B.Burns, S.Ward RW, D.Amankwaa, J.Mulraney, L.Moore, C.Morrison, FW, S.Naismith, K.Lafferty, S.Maclean, U.Ikpeazu, R.Currie, A.Keena May be another CB to replace Hughes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlim Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Pretty sure I read something which suggested that we're looking for two keepers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboscanbevicius Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Frank1874 said: That’ll be 13 signings. How many more do you feel we need? How many have gone out to accommodate the 13 though: - McLaughlin = new GK - Hughes (tbc) = Bradley (tbc) - Randall = Burns - Buaben = Adao - Goncalves = Naismith - Stockton = McLean - Nowak = Olly Lee (tbc) - Noring = ??? - Todorov = Ikpeazu - Smith-Brown = Mitchell Plus we add Milinkovic, Fraser, Mulraney and another LB And remember we may get Sammon, Martin, and maybe Callachan off the payroll too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Levein said he wanted about nine, but does that include tying up loanees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnking123 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Will be after another central midfield player. Could be a few still to move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Cruyff Turn said: Do you think? If the above happened we'd have: GK- New Keeper, J.Hamilton, RB- M.Smith, M.Godinho, J.Brandon, L.Smith* LB- D.Mitchell, New Left Back, CB- C.Berra, J.Souttar, S.Bradley, D.Baur, C.Hamilton, A.Hughes * CM- J.Adao, D.Cowie, H.Cochrane, O.Lee, S.Fraser, A.Djoum, R.Callachan, A.Irving LW- D.Milinkovic, B.Burns, S.Ward RW, D.Amankwaa, J.Mulraney, L.Moore, C.Morrison, FW, S.Naismith, K.Lafferty, S.Maclean, U.Ikpeazu, R.Currie, A.Keena May be another CB to replace Hughes Missing Henderson and McDonald from that as well. Mind you, a lot of them will probably go out on loan and a lot of them will play reserves and U17' s next season. Still, a very strong squad who can improve together. 35-40 players Edited May 14, 2018 by Cruyff Turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyrood_Hearts Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 32 minutes ago, BigAlim said: Pretty sure I read something which suggested that we're looking for two keepers I read similar (probably on here actually!) but think Jack will leave as well as McLaughlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlim Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Lack of announcements today suggest to me that chat of Scott Fraser already signing is false, really like the look of him though so hope we can tie him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kintner Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 10 minutes ago, BigAlim said: Lack of announcements today suggest to me that chat of Scott Fraser already signing is false, really like the look of him though so hope we can tie him up Think it’ll be him OR Olly Lee. Can’t see both arriving unless Djoum is leaving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlim Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Just now, Frank1874 said: Think it’ll be him OR Olly Lee. Can’t see both arriving unless Djoum is leaving I reckon we need competition for places, if you put together our best fit 11 with loanees and a new keeper then I think that we have a really good team,the problem stems from the fact that when our first 11 gets suspensions injuries or a loss of form then any player whom we bring in makes the side drastically worse, if you look at our best fit 11 it would be: Keeper Smith Souttar Berra Hughes Mitchell Djoum Adao Naismith Milinkovic Lafferty Cowie Then we're looking at players to come in like Hamilton Godhino Baur Petkov Brandon Amankwaa Callachan Cochrane Burns MacLean Ikpeazu The players in the second 11 are capable of playing well but they're equally capable of playing very poorly, I would also like to add that Cowie shouldn't really be a starter, I'd like to go into next season believing that we can deal with any long term injuries and signing both Lee and Fraser would make me feel a lot better about our capabilities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Should really be 2 keepers as Jon and Noring need to be replaced unless Levein feels comfortable with a youth keeper as 3rd choice. If Mitchell returns then we'd have him, Burns and the 2 smiths all able to play LB so can't see us signing any other left backs. Outwith re-signing the loanee's I'd say we'll still be after a CH, maybe 2 if Hughes retires/big bid for Souttar another winger playmaking CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ93 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 If we are signing 2/3 central midfielders, does that mean Callachan is offski? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan2012 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Is Jake Mulraney still happening? I thought he was a swap with Beith but Beith has already signed for Caley where it's gone very quiet on Mulraney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1874KRM Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Guy I work with knows Ali Crawford through friends and Seemingly he’s signing for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingantti1874 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, 1874KRM said: Guy I work with knows Ali Crawford through friends and Seemingly he’s signing for us Thought he was off to hibs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1874KRM Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said: Thought he was off to hibs So did I but seemingly that’s straight from the horses mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clerry Jambo Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said: Thought he was off to hibs Hibs apparently have Stevie Mallan signed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Cruyff Turn said: Say we keep Mitchell, Adao, Skinny and Naismith Sign Fraser, Bradley and Mulraney Think it'll be another LB and a GK and we'll be done. Think we'll need more than that. We seen how bad Adao was on wed, and at Ibrox, etc. Milinkovic fairly anonymous when it comes to big games (Celtic at Tynie aside). Mulraney doesn't get a kick for ICT, and Fraser is just back from a serious injury. We need to sign at least 4 players that are ready to go straight into the first team and make an immediate impact on the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Danny Rogers who had a loan spell at Dumbarton when we were in Championship and then had a couple of seasons as Falkirk keeper on loan has signed a new 2 year contract with Aberdeen. Similar level and age to Jack Hamilton. Aberdeen have released Maynard and Arnason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: Danny Rogers who had a loan spell at Dumbarton when we were in Championship and then had a couple of seasons as Falkirk keeper on loan has signed a new 2 year contract with Aberdeen. Similar level and age to Jack Hamilton. Aberdeen have released Maynard and Arnason. Mind when we wanted Arnason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, tartofmidlothian said: Mind when we wanted Arnason? I mind he was on trial with us years ago but we never offered him a deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarrysRightFoot Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 3 hours ago, 1874KRM said: So did I but seemingly that’s straight from the horses mouth Not that I’m doubting you but is he not quoted as saying he has nothing tied up and would like to go down south? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 9 hours ago, LarrysRightFoot said: Not that I’m doubting you but is he not quoted as saying he has nothing tied up and would like to go down south? He said that only yesterday. I didn't realise it was us who let him go in the first place. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44110973 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmaceutical01 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 IfAdao doesn't re-sign, we would need a midfield enforcer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy2 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, pharmaceutical01 said: IfAdao doesn't re-sign, we would need a midfield enforcer Going to put my neck on the line and suggest we've probably seen the last of Adao. Based on the amount of luggage he loaded into my taxi this morning, I'm guessing he doesn't think he'll be back. Cab was so full, there wasn't actually room for him with his wife and 2 kids (one of which was strapped to his Mrs). Of course, it might be cheaper to fill an easyJet hold than put some gear in storage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tartofmidlothian Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Apparently Chelsea want Pochettino to replace Conte. That would make them title contenders again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Chaps said: Still held in high regard, I wonder what that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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