*** Hearts Summer Transfer Window 2022 - Snodgrass signs ***

[Lovecraft]

1 minute ago, soonbe110 said:

One last time

transfer fees for Rowles, Shankland, Cochrane, Grant, Kio, and probably Neilson.  
salaries for the above 

agents fees for the above 

new IMPROVED contracts for Gordon, Halkett, Kingsley and McKay

loan and agent fee for Humphrys

Added a bit for you

[bawheed]

2 minutes ago, Mr Elwood P said:

You Hibs *******!

6700 posts and that's the best you can do.

Very good.

[neilnunb]

15 minutes ago, bawheed said:

Also 15k season tickets 5k more than Hibs and Aberdeen who have spent more cash on players.

 

 

Don't know what Aberdeen ended up with but Hibs sold around 11,700 season tickets in the end. Sure it was in the EEN (or similar) last week.

[jamboinglasgow]

32 minutes ago, TheBigO said:

Our squad is better now than it was this time last year.

 

"Aw but ra injurries n that eh likesy..."

 

Yup, unfortunate but in truth Rowles we have cover, Beni, we have cover, Boyce we now have cover.  Could the squad do with another forward?  Yup!  Did the club find one we deemed good enough who would come to us?  Obv not, so we wait.  End of the world?  Not on yer effing nelly.

 

Halkett, Kingsley, Natty, Grant are obviously all minor injuries and didn't need factored in to contingency.

 

We have the 3rd best squad in Scotland.  We have minimum third best management team in Scotland (would you swap ours for anyone elses??).  We have the best exec team in Scotland and I'd argue that point with anyone.

 

We have perhaps the most torn faced, delusionally and mystifyingly overpriveleged supporters in world history (or certainly a noisy section within us).  Or perhaps we don't in comparison to other teams, but christ it doesn't half feel like it!!  And it's not just on here, it's at the games too.

 

Just get behind the bloody team.  And all the backroom staff who got us back to third at a canter, with a squad better than anything we've had in well over 10 years and the rest of the rest looking up at us trying to grab our coat tails.

 

Moaning idiots.

 

We signed 8 players.  Yeah we'd have liked another attacking player (who we may yet still sign) but we've said all along we won't "do a Levein" and sign players for the sake of it, if we can't get our targets we move on and make do if need be.  We did it at the start of last season at RB where we really lacked and up front where we only had Boyce and Gnando.  Remind me where we were come the Jan window.  Oh aye, miles ahead of the pack having been pretty tight to the OF for most of that.

 

Rant done.

 

Have some faith.

 

Or piss off.

 

There is nothing to add to that. Brillant post.

[Batistuta87]

5 minutes ago, OmiyaHearts said:

Mate, you're moaning at the club spending 1 million, when you won't stick a fiver a year to Kickback for your shitty idiotic opinions 

🤣

[scotty2442]

20 minutes ago, DC_92 said:

 

Central midfield was one of the three positions we'd been explicitly targeting since Shankland signed.

I’m not sure it was another DM though. I think the other two positions were significantly more important 

[Rogue Daddy]

47 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said:

 

Neilson is saying that Halkett, Kingsley and Grant are all back tomorrow. Humphrys also available and hoping Kio visa is through.

 

The only certain injuries we have are Beni, Boyce and Rowles. There was no clarity over Atkinson nor whether Smith and Neilson are ok after appearing to take knocks on Wednesday but this "bare bones" stuff will not wash. We have plenty players available who should be good enough to win at Livingston tomorrow.

Is it just me... but h1b5, shelick, sevco etc. all seem to sail through 'visa' hurdles where we seem to have issues? Perhaps just looking at this through maroon specs, but nobody else seems to have to wait like us 🤷‍♂️... happy to be put right/corrected.

[Bauld]

This thread started to whiff a bit over the last couple of days.

 

Now it ****ing reeks.

[Mr Elwood P]

4 minutes ago, bawheed said:

6700 posts and that's the best you can do.

Very good.

Either a Hibs fan or an absolute idiot. We've paid substantial fees for multiple players and you're raving on here about missing funds?? Lack of intelligence or ulterior motive... 

Edited September 2, 2022 by Mr Elwood P

[TheBigO]

15 minutes ago, Batistuta87 said:

 

YASSSS Roy. Outstanding post 👍

 

I'm disappointed we never signed anyone, but purely from a selfish point of view because its exciting and I wanted us to be part of the deadline day drama. Our squad is good enough to finish 3rd again. We strolled it last season and have made some considerable improvements including only having one player on loan (compared to having four last year). Every other player we have is ours - our assets - so if we improve them and sell them on, the money is ours not someone else's. 

 

I think next year is where we really see the difference - once we actually have the money from playing in Europe and once we know how much that is actually going to be - instead of borrowing and spending against future income.

 

Great point.  I'm disappointed too but as you say, it's like an almost childish type of disa - I wanted an exciting Korean or Brazilian or an EPL wonderkid on loan, a bit of excitement.

 

I don't go flinging my shite around cos I didn't get it though!!!

 

I'm pretty glad the club is sensible these days.  And I think these solid fondations and a solid, steady squad (remember all the key players who re-signed last year?) might just allow that bit of excitement in future windows.

 

And you know what, while I'm here.  Do you know why it doesn't matter that we didn't sign anyone?  And do you know why we have the best non-OF squad in Scotland?  It's because our recruitment success has been exceptionally high.  People are on Toby's back, there are some questions over Natty, but our success rate in the transfer market has been waaaaay higher than we should rightly expect.

[Brick Tamland]

7 minutes ago, bawheed said:

Questions have to be asked, the money had to have gone some where.

Your munching your way through your nappies at some rate...

 

What questions have to be asked? Seriously what questions would you like to ask.

Think about how stupid asking the question of where the £3 million in ticket sales from the 4 European home games has gone... if you want a clue it is ****ing stupid as we haven't got it yet.

We have signed 8 players Rowles, Cochrane, Shankland, Orestis, Forrest, Grant, Neilson on permanent deals and Humphrys on loan.

 

How many players do you think we should have signed? What players from H1b5 would you have liked us to sign? Or Aberdeen or anyone else in our league, apart from the bigot twins who we can't compete financially with?

 

This has been a good window for us, quality over quantity. We can't go out and sign a new player every time someone gets injured and has been widely pointed out on this thread we signed Kingsley and McKay after the window closed last year and they have been arguably our best players.

 

The amount of absolute shite spouted on here is incredible at times.

 

 

 

[TheBigO]

6 minutes ago, cuthy2k said:

 my thoughts exactly!

Appreciated, but you went and ruined it by having a gif of that twat!haha

[colinmorewasgash]

Barebones Bob should have made up an App like little lee problem solved.

[Robbo Is God]

1 hour ago, ELITHEDUG said:

Pelle van Amersfoort looks like a player, wonder what wages he would need.

According to a search I just did, he was on £1800 per week 

[Rogue Daddy]

38 minutes ago, TheBigO said:

Our squad is better now than it was this time last year.

 

"Aw but ra injurries n that eh likesy..."

 

Yup, unfortunate but in truth Rowles we have cover, Beni, we have cover, Boyce we now have cover.  Could the squad do with another forward?  Yup!  Did the club find one we deemed good enough who would come to us?  Obv not, so we wait.  End of the world?  Not on yer effing nelly.

 

Halkett, Kingsley, Natty, Grant are obviously all minor injuries and didn't need factored in to contingency.

 

We have the 3rd best squad in Scotland.  We have minimum third best management team in Scotland (would you swap ours for anyone elses??).  We have the best exec team in Scotland and I'd argue that point with anyone.

 

We have perhaps the most torn faced, delusionally and mystifyingly overpriveleged supporters in world history (or certainly a noisy section within us).  Or perhaps we don't in comparison to other teams, but christ it doesn't half feel like it!!  And it's not just on here, it's at the games too.

 

Just get behind the bloody team.  And all the backroom staff who got us back to third at a canter, with a squad better than anything we've had in well over 10 years and the rest of the rest looking up at us trying to grab our coat tails.

 

Moaning idiots.

 

We signed 8 players.  Yeah we'd have liked another attacking player (who we may yet still sign) but we've said all along we won't "do a Levein" and sign players for the sake of it, if we can't get our targets we move on and make do if need be.  We did it at the start of last season at RB where we really lacked and up front where we only had Boyce and Gnando.  Remind me where we were come the Jan window.  Oh aye, miles ahead of the pack having been pretty tight to the OF for most of that.

 

Rant done.

 

Have some faith.

 

Or piss off.

👌 Top rant mate. Well said!

[Brick Tamland]

39 minutes ago, TheBigO said:

Our squad is better now than it was this time last year.

 

"Aw but ra injurries n that eh likesy..."

 

Yup, unfortunate but in truth Rowles we have cover, Beni, we have cover, Boyce we now have cover.  Could the squad do with another forward?  Yup!  Did the club find one we deemed good enough who would come to us?  Obv not, so we wait.  End of the world?  Not on yer effing nelly.

 

Halkett, Kingsley, Natty, Grant are obviously all minor injuries and didn't need factored in to contingency.

 

We have the 3rd best squad in Scotland.  We have minimum third best management team in Scotland (would you swap ours for anyone elses??).  We have the best exec team in Scotland and I'd argue that point with anyone.

 

We have perhaps the most torn faced, delusionally and mystifyingly overpriveleged supporters in world history (or certainly a noisy section within us).  Or perhaps we don't in comparison to other teams, but christ it doesn't half feel like it!!  And it's not just on here, it's at the games too.

 

Just get behind the bloody team.  And all the backroom staff who got us back to third at a canter, with a squad better than anything we've had in well over 10 years and the rest of the rest looking up at us trying to grab our coat tails.

 

Moaning idiots.

 

We signed 8 players.  Yeah we'd have liked another attacking player (who we may yet still sign) but we've said all along we won't "do a Levein" and sign players for the sake of it, if we can't get our targets we move on and make do if need be.  We did it at the start of last season at RB where we really lacked and up front where we only had Boyce and Gnando.  Remind me where we were come the Jan window.  Oh aye, miles ahead of the pack having been pretty tight to the OF for most of that.

 

Rant done.

 

Have some faith.

 

Or piss off.

[jbee647]

16 minutes ago, Bazzas right boot said:

 

 

We've signed 8 players. 

What promises? 

 

What investment, what promises? 

This place is a hoot at times

people taking everything Neilson or Savage says as fact

do these people go through life accepting everything people say to them as fact ?

everyone embellishes the truth from time to time, especially people in football.

They will only ever tell you want what they want you to know or what they believe you need to know

If any football manager told me it was raining I’d look outside to check 

Stop being so gullible, it’s all just football banter

 

Edited September 2, 2022 by jbee647

[Jim Panzee]

2 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said:

Your munching your way through your nappies at some rate...

 

What questions have to be asked? Seriously what questions would you like to ask.

Think about how stupid asking the question of where the £3 million in ticket sales from the 4 European home games has gone... if you want a clue it is ****ing stupid as we haven't got it yet.

We have signed 8 players Rowles, Cochrane, Shankland, Orestis, Forrest, Grant, Neilson on permanent deals and Humphrys on loan.

 

How many players do you think we should have signed? What players from H1b5 would you have liked us to sign? Or Aberdeen or anyone else in our league, apart from the bigot twins who we can't compete financially with?

 

This has been a good window for us, quality over quantity. We can't go out and sign a new player every time someone gets injured and has been widely pointed out on this thread we signed Kingsley and McKay after the window closed last year and they have been arguably our best players.

 

The amount of absolute shite spouted on here is incredible at times.

 

 

 

its brilliant isn't it!

 

clearly either hibs trolls, or have very very little knowledge / understanding of how things work in the world (through no particular fault of their own).  or are under 12 years old.

[HeartsandonlyHearts]

Personally I’m going to wait a wee bit before jumping in the deep end. Maybe I’m just not cut out for this football fan thingy. Surely some of the drama on here is pure attention seeking?

So called Hearts fans on here seriously believe we’re worse of now than how we ended last season. That has to be a wind up.

[cuthy2k]

3 minutes ago, TheBigO said:

Appreciated, but you went and ruined it by having a gif of that twat!haha

haha! A twat yes, but still one of the best players I've seen against us at Tynie. I will refrain in future   

[BackOfTheNet]

I’ve come to the conclusion some of you think that this season is just going to be like last season. That’s the only logical reasoning to ascertain why people think a slight improvement in squad overall level is going to get us through the season. Must be discounting the extra games at a higher level and fixture congestion. Not to mention other teams won’t be as bad as they were last season.

[soonbe110]

12 minutes ago, Lovecraft said:

Added a bit for you

👍

[Le Chat]

33 minutes ago, scotty2442 said:

Last nights disappointment in part stems from the chat that’s been coming from both Neilson and Savage for the past month,  a lot of lip service about wanting 2/3 quality additions before the window closes,  and wanting to be running with a squad 3/4 bigger than last season,  and other than the signing of Kio we haven’t signed anyone in the key positions both Neilson and Savage have spoke at length about on August (and Kio wasn’t one of those key positions) 

 

If this had been a regular season transfer window I think most would have to agree it had been a pretty good one, however with European football and the need to increase both quality and the squad size I think the disappointment felt by many is just. 
 

As long as we are still in touch of third by the time we break away for the World Cup I think we’ll be ok,  that 4/5 weeks off could be a blessing for us. 

 

Agreed.

 

I know we haven't received the ECL money yet, but we have had the money for the Cup Final, the Hickey sell-on, record ST sales and the first 4 ECL home games.

 

I was expecting more from the transfer window than we ended up with tbh.

 

In saying that, I reckon Humphrys will do well for us. 

[Taffin]

3 hours ago, Batistuta87 said:

 

Comprehensive you say? Well OK then 😃

 

I've included everyone. Haven't filtered it down to who I assume we can and can't afford - this is absolutely everyone: 

 

Attacking Mids/Wingers: 

 

Zakaria Labyad Attacking Midfield		29	Jul 1, 2022	£2.70m
Juan Mata Attacking Midfield		34	Jul 1, 2022	£2.25m
Ryad Boudebouz Attacking Midfield		32	Jul 1, 2022	£1.80m
Pelle van Amersfoort Attacking Midfield		26	Jul 1, 2022	£1.62m
Tom Rogic Attacking Midfield		29	Jul 1, 2022	£1.58m
Tiago Rodrigues Attacking Midfield		30	Apr 15, 2022	£1.53m
Seydouba Soumah Attacking Midfield		31	Jan 31, 2022	£1.35m
Hatem Ben Arfa Attacking Midfield		35	Jul 1, 2022	£1.35m
Pablo Ceppelini Attacking Midfield		30	Aug 8, 2022	£1.08m
Ravanelli Attacking Midfield		25	Aug 15, 2022	£900Th.
Adem Ljajic Attacking Midfield		30	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Gastón Ramírez Attacking Midfield		31	Jul 1, 2022	£810Th.
Davide Mariani Attacking Midfield		31	Jul 1, 2022	£720Th.
Kyrylo Kovalets Attacking Midfield		29	Jul 4, 2022	£720Th.
Görkem Saglam Attacking Midfield		24	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Fábio Sturgeon Attacking Midfield		28	Sep 1, 2022	£450Th.
William Attacking Midfield		30	Apr 11, 2022	£450Th.
Daniel Didavi Attacking Midfield		32	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
David Tavares Attacking Midfield		23	Aug 1, 2022	£450Th.
Lebogang Manyama Attacking Midfield		31	Jul 1, 2022	£405Th.
Johnatan Opoku Attacking Midfield		32	Jul 1, 2022	£383Th.
Federico Varela Attacking Midfield		26	Jul 29, 2022	£360Th.
Carlos Mario Rodríguez Attacking Midfield		27	Aug 5, 2022	£360Th.
Cyril Zabou Attacking Midfield		26	Sep 1, 2022	£360Th.
Danilo Attacking Midfield		32	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Pablo Pérez Attacking Midfield		29	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Nicolai Müller Attacking Midfield		34	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Nasser El Khayati Attacking Midfield		33	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Johan Arango Attacking Midfield		31	Apr 9, 2022	£360Th.
Nili Perdomo Attacking Midfield		28	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Heinz Mörschel Attacking Midfield		25	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Bilal Benkhedim Attacking Midfield		21	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Rayan El Azrak Attacking Midfield		23	Aug 31, 2022	£338Th.
Cleyton Attacking Midfield		32	Apr 21, 2022	£315Th.
Mateo Palacios Attacking Midfield		25	Jan 1, 2022	£315Th.
Hárrison Otálvaro Attacking Midfield		36	Jan 1, 2022	£315Th.
Felipe Silva Attacking Midfield		32	Apr 6, 2022	£315Th.
Erik Falkenburg Attacking Midfield		34	Jul 1, 2021	£293Th.
Diogo Campos Attacking Midfield		31	May 1, 2021	£293Th.
Yéiner Orozco Attacking Midfield		28	Jan 6, 2022	£293Th.
Caio Attacking Midfield		36	Dec 1, 2020	£293Th.
Antonio Ivancic Attacking Midfield		27	Jul 1, 2022	£270Th.
Przemyslaw Mystkowski Attacking Midfield		24	Jul 1, 2022	£270Th.
Mitja Lotric Attacking Midfield		27	Aug 1, 2022	£270Th.
José Caraballo Attacking Midfield		26	Jul 1, 2022	£270Th.
Mateo Muñoz Attacking Midfield		29	Aug 8, 2022	£270Th.
Luka Milunovic Attacking Midfield		29	Jul 1, 2022	£270Th.
Jhoan Arenas Attacking Midfield		32	Jan 1, 2022	£270Th.
Róger Lemus Attacking Midfield		30	Jul 1, 2021	£270Th.
Wes Hoolahan Attacking Midfield		40	Jul 1, 2022	£270Th.

Opa Nguette Left Winger		28	Jul 1, 2022	£1.80m
José Izquierdo Left Winger		30	Jul 1, 2022	£1.35m
Nolito Left Winger		35	Jul 1, 2022	£1.08m
Sebá Left Winger		30	Jan 31, 2022	£1.08m
Sofiane Feghouli Right Winger		32	Jul 1, 2022	£1.08m
Fernandinho Right Winger		29	Jan 1, 2022	£1.08m
Gael Sandoval Right Winger		26	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Daniel Royer Left Winger		32	Jan 1, 2022	£900Th.
Adama Diakhaby Left Winger		26	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Aaron Lennon Right Winger		35	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Ché Nunnely   Right Winger		23	Jul 1, 2022	£765Th.
Rudi Pozeg Vancas Left Winger		28	Jul 1, 2022	£720Th.
Jota Peleteiro Right Winger		31	Jul 1, 2021	£720Th.
Curro Sánchez Right Winger		26	Sep 1, 2022	£720Th.
Luan Right Winger		32	May 13, 2022	£675Th.
Milan Savic Right Winger		22	Aug 24, 2022	£630Th.
Tornike Okriashvili Left Winger		30	Jul 1, 2022	£630Th.
Christian Atsu Left Winger		30	Jul 25, 2022	£630Th.
Augustine Mulenga Right Winger		32	Jul 1, 2022	£608Th.
Ismail Azzaoui Right Winger		24	Jul 1, 2022	£585Th.
Wellington Nem Right Winger		30	Jul 22, 2022	£585Th.
Scott Sinclair Left Winger		33	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Issah Abass Left Winger		23	Aug 31, 2022	£540Th.
Razack Cissé Left Winger		23	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Jacob Murillo Left Winger		29	Jul 1, 2021	£540Th.
Aziz Chtioui Left Winger		24	Aug 19, 2022	£518Th.
Mehdi Carcela-González Right Winger		33	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Anthony Pilkington Left Winger		34	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Flavio Santos Right Winger		35	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Árni Vilhjálmsson Left Winger		28	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Berto Cayarga Left Winger		25	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Mamadou Diallo Left Winger		27	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Diego Perotti Left Winger		34	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Sammy Ameobi Left Winger		30	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Maicón Right Winger		32	Jun 1, 2022	£450Th.
Aminu Umar Left Winger		27	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Callum McManaman Right Winger		31	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Robert Snodgrass Right Winger		34	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Kirill Kolesnichenko Left Winger		22	Aug 18, 2022	£405Th.
Adil Taoui Left Winger		21	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Manuel Torres Right Winger		31	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Thomas Pledl Right Winger		28	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Amadou Traoré Right Winger		20	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Jaime Romero Right Winger		32	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Davide Marsura Left Winger		28	Sep 1, 2022	£360Th.
Bakary Sako Left Winger		34	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Paul-Georges Ntep Left Winger		30	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Antonino Ragusa Left Winger		32	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Mohammadreza Abbasi Left Winger		26	Jul 1, 2022	£338Th.
Kekuta Manneh Left Winger		27	Apr 19, 2022	£338Th.

 

Strikers/CF's:

 

Diego Costa Centre-Forward		33	Jan 7, 2022	£3.60m
Nicolas de Préville Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£2.25m
Fredrik Gulbrandsen Centre-Forward		29	Jul 1, 2022	£1.98m
Matej Vydra Centre-Forward		30	Jul 1, 2022	£1.80m
Billel Omrani Centre-Forward		29	Jul 1, 2022	£1.44m
Dieumerci Mbokani Centre-Forward		36	Jul 1, 2022	£1.35m
Zé Luís Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£1.35m
Souleymane Doukara Centre-Forward		30	Mar 31, 2022	£1.35m
Nicolás Castillo Centre-Forward		29	Mar 1, 2022	£900Th.
Hyun-jun Suk Centre-Forward		31	Jul 29, 2022	£900Th.
Nicolai Jörgensen Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Simone Zaza Centre-Forward		31	Aug 31, 2022	£900Th.
Kwang-song Han Centre-Forward		23	Jul 1, 2021	£810Th.
William Owusu Centre-Forward		32	-	£810Th.
Sly Centre-Forward		31	Mar 16, 2022	£720Th.
Kevin Luckassen Centre-Forward		29	Jul 1, 2022	£720Th.
Ahmed Akaichi Centre-Forward		33	Jun 1, 2022	£675Th.
Nikola Vujnovic Centre-Forward		25	Aug 22, 2022	£630Th.
Oumar Niasse Centre-Forward		32	Jul 1, 2022	£630Th.
Rachid Alioui Centre-Forward		30	Jul 1, 2022	£585Th.
Marc McNulty Centre-Forward		29	Jul 1, 2022	£585Th.
Andy Carroll Centre-Forward		33	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Lukasz Teodorczyk Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Jimmy Briand Centre-Forward		37	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Daniel Sturridge Centre-Forward		33	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Leonardo Castro Centre-Forward		33	Jul 1, 2022	£495Th.
Armin Hodzic Centre-Forward		27	Aug 31, 2022	£450Th.
Mamadou Thiam Centre-Forward		27	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Yaya Sanogo Centre-Forward		29	Jul 1, 2021	£450Th.
Patrick Friday Eze Centre-Forward		29	Jan 11, 2022	£450Th.
Marko Scepovic Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Hal Robson-Kanu Centre-Forward		33	Jul 1, 2021	£450Th.
Vinni Triboulet Centre-Forward		23	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Nano Mesa Centre-Forward		27	Jul 20, 2022	£450Th.
Lucas Melano Centre-Forward		29	Jul 22, 2022	£450Th.
Justin Shonga Centre-Forward		25	Jul 1, 2022	£428Th.
Johnathan Centre-Forward		32	Aug 2, 2022	£428Th.
Luka Djordjevic Centre-Forward		28	Jul 1, 2022	£405Th.
Emmanuel Rivière Centre-Forward		32	Aug 13, 2021	£405Th.
Martin Petkov Centre-Forward		20	Jul 3, 2022	£405Th.
Tom Elliott Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Raulzinho Centre-Forward		22	Aug 23, 2022	£360Th.
Piotr Parzyszek Centre-Forward		28	Aug 29, 2022	£360Th.
Evans Rusike Centre-Forward		32	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Yanis Lahiouel Centre-Forward		27	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Sam Winnall Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Welthon Centre-Forward		30	Aug 31, 2022	£360Th.
Márk Koszta Centre-Forward		25	Jul 11, 2022	£360Th.
Nelson Bonilla Centre-Forward		31	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Ramon Lopes Centre-Forward		33	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.

 

 

Josip Ilicic Second Striker		34	Aug 31, 2022	£900Th.
Izzy Brown Second Striker		25	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Nikola Dovedan Second Striker		28	Jul 1, 2022	£720Th.
Sebastian Giovinco Second Striker		35	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Giovani dos Santos Second Striker		33	Jul 1, 2021	£450Th.
Manuel Pucciarelli Second Striker		31	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Pape Omar Faye Second Striker		35	Nov 1, 2021	£270Th.
Dominique Da Sylva Second Striker		33	May 1, 2021	£248Th.
Shintaro Shimizu Second Striker		30	Jul 1, 2022	£225Th.
Jordan N'Kololo Second Striker		29	Jul 13, 2022	£225Th.
Ömer Tokac Second Striker		21	Aug 18, 2022	£203Th.

 

Centre Backs: 

 

Jason Denayer Centre-Back		27	Jul 1, 2022	£12.60m
Dan-Axel Zagadou Centre-Back		23	Jul 1, 2022	£8.10m
Edgar Ié Centre-Back		28	Jan 14, 2022	£5.85m
Sean Morrison   Centre-Back		31	Jul 1, 2022	£2.25m
Timothée Kolodziejczak Centre-Back		30	Jul 1, 2022	£2.25m
Uros Spajic   Centre-Back		29	Jul 1, 2022	£1.98m
Miguel Barbieri Centre-Back		29	Jan 1, 2022	£1.80m
Víctor Laguardia Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£1.80m
Michael Hector Centre-Back		30	Jul 1, 2022	£1.80m
Eliaquim Mangala Centre-Back		31	Jul 1, 2022	£1.62m
Érik Godoy   Centre-Back		29	Aug 4, 2022	£1.08m
Khadim Rassoul Centre-Back		26	Aug 29, 2022	£990Th.
Ryan Bennett Centre-Back		32	Sep 1, 2022	£900Th.
Havard Nordtveit Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Bruno González Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£900Th.
Joris Gnagnon Centre-Back		25	Sep 21, 2021	£810Th.
Ante Majstorovic Centre-Back		28	Apr 30, 2022	£810Th.
Tachi Centre-Back		24	Aug 31, 2022	£720Th.
Salif Sané Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£720Th.
Luca Ceppitelli Centre-Back		33	Jul 1, 2022	£720Th.
Mateo Musacchio Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2021	£720Th.
Wilker Ángel Centre-Back		29	Jul 1, 2022	£698Th.
Dankler Centre-Back		30	Jul 31, 2022	£630Th.
Sava-Arangel Cestic Centre-Back		21	Jul 1, 2022	£630Th.
Timo Letschert Centre-Back		29	Aug 22, 2022	£630Th.
Strahinja Tanasijevic Centre-Back		25	Jul 1, 2022	£630Th.
Lamine Koné Centre-Back		33	Jul 1, 2022	£630Th.
Bruno Uvini Centre-Back		31	Aug 19, 2022	£630Th.
Yahya Nadrani Centre-Back		25	Jul 1, 2022	£585Th.
Ivan Novoseltsev Centre-Back		31	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Limbikani Mzava Centre-Back		28	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Aljaz Struna Centre-Back		32	Jan 1, 2022	£540Th.
Lucas Rougeaux Centre-Back		28	Jul 1, 2022	£540Th.
Winston Reid Centre-Back		34	Sep 21, 2021	£540Th.
Buhle Mkhwanazi Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£518Th.
Emil Bergström Centre-Back		29	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Vitaliy Lystsov Centre-Back		27	Jul 15, 2022	£450Th.
Yevgen Tsymbalyuk Centre-Back		26	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Centre-Back		33	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Bubacarr Sanneh Centre-Back		27	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Dedé Centre-Back		34	Aug 12, 2022	£450Th.
Ibrahim Cissé Centre-Back		23	-	£450Th.
Bruno Ecuele Manga Centre-Back		34	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Paulo Vinícius Centre-Back		38	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Mario de Luna Centre-Back		34	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Xabi Etxeita Centre-Back		34	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Thomas Fontaine Centre-Back		31	Jul 1, 2022	£450Th.
Maxime Spano Centre-Back		27	Jul 1, 2022	£405Th.
Molla Wagué Centre-Back		31	Feb 7, 2022	£405Th.
Salvador Sánchez Centre-Back		27	Jul 1, 2022	£405Th.

Karim Nemdil Centre-Back		32	Aug 3, 2022	£405Th.
Vahid Selimovic Centre-Back		25	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Gary Cahill Centre-Back		36	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Michael Lüftner Centre-Back		28	Aug 31, 2022	£360Th.
Luka Capan Centre-Back		27	May 18, 2022	£360Th.
Fabrício Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Nikolaos Vafeas Centre-Back		25	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
John Boye Centre-Back		35	Jan 30, 2022	£360Th.
Romain Padovani Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Isak Ssewankambo Centre-Back		26	Jun 1, 2022	£360Th.
El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté Centre-Back		28	Jul 14, 2022	£360Th.
Pierre Bourdin Centre-Back		28	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Andrea Masiello Centre-Back		36	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Adon Gomis Centre-Back		30	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Mohammadreza Khanzadeh Centre-Back		30	Jul 1, 2022	£360Th.
Yago Centre-Back		30	Jan 1, 2022	£360Th.
Juhani Ojala Centre-Back		33	Sep 1, 2022	£360Th.
Soumaila Ouattara Centre-Back		27	Aug 16, 2022	£338Th.
Yaya Banana Centre-Back		31	Jun 1, 2022	£338Th.
Vasil Bozhikov Centre-Back		34	Jul 1, 2022	£338Th.
Younn Zahary Centre-Back		23	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Sebastián Silva Centre-Back		25	Mar 1, 2021	£315Th.
Simão Centre-Back		34	Aug 11, 2021	£315Th.
Nour Zamen Zammouri Centre-Back		24	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Jagos Vukovic Centre-Back		34	Apr 1, 2022	£315Th.
Prince Gouano Centre-Back		28	Jul 1, 2021	£315Th.
Kire Ristevski Centre-Back		31	Aug 30, 2022	£315Th.
Maikel van der Werff Centre-Back		33	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Dmitriy Redkovich Centre-Back		24	Aug 11, 2022	£315Th.
Djordje Basanovic Centre-Back		26	Jan 20, 2022	£315Th.
Gegé Centre-Back		34	Jul 1, 2021	£315Th.
Spiro Pericic Centre-Back		28	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Steeven Willems   Centre-Back		32	Mar 1, 2022	£315Th.
Sean Tse Centre-Back		30	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Ziggy Gordon Centre-Back		29	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Vujadin Savic Centre-Back		32	Jul 1, 2022	£315Th.
Reginaldo Centre-Back		30	Aug 15, 2022	£315Th.
Bakary Koné Centre-Back		34	Jul 1, 2020	£293Th.
Tiago Alves Centre-Back		38	Apr 12, 2022	£293Th.
Veaceslav Posmac Centre-Back		31	Jul 1, 2022	£293Th.
Sander van Looy Centre-Back		25	Feb 1, 2021	£270Th.

 

Enjoy! 

 

 

Diego Costa please Joe!

[DC_92]

7 minutes ago, scotty2442 said:

I’m not sure it was another DM though. I think the other two positions were significantly more important 

 

It clearly was given that we like to have two ball-winners in the middle and took Davenport on trial in the first week of August. You can argue about what's more important, but bringing in a CM was crucial. Haring is back-up level and Devlin can't play 90 minutes twice a week.

[soonbe110]

10 minutes ago, Rogue Daddy said:

Is it just me... but h1b5, shelick, sevco etc. all seem to sail through 'visa' hurdles where we seem to have issues? Perhaps just looking at this through maroon specs, but nobody else seems to have to wait like us 🤷‍♂️... happy to be put right/corrected.

When did Hibs last sail through the visa issue? 

[Bozi]

The sense of entitlement/detachment from reality of some Hearts fans the last 24 hours has been nothing short of outstanding! "We wur promised whelms" 

People saying Savage failed, insinuating that the board aren't backing the team, that we are withholding funds etc..

 

Let's just ask an honest question, if Savage and Robbie have been "aiming high" then, in all likelihood, there may be players we have approached that were just out of our reach. Say you have a short list and a long list, say your top target is our of reach financially and your 2nd target is not obtainable right now (but may be later) how far down the list is it acceptable to go, just to get some "bodies in the squad"? This was the Levein method, just grab whoever was available and we ended up with dead wood.

Do you settle for player number 8 on the long list because that's all that's available or do you keep the money aside in the hope that someone of quality comes up, or wait 6 months for one of your top targets to become available? 

 

As I said before my interpretation of the "being more aggressive" quote is less about panic buying and more to do with giving a "take it or leave it, we will move on" final offer on the table.

 

What is making transfers more difficult at all levels is the upcoming world cup,there tends to be quieter transfer windows in the lead up to a world cup and it goes batshit mental afterwards. Players may be wary of moving now and not making world cup squads, or shortselling their value if they catch the eye. Take the Korean lad for example, had a tough time in Europe but still desperate to get back, having a very good season and could have an eye on breaking into the Korean team, if he comes to Scotland and fails to settle his chance may go, stay in Korea and he goes to the world cup his value may rocket....I get that not all of the targets we have will be international players, but the guys their current clubs are looking to upgrade to may be, which leaves them stuck.

 

There will be quality available in the free agent market, the whole recruitment team will be working hard and there will almost definitely be irons in the fire already 

[Lovecraft]

2 minutes ago, soonbe110 said:

When did Hibs last sail through the visa issue? 

Bojang should never have been given a work permit.

 

Glad he was though.

 

😉

 

 

[Leveins Battalion]

This boy Humphrys looks class btw.

[bigdav]

2 minutes ago, Bozi said:

The sense of entitlement/detachment from reality of some Hearts fans the last 24 hours has been nothing short of outstanding! "We wur promised whelms" 

People saying Savage failed, insinuating that the board aren't backing the team, that we are withholding funds etc..

 

Let's just ask an honest question, if Savage and Robbie have been "aiming high" then, in all likelihood, there may be players we have approached that were just out of our reach. Say you have a short list and a long list, say your top target is our of reach financially and your 2nd target is not obtainable right now (but may be later) how far down the list is it acceptable to go, just to get some "bodies in the squad"? This was the Levein method, just grab whoever was available and we ended up with dead wood.

Do you settle for player number 8 on the long list because that's all that's available or do you keep the money aside in the hope that someone of quality comes up, or wait 6 months for one of your top targets to become available? 

 

As I said before my interpretation of the "being more aggressive" quote is less about panic buying and more to do with giving a "take it or leave it, we will move on" final offer on the table.

 

What is making transfers more difficult at all levels is the upcoming world cup,there tends to be quieter transfer windows in the lead up to a world cup and it goes batshit mental afterwards. Players may be wary of moving now and not making world cup squads, or shortselling their value if they catch the eye. Take the Korean lad for example, had a tough time in Europe but still desperate to get back, having a very good season and could have an eye on breaking into the Korean team, if he comes to Scotland and fails to settle his chance may go, stay in Korea and he goes to the world cup his value may rocket....I get that not all of the targets we have will be international players, but the guys their current clubs are looking to upgrade to may be, which leaves them stuck.

 

There will be quality available in the free agent market, the whole recruitment team will be working hard and there will almost definitely be irons in the fire already 

Good sensible post. What are you doing on this forum lol

[Mr Elwood P]

5 minutes ago, BackOfTheNet said:

I’ve come to the conclusion some of you think that this season is just going to be like last season. That’s the only logical reasoning to ascertain why people think a slight improvement in squad overall level is going to get us through the season. Must be discounting the extra games at a higher level and fixture congestion. Not to mention other teams won’t be as bad as they were last season.

We only play 16 Scottish Premiership games before the World Cup. Imagine how strong we will be for the 2nd half of the league campaign!

[Brick Tamland]

28 minutes ago, OmiyaHearts said:

A lot of unfamiliar, non-subscribing members in this thread, throwing toys out the pram.....

 

Just saying

Indeed 

[GinRummy]

1 minute ago, Leveins Battalion said:

This boy Humphrys looks class btw.

I like the look of him and Kiomourtzoglou. 

[Brick Tamland]

5 minutes ago, Bozi said:

The sense of entitlement/detachment from reality of some Hearts fans the last 24 hours has been nothing short of outstanding! "We wur promised whelms" 

People saying Savage failed, insinuating that the board aren't backing the team, that we are withholding funds etc..

 

Let's just ask an honest question, if Savage and Robbie have been "aiming high" then, in all likelihood, there may be players we have approached that were just out of our reach. Say you have a short list and a long list, say your top target is our of reach financially and your 2nd target is not obtainable right now (but may be later) how far down the list is it acceptable to go, just to get some "bodies in the squad"? This was the Levein method, just grab whoever was available and we ended up with dead wood.

Do you settle for player number 8 on the long list because that's all that's available or do you keep the money aside in the hope that someone of quality comes up, or wait 6 months for one of your top targets to become available? 

 

As I said before my interpretation of the "being more aggressive" quote is less about panic buying and more to do with giving a "take it or leave it, we will move on" final offer on the table.

 

What is making transfers more difficult at all levels is the upcoming world cup,there tends to be quieter transfer windows in the lead up to a world cup and it goes batshit mental afterwards. Players may be wary of moving now and not making world cup squads, or shortselling their value if they catch the eye. Take the Korean lad for example, had a tough time in Europe but still desperate to get back, having a very good season and could have an eye on breaking into the Korean team, if he comes to Scotland and fails to settle his chance may go, stay in Korea and he goes to the world cup his value may rocket....I get that not all of the targets we have will be international players, but the guys their current clubs are looking to upgrade to may be, which leaves them stuck.

 

There will be quality available in the free agent market, the whole recruitment team will be working hard and there will almost definitely be irons in the fire already 

Great post and nailed it with the highlighted bit.

[theshed]

1 hour ago, Luckies1874 said:

 

Neilson is saying that Halkett, Kingsley and Grant are all back tomorrow. Humphrys also available and hoping Kio visa is through.

 

The only certain injuries we have are Beni, Boyce and Rowles. There was no clarity over Atkinson nor whether Smith and Neilson are ok after appearing to take knocks on Wednesday but this "bare bones" stuff will not wash. We have plenty players available who should be good enough to win at Livingston tomorrow.

So no far of a full strength starting 11 apart from the long term injuries 

 

Hardly the bare bones Neilson keeps going on about 

[Rogue Daddy]

6 minutes ago, soonbe110 said:

When did Hibs last sail through the visa issue? 

Boyle?... unless his previous citizenship counted?... seemed to happen very, very fast.

[jamboinglasgow]

2 minutes ago, TheBigO said:

Great point.  I'm disappointed too but as you say, it's like an almost childish type of disa - I wanted an exciting Korean or Brazilian or an EPL wonderkid on loan, a bit of excitement.

 

I don't go flinging my shite around cos I didn't get it though!!!

 

I'm pretty glad the club is sensible these days.  And I think these solid fondations and a solid, steady squad (remember all the key players who re-signed last year?) might just allow that bit of excitement in future windows.

 

And you know what, while I'm here.  Do you know why it doesn't matter that we didn't sign anyone?  And do you know why we have the best non-OF squad in Scotland?  It's because our recruitment success has been exceptionally high.  People are on Toby's back, there are some questions over Natty, but our success rate in the transfer market has been waaaaay higher than we should rightly expect.

 

Yeah, I was hoping for an exciting exotic player. But the crucial thing is the recruitment team has been looking for players that suit us and are affordable. And I said this earlier in the thread but its worth stating, there is not one player we have signed this window where I have (from seeing them play or on paper) thought that that is anything other than a good signing. Considering that is 8 players in, its pretty good.

 

I think the problem is that we got carried away at the end of last season thinking of all the big signings we would make. I was as guilty of this as everyone else, I thought we would make 2 or 3 big signings, next level. I think that has carried on into peoples minds, people having a go that we must not care about Europe as we not made big speculative signings. I think it has been missed that for all the talk of the money we would get for being Europe, the TV money doesn't come until after this window, most of the ticket and hospitality money will be after the window. We could spend now, expecting that money later, but its part of prudent long term control not to do that(which I know doesn't excite fans.)

 

I do agree with you that we have the best non-OF squad in the country, and had it not been for 30 seconds against Hibs, we would be sitting with 12 points out of 15, having only lost to Celtic at Celtic Park, after a difficult European away game where despite being 1-0 down early on, we pushed them till the end, only conceeding a second goal after 2 red cards. Get a win at the weekend and it continues a strong start.

[Batistuta87]

2 minutes ago, Brick Tamland said:

Your munching your way through your nappies at some rate...

 

What questions have to be asked? Seriously what questions would you like to ask.

Think about how stupid asking the question of where the £3 million in ticket sales from the 4 European home games has gone... if you want a clue it is ****ing stupid as we haven't got it yet.

We have signed 8 players Rowles, Cochrane, Shankland, Orestis, Forrest, Grant, Neilson on permanent deals and Humphrys on loan.

 

How many players do you think we should have signed? What players from H1b5 would you have liked us to sign? Or Aberdeen or anyone else in our league, apart from the bigot twins who we can't compete financially with?

 

This has been a good window for us, quality over quantity. We can't go out and sign a new player every time someone gets injured and has been widely pointed out on this thread we signed Kingsley and McKay after the window closed last year and they have been arguably our best players.

 

The amount of absolute shite spouted on here is incredible at times.

 

 

 

 

Hibs don't currently have a single player that I wish we had, which is a strange feeling because normally they have at least one or two who sort of make you nervous. 

 

Aberdeen look like our main rivals this year but even then they have maybe two players I would quite like (Miovski and the lad on loan from Boro). I wouldn't trade our equivalents (Shankland and Cochrane/Kingsley) for them though. 

 

[milky_26]

1 minute ago, Rogue Daddy said:

Boyle?... unless his previous citizenship counted?... seemed to happen very, very fast.

Born in Aberdeen so no need for a visa

[Mr Elwood P]

1 minute ago, Rogue Daddy said:

Boyle?... unless his previous citizenship counted?... seemed to happen very, very fast.

Presumably being Scottish helps?
 

[Jamboross]

3 minutes ago, Rogue Daddy said:

Boyle?... unless his previous citizenship counted?... seemed to happen very, very fast.

 

You can have dual citizenship. Ryan McGowan is similar, born in Australia but has Scottish parents so I don't think he needed a visa to sign for St. Johnstone. 

[Rogue Daddy]

Just now, milky_26 said:

Born in Aberdeen so no need for a visa

 

Just now, Mr Elwood P said:

Presumably being Scottish helps?
 

honestly didn't know that!

 

...we just seem to get a player then have to wait weeks on getting them through the red tape. Devlin, Rowles, Kio... maybe I'm just not paying attention to other clubs that have to wait similar time lengths 🤷‍♂️

[Luckies1874]

9 minutes ago, jamboinglasgow said:

 

Get a win at the weekend and it continues a strong start.

 

Think it's a big week ahead. We should really be looking at 2 league wins against Livingston and St Mirren which would, I suspect, push us further clear in 3rd and see a points total of 16 out of 21 which would represent an excellent start (injury time at Easter Read apart). It's noticeable that after next weeks home matches v Istanbul and St Mirren our next 4 league games post Europe see away games which may prove tough (Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Ross County) so it's an opportunity to put points on the board. Additionally it's arguable that the Istanbul game on Thursday may well be the most pivotal in respect to any chance of 2nd place and I think Robbie will likely know that. It seems fairly certain that any points picked up v Fiorentina will be a bonus to us or Istanbul and frankly Riga should lose all 6 matches so the 2 games v Istanbul will likely determine any chance of a play off spot in the new year. So yeah, big big week coming up and plenty to look forward too.

Edited September 2, 2022 by Luckies1874

[Gimme an H...]

15 minutes ago, Leveins Battalion said:

This boy Humphrys looks class btw.

Might have missed the Youtube highlights vid in all the froth.

 

Can't find a proper one on Youtube - care to link?

[Lovecraft]

Rowles > Moore - Paid money and bought him.  Unlucky about the injury

This seasons Cochrane > last seasons Cochrane - Paid money for him.  Already looking like a great buy and improving all the time.

Forrest > Woodburn - Free transfer but already done more than Woodburn in his whole time with us.  Will win us games this year

Shankland - Paid money for him and is the kind of striker we have been moaning about for years.   Go check the Shankland thread.

Kio - Paid money for him.   Unknown quantity at the moment, but looks like a bigger version of Cammy, which can only be a very, very good thing.

Grant - Paid money for him.   Looks like he could be the attacking midfielder we need to open defences.  Time will tell.

Lewis Nielson - Free transfer - highly thought of youngster who looks like he will settle in fine.  MOTM last week.

Humphrys - Loan - No idea how he will be - but certainly a better option than GMS.

 

We can still sign players even after the reg cut off for ECL tonight.  Just like last year when we brought in Mackay.

 

Could we have signed anyone else?  No idea.  Nobody knows what players/agents were asking for.  I guess we will see in the next few days/weeks.

 

Would Robbie like more decent quality players?  Always.  If he didn't, he wouldn't be doing his job.

 

 

 

 

[vegas-voss]

Folk making out that Hibs signing 15 players and Aberdeen 12 is a good thing it's really not it shows there recruitment has been total shite.Hibs especially  already look like needing another 15 next season 🤣

[Tour22]

Any free agent news yet?

[Mr Elwood P]

2 minutes ago, vegas-voss said:

Folk making out that Hibs signing 15 players and Aberdeen 12 is a good thing it's really not it shows there recruitment has been total shite.Hibs especially  already look like needing another 15 next season 🤣

Hibs only actually good signing had to retire from the Scotland National team as he knew he was miles off our no.1. Absolute diddies.

[dougal]

12 hours ago, BlueRiver said:

 

Maybe we need to realise that Europe can’t be a priority this season and manage our team accordingly now? 
 

We may be short in a couple of spaces but we’ve got a big squad that’s more than capable of finishing 3rd again. 
 

You say we haven’t invested in the squad to achieve this but I think we’ve probably just had one of our highest spending transfer windows in years. 
 

I mean before it kicked off we would have all wanted signings like Rowles and Shankland. I doubt anybody would’ve been overly gutted about Kio and Humphrys. 
 

For me I’m most disappointed not to have strengthened at the back but not enough to descend to the level of concern in this thread. It’s a bit hysterical (not your response to me just the thread in general).

I don't think our performance in Europe is a priority however what is a priority is that we qualify for Europe regularly. Other than the old firm any Scottish clubs who have been in Europe have struggled with the weekend midweek weekend schedule. And we are no different.  If we want to finish third we need to have a squad that can achieve this. As I said earlier in terms of quality I think we've improved but I'm not sure we've got enough players in. We saw on Wednesday how with some injuries we struggled against a team, at home, who had been one if the favourites to be relegated. If we expect to be third then we need to have a squad that can handle this extra workload. So I'm hoping that we pick up at least a couple more players in the next few days. We're still short up front. An injury to Shankland would leave us in a bad way. We're already short at the back just now and we're hoping to get Halkett and Kingsley back ASAP to rectify that.

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

Humphrys looks a good replacement for Boyce from the vids. Maybe a little cumbersome and touch not always there, but powerful, opens his body up well and has a decent strike, not bad as an emergency