Fort Vallance Posted March 4 Posted March 4 28 minutes ago, Carter said: It's a bit of a strange one that McInnes seems to favour Kent to Steinwender at RCB. Appreciate Steinwender has played most of his minutes season to date at RB. Notwithstanding, I'd still have thought he was a better RCB option than Kent. Steinwender has more than played his part this season. I could see him move on for a decent fee at the end of the season though. Is it not that he doesn't trust any of the other Right Backs ?
Carter Posted March 4 Posted March 4 34 minutes ago, Fort Vallance said: Is it not that he doesn't trust any of the other Right Backs ? Could be that. IIRC he's had someone at RB this season (McEntee presumably) and opted for Kent as a CB sub ahead of Steinwender. RB is an area that needs a solution ahead of start of next season. Even when Altena becomes more acclimatised I'd still imagine there will be games when McInnes favours a different option. Not sure he'd opt for a right sided Milne given the option as a more cautious type option at RB seems to suit at this time. Of course options will change and evolve right across the squad. Irrespective of the outcome this season I'd still anticipate a big squad overhaul again this summer. Looking at guys like Dhanda and Kartum contracted for another year. Vargas has another 3 years and almost certainly has no future here. Few of those are going to be costly to extricate ourselves from. All clubs have these contractual issues though. None more so than Rangers and Celtic, who've both got some real shit on the books with a fair chunk of contract remaining.
WASTREL Posted March 4 Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Thomson1874 said: Here’s how the squad looks in terms of players currently signed up beyond the end of the season. Have included any younger players currently out on loan who I can see have a contract beyond the end of this season and are around ‘first team’ squad age (18+). Goalkeepers 1. Liam McFarlane - 2028 (C) 2. Alexander Schwolow - 2027 3. Ryan Fulton - 2027 4. Zander Clark - 2027 (H) Right Backs 5. Jordi Altena - 2029 6. Christian Borchgrevink - 2028 7. Adam Forrester - 2027 (C) Centre Backs 8. Jamie McCart - 2029 (H) 9. Michael Steinwender - 2028 10. Craig Halkett - 2028 (H) 11. Stuart Findlay - 2028 (H) 12. Matthew Gillies - 2027 (C) Left Backs 13. Stephen Kingsley - 2027 (H) 14. Harry Milne - 2027 (H) Centre Midfielders 15. Eduardo Ageu - 2029 16. Oisin McEntee - 2028 17. Tomas Bent Magnusson - 2028 18. Macaulay Tait - 2028 (C) 19. Calem Nieuwenhof - 2027 20. Blair Spittal - 2027 (H) 21. Finlay Pollock - 2027 (C) 22. Yan Dhanda - 2027 23. Sander Kartum - 2027 24. Callum Sandilands - 2027 (C) Wide Midfielders 25. Rogers Mato - 2029 26. Josh McPake - 2029 27. Alexandros Kyziridis - 2028 28. Sabah Kerjota - 2028 29. Islam Chesnokov - 2028 30. Gus Stevenson - 2027 (C) Forwards 31. Kenneth Vargas - 2029 32. Lawrence Shankland - 2028 (H) 33. Claudio Braga - 2028 34. Elton Kabangu - 2028 35. Pierre Landry Kabore - 2028 36. James Wilson - 2027 (C) Out of Contract - Craig Gordon - Lewis Neilson - Harry Stone - Frankie Kent - Beni Baningime - Cammy Devlin - Marc Leonard - Loan ending - Alan Forrest The below B Team players are currently out on loan trying to get 3000 mins under their belts to get an official JTA rating. As far as I can see (could be wrong but couldn’t see any reported extensions), all are currently out of contract as it stands at the end of the season but it’ll be interesting to see if JTA value any highly enough to be given an extended deal. B Team - JTA Rating Pending - Dom Plank - Bobby McLuckie - Mackenzie Ross - Kenzi Nair - Tommy North - Kai Smutek - Gregor Crookston - Aiden Haddow - Henry James We might have a few surprises where JTA rates one of the youngsters highly enough to make an impact next season, would certainly be handy for our European squad! Great and informative bit of work ... Thanks
WASTREL Posted March 4 Posted March 4 46 minutes ago, Fort Vallance said: Is it not that he doesn't trust any of the other Right Backs ? Correct .... he sees them both as Right Wing Backs and both Altena and Borchgrevink been told they need to improve their defensive skillls. DM praises bothy players flair and attacking skills but worries how they will cope defending against some teams wide players at the moment. He did say that if we were mid table just now Altena would be starting each week to get on the job match experience
Fort Vallance Posted March 4 Posted March 4 4 hours ago, WASTREL said: Correct .... he sees them both as Right Wing Backs and both Altena and Borchgrevink been told they need to improve their defensive skillls. DM praises bothy players flair and attacking skills but worries how they will cope defending against some teams wide players at the moment. He did say that if we were mid table just now Altena would be starting each week to get on the job match experience Not for one minute would I slate McInnes where we are now. But I'd quite like to see us playing to our strengths instead of worrying about the opposition.
Toggie88 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 On 02/03/2026 at 12:43, PortyJambo said: Parents are Scottish, and his dad is from Edinburgh, so still a good chance he's a Hearts fan. 100% a Jambo. Lives in Gorgie too.
OTT Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Would like Barney Stewart. Worth remembering he's only 21 and has made a huge step up in his career, so odds are there is huge development potential. Bonus points for being a Jambo, and I think he'd be excellent cover for Shankland. We need a bit more height IMO.
Pingu Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Obviously we are expecting big money offers for some of our better players, that we may or may not accept but we also have a lot of players who are clearly or potentially surplus to requirements. We won't be able to move them all on permanently, but we should be able to sell at least some of them Excluding those who are out of contract in the summer, we have the likes of: Clark Vargas Dhanda Forrester Kartum Kabangu and in the "maybe surplus" camp: Nieuwenhof Spittal Borchgrevink Tait That's 10 players. With a bit of luck, we could pull in £2m, or maybe even £3m for some subset of that lot. Enough to buy 2 or 3 JTA gems!
Fxxx the SPFL Posted March 7 Posted March 7 45 minutes ago, Pingu said: Obviously we are expecting big money offers for some of our better players, that we may or may not accept but we also have a lot of players who are clearly or potentially surplus to requirements. We won't be able to move them all on permanently, but we should be able to sell at least some of them Excluding those who are out of contract in the summer, we have the likes of: Clark Vargas Dhanda Forrester Kartum Kabangu and in the "maybe surplus" camp: Nieuwenhof Spittal Borchgrevink Tait That's 10 players. With a bit of luck, we could pull in £2m, or maybe even £3m for some subset of that lot. Enough to buy 2 or 3 JTA gems! Kartum can’t get a start for Wellington usually on the bench and they are bottom of the table.
Carter Posted March 7 Posted March 7 47 minutes ago, Pingu said: Obviously we are expecting big money offers for some of our better players, that we may or may not accept but we also have a lot of players who are clearly or potentially surplus to requirements. We won't be able to move them all on permanently, but we should be able to sell at least some of them Excluding those who are out of contract in the summer, we have the likes of: Clark Vargas Dhanda Forrester Kartum Kabangu and in the "maybe surplus" camp: Nieuwenhof Spittal Borchgrevink Tait That's 10 players. With a bit of luck, we could pull in £2m, or maybe even £3m for some subset of that lot. Enough to buy 2 or 3 JTA gems! It'll probably cost us money to move some of those players on. We'd probably get something for Kabangu but some of the others we'll need to take a hit to get them out of the door. Quite a few of those guys generate no transfer fee imo. Vargas is going to be a sore one.
Farmer1 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 14 minutes ago, **** the SPFL said: Kartum can’t get a start for Wellington usually on the bench and they are bottom of the table. Offt. What a strange career he has had recently
stevie1874 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 59 minutes ago, Pingu said: Obviously we are expecting big money offers for some of our better players, that we may or may not accept but we also have a lot of players who are clearly or potentially surplus to requirements. We won't be able to move them all on permanently, but we should be able to sell at least some of them Excluding those who are out of contract in the summer, we have the likes of: Clark Vargas Dhanda Forrester Kartum Kabangu and in the "maybe surplus" camp: Nieuwenhof Spittal Borchgrevink Tait That's 10 players. With a bit of luck, we could pull in £2m, or maybe even £3m for some subset of that lot. Enough to buy 2 or 3 JTA gems! Spittal has shown in last couple of games that he’s a more than able member of the squad. Still holding out hope that Hoff can get back fit and rediscover form so even if he’s not a regular would generate a fee if sold.
Farmer1 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 If Gordon retires does zander stay on as our number 2? Hes not getting a game at Doncaster so can’t see him getting a big move elsewhere
Le Chat Posted March 7 Posted March 7 We won't even get £1M for those 10 players. Kabangu worth the most, and even then we'd do well to get £200K for him.
Fxxx the SPFL Posted March 7 Posted March 7 14 minutes ago, Farmer1 said: If Gordon retires does zander stay on as our number 2? Hes not getting a game at Doncaster so can’t see him getting a big move elsewhere I quite liked Fulton when he had a few games last season
McNelly15 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 20 minutes ago, Farmer1 said: If Gordon retires does zander stay on as our number 2? Hes not getting a game at Doncaster so can’t see him getting a big move elsewhere He was injured for 5 games. He's been playing.
JamboAl Posted March 7 Posted March 7 24 minutes ago, Farmer1 said: If Gordon retires does zander stay on as our number 2? Hes not getting a game at Doncaster so can’t see him getting a big move elsewhere He played for them in midweek.
Penrices left boot Posted March 7 Posted March 7 On 04/03/2026 at 22:00, Fort Vallance said: Not for one minute would I slate McInnes where we are now. But I'd quite like to see us playing to our strengths instead of worrying about the opposition. I feel the same, but it could be argued we are playing to our strengths. Strong and robust at the back, hardworking and physical with a midfield that is more defensively minded supplemented by our attacking left side and front 3/ 4 players. McInnes is a manager that builds his side on stopping the opposition first and foremost- tbh most mangers do. Arsenal, Napoli, A Madrid even rangers and celtic changed from the Nancy and Martin approach. Only certain susscesful clubs like Barca, Madrid and maybe city( less so now) play with a all out attack culture. It's modern football. We've also been without our record signing, most on form midfielder and imo best striker in the division for a period as well as bedding in a few players who have moved country/ league and are young. I'd say McInnes does play to our strengths, it's not exciting but it's about the sum of the parts of the team and that has been built on the foundation of limiting the opposition threats and being big, strong and hardworking.
Farmer1 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 2 minutes ago, McNelly15 said: He was injured for 5 games. He's been playing. My bad - I just looked at his appearance
McNelly15 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 minute ago, Farmer1 said: My bad - I just looked at his appearance 🤜🏽🤛🏽
kingantti1874 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 36 minutes ago, Farmer1 said: If Gordon retires does zander stay on as our number 2? Hes not getting a game at Doncaster so can’t see him getting a big move elsewhere Fulton and mcfarlane will come into the mix. Zander will be away imo
Robbo-Jambo Posted March 7 Posted March 7 7 minutes ago, Penrices left boot said: I feel the same, but it could be argued we are playing to our strengths. Strong and robust at the back, hardworking and physical with a midfield that is more defensively minded supplemented by our attacking left side and front 3/ 4 players. McInnes is a manager that builds his side on stopping the opposition first and foremost- tbh most mangers do. Arsenal, Napoli, A Madrid even rangers and celtic changed from the Nancy and Martin approach. Only certain susscesful clubs like Barca, Madrid and maybe city( less so now) play with a all out attack culture. It's modern football. We've also been without our record signing, most on form midfielder and imo best striker in the division for a period as well as bedding in a few players who have moved country/ league and are young. I'd say McInnes does play to our strengths, it's not exciting but it's about the sum of the parts of the team and that has been built on the foundation of limiting the opposition threats and being big, strong and hardworking. Yeah would agree with that. He is playing to our strengths especially at the moment with all the injuries. He will have more strengths to add to that when Shanks, Cammy, Kingsley and Findlay are back. The guy knows what he is doing in this league, just let him get on with it. It's not exciting football all the time but the proof is in the pudding We are sitting 5 points clear at the top of the SPL in March and have been top for most of the season . In Del we trust.
Diehardjambo1 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 24 minutes ago, Penrices left boot said: I feel the same, but it could be argued we are playing to our strengths. Strong and robust at the back, hardworking and physical with a midfield that is more defensively minded supplemented by our attacking left side and front 3/ 4 players. McInnes is a manager that builds his side on stopping the opposition first and foremost- tbh most mangers do. Arsenal, Napoli, A Madrid even rangers and celtic changed from the Nancy and Martin approach. Only certain susscesful clubs like Barca, Madrid and maybe city( less so now) play with a all out attack culture. It's modern football. We've also been without our record signing, most on form midfielder and imo best striker in the division for a period as well as bedding in a few players who have moved country/ league and are young. I'd say McInnes does play to our strengths, it's not exciting but it's about the sum of the parts of the team and that has been built on the foundation of limiting the opposition threats and being big, strong and hardworking. good Post
gwd1957 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 2 hours ago, Farmer1 said: If Gordon retires does zander stay on as our number 2? Hes not getting a game at Doncaster so can’t see him getting a big move elsewhere NO chance he's poor
tokyo-hearts Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I wouldn’t want such a young keeper as McFarlane languishing on the bench. Would be best to loan him to a Championship or League One, at whatever level that can guarantee him playing time. Fulton should be decent enough as a No2, but if Clarke can’t be shifted, I’d be happy enough with the two fighting it out for the bench.
GinRummy Posted March 7 Posted March 7 4 minutes ago, tokyo-hearts said: I wouldn’t want such a young keeper as McFarlane languishing on the bench. Would be best to loan him to a Championship or League One, at whatever level that can guarantee him playing time. Fulton should be decent enough as a No2, but if Clarke can’t be shifted, I’d be happy enough with the two fighting it out for the bench. I’d rather try and offload one or both of Fulton or Clarke. Right now we have Schwolow/Gordon as 1 and 2, if we replace that with either Schwolow/ Fulton or Schwolow/Clarke we’d have gone backwards.
Scotandjambo Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, gwd1957 said: NO chance he's poor The Dundee united game sealed zanders fate! Not good enough which will apply to a few of our squad if JTA does its stuff tbh!
SomethingAboutObua Posted March 7 Posted March 7 32 minutes ago, tokyo-hearts said: I wouldn’t want such a young keeper as McFarlane languishing on the bench. Would be best to loan him to a Championship or League One, at whatever level that can guarantee him playing time. Fulton should be decent enough as a No2, but if Clarke can’t be shifted, I’d be happy enough with the two fighting it out for the bench. Pretty sure this is how Hearts have felt for a few years, especially since Jack Hamilton. They don't want to waste promising young keepers if they can't handle pressure/bounce back from errors at Tynecastle like Hamilton couldn't do, and the best way to get ahead of that is have them get gametime elsewhere until they're mentally and emotionally capable to deal with the pressure
tokyo-hearts Posted March 7 Posted March 7 27 minutes ago, GinRummy said: I’d rather try and offload one or both of Fulton or Clarke. Right now we have Schwolow/Gordon as 1 and 2, if we replace that with either Schwolow/ Fulton or Schwolow/Clarke we’d have gone backwards. I suppose you have a point there. Ideally, we would be able to offload Clarke and pluck some unknown guy from a faraway league who has Premiership starter-level potential but, lacking pedigree, would agree to join as backup.
GinRummy Posted March 7 Posted March 7 17 minutes ago, tokyo-hearts said: I suppose you have a point there. Ideally, we would be able to offload Clarke and pluck some unknown guy from a faraway league who has Premiership starter-level potential but, lacking pedigree, would agree to join as backup. Might go for someone like that. It’s a tricky one for sure.
JamboAl Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, SomethingAboutObua said: Pretty sure this is how Hearts have felt for a few years, especially since Jack Hamilton. They don't want to waste promising young keepers if they can't handle pressure/bounce back from errors at Tynecastle like Hamilton couldn't do, and the best way to get ahead of that is have them get gametime elsewhere until they're mentally and emotionally capable to deal with the pressure Early next season McFarlane will be 2 years older than CG was when he made his debut. Either he is good enough to, at least, make the bench or he is not. He and Stone have been around long enough now and we need to decide to give them a chance or release them.
colinmaroon Posted March 8 Posted March 8 12 hours ago, JamboAl said: Early next season McFarlane will be 2 years older than CG was when he made his debut. Either he is good enough to, at least, make the bench or he is not. He and Stone have been around long enough now and we need to decide to give them a chance or release them. Craig Gordon was unique.
Portable Badger Posted March 8 Posted March 8 14 hours ago, tokyo-hearts said: I wouldn’t want such a young keeper as McFarlane languishing on the bench. Would be best to loan him to a Championship or League One, at whatever level that can guarantee him playing time. Fulton should be decent enough as a No2, but if Clarke can’t be shifted, I’d be happy enough with the two fighting it out for the bench. Clark seems to be doing Ok down in sunny Donny. Getting his game when not injured, saved a penalty against Plymouth yesterday (though Argyle scored the rebound). Question is whether he’d be interested playing down there longer term if Don Rovers are interested in signing him. I would rather we were trying to blood MacFarlane or Stone using them for Cup games and No2 keeper.
colinmaroon Posted March 8 Posted March 8 👉 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derek-mcinnes-says-hearts-plan-36831109?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1772923692 Journalists really demonstrate their appalling standards. Before even getting to the article, this one reveals his ignorance of the simple punctuation that contributes to understanding the written word. This from the Daily Record. Read this "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." That contentious piece of illiteracy is converted to clesr truth by use of the simple little comma. "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what, McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." Simples!!!
Gorgierools Posted March 8 Posted March 8 1 hour ago, colinmaroon said: 👉 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derek-mcinnes-says-hearts-plan-36831109?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1772923692 Journalists really demonstrate their appalling standards. Before even getting to the article, this one reveals his ignorance of the simple punctuation that contributes to understanding the written word. This from the Daily Record. Read this "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." That contentious piece of illiteracy is converted to clesr truth by use of the simple little comma. "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what, McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." Simples!!! Every days a school day on jkb😂. Or is it day’s?
Ribble Posted March 8 Posted March 8 17 hours ago, GinRummy said: I’d rather try and offload one or both of Fulton or Clarke. Right now we have Schwolow/Gordon as 1 and 2, if we replace that with either Schwolow/ Fulton or Schwolow/Clarke we’d have gone backwards. IMHO Fulton will remain no3 for another season, McFarlane will go out on loan at a higher level, Clarke will be sold and we’ll bring in a JTA no2 to develop into no2 by the end of Schwolow’s contract with McFarlane back as no2 to step in when the JTA keeper is sold for a decent fee
Cliffundo Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Not a rumour, more of a wish. Cameron Congreve of Dundee. He's looked solid and consistent on the right wing for Dundee all season. Get's up and down thing wing, regularly beating his man/men and puts in a brilliant cross. Looks like he's got bags of potential to improve too I wonder if the JTA has flagged him up as a potential signing as his stats must be good. He certainly passes the eye test.
CM Funk Posted March 8 Posted March 8 30 minutes ago, Cliffundo said: Not a rumour, more of a wish. Cameron Congreve of Dundee. He's looked solid and consistent on the right wing for Dundee all season. Get's up and down thing wing, regularly beating his man/men and puts in a brilliant cross. Looks like he's got bags of potential to improve too I wonder if the JTA has flagged him up as a potential signing as his stats must be good. He certainly passes the eye test. Not so much a point about Congreve as he’s on loan at Dundee from Swansea, more of a point about premiums we’ll be charged now; McInnes has already stated we had someone in January lined up and the owner multiplied the asking price by 5x when he saw where we were in the league and the JTA links. Players in the same league always come with an additional premium because it’s from a direct rival in the first place, coupled with JTA I shudder to think the asking prices Scottish Premiership clubs will put on players. Not saying we won’t pay it if the analytics say it’s a prime target and worth it, but can’t see us paying money for players in the same league for a while. And I can see us missing out on a few targets in the summer because all the world knowing what JTA is doing with us now unfortunately.
livi Posted March 8 Posted March 8 (edited) 33 minutes ago, CM Funk said: Not so much a point about Congreve as he’s on loan at Dundee from Swansea, more of a point about premiums we’ll be charged now; McInnes has already stated we had someone in January lined up and the owner multiplied the asking price by 5x when he saw where we were in the league and the JTA links. Players in the same league always come with an additional premium because it’s from a direct rival in the first place, coupled with JTA I shudder to think the asking prices Scottish Premiership clubs will put on players. Not saying we won’t pay it if the analytics say it’s a prime target and worth it, but can’t see us paying money for players in the same league for a while. And I can see us missing out on a few targets in the summer because all the world knowing what JTA is doing with us now unfortunately. Which is why most of our deals will probably be for players out of contract. I agree about Congreve he looks good and could be out of contract based on the time he has been at Swansea. Edited March 8 by livi
CMc Posted March 8 Posted March 8 On 04/03/2026 at 10:19, Lord Beni of Gorgie said: Lets get Claudio to the World Cup, bag a few and double it to 22 million! With the 3 million for Wilson, the 5 for Kzyi and and an estimated 17 millin from winning the league a fine 50 million haul Then we buy the distillery and our space issues are a thing of the past.
NottsJambo Posted March 8 Posted March 8 4 hours ago, colinmaroon said: 👉 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derek-mcinnes-says-hearts-plan-36831109?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1772923692 Journalists really demonstrate their appalling standards. Before even getting to the article, this one reveals his ignorance of the simple punctuation that contributes to understanding the written word. This from the Daily Record. Read this "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." That contentious piece of illiteracy is converted to clesr truth by use of the simple little comma. "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what, McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." Simples!!! Eats, shoots and leaves
Jambo dans les Pyrenees Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Players leaving at end of contract Gordon Forrest Kent Beni Devlin Neilson Stone Leonard Players likely to be sold Braga (8m) Kyzi (3.5m) Wilson (3m) Steinwender (1.5m) Kabangu (0.5m) Borch (0.2m) Dhanda (0.2m) Clark (0.2m) Vargas (0.1m) Kartum (0.1m) I wonder about Milne too, one year left on his contract (IIRC we may have extra one year option) As much as 18 players out (and 17m+ in). Players from Borch downwards we may have to pay them off to go given most of them on high wages so it might end up us costing rather than gaining about 1m for those 5 players. Likely about 60-70k per week off the wage bill too. I reckon we’d need about 7-8 players in to replace those and still have squad of about 30. Use the money wisely and we could take a real jump in quality next year.
NottsJambo Posted March 8 Posted March 8 1 hour ago, CM Funk said: Not so much a point about Congreve as he’s on loan at Dundee from Swansea, more of a point about premiums we’ll be charged now; McInnes has already stated we had someone in January lined up and the owner multiplied the asking price by 5x when he saw where we were in the league and the JTA links. Players in the same league always come with an additional premium because it’s from a direct rival in the first place, coupled with JTA I shudder to think the asking prices Scottish Premiership clubs will put on players. Not saying we won’t pay it if the analytics say it’s a prime target and worth it, but can’t see us paying money for players in the same league for a while. And I can see us missing out on a few targets in the summer because all the world knowing what JTA is doing with us now unfortunately. I also wonder about the wages we offer. I noticed during that video of Braga with his mate that he's clearly not loaded. No matter whether we win the league or not, he's got a right to ask for a substantial increase in wages next season if he's still here. I think this will be as important a factor in us selling than the transfer fees we receive. It will also have an impact on players coming in. Not only will clubs demand more, but so will the players. I guess the reverse of this is that the club can point to Braga and say, 'come here for one season and your world will open up'.
Ribble Posted March 8 Posted March 8 1 hour ago, CM Funk said: Not so much a point about Congreve as he’s on loan at Dundee from Swansea, more of a point about premiums we’ll be charged now; McInnes has already stated we had someone in January lined up and the owner multiplied the asking price by 5x when he saw where we were in the league and the JTA links. Players in the same league always come with an additional premium because it’s from a direct rival in the first place, coupled with JTA I shudder to think the asking prices Scottish Premiership clubs will put on players. Not saying we won’t pay it if the analytics say it’s a prime target and worth it, but can’t see us paying money for players in the same league for a while. And I can see us missing out on a few targets in the summer because all the world knowing what JTA is doing with us now unfortunately. Plus if we do win the league selling clubs will know we have European cash to spend too, not to mention the inflation we’ll see if we have 10+ million in the bank from selling Braga and Kizi so I’d imagine we’ll be looking to do deals as early as possible even if players are seen to be replacements for players being sold later in the window
JamboAl Posted March 8 Posted March 8 5 hours ago, colinmaroon said: 👉 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derek-mcinnes-says-hearts-plan-36831109?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1772923692 Journalists really demonstrate their appalling standards. Before even getting to the article, this one reveals his ignorance of the simple punctuation that contributes to understanding the written word. This from the Daily Record. Read this "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." That contentious piece of illiteracy is converted to clesr truth by use of the simple little comma. "Premiership table toppers are nine games away from a sensational title triumph but no matter what, McInnes says the budget won't significantly change next season." Simples!!! Correct and there is no such word as "simples"
Cliffundo Posted March 8 Posted March 8 2 hours ago, CM Funk said: Not so much a point about Congreve as he’s on loan at Dundee from Swansea, more of a point about premiums we’ll be charged now; McInnes has already stated we had someone in January lined up and the owner multiplied the asking price by 5x when he saw where we were in the league and the JTA links. Players in the same league always come with an additional premium because it’s from a direct rival in the first place, coupled with JTA I shudder to think the asking prices Scottish Premiership clubs will put on players. Not saying we won’t pay it if the analytics say it’s a prime target and worth it, but can’t see us paying money for players in the same league for a while. And I can see us missing out on a few targets in the summer because all the world knowing what JTA is doing with us now unfortunately. Aye, it's an issue we're going to face more and more. Out of contract players, coupled with some for a fee is probably the only way forward at this stage.
Seymour M Hersh Posted March 8 Posted March 8 This will be the first end of season window with the JTA. Will be very interesting to see if some of the first intake are snapped up after only a year or so.
indianajones Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Just now, Seymour M Hersh said: This will be the first end of season window with the JTA. Will be very interesting to see if some of the first intake are snapped up after only a year or so. Braga and Kyzi will be gone i think. Unfortunately.
Seymour M Hersh Posted March 8 Posted March 8 7 minutes ago, indianajones said: Braga and Kyzi will be gone i think. Unfortunately. Perhaps but that should allow for more money to bring in even better quality replacements. That is if I have the theory correct.
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