13 Apr 2026 14:56:08
With talk on the banter page of players leaving in the summer, has anyone got any info on OOC players coming in or concrete interest in players we want.
13 Apr 2026 15:18:56
Quite a lot ongoing. Davie.
13 Apr 2026 15:44:53
Did we sign the out of contract players we were interested in and are they coming in the summer, John?
13 Apr 2026 16:01:05
Rec time will tell.
13 Apr 2026 16:16:07
John, I was speaking to someone the other day about this topic and he tells me the list if we make Champions League is very exciting.
13 Apr 2026 16:24:11
Burt, it certainly is. Players really want a club to be in CL, for younger players it's a major stepping stone to the big five leagues.
As I said earlier, talking to an agent, he said a player scoring double figures at a young age is immediately on the radar of multiple clubs.
13 Apr 2026 17:29:24
Fingers crossed that we do not use the Thelwell tactical method of hiring inexperienced youngsters with massive loan fees, and get rid of all the left backs at the same time. Let's hope the powers that be have learned from this massive mistake, because we are back at square one, needing to buy a defence again this summer.
13 Apr 2026 17:31:36
Lots to be excited about.
13 Apr 2026 18:39:16
That's good to hear. I get things are in the pipeline and planning for next season, but with your responses, hopefully this moves us up to the next level.
13 Apr 2026 18:41:12
John and Aph, I know you said Champions League and excited. Does this depend on qualification for the Champions League? If we don't get CL, will this then change?
13 Apr 2026 19:11:23
Davie, regardless, the list is exciting, although Champions League football would give us headroom for some serious A list targets.
13 Apr 2026 19:12:54
With the World Cup I'd expect quite a few to want their future sorted early. The others tend to wait till near end of the window, which isn't great for our early qualifiers.
13 Apr 2026 20:05:57
Three cheers, I don't want Thelwell back, but if we're being fair, Moore and Djiga have been successful loans, and purchase wise, Chermiti, Feenandez, Gassamma are likely to make us decent money, and Miovski is getting praised now.
13 Apr 2026 20:24:39
There are exciting times ahead, more exciting if we win the league, but lots of interest in joining our club.
13 Apr 2026 20:27:37
Feyenoord, Leverkusen and several top English clubs had scouts at game yesterday.
13 Apr 2026 20:43:18
Pavlov's dog springs to mind.
13 Apr 2026 22:42:31
I'm still of the understanding that GK, CB and CM are all done and dusted.
I'm actually hearing the opposite of John and Aphelion, in that we are struggling with a number of players and positions as we're not seen as an attractive prospect by a lot of players.
13 Apr 2026 22:48:59
You're missing my point, Baz, and my point being at the end of this season our defence consists of Souttar and Fernandez. 2 players, and Souttar will only be used as back up. Slightly embarrassing that a club of our size, with the funds we spent, wasted it on so many loans.
13 Apr 2026 23:12:34
Ehl, I always appreciate your input but it often seems bleak! 😂
14 Apr 2026 07:26:10
Hahaha, sorry GDog.
There was good news at the start though, GK, CD and CM all signed.
14 Apr 2026 08:15:54
Do the GK, Cb and CM excite you, EHL?
14 Apr 2026 11:38:00
Goram, I have no idea who they are. Just know that the guys from the club seemed to be happy and were trying desperately to bring the GK and the MD in during the January window - but the other deals to facilitate it couldn't be done.
14 Apr 2026 17:59:57
Nice one Ehl!