the scottish summer of two thousand and eleven & twelve transfer and rumour thread!

[jimmy]

Originally Posted by hibby1875

I'm assuming it's because he was linked wae Neil Lennon or summit?

Lovin the last line. LMFAO!

how bout this one for size?

The source added that Lennon may have been under heavy pressure from the Celtic board to take action and then said: “The thing is, Alan knows where the bodies are buried.”



SERIOUSLY. what does that even mean? (it's bout the whole alan thompson party hard sacking off saga) >>> http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f...n-left-1128366

Originally Posted by hibby1875

SPL Transfers so far to August 2nd for those who are interested:
Aberdeen
IN: Jonny Hayes (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Niall McGinn (Celtic), Gary Naysmith (Huddersfield)

top 3 signings this summer. aberdeen lacked width last season and they were bossing it up against RossCo last weekend something stupid, expecting this time next year craig frown and archie the bear tae be preppin' themselves for champions league play off qualification!

quite annoyed tuffey is yet again sitting wasting away on another SPL subs bench. rate him as one of the best in the country (even siince firhill days) yet he seems content to play the deputy which is fair enough i guess, but he could be doing so much more

reminds me of tomas cerny, only taken him 4 and a half months to find his next paycheck after ripping up his contract @ hamilton, ended up in bulgaria, more the power to him, quality keeper

gotta say though. the tim clancy switch caught me off guard, dunno wha he's on, but i'll have some of the same!

[hammer]

“It is thought this has something to do with Alan’s lifestyle. For whatever reasons there may have been deep concerns about that but he shared a similar lifestyle to Neil and with him.”

Last March I was having a couple of drinks at the hotel bar in Dundee the night before the United v Celtic cup tie and I saw a few strange things that caught my eye. Thompson, Myallby and Lennon with a fourth person were playing cards in a table near the corner and at the other end three ladies looking for don´t know what were staying in another table.


Suddenly one of the girls disappeared for a few minutes while Thompson did the same. He came back a short space of time later and as he did pass by my side, he was staring at the other girls. Less than half and hour later the sequence was repeated only for the rest of cards players apparently showing some disconfort at him for going missing for so long.


All very strange.


Surely it´s not the women´s bodies the ones buried.

[hibby1875]

SPL Post Transfer deadline results (apart fae free agents):

Aberdeen



In : Mark Reynolds, defender (Sheffield Wednesday, loan return); Jonny Hayes, midfielder (Inverness CT); Niall McGinn, midfielder (Celtic); Gary Naysmith, defender (Huddersfield Town)

Out : Peter Pawlett, midfielder (St Johnstone, loan); Fraser Fyvie, midfielder (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed); Kari Arnason, midfielder (Rotherham United); Rory McArdle, defender (Bradford City); Michael Dunlop, defender (Forfar Athletic); Michael Paton, forward; Darren Mackie, forward; Youl Mawene, defender; Mohamad Chalali, forward; Yoan Folly, midfielder; Danny Uchechi, forward


Celtic



In : Miku, forward (Getafe, loan); Lubos Kamenar, goalkeeper (Nantes, loan); Efe Ambrose, defender (Ashdod, undisclosed); Fraser Forster, goalkeeper (Newcastle United, undisclosed after loan)

Out : Andre Blackman, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, loan); Daryl Murphy, forward (Ipswich Town, loan); Ki Sung-Yeung, midfielder (Swansea City, £6m); Glenn Loovens, defender (Real Zaragoza); Cha Du Ri, defender (Fortuna Dusseldorf); Daniel Majstorovic, defender (AIK); Niall McGinn, midfielder (Aberdeen); Efrain Juarez, midfielder (Club America); Morten Rasmussen, forward (Midtjylland); Lewis Toshney, defender (Dundee, loan); Greig Spence, forward (Raith Rovers); Christian McKenna, forward (Airdrie United); Mark Wilson, defender (Bristol City); James Keatings, forward (Hamilton Academical, loan); Josh Thompson, defender (Portsmouth); Jaison McGrath, forward (Sunderland); Darren O'Dea, defender; Richie Towell, defender; Dominic Cervi, goalkeeper


Dundee



In : Lewis Toshney, defender (Celtic, loan); Colin Nish, forward (Hartlepool United, loan); Martin Boyle, forward (Montrose, undisclosed); Jim McAlister, midfielder (Hamilton Academical); Davide Grassi, defender (Brussels); Mark Stewart, forward (Bradford City); Declan Gallagher, defender (Clyde); Carl Finnigan, forward (St Johnstone, loan made permanent); Iain Davidson, midfielder (Raith Rovers); John Baird, forward (Raith Rovers)

Out : Leighton McIntosh, forward (Montrose, loan); Rhys Weston, defender (KR Reykjavic); Mark Fotheringham, midfielder (1899 Hoffenheim II); John Gibson, goalkeeper (Elgin City, loan); Jake Hyde, forward; Graham Bayne, forward; Craig McKeown, defender; Ross Chisholm, midfielder; Scott Findlay, goalkeeper


Dundee United



In : Michael Gardyne, forward (Ross County); Mark Millar, midfielder (Falkirk); Brian McLean, defender (Preston North End); Radoslaw Cierzniak, goalkeeper (Cracovia)

Out : Danny Swanson, midfielder (Peterborough United); Scott Robertson, midfielder (Blackpool); Paul Dixon, defender (Huddersfield Town); Garry Kenneth, defender (Bristol Rovers); Dusan Pernis, goalkeeper (Pogon Szczecin); Robert Thomson, forward (Alloa Athletic, loan); Ross Smith, defender (Peterhead, loan)


Hearts



In : Peter Enckelman, goalkeeper (St Johnstone); Ryan Stevenon, midfielder (Ipswich Town)

Out : David Templeton, midfielder (Rangers, undisclosed); Craig Beattie, forward (St Johnstone); Ian Black, midfielder (Rangers); Suso Santana, midfielder (Tenerife); Adrian Mrowiec, midfielder (Leipzig); Stephen Elliott, forward (Coventry City); Gary Glen, forward (Ross County); Jordan Morton, midfielder (Livingston); Jason Thomson, defender (Raith Rovers, loan made permanent); Chris Kane, midfielder (Dunfermline Athletic); Colin Hamilton, defender (Arbroath); Gary Graham, forward (Clyde); Rudi Skacel, midfielder; Marian Kello, goalkeeper; David Obua, midfielder; Aaron Murdoch, midfielder; Chris Tobin, midfielder; Ryan Stewart, midfielder; Colin Hamilton, defender; Matthew Park, defender


Hibernian



In : Ryan McGivern, defender (Manchester City, loan); Shefki Kuqi, forward (Oldham Athletic); Alan Maybury, defender (St Johnstone); Gary Deegan, midfielder (Coventry City, undisclosed); James McPake, defender (Coventry City, undisclosed after loan made permanent); Tim Clancy, defender (Motherwell); Paul Cairney, midfielder (Partick Thistle); Ben Williams, goalkeeper (Colchester United). Loan extension - Leigh Griffiths, forward (Wolves)

Out : David Stephens, defender (Barnet); Garry O'Connor, forward (Tom Tomsk); Isaiah Osbourne, midfielder (Blackpool, undisclosed); Martin Scott, midfielder (Ross County, loan); Scott Taggart, midfielder (Morton); Sean Welsh, midfielder (Partick Thistle); David Crawford, midfielder (Brechin City); Phil Addison, forward (Berwick Rangers); Marc Lancaster, defender (Berwick Rangers); Mark Brown, goalkeeper (Ross County); Callum Booth, defender (Livingston, loan); Scott Smith, defender (East Fife, loan); Jordon Forster, defender (East Fife, loan); Sean O'Hanlon, defender; Ian Murray, midfielder


Inverness Caledonian Thistle



In : Andre Blackman, defender (Celtic); Philip Roberts, forward (Arsenal, loan); George Brislen-Hall, defender (Arsenal); Gary Warren, defender (Newport County); Antonio Reguero, goalkeeper (Gandia); Jason Oswell, forward (Crewe Alexandra); David Raven, defender (Tranmere Rovers); Ross Draper, midfielder (Macclesfield Town); Conor Pepper, midfielder (St Patrick's Athletic); Simon King, defender (Gillingham)

Out : Jonny Hayes, midfielder (Aberdeen); Gregory Tade, forward (St Johnstone); Ross Tokely, defender (Ross County); Jonny Tuffey, goalkeeper (St Johnstone); Kenny Gillet, defender (Larnaca); Greg Tansey, midfielder (Stevenage); Thomas Piermayr, defender (Magna Wiener Neustadt); David Proctor, defender. Loan ends - Roman Golobart, defender (Wigan Athletic); Steve Williams, midfielder (Bradford City); Sam Winnall, forward (Wolves)


Kilmarnock


In : Borja, forward (Alcorcon); Jeroen Tesselaar, defender (St Mirren); Rory Boulding, forward (Livingston)

Out : Matthew Kennedy, forward (Everton, undisclosed); Dean Shiels, midfielder (Rangers); David Silva, midfielder (Olhanense); Danny Buijs, midfielder (Sparta Rotterdam); Russell Caldwell, goalkeeper (Stranraer); Nic Rajovic, goalkeeper (Clyde); Greig Thorburn, defender (Annan Athletic); Gary Fisher, midfielder (Hamilton Academical, loan); Dieter Van Tornhout, forward; Zdenek Kroca, defender; Jonathan Stynes, midfielder; Ross Lindsay, midfielder; Andy Rankin, defender. Loan ends - Ben Gordon, defender (Chelsea); Mahamadou Sissoko, defender (Udinese); Lewis Toshney, defender (Celtic)


Motherwell



In : Fraser Kerr, defender (Birmingham City, loan); Simon Ramsden, defender (Bradford City)

Out : Steve Jennings, midfielder (Coventry City); Tim Clancy, defender (Hibernian); Stephen Craigan, defender (retired); Steven Lawless, midfielder (Partick Thistle); Jordan Halsman, midfielder (Morton); Darren Brownlie, defender (Ayr United); Keiran McGachie, forward (Annan Athletic); Ross Forbes, midfielder; Ross McKinnon, defender; Jamie Pollock, midfielder; Gary Smith, forward; Herman Mboa Megongo, midfielder; Michael Lynch, defender; Keiran MacDonald, midfielder; Tom Bradley


Ross County



In : Mark Brown, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Ross Tokely, defender (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Gary Glen, forward (Hearts); Martin Scott, midfielder (Hibernian, loan), Mihael Kovacevic, defender (Zadar); Jon Bateson, defender (Macclesfield Town)

Out : Michael Gardyne, forward (Dundee United); Gary Miller, defender (St Johnstone); Johnny Flynn, forward (Falkirk); Steven Craig, forward (Partick Thistle, loan)


St Johnstone



In : Peter Pawlett, midfielder (Aberdeen, loan); Craig Beattie, forward (Hearts); Rowan Vine, forward (Queens Park Rangers); Tam Scobbie, defender (Falkirk); Gary Miller, defender (Ross County); Nigel Hasselbaink, forward (St Mirren); Gregory Tade, forward (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Jonny Tuffey, goalkeeper (Inverness Caledonian Thistle); Patrick Cregg, midfielder (Bury)

Out : Alan Maybury, defender (Hibernian); Francisco Sandaza, forward (Rangers); Jody Morris, midfielder (Bristol City); Carl Finnigan, forward (Dundee, loan made permanent); Marcus Haber, forward (Stevenage); Michael Hart, defender (Airdrie United); Mark Durnan, defender (Queen of the South); Peter Enckelman, goalkeeper (Hearts); Stevie May, forward (Hamilton, loan); Ricky McIntosh, midfielder (Montrose, loan); Scott Dobie, forward (York City); Sean Higgins, forward (Falkirk); Derek Riordan, forward. Loan ended - Cillian Sheridan, forward (CSKA Sofia); Lee Croft, midfielder (Derby County); Kudus Oyenuga, forward (Tottenham Hotspur); Willie Gibson, midfielder (Crawley Town); James Keatings, forward (Celtic); Jack Compton, midfielder (Falkirk)


St Mirren



In : Paul Dummett, defender (Newcastle United); Chris Smith, goalkeeper (Dunfermline Athletic); Grant Adam, goalkeeper (Rangers); Jon Robertson, midfielder (Cowdenbeath); Sam Parkin, forward (Queen of the South); Lewis Guy, forward (MK Dons)

Out : Jeroen Tesselaar, defender (Kilmarnock); Nigel Hasselbaink, forward (St Johnstone); Hugh Murray, midfielder (Partick Thistle); Steven Thomson, midfielder (Dover Athletic); Aaron Mooy, midfielder (Western Sydney Wanderers); Jon McShane, forward (Hamilton Academical, undisclosed); Alan Cairns, defender; Graeme Smith, goalkeeper; Frankie Owens, midfielder; David McAlinden, midfielder; Hashim Cole, defender; Ross Meechan, defender; Dominic Kennedy, defender; Adam McHugh, goalkeeper; Michael McKinven, goalkeeper; Kieran Wood, midfielder. On loan - Jason Naismith, defender (Morton); Sean Kelly, defender (East Stirlingshire)

[ihaveamullet]

Damn you, Hibby. I nearly sprayed my computer with my drink when I got to Hearts.

[andu]

Is that a massive exodus or just usual business?

[hibby1875]

Originally Posted by ihaveamullet

Damn you, Hibby. I nearly sprayed my computer with my drink when I got to Hearts.

Eh? I'm sure I have no idea what you're on about mate.

I suppose I could've posted Hearts new strip instead:

Originally Posted by andu

Is that a massive exodus or just usual business?

Looks like it doesn't it, I suppose for most clubs it is. With the exit of Rangers & the drop in TV money since - plus a general tightening of belts across the board for obvious financial reasons.

I'm glad of it, it means a knock-on effect of the increase in use of youth players - and not just on the bench as in previous seasons but actually playing in games. It also means less 'I'm just here for the wages & a shop window' types of players than usual. It also should be like that in Scotland, we're known for our cannyness after all!

To be fair Hibs have been one of the most active in bringing in new players/ loans but with Fenlon in his first full season in charge & some serious changes required after last season's shitfest I'll give us a break. Nice of me, eh?

[hammer]

In Paul Cairney, Hibs have made one of the best possible signings by a SPL club this summer. I´m sure he will be a hit among the fans from the word "go". Only problem is that he´ll probably end up at Celtic just like many other did before.


Haven´t Celtic signed an Algerian/French player this weekend?

[hibby1875]

Originally Posted by hammer

In Paul Cairney, Hibs have made one of the best possible signings by a SPL club this summer. I´m sure he will be a hit among the fans from the word "go". Only problem is that he´ll probably end up at Celtic just like many other did before.


Haven´t Celtic signed an Algerian/French player this weekend?

I agree about Cairney, looks a great player to enhance our midfield. Gary Deegan is a guy who is very similar in physique (both have the 'Dalglish erse' )& playing style too, good signing so far. It's a wee bonus that we signed Cairney from Partick, my wee mammy's team!

Regards the Celtic signing, it's still up in the air (in an entertaining way ) according to the Daily Reweedge.

[ihaveamullet]

When Wallace, Templeton and Black all got together like that I had a laugh myself.

Originally Posted by hibby1875

I'm glad of it, it means a knock-on effect of the increase in use of youth players - and not just on the bench as in previous seasons but actually playing in games. It also means less 'I'm just here for the wages & a shop window' types of players than usual. It also should be like that in Scotland, we're known for our cannyness after all!

I agree. With Boca and Goian going off on loan it means we'll be using some of our youngsters in the back 4. They've shown promise in the past and I'm glad they'll finally get some time in, even if it is in SFL3.