Think we'll see him start on the left in the upcoming window.
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Think we'll see him start on the left in the upcoming window.
Seems to be back to his St. Mirren form/confidence, so why not. No telling how long this Aberdeen streak will go on for, but the fixtures have been very kind to a new setup and they're taking full advantage of it.
Doesn't seem to be many out there playing games and making a claim for it early season. He's probably our most inform forwardish/attacking player with the most match minutes under his belt coming in to the internationals as things stand. Sammy also having a solid goals/minute ratio at a higher level, but far less game time and he'll be central behind a striker you'd imagine. I think Jamie can play both roles, I guess Knight might be his direct competition until Johnston plays some football. I'm probably forgetting someone obvious.
2 assists in a draw v Celtic today, Gav Molloy playing again as well. They're still joint top!
McGrath was excellent but Molloy didn’t great game, or at least made two bad mistakes.
McGrath’s through ball for Aberdeen’s opener was lovely, though made easier by a suicidally loose high line by Celtic. The pass exposed Scales in the middle, with Trusty and Valle both well wide of him and full backs nowhere in sight. Scales made amends a couple of minutes later with a goal saving block tackle. Celtic totally lost the plot for 10-15 mins at this stage.
Aberdeen nearly had a third after a goal was ruled out by VAR for a handball nobody had seen or appealed for in real time, all from a well-delivered corner by McGrath.
Celtic then got a grip on the game again and came really close several times in a crazy 11 minutes of added time. Idah connected well with a corner but headed it straight at the keeper. He also had a header narrowly wide and a header rightly disallowed. Celtic had shots saved and cleared off the line and had a penalty rightly denied as the foul took place about 2 inches outside the box. Really entertaining game.
He's a good SPFL player and on form deserves his squad place with Ireland. But I cannot see him ever making much of a difference. We have too many players who are nearly good enough.
Missed a penalty v Rangers tonight, but they still won 2-1. That's a pretty huge result. Celtic in the cup next. I assumed their season might tail off right about now with playing Celtic x2 and Rangers in quick succession between league and cup, but so far so good!
Lost 6! 6-0 to Celtic in the cup today. A real statement result there. Didn't see the game, but the 2 lads started as usual. Scales and Idah also got on for the last while when the game was more than over.
Be interesting to see how Aberdeen react to this, some winnable games up next in the league or is this where it all goes wrong?
An amazing change in Aberdeen's fortunes lately - after starting the season with 16 wins and a draw (away to Celtic) in their first 17 games in all competitions, they bounced back from the 6-0 defeat in the previous post to win 4-1 against Dundee, but since then it's three points in eight games, and they're losing at home to Ross County this afternoon.
A bit of regression to mean from that great start was always to be expected - but not quite that bad!
Going to be out for a few months with a shoulder injury
https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/01/24/inj...jamie-mcgrath/
Has signed a pre contract with Hibs ahead of a summer move.
I always thought that you could only sign a pre contract agreement with a club outside of the country? Is that a thing of the past or am I remembering it wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
that's a premier league / football league specific thing afaik...Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I must have played too much in the English leagues on Championship manager so :)Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
there's a date in May after which an english club can approach another team's player, it's also the time where an u24 has to be offered an extension, which entitles the club to compensation if he leaves on a free (everton famously lost out on £4m by not offering him an extension in writing by the date, just a verbal offer).
i think it's pretty common in other countries that deals are agreed around this time of year within the league. can remember examples up north, in scotland, germany, spain, italy. i saw this article a month ago which portrayed the north are some kind of outlier but you only have to think about Lewandowski's transfer from Dortmund to Bayern (signed January 4th) to have an obvious example of what's the norm
Bit of a strange move, no? Not sure if it even is sideways.
Looking like SPL is his ceiling.
Pre-contracts are common in Scotland anyway. Hibs offered him a four year contract which Aberdeen couldn't match, so he's going to Edinburgh. Not a bad city to move to in fairness.
McGrath is a strange one, has always looked really good in Scotland, hasn't looked out of place in his Ireland caps, yet doesn't seem to be able to hack it at any sort of decent level in England. Have to say as a Hibs fan I'm delighted with the signing though - we usually sign complete crap.
It's a 4 year deal that sees him through until he's almost 33. That might explain it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Exactly this, at this stage of his career he knows hes not going to play for Real Madrid and its about getting job security for few years. Fair play to himQuote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
McGrath finds himself in an unusual situation at the end of the Scottish season. He has signed a pre-contract at Hibs and will join them this summer from his current club, Aberdeen. Hibs finished third in the league and as things stand will be playing group stage European football next season. So far, so good for Jamie.
However, the one thing that can stop that happening now is if his current club, Aberdeen, who finished down in fifth, beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final next weekend. If that happens they will take the guaranteed group stage spot away from Hibs. McGrath is highly likely to be playing in that game, his last for Aberdeen. Celtic will start as red hot favourites, but there is a possibility that McGrath could end up denying himself a European run if he plays well for Aberdeen next weekend.