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Are you suggesting the ONLY LCB we could sign, in world football, with our new improved Director of Football and Head of Recruitment was a young player on loan from a team in the same league, that our manager had previously made attempts to sign from the League of Ireland?? The addition of Maddison in your example, is a red herring. Maddison, Lowe, and Hector all improved us with no limitation on playing time and in no way benefitted a direct rival. The Christie loan arguably cost us 2 cup wins. He was unavailable for the final in 2017 when he, given the chances we created, (I'd imagine) would have taken at least one. Then he went back to Celtic, after playing regularly for us and developing into a better player, scored the winner in the League Cup Final in 2018. What if Scales plays well for us, we make the Scottish Cup Final, and we end up with Bates and Gallagher at CB against the tims. Or points dropped against them due to the makeshift defence in 4 games costs us a European spot? Then after he plays well for us for a season, he goes back and costs us more points or makes challenges or clearances that knock us out of another cup competition. Even just gets sold for double what they paid for him, benefitting them financially. The alternative is he's absolute pish and we're stuck with a bombscare at LCB or playing a RCB out of position. Like Rico, I'd rather Considine, but given we've now 3 RCB's why not Considine and A.N.Other. Either risky free signing or young loanee from a different league that we have the option to, or possibility of signing. It clearly wasn't one or the other. Any new player carries commensurate risk (keeping a known, experienced player such as Considine reduces that) but signing someone outhwith our league, at least, reduces the potential to benefit rivals at our expense.

I won't make a habit of posting my articles on here, but decided to start an Aberdeen blog. Gives me a bit more freedom to write what I like than I get in the day job. Anyway, pored over Anthony Stewart and Liam Scales performances last season, compared them to Gallagher and Bates, put two and two together and got three. https://ullevi83.substack.com/p/do-aberdeens-new-signings-suggest

Ally Begg with a barely recognisable Hans Gillhaus

Definitely sounds promising

Pretty happy with thst one to be honest going by the reaction of Wycombe fans to his departure. JG building from back to front. Don't wish to get greedy but could fo with a couple of forwards soon.

On the subject of William McIlvanney I have just finished reading the new Laidlaw book. Interesting as in it goes back to the start and is his first case. Also McIlvanney passed away whilst in the middle of writing it, so Ian Rankin actually finished it. Very decent read in keeping with the other three books in the series. Definitely recommended