Derek McInnes and Aberdeen have already begun to make decisions for the start of next season and due to this several changes around the club are being put into place. As ever at this time of year hard decisions have to be made regarding the team for the coming season and with that some people will be let down and let go.
The first team have experienced several changes obviously with Alan Tate returning to Swansea, yet three players have not been offered new deals at Pittodrie. Nicky Weaver, Josh Magennis and Scott Vernon will be on their way out in the coming days after it was announced that the manager was not going to be offering them a new contract. It is almost sad to see both the strikers go after such a long time at the club as they have emerged as almost cult heroes during their time here. Vernon contributed 43 goals to Aberdeen during his time at the club and i am sure he will be missed more as a character than a player as he did suffer some criticism in his time, rightfully or wrongfully deserved? I will leave that up to you. Magennis has also been another player who has been a bigger character than he has been a player and as each season has passed has never really come into his own, as far as goal scoring is concerned. He has been far too inconsistent in a red shirt and that is something that McInnes does not tolerate as seen with the likes of Wylde. The probable idea for Josh to go on loan to St Mirren was to prove how he is capable of competing at this level, but he did not score a single goal with his spell at the Buddies and that will have been the reason he has not been given a new deal.
Weaver made only two appearances for the Dons, one of those being as a substitute against Celtic. Nobody can doubt what a good keeper he is as you only have to look at his career but he was never really given a chance in an Aberdeen shirt, purely down to Langfield's superb form this season.
I personally as an Aberdeen fan wish all three of the above players well in their future careers and hope Magennis and Vernon can find a good club that they can settle into and score goals regularly.
The youth team have been experiencing some changes also with five players on their way out of the club including their coach Neil Cooper. Craig Burns, Scott Rumsby, Stephen O'Neill, Mathew McMahon and Alan O'Sullivan will all be departing from Pittodrie. Hopefully all goes well for them in their future careers. Their coach Neil Cooper will also be leaving Aberdeen and thanks has to go to him for putting in so much time and effort to the youth squad.
It is clear that again McInnes is not mucking about and has cleared room for the arrival of some new faces, maybe, perhaps? We may be seeing some new people arriving into the club sooner rather than later as McInnes will have that early start in Europe on his mind.
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