07 Nov 2026 04:07:54
Hypothetical post for some discussion.
If Chermiti was fit and in form, how would this alter everyone's starting XI?
We're settled just now with Naderi and Kelsy, but curious to gather everyone's thoughts on how the team would look if Chermiti was back and firing.
For me, he needs to start but I'm not sure who gets sacrificed or if a couple of players from other positions would drop out to accommodate a different shape.
07 Nov 2026 05:10:40
Personally I think our forward player would be built around Chermiti so he starts for me. I'm honestly not sure we would have signed Kelsy if Chermiti was fit and staying.
07 Nov 2026 08:00:37
Totally agree with you Dado 👍If Chermiti hadn't been injured i don't think we would have signed Kevin kelsy, unless we sold Chermiti and for me Chermiti back to his fitness and best i feel would be our no.1 striker and it would then be a case of which other striker McInnes chooses to partner Chermiti 🤔🇬🇧.
07 Nov 2026 08:27:50
Is it the whole season Chermiti is out for or is there any chance of getting him back for the run in?
07 Nov 2026 08:57:20
I have a feeling that McInnes would start with Chermiti or Shankland and Naderi or Kelsy.
Chermiti and Shankland are both more natural at dropping deep. Naderi is more natural at running the channel and leading the press. Kelsy prefers to play on the last defender.
07 Nov 2026 09:01:42
Agree, a 100% fit Chermiti starts - and Kelsy probably drops to the bench.
One interesting thing to note though - Kelsy has a knack of scoring those easy chances which Chermiti tends to miss 🤔.
07 Nov 2026 09:17:03
One of the three strikers will leave in summer so don't think the argument will come to fruition , can see big Kelsey getting better and bettter for us right enough.
07 Nov 2026 12:28:03
Coopers dad you are probably correct there, but in the spirit of the game let's assume they're all fit and available 😂.
07 Nov 2026 13:04:00
Kelsy and Naderi are getting goals week in week out something Chermiti for all his spectacular goals at times, failed to do . If he was replacing anybody it would be Kelsy and he has started well enough to keep his place .
07 Nov 2026 13:36:13
Wsl, something that's been repeated on here many times - Chermiti best mins per goal ratio in the league last season. Unfair to say he failed to do it, 15 goals and 5 assists over 1, 981mins, the equivalent of 22 full 90 min games.
07 Nov 2026 14:01:30
All our cf's are fit, Chermiti is the 1st in our team, Imo, can't see us having Naderi or Kelsy once he's fit again, would love it if we do, think one could be sold next summer, and Kelsy wouldn't have been signed if Chermiti wasn't ruled out for a season, but so glad he was, we are so strong in the centre forward department now.
07 Nov 2026 16:03:07
Souness , Chermiti didn't score a goal in the first few months and his 15 goals came in about 5 or 6 games .In the rest he missed sitter after sitter , in fact all the type of chances the current pair are scoring. During the split I think I'm right in saying he didn't score at all until a hat trick in a meaningless game at Falkirk .
So I'll stick with my opinion that Chermiti failed to do it on a game by game basis. He had some really great games but failed to turn up in lots of others.
07 Nov 2026 17:21:47
Wsl littered with the usual
Inaccurate info.
07 Nov 2026 17:55:23
For accuracy.
• ⚽ 1 Goal vs. Kilmarnock F. C. (20 October 2025)
• ⚽⚽ 2 Goals vs. Celtic F. C. (3 January 2026) – Including his famous Goal of the Season overhead kick
• ⚽⚽⚽ 3 Goals vs. Heart of Midlothian F. C. (15 February 2026) – His first professional hat-trick
• ⚽⚽ 2 Goals vs. Falkirk F. C. (12 April 2026)
• ⚽ 1 Goal vs. Motherwell F. C. (26 April 2026)
• ⚽⚽ 2 Goals vs. Heart of Midlothian F. C. (4 May 2026)
• ⚽⚽⚽ 3 Goals vs. Falkirk F. C. (16 May 2026) – His second hat-trick against them
He signed on the 1st if September, so 7 weeks fir his first goal.
07 Nov 2026 18:14:00
Well done fork , I could not be bothered correcting him.
Your detail is very accurate, thanking you.
07 Nov 2026 18:15:28
* should say 2nd hat trick of the season*.
07 Nov 2026 18:25:16
No worries bud 👍.