Center Half

Ross Callachan from Hearts on his way I am hearing today

I can verify Tommy shook his hand,

As has been said before you do not need to park in the car park if you do not want/need to. we park in the car park as my old man is now 92, and to be honest even on Sunday we were out of the car park and our way in 30mins from kick off. What helped us on Sunday was we did not have to wait on the Police demanding all the Hibs supporter busses get away first as has been the case in the past with larger away supports, The pedestrian walk way has been mentioned and again to be honest we are now held up until that part is clear of pedestrians then basically drive right up to the top gate, on the occasions we are in the traffic lane I am not normally any quicker out so we now sit and wait our turn , There is no doubt and if it works like before when the gate is used to feed the traffic onto the A9 via the slip road it is a far quicker get away, Agree also the authorities and H&S are way overprotective now on traffic management on sports/concerts events yet the pre Christmas shopping rush sees probably more people and cars moving around the Asda/Tesco of this world for a more prolonged period of time yet they seem to manage without any serious incidents, maybe football fans are just becoming moaning, impatient, soft now a days?

It looks like Flood is heading to OZ , I just had a nightmare thought, nagging feeling that he would end up at us somehow

Mind Paul Hartley Cagey, you never Know!

Not having a go at all, just stating that we had 5 quality players that we could attract in the first place, and more importantly was able to keep on the budget we had, we have as you say now 4 players who are probably on the same level of salary so we are still one short in that argument yet we have no budget yet to get the last one in. It may well be not this summers transfer round that the problem but not getting players in previous years summer transfer rounds. The budget is what it is TW I am sure said he was aware and happy? with it earlier in the year so he must have known his limit.

That was my understanding it was the whole of England, It may work out for us to wait and see who is available, There will be around 20/27 Matty Willocks (age wise) down there that could be looking for game time finding the one good enough to improve our mid field is an other question though and a short term fix as well.

I agree Cagey but we never saw a real increase in numbers over the preceding 4/5 years even the cup win did not make a huge difference in upsurge, I do not do statistics so no doubt I will be proved wrong in this but it never felt to me we got any increase. We are now seeing just how good our core of players through the team had/has been and we were able to keep such a core on the budget we had at the time. Mannus , Fraz, Ando, Millar, Macca, just about half a team that we have not or are now needing to replace but I do not think we will get them on the budget we are working with, we will be dealing in the Floods, Kerrs of this world at this rate.

Shite crowds Cagey that is what is wrong, Falkirk are hitting 4K some weeks and were down in the relegation battle for a while last year for example! we are arguably on the best run in our history and we are scrambling to get 2K home fans.

Phew! another couple out the equation, we can still live in hope and speculate yet.

I would imagine the important thing from Man United and Willock point of view is the amount game time he gets, he/they might think he will get that at the fakes rather than us!

Mabey he did!, In my opinion if we are satisfied with that level now we will be in with the strugglers, Nothing against Liam at all lets be honest he was not a regular starter 3 years ago when he came back, the players on the field were performing better so he was on the bench/in the stand, he has not miraculously become a better player to now fill a starting role he is now a player who is possibly the best the manger has to fill that position. Hence my question is he playing that position until a suitable replacement is found/signed.

No Hate, just observation, Liam was struggling two seasons ago to be consistent at this level I do not think that will change this season. we need to be improving on the playing staff not regressing through sympathy I would think!

I assume Liam Craig is merely taking up a position just now until we sign the Left sided player, then Liam can sit in the stand and watch the game go on around him!

Gaz Whyte has signed for an English team today seemingly, wonder if that was cause we were out of the race due to signing Watt? probably see him in a couple of years time!

Heard today we are interested in Gaz Whyte Irish footballer, as usual there is other competition for him,

How would you go to Aberdeen then without Passing Saints home????????. Unless you stay/come from Scumdee area?

Paul Hartley was a winger who is 5ft 9in tall and was converted into a Scotland Internationalist midfielder by (I think) Billy Stark! Lawless is 5ft 7in and a winger he maybe could be converted to a midfielder by someone ( mabey even St johnstone if he is ever actually signed by us)? What then is so different or even not close being different???

Paul Hartley situation springs to mind here, !

Big Sam has it got it made though Hoodlum, Gets paid a few million to keep them up gets punted, has a 6 month break, first team to shit the bed about getting relegated next season from the premiership and they turn to Big Sam he goes in a few million bonus if he keeps them up, next summer "we all go round again" he's got it sussed just now!

RIP Buck.

So This new era has a gaping hole in the infrastructure already, if you do not want to play in the reserve league that is fine? Surely it should be mandatory if you want to be in the league set up for it to work! It may well be that not only Saints are not joining it and they end up with only a few suitors?

mmm! I hope Andrew Shinne is not classed as a winger?

Agree with Willock he is improving every game, Not sure about his history but thought someone mentioned his previous loans had not worked out to well possibly why he was allowed to come up here? So if he has shown progress in his time up here it may well be that Man U let him stay for another year if he is progressing/getting better! If they release him we could not compete with others that is a fact, however maybe the Lad would take a couple of years up here if he feels this is good place to get game time and experience and feels wanted/liked by the club. this would be a big sacrifice on wages on his part as he could get double/treble what we offer and be lost in the English league's 1/2 masses of failed young talent. The ideal scenario would be something like a 3/4 year deal a good percentage of a transfer fee to him and look to sell in two years time for maximum value, winners all round we get a name for giving these type of players a chance to play and improve their talents, and others like him will want to try it. There is always the argument we have seen others who have come up who were gash etc, but I am not sure many have had Willock Pedigree to be honest, maybe Abeid? I think he has better potential than Darnell Fisher had and he is carving out a reasonable career in the championship just now. Fingers crossed,

One more and we could be above well here I think. Edit Canny count still only two behind goal difference now .