Kyle

Yep. Was a two minute conversation and then a courtesy from the former club, it's never a problem unless you just actively don't do it.

We will need another goalie if that Sinclair moon boot injury is serious. Very restricted in who would join us at this stage though, they'd be coming to sit on the bench because as you say, Steward is here to play. if we're persisting with the 4-3-3, 6 centre mids might be about right? Especially as Simo wants 2 players for each starting position. I agree though, it's overkill and probably also Franczak's strongest position. I'd rather we focussed efforts on getting a starting quality wide player as the options there just don't do it for me currently.

I saw that in the hyperlink too. Suspect Scott Burns being asked about him specifically probably forced the courier's hand.

Some wild cards on that front are fine but I'll be very concerned if we don't bring in some players with experience in the championship. It's a unique league. if we're looking at 20 outfield players as the squad then 3 or 4 of those types might be ok. Other than McClelland (who played 6 games) I don't think we have anyone right now with experience in that league that aren't transfer listed? Maybe Holt but that's a long time ago.

4 points clear of County and their last game before the split is against Rangers. Bit of a free hit for us against Kilmarnock next week as I don't see Rangers dropping points in that one. Massive win. Mitov pulled out some excellent saves in the second half and Sidibeh was terrific too. That goal against Dundee has done his confidence the world of good as he looks a real threat in front of goal and a general nuisance in the build up.

This for me is where pretty much all of our problems stem from and it's seeped into the players and the club. I think Maclean tried to shift that in his brief spell in charge (but wasn't a good manager) and Levein has given it steroids. I backed Levein's appointment as felt we needed a steadying hand and a fresh start. Being honest I feel like I'm watching Callum Davidson's team during the 10 game losing run all over again so whilst I think it was probably the right type of appointment in terms of experience, it's probably not the right individual. If the club don't want to see a massive drop in season ticket sales then I think they'll have to get rid of Levein. People are disgruntled enough with VAR, awful football since the double (and even the season we won the double we only scored 9 home goals) and other factors, I think the football on display currently and the prospect of another year of that will be the final straw for a lot of people.

We got Gallacher for free but with a big sell on (LAUGH OUT LOUD), and Bolton couldn’t believe their luck that they were getting shot of Crawford so he was free too I think. Fees in your next post aren’t quite right but the overall amount isn’t far off, think it may be slightly more overall.

Not signing a player because they’re too good for you. I’ve heard it all now, honestly.

RandomGuy has explained previously what he was doing for the club, I don’t think he needs to tell the whole story again (unless of course he wants to) RandomGuy’s version of events tie in to what I’d heard previously. Very much a team effort but Davidson always had the final say on who we spoke to and then ultimately who we signed. Some of the players the manager brought to the table were signed, some of Grieves were too. I don’t think we’ll ever be any the wiser who’s responsible for what signing (although you can probably make educated guesses based where some of the players were sourced from). It’s all academic now anyway, Davidson is still here, Grieve is away. We’ll see soon enough if Davidson can muster up a good window this summer without Grieve’s help (a solid if unspectacular start with the 2 signings made already, in my opinion). Whatever happened, the appointment clearly didn’t work in the way any of us hoped it would. Wright always talked about wanting a head of recruitment, so maybe Grieve just came a bit too late to have the kind of impact that he could’ve had under different stewardship.

Hamilton Is out of contract so if that is true, I doubt the two are linked.

Pretty much. No live Sky games available I don't think.

He played quite a few times in his first season. I'd say he'll have 10+ appearances for us, although he looked pretty finished when he did.

Davidson will have had leverage in the contract negotiation. No doubt it's been agreed he'll get to add players if he is to take on the job. We look light on numbers in midfield so I suspect that's where the new bodies will be added.

Wow. Looks like we have someone very ITK.

Motherwell have also signed Jordan White from ICT apparently but haven’t announced it. I really can’t understand why people are getting so uppity about us not ‘officially’ announcing the Rooney signing. He’s done an interview confirming it, Wright confirmed he’d signed in an interview, Cleland had a full article about him in the Courier last week, and chairman said he’d signed in yesterday’s PA. Its clearly happening/happened.