RicoS321

I thought we played Celtic?

£1bn was just the first six months. £3.2bn would be the first five years, with total expected returns in the zillions, or more.

This pleases me

Nah, he was just trying a bit too hard in that deeper role, getting a bit excited. If he puts in that work rate and desire for the rest of the season he'll come good. I think we could be about to see another of his purple patches in the next couple of months.

I really liked Reynolds, it wasn't a criticism. Devlin was capped for Scotland. In my opinion, neither were as good as Considine, as they both struggled to advance the game as they weren't comfortable footballers (comparatively speaking, of course). Neither liked taking it in difficult positions, and both were very safe defenders in that they would put the ball out of play or punt it long more often than not. I probably shouldn't have said that I didn't rate Devlin, I meant that I didn't rate him in the way I would have Anderson or McKenna (and probably Milne actually). I didn't think he would have gone on to big things but for injury. He reached a good level and that was his level. Similarly Reynolds' peak was the Dons, which is no bad thing.

He might be twenty, but he's not got the athleticism to match even Jensen or Devlin. Devlin struggled by December last year and Jensen looked like he was struggling with the demands earlier this season until benched. There's a strong chance we play him through necessity until he gets injured.

I think we need to be asking some serious questions as to why this thread wasn't started sooner. The thread starters on this board, and I don't mean the newer posters, really need to take a look at themselves. Lobban has been excellent since coming in. Good on the ball, not afraid of a tackle and not afraid to try something going forward. Also good with both feet, as we saw with his cross that Lazetic should have buried in the second half last night. He's played a lot of football lately, and I wouldn't mind seeing him sit out a couple of matches before we run him into the ground. We play better with him in the team, which is become an issue in itself. Maybe let Devlin play wing back and put Dorrington in on Sunday. December is quite the schedule. The best thing about Lobban is that there are clear pathways to improvement for the lad, and they're all within his reach with a bit of work. He's not limited with his pace, one footedness, or a limited footballer, he's good in all areas, with room for improvement in his athleticism, strength and decision making which will all come naturally with game time and some hard work. He's got a high ceiling, in other words. I'd put it at higher than Barron, probably around the level of the other Judas cunt Jack, who got 20 Scotland caps (for reference, I think Milne is as good as McKenna on 47 caps). That's very good for a Dons player, and not underselling him. He could go further, of course. A couple of reasons. The assumption is that we look at positions, and identify those positions that we are unsure of the young player coming through and address in the transfer market (rather than going out and signing players that we think look really good for fear of missing out). Kjartansson might be a good example. If I were looking at our squad in the summer, I'd have probably been looking at the midfielders coming through and thinking that their ceiling (see above....pun) was a bit lower than requirement. To me, Marshall's ceiling, in the summer, looked like it would be the lower SPFL premier level (Bruce Anderson level, basically, not to be sniffed at). He may or may not have blown that out of the water with his Arbroath performances of course, which would be fantastic. By all accounts Kjartansson had been very impressive and had a much higher ceiling (maybe Ferguson), and that would have been the reasoning behind his signing. As we've seen with Lobban, the player needs to be physically ready to get up and down the park before we throw them in, so it could be that Marshall is physically ready but still not as good a footballer as Kjartansson who isn't (or it could just be a pish signing). The second reason is that for every development signing we make, we're losing our best development players via transfers out the way. I suspect that Lewis Pirie has, or had, a significantly higher ceiling than Bavidge for example.

In fairness, $180 might only be 60p by next summer once Trump invades Venezuela.

Or posting them a cheque smeared in shite.

Just back. Decent game, tireless performance and should have got something from it. Some sitters missed and a weak bit of defending. We pressed really high though and matched them all over the park. Going man for man was high risk but good to see. Their goal came from Devlin being high up on his man and tanking back in to cover for Milne who needs to be a bit better with his positioning. Earlier in the season, we'd have had the two defenders deep and probably dealt with it, but we'd have been passing it sideways and allowing them 80 yards of space all over the park. It's a worthwhile trade-off. Thought Aouchiche worked his arse off in there tonight (might have solved our midfield issue?), Armstrong outstanding for an hour and Lobban played like a seasoned pro. Was happy enough with the subs, I think Sunday has to be the priority. Yengi wasn't terrible, Milanovic was. Karlsson ineffective but generally worked hard. Mitov obviously pissed off with the disgusting besmirchment of his abilities on here recently and was top class - anyone questioning him should be flogged. Lazetic should be scoring tonight and has to be disappointed. Nisbet looked possessed when he came on. By a man with extremely heavy feet. His first five passes were hit at quadruple speed. You could see he really wanted to get involved, but everyone else was out on their arse (or Yengi or Milanovic).

I'm in the ground four minutes early. Full of flag holding cunts. Dinna ken fit tae dee wi masel.

Armstrong in midfield is pish, he needs to be further forward. Not just from the perspective of him being better further forward, but also the fact that we need him to be fit on Sunday and he'll have to cover a lot more ground playing deeper. It's an unnecessary risk on both counts. Wouldn't be surprised if he lost the ball trying to do something too intricate tonight, and then have to be taken off at halftime on Sunday because he's knackered!

I never rated him. He was a decent defender, but was poor on the ball. Considine was a much better all round player who was still getting underrated by our own support even at that point. Even without injury, I reckon Devlin would have struggled with us. About Ash Taylor level of fitba'r, but withoot the long legs and relative pace (bit harsh, perhaps, Devlin did read the game well, I'd probably put him just below Mark Reynolds who also struggled on the ball).

Why? Why do we need those UEFA cunts anyway? Just dee our own tournament. You get in touch with the lads at Real Madrid, and I'll speak to the Copenhagen boys and we'll get something up and running by the start of next year. Get the Russians back in for the away trip jeopardy.

Aye. That game will live long in the memory. Mikey Devlin completing ninety minutes.