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Depends what you are looking for. Plenty of city centre hotels going from your standard Preimer Inns/Travellodges to the boutique type hotels out the Queens Road. Loads of decent bars in centre of town and really depends on if your looking for real ale type place or somewhere with younger crowd. Since Bairn was born lost track on restaurants not called McDonalds sadly but plenty of chain restaurants in Union Square that are always busy enough to suggest foods not terrible. If you let us know what sort of things you are looking for then sure someone will be able to help.

Spurs v Jimmys old team on TNT just now. Apparently Elfsborg have the lowest possession % of any team in the Europa league.

Dundee United being linked with Alan Campbell after his unsuccessful loan at Charlton. And Orlando will be here in 5….4…..3

Sold out the bottom deck apparently so shit run has not driven everyone away yet. Was hopping we would have a striker in by now but looking less likely we will get anyone in. Hopefully MacKenzie back so we can get him back in to left back and move Jensen into right back to rest Devlin who has looked knackered for last few weeks. Rubi is a difficult one. I don’t think it will do him any good if he is dropped but at the same time I am not sure exposing him to a support who were booing his every touch last week will do him much good either. As for Dorrington on the limited viewing of him I can see why Spurs didn’t play him even when he was one of only two fit centre backs on their books. Don’t think he looks anywhere near ready for games at our level let alone EPl. For that reason alone think we have to go with Rubi. Midfield I would go with one of Shinnie or Nilsen not both. Palaversa in with one of them with Clarkson in fromt of them. I would be tempted to switch Okkels and Keskinen round and have Keskinen on the left where he has played his best stuff for us. Okkels has looked very righted footed for a left winger and would like to see him on the right. Up front any one from Gueye, Duk or Nisbet and hope something works. In flat then 60 second stroll to ground away end 60 second stroll back to flat. 1-2 Clarkson and Okkels.

Hearts and Hibs allegedly interested in Jamie McGrath. Apologies for the source. Same article suggest we are still after a striker and another central defender. Another central midfielder is mentioned if we can get a few out.

I am guessing he is being let go as MacKenzie is here until the summer. Would be madness to go without any naturally left footed defenders in the team. I thought McGarry was defensively poor in most games. Looked a level below what we need.

McGarry confirmed as away.

Was he not the one where his old man was punting him round other clubs about 30 seconds after he signed for us as youth player.

Think it counts as cross border. There will be some compensation due but not a huge amount.

From what guys I know who support Motherwell say I hope not. Eye bleeding shite was one of their more positive comments on his style of play.

Has Akindileni not just turned 17? Think most would have questioned a 17 year old playing at centre back regularly. As an aside this does highlight an issue where English clubs are targeting players coming out of Scottish clubs academy sides that seems to be increasing again. This will be second player we have lost to English Championship teams in last year.

Seen suggestions that he quit because his family was taking abuse from supporters.

Fans had turned on him and wanted him out but you would think he would wait for pay off rather than quit. Suggests he might have an alternative offer.

Got to think that means Mackenzie is not leaving in this window as would leave us with no left footed defenders at the club.

Quiet day at work Rico? I do agree that not having the technical director in place is maybe starting to look a little odd now and was something that should have been done before manager was hired. In Germany it is the technical/sporting director that drives the club policy and ethos and he is the man responsible for getting in the coach to work towards achieving that. Technical director should also be involved in setting recruitment policy. I doubt we are scouting a lot of these players. I suspect they are identified off the analytics only rather than a combination of both. For example I cannot believe anyone went and watched Ambrose and thought he would do a job in our league. We seem to be signing a combination of players already known to the manager or players whose stats tick a box. Transfers this window do not seem to have been focused on areas of greatest need.

It’s a horrible position to be in needing these blue bigots to win. It’s also embarrassing that a team as bad as they are is going to finish 2nd. They are piss poor.

I don’t think we will get Cameron either. No problem going for either but they are long shots and we need to have others lined up to bring in if this fails. Time to go for Cameron was last summer when there might have been less competition.

Out of contract at end of May. I am guessing there will be far bigger clubs than us interested who will offer much higher wages.

That was a disgrace today. We offered very little going forward and getting beat defensively the same way every week with long ball over the top. For first time I am seriously questioning the manager. He needs to adjust his systems to players he has rather than keep trying to fit square pegs into round holes.

Could be the shoulder injury is part of the reason he hasn’t been performing rather than him downing tools like folk have been suggesting.

With more injuries in midfield being confirmed today do we need to consider getting someone in as well as the much needed striker.

Jimmy saying Polvara has had an injury set back and will be out for a while.

Aye was going to say that injury probably blows any chance of getting a fee for him now.

McGrath has shoulder injury and out for the next few months.

For those unfortunate enough to rely on public transport it looks like there will be no trains before midday tomorrow.