Slim

All those bodies in the box but no-one picking up the boy standing on the pen spot.

It was a similar philosophy we used when it came to goalkeepers like Mark Howard, Scott Brown, Derek Soutar, etc. "He's done nothing to deserve being dropped" which means we're left waiting for the inevitable to happen, usually at the worst possible time. Hopefully I'll have some humble pie to eat in 2 hours.

When they came up with that idea, what was the time frame they had in mind for this re-organisation? If they didn't foresee a tough teething period when they appointed Cathro and bought into his vision for the club, they're idiots.

We seem to be passing rings round them with the ball on the deck, I'd like to see us try to play the ball out of defence a bit more, the O'Connor punt to McLean isn't really working, just gives away possession too cheaply.

Not on Premier Sports?

Looked a much better team when Stockley went off so we were forced to keep the ball on the deck and stretch them with pace.

I'm not sure letting Logan take set pieces ahead of Christie is a particularly good idea.

Not looking forward to this match at all.

You'd think if we're paying a decent whack of money for a 26 year old, we'd get him on a longer contract than 2 years. Not a huge fan, but here's hoping he proves me wrong.

Hopeful of getting someone else in by the registration deadline tonight.

He was in talks with Grimsby before we swooped.

His age doesn't bother me too much as he seems the sort to look after himself. Davie Weir strolled it in this league well into his late 30's and Russell Anderson didn't do too badly either despite being made of chocolate in his later years. I'd stick to a 1 year contract though.

We'll be on next week then, aye?

We tend to play with a front 4: Rooney, someone behind Rooney and 2 wingers. If we have taken in Christie, Maloney, Stewart and are targeting the signing of another winger on top of that (as per McInnes), you'd think if McLean stays then he'll find himself playing a bit deeper. When he played deeper last season to accommodate Maddison, he was largely ineffective. If he is willing to sign a new contract then great, but if not, we need to sell now and use the funds to sign a high quality defensive midfielder to either allow Shinnie to move back to left back or play instead of Tansey if he's not up to it. I think Christie is more likely to find himself out wide with Maloney playing behind Rooney.

I'd replace him with Christie or Maloney, both are better through the middle.

It's straight out of Mark McGhee's "it's nae my fault, whit do you expect me to do?" book of shite excuses.

Tommy Wright happily saying that every team in the EL qualifiers are better technically than his team. I'd be embarrassed if he was our manager coming out with stuff like that.

He fairly fucked up there, turning down a 3 year contract with Hibs and ending up at the Pikeys.

Rightly or wrongly, the bottom line is that the club's revenue is going to be reduced because the people at the club who are paid to maximise merchandising revenue failed to predict that a blue away kit would not be popular with the majority of our supporters. The fact that we may have worn a blue away kit before most of our supporters were born doesn't make it any better of an idea. A plain generic white kit straight out of the Adidas team wear catalogue would sell better than this, it just doesn't make any sense that it would get to the stage of it being produced and stocked without someone along the chain of approval asking "are you fucking mental?"

They can't meet Norwich's asking price of £1.2m for Graham Dorrans which is in the ballpark of what I'd want for McLean. They keep offering less money payable in installments, and there's no way I'd be giving them fuckers credit terms. If he has to go there, it's money up front or no deal. And even if they weren't insolvent, we shouldn't be helping our direct rivals better manage their budget while they take one of our best players.

Jesus Christ

Andrew Shinnie struggled to get a game for Hibs in the 1st Division, not sure that makes him good enough for us.

I don't think it's Souness. To be the biggest Hun, you'd need to view being a Hun as the pinnacle of your career and hang around them like a bad smell for the rest of your days despite not having any employment connection to them. Souness didn't hesitate to fuck off to Liverpool and doesn't really involve himself in giving sound bites to the Daily Record on the latest shambles going on inside Snake Mountain. Detestable cunt but easily out-hunned by John Brown and Andy Goram who tick every box, especially the looking like a Hun box.

Just what you want on your first day, your new boss telling everyone about your weaknesses.

I wouldn't touch Stevie May unless it was a loan deal with a fixed price 1st option to buy. It's at least 2 years since he's shown any kind of good form. As he's failed at 2 English clubs (as harsh as that may sound) I don't think he'll have any kind of resale value in the same way that there's been very little interest in Adam Rooney despite his scoring record for us. If we had signed Rooney direct from ICT and he had the same scoring record, English Championship clubs would have been banging on our door with 7 figure offers.