Aberdeen

IN:

 

OUT:

Scott Severin, midfielder (Watford);

Jamie Smith, midfielder;

Lee Mair defender (St Mirren)

 

Celtic

IN:

Lukasz Zaluska, goalkeeper (Dundee Utd);

Marc-Antoine Fortune, forward (Nancy £3.8m);

Landry N'Guemo, midfielder (Nancy, loan);

Daniel Fox, defender (Coventry, undisclosed)

 

OUT:

Shunsuke Nakamura, midfielder (Espanyol);

Bobo Balde, defender;

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, forward;

Paul Hartley, midfielder (Bristol City);

Scott Cuthbert, defender (Swindon, £100,000)

 

Dundee United

IN:

Danny Cadamarteri, forward (Huddersfield);

Jennison Myrie-Williams, forward (Bristol City);

Steve Banks, goalkeeper/coach (Hearts);

Andy Webster, defender (Rangers, loan);

Damian Casalinuovo, forward (Platense, undisclosed)

 

OUT:

Lukasz Zaluska, goalkeeper (Celtic);

Sean Fleming, midfielder (Montrose);

Gordon Pope, defender (Montrose);

Fraser Milligan, defender (Montrose);

Michael McGovern, goalkeeper (Ross County);

Danny Grainger, defender (St Johnstone, undisclosed)

Falkirk

IN:

Brian McLean, defender (Motherwell);

Ryan Flynn, midfielder (Liverpool, loan);

Marc Twaddle, defender (Partick Thistle, undisclosed);

Alex MacDonald, midfielder (Burnley, loan);

Danijel Marceta striker (Partizan Belgrade, loan)

 

OUT:

Michael Higdon, forward (St Mirren);

Kevin McBride, midfield (Hibernian);

Steve Lovell, striker;

Patrick Cregg, midfielder (Hibernian);

Dani Mallo, goalkeeper

 

Hamilton Accies

IN:

Marvin Andrews, defender (Raith Rovers)

 

OUT:

Chris Swailes, defender (Gateshead);

Kenny Deuchar, forward (St Johnstone);

Rocco Quinn, midfielder (Queen of the South);

Derek Asamoah, forward,

Stephen Ettien, forward;

Brian Easton, defender (Burnley £350,000),

James McCarthy, midfielder (Wigan £1.2m);

Joel Thomas, forward (Colchester £125,000)

 

Hearts

IN:

Ian Black, midfielder (Inverness);

Jesus Manuel Santana Abreu, forward (Tenerife);

Dawid Kucharski, defender (Lech Poznan);

Ismael Bouzid, defender (Ankaragucu); 

David Witteveen. striker (Red Bull Salzburg)

 

OUT:

Robbie Neilson, defender (Leicester);

Christos Karapidis, defender (Omonia Nicosia);

Bruno Aguiar, midfielder (Omonia Nicosia);

Steve Banks, goalkeeper (Dundee Utd)

Hibernian

IN:

Patrick Cregg, midfielder (Falkirk);

Daniel Galbraith, forward (Manchester Utd);

Kevin McBride, midfielder (Falkirk)

 

OUT:

Rob Jones, defender (Scunthorpe United);

Grzegorz Szamotulski, goalkeeper;

Denes Rosa, midfielder;

Fabian Yantorno, midfielder;

Damon Gray, forward;

Andrew McNeil, goalkeeper;

Steven Fletcher, forward (Burnley £3m);

Alan O'Brien, forward (Swindon);

Rob Jones, defender (Scunthorpe, undisclosed)

 

Kilmarnock

IN:

Graeme Owens, midfielder (Middlesbrough)

 

OUT:

Allan Johnston, forward,

David Lilley defender (Queen of the South),

Willie Gibson, midfielder (Dunfermline),

Grant Murray defender (Raith Rovers);

Scott Anson, forward (Annan Athletic)

 

Motherwell

IN:

Michael Fraser, goalkeeper (Inverness);

Steve Jennings, midfielder (Tranmere);

Chris Humphrey, forward (Shrewsbury);

Giles Coke, midfielder (Northampton);

John Ruddy, goalkeeper (Everton)

 

OUT:

Stephen Hughes, midfielder (Norwich),

Graeme Smith, goalkeeper (Brighton);

Bob Malcolm, midfielder (Brisbane Roar);

Brian McLean, defender (Falkirk);

Steven Coutts, goalkeeper (Montrose);

David Clarkson, forward (Bristol City, undisclosed);

Paul Quinn, defender (Cardiff, undisclosed)

 

Rangers

IN:

 

OUT:

Christian Dailly, defender;

Brahim Hemdani, midfielder;

Dean Furman, midfielder (Oldham);

Graeme Smith, goalkeeper (St Johnstone);

Andy Webster, defender (Dundee Utd, loan);

Barry Ferguson, midfielder (Birmingham £1.2m)

 

St Johnstone

IN:

Kenny Deuchar, forward (Hamilton);

Dave MacKay, defender (Livingston);

Murray Davidson, midfielder (Livingston);

Graeme Smith, goalkeeper (Rangers);

Danny Grainger, defender (Dundee Utd, undisclosed)

 

OUT:

Steven Doris, midfielder (Arbroath);

Kevin James, defender (Ayr United)

 

St Mirren

IN:

Lee Mair, defender (Aberdeen);

Michael Higdon, striker (Falkirk);

Paul Gallacher, goalkeeper (Dunfermline)

 

OUT:

Jim Hamilton, forward (Partick Thistle);

Ryan McCay, defender;

Will Haining, defender;

Marc McAusland, defender (Queen of the South),

Gary Mason, midfielder;

Franco Miranda, defender

 

That makes depressing reading.  Wtf are we playing at? 

 

We only had about half a dozen defenders last season, 2 of them have moved on.....Milne and Miller get it fucking sorted.

That makes depressing reading.  Wtf are we playing at? 

 

We only had about half a dozen defenders last season, 2 of them have moved on.....Milne and Miller get it fucking sorted.

But equally has anybody actually strengthened their team?

Probably St Mirren and St Johnstone, and maybe Celtic.

Everyone else is weakened just as badly, if not more so, than us.

(It's just that we started from quite a low base with our defence)

Calm the heid, CtS. Look more closely at that list.

 

Only Hearts and St Johnstone have taken in more players than they've released.

 

Hibs, despite gaining £3m from the sale of Fletcher, have lost their most creative midfielder AND their captain, along with six others. In the process, they've gained two Falkirk rejects.

 

Rangers haven't taken in anybody yet either, despite losing half a team.

 

Hamilton?! They've lost EIGHT players whilst gaining a very old and decrepid Marvin Andrews who was probably at his best nine years ago. We're actually in not bad shape considering what's going on around us.

I personally don't give a rats arse about other teams, it worries me we haven't made a signing yet and have yet to address our critical defensive problem. I'm not overly concerned about the rest of the team, in comparison to our defence at least, we really need to get a decent partner for Zander and a right back.

I personally don't give a rats arse about other teams, it worries me we haven't made a signing yet and have yet to address our critical defensive problem. I'm not overly concerned about the rest of the team, in comparison to our defence at least, we really need to get a decent partner for Zander and a right back.

 

Absolutely spot on, who gives a flying fuck about what Falkirk and Hamilton are doing?  We should be concerned first and foremost with Aberdeen - and there is gaping hole in our defence that needs to be filled quickly.

 

We should also be concerned with what the teams around us are doing, and while I'm not going to pretend I know too much about some of their signings, at least Hearts and Utd have freshened up their squads. I'm casting an envious eye towards Tannadice in particular after their capture of Webster, who I think will make them a vastly stronger team next season.

The point I was getting at CtS was Hibs and Hamilton are two of the few clubs who've actually received a bit of cash from outgoing players this summer, and they've both reduced their squad sizes so far.

 

But the summer transfer window is a LONG LONG way off being closed, so aside from the preliminary Europa League rounds, we've got plenty of time to get players onboard. I'm nae panicking. The only real asset we've lost this summer is Severin because he was comfortable in defense AND midfield, and could rattle in a few timely goals when he could be bothered too. At least he's not gone to another SPL side!

 

Smith was out injured for too long for us to really miss him. And Mair. Well, none of us were too fussed when he moved to St Mirren, were we? So really ... the only player that's left who we're going to miss is Severin. One capable defender in, and we should be sorted.