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Jair Tavares on loan from Hibs looking likely, for extra width.

Rohan Ferguson saved two pens in the shootout as Larne went through to Conference League playoff, seeing off Balkani. Earned Larne just under 1 million Euro doing so.

Having watched Hale for Larne and Cliftonville over the past few seasons, I'd much rather have taken him than Murray. Forward thinking, pacy and never scores a bad goal. Can also be a bit of a shit-stirrer too.

It's got 1.5million views across X - maybe not SEO-savvy enough for YouTube but it's doing the numbers.

Good investment and decent marketing can do wonders for a club and i't s fanbase if done correctly. I moved to Larne 9 and a bit years ago and would go and see the town's football team regularly, who at the time were playing in the lower half of the NI second tier to around 100-150 fans every game, in a stadium that would be condemned by today's standard. Kenny Bruce of Purple Bricks came in and invested a substantial amount in 2017, and last season they won the NIFL Premiership. The investment has upgraded their ground to one of the best in the league in terms of pitch, facilities and social club, they've introduced an academy that's producing a great calibre of young player, have sold players to English Championship and Premiership teams and have become an attractive proposition for players from over the water. The biggest difference though is that the fan base, particularly the younger fans and families going along has increased massively and that's in huge part due to the focus that Bruce's investment has had on creating a community club. Their match the other week against Linfield was a sell out and their average home attendance for the season so far is 2100. The Belfast teams hate them. So whether it's the Wrexham model of high profile investor off the back of a viral video or someone with pockets deep enough to get the club out of a perceived mire and allow the club to bring the good times back like Larne have, money invested properly in the club will never do any harm.

To get out of the mire we're in and become a proactive, forward-thinking and ambitious club, we need to be prepared for, and accepting of, failures on the path to getting it right. If there was an affordable way of having someone come in with a magic wand and righting the ship immediately, we'd surely be en route to that already.

The response to us signing Theo Bair, on here and on socials has been embarrassing. It's one thing discussing opinions about the signings we should expect the club to be making in here and conversing about the pros and cons, but to be actively slating the lad in a thread that the club has tagged him in is absolute sociopath, incel behaviour. He might be good for us, he might be rotten for us, he might be somewhere in between. What's damn sure is that all the opinions expressed by the usual mouthpieces on here - before Bair has kicked a ball for us - will be doubled down on regardless. Absolute clowns.

If it's Moult, I'm not sure it's meant for us. For the longest time, Louis's Instagram profile pic was him in his Well top, I'm sure even as late as Saturday past. Changed to a family pic now.

Not far off it.

If true, would be a great addition to the back line. Was a standout at Ballymena before signing for Larne the season before last. Big, commanding centre half, decent on the ball and can only imagine his time at Palace has made him even better from when I watched him regularly. Also - looks nothing like his name suggests.

Going by the pre-season social media output this year, compared to the last few years, I'm expecting a claret away kit with white trim. Ally has been quite subtle over the past few years to match banners and font colours in the imagery used in pre-season to the upcoming kits.

That was the game v Aberdeen where Jim Leighton got attacked by the fan?

Is it possible that there's a pay/appearance clause in his loan deal? Going by TransferMarkt, he's featured in 19 league games, one more would take him to over half of the allotted 38 games for a standard Premiership season. As others have mentioned, he could have easily been subbed on for Spittal since Kettlewell has come in, but hasn't had a sniff - could it be more financial than fickleness?

Ryan has been great since coming in. His main strike partner Lee Bonis has really improved by having him beside him. I reckon we'll see Bonis in Scotland in the next 18 months - fast, physical and deadly in and around the box. Want has been colossal at the back as well, on track for the NIFL player of the season. The Crues game is on the iPlayer on Friday night so Ferguson and Gordon might be easily spotted with the Gibson Cup.

Rohan Ferguson and Shea Gordon on the cusp of winning the NIFL Premiership with Larne after beating Cliftonville last night. If Glentoran beat Linfield tonight, the league is the Invermen's. If not, then they need only a point away to Crusaders on Friday night to clinch it. The downside of it is that Larne's two most influential players this season are former Accies - Sean Want and Andy Ryan.