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Yeah very much so, hopefully some of the rise is on adult sales otherwise the sales related income could be down. But promising figures nonetheless

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I'll be honest and admit that other than a few glimpses for Newcastle a good few years ago, the only time I've watched him was in the checkatrade final at Wembley last season. If he brings that performance to fir park regularly then we have a very good player on our hands. If we could sign his ex teammate George Thomas too it would be a fantastic bit of business and the level of seethe from Coventry would be a joy to behold.

An opportunity to leave Ryan bowman down there?

Lol

The beaks are damned if they do and if they don't. It needed shaken up, and was, and I quite enjoyed it. Won't be everyone's cup of tea however

The first rumour is certainly gathering momentum. Haven't heard the second however

John ruddy was released because Norwich can no longer afford to pay his £37k a week wage. Not too far away from our total football wage bill I would imagine

He's been playing left back but is a more than capable centre half

Agree entirely. I'm sure Aberdeen fans will be miffed that when Reynolds was performing at his best he never got a look in. But now when he's regressed, significantly at that, he gets called up.

Sandy Bryson was in charge of player registrations at SFA a couple of years ago. Not sure what post or role he undertakes now. Would be surprised if he was passing on details of transfer fees, if indeed that's the case, to third parties if the information wasn't already in the public domain. Anyhow, more importantly, who is running the sweep for the number of players to be freed. I will hazard a guess at 8 first team players and 4 u20s.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Scottish championship?

Absolutely. The very same point I have been trying to make. If we can't tie him down to a new contract, and that looks unlikely, then we are not in a strong bargaining position

The st mirren player left for £200k plus add ons not £500k as you say. Big difference. Also st mirren would've been entitled to compensation if Mallon ran his contract down, and st mirren offered improved terms, which also protects the clubs interests, whereas we are not in that position. I'm not for a minute suggesting Mallan is better than moult, because he's not, but it's not a like for like comparison.

I'm not his biggest fan but he's decent. unfortunately (or fortunately) not there today so not going to start blaming players. Was he at fault for any of the goals like?

If, in the unlikely event he signs a new contract, we are in a better negotiating position. That's not up for debate. If he doesn't some English teams will be willing to take on a chance on a bosman next summer, rather than pay £500k for example on someone whose unproven at at that level. A lot of the championship money is going to Western Europe not the spfl.

There's no guarantee any offers are going to be over£500k. So if no one offers over £500k for him we refuse all other offers and let him go for nowt next summer ? The board can't dictate what someone is willing to offer. The only way we can maximise returns is by getting the player on a longer contract.

There's no way he going to Crystal Palace or similar standard if he's wanting to play. He's miles away from that standard. Realistically given he's only a year to go on his contract and little desire to extend the most we are likely to get us £500k and that's being a tad optimistic

They'll be offering much more in all likelihood

Absolutely - part of me hopes there's a change of plan and he's retained for next season but that's now very unlikely. His goals and assists are going to a major loss, more than people think. Cadden is unlikely to offer a similar attacking threat. I do recognise though that cadden offers more in other areas - that's not up for debate

Mchugh was a pretty good signing was he not? No more playing contracts for Keith - it would be a travesty, or a sacking offence, if he was signed again next season given we have mchugh and Campbell to play that very same position. We can't keep offering renewed contracts to legends well and truly past their sell by date.