Spiderpig

I watched both of their playoff games and Lafferty was anonymous for 180 mins he hardly touched the ball, I was all for signing him in January but now I would avoid him, I would rather we used the money to offer Cole an enhanced contract it would be better spent.

It's another Motherwell strip, no radical differences from any of the last few, why the club feels the need to change strips every year or two and basically all you get is a different collar or a extra bit of white here and there ,a band that goes all the way round or another dodgy sponsors logo is beyond me. I'm long past the age for buying strips but for me the constant kit changes just rip off the fans that do buy them and pressure them into having that seasons model, No doubt there will be another Goal keepers top, away kit and training wear to buy as well, all unsurprisingly similar to last seasons range.

It's impossible to compare the abilities of players of different eras as the game has changed so much . With keepers that's even more so, today's balls are much lighter, travel faster, move in the air a lot more than the lumps of leather McRae and Rennie had to deal with. As you get older and are lucky enough to have seen McRae and Rennie play you thought they were great but then when you see the likes of Randolph,Ruddy, Djikstra, Thompson, etc and now Kelly and Carson, you realise the modern era keepers are every bit as good But as I said a direct comparison is Impossible so for me they were all great keepers for us but in their own eras.

Turnbull making his Scotland debut tonight, starting against the Dutch according to STV news.

That's the problem with some on here they expect GA to be out there signing someone with the ability of Ngolo Kante on the money that gets you Robbie Crawford

He is in the same category as Lafferty i.e. no thanks lots of better options to spend our cash on.

It was not a comparison on footballing ability, but on the style of play, I appreciate Murphy is a much better player , but he is easy to defend against all he wants to do is cut inside he gets away with it more as he's a better player and can adapt but Hastie plays the same way without the extra ability and almost always comes up short.

That's not a bad move for him, the Championship will be a very competitive league next season, Accies, Killie, Partick, Dunfermline and Raith will all being going for promotion. I see Elliot Frear has been released by Hearts, no mention of Roberts on the list, they must be keeping him.

100% this he is Jamie Murphy Mark 2, he always wanted to cut inside just like Hastie does, as you say stay with him and show him down the line and he is very ineffectual .

Tweet about Marvin Johnson's goal in the playoff game appeared in the official twitter feed, just reminding us of the goal or can we expect an announcement, now he's a free agent

Middleton is a decent prospect, he will probably sign a permanent deal at St Johnstone if he is released, to be fair it will be a great career move, maybe not financially but football wise for all of them to get away from the blue uglies, they should all get a team at a decent level.

Brilliant we really are a community club stuff like this should be more widely publicised,

I would have Johnson back he's been a reasonably regular starter at Middlesbrough, still a decent player, probably can't afford him now though.

QoS are a decent side but it's a very good draw for us, can't see us having much trouble with any of the teams, plus it's been a while since we played and pumped Airdrie, so here's hoping

GA and the coaching team must rate him, a young player with lots of potential to develop, could potentially be a very good signing, nice to see we are getting our business started early.

I'm getting worried about this forum new player just in the door and it's all positive, nobody slaughtering him yet,

Quality not quantity is always a good approach, we failed badly on that last summer and in January this year, commiting funds to dross who contributed nothing, so we need to get it right this summer, I hope GA's contacts book is full he will need it.

The players are being released for a reason, it may be financial but I'm going for they are basically shit and have contributed nothing all season resulting in relegation. So why should we be thinking of signing any of them, we have just got rid of our own dross, no need to replace them with killies dross. So for me we should be looking elsewhere the money would be better spent.

Of the two I thought Thompson was the better keeper, but your right as far as Ruddy, and Randolph are concerned, not sure about Carson as for me he would be on a par with Thompson.

I rate him as 1 options 2-5 are all irrelevant at this time, well for most on the forum anyway. We can repeat this topic next summer when we can judge him for a full season with his choice of players etc.

Which one Dijkstra , Thompson or both of them?

If its another loan deal Rangers will still be paying the majority of his wages, so it does not matter what we pay him, he still gets the full amount as per his contract, allegedly in the region of 4k a week if the stories are true.

They finished 11th and were relegated so by definition their squad was the 2nd worst in the league, simples

They are feckin brutal It's worth watching just to see that fud kris boyd's face he is not a happy bunny.

I would say budget for finishing 10th, and anything above that is a bonus, we have learned the hard way with the John Boyle years the dangers of reckless spending. A top 6 finish and a European place and / or a decent cup run are the targets for 10 of the 12 premiership clubs every year, and to be honest given the standard outwith the ugly sisters you don't need to spend big to achieve those targets. We are a well run, and seemingly financially stable club at the moment so I hope it stays that way.