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I'm pretty curious to see how our midfield fares on Sunday. Based on very very early and limited impressions our midfield looks the strongest it's been in years. Dorrans, Kranjcar and-to a lesser extent- Jack are all technically very good at this level but are hardly the most dynamic trio in the league. Think it'll be an interesting battle to see how the likes of Cadden and Bigi deal with them.

I'm aware of how ridiculous this is going to sound, but on FM he's a left sided centre back/full back, so would definitely fit the bill for a Hammell/McManus deputy. He was on loan at St Mirren 3 years ago but doesn't seem to have played any first team football since.

Plucky 2-1 defeat.

Accies away please.

I quite like Erwin as a player/Rangers WUM, and I reckon he'll do pretty well for Killie, but I'm not particularly bothered that we're missing out on him. He's potentially a marginally better option than Bowman or Fisher but not by enough to justify signing a 4th striker who's pretty similar to the ones we already have. In retrospect, Erwin to Leeds might be one of the best pieces of business we've done in years. We lost a raw player who had one decent season at this level in return for Louis Moult and a six figure profit.

Can't really think of anything McDonald, McGhee and McManus might have in common. Do you just hate 'Mc' surnames?

What a comeback. Ainstanbul.

Good to see the Robinson/Maclean/Gordon conspiracy theory holding up well.

I honestly can't work out if that guy is a decent troll or if he genuinely has a verge of tears vendetta against Motherwell.

Ainsworth's against Killie was a ridiculous goal.

7 years ago maybe.

Tbh I was never a massive Erwin fan but after seeing Bowman and Blyth I've warmed to him.

Yeah this would be my position too. If we don't get any decent offers and are left with the choices of either selling him for peanuts and scrambling around for a 15 goal striker in late August or getting another season out of Moult then letting him leave on a free I'd rather the latter. He clearly wants a move but -purely conjecture-he doesn't strike me as the type to throw his toys out the pram in the way it was suggested Johnson might. Best case scenario for all parties is probably a League One side offering us £600k ASAP though tbh.

No idea if he's any good but Maynard is an out and out striker I'm sure. Assuming Mcinnes is sticking to a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 I'd be surprised if Aberdeen are still in for Moult, or any other striker.

John Ruddy has signed for Wolves.

It's literally our best ever season, points wise.

I'm sure Aberdeen put in a bid for Marvin Johnson a few years ago that was nowhere near what we eventually got from Oxford. As with Cadden to Hearts, I doubt anyone in Scotland outwith the OF would be able to offer anything close to our valuation of players. Even with the Hayes money I'd be surprised it Aberdeen are prepared to chuck £500k+ at one player.

I honestly miss McGhee press conferences tbh.

I'm away down to the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai to copyright Twist and Shout before somebody else steals it.

Was somebody on here not convinced that the only reason Thomas wasn't starting every week was because we had to pay Celtic to play him?

Spend well outwith our means to win both cups, go into administration and get relegated with a points deduction.

Yeah I meant that if we play a team away twice pre-split then we're guaranteed them at home twice the season after. And vice versa. Hibs will replace Inverness so we'll go to ER at least twice.

Isn't that how the fixtures work every season?

Iain Vigurs?