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Prudence should be the name of the game even if we get millions for Miller. The last thing we need to be doing is following the John Boyle Model of Recruitment & Financial Management.

I'm thinking about adding a pre-qualification question requirement before posting: "Do you understand the difference between a competitive match and a non-competitive pre-season friendly?"

I like Bevis, but he had as many mistakes and as many poor passes in him as our current defenders.

It always is at this time of pre-season. We're in the run till you're knackered sessions. Actual football and tactics come a bit later.

Doesn't hurt to let the European scouts watch him play.

My Dutch colleagues tell me it's about 34C there today, so probably won't be seeing much high tempo football this evening.

Or St Mirren, given Robinson signed him?

It might, but I'm a Duck Duck Go kinda guy.

Other than "It's on Youtbue" did the club post the kick-off time for today's match? (didn't want to start a new thread). EDIT: Never mind, after not finding it on Twitter or the Club Site, I found it in the email they sent today. 6pm UK time.

Sometimes people forget Miller is only 18. As good as he is, he will have dips in performance like any other 18 year old. However, he is still very much worth 5+ million of any rich club's budget.

I imagine most financial contributors to the Society only want to support the club and have no interest in the day-to-day running. I don't have a problem with that.

Exactly. Miller and his dad have shown they know exactly what they are doing. Clubs are very aware of him (hence the bids we knocked back in January) and his agent will be bigging him up every day. As I have said before, it's 2 months before the window closes, and these types of deals take time. Plus, of course, Lennon has to want to join one of the clubs making an offer.

Don't think it's a huge deal, tbh. I'd imagine he'll train with us until his move is finalised, but the manager will be trying out Miller-less formations in the early matches if he's still around. I would not be surprised if his move isn't finalised until August, especially if it is overseas with all the additional red tape involved.

TBF, I don't think the club have commented. Only the Daily Record is reporting it. Which either means he starts tomorrow, or out until Christmas.

But dynamic pricing applies...

And Auckland City.

I've seen enough evidence in the UK and in the US (where there are many) to pass judgement.

I'm still cynical about the ban, but in Livi's case they were told by the SPFL after their playoff win that their old plastic did not meet Premiership standards and had to rip it up. Martindale said at that point it wasn't feasible to lay a grass pitch that would ready in time for the start of the season. That may be true, but I can see them using it as an excuse to extend its use.

I certainly hope Oxborough doesn't become one of those players that are "unlucky with injuries" because regardless of how you pick them up, it can kill a career.

I read recently that "the authorities" have brought in some pitch experts to consult with the artificial turf clubs to assist with the transition. So hopefully that means it's still on schedule. The cynic in me agrees with the others that there will be a delay or cancellation in the plans.

I asked ChatGPT to "create a post in the style of MJC on steelmenonline.co.uk" Thread Title: "If That’s Our Ambition, Then God Help Us" Posted by MJC Right, I’ve tried to stay off here for a bit but after watching that yesterday I genuinely wonder what’s going on at this club. We’ve just had a pre-season where we’ve allegedly strengthened, yet here we are playing hoofball against a team that finished 9th last season and looked like they couldn’t be bothered to get out of second gear. Is this the grand new era we were promised? More like the same old p*sh, just with a fresh coat of Dulux. The manager says “the boys gave everything” – aye, well if that’s everything, we’re in for a long season. No shape, no urgency, no clue. And as for some of the new signings – honestly, I’ve seen more presence in a ghost town. We let players go, tell the fans we’re building something, then turn out a performance like that and expect folk to pay £25 a ticket and clap like seals? Sorry, not for me. Call me negative (as usual) but unless there’s a serious wake-up call, we’ll be sleepwalking into another relegation scrap by Halloween. Anyway, I’ll leave it there before I say something I’ll regret.

I don't have any problem signing players from relegated or nearly relegated teams, We have had plenty of stand-outs over the years in teams that have been hovering above the drop. You just need to look at the starting line-up for our play-off against Rangers to see a few good examples. Faddy was another one that played in a poor team that would have been relegated if Falkirk had put seats in their stadium. Gary McAllister also played in poor Motherwell sides.

Have Killie built their grass pitch training facility yet? If not. an SK training regime on plastic sounds like an injury list waiting to happen.

I'll see if I can find it. From memory, different levels were on different pages and I stuffed the Steel one in a drawer because that was my sub level. I'm pretty sure I came across the rest of the pack a couple of months ago, so I'll try and track it down.

FWIW, I was a relatively early joiner (number 473) and joined at Steel Membership Level. The membership pack I received says that Steel Membership was "a £300 joining fee then after the first year an annual membership fee of £50".