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A match against us, tomorrow (if he plays, of course)

On a different topic, I'd just like to get in early with a "that'll be Shaun Hutchinson back tae haunt us"

I think the "first team squad" listed only contains about 17 or 18 genuine first team contenders right now. The others will be the Development/U20/B Team or whatever it's called now, who will hopefully have some matches to play this season,

With Carson, Gillespie and now Kelly, we've been spoiled with quality keepers again. As long as he keeps fit Trev will certainly be worth a few extra points a season for Utd.

Jim Goodwin must be furious he missed that one.

It's trees that usually cause our blackouts. Either from wind during storms (like Elsa heading our way this evening) or in the winter, when the snow and ice accumulates, and the branches fall off onto the power lines. Although, weirdly, in the big 2003 blackout when most of the North East and some of the Midwest lost power, ours was still working.

Old moaners like us tend to be a lot more vocal, especially on sites like this. As much as I'm not a fan of the black top, I expect there will be plenty that buy it.

Must be a Texas thing, because in my part of the US we have electricity, the internet and search engines.

If you don't get a ticket but want to be part of the game it's being broadcast in The Cooper and The Centenary. And if missing out on a ticket for a game against Queens Park or Annan is the worst thing to happen during the pandemic, then life's not too bad.

It makes you look like someone who got lost on their hen night.

Complete guess based on nothing more than this year's Macron templates and the fact we hadn't used pinstripes for a few seasons. (Not a huge fan of any black kits, tbh, but don't think this one is any better/worse than most of them).

QPR aren't telling lies. The twitter account that appeared on isn't theirs and if a fee had been made public 100% it would have appeared in the media reports.

I could see us signing a deal where QPR get paid £500k if we sell him on for more than that, but not that we paid that for him.

While I was firmly in the "decent business to get the money we did" camp for Hastie, I thought then he'd have been much better staying with us in terms of career development. He's still young enough to get back on track, though, if he takes his coaching on board and works hard. Whether not that will be at Premiership level or lower league we'll find out over time.

And 'Flow saying we're hoping to add "more new faces to the squad shortly" - here's hoping that includes a midfielder with a bit of creative flair.

We're all off work here celebrating the end of British oppression

I believe!

I'll believe it when I see the official announcement, but I always said that the players voting him as Players' Player of the Year was a masterstroke if we were hoping he'd come back. Regarding the standard of the English Leagues, I've watched a lot of them in the past couple of seasons (thanks to EPSN+ subscription) and they really are a mixed bag. There are teams in the Championship of EPL quality thanks to parachute payments and rich owners. And at the bottom of the Championship there have been teams like Leeds, Sunderland and Ipswich on a long decline that just kept dropping. Likewise in League One and League Two. A mixture of ambitious owners bankrolling teams for Championship and EPL glory, and nosediving ex-EPL teams that have imploded. Budget-wise we'd struggle to match the GA's old employers at Salford, but there are plenty of teams in League Two and League One we'd be ahead of. And the worst teams in the Championship the last couple of seasons would struggle in our Premiership. As for Baraclough, I don't think I've ever met an Englishman that didn't overrate English football or underrate Scottish football. Just like when they thought Henrik Larsson wasn't that good because he was only scoring against Scottish teams (then he won the Champions League at Barca). Same for Van Dijk who suddenly became "the best central defender in the world". (Of course you could argue we overrate our domestic game, but with guys like Doncaster in charge, someone needs to give it some credit).

Given how long it has taken recent signings from those leagues to get fit when they join us, "our level" seems to be above that - at least if it's fitness levels we're talking about.

Not to diminish Kelly's abilities - he is excellent and I'd be delighted to see him back - but the nature of the position means there are usually a number of good loanee options that we can probably get within our budget. Just look at Newcastle Utd's third choice for example.

2 months until the transfer window closes (and then there are free agents after that). Bit early to be panicking, but that's how it goes on here. Be even worse after a couple of games in the League Cup.

I obviously have no idea, so instead I'll start a rumour based on this season's Macron templates and say we will see a variant of this one:

While I don't buy all these conspiracy theories, I have to admit that since I received the two Moderna vaccinations my 5G reception has been terrific.

Clubs (and the rest of society) needs time to prepare. If the data supports opening stadiums around that date, then it's good that they know now. If the infection rates change later, then make decisions based on that. Its just common sense. To make any kind of progress you need to both plan for the future and react to the current situation. (Or is the latest conspiracy Jason Leitch is superspreading just for laughs?)

This is why we don't sign players from the Premiership. We can't afford the best ones, and nobody wants the others in our team.