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Kicking off the streaming with the Betfred Cup this season. We get the Morton game as a video stream, and the remainder as audio (presumably because BT Sport are covering the Morton game)

Espeically after he was bigging him up for being Croatian earlier in the thread.

Is that the one on Twitter? On there he says "We are very close to being done. We still have a little bit left if something came up that suited us, perhaps in the forward area"

I think that's what every coach and manager has been telling him throughout his career. A classic example of how talent only takes you so far. You still need to apply yourself. A young Brian Kerr. If he does finally wake up to the notion, he's certainly young enough to succeed.

Given our dearth of left backs in recent years, I'd be delighted if we had 3 to chose from. In reality, we'll have to make do with two and one will always be injured.

Aye, as focused as we are on young talent, some players develop later - just as some early bloomers don't always make the grade. If the club thinks he is a keeper, then they must see some potential there as we aren't slow to offload youngsters if we doubt they'll cut it in the first team.

That's strange. I can see how the salary cap/roster rules in the MLS might prevent Cadden from playing for them this season, but next season will kick off around March. Hope he gets a week off in between.

I liked Csaba. He did win Manager of the Year award from the SPL and the Football Writers when he was Hearts, so not all that bad.

Columbus currently the second worst team in the MLS. I guess Cadden is going out on loan due to salary caps or something, ready for playing next season. Columbus have 14 games left to play in this season. More, in the unlikely event they make the play-offs.

Just to confirm, I emailed Craig Hughes today and here is his reply: So looks like we are in good shape.

My subscription is set up as a yearly recurring payment, so I presume they have plans to run it again this season. It's the same service a lot of other clubs use every year, so I can't see why it won't be business as usual.

If he wasn't registered I would have thought he would have to be listed as trialist in the pre-season, but maybe that's different for pre-contracted players. But no, I haven't heard anything about the situation recently.

Not sure if it's been paid yet, but the FIFA rules say payment must be made within 30 days of the player being registered by his new club.

That's why we are able to sign guys like that. In the hope we can coach them to be better. In Ariyibi's first game he couldn't cross, shoot or take a set piece. By the time he left, his passing and shooting had definitely improved. You can improve the basic skills of a fast winger, but it's near impossible to make a slow player fast.

Well he's no Crawford Baptie, but we'll make do.

Two years, with an option for a third!

Decent youth pedigree in the Netherlands and then the English Nike Academy before signing for Wolves. A Motherwell special that could be great or crash and burn.

All that matters is when a player signs on the dotted line. The rest is just gossip, informed or otherwise.

One of the players (can't remember who) said after the Gretna game that most of the early training had, not unsurprisingly, been focused on running and fitness. The ball work wasn't going to start until later. So hopfeully that will have stepped up this week. Having said that, I've been watching the Copa America the past couple of weeks and there were a similar percentage of poor shots from the best South America has to offer.

Nah, just their own gaffer. Although, to be fair, pre-season interviews are pretty meaningless affairs that can be condensed to "good run out, everyone needs minutes, still looking at targets"

Decent highlights from Darlington's own cameras (and no clip chopping)

I thought Frear was one of the players that had already received and rejected an offer at the end of season.

Isn't the whole point of the "trialist" thing to keep them unnamed?

For any football geeks (like me) who want to read about this, I can highly recommend Jonathan Wilson's book - "Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics"

That instantly qualifies you for an Accies season ticket. Enjoy.