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Tom Boyd?

Forthbank is going to be the U20s home this season according the the club because it has an "excellent grass pitch". They are also using it instead of Fir Park for any Irn Bru Cup home ties because of all the games that are scheduled for Fir Park early season and the groundsman asked for some help to protect the pitch.

Celtic doing their best at the moment to make the whole Group Stage payment discussion irrelevant.

That ship sailed when we rubber stamped the SPFL structure.

I think we're striking a decent balance with long and short term deals. Gives us a chance to assess some of the unknowns, and doesn't shut the door on U20s getting their shot at the first team.

I agree if Cadden was to go it should be for a high figure. Don't look at Dundee Utd, however, for any of the fees they received. They were part of a strategy that saw them over pay many players on very long contracts. Horrible business model that saw them relegated, lose all their good players, and still rack up big financial losses after the big fees were received.

The only thing strange about the CEO of a Scottish club supporting other Scottish teams in Europe is that people find it weird. The more Scottish teams that are successful in Europe the better, for all sorts of reasons. It brings more money into the game, it improves our seedings, it raises the profile of our game and helps attracts a better class of player to the SPFL. Nothing is going to make the OF fans less obnoxious, but nobody forces you to listen to them or take them seriously.

Griffiths is the backup keeper. No reflection on Griffiths or his performance, but there's no reason Carson shouldn't start the next game. That seems to be the way the goalkeeping hierarchy operates. Nice to have two good keepers, though.

What are the odds on 3 red cards or more?

Do sell-ons count as transfer income (for the purpose of paying off our loans)? I remember someone from the Board answering that question, but I don't remember what that answer is. If they do, I think that leaves us with about 40%.

It can definitely happen. Seems that the devil is in both in the detail of the individual contract, and in the detail of the laws of the country in question. Then there was the whole Richie Brittain pre-contract battle between St. Johnstone and Ross County.

I think I mentioned this when his name was being touted around the last time, but between his last time at St Johnstone and his time at Rangers he played 100 games and only scored 15 goals. He's obviously got off to a better start this time, and will be interesting to see if his scoring streak continues.

This. Plus it's still early days with new players and regardless of what they do or don't do during training, trying a tactic in a competitive game is the only way to find out if it actually works. And even if it does work, opponents have this nasty habit of playing well and/or changing things to counteract successful tactics. If he's still making similar mistakes in February, that would be a concern.

Looks great. Still not a fan of plastic pitches, though.

[ ] Steelboy gets it [X] Robinson gets it

Presumably, Robinson was trying to set up a team to compensate the lack of Frear and McHugh. It also sounded from his post-match that there were a few out there today that were not 100%. Credit, again, to him for changing when he saw it wasn't working. And not just for changing it, but succesfully.

Sounds like we need a legit left winger/wingback as a backup for Frear.

Yep. 3 points was (almost) essential today. Job done.

Still time for County to come back!

Robinson said he'd be happy if we played worse this week, but won. Tactic is working so far.

I'd bite your hand off for a scrappy 1 - 0 win to get us up and running.

Hastie on loan is a good move. He as been impressive in the 20s recently and some regular first team action would be ideal.

True. In which case I hope Tanner is fit.

If he's fit, Moult should start. Like Skippy before him, I have no concerns that he won't give it 100%. More importantly, we need goals and 3 points.

From that perspective, I'm sure you're right. However, from what the Club and Moult have been saying, it sounds like the plan was always to sell him this season. Which makes sense as having a year left on a contract obviously bumps up the price. I think all parties would prefer Moult to move on now for a decent fee, but we can't make clubs buy him. What's more interesting is Robinson saying he has been speaking to a couple of targets and hopes to have new sigings in 3 or 4 days. And with a massive reading between the lines, the language he was using to describe's Moult's situation sounded exactly like the language clubs use while they are negotiating a transfer with another club. I have a sneaking suspicion (based entirely on that language) there may be a deal in progress.