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KLM from Glasgow: 13hrs 2 stops and about 700 quid. (about the same price it would take me to fly from here, and about the same duration).

$1763 round trip from New York but at least the city has an airport. Won't be going - just curious on prices.

Defender from the U20s (squad number 35)

From his press conference today, sounds like McManus was an unexpected bonus signing for McCall and he is looking for Ramsden to slot into right back. So Reid is likely surplus to requirements now.

And so the "pant wetting" patter stops.

I have, but nothing interesting has arrived. Maybe you're on the insiders list.

Which is how it should be, of course. The internet has turned into a place where people (not just football fans) prefer rumours/speculation/bad information etc. instantly rather than facts later.

You want to know who is holding up the deal, why it's being held up and when it will be complete. The only business detail missing from that is the financial terms.

No way is anyone releasing confidential business details.

From the horse's mouth.

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Nobody said it was "supposed" to be signed on Monday. McCall said last Friday he was "cautiously optimistic" it would be signed by Monday or Tuesday, but Faddy hadn't even been given a written offer at that stage. He also said yesterday that Faddy's agent was still telling him that other offers were coming in. Whatever the reasons, it has never been straightforward dealing with Faddy and his many advisors, and I agree that if we don't get it settled soon we need to move on to the next target.

McCall said during one of his MFCTV interviews that he was experimenting with 3 at the back for our Euro ties, but I don't know if he was looking to set up that way in the league.

Way too soon to start trying to make that assessment.

Old farts like myself waited a long time for a Cup win. That arrived eventually.

Faddy doesn't seem to deal with the club directly. Last time it was all managers and lawyers and agents and phone calls and more agents and more lawyers. Feels like he needs to get 3 approvals every time he wants to take a free kick. Last Friday, however, McCall said they hadn't even given him the written version of the offer yet, so him not having signed anything by Tuesday isn't a particularly long time for anything. In internet time, though, it's an eternity.

Sutton - 2 years ago.

Credit to McCall - early in the New Year he said he had a good idea who was leaving and had a list of targets as replacements. The way he has been bringing them in has been almost Gannon-esque.

Club tweet saying we will have an Estonian striker on trial tomorrow night (pending appropriate clearances)

Nah, he's still waiting to hear back from his German contacts on that one.

I'm waiting to see who we bring in as our new speed merchant. That is going to be a key position for us to fill this season.

That's mainly due to their large selection of fine microbreweries and easy access to soft drugs (allegedly).

From his interview on Friday he said: He was cautiously optimistic Faddy would sign. He had been a made a verbal offer and was waiting for a written one. Was going to think about it over the weekend and was hopeful that he would sign on Monday or Tuesday. Similarly hopeful for McManus and was looking for him to sign Monday or Tuesday, but understood he was also training with Hibs and may prefer it there. If both did sign he was still looking for another couple of players - one more striker and one wide/fast player. One of those may have to be a loan.

Didn't one of the issues used to be that yellow/red cards and disciplinary points from playing local teams carried over into the season or something stupid like that? I could be completely misremembering that.

They need the use of their legs when the season kicks off.