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Two goals in the last 15 mins for a squeaky-bum 2 - 0 win.

Without knowing his longer term strategy, it could be that Gannon is bringing in one or two players short term while he works on developing the youngsters for the future.

Especially as we have a ready-made replacement in Saunders.

I hear he is looking for a big central defender.

I'd carry him doon there on piggy-back for that.

Well, he's talking about players he'd like. Is that close enough?

That was quick. Very unMcghee-esque

"The other dick" could have offered him a 2 or 3 year contract if he wanted him to stay. However, he was too busy working on his own exit. McGhee never seemed to rate McLean (and neither did a lot of the fans on here) so I can see why he was keen to join a club where he was wanted.

When the guy that is offering you a contract walks out in the middle of his own contract, you're not going to generate much loyalty.

I think he went to the only town where he can wear that pink top and not stand out.

Does anybody even know if we definitely offered him a new deal? I remember reading that McGhee "was going to sit down with him at the end of the season" and also heard the one year contract thing. Didn't hear anything after the season finished though.

If it's true we only offered him a one year deal I'm not surprised he looked elsewhere.

It was a rumour. Who knows if there was any truth to it?

I wouldn't be too worried. In fact, in one of his interviews yesterday, Gannon said he was surprised how good some of our youngsters were, and that they hadn't been more involved with the senior squad already. I can't imagine he would have taken this job if he didn't have confidence in our youth set-up as he knows this is where a lot of the work will need to be done. For now, though, we also need to bring in a number of players to bolster the squad.

I think the idea is we play at the opponents' home ground rather than Airdrie's.

'Assists' is a manufactured statistic that was stolen from the NHL and NBA. But even ignoring that fact, it's a team game, and if Hughes was responsible for setting up most of Hammell's runs for his 'assists' then who's to say his contribution was any less significant?

Foran suited the type of game that Butcher played. He wasn't fit enough to play in McGhee's teams and would have been keeping Fat Boab company on the bench.

From what Boyle was saying, even if we do reschedule a friendly for that date, it will be away.

Aye, I had trouble with that fella's Afrikaans accent.

So you're disappointed that a player you don't think is good enough for the first team hasn't re-signed?

What really impressed me about the interview was that he mentioned the word 'commitment' and never once said how he'd like to be managing Celtic.

People were even more excited when they were claiming there would be no signings. The obvious approach is to wait and see who is brought in and how they perform before passing any judgment. It won't happen, of course, but complaining about hypotheticals is pretty pointless.

Unless he fancies giving one of the youngsters a run. Unlikely, I know, but still an option.

Welcome aboard Jimbo. (BTW, Am I the only one that finds the mandatory photo-op of a new boss brandishing the club's scarf above his head as cringeworthy?)

Gannons's quote from the 'fishul site: "I know the challenges you face at a club like this but I don’t see this as a massive one. The money is very much there and there is an opportunity to bring in players. It’s just a question of rebuilding"