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Give St Mirren's current transfer policy it's more likely the Daily Mail heard Robinson was interested in Davis just assumed that meant we must be interested too. I'd be more interested in McAlear, tbh, but of course it all depends on who else will be joining/leaving and who's available.

What's French for "touché"?

El googol translatos?

Every player at every level has brain farts. When you're a keeper they are most obvious as they typically result in conceding a goal that people remember. When you are a defender they are pretty obvious and can result in a goal that people remember. When you are a midfielder they rarely result in a goal and people rarely remember. When you are a striker you miss a scoring opportunity and people forget. In recent Liverpool games I've seen Alexander-Arnold, Robertson and van Djik all have brain farts, but I wouldn't be against any of them in our defence.

Wouldn't the players that sign PCAs just get snapped up at the end of the season by the same teams anyway?

I think tactics definitely played a part in our defensive woes, along with the fact that we never seemed to be able to field the same defenders in consecutive games for continuity. I quite liked the back 3 strategy we used with Carroll and O'Donnell as wingbacks, but doubt that is in GA's plans for next season. On the Grimmy front, also sorry to see him go and hope he finds a regular starting spot with a new club. Always seemed like a positive asset around the club even when he wasn't playing.

I don't even know why PCAs exist. If you want someone in January, pay for them and take them in January. If you want them when their contract expires. sign them after their contract expires The rest is just unnecessary complication.

I think that's the plan. We'll certainly see a smaller squad next season, so hopefully a bump in quality.

That might well be the case, but they couldn't start any sooner than they did and it's such a big undertaking it wouldn't be a surprise if it overran by a few days or more. There could be a Roman village underneath that pitch.

I don't know if the pitch will be ready, but I can't imagine anyone at the club letting our players anywhere near that plastic pitch Airdrie play on.

Record reporting that Rangers are looking at bringing in Kipré as a defensive option in the summer.

The prices are up on the official site here - still not the easiest to navigate.

I heard the club isn't selling tickets to fans who said they didn't want us to qualify for Europe or who said they'd rather watch us play in the Betfred Groups* So there will be plenty to go around. *why are you looking down here? Do you really need me to say that's not true?

Robbos boy is just excited because he gets a tenner discount on the early bird special for his Young Adult ticket.

I invest lots of money in my predictions so I can get a massive tax break. I'm really in the non-prophet business,

I usually give up reading this thread over the summer and just rely on official announcements instead. But here are my predictions: There will be some players staying on that some want to punt. There will some players leaving that some want to keep. There will be a few signings of players we've never heard of. Some of the new signings and loans won't arrive until we're a few weeks into the season (that will freak some out) Cheers Nostradamus

You need a title something like "19 Incredible Ways to Chill out This Summer. You Won't Believe Number 12 is Even Legal !!!!"

"You can't move a UK tax liability offshore" sounds like something you've read on the internet without having much clue as to what exactly that means in relation to Boyle and his companies, personal wealth, football club ownership debts and if he had any overseas interests in his portfolio. Once you and Robbos boy have figured out how Boyle saved himself money maybe you can share the details. If you think Accies selling their old ground, pocketing the funds from the sale, pocketing millions from the sale and add-ons from McArthur and McCarthy and getting sweetheart deals from the district council in office rentals while setting up dodgy sponsorship deals is in any way similar to Boyle's tenure at Fir Park then more power to you both. I'll leave you both to your high finance discussions. I'm out.

Well I know that spending a lot of money leaves you with less in your bank account than not spending a lot of money. If that means I'm more fiscally clued up than you, then yes. I wouldn't make claims about being older and wiser because an old, wise person would never do that.

Putting aside the 2 draws at Ibrox this season, in the 70s, 80s and 90s Rangers and Celtic were in various states of financial crisis and we even had Aberdeen and Dundee Utd win the league (and Hearts blow a title chance when they should have won it). There was a financial disparity between the clubs, but not nearly as wide as it is now. As someone who grew up in an era of 70s, 80s & 90s you will have witnessed the restructuring of the leagues, the re-structuring of the prize money and tv money and the restructuring of the gate money from 50/50 to home team keeps everything. All these things were instigated by the OF with the sole intent of making them richer and ensuring the gap between them and the rest of us widened to the extent it would be impossible for us to compete. The rest of the clubs, including ours, bent over to accommodate them because they were scared the OF would leave the Scottish League. It happened everywhere of course, from the EPL to the Champions League. All of it designed to keep the rich richer and reduce actual competition. It could be changed, but nobody in Scotland has the balls to do it. So at least for my lifetime I don't expect we'll be able to offer much competition at Parkhead and Ibrox when they can pay individual players more in a year than our entire salary budget.

It's still hilarious that you think losing 10 million in a football club investment is somehow better than moving your 10 million to an offshore company and making a profit from it. (Or even just paying tax on the 10 million). Looking forward to your detailed insight into how those sums work.

I'd be happy to see him back too - we missed him the second half of the season after we sold him. If he does move, though, you just know it's odds on he goes to Paisley.

Turns out Celtic are quite good. Thoughts and votes please...

And Maguire, I hope. And presumably Mahon.

I agree about the left back situation, but when we've lined up with a conventional back 3 and O'Donnell and Carroll as wingbacks, we've actually been pretty solid. Well apart from when Ojala has been moving at walking-pace. We definitely need a back up for van Veen. Our other strikers have different styles and when KVV isn't playing we really miss his hold-up play. Every season I also say we need another creative midfielder, and this season is no different. A fit Goss has been an improvement, but again, we need more than one choice to be available. Wouldn't mind Reece McAlear making a return to Fir Park.