StAndrew7

Nae idea but I've got mine 😅

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Thought long and hard about that one, didn't you?

Looks like a right back. Excellent!

Looks like Seddon and Sparrow to the injury list, based on the Club's update posted earlier today. Hopefully just knocks/precautionary at an early part of the season.

Aye, I'm all for some protruding yellow steel work, too.

Fair point, well made!

I think something akin to Almondvale would suit us fine in terms of capacity, but preferably with "something" about it, if that makes sense? Like maybe a slightly higher stand on either or side. Something like Nancy's with half the capacity would be nice (I like the slightly larger stands on either side of the pitch for example): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Marcel_Picot

I've been told by a few people that we get absolutely £0 for Theo being away on international duty, although yet to see an official source confirm it either way. Perhaps CONCACAF or whatever aren't as loaded as UEFA?

I'm not sure we'd even need 10,000 tbh; we barely reach that figure nowadays when the OF are in town. Probably 8,500 would be enough, unless we want to attract some international level stuff; not sure what the cut-off for that is?

https://x.com/ScotlandSky/status/1812842871642563045 Bair in France to seal his move, apparently. Saying the move is worth "in excess of £1.4m".

Agreed; Moses on Saturday did enough to convince me that he can't play the complete forward/lone striker position (right now, anyway) but based on his movement and positioning, definitely can play as a poacher/on the shoulder type striker. I think him and Robinson together with one of Nicholson/Stuparavic behind them could do some damage. Watching him warming up reminded me of Porter's finishing*; he always found a corner and very rarely, if at all, missed the target. *I am not for one second comparing the two ability wise as Porter was one of the best "complete" strikers I've seen at FP, just commenting on the fact that Moses looks like he can finish similarly. Like others have said, Robinson definitely showed some graft, nice touches and a willingness to drive at defenders (his shot from distance wasn't too bad, either) when he was on. I think he's also deceptively quick; he's quite a gangly lad at 6'2" but definitely covered ground well. Stuparevic doesn't strike me as a runner; very much a bigger-hold-up-and-create-space-back-to-the-goal type which is actually a welcome option/different style. You can actually see SK's recruitment there has worked quite well; all three of our first team strikers offer something different that can compliment the others' ability/playing style. I'd still like another creative midfielder type to come in; we were definitely lacking the killer pass on Saturday at times and going up against two blocks of four/a four and a five we didn't demonstrate any real penetration. I would argue that was probably more down to personnel in the first half and a lack of urgency; we definitely did better in the second half and I thought we started to get in behind a bit more when Robinson and Stuparevic came on. RWB wise, I think McDermott showed some decent touches/willingness to get in behind in his cameo but we definitely need another body there if he ends up going out on loan and Johnny K is out injured for a while. As much as I'm a fan of SODs, his days of playing as the complete wing back outside emergency cover are behind him.

If that's what happens, we'd be better just upping sticks and moving tbh. I understand from a few sources/people a move away from FP has "never been closer".

Aye, waiting on international clearance.

Balmer for me. Looked very assured on the ball, a threat at corners and a decent effort from long range as well. An absolute howitzer of a throw in, too.

Aye that's what I was told; he's got his pick of two teams who both met the valuation apparently.

Aye, agreed. Is this not the daylight rule or whatever it is that Wenger has been suggesting for a while? There's all kinds of issues with the FPS of cameras used and their inability to pinpoint exactly when it's kicked etc. Did they not put a suspended sensor in the ball for stuff like that this tournament? I think it's used to determine handballs/contact like the edge system in cricket.

They sadly got rid of big Ouzy from Love Island, too. Man deserves kudos for fucking up that wee prick Tyrique for a few weeks.

Aye that's my list too, in order of priority as well.

Agreed; if he's settled in London, there's plenty of Championship/League One clubs around there he can sign for without having to up sticks.

Definite Lyle Lanley vibes with all of this too. 🤣

Someone over on P&B saying there's rumours the offer has been pulled... Source is a normally reliable WhatsApp group. ... I'll believe it when I see it, though.

It's meaningless numerically, to an extent, yes. It's not meaningless when it adds to the total percentage of shareholders who said "no", just to hammer home the point. It's also not meaningless because you get to tell him to fuck off twice, which is a wonderful, wonderful thing.

I did wonder if that was going to come, with all of the announcements of new assistants/coaches over the last few weeks.