Ya Bezzer!

Was against St. Johnstone. Hollis came on in 75 minutes. St. Johnstone scored twice in 4 minutes!

QOS had a Atkinson last season. 2nd choice to Zander Clark. Don't know if he is still there though.

Good news. Not only a very good player but a massive positive influence on the rest of the squad.

I'd say we are looking for a more experienced goalkeeper so I can't see us going with another untested u19/u20 type player.

He's at Dumbarton. Couldn't keep a place in the Ross County side so I don't think his recent form was anything to write home about.

He's a better goalkeeper than Meldrum. Not the best in the league but not the worst either.

They have lost two important players in Shinnie and Marley and they need a forward but I think they will be OK. The spine of the team is more or less the same Brill - Meekings, Warren, Draper, Tansey. If they can find a decent goalscorer I can't see them really struggling too much. Last season will probably be a high water mark but I don't see them in the relegation zone.

Are those screen captures it? Not much to it if that's the case.

Dundee Utd have lost Cierzniak and not brought in a goalkeeper yet. Fojut, there best defender, also left, as well as Ciftci. Conor Townsend is back at Hull. And then a few players like Brian Graham and Michael Gardyne that were on loan last season have left. Not really brought anyone in apart from Mark Durnan from QoS and Coll Donaldson from QPR who might do a decent job for them. Overall though, it looks a weak-ish squad. They had an abysmal second half of the season last time and there is a lot of ill feeling between the fans and the club. Think they could maybe struggle a bit. Partick have lost about half of their first team from last season, Scott Fox, O'Donnell, one of their better players, Higginbotham, Balatoni and Lyle Taylor of course. They have brought in Tomas Cerny for Fox which I think is an improvement but that's about it. Very small squad with a few promoted youngsters in there. Right now they really only have Kris Doolan as a recognized striker.

This is how I rate the squads as they stand at present. I'd expect the top 4 there to be Top 6 at the end of the season. The rest I don't think there is a huge margin and the transfer window is still going to be open for a while so things are bound to change. 1. Celtic 2. Aberdeen 3. St. Johnstone 4. Hearts 5. Dundee 6. Kilmarnock 7. Inverness 8. Ross County 9. Motherwell 10. Dundee Utd 11. Partick Thistle 12. Hamilton Academical

Shame it was only the once, v Celtic.

Me neither. He's a classic example of a player coming in, doing a decent job (didn't he basically play for free until he got his contract?), giving the fans a magic moment up at Aberdeen and then a couple of months later, when he's been playing out of position in a poor team, he's suddenly the worst player ever. He's a decent squad player and even if you think Josh Law is a better right back, which is debatable, you'd have to be a loony to think Law was better in midfield. Reid gave some excellent performances there which, as is usually the case, is all to easily forgotten by some.

We weren't 11th when he was dropped. Might need to re-think that comment Kmcalpin.

We don't need someone that can play at right back, centre half or in midfield, is 6'2, fairly mobile and has a bit more technique than the average SPFL player?

Jackson Irvine has proved himself at this level more than any of the guys we are signing from non league football in England. I've liked the look of him any time he's played against us.

Obedeyi and Higginbotham wide, Scott Robertson, Jamie Hamill and Craig Slater in the middle. Looks pretty decent to me. Mark Connolly would walk into our back four no problem and they have two goalkeepers who are arguable as good if not better than anyone we have. I think Greg Kiltie will step up this season, I quite like what I've seen of him. And Kris Boyd will score 15 goals next term. The biggest question mark for me about Kilmarnock is, is Gary Locke a good enough manager?

We also have quite difficult opening fixtures.

Not really a fan of the sash but otherwise both look decent. Away strip is basically the same as an old Pony strip from the mid 1990s.

It's difficult to make predictions at this time as one signing or one player leaving can make a big difference in a league where there isn't really a lot between most of the teams and margins are small. However I'd be surprised if Motherwell make the Top 6 this season. We might have cuffed Rangers but I think that fact may be obscuring the real facts about our performances last season. They weren't very good for long spells including under Baraclough. We seem to be signing players for non league football in England and while I fully acknowledge there may be good players down there I do think that it is a risk as in my mind it is quite a big step up to the Scottish Premiership. We will need these players to make the jump or we could struggle for goals, as two of them are strikers. Right now I think we have a decent enough first 11 but we are struggling squad wise and heavily reliant in young players to step in if there are injuries or suspensions. I'd expect Celtic, Aberdeen, Inverness, St. Johnstone to make the Top 6 leaving only 2 spots for the rest of the league and I'm doubtful if we will be one of them. Right now, I just hope we improve on last seasons performances and a 7th or 8th placing clear of the relegation zone would not be the end of the world.

Seems like if you've actually scored goals for us people slate you. Clarkson has over 50 goals for us and was a player of the year in previous seasons. Meanwhile we sign someone no one had ever heard of from the depths of English football and its all "sounds good" and "could have potential!". I have no idea what kind of player Wes Fletcher is but what about giving Clarkson, who's actually earned it in claret and amber, the same benefit of doubt.

Chalmers is clearly back up to Hammell. Looks like Fletcher will be a first pick based on his squad number.

The kind of signing a manager lives or dies by. It works out he's plucked a diamond from obscurity. It doesn't work out, we don't score goals and our season is probably fucked up.

About the same as Erwin's then?

You'll be out your seat when he scores next season. Cheer up.

I reckon a lot of people on here don't realise David Clarkson is 2 years younger than Scott McDonald.