Kmcalpin

Being somewhat cynical, how much does that earn us?

Thats the last JBA said about them.

"Sometime in February".

Who me?

I suspect that Aberdeen will try their damndest to ensure Saturday's game is on after yesterday's unexpected flash flood.

Absolutely. McGhee and McGinn can also play on the right but not on the left. LB is a weak area.

Not a million miles away from my view Joe. In short we have to keep ahead, if only slightly, of our peer clubs. Its not just what we do or don't do, its what they do too. Performance and results wise we've done really well this season, and I didn't expect, at the outset, that to happen this quickly or at all to be frank. However we can't rest on our laurels. We have got a little cash in the war chest and whilst we can't afford to squander that or eat into other budgets, hopefully it'll help to boost summer recruitment.

Overall, I'd say its been a decent to good window; probably rating around an 8 out of 10. It could have been much worse, for example if we'd failed to secure another striker, lost a centre back and lost TJ. It could have been slightly better if we'd signed another LB. To add to the mix we have McGhee and Nicholson back now. I always believe that the time to strengthen is when things are going well and if we want to hold onto 4th or even drop to 5th place then more of the same simply won't do. To clarify, I mean the personnel not the system which will continue to work well. Ostensibly both Aberdeen and Hibs have strengthened and even if only some of their new recruits hit the ground running then they'll threaten us. Fortunately we have a decent cushion over both. We mustn't ignore Falkirk either as they are a credible threat and may have strengthened slightly. If we fall to 6th I'd still be delighted. If we drop to 5th place I'll still be over the moon and if we can hang onto 4th place I'll be ecstatic. Finishing in the top 3 whilst theoretically possible is pretty much beyond us. A Scottish cup run? Not so sure this time round. I really think we can achieve something next season though, with or without JBA.

You were spot on. I tip my baseball cap to you sir.

We can still announce signings tomorrow.

Given JBA's comments, I'm expecting a CB to arrive today or tomorrow.

Curtis Main joins Morton.

I was and still am hoping for 2 additions today: a LB and a CB.

My wish too. Graeme McGarry tweeting that despite more interest in TJ this morning, presumably from Anderlecht, that our club is standing firm as its too late to source a replacement.

Yes that was a bonus. If he can stay injury free he'll fit nicely into our system and help squad rotation.

A fair summing up. We'll see what tomorrow brings as that might influence our thinking.

Were you using powerful field glasses to view the proceedings from North Berwick Law? 🙂 Seriously though, I agree with your assessment. We should have been well out of sight by half time. The best I've seen us play this season (I missed the Celtic game). No point in repeating previous compliments, which were all justified. What did particularly impress me though is the ability of lads like Just and Said to win the ball back when they lose it. I was expecting one of the Livvy players to poleaxe Said but fortunately it didn't happen. Only slight criticism is that we need to cut out the early potential gifts like the ones yesterday and last week against Killie. Fortunately the opposition couldn't capitalise on them.

A shout out to Yir Elder for a very eloquent call to the BBC's post match phone in. Well said Peter.

Ref gave him no protection. He was getting strangled, his jersey pulled and subjected to all manner of fouls.

It was dreadful. Looked like several tractor tyre marks in the corner. TJ kept slipping.

I don't know. Livvy had a lot of possession especially in the second half. We took our foot off the gas and were a bit sloppy.

Going by online seating plans, it sems as though we'll be taking a healthy support to Livingston today, and rightly so.

The Partick V St Johnstone game last night was a real treat for all Scots football fans, especially us. It was a chance to see 5 former players and one almost former player in action. Alfredo Agyeman, Robbie Crawford, Reece McAlear Simo Valakari and Tony Watt, not forgetting Josh Fowler. I just wonder of the latter is as good as he thinks he is. St Johnstone must have a healthy playing budget for the Championship if they're spending Premeirship level money on wages and paying transfer fees. Whatever they are spending, they're doing a Falkirk by ignoring infrastructure i.e. their pitch.

No great surprise that Stuparevic has departed as it was touted on this forum months ago. It helps to clear the decks.

Never quite got the hype from our fans for him. Looking back I'd say he was ok but no more than that. In a few of the matches in which I saw him, the game seemed to pass him by. If he's being punted out on loan again by Coventry, that tells its own story.