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This is about as neutral a signing as we could make in my view. Found that sweet spot between getting his name on my shirt and chasing him out of town with a pitchfork. Very zen.

He can play on the right of a back 3 and RB, so gives us cover/competition for SOD and the option of switching up formations. Is max still a RB? I think he played in midfield a bit for QotS.

St Mirren fans talk a load of shite. Who knows if we were in for him, it's very rare that a club tells the fans who they failed to sign. If our aim is to take our time and sign the right players that make us better, I'm not sure if taking a flyer on a one year deal for an unproven player fits that bill, but we'll never know. This season I hope that Maguire can stay fit and Cornelius continues to come along. There's also the possibility of Johnston getting more game time , so hopefully one of those three can kick on, and we get a glimpse of one or two more youth prospects during the season.

St Johnstone lost two of the best non-of players in the league and replaced them with Ali Crawford. They deserved relegation for that, but Dundee out did their stupidity. If Spittal is considered a midfielder/winger, then I assume that we will bring a centre forward to challenge KVV. We're short of backup at RB, and I hope to God we're looking for a first choice CB. I also assume we will be looking for a defensive midfielder, since I don't think we have one. If we're really just bringing in 3 or 4, I sincerely doubt one will be a LB unless Carroll is off somewhere.

The club should have waited until the home/away dates were confirmed with UEFA (which is tomorrow at 6pm), before posting dates. Mistake? Yes. Shambles? Come on now.

I like Dunne, but paying money for him is crazy.

Maybe Donnelly will be one of those that you don't realize how good he is until he's gone. He seems to have a good reputation but other than his goal scoring patch I can only remember him letting runners stroll past him, and playing lazy hospital passes. He and O'Hara were the worst for those. Both of them had lengthy periods out injured, and that seems to have been the case at their previous clubs too. Maybe their new team will solve that and they can have a whole season of ignoring runners. Spittal is a decent signing, although it doesn't fit our 4-3-3 model, unless he's one of the front 3. He puts in a decent cross, and has some creativity, two things that we need, so I'm happy to see how this one pans out.

They weren't on Friday

Thing is, he played his best after he signed the contract with Dundee, so he was sorted. I'm not furious about trying to keep him, but it is an opportunity to get someone better that we're passing up.

As a Duracell bunny right back, he was decent. As a mideifleder he was not. Great guy though, and I'm sad to see him go. I hope he finds a good gig where he can get regular game time.

I think Dundee really wanted to do a Watt with Lamie, i.e. use the PCA to get him in January, in the hopes that would help them stay up. Turns out that lamie being perceived as more professional than Watt threw a wrench in those plans, and now they probably want to reassess and give the new manager a cleaner slate. I think we need to resolve this PCA carry on, and reduce the window where a player can sign one, as we're going to see more and more of these shenanigans otherwise.

For about 30 minutes.

I think Scott Allan is going to queens park. He doesn't fit with our style of play either, or would take the spot we're hoping Ross Tierney will fill. Spittal isn't a bad shout, not sure if there's anything in it, but wouldn't be surprised, he'd be a good fit for us. Full rebuild mode for Ross county though.

Letting someone go who has less than a year left on their deal, and punting someone who was an ever present before getting injured, and has a brand new two year deal, are two different things. It's possible that Carroll could face that fate, since he has a year left and is behind McGinley in the pecking order, but even then, paying off someone's contract as well as paying for a replacement isn't cheap.

Whether folk like McGinley or not, we literally just re-signed him, he's going nowhere. The same goes for anyone else who still has a contract, unless someone else comes in for them. The likes of Efford, Goss, Carroll, and SOD have all played regularly enough that it would hard to imagine the manager trying to mutual any of them. The only player we have that could realistically be sold is Kelly. Out of those leaving, there are 3 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 2 forwards. If we're cutting the squad I could see us bringing in 3 or 4 max. We have Johnston coming back from loan, and Maguire from injury, as well the mid season signings of Tierney and Mahon.

I wouldn't be against Scott returning, if he's played in the same wide role and we also bring back Ariyibi to benefit from his dirty work. I think Hibs we're playing him through the middle, where he's less effective .

It will be interesting to see if a proper pre season makes a difference for some, including the cultural Scandinavians. I know Sheilds had an injury early in the season, and our signings were spread throughout the windows, so hopefully there will be a little more cohesion next season with a slightly smaller rebuild required. Ojala and Sol looked good initially, so I'm hoping the long season really is the issue for both of them, but Ojala runs like he needs a hip replacement, and has been subbed off frequently, so I think there's a bigger issue there.

For me, him leaving has has elevated St Mirren to no longer being one of the teams I forget are a thing. So, someone else will need to claim the spot of the last team I recall when I think of the premier league, not sure who that is yet. What a guy though. Who's our next almost one club man going to be?

I thought I was clued up on all things Motherwell, but there's a pitch under the pitch? when from? I always thought the slope was impossible to fix due to the stands or something too. Might join Twitter again for the progress pics.

Kelly deciding to get revenge on Donnelly for his shite pass by punting it at his face has been the highlight so far. Although, we are playing somewhat better. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Is he ever fit? I think Parker was essentially brought in as cover for the cup group games while we sored out our other signings. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

There's an argument to be had about how good or bad his signing policy is, but I wouldn't say he's blinkered to a particular market, when we have Sol, Ojala, efford, neirenold, and the Irish weans. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

I think we'll win this one. It's our turn. It will be the same formation with KVV in for Shields (or maybe Tierney). Tierney will get someone sent off for child abuse, and we'll break our streak of being shite against ten men by immediately sending on all our defenders. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Interesting that some haven't played on grass for the best part of five years. Must have blown their minds to be playing on grass and a hill at the same time. Hopefully the reserves/unders return to some normality next season and we can get a better idea of who's knocking on the door. Seems that a few have been training with the big team, so maybe a couple are close. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

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