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And just for even more perspective Stevie May is up there with Kyogo and Harry McKirdy for having one of the worst barnets in the league.

Having broke through into an MLS side at a young age, getting capped by his country and being sold to St Johnstone for over 100 grand you would think many have the opinion that he is a more than capable professional level footballer. While he did make 34 appearances in the league last season 28 of these were from the bench and just clicking through his soccerbase profile he was thrown on with 15, 10, and 1 minute to go regularly. I'm going to assume that's Kettlewell has signed him as a 'project' going by his statement the other week about signing someone who didn't enjoy the best of seasons (or words to that effect). I've been impressed by Kettlewell and how he has managed to move on so much deadwood, hopefully his gamble pays off.

Theo Bair confirmed.

Funny how careers go as Craig Broon much preferred him to Hutchy.

Jermaine Hylton signs for Arbroath.

O'Donnell and Obika are both a doubt for the weekend according to the recently posted social about the match. On the seeding front, obviously it would be great to miss the Old Firm at this stage but Airdrie and Forfar could pip us to the final seeding spots and we could potentially draw them or if they slip up and we end up seeded if we win our game it can throw up the same potential ties. So I'm not too fussed either way. I'd much rather everyone was just fired into the same pot, the clubs in Europe get to miss the group stages for the aforementioned reasons but they're like one tie away from already being in the Quarters.

Declan Gallagher joins Dundee United. Interesting one as Goodwin hunted him from Aberdeen not so long ago and I'm sure he was filmed in training telling Dec G that that he wasn't good enough before landing st St Mirren.

Conor Shields will be moving on asap according to Burnsy.

Riku Danzaki signs for Western United.

It had lots of blotchy patches for sure, I have no idea what causes that.

A wins a win, not a classic but the three points are most welcome. Queens retained the ball well early in the game passing confidently at the back but they kept over hitting long balls out the park. They had a spate of corners around the ten minute mark and it was around then I felt we started to click a bit. I felt we were our own worst enemy at times as Casey was one of the early offenders with a slack pass out of the back. On a few occasions we regained possession and played a ball forward but we were a bit static up top. Despite his miss it was nice to see Obika get some luck with his goal. That big number 5 in defence for Queens was having a nightmare it was a shame Obika couldn't punish him and the keeper for that miscommunication. It was quite funny when Wilkinson dinked the ball away from the keeper as he was rolling it out only for the long range effort to clip the bar. Special mention to Dom Thomas, he had three free kicks in useful positions and over hit each and everyone. Tough game as expected, we had a similar game against them at Firhill a few years ago which ended in the same scoreline.

I thought Queens were equally brutal at times, how many times did they sling the ball right out the park or lose possession trying to play out out from the back, if we were more clinical from those breaks we could have killed the game earlier. Our old favourite Dom Thomas had three freekicks in the second half late on and each and everyone one wasted. Kettlewell has stated that we are looking at a new forward, I think that young forward you mentioned only had a handful of senior goals. It'll be interesting to see who we get but I think someone with pace would be most welcome.

Also Mark Reynolds and Ross MacIver.

At 2-1, Obika managed to hit the post twice, Mugabi the underside of the bar and Wilkinson missed a sitter.

2-2

Saved by an offside. Another Lamie brain fart.

1-0 for QOTS. Mugabi have a mare at the goal it sounds like.

I would assume so. His contract was up in May and was quietly extended to next year. If it is the case then hopefully nothing serious. Obviously Shields is India bound so isn't in the lineup again but Tierney drops out all together tonight.

That's Moult signed for Dundee United so least that rumour or such can be put to bed. I enjoyed the United promo for him though, almost a minute of Motherwell goals. Good luck to the guy I hope he can get put his injury worries behind him.

Apparently that Viaplay channel are having some issues according some tabloid reports and they might consider pulling out of Scottish Football. Loved BT Sports coverage of the league cup in the past, would love it if we could go back down that avenue but I'm sure they have also rebranded or will be soon.

Scott Burns had posted a bit of a teaser, no club mentioned but he posted the character from the Jungle Book named King Louie. A rumour that might cause a few to have an aneurysm.

Looking forward to the 2023/24 season officially kicking off today. We seem much better prepared having went to the training camp abroad and played the four friendlies. Always nice to visit grounds we rarely visit, hopefully a comfortable day at the office and get off to a solid start to our League Cup campaign.

He did indeed but it seems for only a year. The official article this morning says he had signed an extension in the Summer but didn't mention how long it was for.

Tony Watt named the vice captains at Dundee United. He couldn't get out the door quick enough in January.