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Aye. Comms from the club havent been great during pre-season. Of course some things need to be kept under wraps, like transfer negotiations etc, but simple things like who is fit and who isnt should be fairly straightforward. Also with the World Cup and everything else going on, media focus is elsewhere.

Has a calf strain apparently. Likely to be out another week at least.

I agree. I dont think fans need a lot of information. But something along the lines of "the club have received these reports and it will take some time to digest the information contained. Meanwhile we will embark on a process to replace the seats in the POD to ensure we can continue to use it for UCL games. The work is scheduled for.....and is due for completion by......" Silence just allows fans to fill the blanks for themselves.

Not sure he is a direct replacement, but we have seen Oscar and Fadinger play very well together at the base of the midfield, so it is at least a known quantity. We probably still need a back up in there for injuries and suspensions, but that could well be one of our academy players as there certainly seems to be a huge emphasis on youth development coming through the clubs communications this season, whether it be talking about the manager or just the squad in general. Id still like a Watt replacement though as last season all 3 got plenty minutes.

Agreed. Result not that important tonight. Performance related to availability and fitness of players will be far more illuminating. Hopefully we dont get a doing and some of the new signings are available to bolster what might be a threabare squad.

Its hard not to think that there is more at play here when the punishments applied are clearly excessive. Neither the club nor Elliot Watt have questioned the integrity of the match officials, well maybe the club inferred it with the photo of Beaton & McGregor, but its not the most blatant example Ive seen/heard. Of course, we will take it more personally as its our club that is invovled, but it appears most fans of most other clubs agree, if the views expressed on P&B are anything to go by. Again, I will await the punishment of McInnes with interest.

€2m is a decent fee I guess. Be interested to see what the "signing bonus" is? Never heard of that before. Hopefully we now have more players incoming.

McInnes ban should be longer than Watts (albeit I wholeheartedly disagree with Watts punishment.) His language was stronger, he inferred foul play, even if he didnt say it implicitly, and it was in reference to a game neither he nor his team were involved in.

Maybe the source likes succulent lamb and his benefactor has a vested interest in keeping the price down! 😍😍😍

Scottish newspapers generally have no clue what we are up to these days. Its quite refreshing, even if it is a little frustrating waiting on any real news about our ins & outs......

Thats class.....

We had nearly 2 years of Alexanderball before Sligo, so I dont think quite the same thing. But would be a horrendous start nonetheless.....

I would hope that unless negotiations for any of our better players are at a significantly advanced stage, then all of them should be playing v HB (unless injured). I get that we are a selling club, and I get that we cant stand in the way of players progressing their careers, we literally sell ourselves as the vehicle for that, but deals can fall through and the club has a duty to the fans first and foremost.

It does. But do we write off the opportunity to make money from Europe simply because our squad is a little bulky in certain positions right now? Spending a little to accumulate more has served us well recently. The group stages might be a long shot but our signing strategy shouldnt ignore it. Especially if we see some players moving on eventually.....

The Shear audacity of it! 😍😍😍