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So, from our limited squad, it seems that McGinn, Hendry, TJ, SOD, McGhee and possibly Stam have picked up knocks of varying severity. Thats the ones we know about.

McGhee also came off injured yesterday

The injuries pre season are concerning. I have often heard players who missed large chunks of preseason saying it took them months to catch up once they were fit again.

When did that news get broken? In that case I guess McGhee CB unless we bring someone in that is fit to play

Hopefully by then we will have conned some team to take Stamatelopolous from us, hes worse than a man short. Id have Thor and the new boy Vogt up top alongside TJ if hes fit to play.

SOD is out for weeks

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.

SOD and JK both started v Aarhus, Just will come in for Preistman as he is our best player, Longelo I take your point on but if he's fit he plays. You'd hope he gives the 11 he plans on starting v HB 60 against Genk minus Just who he'll probably only let play 45 as he only came back on Thursday

Priestman will play. Has SOD, Longello or jonny K featured yet?

I think its too early to say. The Genk friendly next week should give us a better idea. Will our better players have moved on by the first HB game? Will we see more arrivals by then? Was Stama taken off injured against Aarhus? Little mention so far of Longelo or Thor in pre season games. So many unknowns at the moment.

I had a look into this. There is no particular stat I have that exactly covers this but some that give a general idea. If you look at the shots to goals ratio from selected sides (top, bottom, teams around us) in the Premiership we weren't bad at all. Hibs - 12% Motherwell - 11% Falkirk - 11% Celtic - 11% Livingston - 10% Dundee Utd - 9% If you look at touches in the box to goals ratio again we don't seem to especially stick out as being poor in this regard. Hibs - 6.6% Falkirk - 6.5% Motherwell 6.1% Celtic - 5.5% Dundee Utd - 5.3% Livingston - 5.3% So at a glance Hibs were the best team in terms of being clinical in front of goal but there really isn't any significant margin between the teams.

Team for the game v HB will be: Connelly JK SOD Moormann Longelo Watt Fadinger Said Just RCC Maswanhise (If fit) if not 1 of Vogt or Stama

Spot on Dave, im all for giving the academy plsyers game time but AJ should be concentrating on what our 1st choice starting 11 will be, the ECL game is in two weeks and the league starts three weeks today. For me the squad looks a bit threadbare in certain areas, cenral defence, goal keeper and striking options up top so i hope our recruitment team are working hard to fill the gaps.

Yes and no. Player "trading" suggests not just comings but also goings.

Its not been said, but I assume a broken jaw will sideline him for a wee while. He certainly won't be able to eat at the moment. Its a bit concerning though that we're playing so many young lads in games we should be using to prepare for the impending Conference League ties. Giving the development squad some gametime is no bad thing though, just not quite so much of it just now.

When did they say JT would be out for several weeks? He was back in training this week.

That was a bit concerning, especially as we have a small squad at the moment. Certainly, we know about TJ, who will be out for several weeks, and McGinn and Hendry, who are out for months. Hopefully, not much more than that.

To me this sounds like Thor. Hopefully see more of him this year.

Do we have any information on the injuries referred to?

Can’t help but interpret ‘youthful’ meaning likely to stay for next season . was positive to hear Dawes is busy

The gaffer said

RIP Mike

RIP Mike.

Alfred’s interview suggests a very youthful team. He suggested the game enabled 2009 and 2010 players to get hair on their chests?? id like to see our more established players get minutes in their legs before playing a really good side on Friday night but hey ho… I’ll trust the process (I hate that phrase… sorry)

Me too mate. He scored goals for fun with Clydebank, went down south and did nowt, came back to us and scored a few but never lived up to what he'd done at the Bankies previously. I had the card as well 🙂 May even still have it. I have a Gola football boot box of early mid 70s football cards somewhere in the loft !