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Balmer got a long throw assist at Tyncastle as well did he not

I'd prob keep CB pairing as-is and pap Balmer to RB. Minimise disruption

Midfield again looks strong, but not so sure that defence can hold out under pressure at Tynecastle! Hope I’m wrong!

Happy with that line up. Balmer needs to up his game today but hopefully McGinn and SOD experience can help. COYW!!!

Again it’s hard to see where goals will come from in that starting XI. If we are going to get anything here then 0-0 is our best hope.

We need to keep our possession stats around 70% to reduce the number of chances they get to test Balmer!

Best original one for a while

Did Turnbull get injured again? I saw he was a sub midweek, produced the assist for a late winner, and won his starting spot today. I turned today's game on later in the first half and he'd been subbed after 32 mins.

I have Balmer fear. however… Cmon ‘Well let’s do these fkrs

Slattery to AP for the opener.

He certainly was under SK, but on the other hand he's played in leagues that tend to be (or certainly used to be) a bit more technical and more likely to play a JBA style. I'm sure JBA will be able to assess him pretty quickly, though, and agree it's much more likely he will be moved on.

I think MJC enjoys a little bit of trolling and a few of his predictions are a little tongue in cheek. It is when he predicts loses against the Scottish 3rd /4th tier teams that I start to think he may be on the wind up. As you say though, it adds a good element of colour to the forum and it would be far more boring without his predictions. I think we will win today. I have been impressed by the start we have made and I don't buy into the Derek McIness love in of the Scottish media. St Mirren beat Hearts last weekend and I don't think that was a surprise. 0-1 Motherwell and the Gorgie faithful to start turning on McIness.

Need a helluva great pair of binoculars!!! 🤪🤪

I'm doing this AI predictions ACCA thing with a couple of mates and they've got us down to get beat today, but on the other hand, that means I have money on us losing, which means a certain win !

I wouldn't be surprised of the likes of Robinson, Nicholson, and Stuperwvic do end up on loan, but it is unlikely to be before the winter window as they are all still a fair bit away from being ready, still doing injury rehab. By the time they have recovered from injury, they will have to alowly ramp up their training load, and it's going to take weeks to get anywhere close to match fitness, then they will have to fight for a place when there are multiple people in front of them in each position. Their best chance is if we have a run of injuries while the window is closed (which isn't that far fetched based on the last couple of seasons) but they're at a huge disadvantage from not having a pre season. On the numbers, there will definitely be some outgoings, both permanent and on loan, and there's no doubt that clubs will be sniffing around our squad come January, so I'm not too concerned about us being bloated for a few months. We're still dealing with the injury mess from last season, hopefully we have some more luck this season so that we can get our squad to a more manageable state.

Where is Nick just now in terms of fitness...always thought he looked a good player but if he can't demonstrate that to jba because of fitness, it doesn't look good . Robinson didn't look the part for me but seemed to do OK at Dundee.

Tbh I can't think of any just now either but you've got to imagine there are young guys making their way in the game at that stage just now. It's not a market we tap into very much , maybe it's cheaper to go abroad, shame cos I'd like us to have more Scots in team. See there's a young Australian, Priestman, being linked with us now.

Yes, it is. Maybe the likes of Luca Ross could go out on loan to a League One or Championship side. Dylan Wells? Maybe Kofi Balmer will move on as it seems he isn't fancied by JBA. There's also 3 long term absentees amongst the 28 0r so.

Looking to watch the game just from Hamilton. Can I do this? Or use a VPN?

Yeah, that’s a good point. Maybe McGhee, though I’m not sure he’s match ready yet.

A squad of 28 is getting too big to be manageable and that's before we bring in what I hope to be defensive minded additions. There are 11 forward players in our squad, would expect that to reduce to 7 over time. Can't be good odds for Nicholson, Robinson, Stuprevec , Sule (even when they are fit).

It’s clear that JBA has had to build the squad as though Robinson, Nicholson, and Stuparevic don’t exist. Once they’re fit, it makes perfect sense to send them out on loan to regain match sharpness, as they won’t be walking straight into JBA’s team as things stand.

It would seem unlikely. He appears to be more "languid" than the type of player we have gone for this season. Not to say he wont get an opportunity, but I dont see him fancying a high press.