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I agree. I would like us to stay at Fir Park - just not sure where the new playing facilities would be - assume maybe the club would need to get permission from the council to build Just having this discussion with my brother and he said the biggest issue is the main stand and the drain on resources

Fans may have suggested it but the club have not. I would say we are staying here. Three good stands , one old one and a belter of a playing surface v start from scratch in a soulless new one,somewhere. Staying for the foreseeable. Build facilities some where cheap from scratch.

If its a good thing for the club - fine. I just don't see the club investing any money we get from Miller in new facilities.

Think the issue is where would we build the new facilities particularly if we aren't going to be staying at Fir Park in the long term which is what some fans have suggested

If we play a 4 at the back you are probably right in that we dont really need any extra defenders. If we want to play 3 we probably need one thats better than Balmer to ensure he remains a squad player. We probably want that flexibility as it would also allow us to deploy McGhee elsewhere if required. My reading of Fadinger is that he is more of a Spittal type replacement than Miller. With him and Slattery (if we can keep him) together with Wells, Ross and Sparrow we appear to have some decent attacking mid options. Still need the Miller replacement and if we can get Sylla that would be grand.

Fadinger sounded like a Miller replacement, but even if he is, we could do with 2 players that can fill that role.

If the new manager does opt for a 4-3-3, I wonder if the plan is to move forward with McGhee and Gordon as the first-choice CB pairing, with Koutroumbis or McGinn at RB and Wilson at LB. The latter two certainly aren’t wing-backs, but a traditional back four would likely suit them well. We’ve also got SOD and Balmer for cover. That formation gives us scope to bring in a few more players in the wide and central attacking roles, as well as an obvious replacement for Miller. Maybe that’s Fadinger? Anything else?

Like most players who leave us for a team in the same division, I hope they do well and I hope their team always finishes behind us. Here's hoping we can rebuild a less leaky central defence now.

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I thought I read he prefers 4-3-3? So I would imagine he’ll look at what he has and see what he needs and determine our chances of getting the right players in to make that work.

I liked Blaney. Decent footballer. But positional sense not good enough and prone to the odd howler. Probably too nice to be a defender in the SPL. Wish him well. Just not too well......

Whoops! Sorry pal

Shane Blaney signed for Livi.

Fire in. Talented enough footballer, but doesnt have the physical attributes required to be successful in the top league in Scotland (imho).

Aye, sorry, I missed that it was specifically wing backs. I would hope that the new manager would come in, see what he has got and go feom there. The squad is currently more suited to 4 at the back, but I would suggest we need a bit more pace in midfield and forward areas to supllement what is there.

I don't know what it's like now, but when I was at school we sometimes played there and I don't think it's unfair to say it had seen better days even then. Catering was tea from an urn and a sausage roll.

Until we know what formations the new manager wants to play, I have no idea where we are well covered. Not everyone plays wing backs.

Id be happy enough if we sign Seddon as first pick and Wilson as back up. Im not sure we can afford to carry 3 on that side? Not sure if McGhee can cover that side. It was said that he was a good utility player in a number of positions albeit more right sided.

Is everyone happy that we're well covered at left wing back?

They are unhhappy I believe. Players have their lunch at Fir Park, for example, and that limits hospitality income. Ideally catering and other facilities would be available at our training facilities. There are complications though.

Falkirk sniffing about Dom Thomas I'm hearing in their quest for a top 6 place.

Interested to see your rationale for that thought?

Robinson was just an unfortunate case of bad luck. The situation with Nicholson, though, is entirely on the club. He’s a good player when fit, but handing a contract to someone who openly admitted to having dodgy knees was a stupid decision. And then there’s Stuparevic. Is he just shit? Misjudged? Either way, he’s now completely sidelined for the foreseeable future.

That would be very nice. Especially without a sponsor! 😉