Spiderpig

He's had a few issues in recent years but I think he is a great striker, still only 30 I would love to see him at Fir Park. I suspect he had a bit of a falling out at Celtic and was very rarely used last season. Don't know what his contract situation is at Celtic but if he is available GA should be making enquiries.

He was never good enough for the premiership up here, even struggled when he was at Dundee , seems he's found his level in league 2.

I get the impression that Blackpool want him off the books so a permanent deal might be a possibility https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/speculation-mounts-that-blackpool-will-allow-former-sunderland-midfielder-ethan-robson-to-leave-on-loan-3267528

It's all gone very quiet on the squad rebuild only 1 confirmed signing so far, and alleged interest in Lafferty, the season starts in just over 4 weeks with the league cup, time we had some new players in to discuss.

Knock yourself out, one day the voices will give you some interesting news to share.

That's how rumours should be names and teams quoted, irrespective of whether it's a load of nonsense or not, none of this cryptic riddle shite, life's too short.

Or it could all just be be complete bollocks, the sooner we get some genuine rumours to discuss the better.

A 3 year deal apparently, so financially and football wise as you say a no brainer, good luck to him, hope he does well.

I watched both of their playoff games and Lafferty was anonymous for 180 mins he hardly touched the ball, I was all for signing him in January but now I would avoid him, I would rather we used the money to offer Cole an enhanced contract it would be better spent.

It's another Motherwell strip, no radical differences from any of the last few, why the club feels the need to change strips every year or two and basically all you get is a different collar or a extra bit of white here and there ,a band that goes all the way round or another dodgy sponsors logo is beyond me. I'm long past the age for buying strips but for me the constant kit changes just rip off the fans that do buy them and pressure them into having that seasons model, No doubt there will be another Goal keepers top, away kit and training wear to buy as well, all unsurprisingly similar to last seasons range.

It's impossible to compare the abilities of players of different eras as the game has changed so much . With keepers that's even more so, today's balls are much lighter, travel faster, move in the air a lot more than the lumps of leather McRae and Rennie had to deal with. As you get older and are lucky enough to have seen McRae and Rennie play you thought they were great but then when you see the likes of Randolph,Ruddy, Djikstra, Thompson, etc and now Kelly and Carson, you realise the modern era keepers are every bit as good But as I said a direct comparison is Impossible so for me they were all great keepers for us but in their own eras.

Turnbull making his Scotland debut tonight, starting against the Dutch according to STV news.

That's the problem with some on here they expect GA to be out there signing someone with the ability of Ngolo Kante on the money that gets you Robbie Crawford

He is in the same category as Lafferty i.e. no thanks lots of better options to spend our cash on.

It was not a comparison on footballing ability, but on the style of play, I appreciate Murphy is a much better player , but he is easy to defend against all he wants to do is cut inside he gets away with it more as he's a better player and can adapt but Hastie plays the same way without the extra ability and almost always comes up short.

That's not a bad move for him, the Championship will be a very competitive league next season, Accies, Killie, Partick, Dunfermline and Raith will all being going for promotion. I see Elliot Frear has been released by Hearts, no mention of Roberts on the list, they must be keeping him.

100% this he is Jamie Murphy Mark 2, he always wanted to cut inside just like Hastie does, as you say stay with him and show him down the line and he is very ineffectual .

Tweet about Marvin Johnson's goal in the playoff game appeared in the official twitter feed, just reminding us of the goal or can we expect an announcement, now he's a free agent

Middleton is a decent prospect, he will probably sign a permanent deal at St Johnstone if he is released, to be fair it will be a great career move, maybe not financially but football wise for all of them to get away from the blue uglies, they should all get a team at a decent level.

Brilliant we really are a community club stuff like this should be more widely publicised,

I would have Johnson back he's been a reasonably regular starter at Middlesbrough, still a decent player, probably can't afford him now though.

QoS are a decent side but it's a very good draw for us, can't see us having much trouble with any of the teams, plus it's been a while since we played and pumped Airdrie, so here's hoping

GA and the coaching team must rate him, a young player with lots of potential to develop, could potentially be a very good signing, nice to see we are getting our business started early.

I'm getting worried about this forum new player just in the door and it's all positive, nobody slaughtering him yet,

Quality not quantity is always a good approach, we failed badly on that last summer and in January this year, commiting funds to dross who contributed nothing, so we need to get it right this summer, I hope GA's contacts book is full he will need it.