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The ex-Livi theme is becoming a bit laughable now, but I wouldn't say that makes this a bad signing. Decent pedigree in Scottish football and fills a position we've been lacking in, the 'graduate homecoming' thing is also a nice sentiment.

Doubt it seeing as Kilmarnock and St Mirren are already playing.

Very generous of you to give him 45 minutes before being denounced as shite.

Morally dubious yes, but not sure Celtic have broken any rules as such. If they had failed to play Hibs the other night that would've been a different story but can't see them being charged with wrongdoing on this occasion.

But when fans get back into stadiums, that'll equate to more time to visit the kiosk! Revenue generation at its finest.

The squad is nowhere near as bad as some have made out. Carroll and Donnelly (hopefully back soon) are like 2 new signings. I suspect we'll get 2-3 new faces in at most this window, and likely on short term loans as others have mooted. I think I'd have bigger concerns about GA turning things around if he went out and signed 6 or 7 new players, as that would suggest he isn't capable of getting the few extra percent out of a largely capable but underachieving squad. I'd also be concerned if we started throwing money around during what has always been an inflated January market. Aye, we've done well in revenue terms recently but that money is ringfenced for new training infrastructure and stadium maintenance/improvements surely? I'd be pretty raging actually if we started eating into that, as I suspect those wheels will be put into motion in the next 12 months once fans are back at games. I'd like to think that the board interviewed potential new managers thinking "who is the best man to turn this around" and not "who is the best man to turn this around if we give him a few hundred grand to spend on new signings". You could say that our squad overachieved last season but it is certainly underachieving this season, I have faith that GA will get things right without any major surgery this window and we'll finish clear of the bottom.

It'll be Madden, Dalls and Collum etc in the VAR booth, so I wouldn't hold your breath that they'll all of a sudden start getting things wrong less often.

Just out of curiosity, how does the headers stat compare against other teams. Admittedly we've scored fewer than most, but I would've thought headers make up a minority for most teams. Quite glaring when you see it broken down like you have but I wonder how it stacks up against others.

I think things are improving, just not very quickly. If the professional bubbles work as they're supposed to and clubs can cut out the piss-ups by the pool non-essential travel then there's no reason that our league can't continue uninterrupted despite prevalence in the general population.

I'd be surprised to see more than 2 or 3 players max join this window, even if we were to lose a couple. Given the apparent divide in the dressing room and the known difficulties in getting quality players during January, I don't think half a dozen new faces mid-season is necessarily a good thing. Although I could be wrong.

I’m guessing that Harry Robinson is still at the club?

Context for this please? Think I missed this.

His missus has also just given birth. The cynic in me questions how much that has had to do w h the injury.

I agree. You could quite easily see the likes of Seedorf, Lang, Long, Hylton, Hastie, etc being world beaters in training. Some of them may just not have been able to translate it to a Saturday, maybe a confidence thing or maybe an attitude thing. I think it's lazy to just say the players we've signed have been bad players. Chapman aside, I'd say there is potential for everyone in our squad to play at this level, which fundamentally is what our club's recruitment policy is. I would not be surprised at all to see one or two of the players labelled as dead wood find a new lease of life under Alexander, it wouldn't be the first time a new manager has resurrected a player's career.

Swap Watt and Cole, and maybe play Maguire over Crawford and I’d go with that.

He was in the pictures posted by the club today, so he's still around.

Likely in front of a bridge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55574531 Now reporting on the Beeb as well as the red tops.

I agree with the sentiment that Wright is probably the safest bet, but that Alexander is the most exciting/refreshing. Decent footballing pedigree, decent amount of successful management experience, and a bit of an unknown quantity in Scotland to keep it interesting. The more that time passes the more I feel it won't be him however, wouldn't be surprised to see a picture of Lasley under a railway arch in the next hour or so.

There was an article on the BBC the other day saying interviews would be Tuesday and Wednesday, with an announcement on Thursday. Other than that and the odd suggestion from those 'in the know' that something is imminent, it could be any time really.

Was there not a post on the socials recently about him being back in training?

I find the Polworth criticism unjustified a lot of the time. Yes he can be wasteful, but at our level who isn't? I personally just think he's suffering from playing in a team bereft of confidence and conviction, I wouldn't be putting a creative number 10 type high on the transfer priorities list.

Liam Polworth?

I don't know where Grayson has come from. I saw him mentioned on here the other day, and since then has been linked in the rags. Would be unlike them to use sarcastic throwaway forum posts as intel.