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There's nothing in the UEFA kit regs I can see that says you can't have a hoop, just that there needs to be a certain amount of clear space around the number on the back (Section 10). I suppose that space would break the hoop in our case so you could argue about whether it was technically still a hoop But it could certainly still be visible on the back. I'd imagine the hoop would have to be printed rather than a separate panel to make that sort of design, though, which not everyone might like.

Frankly, I'm far too old to care who makes our strip or what it looks like. All I care about is who's wearing it.

Frankly, it doesn't matter. The offence is "entering or attempting to enter the stadium" with them.

I fully support their efforts to do that, and I wasn't there so obviously don't know exactly what went down. But surely by now they know better than to do it without taking prohibited items into the stadium, if they did indeed take smoke bombs in.

Yes, banned items include "any article or substance whose main purpose is the emission of a flare for purposes of illuminating or signalling or the emission of smoke or a visible gas".

'Flow saying on Twitter that today is "likely to be a super mad busy day", so fingers crossed for at least one signing!

It's fair in that everyone has the same chance of facing a great team or a diddy team. Football is meant to be unpredictable and exciting. And the millions doled out in the later rounds is part of the problem.

McCall all but ruled him out a few days ago anyway, because he was told he didn't really want to play out-and-out right wing.

Suits me... I'll take a striker that does nothing in a game other than the score the winner any day of the week

Because there's a fair chance you're not going to develop much further as a player (or in any job) by doing the same thing week in, week out at the same club against the same opponents? He was very consistent in his time with us, which is a great asset in itself, but he rarely looked like he was about to step up to the next level. (If, indeed, he's capable of doing so at all.)

Last season, aye. I'm thinking more a few years back, when they weren't as decent an SPL outfit as they've become now, but still fairly regularly seemed to dig out annoying one or two goal wins against us.

Now that the roles are somewhat reversed, hopefully we can do to Inverness what they used to do to us all too often… soak up the pressure while never looking like scoring, then score.

How so? After the initial flurry of interest and sign-ups, they need to be marketing it harder than ever if we want to get anywhere near the required total.

To be honest, all he probably needs to do is stop trying so hard, looks like he's been trying to win every game on his own any time I've seen him so far this season.

I dunno, I've learned that teams with an annual revenue far beyond anything we can dream of will usually beat us quite comfortably.

Couldn't really care less how any player celebrates a goal against us, to be honest, former player or not -- he doesn't exactly score many so can't begrudge him a celebration, and I'd expect a pro to be giving 100% against any team whether he supported them or not. Enough things about our own performance to be annoyed about without getting wound up about things like that too, imho.

Depends whether you listen to the folk who were suggesting in the Shoutbox a minute ago he should have come for the cross when they scored…

Sportsound's on MW from 5.30, so I'd guess so.

So if you don't believe your very good source, why should we?

Yup. He's proved he knows his way to goal often enough before now, and McCall should hopefully remember how to get the best out of him. He's bound to be a wee bit rusty after not getting much of a chance at Hearts, and it'll take a while for the whole team to gel this season, not just him.

Seemed fairly clear ZFA had been told not to get behind full back at all in first half, he was turning back to receive passes rather than running on to them at every opportunity. Good job too, meant he was able to get back and make that cracking tackle in the box.

That was true of Levante too, but they beat us fairly handily...

Not particularly confident of getting any kind of result I'm afraid… just too big a game too soon for our newly-assembled and still slightly depleted squad. Realistically I'm expecting us to lose by a couple, so if we do better than that I'll be happy, moreso if we score ourselves in the process.

Have to say he does feel a bit like a faintly desperate last-ditch addition despite Henrik's supposed recommendation. But I don't suppose we have much to lose on a six-month loan, and we've been pleasantly surprised by uninspiring-sounding additions before now. (And judging by the "initial six month period" wording, sounds like we may have an option to extend or buy if he does well.)

Actually, 'fishel MFC saying on Facebook that Anier has *not* actually signed anything so far.