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$3.99 on onefootball.com Never tried that site before, so no idea if it's any good.

Premier Sports are covering it.

Strange change of direction to switch from the Premiership's top goal scorer to a player who only scored one more league goal than me last season. EDIT: I just noticed a more interesting stat that Antman and Maswinhese have both scored 23 league goals. Antman took 167 games to achieve that, JT took 59. Maybe they forgot to look at that second part.

The BBC has it faults, but it's hamstrung by lack of funding. The live Championship games and Alba coverage are certainly fall into its public service remit. The website can be a bit hit or miss, but again much of that is down to funding with too few people being asked to do too much. I wouldn't be averse to a refresh of some of the pundits, and any service can be improved. I'd hate to lose it though, and be dependent on commercial channels. That would be wall to wall Old Firm.

Or it was next level misdirection from Alfred.

Is number 40 David Turnbull's half brother?

I see they are trialing a new rule in England this season to try and prevent "tactical timeouts" where keepers go down with fake injures to disrupt momentum and allow tactical reshuffles. Unlike outfield players who were required to leave the field of play for 1 minute, there was no equivalent for the keepers, and so no consequence to the team. This season, if the game is stopped for a goalkeeper injury, the manager has to nominate an outfield player to leave the field immediately and remain off the field for at least 1 minute after the restart. I like the idea, but not sure if it will work in practice.

We brought in 3 loanees last season. 2 of them didn't work out (Sule and Osong) and one did (Welsh). If that model plus the players we signed on permanent deals managed to bring us success, there's not much need to deviate too far this season. As others have said, we have some unexpected injury problems to deal with too, and loans can be a good way to fill the gaps - directly or indirectly - if the expectation is that the injured players will return in the first half of the season.

True. I thought he was talking about signing rather than loans. We can afford to borrow one or two good Scottish players.

Hopefully. I'm not sure how much training he's been able to do, but even a 30 minute appearance could be a big help.

We can't afford the good ones.

Gaffer saying JT is back in the squad for this game. Not as a starter, and "with protection" for his jaw.

Unfortunately, I don't think the US channels that cover the Euro competitions bother with the 2nd qualification rounds. Probably because there are about 428 of them. I don't see any alternative options listed, although somtimes they appear nearer the time.

I'm sure the manager knows where we lack and what we need.

A common mistake, at least amongst journalists and fans, is to think individuals need replaced. While it's true to some extent, that's not really how it works. Classic case is Lennon Miller. After we sold him, we reshaped our midfield, brought in guys like Fadinger, Watt and Just and changed the way we played. In the end, we had a stronger midfield that the one Miller played in, without ever replacing Miller directly.

Tony Watt left years ago.

Still do in Coatbridge.

We even had electricity and running water in the 60s.

I remember when we drew them away in the cup in what must have been the early 80s. It was a nil - nil draw at Ochilview, but we won comfortably in the replay. 6 - 1, if my old memory isn't playing tricks.

We'll need a league squad and a cup squad, like the big teams.

No VAR helped too. So even if there were any decisions players didn't agree with, they all had to keep going. No waiting for reviews, and goals were goals and could be instantly celebrated.

I understand what you said. I just don't see him doing much better in the Premiership than his 1 goal for Birmingham the season he played in League 1. His best ever season was 12 league goals in 42 games 6 years ago and he hasn't hit double figures since. Falls in to the overrated category for me, but just my opinion.

He current form is 3 goals in each of the past 2 seasons. Would rather keep Said up front that waste a penny on Dykes.

I anticipate a new striker from the German second tier we've never heard of.

I read today that Charlton Athletic looks to be the most likely destination for Dykes. I certainly don't fancy him at Fir Park.