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That works for me. I'm OK with white too.

I'm sure everybody at the club is aware of where the gaps in the team are, who is likely to be leaving, the extent of the injuries we have, and who our targets are. It's literally their job, and their continued employment depends on it. Unfortunately, the one thing we can't control as much as we like is the timing of the signings. The window not closing until September doesn't help, and the World Cup has slowed business down a bit too. While it would be ideal to have a complete squad in the middle of July, in today's game that is unrealistic. If SOD, JK and JT hadn't been injured, we'd probably be more comfortable heading into the HB game, but these things happen and we just need to deal with it.

I agree, but that's a different argument. I don't think there are any teams in our division where we need a change kit, and I'm pretty sure we have played all of them at one time with neither side changing. If we are going down the change kit route, however, to avoid a "clash" then sticking with the same major colours in the away shirt seems pointless.

You're making my point here. What managers say to the media who love to twist everything and try and concoct controversial stories, and what managers say to players behind closed doors are two different things. Prime example, JBA discussing his tactic for targeting Hanley. You could write the script for every post-match these days. One for the good games and one for the bad games. They've all attended the same training on that score, so it tends to pretty meaningless. The only thing that matters is how the team is performing, and no amount of talking with Scottish journalists changes that.

Alfred seems very upbeat. I can imagine that win, lose or draw, his media interviews are always going to accentuate the positive and focus on the progress we make. That will definitely annoy about 50% of our fans.

The good thing is that the window is open until 1st September. The bad thing is that most leagues start before then, although ours is earlier than many. So you don't really get a chance to assess the squad for the season until a few games in. Just another reason to dislike the window idea, or at least its timing.

Which one would we wear against Hearts?

Lucky it's just a friendly then.

We've been better since Wilson came on. Coincidence???? probably.

Aye, I'm not normally one for bans, but they need to be kicked out and kept out.

Just top scorer again.

I think we already knew that. McGinn, JK and SOD injured means we either need to make do, or bring in a couple of additonal defenders we hadn't originally planned for.

They've already sown the seeds to have B teams in the league. So even if we punted their parent clubs the SFA and SPFL are going to make sure they are still represented.

True, but they are another club recently acquired by American owners with shares in multiple clubs and a penchant for data driven management. So they have a few more quid to spend than in previous years. Having said that, I agree a fee of sub 100k is quite likely. Freeing up Ox's wages without having to buy out his contract is a good situation for both parties, and receiving a fee makes it a good deal.

The Record today sill reporting "Samsunspor are confident of sealing a £1.7 million move for Elliot Watt over the coming days." - so nothing official to report at this point. It's a sad day when you can't believe 12 year olds on Twitter. (Of course he will likely be leaving us, but like most of our deals the details will not be posted on Facebook).

Likewise. Unfortunate for him that we changed a style that didn't suit, but he was a good fit at Dunfermline and the fans liked him too. Did better than us in the cup, too.

Almost right, except it's run for the benefit of the Old Firm, not just Celtic.

Somebody makes up a number when posting on twitter. 5 people retweet. Someone on a fans' fourm reads the tweet and repeats it in post. Journo copy and pastes number from the post in transfer rumours article. Somebody quotes the journo in a tweet. 10 people retweet. Another fan posts details on the tweet in a different forum. Different journo posts number from "multiple sources" And that, is how internet "facts' are created.

1. Elijah Just - New Zealand Despite going out in the group stages of the tournament, the Motherwell playmaker was the highest ranked Scottish Premiership star at the tournament, with an average rating of 7.73. He equalled Henrik Larsson's World Cup goal tally for a Scottish club player by scoring three goals in three games at the World Cup. (must be worth a few more Euros now it's official)

One of our best league seasons was when Albion Rovers put us out the cup. I certainly won't be writing off next season if we perform poorly against HB.

It will be another undisclosed. Unless someone's tweeting notarized copies of the contract, the numbers will be speculation to a greater or lesser degree.

With the timing of the window, I don't even bother trying to assess the team and its outlook until September.

Relegation or liquidation? If it's neither, then I'd suggest nowhere near a disaster.

FIFA will make sure Messi gets to the final (allegedly).