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I have no doubt JBA will bring in a couple more strikers before the window closes. On the plus side, the early season has shown how well we can cope without Miller.

Also, kudos to the person who chose the half-time photo on the Twitter feed.

The "best midfield outside of Celtic" working hard to maintain their 30% possession in the first half. Still needing a striker or two though.

Is that the fault of our training methods too?

Biggest positive so far is we haven't been dragged down to their level. Still sticking to the plan.

All good here - maybe the unusual Paisley sunshine causing issues,

His name's Campbell, though.

Possibly, but his record post Fir Park, suggests he is a 4 or 5 goals per season striker at this level.

Balmer, like Casey, gave me the fear every time I saw him on the team sheet. It looks like SOD is being chosen ahead of him ecause he is more capable of passing a ball to a player in his own team - and that is the core of JBA's new philosophy. You could argue that lessens our aerial power in defending crosses, but I'd struggle to remember Balmer winning a battle in that department. What is obvious is that we need at least one, and probably two, central defenders who can play a bit of football.

The more we keep the ball, the less chances we'll concede (Cap'n Obvious, I know). As much as I have slated our defensive efforts the past few seasons, after we gifted the goal to Rangers last week, we actually restricted them to very few chances. I agree, however, we'll need to score a few, because this defence - even on its best day - is pretty much guaranteed to concede.

Did I miss the announcement this week, or was that also secret?

Yep. O'Neill is too, but I enjoyed his 40 yarder.

20 games, zero goals. Whatever the reasons, not our best ever signing

Gallacher, Scott, Cornelius and McAlear all featuring. Another Championship ex-player reunion.

Marinello and McAllister would be in mine, plus Wark, Russell and Cooper. Graham and Pettigrew too. Probably McCrae in goals. The others I will need to think about.

Might see him in the BBC game this evening. Hope he gets his career back on track.

I get it. I just don't care enough to be bothered. It reflects poorly on him, but not on my Cup Final memories.

Could be. Also, if we are looking to bring an EPL player in on loan - which we sometimes do - they aren't usually available until towards the end of the window.

Mr. "need to earn the right to play football" vs Mr. "want the play the same style of football every week"

I'm all for Scottish Clubs doing well in Europe. As you say, it raises the profile of the game, and I enjoy watching teams like Utd and Hibs in their Euro games. It still hurts us, though, when they can afford 2 or 3 better players next season.

I was delighted when I watched Tom Boyd lift the Scottish Cup. Could not care less what he said or did after that, and certainly don't get offended by anything a footballer says. They are not typically blessed with deep insight or even common sense.

That's good in the short term for our league chances. In the longer term, however, it generates significant amounts of cash for them that widens the gap in finances, and makes it easier for them to invest in better players.

Turnbull back in the Cardiff squad this evening, although on the bench.

He did. I just assumed he wasn't 100% for the Rangers game. Of course, it could be JBA prefers Ward - we'll find out soon enough.

I'd guess Ox is back given he was available on the bench last week ahead of Connelly. Although it wouldn't be terrible to go back to the days of 2 subs, with no backup goalie. That always made things interesting.