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Never quite understood his signing in the first place - not after we had secure Skippy, Clarskon Moult & Fletcher. I remember 'Flow tweeting it Baraclough wanted 5 strikers, but he was never likely to be more then 2nd string.

Maybe we need to follow American Football's example and hire a coach just for the defence.

If you listen to McGhee's post-match, we did do our set-piece homework. The guys just seem incapable of doing it on the park. Sadly, it's been an issue for 3 or 4 seasons now. The throw-ins seem to be a Fir Park thing. It has been that way for the last 30+ years!

Just like Accies dug in for a draw at Parkhead, and we played them off the park for a win? Just like we weren't going to win the league because we went on an unbeaten run, it doesn't mean we are going to be relegated because we lost two on the trot. Would you swap Accies team and manager for ours until the end of the season right now? I know I wouldn't.

Except Faddy was the Plan B yesterday - not speed, but guile to try and unlock the defence.

Hammell and, more so Lasley, aren't exactly blessed with pace. Some speed in either of their replacements would be a welcome bonus.

Just listened to the post-match and that cleared up the question about why Kennedy hasn't be in favour. Seems like he hasn't been living up to McGhee's expectations - although McGhee said he met them this week.

Just our luck he wasn't even in the starting lineup until one of their guys was injured in the warm up.

Game over, it sounds like.

And there we go - concede from County's first corner. Must have been watching the Liverpool v Norwich game for defending tips.

I didn't agree with last week's selection, but Hearts at Tynie and missing both Las and Grimshaw is a different proposition. He still overthought it though. Today's lineup is what most of us would have picked, so let's see if we know what we're talking about.

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1) A Million for Johnson now + 2 million for Moult in the summer. 2) Pay back Les' loan 3) Profit!

Plus add-ons.

If it's a million, that would be a great bit of business. Still don't believe it, though.

McGhee still talks these 2 up, but it's always with the "they're still young, lots of potential" caveat. Of course, maybe these 2 are part of his plan to bring in younger players after we hit the 40 point mark. Equally, of course, it could just be they don't fit his style of play; every manager has their favourites, but it would be a shame to lose them as they both seem to have potential.

You can only presume they aren't performing in training the way he would like, but it is very strange. In particular, as even in his latest interview he was still talking up Laing for the midfield role.

Then Watt or Kennedy for Law, and Cadden for Grimmy. No overthinking it, I hope.

I think you're probably right and will be another one to add to the "never played at a higher leve than us after we relased him" list.

People tend to forget he was 19 when he made his first team debut. Consistency is often what is lacking at that age, especially when you play for a team that changes your position most weeks or wants you to be the "impact sub". For all that, letting him go was the correct decision at the time, but be interesting to see if he does manage to attain that necessary level of consistency.

Get the red card appeal paperwork dusted off. One of the teams will need it on Monday morning.

Of course there is a wider issue to address here, and that is the general production and development of Scottish footballing talent. The nation as a whole hasn't exactly been churning them out recently.

Keepers at any club rarely come through the ranks. It's the nature of the position. I'd struggle to think of any current top league goalie who played with the same team at youth level.

He doesn't have any record with our new owner though, and he is calling the shots. If Les makes it a requirement to blood new players (and it seems he has), then it's up to McGhee to deliver.

See Grimshaw's deal with Preston made official today.