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Nobody said it was "supposed" to be signed on Monday. McCall said last Friday he was "cautiously optimistic" it would be signed by Monday or Tuesday, but Faddy hadn't even been given a written offer at that stage. He also said yesterday that Faddy's agent was still telling him that other offers were coming in. Whatever the reasons, it has never been straightforward dealing with Faddy and his many advisors, and I agree that if we don't get it settled soon we need to move on to the next target.

McCall said during one of his MFCTV interviews that he was experimenting with 3 at the back for our Euro ties, but I don't know if he was looking to set up that way in the league.

Way too soon to start trying to make that assessment.

Old farts like myself waited a long time for a Cup win. That arrived eventually.

Faddy doesn't seem to deal with the club directly. Last time it was all managers and lawyers and agents and phone calls and more agents and more lawyers. Feels like he needs to get 3 approvals every time he wants to take a free kick. Last Friday, however, McCall said they hadn't even given him the written version of the offer yet, so him not having signed anything by Tuesday isn't a particularly long time for anything. In internet time, though, it's an eternity.

Sutton - 2 years ago.

Credit to McCall - early in the New Year he said he had a good idea who was leaving and had a list of targets as replacements. The way he has been bringing them in has been almost Gannon-esque.

Club tweet saying we will have an Estonian striker on trial tomorrow night (pending appropriate clearances)

Nah, he's still waiting to hear back from his German contacts on that one.

I'm waiting to see who we bring in as our new speed merchant. That is going to be a key position for us to fill this season.

That's mainly due to their large selection of fine microbreweries and easy access to soft drugs (allegedly).

From his interview on Friday he said: He was cautiously optimistic Faddy would sign. He had been a made a verbal offer and was waiting for a written one. Was going to think about it over the weekend and was hopeful that he would sign on Monday or Tuesday. Similarly hopeful for McManus and was looking for him to sign Monday or Tuesday, but understood he was also training with Hibs and may prefer it there. If both did sign he was still looking for another couple of players - one more striker and one wide/fast player. One of those may have to be a loan.

Didn't one of the issues used to be that yellow/red cards and disciplinary points from playing local teams carried over into the season or something stupid like that? I could be completely misremembering that.

They need the use of their legs when the season kicks off.

Wee snippet from The Times in regard to McManus, McFadden and signings in general.

Off the park, he had nothing but good things to say about the club and the fans. heard him a few times talking about his spell at Fir Park and how much he enjoyed it.

Nah. Someone in an official capacity will have authorized it in a subtle attempt to boost season ticket sales.

Google maps let's you work out distance and time for walking between places. It reckons 1.4 miles/27 minutes (assuming it's Morecambe Station itself you are talking about). Google Directions

If the Cypriot opposition is the same quality as the Albanian I'd take them in a heartbeat.

Was issued a first team number a couple of weeks back so doubt he be will going anywhere soon.

Good point. Now take a look at what I wrote and see if it has any bearing on what you just said.

Name of the last one?

Can't remember the last player we released (rather than left on a transfer/free) that came back to haunt us.

Aye, I read the email from the Society after I posted this and saw that idea had been floated. Glad they are giving it some consideration.