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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).

It's often a challenge for young keepers to break through at their parent club. You can see that across the leagues. As a result, until they hit their late twenties or older, a keeper's career seems to be a series of loans or training every week as 2nd or 3rd choice. It's a tough gig. I don't think Connelly in the Hibs game was any worse than the first few performances from Ward, so I still think he can develop into a decent keeper.

It's Italian food I'm fed up with here. The vast majority of local restaurants are some variation of Italian cuisine. Don't have to travel too far for a better choice, but not as convenient. When I was working in an actual office we had everything from Spanish and Turkish, to Sushi, Indian and 2 Peruvian places all a short walk away.

It's nice once in a while, but along with clam chowder seems to appear on every menu in every restaurant in New England. One of my favourite seafood dishes is from a local joint that serves shrimp stuffed with crab meat that you dip in melted butter. I like soft shell crab too.