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That's the problem with the media's need to publish new stories, often multiple times, daily - it gets boring very quickly. Also one of the many issues with transfer windows. Much better when we heard someone was leaving, and the only other thing we heard was the deal was complete.

I'd much rather have a tall central defender that can pass a ball. Gogic would have been a great player for us in SK's system, but not sure he is what we need now.

Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou revealed it was a late call not to risk playing Lennon Miller in his side’s goalless William Hill Premiership draw away to St Mirren. The teenager is yet to play a competitive match this season amid ongoing speculation over his future, with a number of clubs at home and abroad credited with an interest in signing him. Askou had said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday that Miller would likely feature in Paisley after overcoming a minor injury, but the 18-year-old was again omitted from the matchday squad. The manager explained: “Yes, it was a final call with everything taken into consideration. “It’s not a secret that there are things going on in the background. We know he’s been out for four weeks. “How much risk are you willing to take on a player like him in that situation? The decision was that we kept him out of it.” That's club speak for "we're not playing him, because he's about to be sold"

I'm not sure we are waiting on the Miller money. We released/punted plenty of players whose wages should be available now. Mair, Balcombe, Seddon, Casey, Blaney, Kaleta, Thompson, Davor, Paton, Callachan, Andrews, Ebiye, Watt, Plange, Dickson, Armstrong, Vale and Tavares have all gone (and maybe some I have missed). So by my calculation we have punted 18 and brought in 6 (plus Sule on loan). That should leave us a few pennies for new players.

Cup games away from home to Championship teams are never easy, but we should have the quality to win this one. After a blistering start in their opening league game, they struggled to break the deadlock in their game against Ross County on Friday. We'll need to find our shooting boots, though.

Miller was never going to be featured in any of our competitive games and if anyone thinks he's not playing due to an injury, I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn looking for a buyer. He's out of team because a deal (or deals) is/are being negotiated and it suits all parties to keep him wrapped in cotton wool. I'd be amazed to see him in claret and amber again, unless it's a testimonial match (or if he signs for Roma).

If we get in a striker or two, this could be a cracker.

Dougie Donnelly might be getting on a bit, but he showed again tonight how much better a professional broadcaster is compared to ex-footballers just playing at it.

Keepers seem to have special rules, so wouldn't be surprised if we could recall Connelly if needed in an emergency.

We have Sparrow and Halliday, in the short term at least, but I know what you mean. To get us to the next window, I'd lean towards 2 strikers and one defender unless Ross shows he is good enough.

So if we were to sign 3 new players, would you go for two strikers and one defender, two defenders and one striker or some other combination? Bonus question. If you knew Sule would return in October, would you choose differently?

Davidson is certainly in the mix for me. Davidson, Graham, Marinello and Pettigrew were all standouts from my early memories of the team.

Watt mentioned in his "official" interview last week that every club he has been with since he was at Wolves has tried to play this style, so he feels very comfortable with it. It certainly looks that way.

Could have been off the park for persistent fouling and his ankle breaker on Maswanhise, but somehow gets away with it.

After all the stick I have given the defence over the past couple of seasons I was tempted to give one of them the MOTM for a clean sheet, but difficult to look past Fadinger.

So far JBA seems to know what he's doing, so I'm confident the lack of cutting edge will be addressed.

Positives- clean sheet away from home, and 67% possession Negatives - we need more central striking options. Also positive - unbeaten start to the league after 2 tough fixtures.

So it turns out one way to "earn the right to play football" is to practice playing football during the preseason, practice it a bit more the week before a game, then use that practice immediately after kick-off to play football from the start of the game. Now take your pick...

Gogić getting away with an ankle breaker there. Not even a foul given.,

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,