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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.

Sounds like he'll be playing in SK's preferred attacking formation.

At one point I think we briefly had 5 players in the first team, including Campbell, that came up through the academy together. It certainly makes a difference.

When wee Al was at Dundee Utd he looked a shadow of his former self at Fir Park. From what I have seen, he was doing well at Luton until the new manager ditched him, and he's struggled since then. In need of a consistent run to get some confidence back. Turnbull definitely need a move from Celtic to get more game time, but Cardiff was a very strange move as they were struggling at the time.

Even if they have agreed terms, I imagine it will take some time to sort out the work permits (thanks Brexit), and international clearance etc. Plus printing Mugnaio on 10,000 shirts takes a wee while too.

Of course a deal is close, and of course I don't believe Miller is injured. Most of us can guess where he's going, and I'm sure there are a few journos that definitely know too. Tam's "I know something you don't know" act, however, is hardly the appropriate way to keep it confidential. Sounds more like a wean in the playground.

The league cup groups certainly don't help. Teams are having to start the season early, start and stop their training routines so they have the energy to play games when they aren't fully fit and, come the start of the season, they are a few weeks away from where they need to be.

It's been pretty average for preseason. If it was still SK level, I'd be worried.

Miller's deal is Bologna, btw. Guaranteed. You heard it here 1st 2nd 273rd.

If Longelo stays fit, we'll be fine for goals.

2 if you include Luca Ross.

If I was making a career defining move, Tam is certainly the first person I'd tell.

Askou says Lennon Miller is recovering from injury, and there’s nothing new to add, as speculation mounts over a big-money move. He said: “Everyone has potentially played their last game for Motherwell if there comes a big club, who put an offer on the table that we can’t resist. “But Lennon has done really well in his recovery with the staff, and we knew it was going to be a long shot if we were going to make him ready for this weekend. “But I think there is a very good opportunity that he will be ready for next week, if he’s still here. “For now he’s still a Motherwell player, so we are doing our very best to prepare him to be part of what we’re doing next week.” On potential signings, Askou said: “We are working hard in the background because we’re still too few, and we need to add some width and extra quality, to raise the level of competition. “We’ll see if we make something happen during the week. If not there is a new week after that, but we’re doing it as fast as we can.”

These results show what can happen when you enter at the extra preliminary super diddy wee team stage of the Euro competition.

And it's not sitting in that helps the style we want to play. It's more difficult to play high tempo, high press against a parked bus.

Exactly this. Although it's early days for teams, and I don't usually start judging them until a few weeks after the window closes. However, most seasons there are only small margins between 7 or 8 of us, so I'm hoping our new approach will give us the edge to climb a few places. Absolutely no doubt we will have a few disasters along the way, but we could well hand out one or two gubbings too. It certainly won't be boring.