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Sounds fantastic. But much like last season, we are programmed to believe we cant have nice shiny things. And even if we do, we dont get to keep them long. Id love this to be the exception.....

It wouldnt be every penny we have. If Just goes thru at £5m and Maswanhise similar, we are sitting on nearly £13m. With large a chunk of the Miller money still to be banked (albeit some of it ringfenced for the training facility) this is probably as good a time as any to bite the bullet. Im not saying Im 100% in on a new stadium, but it would be the best way to look to the future. We can stay at Fir Park and build a new POD and that will tide us over for a while. But it limits our options footprint wise and doesnt take into account the need to improve the rest of the stadium at some point in the future. That might be the safer way to proceed, and Im not against it either, but I think we need to think very carefully about this. Its a hugely significant moment in time for the club.

Would need to see what kind of shape he was in and if his year on loan had improved him any. But I agree that on previous perfomances its probably not gonna happen for him with us.

If we put down a £10m deposit we only need to borrow £10m. Sell Maswanhise and we are in the ballpark.

On the face if it another good signing. Good youth pedigree, over 60 senior appearances, right age to develop and maximise sell on value. Hopefully he has the ability to back it up. Also in a position we have needed cover for, for some time.

Dont think we need to owe anyone or answer to anyone (other than the bank) if we move to Ravenscraig. But we will need the co-operation of the local authority and other partner agencies if we are building new. Clearly a new purpose built stadium to see us into the future would be beneficial for all sorts of reasons, but it doesnt necessarily mean it is going to happen. One of the biggest obstructions is that local authoritues dont have any money for redevelopment of town centres and with the hit to the high street after Covid, Im not sure a new shopping/leisure development is even feasible anymore. It might be that remaining at Fir Park is the only feasible option right now.

I think thats the minimum allocation as required by UEFA. Hopefully the club can negotiate enough to fulfill demand. I see the club are advertising dates TBC. Does who beats who decide the seeding? It all seems a bit mental having the draw before tge games are played, if it doesnt benefit by way of planning & preparation.

Quite like to get Helsinki. Never been to Finland. Think it would be a cool trip. Looks like we will have the choice of a winnable tie with poor away allocation. Or A harder tie with better away allocation.

We could build the end bit in glass to avoid blocking out the light!

I think there are pro's & cons to both scenarios. My only pre-requisite is, that whatever option is chosen, we do it well and end up with something we can be proud of, that generates the club money rather than take it out. My gut feeling is though, that working with multi-agency partners over at Ravenscraig might not be as straightforward as we would like it to be.

Aye. Comms from the club havent been great during pre-season. Of course some things need to be kept under wraps, like transfer negotiations etc, but simple things like who is fit and who isnt should be fairly straightforward. Also with the World Cup and everything else going on, media focus is elsewhere.

Has a calf strain apparently. Likely to be out another week at least.

I agree. I dont think fans need a lot of information. But something along the lines of "the club have received these reports and it will take some time to digest the information contained. Meanwhile we will embark on a process to replace the seats in the POD to ensure we can continue to use it for UCL games. The work is scheduled for.....and is due for completion by......" Silence just allows fans to fill the blanks for themselves.

Not sure he is a direct replacement, but we have seen Oscar and Fadinger play very well together at the base of the midfield, so it is at least a known quantity. We probably still need a back up in there for injuries and suspensions, but that could well be one of our academy players as there certainly seems to be a huge emphasis on youth development coming through the clubs communications this season, whether it be talking about the manager or just the squad in general. Id still like a Watt replacement though as last season all 3 got plenty minutes.

Agreed. Result not that important tonight. Performance related to availability and fitness of players will be far more illuminating. Hopefully we dont get a doing and some of the new signings are available to bolster what might be a threabare squad.

Its hard not to think that there is more at play here when the punishments applied are clearly excessive. Neither the club nor Elliot Watt have questioned the integrity of the match officials, well maybe the club inferred it with the photo of Beaton & McGregor, but its not the most blatant example Ive seen/heard. Of course, we will take it more personally as its our club that is invovled, but it appears most fans of most other clubs agree, if the views expressed on P&B are anything to go by. Again, I will await the punishment of McInnes with interest.

€2m is a decent fee I guess. Be interested to see what the "signing bonus" is? Never heard of that before. Hopefully we now have more players incoming.

McInnes ban should be longer than Watts (albeit I wholeheartedly disagree with Watts punishment.) His language was stronger, he inferred foul play, even if he didnt say it implicitly, and it was in reference to a game neither he nor his team were involved in.

Maybe the source likes succulent lamb and his benefactor has a vested interest in keeping the price down! 😍😍😍

Scottish newspapers generally have no clue what we are up to these days. Its quite refreshing, even if it is a little frustrating waiting on any real news about our ins & outs......

Thats class.....

We had nearly 2 years of Alexanderball before Sligo, so I dont think quite the same thing. But would be a horrendous start nonetheless.....

I would hope that unless negotiations for any of our better players are at a significantly advanced stage, then all of them should be playing v HB (unless injured). I get that we are a selling club, and I get that we cant stand in the way of players progressing their careers, we literally sell ourselves as the vehicle for that, but deals can fall through and the club has a duty to the fans first and foremost.

It does. But do we write off the opportunity to make money from Europe simply because our squad is a little bulky in certain positions right now? Spending a little to accumulate more has served us well recently. The group stages might be a long shot but our signing strategy shouldnt ignore it. Especially if we see some players moving on eventually.....

The Shear audacity of it! 😍😍😍