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1. Long 2. Reid 3. Hammell 4. Kerr 5. McManus 6. Grant 7. D Thomas 8. Lasley 9. Sutton 10. Erwin 11. Pearson 1. Twardzik 2. Ramsden 3. Starker 4. Laing 5. O'Brien 6. Lawson 7. Cadden 8. Vigurs 9. Moore 10. Sheils (??) 11. N Thomas 1. Neilsen 2. Law 3. Watt 4. Cummins 5. Neill (on loan) 6. Leitch 7. Ainsworth 8. Carswell 9. McHugh 10. McLean 11. ZFA

I'm about 2 strikers short of naming 3 starting XIs. Edit - I forgot all about Bob McHugh.

Yeah sure. I like him a lot despite a ropey performance on Sat. Just have a fear that the others could be picked up quickly given their style of play. Watt is relatively new to the scene while Erwin, Moore, Thomas and Cadden have been standouts at youth level for some time.

Just hope when the dust settles on this window, we move quickly to sort out Erwin, Thomas and possibly Cadden. Think Moore is on a longer deal.

He'll win us over with a playoff winner against that lot. Significant cash is being splashed here.

That is a promising signing. We must be heading for our biggest squad in about 10 years.

If this comes to fruition there must be something going on with McManus.

Fyvie to Hibs.

When did we last have such a busy conclusion to a transfer window in Scotland? Good to see some cash flow through the league.

Yeah Thistle for Taylor apparently. Am I right in seeing we're allowed 4 loan players max? So room for 1 more.

Lyle Taylor returning to Scotland; not us though.

Accies coining in another £1mil tonight.

That ethos will end in disaster. You need quality if you want the club to grow.

The club have been peddling the exciting new era line for a while. No way we're chucking fresh loans at Plymouth rejects, surely. I'd rather go with what we have.

We're turning into Hibs with all these short term deals.

Was it not £500k for Davies brother in law plus £7k a week? Would be interested to know what the average attendances were pre Boyle until now. Obviously there are a host of society wide issues contributing but I do feel like we lost a chunk of our support during his reign.

Fair bit of experience behind him for a young keeper. Imagine he'll have featured in some of Sheffield United's big cup games prior to this season.

Brilliant stuff from Aberdeen. In recent seasons, if I could have hand-picked 2 young spl players for Motherwell it would have been McLean and Shinnie. The New Firm really are building for a sustained challenge.

Glad to have him away from the club to be honest. I was a bit taken aback by the enforced show of appreciation yesterday.

Noticed that too. Looks like we have a couple of new recruits to the football staff. Announcements pending I guess. As for McManus, he's been out a couple of times due to 'personal reasons' but I thought the official line for yesterday was that he picked up an injury at Tannadice.

Think Paul Heffernan was mentioned earlier in this thread. Following his release from Hibs, I wouldn't be surprised if he is one of the forwards we are considering. If he's fit, his link up play would bring on the young ones.

Clumsy foul from the last man. Red card all day long,

It didn't even cross my mind that anyone other than Moore would come on. I suspect Ainsworth is finished at Motherwell, particularly when we're looking to bring in forward(s).

One of the things you don't need to worry about with Erwin is his technical ability. Just hope we are getting him on a contract.

We were absolutely nothing until Thomas came on. Not everything came off for him and Moore but their desire to fight and get on the ball dragged us into the game.