Lobey_Dosser

Time to bring Hearts down a peg or 2. Ainsworth to inspire us to a 4-0 win.

Neither Law or Jennings were ever adequately replaced by McCall, hence the current predicament. Would be nice to bring in a playmaker types but with the wages that have been spent on Pearson and Skippy, I think we'll be relying on them to create in their own fashion.

I'm not so sure weeyin, the rumoured pursuit of Irvine and reported offer for Bolger would suggest an energetic ball-winner is our priority. A move that I'd agree with. Skippy, Ainsworth and Marvin should offer enough creativity, with Thomas and McLean backing them up.

I'd go along with that. Wasn't expecting too much from him at left-mid yesterday but thought he slotted in well enough, was actually surprised to see him substituted. Looks a decent footballer and hopefully at the very least, he'll prove to be a decent utility player for us.

I think we'll bring in 2 if Pearson is out for a while. Burrows suggested as much on the radio yesterday.

Laing and Lasley the top performers, while the keeper produced a couple of eye-catching saves. Laing edges it for me despite the own goal. He looks determined to make the most of his potential.

Is the view from the lower tier rotten? £6 is quite a gulf in price.

No cash converters entertainment at half time either while numerous companies were advertised over the tannoy. Suspect Cash Converters are putting less money into the club than previous and their exposure is limited to the shirt.

I thought it was a decent enough game to watch with us having the upper-hand for 15/20 minutes in each half. We look fit and well drilled, with the keeper, Lasley and 3 of the back 4 looking really strong. A draw would have been a fair result but our lack of cutting edge cost us in the end. Pearson and Ainsworth were always going to be a big miss in that respect and so it proved. Skippy was left to do too much in midfield with Leitch offering minimal impact. This left Fletcher isolated and Marvin trying to do too much on his own. This season will be one of fine margins that could see us finishing anywhere between 4th and 10th. Looking forward to Tynecastle. Hopefully Fletcher and Watt are fit.

Expect this to be quite an aggressive encounter. Interested to see how Marvin does against 2 of the better fullbacks in the league.

Goes without saying that this would be a massive blow. Fancied Pearson to be one of the best midfielders in the league this season. We're going to need to bring in 2 midfielders now. Wouldn't mind Grant as the backup option.

We looked pretty tidy in the highlights. Hopefully we'll get a midfielder in this week before kicking off a difficult 3 games in 8 days.

Good solid start to the season. Hopefully Pearson is alright.

Team pretty much as expected, wasn't sure about Fletch or Moult. Watt must have picked up an injury.

Missed the Celtic game but should be sorted now.

I think McManus will have had a fair influence in the Ripley signing. Going back a couple of years, I think he played a part in Hollis being selected over Neilsen. Hopefully it proves to be a good signing. Clearly he was down our pecking order of targets but he looks to be a big unit of a boy.

Certainly not a Rangers bound Allan. If he does depart elsewhere, McGeough would be his natural replacement, who again will incur a similar transfer fee to McGinn.

Good luck to Moore. He needs a right good run of games to try and reignite his career.

McGinn to Hibs seemingly a done deal. At a time where we're open to modest transfer fees, I wonder if we expressed an interest.

The Sun now covering the Jackson Irvine link according to the bbc gossip page. I'm hoping there is something in this.

I suspect we're holding out for superior quality. As Weeyin alludes to, there should be a number of reserve keepers in England looking for a move by the end of August. Twardzik is the best keeper we've had over the past 2 seasons. Happy for him to be no.1 for at least another month.

The Irish press linked us with Bolger (and Towell to an extent) at the beginning of the summer.

Lawson has had to go part time due to injuries. Maybe Vigurs is in the same boat.

If we bring in a midfielder, I'd play all 3 in Inverness with Pearson out to the left a touch. Inverness have over powered and outplayed us many times in recent years. This is a real tough start for us but impossible to predict a result at this time of year.

Preston were always going to be a tough test. Good to hear that Moult got off the mark. Interested to hear how Chalmers is looking. Seems to be getting a fair bit of game time, predominately in midfield.