Kmcalpin

Shaun Teale.

Minutes in legs and a chance to shake off rustiness. Thats about it. Have we any more friendlies arranged before the Genk game?

Nathan Lawson on trial with East Kilbride.

Exactly. Injuries aside, he was back up along with Nicolson. With those two now gone we have little back up to cover for injuries and suspensions. I have no idea what impact Whyte and MacAllister will have. Thats before any unwanted departures.

Hopefully Willy Vogt will add some firepower up front. Welcome.

Happy with this signing. A much needed central defender who matches our style of play. Welcome to Fir Park Martin.

The issue we face now is not so much sourcing replacements as bringing in match fit players. We have our first Conference League game in just under 3 weeks and our first league game in about 4. How fit will will our newcomers be without a pre season with us? How long will it take them to get up speed? Thats been our issue many times before and was always going to be our issue this time round.

Good shout. In retrospect I should have included him somewhere, probably in the 70-100 range. The fact that he didn't earn any caps may have counted against him.

A conundrum for me. I eventually went with Randolph but it was very close. Two very different keepers. Ruddy's best was better than Randolph's but his worst was worse than Randolph's. Randolph was the steadier.

I have no inside info whatsoever, but this seems a peculiar move, if true. I'd be looking for somewhere between £2m and £3.5m for him.

If the club were to take a more active moral stance on sponsorship, it would raise some uncomfortable and difficult questions. As raised on P & B, in such a scenario, should it stop selling alcohol at Fir Park? Its not ok to advertise alcohol but its ok to sell it?? Anyway as far as the new strip is concerned, the proof of the pudding will be in the eating as they say. Will it sell out?

Within reason, it doesn't matter to me who our sponsors are. If we are going to apply moral criteria, where do we draw the line? What is acceptable to one fan might be completely unacceptable to another. If we are going to start applying moral criteria when seeking sponsors, we might be fishing in a very small pond. As for Lucky Tiger, I know nothing about them whatsoever.

Well, the hoop is a positive anyway.

Did someone let the cat out the bag early? If this is our new top its a bit of a mish mash. Women's sponsor will of course be different.

I agree with your logic Joe and would be looking to get at least £6m for him, but nowhere near £10m. He's proved his credentials, under pressure, at a major world tournament.

Video on socials.

New kit being released tomorrow?

Rumour that TJ sustained a broken jaw in last Saturday's friendly.

I can see both sides of the argument but relocating away from home, at 16, to a club miles away i.e. Brighton is a big move that will cause a major disruption to family life. Not all youngsters are cut out for that.

Apologies for the clumsy wording. I meant release clauses.

I just wonder, with all these rumoured bids, if target figures are included in individual contracts.

Yes, 100% this move smacks of short termism. We now have a long term sustainable plan so lets stick to that. I'm not averse to the odd loan move to address specific circumstances, but not as a routine part of your overall strategy. Loan players are not your club's players and can be recalled and, add to that, Rice will have to sit out at least 3 games per season against his parent club. As you say Joe, its not our model.

You'd think that JBA and Nick Daws would have identified areas to be strengthened some months ago and probably as early as January (central defence, Slattery replacement and a striker). Not only that, surely targets would have been identified and perhaps PCAs signed some time ago. Has JBA's departure disrupted that process despite what the club has said?

Luca Ross? Currently, we are short of bodies though.

No idea but we were 2-0 up then took our foot off the gas/rotated the team. Not a conventional 2 x 45 mins exercise. All about giving as many players as possible some gametime.