Kmcalpin

We're crying out for creativity just now so with Frear being injured and Cadden being nursed carefully I'd like to see a starting slot for MacLean somewhere. He may not be the answer and I'm not saying he definitely will be but we do need his type of player to add something a wee bit different to our play. We are in the midst of a very tough schedule just now with Hibs last night, Partick on Saturday, St Johnstone on Tuesday and Dundee the following Saturday. There's no way we'll win all three. Given our injuries just now Robbo will have to rotate the squad a bit but how he'll manage our only two "fit" strikers I haven't a clue.

Overall I'm happy at the result of the transfer window but am very concerned about our strikers. As it stands, we are unable to field 2 first pick strikers for 90 minutes. It looks like Bowman will be out for 5/6 weeks minimum and its not beyond the bounds of possibility that either Ciftci or Main could get injured or suspended. I know though that we lost out on one at the death today and these things do happen. Maybe Robbo can procure a free agent now that the window has slammed shut.

I wasn't at the game tonight but have watched the highlights and the defending was awful at both goals. We did seem to lack pace and the midfield looked unbalanced; not being able to shield the defence nor service the strikers properly. Today was always going to be an uphill struggle to take even a solitary point and it wasn't helped by selection problems. We have more important games coming up.

Certainly a very cautious and defensive line up. No obvious outball. Still if we take something from the game it will have worked.

I think £180K would represent about 2 league places. As long as Robbo is left with some cash from transfers to reinvest in the team, I'm comfortable paying off Les and JB. Debt reduction is no bad thing and when they're both paid off that will leave us debt free for the first time in decades. As far as I know if JB has not already been paid off then we are not far from doing so.

Surely not? It was just a few days ago that Neil McCann did a Walter Smith and categorically denied that he would be signing any strikers.

Ah its in the Rancid. Why couldn't they have waited until after midnight to print this story? What was the source?

I think thats as far as it'll get as he seems to be Aberdeen bound.

It'll be interesting too to see the transfer activity of our rivals as they start to panic. No doubt the likes of Ross County, Dundee, Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Partick will add last gasp signings. I'm not so sure about Accies as rumour has it that they offloaded Donati to cut costs.

With a 1400 hours deadline. The offer is being reported in the red tops as "almost doubled". Wow that was generous of Celtic not!

He was red carded in a League Cup game against us.

Agree wholeheartedly.

No it shouldn't be anywhere near our valuation.

A good interview. Robbo was quite clear that we'll decide Carson's value and if and when he goes.

Agree 100%. You're not being petty. For starters, the overall coverage of Scottish football, outwith the gruesome twosome, is shocking. However editing can completely change the nature of a game for viewers who weren't at the game. Editors can pick and choose what incidents to include and cut out which gives a false impression of a game. The standard of commentary and punditry is shocking. Yes, we all know why its biased. I watch the 5 minutes or so tv highlights on my pc and listen to the radio as little as possible.

I don't doubt his agent is involved; possibly by leaking the story, but its not just down to the player to knock back the move as I said earlier. As his employer we also have a say.

I don't know either Greg but there are ways of dealing with unsettled players as we've done in the past.

Given that Carson has 2 1/2 years left on his contract I'd hope that we have some say in the matter. The bottom line is that he's contracted to us. Our support will be up in arms if our player and Celtic agree the deal and agree what fee has to be paid to us. Whilst our Directors have a duty of care to their employees, including players, their first priority should be the club. He will be difficult to replace at this stage in the window. If Celtic aren't prepared to offer a ridiculous fee then our club should say he goes nowhere.

Maybe, maybe, but we also had his services for a few months longer.

Absolutely. According to the Rancid, we've rejected the offer and rightly so.

He's worth a lot, lot more to us given that he's under contract for another 2 1/2 years. Say 2 or 3 league places a season which would equate to about £600-700k. Anything less they should be told to get lost.

That offer would be easy to turn down.

I agree with most of what you're saying, but things haven't evened themselves out for us over the past few seasons. That was never a free kick at Pittodrie and in any event we should have had a penalty in thel lead up to the goal. Nuff said though.

Did they also confirm whether or not we should have had a penalty?

Any sign of some midfielders departing?