MelvinBragg

I must confess as I get older, I enjoy rhe close season more than I used to and frankly if the football didn't start back til the second week in August, that would be fine by me. Our last league game was 28th May and pre season started on 19th June. I'd like a longer period of time when I don't need to worry about Motherwell...

Indeed. And with that extra money in England, they're also able to gamble on a larger number of youngsters. We need to be more careful. Club gets more right than they get wrong...

His late goal at McDiarmid Park won me around £180 so for that I thank him greatly...

I'm told Casey is definitely away so I'm guessing we've wrote him off. Goss, I haven't heard anything but you have to assume he's gone unless he's doing a Scott McDonald for an extra long summer holiday...

Paton, I think...

You want to have a look at the goal records of Long, Cole and even Van Veen before they signed for Motherwell. Pedigree isn't the word that springs to mind. Even Watt's goal record hardly marked him as a good bet... Am I certain Wilkinson will be a success? No. But don't make out his record is that much worse than those you mentioned...

Tom Aldred wasn't wanted at Bury. Scott McDonald had one foot on the boat back to Australia. Kipre was second choice of the trialists. We've got the best out of any number of players that didn't fit in anywhere else. Is he a sure thing? Nope, but I'm struggling to remember the last 'sure thing' we signed..

I was just thinking the same about KVV...

I tend to agree. I would like to see a lot of Miller this season but we don't want to be relying upon him. Paton is another body in midfield, but I'd like to see another. Maybe see more of Tierney but that would mean Spittal playing slightly further back which sounds like a bad idea given how well he's been playing further forward under Kettlewell...

I think what Dave was referring to was the 'men vs boys' aspect. In the literal not the metaphorical sense...

Anyone idea the shape we're playing tonight? Can't see anything other than a 433 with that personnel unless Spittal or Efford are playing wing back...

You do realise Miller isn't a striker..?

Paul Scholes' assist numbers weren't fantastic. I think it's only one way of measuring it. You have to ask who is playing Johnston, Furlong and Spittal into the positions where they can cut it back to the strikers..?

Not sure about Goss. I wondered if the fact he has been away with Northern Ireland might have delayed any announcement one way or another...

He had worked with Van Veen before. Whether he had signed him before, that I don't know...

I think (and this applies to Max Johnston as well) wherever he ends up, if he wants to develop then he needs to be playing regular football. Could be that he'd develop more playing for Harrogate Town 30 times next season than sitting on Preston North End's bench (or in their stand) and making 7 sub appearances...

And my opinion is that that's nonsense...😉

That last statement is nonsense. Carson and Gillespie were both better...

Given so far his contributions are only better than Ross McCormack Mk II and Holm Kraska, we'd need to see a LOT more.. But we know that in a choice between Paton and him, Kettlewell will go for Paton so hard to see how Danzaki even gets a chance to make an impact... I think he'll be away in this transfer window...

Logan Dunachie signing for Clyde in the same close season as Stuart Carswell and Ross Forbes.. Who do they think they are? St Mirren..?

Pretty sure Aitchison and Efford are out of contract. So when we sell Van Veen, we will only have one striker on the books and he's been on loan at Queens Park...

Please tell me that Mark McGhee is an exception here...

Fair point about Aitchison offering nothing but in his defence, I don't know how much he could offer given he never got off the bench...

If this isn't a night to give Miller and Ferrie minutes, when will be..?

I did just see that and laugh. Took a penalty to be fair though..