MelvinBragg

Had only a quick glance at his stats. Closer look at Soccerbase suggests you're closer to the truth although under other comps they have him scoring 7 goals in 0 starts and 0 sub appearances. He must be good if he can score 7 without playing. Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon but it's not a signing that would excite me...

It was very much a tongue in cheek comment from myself about strikers from the north east of England. Just struck me that if were to sign the lad Johnson, all three of our first team strikers would be from that area. If they can score goals, they can be from Mars for all I care...

Kind of hope not. Only five league goals season just finished. Obviously if Robinson thinks he can do a job then I'll wait and see what he can do. Would be nice to have a striker who wasn't from the north east of England...

Where did you read/see that?

Talking to Accies' fans, Crawford for the last couple of seasons has only turned it on when it seemed to suit him. They're not that upset to see him go. Would assume signing Crawford would see at least one midfielder leave. Can't see us switching to that particular back four given we've a natural right back in Tait. For me, the signing of Donnelly suggests more that either Kipré is away this summer or that Maguire is out of the plans following mixed performances. Really looking to see us sign a natural left wing back but it's been quiet on that position...

I think we'd need to move a couple on before we'd look at signing another couple of midfielders . Will Bigirimana move on? Grimshaw and Rose have just signed new deals. Will we get a decent bid for Campbell? We also have Turnbull coming through. Irrespective of whether you think we have the right balance in midfield (I don't), difficult to see us bringing in two more bodies there...

I share your view. Never been convinced by him. Don't really see us offering £50k for a player that I don't see us developing in the same way as Moult or Johnson either, irrespective of how well we've done financially this season...

Ciftci will be a divisive signing if he joins permanently. There were brief glimpses during his loan spell that hinted at what he could offer. But those glimpses were all too brief and rare. I know he had injury issues but the fact in a game as big as the Scottish Cup semi-final, he was on the bench behind Bowman and Main doesn't suggest a player that could make a difference in the big games. I'd imagine that the wages he would be looking for, we'd want someone who would be a key player for that money. At the moment, I'm undecided...

I could live with that in claret and white as an away kit...

I suspect Cadden will leave but suspect his replacement will be a left wing back. Not to say that Cadden hasn't spent much time in centre midfield but Bigirimana has spent more time there and he's barely played. Can't really see Grimshaw or Rose being deployed at wing back...

You begin to wonder if the club has been made aware of a planned bid for Campbell. Certainly clubs will be aware of him and a good showing at this tournament might see him leave. Might explain the renewals for both Rose and Grimshaw...

Lewis Grabban playing in the Championship play-off final..

Not wishing to seem cynical but I heard a rumour of a cash bid for one of our players from an Old Firm side. Story flagged up to say 'take what we offer, you have debts to pay'?

Definitely wouldn't mind something a bit different...

Can't think of many players in that squad that tick both boxes in terms of being affordable and also being players that we'd want. Which leads me to think that at least one of them would be a very young player on the fringes of their squad... EDIT If you go down the road of 'well, he's from Northern Ireland' and given we're looking for a wing back, could Hodson be someone we'd look at and could afford? Also young guy Jordan Thompson on loan at Livingston is Northern Irish and pretty sure I heard Craigan say on commentary that he's a player he knows well...

I reckon Robinson will see Aldred, Hartley and Dunne as his back three for next season. Obviously neither Hartley nor Aldred offer the same physical presence as Kipré but could live with that back three. There have been strong rumours as to who Carson's replacement will be. I tend to agree that a left wing back should be and indeed will be a priority...

Actually on annual leave this week and took an extra shift or two to give me something else to think about..

Tynecastle bound, I gather. He'd likely suffer the same problem as Frear at Fir Park in that we don't actually play with wingers...

Grimshaw for me. If I'm not mistaken, the only two 'senior' professionals that have played regularly and are out of contract in the summer are Rose and Grimshaw. There have been rumours that Rose wants to move back to the US, but there's been no real discussion on Grimshaw's situation. He certainly seems to have contributed more recently having barely featured in the first half of the season. Be interesting to see if we offer him a new deal with McHugh, Campbell, Bigirimana, Tanner and now Turnbull competing for midfield places...

Thanks for the information. Didn't have time to go through the process just now to find out...

Also got the email about season tickets through. There doesn't appear to be the option to pay in instalments mentioned in the brochure. I'll be frank that if there is no option to finance the season ticket, the club will have lost at least two season ticket holders...

Also good news that young Turnbull got the assist on his first start..

Bowman. Generally made a positive contribution. Only player I can think of that falls into that category...

Aye, but he doesn't look like Bill Pulman in Ruthless People..

Actually thought there wasn't much in the game until they scored. Seem to remember Main missing a chance at 0-0 that he should have scored. Alarmingly when they scored, we seemed to fall to pieces. Every goal was poor defensively.. Maguire seemed to be getting targeted by St Johnstone but others at the back had poor games. Ciftci and Petravicius can go now as far as I'm concerned. Still, if you're feeling bad, it could be worse. You could be Ricky Foster...