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We need some midfielders and another forward but we got the win and eventually saw it out well.

Donnelly looks about a stone lighter than he was in his first season.

Lawless just scored. Great play from Maguire winning the ball bursting to the edge of the box and hitting a low shot the goalie saved. Maguire was first to the rebound and back heeled it to Lawless who slotted it into the corner. Maguire looks super fit.

Hopefully he makes the same impact as the last defender from Leicester. Anyone know anything about him? Left or right, pace, ball playing or hoof?

I thought we offered him a contract and he didn't take it up.

Similar to Tanner it could just be that Carson wants a change of scenery. The memories of his brilliant performances in 17/18 still feel fresh to us as supporters but there's been three years (75% of his spell here) since then where he has had a nightmarish time. Hopefully he gets back to his best form at Tannadice. He'll get a great reception if we are actually there when he comes back to Fir Park.

Wolves play in Portugal tops we play in a Livi top.

I can see that figure being how much QPR save on his contract by moving him on.

Great signing. He seemed to really enjoy his time here which obviously gave us a big advantage this window. Well done to the club for getting the deal completed.

Fitness wasn't an issue for Hartley, Aldred, Cole, Long or Lang who all came from League One.

Some tremendous first names in there.

If we end up with Mugabi, Lamie, Taylor, O'Connor and Devine as centre back options that's a decent mix (if O'Connor has potential) and there would be real competition for a start.

The main thing we need to know is whether or not Dumbarton had cut the grass.

Given the numbers of players we have signed recently who were consistently shite signing an inconsistent talented player is an upgrade.

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/football/how-do-you-solve-problem-kevin-van-veen-keith-curle-scunthorpes-fantastic-complex-striker-1308019 Sign him up!

I disagree about McGinn and Ramsey. Ramsey has scored lot of significant goals for Wales. McGinn only has the equaliser against Austria. Qualifying for the World Cup or the knock out stages of the Euros will be extremely difficult unless we unearth a goal scorer. It might be Turnbull but I doubt it.

Bale has 33 goals in 95 caps. Ramsey has 17 in 66. Our entire Euros squad has 37 goals between. They are not comparable to Wales. If we had a goalscorer coming through I would agree things are on the up. I can see us qualifying for the Euros as often as not due to the expanded format but the World Cup is miles off.

The issue with Turnbull is you either build the team around him or leave him out. I agree we should have brought him in earlier but for Scotland he is competing with McGinn for a place who has been our best player over the past two years. It's the same issue Grealish has with England and he is a far more complete player at the moment.

It's better than it has been but it doesn't mean much. The sharp end of international football is extremely competitive and your not going to get the vital wins against the likes of Denmark or Austria with 2/3rds of a good team. We don't have a goalkeeper, McKenna is apparently our second best centre back and Adams has potential but after that we have nothing up front and the cupboard is bare right down through the age groups. We were the least experienced squad in the tournament and we compounded that by starting different defensive and midfield trios in every game which had either never played together before or only once or twice. Clarke has only started the same team in consecutive matches once some of which is down to injuries but a lot of it has been pandering to clubs. That bit him on the arse over the past 8 days.

Woolery is more of an encouraging signing. Plenty of experience at a level equivalent to bottom six and some positive comments from fans of his former clubs. Everything is in limbo until we sort the the spine of the team. Goalkeeper, centre back, centre mid and centre forward are all badly needed.

O'Donnell cost the first goal with his shite attempt at a header. It reminded of me the Celtic game last November. It was a very poor performance all in and the tactics that worked against England were easy for Croatia and especially Modric to nulify. Armstrong was horrific, Tierney looked unfit and Dykes never kicked a ball after halftime. Nothing has really changed for Scotland. If you don't have any good centre halves or strikers any international side will struggle.

There's only one game tonight.

Given how well that worked out for us I doubt it.

It's difficult to see us getting much out of a guy who is coming from a league below Hylton and Frear when they signed. Not inspiring much confidence for next season.

Great first half. Clarke showed faith in him and supported him publicly. Great management.