steelboy

A wee message to Robbo and/or the fans there. If you score goals regularly Chris you can celebrate however you want.

Devante turning into the poacher we need. Good delivery from Maguire so far this game.

Lamie and Mugabi dropping back to the six yard line at goal kicks is ominous. The East Stand roof is getting fixed so the seats are out.

He could still get a good deal with Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibs or a lower English Championship club if he sits out the rest of the season. I might be cynical but I would guess his next contract is more important to him than the Euros.

If he plays for us again he triggers an extra year which for talking sake might guarantee him £150,000. If he is a free agent at the end of the season I expect he could get himself a multi year contract which is worth at least £500,000. It's a lot of money. I hope this is the last we see of these types of contracts because it's always likely one party or the other will end up unhappy.

Money?

He started the season at CB with Nathan McGinley at LB.

If Gallagher is suffering a mystery injury then he won't be able to train until it clears up. He should see if he can get into a major tournament playing his PlayStation because he'll have plenty of time to practice and he won't be going to the Euros.

That's 22 players. We have something like 37 the now.

Nicky Devlin puts Livi 2-0 up at Pittodrie. Joe Lewis with the opener for Livi. McInnes would probably be out on his arse after this if we didn't roll over against them.

Do you think O'Donnell's agent doesn't know that? I would expect we are paying him the same basic wage but if we stay up and he goes to the Euros he gets a good whack of the UEFA money.

He had an absolute horror show in the Hibs game and in Israel and the rest of the time has looked very unconvincing defending. I expect he'll be off at the end of the season.

Signing two centre halves suggests that Alexander has the same opinion of Lamie and McGinley as most of us. Looking forward this summer is going to be our biggest rebuild yet. Looking at the squad Watt and Carroll are the only two you would put money starting the first fixture of next season with potentially Lawless and Donnelly joining them. We are going to need a lot of new players.

Do you not think Stephen O'Donnell will have priced that into his contract demands?

Players generally don't take a wage cut to go on loan.

It looks like we are relying on the dross that got us into this mess to get us back out. Well done to the club for getting Liam Kelly in but since then it's been uninspiring.

Sorry about that, it was definitely a Maxwell themed user name. Tony Straker is two years younger than Sam Foley so don't rule it out.

I'm sure AllyMax wound everyone up about a last minute signing years ago that never happened. Pinch of salt required.

Our form going off a cliff coincides perfectly with Crawford coming into the team. The guy is a weak link, it's obviously not solely his fault but he is nowhere near the required level.

If the performances Crawford has been putting in are what we are aspiring to we will be leaving the top division soon enough. The guy is a trier but he is a lower league player struggling a level above where he should be.

Our board very generously gave Robinson a pay off but I think we get it back if he joins another Scottish club in the duration of his contract.

On the park though? There is no talk about when Lawless is going to be fit to start, Smith isn't a starter and Foley has barely played and is 34 so might not be ready straight away as well. Kelly is a big upgrade. Unless we do some business we are relying on essentially the same outfield players we have had all season. Mugabi's form has improved but we are an injury or suspension away from starting Lamie, we are still relying on Cole, Watt and Long for goals and we have no creativity in the squad.

No one objected to signing Moult, Aldred, Cole, Carson or Hartley so that is nonsense. Other players like Carroll or McGinley have a question mark over them which can be removed by solid performances (or not in the case of McGinley). Another good example is Tait and Clay who joined from Grimsby at the same time. Tait was clearly the better signing on paper and it worked out that way.

I've seen this line about not wanting to sign players from whatever level a few times recently and it's nonsense. Gallagher and Lamie both came from the same Premiership club but received very different receptions. One was obviously a good signing and the other wasn't. It's the same situation with Polworth and White from ICT in the Championship. Going back a few years Moult came from a lower level than Wes Fletcher but looked the better signing of the two. I haven't seen anyone saying we should ignore any source of players but all signings are going to be judged on their careers so far until we get a good look at them playing for us. If the overall balance is towards poor quality then as we have it have seen this season it can drag us down to level of Accies and below St Mirren which shouldn't be acceptable to anyone involved with the club.

Twice in the case of Chris Long.