If we have any ambitions of this season being anything other than dire we have to bring in a decent striker. And if we are to persist with wing backs we need a genuine left wing back.
The squad size is already an embarrasment but if we don't add some quality the club is going to lose all the goodwill built up recently.
It's very possible we won't score in any of our next three games. Livi are solid at the back, Rangers look to have made good signings in defence and Hearts don't concede many at home.
Five games without a goal would have to result in the sack.
Most of the cup games involved us being gifted goals. Four howlers from Aberdeen. An OG and a goalie mistake from Hearts. A penalty and an OG from Accies. Two goalie mistakes from Hearts.
We didn't deserve to lose any of those games but we were given huge luck in winning them. In pretty much any game where we aren't gifted the opening goal we struggle badly.
This is already a big game for us as if we fail to score again pressure begins building up on the manager.
It will be telling to see whether he reverts to Tait and Cadden as wing backs.
No one cares about losing cup finals. Especially when we didn't score a goal in either.
The upside should have been improving the squad but we have stuffed it to bursting with scrubs.
Cadden has barely played in the correct position for the past year.
It's hard to push on as a midfielder when you are stuck doing donkey work on the touchline while the ball gets booted up and down the park.
Celtic bid because Gordon got hurt right before the window shut. Similar to Goram going to Man Utd.
We are obviously not the only club who consider resale value and that will put potential buyers off. How many clubs are in the market for a keeper in Trev's price range? How many want to buy a 30 year old? How many would buy a 30 year old with Carson's lack of high level football?
The likelihood is we'll have a very good keeper for the next two years.
How many clubs are looking to buy a goalie in Carson's realistic price range?
Carson is a good keeper but at his age it's unlikely clubs will bid for him.
800 thousand for Cadden would be good business regardless of where he goes. I'm also not sure about the up front issue as if they miss a payment the SPFL would pay us out of their prize money.