No chance of us signing McManus whatsoever. He was on about £30k a week at Middlesbrough - we couldn't offer that a year.
Of the list on that STV link there's a few in our price range who I'd like to see us get. There's a few players from Dundee who have impressed me but that was at SFL1, I think Conroy and O'Donnell could do a job though. Boulding at Dundee Utd. Maybe Gordon smith at Hearts. Saunders at Motherwell seems to have fallen out of favour, he looked good before injury last season. There's a few from Ross County but I wouldn't be surprised if some other SPL teams were sniffing about them. Kettlewell's a player who's always impressed me and I think would be the ideal replacement for Paton; would like Vigurs, Lawson and Boyd too. From St Johnstone there's a few decent defenders: Gary Miller, McCracken, Frazer Wright; there's Tuffey too obviously and David Robertson and I think Jamie Adams would be okay too although he was pretty average with us before. Graham Carey from St Mirren would be a solid signing too.
With our own squad I'd like to us get Doolan, SOD, Forbes, McMillan and maybe Dowie as back-up signed up. Would let Elliot, Craig and McGuigan if possible go. I'm undecided about Shug. I have a feeling I've forgotten someone else too though.