Dick Dastardly

Remember to add in national insurance, injury insurance, agent fees, …. When you add it up, I would not be surprised if some players do cost the club £100k+

I would not be at all surprised to see that the replay shows the scorer did have a head start

And for those who keep advocating starting both Ablade and Graham that is exactly why we don’t have the squad for any 2 up front formation

Well I’ll be damned !

I suspect McBethis in centre of defence with O’Reilly at left back. looks like lots of square pegs with lots of round holes to fill

It is also usually low gates and an evening kickoff so with floodlights would probably have a high cost of hosting the game, so I suspect that going out in the first round is financially beneficial compared to getting through the first few rounds

Do you make any money from early rounds of the Challenge Cup ?

In other words less than one average player once wages, bonuses, NI, injury insurance and agent fees are considered

We can’t start with 2 up front as is would mean we have no forwards on the bench and therefore no option to switch things up if we need to chase the game. Besides any suggestion to remove a player from the fragile midfield is just bizarre and only result in longballs over the top and taking out the midfield I hope that the addition of Martin will add that midfield hard man we have been missing. The 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 looks a good match for the squad we have. I hope that Martin replacing Crawford will give us some control of midfield and let Turner and Banzo be more creative. I would also start Drysdale if he doesn’t start then it shows a lack of confidence from Doolan and big questions over why we signed him.

My one experience of meeting him was a very unpleasant experience. Let’s leave it at that

If McCall ever comes back to Thistle, That is me done with the club. End of.

Too far out to be him.

Spell checker. I typed Robbo

Goalkeeper we could take a gamble on Mitch + Cameron, then use an emergency loan if something happens to Mitch. Striker we have Ablade + Robbo and some academy prospects, so anyone coming in is likely to be 3rd choice at best. Full backs, Turner can cover RB in an emergency and likewise Dan at LB. It is not ideal, but bringing nobody in would not be a disaster

Thanks. It is the first time I’ve ever got one right

I think it might be Brian Scrimgeour ?

Not really our in/out, but McGlynn or Brown to Motherwell ?

Harry and Logan wide, and can change to a 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 without changing personnel by moving Kyle to RB

Nilsson is definitely away and has been for a few months

It was hugely encouraging to witness that there is no seeding for Scottish Cup draws.

Some of the League of Ireland teams are getting to later stages in Europe, which is better than many of our premiership teams are doing. I suspect they will be paying higher wages than Queens Park and probably more than lower end of the premiership.

All of them good - increased turnover bad - made a loss indifferent - not as much of a loss as before

Not another centre half ! What we need is Rodri

But most have given in well before 14th January.

That lot won’t save much cost.