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  1. Also added factor he will likely be a mate of Doolans as a former team mate for many years.
  2. Personally I would have Stephen O’Donnell back in a heart beat. I know he’s 31 now but he is a regular starter in the premier league and still looks in great shape. I believe he’s out of contract in the summer and would be a realistic target as someone who is still will liked at the club. I understand the age aspect but I see no reason why he couldn’t give us a good few years in the championship if he’s still performing at premier league level. Also a threat going forward to try and fill the gap McMillan will leave.
  3. Being skint we were always going to have to use the loan market well and you would have to say the 3 we have brought in on loan so far all look very good acquisitions on paper at least. The 2 loan signings today for me are very positive ones. Doolan proving he is no mug in the window either so far with some great extensions and (hopefully) some very decent new signings. I think one more centre back, a utility defender who can play left back or defensive midfield. A lee hodson type if you will and a winger to cover lawless and fitzy. That should be us just about good to go.
  4. Agreed here, I think stanway has a lot of potential but personally think his performances in the league cup games were slightly overrated by a lot of fans. I thought personally against Falkirk and united he looked a little bit out of his depths at times in all honesty. Lyon on the other hand I think has serious talent. He finds brilliant pockets is space and is a very positive and creative footballer from what I’ve seen so far. Can chip in with a goal and assist by the looks of it. I would like to see him given a good chance this season to become hopefully our next best asset since fitzy first time around. A loan for stanway for another year might be best should squad size allow. Everyone is mentioning Mackenzie as cover at full back and wide which I think is unfortunate for him slightly, I think his best position is in midfield and I think given the choice himself he would likely ideally feature in a more out and out midfield role, oppose to a winger or full back. Such is the circumstances of this season upcoming though that looks to be his role and I just hope it won’t stop his progression somewhat. He’s is a capable full back regardless due to his attitude. Finally, would also agree re Alston signing in some above posts. This 100% says to me Robinson is going to be out for a while and this is a cover signing knowing he’s going to be crocked for the opening weeks/months of the season.
  5. Great results for us tonight, as mentioned above though makes the draws at home to accies and particularly cove more frustrating. If we’d have won one of or both of those fixtures as we should have with the amount of chances we created, we could have opened up a small gap already. If we had done so we could have looked at Fridays game in Inverness as a fixture where you would accept a point or could afford a slip up. It’s important we start winning more or less all of our home games against the bottom 5 sides to ensure we have the breathing space to draw or lose here and there in the more difficult away fixtures. I’m still very happy with the start we’ve made to the season but need to make sure that 5-1 thrashing becomes a habit at firhill.
  6. I struggle to see how IMC can ever logically bring smith back in the team when you consider the players we have available in the forward areas. He is nowhere near good enough and offers far less than fitzy, mullin or even Weston and that’s not even including the starting wide players from last week. Again this is a game we need to be winning if we are serious about a promotion challenge imo but I said this before accies as well, so I certainly won’t be expecting a repeat of last week.
  7. I would personally like to see us go for it and try blow accies away. With doch sitting deeper and McKinnon/Turner playing more attacking from box to box. If we could get a centre back fit for this, move McMillan back out to right back. I think with him and Milne overlapping lawless and fitzy with the creativity of turner/ McKinnon we should be able to blow accies away while they are still a bit short. With Weston, dowds, mullin and tiff all to come on if we can’t break them down. We should really be winning this game if we’re serious about a title challenge and hopefully convincingly at that. So with all that said as previously mentioned I’m predicting a 0-0.
  8. You don’t think the additions of Mullen, dowds, lawless, fitzy and Weston plus 2 attacking full backs won’t be more attacking and score more goals than tiff did alone last year? With foster and McKenna at full back and literally no depth up front or a single natural wide right sided player. I think it’s fair to say we will be more attacking and won’t rely on tiff so much.
  9. Hoping Turner playing in his proper position as an attacking midfielder and McKinnon can maybe add a bit more spark to create through the middle with some balls into forwards feet and in behind. Something we didn’t do at all last season was ever cut teams open. I wouldn’t even be opposed to playing Lawless in turners role with fitzy and tiff wide. He has great vision and can thread a pass.I’m sure he would be a good option in there if we are playing a team who are sitting in deep at firhill that we are trying to break down.
  10. A fully fit Tiffoney and milne down the same side will be hard for any side in our league to stop. The best left(or right) hand side of any team in the league by miles. Tiff should be able to far more damage this season as well. Last year he was our only out ball so teams just comfortably doubled up on him as we had no over lap from full backs or any natural dangerous players on the right. Add in a terrible pitch surface it was near impossible for him to do much at times. With danger from full backs over lapping on both sides and 2/3 very decent dangerous right hand sided attackers now and a new surface into the bargain. He should be able to cause absolute havoc again now that teams can’t just double up on him. We might even see another level to his game if he can stay fit.
  11. I would probably say Dundee are now my most hated club in spfl outwith the ugly sisters and airdrie (Clyde are a bit to irrelevant now). So would love to get one over them as we certainly owe them it. As for the starting lineup what would everyone like to see? I think sneddon deserves the nod for now and the back line picks itself basically if tunji and aero are out. I would personally like to see us go 4-4-2 Sneddon McMillan Brownlie holt Milne Fitzy turner Doch Lawless Mullen Graham I do however get that it’s unlikely we’d change the formation that we’ve used in the league cup group stage and that Mullen perhaps isint match fit. I just always think players play well against former teams and I think he’d be well up for it. Realistically we will probably stick to 4-3-3 in which case I’d have the same gk and back line with banzo turner and doch. Leaving fitzy and lawless either side of graham in the front 3.
  12. Still no sign of this defender then before the weekend. Looking a bit light at the back just now. After having raved about how good this window has been I can’t help but feel that we are a bit top heavy looking at it. We only have 4 out and out midfielders and we mostly play with 3 in the middle. We only have 5 defenders now with it looking like aero gonna be out for a while. Fair to say we will score plenty but I also think we might concede a lot as well. Should be entertaining either way!
  13. It makes sense going off McCalls description, it does seem like an odd move in his part though as he is likely only ever going to play in the absence of McMillan or Milne to suspension or injury. Seems like a bad move on his part to go back down to a league he just won on loan to be cover as back up. Guess he believes in his own ability to take a place which is good to have. If it even is him at all of course.
  14. I think the pitch really killed banzo’s game in the second half of last season as he likes to spray the ball around. I don’t think he’s done by any means but I do believe that we don’t need him and docherty in the midfield together in most games as they are somewhat similar. I think when he plays well he can dictate the pace of a game but my gripe with Bannigan has always been his lack of wanting to play forward/ killer passes in recent years. I think he slows the game at times by going sideways, would love to see him try balls in behind and down the channels more often as he definitely has the range of passing to do it.
  15. Looking at this it would be good to get a defender on loan who can play full back in either side. Looking at it we are obviously going with the approach of using our centre backs as cover for full back. Holt on the left and muirhead for rb. Fingers crossed neither Milne or McMillan miss any significant amount of games as I think they will be pivotal to our play style this season.
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