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Still can't work out what the hell Dan was booked for. As poor as we were, the ref was absolutely atrocious and lost that game so early on

Most of that is down to him being played either as a full/wing back or defensive midast year, which for me is not where he excels. He's much better as an attacking mid, I'd have him back next season no matter what league we're in

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Having said that, looks much better than I feared it might

Pitch is churning up quite quickly during the warmup, look good but seems very soft and easily marked up

Depends on the ref.....and as most of them are incompetent, probably Sunday morning

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There were live updates on the game last night as it was being played from the thistle Weir academy account

Some really good early stages of moves then it just breaks down as we have so few making runs and they're doubling up on anyone that gets the ball.... we're crying out for an out and out striker or two

That depends on what the buying and selling club agree, every deal is different and Celtic were in a very strong position to include sell on clause the immediate and the next transfer. I seriously doubt we are in that position with anyone, and the fact the Penner's left livi at the end of his contract would mean in previous circumstances we'd have got nada as you can't enforce an agreement onto his next club, or club after that. Thankfully the current system allows a bit more flexibility to reward the developing club. If for j low was to move on for a few at the end of this season, we'd get that transfer fee as he's under contract, the end of the season after we could get no transfer fee unless he signs a new contract but there would be a development fee due to his age. but as I understand it the thistle academy and also his previous club (as he had only been in the academy a few years) would get a payment as well. Could be wrong, and happy to be corrected by someone that knows more about the current transfer system but that's my understanding

And given he left us for livi, surely any sell on clause would be limited to what livi sold him for.... But given he left them for free, to join hearts at end of his contact that's probably where it would have ended without the development fees. I'm sure both us, livi and the thistle Weir academy all get money from that as he's moving to another country

If only we'd waited a little longer we'd have got Ange, pretty sure he couldn't have resisted the urge to return to Glasgow but to the one team in Glasgow this time

Get turner back into the advanced midfield role when he's back and that should solve that

Banzo staying fits for me, I suspect we are going to end up with a very young squad so we'll need the experience in that area, at a guess won't play as much as last season but for me he still has a lot to give

Im not saying he should have, but if you put yourself in bg's position, he's a contracted player who we're told they want to keep, has decided the time is not right for him to take on the new role that was offered....and someone senior from the club posts that pretty much everything positive from a coaching pov was down to your previous partner in that role, and you were just the alpha male ( yes I've over simplified and ignored the legend talk etc etc) would you feel valued and want to stay ? If BG's time as part of the caretaker team was so minimal, why offer him a role in it for the future.