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This is a great thread on the current state of the transfer market, if you have a few spare mins, give it a read... A lot of it is relevant to our situation

There was a time, long ago I think, when people would judge a transfer window when it closed and sometimes only at the end of the following season. It's not clear to me when a transfer window started to be judged in the first two weeks of it opening but it's certainly a gambler's perspective. For my part, call me a traditionalist if you must, old fashioned even, butI think I'll wait and see

We were able to move really fast when we sold Patterson with a player coming in bang in the correct mould. Let's hope the same is true with any departures here.

The next few weeks are very big in terms of the financial playing field between us and them. We've been playing catch-up in recent years and have gradually eaten in to the gap. The end of last season saw an opportunity to finally bridge it and even edge in front. However, we lost the league and they took the direct entry to CLGS. We did wonderfully well to get to the EL Final but couldn't win it and reap the rewards on offer. - We still have a chance of making the CLGS - We need to have our player trading model produce significant money and not let the value we have created walk out the door for nothing. Then of course.... we need to be successful in bringing in the right players. Never an easy task but one where you can mitigate the effect of the financial gap, if successful. Their recruitment last summer was what led to them winning the title. We need to get it right to give ourselves a chance this upcoming season and we probably need to sell big before we can get the necessary quality to come to Ibrox. Why is this so important ? If our player trading model doesn't bear significant fruit, we don't make CLGS in August, nor win title 22/23.... The danger is getting left behind financially and then, on the park for the foreseeable. We need to have a good couple of months on various levels.

Certainly played well against us.

We seem to be really going for it at youth level. Good to see.

9th July at Sunderland first game you might say it's only a friendly but in my day we didn't play friendlies and if my old mind recalls we signed Soutar last season but couldn't af6to do it right and play him ,and dont forget little clubs like ours have to navigate qualifying for a champions league place because we couldn't win the annual two horse donkey derby.

We're not even into July. 🤣

We have known for some time we’ve got key players about to enter the final year of their contracts. If we sell them we must hope we have indentified replacements for them

Morelos and indeed kent are cracking players but they do not score enough goals to be irreplaceable. There are other sides to the game of course and each has real talents in those.