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He is a freak. Massive, fast, strong, great technique, composure, finishing. Has it all. Very enjoyable to watch.

If I read that correctly they have only had 1 positive and have shut down the training ground as a mitigation. Game on.

Looking forward to this tonight. We are on fire. St Johnstone are having a really bad spell. Struggling with out their two best players having left in McCann and Kerr. They really lack a cutting edge up front. Don't concede much. This has all the hallmarks of a banana skin. I expect the same team v hearts. Important to get Sakala isolated v Cro-Magnon man at right wing back for St J Rooney. Aribo will probably get some extra attention/double marked given how lethal he has been. Arfield can make a big impact with his runs into the box. No real expectations for this one, just the 3 points and move on.

Id take Skov Olsen in a heartbeat. If we can get a loan to buy for 6 months with a future fee for the summer when the likes of Aribo inevitably go. Tall cultured forward. Dont think he has the running speed or power of a similar tall Dane but sky high potential. I think he would benefit playing for us in an attacking sense where he will have much more freedom. Can play wide right as an inverted winger (left footed) of we could use him as a 10. Edit - watched some youtube footage of him last night and it looks like Bologna use him as a right wing back. Think he would relish a more attacking role with us.

He is a top striker for our level no doubt about it, but there is no point in having top players on the treatment table. At the moment we have one of our best defenders, one of our best midfielders and one of our best strikers having persistent issues with injury. Frustrating.

Call it a leak, call it a statement, call it a shot across the bow, call it poetry, you can call it whatever you want. He told some stuff to a rag that hates the very existence of our club and is in cahoots with Lawwell and co it is what it is

Someone from his camp 'leaked' how he voted against the appointment of Graeme Park to the board and a few other things. Edit - bluedell covered it above actually

I believe Lundstram was brought in as a replacement of sorts but for me he doesn't fit into this team. Not sure what his role is. He cant protect the back 4 like a Kamara or Davis (who is such a good footballer he can play anywhere in midfield), nor can he play as a 10 like a , Arfield, Hagi, Aribo. I just dont know what his role is. Jack is an ideal 6. With the latest news on Roofe I'd be looking to get a striker in on loan in Jan or recall Itten if he is not playing. A bit pee'd off that a guy with a career history of injury problems has decided at 29 to go play international football for Jamaica but here we are.

I am thankful for all he has done but he is becoming noise that we don't need. Not to mention leaking stuff to the Daily Record last week, get that in the bin.

Agree with this, enjoy the occasion. If we go out then we focus on the league & cup. We have made Europe post xmas which was always the goal.

Was it not the lad that plays for them and scored V Inter and real that scored against us for Progres? Thill i think his name was?

Barca for me. Atalanta and Sevilla only teams I think we wouldn't beat.

Itten has not really been playing much recently for Gruther after starting initially. You have to wonder if a guy that cant get a game for the worst side in Germanys top flight (by some distance) is good enough for us. He has showed flashes of what he can do. I have also heard he struggled to settle in Glasgow on a personal level. We knew the injury issues that came with Roofe when we bought him and he is a very good player, but as with Helander there is no point having quality players on the treatment table. We need them on the park.

Aribo again stepping up and getting a goal. Delighted at how much he has improved his final ball/finishing recently. This guy can get better too. Will attract attention in January,

Young player who showed potential but progress has stalled. Worth a loan to buy type deal like Hagi IMO.

Connor Goldson for me. Solid. Borna should have done better to stop the cross for the own goal IMO. Harsh? Maybe. But it is what it is.

Lyon have been a total let down domestically. The managers coat may be on a shaky peg. I expect them to rest and rotate heavily and focus on their league game at the weekend. Wonder if Dembele Dollars will play, he has barely made an appearance this year. The manager preferring to play attacking midfielders and wingers up front over him. I expect us to rotate and keep key assets available for Sunday.

A really bold appointment. A very young guy with some new ideas around coaching. We have an issue bringing through youth players but the last few years the club have done lots of work in the background to try and change things. Can only give them credit for that.

They spent circa £40 million on two new centre halves in the summer. And around 9 Million on the lad from Celtc. I dont want to belittle other clubs but they sum up the term 'nothing club' for me. Will never compete for, or win anything. Just yo-yo from championship and Premiership. But have the cash and players can live in London so its a massive attraction.

There is a real risk with the current Helander/Balogun situation. Both seem to be extremely prone to missing games through injury. Helander long term injuries and Balogun short term. Given we cant yet rely on Simpson I think we may see some personnel changes in January.

This is the reality of where we are. If he goes for a big fee either this winter or next summer he will go down as a fantastic signing. I even think if Goldson walks this summer for free he is still in terms of transfer fee paid, weekly wage and number of games played per season at a high standard a very good signing.

Agree with this. From the boys perspective, he is not playing for us and teams have offered good money for him and will likely pay him far better than us. If anyone comes in for him gut feel he is gone. Also the way Aribo is playing can see him going to EPL. The lower-mid tier of EPL transfers will probably kick start this winter now that things are getting back to some normality. A Watford/Leeds/Southampton for example could quite easily splash £15 million on him. Not sure we knock that back given his contract is running down.

I think the people at Sky must assume the large volume of Scottish subscribers pay for the premiership and championship and just watch the SPFL stuff because its on. The complete contempt Sky have for our game is unreal. The end to end product they put together is so half hearted compared to the EPL. No studio analysis with tactics and graphics and visuals etc. No touch screen (although that's style over substance) and on some occasions no post match. Just cut to the next game if an EPL or championship game is on. They barely advertise or market our game during the EPL or championship content either IMO.

Yes, he did have a chance and hit the post via a deflection from goldson. Hard to tell if the original shot was going anywhere near the goal. And he shouldn't have still been on the park at that point either..

Aribo was superb and he is developing as a real threat.