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I personally think we don't have much choice until a striker come in.

The new number 9 will be punted out wide imo. Velicka and Miller will probably more likely play together if Velicka gets fit in time. If no signings are made before pre-season friendlies start than thats the line up I can see being utilised.

Mcgregor

Whittaker-Weir-Webster-Papac

Davis-Thomson-McCulloch-Lafferty

Miller-Velicka

Obviously I am resting the world cup players of Edu and Bougherra but that is what I can see us using in the first pre-season friendly, maybe a youngster or 2 in place of the regulars.

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At least someone is confident. I can't pick my nose.

Better to be confident than not

I've already won this so no need to worry

Perhaps not on a bosman?

 

What about Lille striker Pierre Alain Frau? 14 goals in Ligue 1 last season.

He would be on �£50k a week at least, doesn't matter if Inter never totally rated him, he would be on a stupid wage. Plus he is over 30 and wouldn't justify the wage.

He would tear up this league but wouldn't be value for money.

Not sure about the French guy.

Knew it would be either him or Miller getting the number 9.

Personally I think Nugent would be a good signing but I doubt we have the funds for that one. David Suazo from Inter (Honduras striker) might be more realistic and I think he is out of contract.

Good target, maybe. In our price range, no.

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It's annoying and a bit worrying, but I'm guessing MB's made that comment because Walter's going to be prudent about spending his transfer budget until we sell one or two. In other words, Walter might not want to rush out and buy in the bargain basement in case we end up getting serious money for Wilson or Bougherra whereby he'd probably have a significantly bigger budget (like double or more) and be able to look at better quality players.

Yeah, but you have to plan, you can't expect to receive bids on players under contract. I feel if we go into another deadline day dealing it isn't the best plan.

I hoping we do get a bigger budget cause the players that we have been linked with whether true or not are simply awful. Might be with the times we are under but going for an ex Aberdeen player just depresses me deeply.

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I was gonna say so were the NOTW, but in truth, they knew exactly what they were doing when printing that. More like Scum Of The World than News Of The World.

I wonder if it was co-written by a certain individual who isn't keen on us?

However they continue to slam us or put us through the mud. Utter shite paper that it is.

Why though? Get in there early we need stability we can't go into pre-season with 15 experienced players and new players need to gel.

The names we're being linked with are borderline embarrassing.

Borderline? They are embarrassing, none of them good enough imo, Miller, Smith etc.

We shouldn't be "searching"

 

We should've had a list of targets drawn up months ago and initial talks already held with their clubs. I've known Boyd was leaving for 4 months, as has the club, and Novo also made it clear months ago that he wouldn't accept the terms offered to him

 

I fear another summer 2003 scenario where we start scraping the bottom of the barrel for panic buys

 

Over the last decade, our best signings have always tended to be ones we've signed very early in the summer (sometimes even before the previous season has ended) like Mols, Boumsong, Prso, Novo, Hemdani, Cuellar, with the obvious conclusion that we've planned these signings months in advance. Davis and Bougherra are another two who were planned months before the deals were actually concluded. Compare all the aforementioned players impacts to last gasp signings like Vanoli, Ostenstad, Jeffers, Bernard, Emerson, and Rothen

We weren't sure what the bank were going to put forward in terms of funds. Also we were not totally sure players would leave. Also add to the fact the manager didn't commit and therefore targets weren't being actively sought after.

He's been utterly shite since he won POTY in 2006. Hard to believe the chubby little fella is 27

Hard to believe baby faced Ole Gunnar Solskj�¦r is 37.

Who is this player?

An incredible price for such an average player.

Yep, that is why I feel we should be looking further afield in transfer targets rather than the overpriced, overrated British market.

Probably still wanting stupid money the greedy so and so.

A couple of Russian dolls and some vodka? Should see that seal the deal.

10 million Euro's are they taking the piss?

Grosso, 4 years back I would have taken. Wages would be ridiculous even now, younger players are what we need not more experience.

Good to see that they continue their policy of over paying players that they don't own. Their debt will be mounting up quite nicely, unless their owner shifts the debt onto himself.

Not overly keen on the targets doing the rounds. Tommy Smith would be a big no thank you, don't know how Portsmouth can hold out mind, no owner in the pipeline... but thankfully they did.

I also feel we will get ripped off in the British market as its very common knowledge about are finances and the need for players, elsewhere around Europe maybe not and maybe cheaper options.

I can see him holding out, looks like Wilson's "dream" move is over if he accepts. It was silly of Lollerpool to offer him a 5 year deal in the first place but cause I hate their club I'm delighted. Hold out for the money you want Rafa .

FIFA have a world cup one, should be alright.

How would Thompson know we are putting in a bid for 16 to 18 youth players? Seems such an exact figure.

Probably cause we have bid for one of their players for that value. How does he know if we are bidding with the other SPL teams?

No mention of Tonel = ban?

Tonel is on his way then

Thompson has some agenda against and to put it frankly he is a ****.

He thinks he is clever but who is the bigger club? Who was kind enough to loan you Webster? Tbh I don't want to do any dealings with this person he seems to always have something to say about us negatively.

Bent, imo should have gone Heskey 3 or 4 goals this season, Bent has 24 goals.

However its England so it will be nice to see them fail with wrong selections .