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Im hoping for a couple of decent loan signings, its possibly our best shout due to the level we are still at.

Agreed. Last player I want to see back. Actually going to an Everton game next week....I'll not boo him but if he misses a sitter I might have a bounce.

Only 2 choices

That would be horrendous. What has he done to show he should be a coach. I am hoping for a new fresh start similar to Advocaats time. yes it was a shame to see the 9IAR guys leave as they gave is so much but it was onwards and upwards.

Foderingham is an interesting one and if anything will make Bell up his game / training. Still very young and has done the rounds slightly but has potential so its an interesting addition. Ive certainly confidence that Warburton will get the best out of him. A forward is still needed in the coming week or so. Miller and Clark are ball to feet / pacey players and may suit Warburton and may also excel under them. Miller will be handy around the place for another year. A perfect pro and can do a job coming off the bench for the last half hour in games. Id certainly rather be in the position we are in now with Clark and Miller still on the books than Daly and Boyd.

Maybe so and he hasn't really done much as a coach. Ive fond memories of Durie the player, thought he was a cracking signing and did very well for us but unfortunately coaching wise was just another job for the boys guy. As its been discussed and I cant get this point across enough - there is and always is a open door to be welcome at the club for ex players (excluding those who pissed off in 2012) but as for jobs it has to be the right ones and not the drink together play together attitude. Weir fits perfectly to this category.

Come on now, its only Spurs, if we was training at Arsenal Id let you away with that But its a good idea from MW, pretty sure it will extend with an invite for Spurs to train at murray park if they require in the future and there is no harm building relationships with such clubs. As mentioned a closed doors game Versus someone there beats a jolly up to the highlands.

I hear what you are saying but League 1 isn't a bad standard. Teams like Brentford and Bournemouth have come out of there and been a match for the Championship. We don't have to go that far back to Leicester, Norwich, Stoke, Swansea and Southampton playing in that division and they didn't get out of that league by having Gerrard, Lampard, Silva and Agureo type players. They needed the unheard ones at first.

St Johnstone and Aberdeen failing to beat teams Ive never heard of. Either those countries leagues are getting better or ours is getting worse or possibly both. You just wonder though if they had had maybe 10 competitive league fixtures by now with a start of season around March then how would they have done. I thought West Ham would have put at least 6 past that team but then saw it was pretty much a reserve team. A good full house at Upton Park to welcome Bilic (who isn't taking charge yet bizarrely) and to mark the last season at the old ground. Despite going to Upton Park on many occasions I am looking forward to moving to the new stadium.

Im just a fan of the old fashioned way like Arsenal, Everton and to an extent Man Utd where the manager has the final say.

They can go out and blow mad money on Pogba now. It does seem a bit inverted that Man City have restrictions yet the money spent is pocket change for the owners but Man Utd don't have restrictions but have a (manageable) 9 figure debt.

Funnily I just said Leicester were bottom of the league for over 100 days in the other thread but they stayed up probably luckily. Over last season Burnley seemed to have a bit more dignity and won more fans than Leicester. So its an interesting tie and will be a good gauge for Warburton. We don't exactly want to bring Man Utd or Chelsea up to ibrox at the moment like in previous summers.

He has had a few spats last season with a fan, then McArthur and a Journalist then the Thailand saga. They were bottom of the league for over 100 days, they just made a great escape. Lennon and Allardyce the early favourites.

Its Premier League BTW and has been for over 10 years. Premiership is rugby or the Scottish League.

I just hope a season on the bench hasn't made him a bit rusty. Wenger has a difficult task picking Arsenals starting XI when everyone is fit. Man Utd could be getting Ramos and Schneiderlin this week.

Back four looks promising and with Weir working with them can only improve.

Sure...once we get one! Although Wabara might fit the role.

Mcgregor to RB?

Will be interesting to see what our team will look like next season. I would say we still need 5 first teamers: ___________________________Bell___________________________ ????_____________McGregor____Wilson__________Wallace __________________________Eustace_______________________ ___________???_____________??????_____________???_________ ____________________________?????_________________________

Chelsea - very low key. Looking at Rob Green and Asmir Begovic to replace Cech. Begovic is too good to be a back up, I would say he is top 5 in the league. Green is a keeper I rated at West Ham, his percentage of saving penalties is great. At 35/36 he would be perfect for Chelsea back up. Also linked with Alex Song but he wont get a starting position there so imagine West Ham will get him. Falcao the only other mentioned as a replacement for Drogba.

A thread for the moves in the Premier league. Liverpool spending early but similar to last year not brining in marquee names. I know nothing of Firmino. Milner will be a good addition for work rate and experience but isn't the player that will win them a title. Clyne is a good signing but how much better than Glen Johnson is he? Origi looked good a the world cup last summer but didn't have a great season in France, I read he made the worst XI of the season. Gomez seems one for the future. Ings was decent for Burnley but is he a CL type player? They need to start selling now as Balotelli, Borini and Lambert will be wasting wages. Arsenal - Petr Cech solves their long standing goalkeeper crisis, I just hope he hasn't got rusty over 12 months on the bench. Seems likely they will miss out on Schneiderlain probably because Wenger already has too many midfielders. Man Utd - Depay - again I don't know to much. They are linked to everyone at the moment. Man City - Wanting Pogba, De Bruyne and Sterling but haven't signed as of yet. West Ham - Payet and Obiang in, probably Alex Song to follow. A few other low key signings but there should be some big ones coming up over the next month.

Just the same as the way Ferguson was sweating when he refused to pull weight under PLG??? And Kris Boyd didn't break sweat (probably never did) running up to the fans with 6 fingers (Fergusons number) the week after. I cant quite believe BF even said that. Ferguson was a good player first stint but then had the attitude that was all wrong about Rangers in his second time.

Obviously this chap could have been handy on the investment side but if he had managed to get the club a few months ago who knows who would be in charge, I don't think the timing would have been right to even approach Warburton, so Im glad in that sense as what Warburton seems to be doing with the footballing side of things is invaluable.

Nothing new mentioned, just how he is going to try assemble a team capable of meeting targets of promotion then the top flight again and eventually champions league. I like his style, he answers very well without avoiding questions or being patronising, is just pure honest. He isn't promising miracles but knows what is expected. I really believe we have found the right man on a number of levels. Its one thing winning football matches but putting together an infrastructure from youth up is a different level. Looking forward to the season a lot under W&W.

Well I would say that is a Neanderthal type opinion as a 3rd strip can be any colour or design with the except of green or hoops for the obvious reasons. But everyone is entitled to an opinion. Our home colours should always remain but I quite like a different 3rd kit and the black one the other season was also to my liking. IIRC the purple kit was originally for European away games.