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Cant agree more with Ian's post. I like Miller as a player and think he is the kind of player we needed in certain games last season. He is never a world beater but if he brings his Scotland for to Ibrox (which WS got out of him) then im sure he is going to play well for us.

Id rather sign the likes of Diamond for 750k and pay him peanuts compared to Shittu if he is just going to be a stop gap regardless of how much a cock he is. IMO we should be looking for another Cuellar or even a player half as good. I dont think Shittu was good enough now that Carlos has set the standards. Id draw the line at Lee Wilkie though

Fulham are getting 2 players from West Ham this week - Zamora and Paintsil. Paintsil is an attacking right back who I rated but Curbs didnt - maybe we should have looked at him! Rob Green stated he doesnt want to go but there is a personality clash between him and Curbs, but i expect him to stay and sign a new contract. Rumours are 50k a week, so dont think Alexander is going to West Ham

Pete your well right about Beasley - so injury prone. I think its coz he is too lightweight. But then Darcheville is too bulky and gets injured due to that. If we are going to get jinxed again with these injuries to add to the likes of Naismith and Burke who are out long term then Im baffled as to why we would let Buffel and Gow go. We obviously cant afford replacements.

Not managing to get a Watford player is embarrassing but its also no major loss. Id rather the money go to a midfielder. If we really need to sign another centre half then we should set our sights higher. If its a stop gap player then we should go for Zander Diamond or someone like that who wont cost nearly as much. But im hoping Webster gets fit

Put Carlos and Ferguson in that team for Dailly and Adam and it actually doesnt look too bad!!

I see it that you dont need 4 defenders in the SPL so going with 3 gives you an extra man further up the park. Just depends on if your full backs play as attackers aswell, but in some cases WS has played 4 centre halfs across the back and you dont need that.

I thought it looks more of a lighter blue aswell

Austria are not near as good team as others in the euros regardless what formation. But the 3-5-2 has been cancelled out with the 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 formations.

The Shittu one looks like getting closer

Quite like that aswell. Looks much better than last seasons top

Pete you stalker!! No sign of Boyd on a bike??

Agree with Calscot that we should be looking for a long term partner for Cuellar although I wouldnt class it as most vital as we have a few who can play next to him as a stop gap for this season. Also agree Fleck HAS to play a bit more this season. If he is good enough then he is old enough. It actually annoys me sometimes when people question playing him due to age. It should be irrelevant. How is the player ever going to get experience by playing the last 5 mins against Clyde in the league cup. Lennon certainly looked promising a few seasons back and should maybe have more of a step up by now. A loan wouldnt be a bad thing for him. I dont actually rate Fletcher for Man Utd but he would be a fine signing on the right for us. But id prefer Maloney or McFadden over him as they have that bit of creative ability.

The worst thing about WS's 3-5-2 was he played so many players out of position. Craig Moore and Alex Cleland in midfield :admin: But if you get it right then it can work out. MON got it right at Celtic. Cuellar, Weir and 1 from Webster, Hemdani, Papac or Dailly would be a good start at the back. We'd then get away with 2 holding midfielders, 2 wide players plus sign a creative central player. Then we also get to play 2 upfront.

It wasnt fuckn museli anyway!!! I bet he is washing his breakfast down with a Whopper meal

Apart from being an old bassa

It would be great to have a live debate on national tv about Boyd with pro Boyd on one side then the non pro Boyd side on the other side. We'd need a strong referee for this: Vinnie Jones would do the trick

Great chance for us to try 3-5-2 then

Agreed Pete, its all about how good a level the player is. Kenny Deuchar scored shit loads in the lower leagues but couldnt but it as he moved up. When he was in the 3rd and 2nd divisions you didnt see anyone in the SPL come in for him.

This Nasri is good, probably better than Hleb so if they get good fee for him and Rosicky back they will be flying again.

Ince obviously thinks he can do a job for them. Will be interested to see him, hopefully he does well. Come on the Cardiff, stump up 3.5 million for Boyd and make Jons weekend

Depends who we sign Pete. Im with you about Ferguson, but right now im thinking Dailly, Hemdani and Thomson are all to defensive and I dont know enough about Furman. I dont class Ferguson in the attack mode either TBH. But with BF's faults he still takes the mantle at times. My fear isnt also with the loss of Ferguson, I'll be interested to see how we play, but my fear is the total lack in depth now. I was wondering what would happen if someone picked up an injury during the season, now BF is out it could be a blessing to force the hand and sign someone. With hindsight now, having Buffel, Hemdani and Thomson would have worked a treat with 2 wide players.

Hearts are a mess, They are looking at Uganda'a Hungarian coach to take over. How did they manage to think that one up!! It wouldnt surprise me one bit if they are fighting relegation this season.

What your reasons be Craig? Obviously attitude has to be one. But Cousin on his day is a quality striker and can play upfront on his own. If he gets a kick up the ass then he'd be in my team ahead of all the strikers at Ibrox.

I kinda agree with the PLG comment about hard tackles in training especially at this time of year when everyone is rusty. That goes for all teams IMO. But for S Smith it is yet another set back and you do have to wonder if he will not only get a run in the team again but get back to a high standard. Papac did well last season so I have no worries about him playing there. Whittaker also looked more comfortable at LB so thats the alternative but then we need to find a RB.