buster.

Why would you pay so much for a midfielder that wasn't getting a first team start in the Scottish League and is entering the final year of his contract ? On the brightside, that's them a decent midfielder down.

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Dado scored a reasonable amount of goals and gave assists aswell as bleeding for the team.

He was good for closing out league titles but otherwise an expensive luxury.

Name a couple that have been such for us.

1 Croatia 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 2 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 Iceland 2 0 1 0 1 3 -2 1 3 Argentina 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1 Argentina would need to beat Nigeria and get a better result than Iceland, if they were to beat Croatia. Nigeria favourites to go through France v Nigeria is a likely last 16 tie Croatia v Denmark a possibility. .

WC 2018 (characteristics) Generally boring with goals at a premium Referees warning instead of booking and players taking advantage First Half injury time 2 or 3 minutes, second half 5 minutes VAR: some big mistakes being corrected VAR: selectivity of decision means it's still an inconsistent human aspect at the heart of things Brazil are Ney Mare and will not win it Germany are goosed and won't win it Argentina are poor and won't win it Italy aren't there and won't win it any more.............

Morelos has a fairly good balance between the respectable numbers of goals and assists. We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that he is a very good young centre forward. If he was to stay and be interested, I'd take him as our main man up top.

If they still have a chance to qualify come the last game, I'd make the change. It's plain that the current manager can't get them playing and the dynamic isn't functioning. A change might not give the desired result but there would be a chance of a reaction and a chance would be as good as it gets.

Half an hour of another borefest (Iceland v Nigeria) is enough, I'm out ..............!

I reckon the likes of England or Belguim will take care of that Brazil side or the Germans come the time.

I've got Brazil down to score three, I must have been on LSD when making my predictions. Going by the first-half, they could play until next Wednesday afternoon and not score any. NeyMare isn't at it and they miss Alves down the right.

File the first half of Brazil v Costa Rica under ..........'Pish' NeyMare,...nuff said about him !

Mark Lawrenson's predictions (BBC) would have secured him 19 points (without joker) thus far. If we give him an extra point for the joker he'd be on 20, the same as Rousseau. Does anyone think he looks like him as well

The Nigerian Kyle Lafferty

Options go so far. SG needs some quality to work with.

You glance at the backstory, consider the success rate of loan signings, look at the expectations......... I'd say realistic rather than harsh. You can't give a new inexperienced manager too many projects/challenges with individual circumstances/ outside bets and expect too much. You need to give him some relative proven quality, at least down the spine of the team. If this lad is to be a squad filler more than first team starter, I don't think it makes much sense as we'd be better giving Hardie the berth and put more money toward a starter. If this lad is to be a squad filler, the move doesn't make much sense from his perspective. But if he signs then good luck and we'll see what happens

Stats can say different thins 5 goals in 3 seasons = 1.66 goals per season

Maybe he'll surprise us but his record suggests he's not going to make a significant difference/improvement. Put simply, IMO we need a better quality of forward if we want to seriously challenge.

Bologna........ 229 minutes / 0 goals Torino............226 mins / 0 goals.......option to buy, not taken. NAC................621 mins / 5 goals This is what I'd term another outside bet. SG is a rookie manager, not a magican.

Uninspiring record over a number of years. Few appearences Few goals Journeyman Loanster

At this stage, Rousseau would be better incorporating a prediction competition into this subject.

So many predictions 2-0, 3-0, etc but.......only FIVE games thus far have had more than one goal seperating the teams. Two of the unfancied teams have each done it twice. Russia, 5-1 and 3-1 Croatia, 2-0 and 3-0. Belguim 3-0 Russia will come up against Spain or Portugal in the last 16, could they ?

That would depend on what the scan showed up.

No surprise, when you recruit a 30 year old with a notable injury history.