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We've conceded 214 goals in the 7 premiership seasons Tavernier's played; he's scored 62 goals.

Agreed. Although, I don't think Shankland is in the same category, as he is 27.

I'm not as dismissive of the Shankland link, as it appears the rest of you are. He always hits, or over-performs, his xG. This season he has an xG of 18.6, scoring 18 goals; two years ago it was 8 goals from an xG of 6.4; he scored a goal-a-game in the Championship. He's clinical. I wonder what he could do with the chances we create. I would have signed him after he had a difficult spell in Belgium (5 goals from an xG of 7, which is the only time he has under-performed and it's not by much), because he would have been quite cheap. Hearts will play hardball, though.

What are your thoughts, folks?

Arsenal's Xhaka just single-handedly won the league for Man City. Arsenal cruising to a win, and then he has a needless dig at Trent, riles up the silenced crowd, Trent and the team now play like men possessed and Arsenal struggle to resist the onslaught.

Martin Tyler: 'Aaaaand it's liv—' Me: STFU!

Roy Hodgson is 75-years-old. Incredible.

Oh my...

Yes, but it helps me make you look stupid. Like I said, I think he's worth more than £5M now. There's no risk, for me. 'Based on performances across the whole season' and assuming he doesn't improve at all - unlikely - he's worth £5M. IMO. I think MB likes him. Did he not say somewhere that he wants to do the deal? I might be wrong.

I've said this before but, the way in which managers conduct press conferences doesn't matter. If he speaks eloquently and succinctly but losses a game, he talks a load of shite. If he mumbles out cliche after cliche but wins, he's the messiah. He needs to win games.

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Is that it then? A 20-year-old dwells on the ball a wee bit in four, one-off games so he's not and never will be good enough? That's silly. Not quite as bad as the temper tantrums shown by those wanting MB gone, but it's not far off. To be honest, I think a large part of it is him not having options on the ball, which is more of a team issue. I've complained about that before. A lot of our players play of-the-cuff, rather than as a team. For me, Tillman is worth more than £5M now. We could sign him in August and flip him in January for double.

No one's doing that - most aren't even helping against the diddies! He is a superb talent, already, at 20-years-old. In a couple of years he'll be worth a lot more than £5M. I think he's worth more than that now. We spent £5M on Yilmaz, btw.

You've already completely ruled out Potter as a manager for us, whilst suggesting Moyes is not the worst option. Your football takes are on shaky ground...

I don't need to: you're doing it on your own...

Absolutely. He's been our best player this season. He's 20-years-old.

This is a ludicrous take.

Fortunately we have quite a few out-of-contract. If he renews them, again, it's just negligence on his part.

Just ignore him.

The only thing I'd criticise MB for is our lack of creativity (not today, but in general - I didn't watch the game): we're not the most creative, which is the manager's remit, at the end of the day. I believed he was more expansive in his style than SG because, by all accounts, his QPR side was quite creative. They tended to play a 3-4-2-1, I think. Whether it's because he can't implement that just now, as he has come in half-way through a season, and needs a pre-season, or whether he's not as expansive as I thought, I don't know. Hopefully he just needs a pre-season.

Agreed. I've been saying it for a while. I think a sweeper-'keeper helps us in build-up and helps alleviate one of our main weaknesses, which is balls in-behind / over the top.

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I'm not watching - I can't - but if the referee saw a foul, VAR can't overturn it because it's not a 'clear and obvious error', it's a matter of interpretation. Var doesn't work like that, anywhere. If the referee missed a foul, then they'd ask the referee to look again. Our referees are particularly incompetent, so there will be bad interpretations.

VAR can't magically instil competence.

Souttar might be better at defending the front post.