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Loic Remy, Nani, Weiss? Forget the happy dance, if all these links and half-links come off, we'll be like...

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It's another happy dance moment.

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I must have missed something. How many trophies have they picked up over the last 10 years?

Nail. On. Head.

Way ahead of you!

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We'd never finish a game with 11 men all season!

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I didn't think of the winning mentality, but he has been at clubs that expect to win trophies, like Porto, Zenit and Fenerbahce. He also looks to be a warrior, which that video of him taking out Diego Costa and Broonaldo will attest. These characteristics can only be good for us. His English is good too.

Big Bruno Alves looks like a hatchet man!

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£6-7m? Are we back on the EBTs?

Well done Huddersfield! They were the better team (barely). I've been impressed with them this season, but today was always going to be dull; it's too important for it to be an entertaining game. Nahki Wells has got the Bermuda (Bermudan/Bermudian?) flag round his shoulders.

What happened to the transfer rumours and hearsay?

That's a fair point, well put. It's just that every time you post your more pessimistic interpretation, I feel the need to post a defense. I like Archibald a lot; I felt he had -- not really watched them in a while -- Partick playing some nice stuff. Maybe not ready for a job like ours, though. The others have, undoubtedly, done good jobs at their respective clubs. However, for me, they are in the same philosophy bracket: well organised, defensive, and play the percentage game offensively. It would probably get us 2nd, but with Rodgers at Celtic, it won't help us overcome them. Moreover, it'll do nothing for our European aspirations. Maybe it's just a belief, but for me, foreign managers have better tactical awareness -- Portuguese especially. There's a reason Scottish sides don't do anything in Europe. We have seen some innovative formations from PC to try and turn games. I agree it has been brutal at times, but I maintain I've been more impressed with spells of it than I have been for a long time. I don't believe our players are good enough to execute exactly what he wants; once he gets a few of his own players, I think we'll see progress. I genuinely hope I'm right.

Yes, but he's just using certain facts to suit his negative/pessimistic view -- which is fair enough. I can put a more positive spin on his record, by saying he actually picked up the same number of points at Uniao as his predecessor (Uniao were also relegated a year or two after he left), and picked up more than his predecessor at Nacional, a bigger club, so he must have done something right. The Mexican 'league' is mental, but he did win trophies, and even got Santos to the Semi-final of their Champions League only losing 1-0 over two legs to the eventual champions. Qatar I put down to money. He had the Qatari side finishing 2 points lower than his predecessor, but actually had them 5th when he left to join us. He has also been recommended by Jose Mourinho in the past. Even his performances with us, you can say it's been brutal at times, but I think we've also seen spells of some of the best performances too. It just depends how you choose to look at it. Like you, I'm willing to give the guy a chance.

I like the look of Herrera (strong, athletic, penalty-box striker with good movement), but it looks like he needs service: how much service is he going to get when Tavernier hits the ball over his head every week?

Maybe just 8-1 then? It was a wrong decision on so many levels: it's a handball in the build-up and then Ramsey is offside, moving towards the ball. They even talk about it, so I don't know how they give it?

I'm ashamed to say I'm watching the Scottish Cup final. There's nothing much on until the FA Cup final - god knows what I'm going to do for the next couple of months?! They're not playing too well, but that could be down to Aberdeen nullifying them. Aberdeen are bang average; they play the percentage game, which embarrassingly in Scotland gets you 2nd. Some of the decision making is baffling: square the ball and there's a decent chance of it going in, instead the captain for the day, Shinnie, decides to shoot from an acute angle, wasting a good opportunity. They've invariably hit the 'keeper instead of aiming for a corner too. Jack looks average too; he's shadowing his man well, and cuts out/intercepts a good few balls, but he's not done much; and doesn't look too comfortable with his feet, although he's not done anything wrong and he certainly doesn't give it away. He might be what we need, or at least someone we can use: good tackler/interceptor, a physical presence and someone to keep it simple.