Rousseau

Tavernier has two players through on goal with a single Hearts defender in the middle not closely covering anyone ... and he passes it to the Hearts defender!? Dafuq?

Dessers should be scoring there...

That was my preferred XI, but it's too early for subs, so I was just thinking of simple ways to change things up.

I'd like to see Wright and Lawrence switch position.

That's really unfair: a wet wipe has decent internal strength.

And Tavernier is playing a different game.

Davies just gets bodied at every possible occasion.

I'm not ready...

My dance with the juju:

Igamane included. That's a good sign.

He's under contract and still useful. I would, of course, rather sell him.

You know the new season is properly here when @compo posts 'Mon the gers'...

I'm not disputing that. I'm merely suggesting it wasn't the only reason.

I think a big step was moving on a lot of those players that appeared to be the cause of that poor culture.

Results? Possibly. They weren't actually that bad. The performances were awful, though.

Which is surprising considering we've released/sold a good few 'big name' players. It goes to show how much deadwood we actually had.

Agreed. And - as I posted elsewhere - on the flip side, it suggests someone like Beale wasn't aligned in that way, and that he was sacked not necessarily because of results. I may be wrong with that, but that's how it sounded to me.

My team, regardless of the fear: Dessers Cortes - Wright - Cerny/McCausland Diomande - Barron Yilmaz - Propper - Souttar - Tavernier Butland

Koppen playing a blinder?

I've got the fear...

That's a good shout.

I think Cantwell will come back into the fold if he doesn't find a club.

I'm having more problems. I'm either not connecting the site at all or getting 'resource limit reached'. A simple refresh solves it, but it does get annoying.

Moreover, if our targets don't arrive, for whatever reason, I don't think we should be scrambling about trying to find lesser targets. That's the sort of financial mismanagement that gets you into trouble.