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Not sure what the answers are but one thing that always stands out in these tight games for me is tempo. We start many of these games simply expecting to score and the tempo looks pedestrian. If I was a football manager I would be asking my teams to go and win all games in the first 45 minutes. Make it count and up the tempo. Look at Liverpool. They generally batter teams in the first 45 minutes and by half time the game is all but done. I hate the fact that we get to break in so many games level at 0-0. It puts so much pressure on the players in the 2nd half

It would be exciting either way IMO. I called it a 4-2-4 simply because their "front" 4 were called the fab 4 back in the day

Could it be like a 4-2-4 like Liverpool used to play before Couthino get sold? Hagi playing the Coutinho role and our full backs bombing up and down to provide width? Before their current set up their front four were dubbed the fab 4. We've got the firepower. Let's bloody use it. ------Goldson---Balugon----- Tav -----------------------Barasic -------Jack---------Aribo---------- ----------------Hagi----------------- -----Roofe---------------Kent---- ----------------Itten----------------

Do the signings suggest we could be looking at 3-5-2 for certain games?

I was about to post something along these lines. I presuming we were keen on Roofe due to his Bielsa performances, which were more than decent. Whoever starts, there's one thing for sure, our first XI has been boosted but maybe more importantly our bench has been really beefed up. Our squad looks strong IMO

Agreed. My only niggle is the shiny fabric on the home strip. I find that off putting and wish they'd gone with more "matt" finish for the material.

I was reading some quotes from Leeds fans, who are of the opinion that Roofe will score a ton of goals up here. Time will tell but he does look exciting and powerful

1-1 FGS Hagi

Not sure if anyone else saw this but the Evening Times website had a story last night saying that Kamberi was close to joining St Galen. A few minutes later the story was removed. Not sure if it had anything to do with this? Have been a bit busy over the last few days so apologies if this has been covered

Was Roofe 7 million?

His strike rate is decent. 34 from his last 50 games by all accounts

I have the same memories of Brown playing all over. He even played left back sometimes. Especially when Gough and McLaren were a pairing?

Ha ha! Only being honest. Was never a fan but I'll keep an open mind. Neil McCann is a decent addition. I like his views on football. Souness will be interesting...

Clive Tyldesley? Genuinely hate his commentary. Still cringe at his ill advised Hillsborough referenced "justice for the England XI" comment at the world cup in 2018. Still surprised that he's with Rangers TV. Did he get hooked from Premiership gigs?

He won't play a whole season but he doesn't have to. He would probably have got around 17/18 goals last season if the lockdown didn't happen. Someone who can provide that from occasional starts and substitute appearances takes the pressure of the other striker IMO (whoever that may be...)

Some who can get 20 league goals will do for me. Once fit again Defoe will score goals. Let's not forget he scored more league goals than Alfie last year from far less game time

Checked out his showreel on YaTube and he looks tidy with an eye for a forward pass. Maybe replace S Davis position in the midfield pecking order?

Agree 100%

Jack is a very tidy player but I feel he needs to impose himself on the game more. Oh and score more goals while you're at it... Davis, Jack and Kamara will be lucky to get 5 goals between them this season. That's the difference between us and them at the moment for me

No-one could argue with that but this a whole new campaign so hopefully SG and the squad will learn from past mistakes and sustain a challenge. We have a few "home" games coming up so we can start to be a bit more ruthless and get goals to boost our GD

3 goals actually but this is after 1 game of a long campaign. A wee bit of an overreaction me thinks

Early days obviously but he looked composed

Lawell will no doubt be working on a strategy to reduce points for top 6 games won without a crowd...

Good 3 pts to start with but my main worry would be the way we lost our way in the 2nd half. I've got a feeling that we may have dropped points in a game like that if they had a crowd behind them

Aberdeen are truly loathsome