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I think we should adopt an Athletic Bilbao-style policy by only signing players from the North East of Scotland.

In Search of the Beautiful Game with Kevin Bridges was a good watch.

I don’t think it’s a shift. The squad is all about balance, cant be all Scot’s, all foreigners, all domestic, all project players, all youth etc. It’s also balance between needs, wants, availability, and affordability, and who we can ultimately get to come. I’d suggest mitov tobers knoester devlin shinnie nisbet nilsen and Armstrong, plus karlsson, were all meant to be the experienced spine and leadership of the team last year. That’s decent balance between them and youth, on paper looked good and made sense, plus palaversa and aouchiche who were young talent who had lost their way. It just didn’t work out that way for various reasons. weve replaced shinnie tobers and nilsen with leaders and grafters in mayo happe lyons and maybe breidl, none are young but all have a reputation of being competitive and leaders, what we ultimately lacked. I think there’s a lot of judgement on the recruitment to date, but the essentials are being put in place. By no means glamor, but needed for balance. i still think lobban frame gyamfi bilalovic and Kjarten have a place in the squad, maybe even topi and Jensen, all players who need the experience and leadership alongside that they didn’t really get this year. Olusanya has been our third best forward in recent years, behind bojan and nisbet, he has value and can be effective in our league. I’d place duk in the karlsson bucket of a player we don’t want. I wonder if Olusanya and nisbet could work as a front two like shankland and Adam’s yesterday (poor example I know), provided we have two good right and left mids. Saying that, i still feel we need a legit starting 9, I don’t think nisbet is that good. If we sign a Hayes and mcginn (big if), even a Morris and hedges, we’re a completely different team. These are the two positions this summer we have to get right and positions I’ll judge the club on. I’d take bojan back in a heartbeat, modern football is purely about money and winning. But getting a legit forward means nothing if we dont sign players to provide service. Again, poor example, but doak and Christie were very good yesterday, and all of a sudden our forwards get chances. And goals. just as important, milanovic yengi lazetic and palaversa need moved on asap. Cant punt everyone, but then its topi gyamfi molloy and Jensen if there’s better replacements available.

Just watched this. Really good. Link for those who haven’t seen it.