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To be honest, I think he’s been the most missed of all the players we’ve transferred out from last season.

Fuckin wrong ‘uns. Boooooo….. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cqxpr15wggzo?app-referrer=deep-link

He's been taken to hospital today after feeling unwell before the Man United game. The BBC are saying it's just a precaution and not related to the brain haemorrhage.

Boyle I can get behind providing we are not paying him too much. And I think there's a fair chance of that, it's well known he's a dons fan and he's made big money with his saudi move. This has a feel of he want's to play for us before he retires and thats fine, he will definitely contribute. Gogic is a no from me, just seems a backwards step. Stewart would be an interesting one but he just signed a new contract in January till summer 28 and unless he's got a release clause he's gonna be a bit pricy you would think.

The loon Goldie, as he was known in Torry. Asked the Doctor, a few days before he died, when he was getting out, as he had a game at Pittodrie to attend at the weekend. AFC was his whole life.

I still have a (relatively) strong theory that Jimmy got Polvara and Palaversa mixed up or his phone predictive text messed up the team lines a few times

A Dons legend

10 years since Norman Goldie went through Pittodries pearly gates

Forty six years ago today One of the best days of my life

Not long left and 2-1 tims. Defo not been a lying down by Hibs though. Should have just equalised

McGrath's first ever tackle in professional football ends in a red card. Nae luck.

Considine was soft as shite for his first two or three seasons. He worked out how to use his strength, got himself very fit, and from about 2008 onwards was always very aggressive in defence. Aggression is just a form of confidence, and once you start putting yourself about a bit, it comes. Nastiness can't usually be nurtured, but by aggression, we're just talking about learning how to use your strength and knowing that you're getting to a ball first. I'd actually say it's very rare for a young centre half to come in and have those attributes in their first season. McKenna did (although he apparently didn't during his loan spell), Porteous at Hibs and Graham at Dundee, but it's not the norm. There's a difference between playing without fear, and actually being strong and aggressive of course, and it's not usual for a young forward player to be in the former category. I'm sure there are tonnes of examples of defenders who've learned to use their physical attributes over time. It's not even unusual to see defenders do it later in their career, or after a year or so getting used to a league. Joe Shaugnessy was fairly weak as a Dons youth, but he was the opposite by the time he reached Dundee.

Well, aye, but the answer is, and always was, balance. The problem with both Gogic and Boyle, is that they're both bordering on bottom six players. Safeish bets, but not with the potential that might come with the likes of Shinnie, MacLean etc when they signed. Difficult though. Maybe Slattery at Motherwell (I'm guessing Watt or Just would be hoping for better than us, and longelo will be well out of our price range now I expect)? Stewart at Falkirk would be fantastic, but Miller and Broggio also worth a look, as is Smith at Livingston. Not seeing anyone at St Mirren that is much more than bottom six level (O'Hara past his best, and playing right back), but Richard Taylor might be worth a shout as he's not getting much game time at Bolton (left footed, strong and aggressive). I'm sure there are plenty of others I'm forgetting about.

1-1 between Hibs and Celtic. Though I expect Celtic to beat ten men. But you never know.

Just had McGrath sent off - four reds in three games, all of them in the first half. That is Hibs-grade Hibsing it, in the way that only Hibs can.

Good - cause its been horrific…

Suggests a complete 180 in our recruitment strategy.

Yep - the club was all over the shop on the McGrath one. Seemed a strange decision full stop, given he’d been pretty good overall in his 2 years, but then made zero sense at all once they gave Nilssen a 3 year deal. Looked even worse when the replacements never delivered either unsurprisingly…

Make it make sense. Just bonkers really.

Regurgitation of the story I highlighted on 17th April or is it actually happening. Imagine signing a player of this age when we refused to give McGrath the fourth year that would have taken him through to this age

If he put in half the effort he did against the Diets last week he’d certainly do a job for a year or two. Ticks the Gogic box for me, proven experienced SPFL player who knows the league and has delivered in it for years so could do a job for a year or two while we completely rebuild the squad - which lets be honest, is going to take a bit of time given the mess its in. I’m not against it on that basis…

Nik Kershaw sings it as "KI-hOAtay" in his hit song of the same name.

Yep, this is where I am with Milne. I actually feel for him because its the club that’s tried to shoehorn him into a position he can’t play purely based on his size - but I guess that’s because he isn’t good enough for midfield either. He’s soft because he’s soft. Nothing to do with age, its just his character. Not the boys fault, its who he is, but its zero use as a CH in this league. You can’t coach personality traits and character, so he’ll always be too soft for CH. Then there is his complete lack of heading ability. Ok, maybe that can be coached a bit, but the basics need to be there (including the aggression) and he’s not got it. I’ve seen enough, there’s just not enough there to make it worth persisting with in our first team. If they want to keep him, he needs to do it out on loan. Get him a loan next to that big experienced hairy arsed CH who he can learn off and see if that works. We can’t do it in our first team next season though, way too much of a liability…

Sky Sports are saying that the club are looking at signing Martin Boyle.

I've read it afore, it's good, if you like that sort of thing. Like all the best books, it's quite accessible, with no horrendously long chapters, so even if you have a phone-addled attention span you can pick up and put down with regularity! It was only £5 in the rosemount bookshop, so it's fine to have in the hoose. It has to be photie-rhyming. I've been to Spain in athin.