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3 and a half year deal!
No problems with Paton going out on loan (although would prefer it if it was Maguire). Paton has looked good but has not set the heather alight for me in the same way as Pawlett. Granted Paton has been played out wide a lot, but perhaps a loan move wouldn't be too bad for him.
Not 100% convinced about summer football but definitely think there should be a couple of weeks break in January, plus the expansion of the league. But we won't get expansion of the league because the smaller teams enjoy the financial benefits of two home games against each of the Infirm. In fact, I'm not even sure Aberdeen would be keen on league expansion for this reason!?
Paul Mason was a fantastic footballer, one of my all time favourites, but how on earth would he have got into the England team?
Irvine didn't just get in to the Scotland team, he got 30 caps, at a time when we had some half decent players.
Irvine was a poor player who managed to get into a great team.
Ifil and Considine are poor players who managed to get into a poor team. Neither them or Diamond were as good as Irvine was IMHO.