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It's going to be interesting to see how much game time Quinn gets. He's clearly intended to replace Anderson in the squad. DM may be thinking about putting him in alongside Reynolds as a regular partnership with Taylor and Considine as a second or back up partnership. My point is, I suppose, last season Reynolds was pretty much undroppable due to lack of cover, being quick, natural left footer and also captain. Assuming Shinnie is going to be deployed primarily at LB (oh god, oh god, please, he's the best LB we have had since Robertson and you can argue that this is the first time the LB situation has been properly addressed since his departure to the huns in the early 90's) then Considine will be challenging for the CB position. I could see him and Taylor having a good balance as a pairing now I think about it, Considine is quite streetwise these days and was an integral part of the squad last season. Regardless though if Quinn works out we all of a sudden have multiple options for the back line, he could be a key signing. I'm not convinced myself, I was told he was known as bit of a boozer at county from a pretty reliable source but in McInnes I trust I suppose.

Langfield i reckon. He'll be binned after his testimonial for sure

No shit Sherlock ;-) This works a little better for me it has to be said but I can fully understand your disappointment

Opening fixture moved to Sunday 3.30 pm ko

Yeah can't argue with any of that. He did pick up a wee bit toward the end of the season

I don't think he would cost that much and given he's out of work would probably be open to offers, that he still clearly has a lot of love for the club can't hurt either. I think whether he would be prepared to uproot his family back to Scotland would be a much bigger hindrance. That said on doing a little research his kids are 22 and 19 respectively so probably leaving/left home.... Worth offering him an interview at the very least.

Not really any quotes there other than Leighton. Far from convinced it's a done deal at the moment. I still would love to see the out of work Theo Snelders get it

That would be a very interesting signing, he's clearly got great potential. Can you imagine the seethe from ict fans if this happened?

Pathetically only a few of them seem to care about anything more than that he's irish/probably Catholic. Only one of them even has clocked that he would never be interested in dropping down a division or that we wouldn't sell to them. Fucking Huns

Yeah this appointment could prove to be half baked

Great news but I doubt he will see it out, west Brom well poach him sooner or later

It's harsh on McCall, I thought he had done enough. This is a bit of a gamble by the Huns if you ask me. It's going to be interesting to see what kindfof player they are able to attract.

Works have taken the draw before the game, Ireland had to win we didn't End of

David Raven is more than capable rb but he's 30 now, couldn't see DM going for him 2bh. It's probably likely any replacement will be in the Logan mould i.e. a young player we have never heard off from the english lower leagues.

Bolton would be a good fit for him it has to be said. Right location, better money and good chance of getting regular games in better league with a potential challenger for promotion at some point. Considering his circumstance I would be surprised if that didn't turn his head. So say Bolton's interest is for real and he goes who are we all thinking could be a feasible replacement?

I imagine that would be an appealing move for Logan, 150k is laughable though. Still, only a year left on his deal if memory serves? 500k would probably be the most wet would get if so

Weirdo ;-)

All fair points Tom, given they didn't even bid in tnt first place it's probablya non starter anyway

Italy being a fairly major european country where football is the no 1 sport I would think the infastructure is already in place to host big tournaments. Stadia wise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Italy They have quite a few 40k + size stadiums but how many of them meet all fifa's other criteria I don't know. It could be a case of only a few having to be modified and, if so, they wouldn't have to worry about building any stadia. In that case 3 years could be plenty of time. Of course there are a lot of if's there but having the 80k San Siro already would be a big asset in the event that they decided to bid.

If 2018 were to put somewhere else it surely cant be France given will be hosting the euro's in 2016. Germany had the world cup in 2006 so that would put a lot of noises out of joint as well. For a nation that's not had it in a while and is capable of stepping in at short notice the first country that springs to mind is Italy. Not hosted a tournament since 1990 and they have plenty top drawer stadia to boot. That's not to say they would be inclined to bid considering the nations recent financial difficulties but if they were Italy would be my preference. Australia could be really interesting but it would be well expensive to get there from virtually everywhere.

Particularly in odd number years when there is no International tournament to take the edge off. What do y'all do to fill the football shaped hole in your life? Formula one is a half cup of methadone every two weeks for me and I do love the darts but it's not the same. Festivals have become so bloody expensive and they are not as much fun when you don't have the twenty odd folk to go with because now everyone has a family. As such the summer has become a bit of a barren wasteland of boredom. hurumpf

I think tv does come into it, viewing figures for mls epl A's la liga are up too

Yeah it's great news manc, it sounds like it will be a facility to rival anything in Scotland. Far cry from the players training on the dog shit and weirdo laden seaton park

i thought we were alright in the first half. I don't read too much into friendly's, it was a warm up game at the end of the day. I can't quite believe i'm saying this but i really hope the English stuff the Irish, there's nothing friendly about that game and could do with the republic and their fans being a bit demoralised

There can be no denying that it has taken off in the states, 3rd most watched sport now apparently.