tlg1903

Off to notts county apparently

Theo giving us a scouting report http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/sport/football/mcinnes-men-warned-of-counter-attack.24734429

Pleased to get another wide option, hopefully he can make an impact. We still massively need a full back though, was really hoping we would try for shinnie!

Sounds like he was keen to come though I'm very curious as to which party wanted the 1 year deal

I understand and agree with your concerns Jute. That said in McInnes I very much trust. It has to be said though that a pre move to blackburn Goodwillie would be a huge asset and is a different option to what we currently have.

I'm a little disappointed we haven't had any further additions to the squad prior to this game but I suppose it's not overly surprising. Lb and a wide player are still much needed

Luke Shaw is never worth 30

Hope you're feeling better TF

When he gets bummed in prison I hope big boaby whispers "can you guess what it is yet?" in his ear just as he slips it in.

That remains to be seen tyrant, it's all gone a bit quiet over him going to the Huns

Agreed Al, reckon we will see a lot of shankland this season. If anything else we are thin on strikers at the moment

If it was such a done deal you would think it would have been confirmed by now.

I honestly don't give a toss what picture is on the bank note in an independent Scotland. Currencies constantly fluctuate

He strikes me as someone who had matured greatly as a person after a few years abroad

I still think we need one. Considine can do a shift there but I'm never totally comfortable with it. Robertson has looked a decent prospect at times but I'm far from convinced by him. Would love to see us get a left sided Logan in, it would make such a difference to our team.

I would think so baggy

Delighted by this, all reservations about going for Boyd follow Zola out the door

You couldn't make this up http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27854157

They are claiming approximately 17000 season tickets sold so probably a bit less. Even if that's accurate that's half of what they sold last season Tick tock

Eto as well now I think of it

First to have played under Mourinho and Guardiola? Can't be too many players who have if not

If we did you could see a cb back moved on given we have already signed one. Anderson retires maybe? Pleased we have signed a couple so far but starting to feel slightly concerned that is it so far. It's less than a month until the 1st euro league/cup/whatever its called now qualifier is played. I'd really like to see all business done by the start of pre season

Not convinced of that to be honest tom, when I have seen boyd being interviewed and summarising on games he comes across a lot differently than I imagined. Not seen that much to be fair but he seemed a lot smarter than the average footballer from what I did . Aberdeen and Utd would represent a good career move for him and given its only for a few years tops I would guess that he would be prepared to take the move north. Boyd is great penalty box striker and would defo be a matchwinner for us if he signed but I think he would cost a bit and is similar player to rooney bar rooney does more work outside of the box. Add zola to the striker list (though I really hope we dinghy him this summer) there is not much pace in the 3 striking options. Sure there's strength aplenty but there were several games toward the end of last season that we couldn't get the win...... I think teams know how to play against us now and I can't help but feel a more technically gifted forward (eg a zerouali type with a bit of flair and guile) would be a more effective use of resources. I'm glad we are looking at players of the calibre of boyd don't get me wrong but if we signed a wide player we can move mcginn back into the middle where he is far more effective, gives a different option to the rest of the team going forward and is good for a goal. Really interested to see if shankland is brought into the first team squad this season, what sort of striker is he does anyone know? Could be DM see's him as the different option. One good thing about even looking at Boyd is that it shows the management have contempt for the inevitable small section of the support who will not want us to sign him for his previous with the horribles. In short, I would be pleased if we signed him but it won't stop me having concerns about having too many similar strikers

And he's a shite manager, Steve Clarke getting touted now and he's miles better