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Cummings is a mercurial talent. Now say what you like about DM but by and large his players really want to play for him. If it came to pass I reckon he would get a pretty decent tune out of him. It's a no from me mainly on hunnish grounds but I wouldn't be raging if we did sign him.

I would have mulumbu if it meant shinnie was lb rest of the season. Rocket I think you're getting ando and Campbell confused.

Johnny Russel doesn't really excite me. Decent enough player but I just don't think he's what we need. Had a look at his stats for last season: 10 goals and 7 assists in 30 games which doesn't sound too bad 2bf but when you dig a little deeper his passing and finishing are not the best. He's a blunt instrument when we need a scalpel.... Imo anyway.

Doubt tansey got much from us, afc would have known about the Helen move i suspect.

Moyes is apparently interested in the Stoke gig so Mcinnes for next boss there could be classed as a dark horse at best. Stoke are a bit of a mess by the sound of their forums and their fans fucking hate Rowett so any new boss will have not being Gary Rowett as a big plus mark. All that said there probably would be money to spend and they are 13 points clear of the drop so in no immediate danger either. If they did approach its going to be more of a temptation than Sunderland was, decent size club with a solid support.

As a game I found it a bit meh to be honest. It held my attention but for 2 of the worlds best teams it wasn't exactly a classic.

The back three didn't actually do too bad all things considered. I thought Ball looked better in there when logan got injured. By all accounts this is a tough place to go but I felt we were pretty comfortable most of the game. That said Livi's attitude really impressed me, 2-0 down with 5 to go they showed no sign of giving up. All in a great result and encouraging performance despite injury and tactical changes. I wonder if Wilson is actually just finally responding to the competition of May and Cosgrove working well together rocket. I wouldn't say he was electric today or any other ridiculous hyperbole but he certainly looked far more like the player we thought we had signed. Good touch, attitude, awareness and knows where the back of the net is. He could have had a second assist today too if May hadn't sliced it wide come to think of it. A few more performances like that and he may actually yet be a real asset to us. TC I actually turned to my pal when Gleeson came on and said it should be fine as there's about 60 mins left of the game. He did alright when he came on, was always looking to pass forward too. We haven't seen much of from an afc cm since maclean left.

He changed the game today, looked up for it from the moment he got on the pitch. Also Considine wasn't lb today. We played a back three.

1st pen was stone wall 2nd shinnie cheated.

Aye merry Christmas folks, 3 points tomorrow is the present we all really want!

Get the popcorn out for this one

Levein retorts https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-boss-craig-levein-accuses-derek-mcinnes-of-double-standards-and-talking-tripe-1-4848381 Where's Harry Hill when you need him.

Nice wee bit of bite in DM's postmatcher in response to leviwn think hertz shoulda had 2 pens. "hearts always think they should be getting pens"

Danny Ward all over again in terms of how big a player he has become but at least we have plenty of warning this time. I would argue a new LB is the top priority position for January.

Can't believe how fresh the team is looking tonight! Cosgrove btw, what a transformation in the big man.

Shinnie, like Ferguson, needs a break. He's played like every game this season? DM must be thinking about rotating the squad for Dundee. Good win today

I would still say Henry is the greatest of all time for the 7 world titles. I don't like ROS as person very much but I adore watching him play. Imo he is the most naturally talented player so far and if he had Hendry or Davis temperament he would have eclipsed them long ago. Would love to see mid 90's Hendry up against modern day ROS, that would be a hell of a match.

Lol at hearts Fair play to Livi though that is a cracking result for them. They are good at home aren't they? I'm going to go to the game at Almondvale on the 29th I think, never been there and i do like to get to a game over the xmas period. Not expecting an easy game by any stretch of the imagination.....

South Park. Folks do yourself a favour and watch the latest series, it's absolutely tremendous. Glorious satire if you like that kinda thing.

Hamilton, i have admiration for how they go about their business but fuck that pitch.

Agreed on all counts TC, when the brexit vote happened I was pleased from the point of view that it significantly enhances the case for indy regardless what happens now.

I love your optimism but punt them to whom? Ball you can just cancel the loan but the rest are under contract though I think Tansley only has 6 months left 2bf. I can't see anyone prepared to take over forrester and gleesons contracts let alone buy them and it would cost a fair bit to release them.

I would agree Mcgeoch would be worth pursuing if shinnie is off ski but at the moment I don't think we need another b2b midfield. We need creativity which, fine player that he is, Mcgeoch would not bring.

Really good second half, thought it had run away from us but the kid does it again. Fast becoming a cult hero is Lewis.

Said it elsewhere but I think we should be trying to get Allan of Celtic. What we lack is guile in the final third, he would provide that more than adequately and it would transform our team imo. Since Christie and Maclean left we don't really have a central player who can comfortably take the ball with players around them let alone able to find a ball forward. Bar Cosgrove our striking options are all guys who want the ball into feet/on the deck into space whilst playing off the defenders shoulder. Quite simply we don't have anyone to pick those kind of passes at the moment and that's why we ain't scoring much. In fairness to Mcinnes I think that's why he signed forrester but himself and gleeson just don't look up to it and he has to take responsibility for that.