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Delighted to get Maloney. I can understand the reservations about age etc but this is a guy whose game has always been about guile not pace. I would put it to the board that from that point of view we have not had a player of this calibre in red since Jess. Stays fit (and he's not an injury prone player so I'm not too worried about that 34 or not) he will wreak havoc in defences up here, Celtics included. I think we are going for a change in style next season, the three behind the striker are going to be far tighter and I see us trying to play through defences instead of getting behind them on the flanks. Should this come to pass then it would be a bold move from DM but why not? The spine of the team is gone so whats the point pretending it's not by trying to mimic those that have left. I know a dundee fan and bumped into him today, interestingly he reckon's Stewart is going to be our signing of the season. Again hes is a guile not pace kinda forward which adds to the theory of change, the likes of stewart maloney and christie all playing together is likely to create a lot of 60% + possession matches. Getting May in playing in this kind of style would be very interesting as he's defo got a better touch than Rooney but, and equally I would argue, Rooney has a far more predatorial instinct than May and I can see him thriving on such service. Rooney can head a ball for sure but he's no target man and whilst Hayes and McGinn have been amazing for us and will be sorely missed you could make the point that their un-droppableness caused us to be a wee bit one dimensional at times over the past few seasons. I said it many times last season but whether he is scoring or not Rooney causes defences big headaches, with those three playing behind him i think he is going to find himself getting a bit more space in the central areas. It's a brave new world Donstalkers and I, for one, feel much more optimistic than I did 3 weeks ago.

I find it strange Hibs even bothered trying, kl is such a dye in the wool hun he was always going to the diet huns!

That was a horrible top but it wasn't hunnish like this one is.

I have never in my life met a hun sympathising afc fan.

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15375662.Derek_Rae__Aberdeen_cycle_is_far_from_over_in_battle_with_Celtic_and_Rangers/ Excellent article about dons found in glasgow tabloid shocker. DIdn't want to start a whole new thread on just this and it's fairly relevant to the window.

I liked moh st j and I think dm would get a pretty solid tune out of him. It would also be hilarious if he did well after not getting much of a chance at mordor. Halliday is awful, would genuinely rather Ross Draper.

It's hunnish and it needs to go. End of discussion.

reasonable pedigree from what i can find out about him, 7 caps for wales.

Naismith was a cracking player but he hasn't been playing much recently and he is 31 in September so will have lost that wee burst of pace he used to use to get into the box late. He would probably still score quite a lot of goals but I'm not sure he would be worth the large wage, I would much rather Ali Crawford 2bh.

I liked fyvie, thought he looked a player. He didn't do that much at Hibs though and I doubt he would add much to the squad now. Dont want Draper, he's a good physical presence but he gives the ball away far too much. Meekings is a solid cb but gets injured a lot, would prefer Warren of we are taking a cb from Inverness.

I think Maloney would do just fine

Agree with Chris, if reports are to be believed we may actually spend some cash so we'll hopefully get a season ticket bounce.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! That is all

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he has but even if he has there's likely going to be interest from elsewhere.

I would be fine with Adams, one of my best friends used to work closely with him at county and I really like how he goes about his business behind the scenes. Very professional, eye for a player and tactically very shrewd. All that said im not at all surprised to hear that deek has reservations about Sunderland, they are an absolute basket case and he can do better. Maybe not bigger but definitely better. Edit. It would appear the rumours of his interest are very true, I can say no more than that.

Interesting that this is happening at the same time that DM is in talks with sunderland. I really like Christie as a player but I don't want him back on loan, the only real plus side is surely Celtic will be paying him which free's up another sizeable wage given we would likely have been paying a reasonable portion last season. It's pretty heartbreaking watching this team break up but it was always going to happen at some point. All the best Jonny, you will be missed.

I think Milne see's this guy as his successor, he might be planning on stepping down as Chairman in the next year or so. Just a hunch though.

Possibly a recommendation from DM Al? I've already stated my position on this. I would also add that Hughes sounds like an idiot but he really isn't. He's far cannier than people give him credit for and Inverness were a very good team under him though Latapy was also a pretty big influence around those times. His teams are usually well organised and looking to attack whilst keeping the ball on the deck, he's a better manager than a lot of people give him credit for IMO. Just to be clear I am not in any way advocating him for the job. Alex Neil was on sportsound a month ago basically saying his next job would be in England so i think there's little chance of tempting him north. Also, who the fuck put Billy Davies on that poll? Ridiculous suggestion, awful human being. Black isn't the answer, if he was going to be a manager I think he would have done it by now. Nice and smart is all very good but what we need is smart and experienced hence my advocation of Wright.

Oh I know a few tims that are very keen on Hayes

Fuck me, what a roller coaster that game was. I've never felt for a player more than I did today for Griffiths. Superlatives fail me on his performance, we needed a big game player today and he stepped up admirably. The bounce at the second was the best I have ever experienced in a bar. gutted we didn't win it but if we keep playing like this we have a good shot at 2nd place. Strachan deserves credit for today, we were more than a match for England for the majority of the game.

Not so sure Christie wouldn't get a game for them. Imo he's plenty capable of playing his way into that side. The kid has a great attitude and technical ability coming it of his ears.

A lot would depend on what happened with the 3-4 million in the bank that such a exodus would leave us. I would be looking at Lindsey and Amoo from thistle, Crawford from Hamilton and walker from hearts.

Hayes will want to go to the tims though, him and rodgers go back to reading days etc. Whilst it would stick in my throat watching him play against us for them he has more than enough goodwill from me to go where he wants with my best wishes. I don't want Christie back unless he's going to be our player. I was pleased to get him at the time and he was a far better player for us than Maddison was but no more on loan please.

Giggs now 4/7 with DM at 13/8. This bullet is starting to look dodged though it's probably not going to be the only one fired this summer.