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I thought St Johnstone were our bogey team?

Looks a decent player like, would have him at the dons.

He's a distraction; he won't win anything. Rubio's the one to watch out for. He's this election's Obama. Relatively clean, not much said about him, but with lots and lots of money behind him. I can see him quietly winning the republican race and then the election. Think Sanders will challenge Hillary all the way, to the extent that a lot of his disappointed supporters will not bother voting for Hillary when the actual vote comes around resulting in the Republicans winning. In the interests of keeping the republicans out (if that's a valid interest anymore), I'd rather Trump won the Republican election. The democrats would turn out in force to vote against his election, and the big Republican money (and brains) would stay well clear of Trump meaning he wouldn't benefit from the list purges and general rigging that'd go on if Rubio or Cruz won. I have no problem with Trump to be honest. It's more interesting to watch what he doesn't say than what he does.

Rangers get drawn at home. Then the re-draw draws Rangers at home. That's 8 from their last 8 Scottish cup ties at home (including the mis-draw). Aye, but prior to that they played Utd away they'll say. A real tough draw. That game, of course, was played at a neutral ground. Of course, with Hampden being re-developed, there was only one possible neutral venue for that game. Ibrox. Rangers have been drawn 9 times out of their last 9 to play at Ibrox. At a time when they're struggling for cash and need the most number of home games possible.

Big game like, the fermers have a great record against us. Be interesting to see what team McInnes goes for. For all our success on Wednesday night, I'm not sure the Church, Rooney set-up worked. If he played a 4-4-2 then that'd be fine, but Rooney wide right just nullifies his game. He didn't really get into it until after Church went off and he moved central. So it's a decision of whether we play Rooney or Church for me, or a 4-4-2 with both of them. Whilst I thought Church worked hard against the Tims, I wasn't 100% convinced. I'd go for Rooney up front tomorrow (Church coming on earlier than our normal subs if possible), with Hayes left, McGinn right and Pawlett in behind. I expect him to go unchanged though.

Just in. Fuckin craking performance tonight. McInnes got it spot on. Wasn't sure if Storie would be up to it, but was very glad to see him getting the opportunity and he didn't disappoint. Shinnie MOTM for me, was immense.

Does it? I think there are several unknowns in regard to team selection tonight. Stick with Storie? Play the new guy? Considine, Reynolds or both? I'm quite intrigued to see our starting 11.

I'm with Manc, I think Souttar has the potential to be a good player. Still 19ish, so plenty of time. Don't think he'll be a world-beater, but a good signing at a good time.

Agreed, perhaps my diagram wasn't great, but Consi was left of a back three, with Shinne at Left wing back. Sort of like how McInnes set-up in Europe at times. If it was me, I'd go with your suggestion and have Pawlett running at Brown all day long. Lost count of the number of times Brown has had to foul Pawlett over the games they've played against each other - he really struggles against him. I'm just not convinced McInnes will see it that way and will take the cautious approach - especially if Storie is in there. An alternative - that McInnes might go for - is a back three with Hayes wing back and Shinnie in midfield alongside McLean and Pawlett close to Rooney. That would maybe alleviate any concerns over Storie and also retain pace on the left and cover at the back. If I remember, we set up in similar fashion in the 2-1 game with a back three of Taylor, Quinn and Considine at the back and Shinnie alongside Jack (think McLean played further forward instead of Pawlett), with McGinn hanging around looking for Jay in the crowd.

McInnes's team for tomorrow night then? I don't believe McInnes will stick with Storie against der Tim, unless as part of a 5-4-1. I don't think he'll trust him. I think he'll go with: ---------------Broon------------------ ---------------------------------------- ---Taylor---Reynolds---Considine--- Logan-------------------------Shinnie ---------------------------------------- --McGinn--McLean--Storie--Hayes-- ---------------------------------------- --------------Rooney----------------- Not sure what I'd go with. I'd have signed a f'n central midfielder.

Really? If he was our top target, with a release clause, then he'd have been signed immediately after Flood and Jack got injured or even before the cup game. I'd say McInnes was given a budget to spend (possibly more than 200K), he identified 4 or 5 players and Tansey was 4th or 5th on that list. I suppose you could still call him a "main" target, just not the main target. Punt was probably a bit harsh - in fact completely the wrong word - as he's very much a known quantity, it's just that I think that he'd have had to play to the very best of his ability in order to improve on Jack or Flood when they return. I think the 200K would have been worth it just to replace Storie in tomorrow night's team to be honest (I don't think Storie is quite there yet). I think we took a risk on trying to get our other targets (who couldn't be tackled until the ended of the window) assuming we had the fall back of Tansey's release clause, and in the end we failed because his clause wasn't water-tight.

Seems to me like we've been a victim of the system a little. I suspect our first targets were missed previously, and we were left with further scouting to do. From that we identified another few targets and failed on them. I reckon Tansey was a punt, and pretty low down the list. The 200K bid suggests that cash was there for the right person, but by the time we got to Tansey ICT weren't ready to replace him so Hughes kicked up a fuss (threatened to leave apparently!) and we were left with nothing. Agents and players normally hold all the cards in these situations - that's why all deals are usually late in the window(s) - so it's unusual for a transfer like this not to go through. I think a centre midfielder was the key to us pushing the Tims all the way, and I think we'll regret not getting someone in. I don't think Storie is good enough to play there against the vermin. Hopefully Considine turns out to have been a midfielder all along and we can play him there.

Goodwillie is proven pish, at least Church is someone that isn't Goodwillie. Welcome aboard loon.

Aye, maybe he is more solid than I'm giving him credit for. As I say I've only seen him against us, when he looked the more creative play-maker type, but it could be that I wasn't paying huge attention, but it was always Draper who I saw making the challenges (I think Tansey is a better player than Draper, who I wouldn't want). That said, he's significantly better than Irvine at County in my opinion, and he certainly isn't shite. I just hoped for a stronger player, like Biton at the Tims (but cheaper).

From what I've seen against us over the years, he's more Kenny McLean than Stuart Bannigan. Good fitba'r, but not particularly strong in the challenge. I'm a bit underwhelmed, especially at £200K, he seems a bit "4th target of 5" on our list if you ken fit I mean, but I suspect we're getting desperate to bring a centre mid of any quality in and at least he'll settle in quite quickly having played in the SPL for a number of years. Also, he has scored several times against us. I'm hoping it's all a front, and we sign the Dutch/Australian/born in Stoke guy from Roda, just for that exciting unknown element. I'd still expect us to get one more in too, on loan at worst, a striker. With McKenna coming back, he's clearly risking the defence of Taylor, Considine and Reynolds to last the season which I think is the right thing to do.

Didn't think much of Irvine for County today (or in previous games), hope he isn't a target. Thought Woods look good like. Edit, to add: he also swapped shirts with a Tim (Lustig?) at the end. We don't want that sort of jakery in our team. That's for when a 2nd division team plays the dons or some shite.

I'm not convinced by that wifie if I'm honest Rocket. She publicly spoke out against her employer on the Spiers affair and then got fired for that. If I went online and said anything against any of the companies I worked for (regardless of how right it was - in her case I totally agree with her), I'd expect to be dismissed. It distracts from the real Spiers issue, where his paper hasn't backed him. As I say, she's right in her assessment, but I think she could have played it better and let it go as she's got too much previous with der hun. It's a shame that no other journalists were willing to say anything.

Much like Locke, Billy Davies is a thick loser. Hopefully they'll get him. Much as I'd find it funny if Utd went down, I think they'd stand a better chance in a play-off against der hun if it came down to it. McCulloch in charge temporarily too, cunts. A sign of how shite a manager Locke was - the purchase of that cretin.

What a run fae Vernon. Was more pleased to see him doing well than Grimmer.

Finished him off nicely. Hopefully the wife will give me peace to watch the final on Sunday.

Yep. Murray's a machine, this boy just isn't quite there yet. Double break in the last, should be over shortly. Another final for Murray, fuckin impressive. He's one hell of an athlete.

Canadian goes off court for a Barry Robson, and returns a little bit worse. Murray breaks. Looking good for going the whole way. Pain in the airse as I haven't had time for a shower yet because it's been on all morning.

Aye, the Canadian looking very good. Not a case of bottling it from Murray, just the boy playing very well. Hopefully Murray can turn it round. Watching it on Eurosport like, and they're following on the BBC tradition of ruining the experience by fucking about with the viewing angle on the deuce serve. Showing the first few shots of the rally at net height from the back of the court behind the returner. Impossible to see anything. F'n irritating.

Never read Vonnegut, Rocket, but I have Galapagos on my kindle which I've not read yet (someone recommended it a while back). Have you read it? Is it worth moving to the top of the pile?

Did Leighton not go in a huff when we ditched Bain as he thought he was a good keeper? Could be wrong, I'm sure someone mentioned it. Brown did well, although I thought he could have been slightly quicker of his line at times. The one that sticks out was when the ball went under Considine's foot (it took an horrendous bounce to be fair to him), Consi got a touch toward him, and Brown seemed to hesitate before diving on it, nearly injuring himself in the process. Seemed to be a lot sharper after that though, so probably woke him up a bit too. Agree with the Goodwillie comments, again the ten minutes to make a sub is f'n frustrating too, and will definitely lose us a goal at some point in the future. Hopefully Goodwillie will be replaced in this window rather than next. Thought McGinn worked really hard tonight despite not having a great game. Tracked back well and pressured their defenders, showing that there's a lot more to his game than just his attacking skills - something he rarely gets credit for. Mclean MOM for me - for us. Bain for them.