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Said he’d be out a couple of months so will miss the league cup group games but might be back for start of season proper, though that might be a wee bit optimistic…

Was there any estimation as to how long Knoester would be out? First thoughts were it was a really bad one.

Watched the Haiti v Peru friendly from last night. Haiti again looked very fast on the counter attack and they gave the Peru back line no time at all on the ball. However they again struggled to defend corners and free kicks and lost two goals from corners in a 2-1 defeat. Usual caveat of friendly to be applied to the above.

6 foot 3 right sided CH - Mayo 6 foot 6 left sided CH - Happe Back-ups in Tobers (if finally fit) and Knoester unless we get a good offer in which case he could be away. Cheerio Milne & Molloy at CH. Proof of the pudding will be on the park of course, but its a resounding yes from the Moog jury so far in that Robinson has identified a glaring weakness (wasn’t hard tbf) and has has done something about it early doors. Just need Gogic back there now to complete the set…

Starting this one early, as I happened to watch the Haiti v Peru highlights from last night. Haiti weren't amazing, but they have pace on the counter attack. Isidor looks like a good player and Pierrot looks like a very good athlete. Both will cause us big problems, and I worry about Hanley in a back four when we're defending high up. I wonder if we might go back three instead? Defensively they weren't great, and their midfield could be passed through with ease. Gilmour would have been absolutely perfect for this game, and, to a lesser degree, Lennon Miller. Without those two, it'll almost certainly have to be McLean, who is by far our best option at slowing down counter attacks as well as moving it quickly forward. That means a decision to be made between McGinn, Christie, Doak, Curtis. Because of that, I'd expect us just to play one up front, so that we can get as many of the preferred players in. I'd much rather we played two, Dykes and Shankland, but I suspect it'll be just Adams on his own.