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That’s playing for bottom of the league Dundee which is a factor. Playing for a better team who create more chances I’d expect more goals. But, ultimately, are we a much better team? Do we create more chances?? That’s an obvious concern but given we have no back up to Ramirez and it’s a mediocre season at best think it’s worth a punt, especially when our window did not make us a better team.

Have to say, I love the Friday night games, it's great coverage of the championship. Hopefully Campbell gets a quick brace before losing by a goal. Don't wish him or McInnes any ill, but would love to see Arbroath win that league.

My Killie supporting mates expect Campbell to slot straight into the team tonight for the top of the table clash with Arbroath. Apparently they have been screaming out for a left sided midfielder. Anyone interested can see how he gets on as game is live on council tele.

Very difficult for a team with any kind of aspiration of success to develop young players, as a manager you just do not get time. As we are seeing right now at the Dons, if you drop to 7th or 8th in the table the fans want you sacked so why would you jeopardise your job as a manager just to fill the team with a few youngsters? It's fine if you are Motherwell or St Mirren and nobody really cares whether you finish 10th in the league, there is no pressure. That's why it is very rare to see a young player coming through the youth set up at Celtic, Rangers, Man Utd, City etc. It only happened for Chelsea a couple of years ago due to their transfer ban which forced them into using their youngsters.

It's maybe a bit unfair to make that point now, considering we're posting on a thread about our players that are out on loan and the majority of the youth squad are now being sent out elsewhere to get development time. If you want to point the finger, I think the guy who's just taken Campbell on loan is the one who should be on the end of it. I've no argument that he failed the youth players (and the club) in this regard.

Meanwhile we've got eight central midfielders by my count, which is much like having eight woods in your golf bag for no reason and constantly having to use them in situations they aren't suited for. Every time we get into an area that needs a bit of finesse we end up having to use a 3-wood (an "Ojo") when what we really need is a short iron.

No. If we're not scoring with Ramirez up front, then it's unlikely to be any different with Anderson, they're similar players. I think Ramirez is better, although I think Anderson would have been fine as our main striker too. I completely understand the thought process behind the Jet move. He is a totally different type of player to Ramirez and should have allowed us to completely change tactics during a game. That he's pish and unfit is obviously the main problem there. On our budget, I don't think we can waste two wages on a Ramirez/Anderson type, with one simply replacing the other without anything else changing. We haven't had anyone that can offer something different from the bench since Magennis left. If the question had been, would you have been happy with Anderson as number 9 this season with the Ramirez money spent on a good number 10, I'd have said yes. That's not a criticism of Ramirez, just I don't think we've significantly benefited from having him up front, or certainly not got the best out of him. It's much like me playing golf this morning with my relatively expensive irons. Ramirez is like the brain that we only ever use ten percent of. Just as I could get by just as well with half price irons, the dons would have been just as fine with Anderson. If I get those golf lessons, or the dons get a good number 10, then we'll really start to see the benefit of buying a more expensive tool (no offence, Christian).