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TBF, Celtic have done well to keep it going as long as they have, they shouldn't get too disheartened, it's good to have the challenge.

Wouldn’t buy it because of their association with them and suspect I might not be the only one from those results.

I think we need to get cover at right back. Jack Milne is okay as an emergency cover but if Devlin was to be injured for a few weeks then don’t think he is the answer. Not really his best position anyway. Would like to see us getting in another younger player to cover there and given Devlin’s age be the long term replacement for him. Left back is probably a more pressing need as cannot see McKenzie signing a new deal and McGarry just has not looked anywhere near good enough. I would like to see at least one coming in there as cover until the summer probably to take over then. When we signed Nisbet I wondered if this might be a short term move until the January window when players from Scandinavian market are out of contract and JT may have some players he would want club to look at. Still think that might be the case. Nisbet has done okay but fitness was a concern when we signed him and with him injured currently still one.

He's not going to Ibrox because he's not an idiot. Just the same as McInnes didn't. I don't think Cormack is letting Thelin run the football side of things at all. In fact, I think that'd have been made clear up front and probably a position Thelin is comfortable with. He'll be getting the same autonomy as Goodwin and Robson did. Positions required identified by the manager, passed to the recruitment team who already have an array of players that they've identified and been watching, for them to draw up a shortlist with the manager getting the final say. The manager is given leeway to sign a modicum of players he knows he wants from his recent footballing experiences (Nilsen is no different to Devlin or McGrath in that regard, just that Thelin's recent experience is in a different country). On top of that, the recruitment team will present any players that they feel are not to be missed despite them perhaps not being of a required position. Similarly, Thelin will be given little control over the comings and goings of the youth team, save for a few targets that the club will be suggesting he meets (minutes for youth products etc, which might be his only failure, if you can call it that!). In corporate speak, it'll be a flat structure, with recruitment sitting alongside football management and coaching. The recruitment guys won't be reporting to Thelin and he'll have no control over where and who they scout. They're a service department if you like. Whereas, under McInnes, Richardson was a direct report (as he seems to be at Killie). Anyway, I think Polvara and Gueye returning is huge for us. If Polvara can begin the way he ended last season, then that'll be massive, and Gueye just offers something that the others don't. If we are looking at another 9, then I think we'd have to cancel Nisbet's loan. I don't think we can accommodate another forward player. If we're serious about challenging for the title, or at least consolidating second, then we probably need better cover than Vinnie and better fullback cover, although I would ideally like to see that cover coming from our youth setup. In all, I wouldn't be disappointed to see no movement in January. Unless injury strikes between now and then. A striker and wide player if I'm being greedy.

It's going to be very interesting to see how this window goes. As things stand the only position we are lacking natural cover for is RB and perhaps CB. With Mcgrath, Mckenzie and Duk all OOC there is plenty of potential for a curveball though and we may end up accepting an offer if they have already agreed a pre contract elsewhere. As much as Duk is looking a player reborn I can't see him extending (though I would hope we would try anyway even if it's just for one more season) and it's 40/60 against for me on the other 2 at the moment. Have to say the prospect of losing both the JM's is the one sour mark on this season so far.

https://www.nottheoldfirm.com/news/andrew-mckinlay-insists-hearts-not-giving-up-on-catching-aberdeen-as-he-talks-ambitions/ You couldn't make it up. They still think they can make 3rd this season. How about aiming for not-last ... cos that's where you are right now, you delusional bunch of Huns Without Busfares

That first half display was a thing of beauty. We were relentless. We said we haven’t really been that good, getting closer. I said at half time it would have taken a lot out of us and I expected more from rangers, but to lose a goal then go on and win it says so much about this team, AND the fans. i do appreciate so much honesty in the media saying how we totally outplayed them first half and deserved the win. To hear Clement’s post game interview is laughable, and given it was so obvious they were outplayed for much of the game, only does damage to his relationship with their fans. What thelin doing at Aberdeen makes him look so poor. Long may all of this continue. Oh, did I mention 17 mill losses yet? Ha.

Ok, I'll confess that I couldn't resist having a sneaky look on Swallow Swallow and Hun Media this morning for purely entertainment purposes. Absolute 24 carot gold entertainment. To say the Huns are fucking raging is the understatement of the year. Literally every player getting slaughtered including Droopy (what a shame for the nice young man) Extra lashings of poisonous venom reserved for Clement. They have posted a video of his post match interview which although funny at the time of watching, has now in replay ramped up my amusement and laughter to levels that could endanger the health of someone my age. Hun FC will be needing to employ a chiropodist to ensure their players toe nails are sufficiently short and manicured

Big questions need to be asked. Not sure this manager is up to it.