No_Problemo

I’m not entirely sure looking for far better on the pitch is being miserable tbh…

Of course it does, let’s see if we can take the next step and not make an utter fucking mess of our recruitment on the park next season…

It isn’t quite as blatant as the Butland interview, at least they went for a tenuous link this time but it’s still very poor - but expected.

I mean we all know the league should be gone, but surely to f**k Raith want to apply a little pressure and see if the Dundee United bottle crashes a little.

Raith look fucking terrible.

I wasn’t a fan of that top at all, but not quite as bad as the new one. I do love an Umbro kit, and I’m not even 35 yet! Better the sticker album than the trainers IMO.

Outrageous buying the matching trainers… We were all also going to get the top, just to have it for what will hopefully be a trip of a lifetime - but it’s just too bad to buy!

I quite like a more out there top at times, but the more I look at it the worse it gets. I genuinely think it must be one of our worst ever tops, shite that we are going to be wearing THAT in such an iconic match against Germany. Most of our tops with adidas are just meh, other than the anniversary top I’m not sure I’ve particularly liked one since the red and yellow striped away one.

The fact that we are eight weeks or so away, and already have three injuries to important members of our squad is pretty worrying - obviously within that there is hope for Hickey to return.

I though it was a bit shite tbh, but I think that’s probably a good way to look at it, ultimately this is a huge bit of history for a club that has been passed to most of us through generations.

Absolutely - the FA is clearly a waste of time down there too.

I’m not really bothered about the lack of replays, as mentioned above it gives you a far better chance of actually winning and making more money in the next round. It is obviously absolutely appalling that it has been put in place without consulting anyone in the lower leagues though. There could easily have been some sort of concession made too to give the bigger clubs what they wanted, lower league clubs getting 75% of the gate when drawing a Premiership club for example.

I think this might say more about you than the tops…

Within that though, there have still been good individual performances throughout the season and ultimately we can still finish fifth.

While going full talk sport. He barely even did anything there tbh, certainly nothing out of the ordinary.

It quite blatantly isn’t the same as just being bald

Bryden? I know there aren’t too many other options but still. I’m not sure there has been a single game in the league he has offered anything outwith pressing and winning a couple of headers. Anyway - Stanger probably Murphy and Chalmers v Raith.

Yeah, but if you keep Rose and he continues where he left off with us you then have three strikers who can’t score…

If we give Rose another go and given we are already stuck with Bryden and McKenzie that basically leaves us with no space to actually upgrade in that area. None of them are good enough to be regular starters at this level.

I think these are fair enough points, other than the “less we see of him, the better he gets” part as I don’t think anyone is saying he outstanding. He is just better than the other options, and offers something we don’t actually have in the squad right now. Personally, I would find it disappointing if Ferguson was replaced with another defender. That would leave us with four players for the attacking areas, but with McTominay especially potentially moving deeper in some games. You wouldn’t be surprised if three of those four players started either so that only leaves you with Armstrong to change things in those areas.

It is very rare for him not to appear for Southampton - when games are tight he generally always comes on if not starting. There was a BBC podcast today about the Southampton players which is worth a listen. I can’t see anyone else that offers what he does to replace Ferguson in the 23. He seems to be impactful as an impact win especially, and we know he has worked well with Dykes previously. We have no other attacking players that can provide an injection of pace and directness across the forward positions. He can also come on at RWB to add to our attacking options if we are losing, or come on higher up the park to help us play on the counter if we are winning. He also allows us to change system to incorporate wide players if necessary.

Two so far… I don’t even think there’s much of a debate as to who should be our first choice striker right now.

I don’t even think there’s a debate if we replace Ferguson with an attacking midfielder - I can’t see how anyone else makes any kind of sense in front of Ryan Fraser.

I think potentially being left with only Anthony Ralston as a right wing back would be a loss tbh.

Patterson off with what appears to be a hamstring injury - what a fucking day!