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Murmurs United are looking to take Alex Greive on loan, any good?

Eh which one?

Cheers for that, sounds like one that would be good for the future, but definitely not what’s needed right now!

Apologies if this has already come up, but United are being linked with Brian Schwake apparently. He any good for you guys? Is he one of these keepers that attempts to keep shots from going in the net that I’ve heard so much about?

I went by St Andrews today and they were training for the time I saw them, no sign of another team or a pitch being set up for a game.

Haaland’s treble party being abruptly halted by Kenny McLean and Didier Dykes is absolute poetry. Also, for Dykes to clearly knock his pan in preparing for this match after the stuff he went through last season is wonderful to see, gorgeous baldy b*****d’s on his way to becoming a genuine Scottish Hero.

Lee Johnson is the latest in a long line of Hibs managers who strikes me as an absolute charlatan. It got me thinking as to which Scottish club has had the most managers who turned out to be certified frauds in recent times (say since the turn of the century), as the Hibees hit rate seems to be pretty damn impressive. We’ve had a fair few through the doors at Tannadice in recent years, but I still don’t think we top the tree. If I had to do a non scientific top five I would say 1. Hibs 2. Dundee 3. Rangers (old and new) 4. United 5. Joint Aberdeen and Killie Skewed to show teams who have predominantly been in the premiership over the last 25 years(happy to be enlightened).

Has anyone been tracking the progress of the boy Moore who played against Rangers in the Ibrox game in December? Seem to remember he had a great game and was a busy wee player who broke up play in the midfield. Could we do any worse than at least sticking him on the bench if we’re not going to sign a CDM.

Scott Burns confirming on Twitter that bringing Sibbald in doesn’t impact our pursuit of McGrath.

Heard no more than that but sincerely hope there’s nothing to it- always seemed like a decent guy off the pitch and probably as close to a club legend as we currently have in the playing squad.

Anyone seen the rumours that Butcher has done something serious and he won’t be playing for us again?

Watt is shaping up to be the kind of forward we’ve been missing for years, physical, confident, good technically and makes things happen as well being as a total wind up merchant. What he did last night got under the skin of the Motherwell players and fans and got our fans going, exactly the kind of player you love when they’re in your team and probably not seen at United since Ciftci (although Watt seems to have much more application). Very pleasantly surprising for me, as my perception of him before he came was that he was lazy and profligate (not sure where I even got that from tbh) early days but if he keeps up what he’s doing now he will be the best bit of business we’ve done for years.

Alex Neil said a couple of months ago (doing analysis for the game which Jack Ross lost this job after I’m sure) that he would take a job with a top six outfit. If he was available he would be the very top of my list. Track record of getting the best out of what he has - the clubs he’s been at have never been the biggest spenders in their respective divisions, and I reckon he has the stature and gravitas to garner the respect of the more senior players. What really worries me is that the notoriety of Asghar is putting people off and no one wants to Be associated with him or perceived to be controlled by him in the way Courts is and to a degree Neilson was.

I watched the second half of the Killie Aberdeen match on Sunday and thought Killie looked a much better side than we are tbh- conceded two unlucky goals but played some really nice stuff. I understand good football doesn’t always bring points and recent results haven’t been good but I’m surprised to see their fans be so down on the team. i reckon Mellon won’t want to get pumped off them again so therefore we won’t catch sight of 442 until at least the 72nd minute . Draw or narrow away win.

Ach it’s not folk on here I’m having a go at- more the vocal element of our fan base on Twitter and Facebook- more fool me for paying attention to it. But after 5 years of awfulness in the doldrums I would hope for a little less negativity and a bit more persepective from the fan base generally given where we are- only my opinion though, others may think differently.