According to the Falkirk Herald we have agreed a deal to bring in 2 young loanees from Premier League clubs, 1 a defender and the other a midfielder.
It also says a former player is coming back to the club.
Decent enough for League 2. He was never going to get a regular game before the 2 Dunlops. Mainly used as a sub to shore things up late in a game.
You can expect to have him missing a few games in a season due to suspension.
At the meeting last night it was made clear by the board that they were unanimously against the current proposal but were broadly in favour of change which would better the game in Scotland. This did not mean allowing any one club to have more than one team in the league set up.
It was suggested that one way of making the game better would be to reform the current loan system so that more players were available to lower league sides and that development loans were scrapped. Currently lending clubs can insist on their players playing for their development sides even if the clubs they are on loan to have a game the same day. It also appears that some of the bigger club's financial demands make it unrealistic for the smaller clubs to take players on loan.
The meeting was also told that nine of the League 2 clubs are against the proposal and the other unknown club was on the swither.
I still have visions of Stuart Malcolm kicking the ball straight up in the air,falling on his backside and the opposing striker slamming the ball into the net.
Given our defensive record last season the signing of at least 2 centre backs should have been a priority. I am worried that we will be left with the dross or unknown quality loanees.
The Shire have to play on Wednesday if only to be fair to their players and supporters as they are obviously running the risk of a 15 points deduction and season over. They should also send the bill for the game to the SFL and sue them if they don't pay.
Please Shire see sense and play.