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Some header from big Harvie for the goal though eh? Crazy to think he owns a farm.

Yup. And the thing is, i'm certain that he WILL make mistakes. Some will probably lead to goals. But i'd wager that every single keeper in the league will do the same. In my summer boredom I watched a load of the highlights from last time we were up, and Fleming made far more errors tha. j can remember - they just didnt get focussed on that much. Hopefully he has a solid few weeks. A clean sheet today should help.

I haven't seen him for us yet, just Scotland u21s so can't really comment - but it's clear that some folk are going to absolutely slaughter him no matter what he does simply due to him not having experience. Would have been the exact same with McCrorie.

That Mark Docherty one is superb. Johnny Tiffoney a "horrible wee man" haha

I think from what I can remember the keepers played game about at Toulon.

Good luck to him - on paper seems like the ideal place for him to get back on track, with less pressure. Still young but must be approaching nearly 100 first team games for Annan and Ayr and has a league winners medal. At league 2 level I reckon he will do pretty well. Edit to add - from memory one of his better games was away at QP last season in a 2-0 win. Had some good saves including a penalty and then the rebound

Correct - proof if ever it was needed that simply being at Celtic u19's etc doesn't guarantee they will be a star! He was on loan at Annan from Celtic before signing permanently after his release. Time will tell re: Doohan if it's him we sign. I thought McCrorie looked the better of the 2 in the games I watched from Toulon although probably wasn't a huge amount in it. The fact that he spent 6 months at Morton but didnt make the starting 11 once last season does worry me a bit though.

Who was the other young lad that came on today, Baird I think?

I'd hope we will be offering Murdoch something soon - McCall said after the Forfar game I think it was that he wanted stuff tied up on Thursday or Friday - thats obviously passed now and the guy isnt gonna hang around forever. Any word if Bell or Kerr are back yet? They can't be fit going into next week if they havent done a pre season

Aye. Nice to see some of the younger lads get a run out too. I'd like to see some of them get a bit more game time in the League Cup games - seems an ideal opportunity to see who might actually be good enough to step up when needed

You're absolutely desperate to look for the negatives aren't you haha.

I'm up and down that road non stop (meet a bird at Cappielow and marry her at your peril) but is Inverclyde the bit at Largs? Never actually been but very tempted to take the wee man up for a drive.

Being somewhat over dramatic there IMO. A quick look at the other teams threads accross the leagues and just about every team still seem to be short of a couple of players according to their fans. It's 8 days until the League Cup (which in the absence of Killie in the group this year for me is basically just a set of 'competitive warm up games) starts and more than 4 weeks until the properly important stuff starts, far too early to be claiming 'shambles' etc.

IF we don't have one in time for Betfred games and have to go with Hare-Reid, who would be on the bench? It's a tough one to call now - if as it seems the deal is being held up, does he abandon the deal for McCrorie (assuming that's who it is) now and concentrate on finding someone for next Saturday, or wait until he becomes available even if it means going into the cup with Hare-Reed but having McCrorie for league starting.

From that I had assumed the opposite, with Adams at CB. Anyone confirm? Seems strange to be chasing a trialist CM and not play him . also no sign of Bell or Kerr? Injured?

I remember up at Livi and he came on and was absolutely woeful. Got a vague idea he actually got subbed on then off again but that's probably nonsense

Not sure if it's the one you are meaning but the name Romeo Filipovic or something similarly Eastern European springs to mind as someone who seemed to be on trial for weeks mid season under Reid before getting the usual "no better than what we've got" and never heard of again.

I'm always reading that we need a 'dominant centre half' to compete. What does that even mean? It's such a generic term. I take it to mean a big lad that challenges for everything in the air - like Mark and Martyn Campbell maybe. Does everyone else in this league have one that their fans all love? Doesnt look like it.

Ferguson might be holding out to see who comes in and offers him a guaranteed start which i suppose is fair enough - need to give him a deadline though cos if he goes then we need a replacement.

Yassss. You've basically just promised us brilliant news.

I was actually surprised that so many of them didnt have agents - i had assumed most full time players would have had them - there are definitely a fair few part timers kicking about who do.

I'd imagine Hare-Reed will be backup..has anyone seen him play? I read somewhere that he was 'highly rated' but cant remember who said it or what sort of level 'highly rated' referred to if that makes sense.

Good luck to him - hope he finds a L1 or more likely L2 side and does well.

How many seasons did we sell last season? When you compare that number to the likes of Dunfermline shifting over 2000 over a week ago it puts some of the budget / signing complaints into a bit of perspective

I'm sure I bought a copy of that which had been burned onto a CD in the build up to the 2002 Cup Final haha