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Scott stewart is not a left back(we need one), McKenna and allan are not a midfield pairing and turan doesn’t look very good. Hope that was just an experiment tonight but it didn’t work. Stowe and balde looked very bright when they came on and should really be starters. Also safe to say both teams need to practice penalties. Cowden’s no9 pen was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

Fear of a 3-5-2 with that line up

Stewart isn’t a right back never mind left back. I’d probably put gold there but the fact is we dont have a fit left back so its unfair to criticise anyone put there tbh. Ideally we need a left back/centre half, a winger and as mentioned punt jacobs to bring in a big ball winning midfielder….. wishful thinking

Na just known as man bun, he looked ok until he actually had to do something with a football.

A proper left back must be our priority after securing a striker even if its just a 6 month loan

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cuhw0YfNRCC/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The resemblance is uncanny

Absolutely, i have no issue with us splashing a bit of cash on the right striker

Ferrari turning a solid 4th & 6th into a 7th and 10th

Also we dont have a fit left back

Like carrick, I’d hope we have enquired about callum gallagher for airdrie. I believe he is part time there and has been banging them in on a regular basis. Im guessing he is happy being glasgow based and now that they’re in the same division it’s extremely unlikely he’d come to us now.

Nobody has even mentioned we’ve allowed this lad to choose shirt number 62, an absolute disgrace!

Can he play up front?

A journeyman striker in the lower leagues who’s scored f**k all goals, he’ll fit right in

Well said and each week that passes makes me a little more anxious about the season ahead. Fans have backed the club massively especially since they got to the championships and unfortunately have been let down in the last year or so in terms of signings. We’ve lost a good few players now and scott allan has been the only one to get excited about but it hasn’t worked out as of yet. Its also a bit frustrating that we’ve had a few successful loan signings but haven’t been able to sign them permanently for whatever reason. Hopefully still another 3 or 4 signings to come in plus a couple of loans to boost the squad.

Positives from today were steele looked decent as did mcintosh when he came on and scott allan was actually putting trying! No12 trialist looked ok, made some decent runs but his touch and finishing were a bit off which can be forgiven at this stage of the season, the rest can enjoy sunday in their caravan and head back home.

Keeghan Jacobs gives me the fear every time he’s on the ball

I mind premier sports on the west port selling them for a while and its been a challenge to actually buy an arbroath shirt in the past too. Not really a fan of bringing out new kits every year especially with 3 kits now starting to be the norm too, summer is costing more than christmas between season tickets and merchandise for folk with kids.

The lack of signing news is making the chat on here tragic. Really hope we’ve got some better (known) players lined up than some of the trialists that played on Saturday. Genuine question, have we ever signed someone that we know next to nothing about and they’ve turned out to be decent?

James craigen is good enough for us and should never have been let go.

Lets be honest we’re not going to get anyone to challenge gaston so he’s purely to sit on the bench and play the odd cup game, if gaston got injured we would probably get a loan in. That said i would have liked someone with at least a bit of experience in the leagues.

Surely we will see linn in an arbroath shirt one last time. Or we could call it “the persuade bobby to sign on for 1 more season testimonial”

For me this season gaston has probably proved he’s a better all round keeper than hinchy, as much as i loved hinchy I remember his kicking bring poor (not that gaston’s is brilliant) and he wasn’t great at crosses/corners.

Stroll

Definitely. Would have kept hetherington and banks too but not too bothered about the others apart from linn but that’s different and i think he’s made the right decision. Good few new faces plus loans to come in, might need to look my boots out for the brechin friendly in 4 weeks time!

Played at right back for east fife but club statement says centre back or left back??? Dick will play him on the left wing then. Sounds promising and cant be worse than the last steele we had.