skinny arab

Have heard the signing on fee for Shankland is nothing like the figures mentioned with a quarter of this amount being more accurate. He is rumoured to have a very attractive goals and promotion bonus included with his contract.

Various comments 're Sow, don't get the hate, boo boys target etc. I never boo a player in tangerine but I don't get the love for him, showed next to nothing last season to suggest he is going to get the goals to take us up and Neilson's insistence on playing him kept better players out of the team or out of position. I really hope with a full pre season under his belt he comes good as he has shown from his time at Hearts that he can score at this level and he seems certain to be Neilson's preferred choice.

As things stand Benji Smith Connolly Reynolds Sprole Butcher Harkes McMullan C.Smith Pawlett Sow Goalkeeper: happy enough to start with Benji as no 1 (really didn't think I would be saying that for the majority of last season) as I feel there was fair improvement as the season went on, possibly down to the fact this is the first club where he has established himself as no 1 and played week in week out. Definitely need to bring in decent back up should his form drop. Defence: assuming Sprole isn't dogshit then the defence should be good enough. Connolly does have his moments but our goals against record for the final 3rd of the season was pretty good. Plenty of cover so don't expect any further signings here. Centre midfield: toss up between Butcher and Bouhenna for the defensive role but definitely need another creative option in there. Harkes started brightly but faded and was a bit anonymous at times as the season went on, hopefully he can offer a bit more on a regular basis and technically he is quite decent. The other option here is Stanton who I don't think Neilson rates, technically good on the ball and can carry it up the pitch but I think needs to be somewhere where he will play every week to see if he can improve and that won't be at United. Attacking midfield: if McMullan can carry on from his end of season form then happy days, be even better if he learns how to cross a ball. It's a question of fitness for Pawlett, a fully fit injury free Pawlett could be one of the best players in the league however if he can't get over his injury problems then he can be a complete waste of a strip. Cammy Smith must fucking hate United, first time we sign him 2 weeks later we bring in Andreu keeping him out of the team. This time around it looked a good signing but he was never given a run of games in his preferred position with Neilson instead playing Clark out of position at 10. Expect to see at least one addition here. Strikers: we would be as well binning Sow and Clark as neither of them are suited to playing the lone striker role and sadly I don't see Neilson moving away from his beloved 1 isolated forward formation. I think Clark would score plenty at this level if playing as a poacher in a 2. As for Sow, f**k knows, looked unfit last season and drifted between looking like he might have a bit of ability to has this c**t ever played football before (mostly the latter sadly). Expect a couple of signings here. Nice having the derbies again but for f**k sake please lets make this the last season in this league (and I'm not referring to getting relegated before some smart arse responds).

More rumours of Stevie May in on loan, not sure about this as he has been dogshit at Aberdeen but maybe a change of team could make a difference. Dundee and St Johnstone also being credited with an interest.

Wasn't sure about Macron but these new strips aren't too bad.

Dear Robbie Pavol Safranko is not a fucking winger!!!! Regards Every single fucking utd fan.

It's quite obviously Carlos Tevez coming in on loan from Boca once Asghar completes the deal for them to be our feeder club.

Rumoured to be anything between 25 - 40%

McCulloch seems to have a lot of haters amongst our support (sevco connections the undoubted reason) but in a recent interview with Safranko big Pav was praising the work that McCulloch had done with him saying he was learning a lot and that is far more important for me than McCullochs past.

McInnes did say previously that they have a member of staff at every utd and Dundee game to watch Reynolds and Wright during their loan spells.

Shite reporting from the sun as usual, it was 300k that Aalborg paid for him.

Easton & Robertson punted.

Should be enough to get the win given you have 12 players there.

Rumours that he is trying to negotiate a pay off with MK Dons as is taking a fair drop in wages to sign for us.

Expect Ross County to contact you as they try to hijack any deal.

Your source may be usually semi-reliable however in this instance they are a havering c**t.

Pretty sure Dykes is going to Livi

Frans and Bouhenna are too similar for me, ball playing centre half types when we need a no nonsense hard as nails leader back there (Dods, Wilkie, Webster, etc). We are a soft touch at the back in my opinion and could do with a bit more aggression back there.

Hopefully allowing edge to leave indicates that a centre half is incoming. Neilson was critical of the defence after the Ayr game and we are crying out for a no nonsense leader at the back (how long have we been saying that now).

Excellent crosser of a ball whether from open play or set pieces but is a lazy player who offers his own full back very little help when the opposing full back gets forward. Last couple of games he has looked like he doesn't care and has put in even less effort than usual, suspect Neilson has had a pop at him re efforts and instead of proving the manager wrong and fighting for his place he has simply gave up. It's a pity as McMillan, King, etc can't cross a fucking road but the fact they run about a bit has them getting more game time.

Away to st mirren in the cup

After his last couple of performances I wondered if Fyvies injuries had got the better of him as he has been woeful and miles of the pace. If we are still looking at midfield options then that may well turn out to be the case. At the very least he looks like he needs taking out of the team and perhaps given a mini pre-season in order to get him back to his best but up until now that simply hasn't been an option due to the incredibly poor options available to replace him.

Looking forward to them tabling an offer for Murdoch in the next couple of days.

Can't believe after watching that garbage today that we have gained 3 points on the teams above us but great results all round today. One thing today's game has shown is that Neilson needs to find a formation that allows Clark to play in the box as that's where he comes to life and can contribute most, no point playing him at no 10 as he is a goal scorer not a creator.

Irrespective of who we bring in and what formation we play one thing that needs to happen is we need to start playing with a higher tempo like Neilsons first couple of games as we seemed to have lapsed back into this slow lethargic 3 passes to do what 1 should do ineffective football.