Coventry Saint

He's a lad who's trying to forge a career as a reporter. Loves Saints; very enthusiastic. He's obviously doing a good job of getting closer to the club as he broke that news last night. He's a wheelchair user - I think he was the guy who was in a lot of the pictures when the raised disabled viewing area was opened.

We'll keep you posted.

I guess when you've fucked the Ton once, it's always going to be tempting to stay around for more of the good stuff. Do do do do do do, Super Stelios.

Fucking yes.

I don't really believe it would significantly hamper that, tbh.

Yeah, there's no way he's not being monitored. But you're right: he's not an EPL player (yet) so interest is more likely to come from lower down the pyramid. You can already see how this season's going to go from that point of view: he'll play well, the rumours will start, we'll get to January and find ourselves in the now-traditional 'sell him for beans or lose him for nothing in the summer' quandary. Unless he signs up for longer, that is. Kyle Magennis is with us until 2020 now, and that's not going to stop him getting a big move if the right offer comes in. Need Lewis to follow.

I'm not sure it is, just yet, tbh. If we add Loy, I'll be much happier. I'd also like to see Morgan extend his contract - still worried someone might come in in for him later in the summer.

Mistake after mistake, no doubt. But I 'm also seeing a defence that is always beaten to the second ball, fails to close down, fails to track runners... I'm not disputing that he should do better for all of those, but your defence clearly wasn't great either. He'll be a perfectly ok part of our squad.

Real talk for a second, can you see any redeeming features to his game? Does he work hard? Harry defences? Did you ever get the impression there was a player in there who just CBA to come out, for whatever reason (see Hardie at Saints last season)? Would he work in one of the wide positions in a 4-3-3? It's not a signing that is filling me with confidence.

I'll say this much about @Mr X: he's fucking brilliant at the Hokey Cokey.

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Can't believe Morton have signed a player who once failed to track his man at a corner. (Joke for Lex/Dundee fans). I don't think this is a bad signing. You could file him under 'wily old stager who'll come off the bench with ten to go, hold the ball up well, bring others into play and maybe create something'. You'll need to make sure other players are doing his running for him, but he surely still has something to offer. Edit: the internet, ladies and gentlemen...

Yeah, agreed. A bit like a holiday romance, mebbe: it'd only go sour if you tried to stretch it out. All things being equal, I'd absolutely love it if he stayed, but there's a sense Jack didn't totally trust him, so I'm happy to go with whoever's decision it was for him to move on.

If you look at his career so far, he's been at quite a few different places. That doesn't bother me in itself, but you do wonder if he (or his agent) is always chasing a new/better wage or signing on fee. I think he'd do well to stay at a club for at least a couple of years and see if he can force his way in. His stay at the Saints has been very much like Isma's. Brief, successful, scored a few important goals, instant cult hero, fucked off!

It's looking like Stelios is away. He came, he saw, he fucked the Ton, and he went. Here 's the man himself putting two Ton defenders on their arse while casually slotting home. Real shame as you don't get many goalscoring fullbacks, but I think he was always likely to be using us as a stepping stone. Here's to the gems you can unearth if you know where to look. Such as LinkedIn.

Ross Stewart was GK in the L1 team of the season. Very likely he'll start the season as first choice.

Did he not get a Scotland squad call while he was still with us Doesn't happen to many players, that.

To summarise: it's accurate to say he won't sign; ridiculous to say he wouldn't.

Why? I mean, he isn't signing, but I don't see why he wouldn't.

Yeah, fair enough - I only stuck him there because Stewart is an unknown quantity and we've yet to sign anyone else. But yeah, mobility is the way forward this season. Obviously it looks like Reilly is coming in, but again, I don't see him being a first choice, TBH. I'd love to see Stelios back but the delay seems to go against a return. He's within his rights to see what else is out there, I guess, but he'd be perfect for a 'three full-backs' squad as he can play both sides. Agree about quick decision on Loy. McCann must have a vague idea if he's wanted - but he has a year to run and is a decent player, so Dundee might even want a small fee, despite being a massive huge club with hunners of money n tha'.

Imagine how fucking sharp he's going to look. Yeah, it's very quiet in here. Feels weird. My theories about our summer business are as follows: 1) Of the players we had last year who are yet to come re-sign, only Loy is still realistic. I hope we're not waiting all summer for him, though, because we need goals. We'll score less from midfield this season so a striker is top of the list, as far as I'm concerned. 2) We've taken a few P/T players, so it was obviously important to get them in as early as possible, as (you'd imagine) they will require the longest amount of time to get up to speed with training full time. Also, I assume, if they have day jobs, some of them will be having to work notice (I don't know what, if anything, Kirkpatrick, the Ross Stewarts and Buchanan did for a living, that's just supposition). 3) Despite the early work we've done, we still need: GK, CH, RB (based on the idea that Irvine can cover both sides), DM, CF. 4) The one area we're well stocked in is nippy not-quite-strikers, so I expect we'll be playing a fluid 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1 this season. Morgan, Magennis, Smith, Kirkpatrick I think our first choice XI currently looks like this: ------------------Stewart----------------------- Irvine - McKenzie - Buchanan - Eckersley ------------------McGinn---------------------- Magennis----Kirkpatrick----Morgan -----------Smith---------------------------- ------------------Stewart/Sutton----------- I'm not sure that totally works as Kirkpatrick and Smith are kind of filling the same hole. But like i said, it'll probably be pretty fluid. Glaring gaps for me at the base of midfield with McGinn and up front.

That awkward moment when you've prematurely changed your forum avatar... Sorry @Dee Man, you're ok really

It really was like the Relegation Express thread in microcosm. We even had VT making a ratted twat of himself then disappearing. Standard, then. I won't lie: I was really worried Jack was off. And I don't buy this 'it's ok if he goes to Aberdeen/a big club' thing, because actually his destination is irrelevant. We'd still be looking for a new manager and I doubt we'd get as good a manager through the door. Anyway, looks like he's signing an improved deal, so that's all good.

Thanks for trying - just do the main Samaritans page if that's easier. I've donated to Myeloma UK now, screenshot below. Good luck with next season guys, thanks for not taking Jack.