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One hasn't taken it well: the rest just follow. Those are some decent signings. Does feel slightly like more strikers than Ross usually plays with, so will be interesting to see how he makes it work.

I was at that game, it's just down the road from me. Darlington is a shithole and that ground a hideous white elephant.

You guys need to get rid of that revolving door at Tannadice.

I'm glad they've agreed to play. Step up in quality from Hartlepool as well, so that's good.

Interesting to see how Ross and Shankland get along. Ross couldn't get rid of him fast enough when he took over at Saints. Admittedly that was a long time ago and we were a fucking car crash at the time.

Have we not had a fair bit of Northampton Town crossover recently? I feel like Dylan Connolly went there, and had Morias not played there before us?

It's mad, in a good way, that we currently don't have any loan players in. When was the last time we had a pretty much complete squad free of loanees? I realise it's a bit of a 'Yer Facebook Da' argument to say that loan players just block the opportunities for our own young players, but when you see our benches full of youth team guys, it's pretty heartwarming. That said, I do wonder if we might still bring a loan in, if they're of sufficient Ronan/Gogic-esque quality.

Precisely. So given the wiggle room within the phrase 'one of the best', both in terms of scope and the total number included, it's reasonable to say we probably are.

Brophy was injured at back end of season, and Main's just had surgery. I believe they are both training but perhaps not ready to play yet.

Campbell starts at the back in what looks like a 3-5-2.

Is it not 'one of the best'? Genuine question.

That explains where the media stories are coming from.

Classic Twitter, tbh. I think he'll still have plenty to offer. He was never the fastest but that won't matter so much in the position he's in now. I guess the real shame is that he won't get a game past McPherson

Fair play, that's a great signing. I adored Carey with us. Always felt we hugely under/mis-used him. Gutted when we let him go.

Fuxake - how long till he's 16 and we can sign him up?!

Ffffuuuuuuck. I'm getting really optimistic about the season ahead. this never ends well. League is, IMO, tougher than it has been for some time. Aberdeen will be stronger but fucking boring. Hibs will be better. Livi are Livi; County will nee to adapt to losses of influential players, but we tried writing them off last season and look where it got us. Perth Saints look shite still but surely they can't be that bad again? Despite all that, I think we're in for a good season.

This is interesting. If we've got someone pressing and winning possession like that in midfield then we might get by without a traditional DM. I'm really liking the sound of this guy. Can't wait to see him play for us.

I know that.

Boy needs to focus. Turn his fucking heating off.

And 2 (two) of them are actual strikers. Madness.

He now runs a gym about half a mile from where I work on Tyneside. He's piled the muscle on.

A new girl in my team at work is married to Conor Newton's best mate (I know, right?). Once I found this out I insisted on making her watch the Final goal. She couldn't have given less of a shit. However, it did emerge that her husband was also at the final in 2013 to support Conor so he's good people, in my book. Good story, Steve.

I'm starting to suspect that we've motivated Ethan by telling him to make a name for himself this season and snaffle a decent PCA from January. That means we'd have Ethan, O'Hara, Baccus, Kiltie, Reid and Flynn vying for three places in the middle. Do we definitely need anyone else there? I'd say possibly not. I'd rather see Reid getting minutes.

Yes, that seems to be the thinking.