I'm not saying I want us to do this but I'd be surprised if the club hadn't at least considered reaching out to an EPL club in a similar way as Hibs and Dundee have.
Goes against a lot of what I love about football but it feels more likely to me than the Swift option. Maybe Sturm Graz would be up for it.
Yeah the first 4-3-3 was obviously built around Turnbull who I suppose is sort of a rich man's Spittal if you squint a bit. Other than that though I'm not sure who the closest equivalent is- Bigi? Polworth?
I think Robinson is slightly more progressive than the hammer thrower tag- when he isn't letting Dunne charge about trying to kill folk- but I'd still think of his archetypal midfielder as a big guy that can run about a lot.
I'll maybe stick my neck out a bit and say I don't think Livi will catch us. County have looked miles better than us in the two games between the teams this season but their league position suggests that's not really an accurate reading of where they are. If Livi win and this weird Derek Adams psychodrama continues then those two hopefully get cut adrift a bit from us and St Johnstone
Not saying it won't be this but if it is then going forward it just sounds like a worse version of the Paton-Miller-Spittal-Slattery midfield from the start of the season to me.
I'd rather we kept Spittal and Gent close to Bair again but that probably hinges on whether Halliday is any good at LB which I'm not fully convinced of.