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Midfield still has options. Sibbald, Craigen, Taiwo, Kerr, Hippolyte, Henderson, Shepherd & now Rankin. I make that 4 attacking midfielders & 4 central/defensive midfielders.

I'm sure I read on McGrandles Twitter recently that he's hoping to start running soon? Doesn't sound like he'll play soon. PS I see media sources are now starting to confirm Rankin signing for 1 year. Good signing IMHO. Shame it'll likely mean Vaulks has left.

Hibs won't win this league at a canter, they will probably come a comfortable 2nd behind us though. Not arrogance. We are just better than them as last year proved.

McHugh & Miller will be up front I think. Possibly Austin for Miller but you never know.

I've no issues with Rankin signing if that's what Houstie thinks is the best thing for the club. He's a good midfielder and could be a good addition to the squad. There's money for him even if Vaulks doesn't go so hopefully that's how it pans out.

There has been a bid & the Herald will have got that from the club. Which guys that are aligned to the club said no bids? If it's Falkirk TV then they didn't speak to the manager till after the match so not sure how they could answer that till then?

As confirmed by the Herald, a bid was received but has apparently been turned down. Not a bad thing if it stays that way, I doubt it though.

I didn't think there was a Fans Reps anymore? Even if there was, I doubt highly he would always be told of transfers.

Good luck to Will. A very versatile player and is a miss but that's not why we lost today, although losing this game means little in the grand scheme of things. 15 chances today, 1/2 of which on target & we should have done better. Much better but we move onto the rest of these cup/friendlies. On Will's replacement, I trust Houstie in making the right calls and if he signs John Rankin then we should back him. I've yet to see a United fan back the decision to free him to be honest. He's a centre mid only but is a good one. We have cover now in the rest of the areas Will would cover if we had injuries.

Injured or not, there was a bid placed on Thursday. I would assume it was accepted.

Rankin is a very good central midfielder but Vaulks is a good all round player and that has benefited us with having smaller squads.

Don't believe so.

If it happens, best of luck to him but would be a big loss. The fee better be huge anyway so Houstie can get a replacement in & maybe even 1 more.

From what I last heard, albeit 6/7 months ago, the club we're going to be putting a large sum towards finishing the stadium, with funds from private investors (can only imagine a decent chunk of the BOD) and the remaining sum coming from the Foundation & any grants they can achieve.

From Dennis Canavan's Twitter....

Having read the letter again from DC, it's going to take a pretty big brass neck for MR not to step down surely? Certainly if he is also a Trustee of the Foundation. All this at a time we are led to believe that the club are likely to need the Foundations support to help finance further stadium development through various charitable grants.

From what I've heard previously, yes. Unsure if the current Editor has had any problems. Remember this is a BOD who wanted to change fan survey results to look better...

You don't bite the hand that feeds you. A previous sports editors words...

And 1 down after 20 secs due to your mess of a GK.

Agree with that rough figure. Sadly, this stage of the tournament is now seen as glorified friendlies and will be played as such IMHO. £16 being charged by St Johnstone next Sat should see a similar away support travel up which is a shame seeing as it's live on TV.

Houstie saying on FTV that he will mix the teams up over the next 2 games with a view to playing his strongest X1 v St Johnstone next Sat.

Kidd will be our starting RB in my opinion.

There's money to spend if the right player is identified. Being honest, he would need to take Sibbalds position and I don't see that happening.

He'd be a good signing for any Championship team. Wouldn't shock me to see him at St Mirren.

Austin does appear to know where the goals are. As well as that though I liked his hunger on Sat to win tackles and his strength will be another asset. Too early to say how he'll do in the Championship but I'm excited to find out.