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Probably what we need to replace Flannigan to be fair, we have John Robertston, Steve Hetherington who are great midfield runners, so might suit him well at Alloa.

Alloa have signed Ray Grant, probably not a shock to most Clyde fans. What kind of player can we expect, seems to be a highly rated player, can he step up to the Championship.

Ray Grant joins from Clyde, from what I can gather a good signing in midfield. Seemed highly rated and Peter's laddie!

Not heard or seen any, but would be shocked to see him re-sign with us after the season he had, sure at his young age someone will snap him up on a full time deal, but would be delighted to be proven wrong.

What a player for Alloa as well, i thought he would have been a star for Forfar.

That is a big loss, great player and goals guaranteed....he will tear it up in that league next season! Hopefully we can get the other key players signed up soon!

I am one of those Alloa fan's that you can see at the other end, my only trip to Telford Street, I thought it was a great wee ground.

Looking at the Albion squad, I would think your budget will be closer to the lowest that the highest, I may be wrong. Cowdenbeath will be higher end, from some insider knowledge i know this is true. Cove have a huge budget and will win the league.

Underrated reply!

First foreigner I think maybe Guido Van De Kamp, played early 2000's, we had Giacomo Lonzi, Italian Striker in the 90's, but dont think he ever played in the first team. Willie Irvine got 99 goals I am sure. A**hole - Gary McGlynn or Steve Robertson - Two horrible keepers and people!

That on paper looks like a superb signing!

Not sure of his position, jesus christ! He is a Central midfield player, but we have a huge amount of options in that area, still feel he will get a chance soon when back fit. McCrorie is not a right back, but would be good to get Fredericks, as he is playing at a high level and looks a decent player, better than O'Donnell imo. I think McGregor has to be in the team as well, instead of Armstrong who gets nowhere near his club side.

Bit unlucky i think, under JG he would have played every week as he played with 2 wide men, but Grant was trying to play him as a midfielder and it's not his position. Will have no problem finding a club, hopefully Grant freeing up space for a free agent.

Was his debut as well, Blair Malcolm, was at Cowdenbeath last year. Played in our reserves on Monday night and replaced the suspended Hetherington and by all accounts had a great game.

Says a 2 year deal somewhere i read it, apparently tracked by a few FT teams, maybe Cowden fans best to give an opinion.

It is frustrating that the build up to this game is dominated by this debate, I used to love these games, but I don't even think I will go tonight as I think the £18 is crazy. I also agree with some other posters that the format of this competition is poor, need to go back to the old format for me of knockout ties.

Peter Grant after defeat in Penalty Shoot-Out Obviously disappointed at outcome of tonight’s game but not the performance, the goals were disappointing, we had spoke about losing goals especially the second one, I had noticed in the Livingston game last week about our marking, I wasn’t happy with that, so we spoke about that and then conceded again tonight, “Robbo” apologised he is still a young man learning the game but we need that concentration level. In general play, I thought we played a lot of good stuff but losing three goals from three set plays which we had spoken about, we shouldn’t be losing three goals from set plays and every goal we scored we had to work hard for. We had a lot of young boys on the bench this evening who had earned that opportunity; we are still looking to bring in new guys, which are important to build the group up which is important. The cup is important for us, we want to win every game we play, that never changes and we will look to go and put out on a similar performances with the ball at Hibernian, but we need to be tougher with the ball and be hard to beat, we need to keep playing that way moving and turning the ball over but at set Plays, 80% in Championship are scored at set plays. So pleased with generally our play but need to cut out silly mistakes. Peter Grant Alloa Athletic FCManager Found the comment about Robbo being a young man and learning the game strange, he is 30 and has played over 400 games as a pro! Also, not sure where he has pulled the 80% of set piece goals from, can that be true?

Not started well for JG at St Mirren, 3-0 down at HT to the Pars!!

Quite happy with Grant good reputation, managed at a pretty high level and been involved with national team.

Goodwin confirmed according to some reports.

So if you had one choice who would it be I like the Hartley shout personally, he knows the club and some of the squad should be an easy enough transition.

It does seem a bit of s strange club, but it did ok for Jack Ross. I think it would be tough for him to turn down.

I think he will go for St Mirren, it's his team.

Extra Police required for the hatred derby.