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The midfielders we have at the moment are all quite attack minded. I'd expect us to bring in a more defensive midfielder before the season starts but it might be a while before it happens if we were banking on signing Paton.

Hopefully that's the case. It seems quite clear that Murray didn't fancy Murdoch at all given that after Hutton left we brought in McNeil (who had been our fourth choice behind Hutton, Gallacher and Willison the previous season) on loan to be backup to Currie.

My concern is that there has been a fair turnover of these youngsters providing cover in recent years with none of them developing into a first team No.1. Is that a scouting or coaching issue? They likely sign hoping they can challenge the first choice keeper and when that doesn't happen there's zero interest from either party to agree any new deal. One year later we bring in another young keeper as backup and the cycle continues.

I think Easton would be a class signing assuming he hasn't regressed while at Kelty. He was the best player in a Forfar side that finished second and at the time I thought he'd maybe get a Championship move. I wonder if the last year has made the Lowland League less attractive for players. There had been two or three years of players who should be at League One or even Championship level dropping down there but after the shambles of the last 12 months more and more of those players seem to be returning to their rightful level.

I'm a bit worried about defending against his long throw. Our boys never win the header from them.

Pacey and a hard worker. He maybe only needs a run of starts to kick on which he wasn't getting with us. If he gets that at QOTS he might do well, but I honestly thought he'd drop down to League Two after we released him.

Really really happy Kerr is staying, for me that's our best bit of business this summer. With Crighton gone now he can hopefully get a full season at centre back which I think is exactly what he needs to kick on and do really well.

Not that it really matters but isn't Frizzell also left footed? Always thought it was strange that we had a 25 man squad last season with only one left footer.

He's got a long throw? We've probably already offered him a four year deal in that case.

Just out of interest is he any good? Interesting to hear Falkirk are shopping in the same "bottom end of League One markets" we've all been complaining about.

For the 19/20 season we basically needed to build an entire squad from scratch. Wedderburn, Eckersley, Thomson, and Gallagher had all played for League One clubs the previous season. From down south came Kerr, McKay and James Cowan (remember him?) none of which had really played much senior football. Kurtis Roberts came from League Two, Ally Roy and Callum Fordyce came from the Championship. Callum Smith, Leon McCann, Kyle MacDonald all came from higher divisions but like many others hadn't played much senior football, if any at all. Last summer we signed Dean Ritchie, Euan O'Reilly, and Kyle Connell who were of the same mould as those last three - young guys from clubs in a higher division who had played next to no senior football before joining us. In came Eoghan Stokes from the League of Ireland, Harlain Mbayo from the Southern Premier League South (7th tier in England I believe), Griffin Sabatini on loan from the Ukrainian Premier League (one senior appearance before joining us) and Thomas Robert from Ligue 1 (zero senior appearances before joining us. Max Currie was the only signing from a League One club. So far, this summer's signings have all came from teams that finished below us in our division. Over the last two summers we've only signed five players who had played the previous season in League One. This summer we've already signed six from League One sides. For better or worse it's quite a drastic change in signing policy, and the signings maybe haven't been the most exciting, but we're gaining some experience on the field that we've lacked the last couple of seasons which might prove to be beneficial. I think we'll struggle to bring in any stand out players in the summer unless it's a young player we take a punt on that turns out to be better than expected. The Turner signing only happened because of odd circumstances that saw him frozen out at Dunfermline and we won't get anything like that before a season starts. I would imagine there'll be a loan player or two that comes in but that won't happen until the League Cup games have started or are just around the corner. Actually looking at the signings so far - Watson should obviously be considered Crighton's replacement. I can't claim to know much about Watson but I think it was definitely time for Crighton to leave and if Watson is good on the ball as East Fife fans have said then I'm hopeful he'll be an upgrade. Agnew fills a gap in the coaching staff and hopefully adds a bit of quality to the first team. He's obviously not Turner but surely he's a better midfield option than guys like O'Reilly and Carrick who aren't centre mids and guys like Sabatini and Ritchie who couldn't get a game over those non-centre mids. Wardrop fills a gap at right back and you've to assume he's an upgrade an Walker, who is young and promising but was only in the first team because of such an obvious gap in that position since MacDonald left. Is Wardrop an upgrade on MacDonald? I think he could be, MacDonald was hardly the most consistent player and defensively he could be a bit dodgy. I think he seems a good signing. Presumably Quitongo is McCann's replacement, and obviously it'll be disappointing to see McCann leave. However, since the club hasn't actually announced that he's away yet we're obviously still hopeful we can keep him, which makes me question why we'd sign his replacement before knowing if he's away or not. Could both potentially play in the same team if McCann ends up staying? It'll be hard for Quitongo to fill McCann's boots but I thought he looked pretty good in the game Dumbarton beat us 2-0 earlier in the season. Frizzell seems a decent signing to me. He's still young and he's played plenty of games at a Premiership level, even though he was obviously at Dumbarton for a reason. Since he's a winger we'd have to consider him a replacement for Thomson or O'Reilly. Basically that means if he can occasionally come off the bench and run at players he's done as well as who he's replacing. If he becomes a first team regular he's already on upgrade on those two. As for Allan, I've been mostly positive so far but I'm sorry, I just don't understand this one. Can we really expect him to be better than any of our outgoing strikers (Roy, Connell, Carrick) when he couldn't get a game for Forfar last season? I hope he proves me wrong and it does seem he done okay for Forfar when he actually played but I just can't imagine he's an upgrade on any of those three. Overall I do quite like that we're bringing in players with experience at this level which is a change on previous seasons, but I'm still hoping we can bring in a few more exciting players before the season starts. There's still plenty time.

I think he was signed while Findlay was still at the club.

Probably Frizzell but I'm personally hoping for another boy on loan from Dnipro

Am I correct in thinking that Patrick Pyott is now the longest serving player in the squad?

Jamie Gullan and Keiron Bowie were Raith's top scorers that season they won the league. Neither were experienced or had a track record of scoring regularly.

Wardrop signs. The rumours on here have been spot on so far.

A few people blamed him for the first goal in the second leg but I don't think that was fair, it was an excellent strike and difficult to deal with. He should've done better with the third which he palmed out into a dangerous area for the rebound but goalies at this level are inevitably going to have a few "should've done better" moments otherwise they wouldn't be playing at this level. He was reliable over the season as a whole and had one ridiculously good performance against Thistle a not long before the playoffs.

An even better example is Max Currie. Relegated with Stranraer but clearly more than capable of playing for us.

Slightly surprised at that since they've kept on Paul Dixon but I suppose he is getting on. Falkirk probably think we've got a team full of superstars since we always give them a doing, maybe they'll be after a few of ours.

Aye maybe if we draw his Championship mob in both cups then meet them in the playoffs.

"Gutted about how the season ended but I hope next season we can go that step further and I hope to see you all soon." Leon McCann on accepting young player of the year.

There's only one player at Clyde good enough to play for us and I would rather we didn't sign him.

Hopefully that is the case but I wouldn't read too much into it since Turner and Crighton both replied as well. I'm sure they're all pals and would be chuffed to see someone be made captain or vice captain even if they're at different teams next season. If McCann is away I'd be happy to see Quitongo as his replacement, always thought he looked good in games against us.

Some amount of pish spouted about Robert here. Stuart Millar said he was under contract for this season back in January. Unless he was lying there's no way he's been released, and I really doubt that Millar would have went public with a blatant lie like that.

Assuming every player not yet released is staying then our team at the moment is something like Currie Watson Kerr Fordyce Walker McKay Agnew McCann O'Reilly Gallagher Robert Ritchie and Pyott on the bench as well of course. Expect we'll sign a right back and that's our defence sorted. Still a lot of work needing done in midfield and attack but hopefully we'll be hearing more soon.