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2 wingbacks, a CB and 2 strikers

If we get top 6 season and keep McCracken, Donnelly and Boateng and get another 3 players to improve our starting 11 I reckon we can challenge for third.

Whoever is 6th at the start of the split I reckon will get European football. Would have took survival at the start of the season but we are so close now that I would be slightly gutted if we didn't get 6th. We will get even better players if we finish 6th which can help us close the gap on 3rd and 4th next season. Calvin Ramsay I reckon would be a great loan signing if we get top 6 as he can't get a game for Bolton. He is good player who needs confidence back similar to what Beck needed.

Motherwell were rattled yesterday and had no quality but we didn't use that to our advantage and let them have so much time. Docherty has allowed the team to drop off and defend which doesn't work with an attacking based team. We could probally defend higher up the pitch with Boateng and Sylla and allow others to press further up the pitch. The problem with going to a back 4 is that we don't have a defensive full back. When Beck is back we could possibly play a 4 but it doesn't bring the best out of him and who is in front of him. I don't think Joe is a big lump that wins headers. I see him as an organiser for the other 2 on either side. I would sacrifice having Shaughnessy if we managed to close down the crosses or we press better from the front and further up the pitch to decrease the amount of chances the opposition wide men have at creating chances.

Our midfield hasn't performed as good against Motherwell this season. Whilst playing possession football that worked the majority of the game, there wasn't anyone free to bounce the ball off to and then drive at goal. There was alos less space for midfield to pick a pass. This is because of the extra man Motherwell had in midfield. Sylla and the others struggled second half debating which Motherwell midfield to close down which let them dominate towards the end.

It's only a problem not having a big lump when we've not got the ball. Playing McGhee, Portales and Donnelly would work fine in my opinion as if it goes over Portales/McGhee we have 2 quick centre backs to cover in behind. The 3 I mentioned are better on the ball and make a positive impact. We have changed our style of play to a slow build up and dictating play. Once we through our style of play out the window and get dominated and Shaughnessy get easily turned. The new style of play has worked but hasn't worked as much for Beck. Putting McGhee at CB means we are defensively weak at wing back but Boateng and Sylla are athletic to cover space in behind. All our goals haven't been through strikers winning it in the air it has been through getting turned or giving opponents time and space on the ball. Need to have 90minute performances.

I think it's difficult to introduce centre backs compared to other positions. He's still young so will get his chance soon.

McCracken McGhee Portales Donnelly Costelloe Sylla Boateng McCowan Cameron Bakayoko Tiffoney Shaughnessy simply too slow. Has no noticeable attributes. Cameron better in forward positions. Boateng harsh to get dropped but in fairness Sylla has been class. Mellon is a great player but it's not working for him. If you watch his Morcambe highlights, he plays in a totally different style and he doesn't get the same chances through on goal as he did in league two. 3 new players/signings added to the team I think should start against Aberdeen and I think will get Europe next season for sure.

I think the partnerships we are forming are very exciting for club to grow and be more competitive. The strategic partnership with Burnley has allowed us to get high quality youth players on loan who we may see back next season. I believe Costelloe and Mellon would benefit from that. ALK Capital formed two apps for scouting and analysis. AI Scout is a new app that allows youth players to access trials by creating profiles and complete testing which the club can identify players. As well as Burnley, Chelsea are using AI scout up until U18 level. Another programme they have is Player Lens which is an online analysis and video recruitment website. That will benefit us to find hidden gems from abroad like we have with Portales and Motherwell with Zdravkoski. Our youth is decent but finding recently released players from other big teams could impact us positively. ----https://www.ai.io/clubs----https://www.playerlens.com/ The new partnership with Louisville City is really exciting as well. They have recently got a new stadium which looks a very similar lay out to our new stadium. They have some very good players as well. Ordonez, Wynder, Adams and Serrano are premiership quality. Louisville also have a womens team who are more high profile than the mens team. Racing Louisville are in the highest division in America and have USA capped players. They are also in the new FIFA which is impressive. There is already a Ladies team in Dundee but if we had help in creating a good team that could compete against the big teams then it is worth it. Louisville would help us with the stadium project I reckon as well. Search Results

There is rumours of the Louisville City owner investing into Dundee. They are top of the USL championship which is one league below the MLS. Maybe we will get players from them as well as Burnley as the American league is a different time of year to ours.

McCracken. He is 23 which is 19 for a GK and already just as good. He is going to have a career in the English Prem and should definitely get on the free which I am sure will happen as he will make us a lot of money in the next few years.

How did Dodgson perform today? When Sylla first signed I thought he would be a squad player to see games out but he is now is so important. However Boateng was a contender for POTY and hasn't played bad at all. I would put McCowan at wing back to have Boateng back in alongside Sylla

Interested to see how Luke Graham will play like against a very good Falkirk team.

McCracken McGhee Portales Shaughnessy Donnelly Sylla Cameron McCowan Costelloe Mellon Tiffoney

The player I'm thinking of signed around the same time as Bobby Linn from a boys club

Just noticed Ferguson who I watched is at Hearts B is now at Lochee. Has he got the ability to get back up the leagues? What was the name of the 17year old that signed for Lochee and how is he coping with the physicality of the league?

Forgot Cameron. Would find a place for him.

Could be our squad for next season. Already look prepared for next season. Get the loan players back except 3/4, Anderson and a LWB and we are sorted. Top 6 with a squad full of potential.

There is other teams after McCstravick but I think we will be able to attract players to the club this season

Liam McCstravick , playing in cup final Sunday. Decent player who is still young. Would be a good signing although I thought Morrison would be our transfer target again. There is very good players in the lower leagues. Wouldn't mind us just signing from the lower leagues and renew loans and sign loans permanatley.

What is your opinions on renewing our kits for next season? Each year with Macron the kits get better and better but this years home top I don't think can be improved. We have had such a great season in the home top and it is popular amongst the fans. In my opinion we should keep the home top and change the away which I love as well but will gain sales.

I have noticed that the twitter page has stopped posting reserve news. I could see Corrigan or Mutale filling the bench with the amount of injuries we have. Would like to see youth academy updates as we have plenty of players out on loan that we don't hear much on their progress. I seen Howley scored today, perhaps he was playing his natural midfield position. He hasn't had a proper run of games in CM and with Mulligan injured he could get a chance.

That Aint Nouri from Wolves is very similar to Beck. Perhaps been watching videos of him!

Wouldn't mind us signing from the lower leagues next season. Grant Savoury, Fitzpatrick, Fagan Wollcott, Morrison, the two Pars wing backs and Easton but Raith are going up so won't happen.

Bavidge, Wilson and Loney seem to have potential from the age groups. I thought MacLeod would have kicked on more