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Dhanda confirmed, 3 year deal.

So that's Dhanda,Spittal,Drammeh, Ogyeoke,Penrice, Fulton all in for day 1 of pre season. Taylor done as well by all accounts.

Looks like good business. Most importantly it allows a proper bedding in period, none of the mess of last season where we were adding players in late.

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57 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said:

Dhanda confirmed, 3 year deal.

So that's Dhanda,Spittal,Drammeh, Ogyeoke,Penrice, Fulton all in for day 1 of pre season. Taylor done as well by all accounts.

Looks like good business. Most importantly it allows a proper bedding in period, none of the mess of last season where we were adding players in late.

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A great player, an even better fella, but far too often on the periphery of games.  

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43 minutes ago, Savage Henry said:

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A great player, an even better fella, but far too often on the periphery of games.  

Good thing from our point of view is he is coming in with a lot of competition.  We have Grant, McKay, Spittal, Boyce, Oda, Forrest and Vargas that can play in similar areas. So he'll need to perform or won't play, hopefully the competition brings out the best in him.

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17 hours ago, Tony Wonder said:

Good thing from our point of view is he is coming in with a lot of competition.  We have Grant, McKay, Spittal, Boyce, Oda, Forrest and Vargas that can play in similar areas. So he'll need to perform or won't play, hopefully the competition brings out the best in him.

This. A lot of folks feel that way about McKay already.

But it also feels like Dhanda has a potential higher ceiling so if he is hiding, the Hearts da's will let him know about it.

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Assuming Taylor signs, I'd say the only obvious gaps are competition in defensive midfield and up front. Grant, Sibbick, Atkinson and one of the strikers look to be surplus.

My concern at this point is whether Taylor and Oyegoke solve the right-back problem. Taylor will likely take time to settle and Oyegoke didn't seem to set the heather alight in League 2. I'm well on board with signing younger players with potential, but it's probably an area where we could do with an experienced option. I'd also say Spittal/Dhanda for Grant/Fraser is the only position where we've clearly upgraded the starting XI so far, for all the business that's been done.

Still early days, though, and even if most of the new signings don't work out, we're heading into pre-season with a squad that's inarguably bigger and stronger than the one that finished the previous season. That's a big positive and gives Naismith time to assess the players before finalising our business in August.

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Regarding Gerald Taylor, Scottish Football Authorities have granted Hearts the "Governing Body Endorsement" document which gives approval to his transfer so we only need the work permit now. As he's playing in the Copa America and a current International that's expected to be processed early July.

Two RBs signed seems likely to mean Nat Atkinson will be on his way.

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Shame we didn't cut Rangers allocation back a bit for their fans meathead behavior.

Maybe that's still an option, leave the seats empty.

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