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cannot see how anyone can be in the tiniest bit concerned? our squad has lost just 3 players in Andy Shinnie, OTJ and Reguero. Brill has looked solid and dependable in the matches so far and looks a ready made replacement for Toni, James Vincent looks like a quality buy from Tel as unlike Owain he seems to be more forward thinking in his play, and like with Brill seems to have integrated well into the squad. Admittedly I see Shinnie as a big loss, but with Doran playing in a more natural central role with more freedom to express himself and with the promising acquisitions of Williams and Watkins on the wings and Curtis Allen (who looks like he has an eye for the onion bag) I personally still see us as one of the more exciting attacking sides in Scotland. (Cue someone to bump this post come our relegation with 4 points in May).

So the leagues will now be called Scottish premiership. Scottish championship. Scottish league one. Scottish league two. I wonder how long it took them to come up with that? Are they trying to kid us on the leagues have been revamped here? Also the new SPFL logo has been ripped off, it looks Exactly like the Singapore national lion logo except different colours and facing the other way... Looks like Doncaster has paid a graphics artist to come up with a half assed job and copy someone else's, hold on the English leagues are named that too aren't they?

Has been called up to the Canada U20 squad

What a result! If this doesn't convince Richard Brittain he was right to leave County for Saints, I don't know what will!

Not a good result for rhem tonight. They could give Hearts a run for their money this coming season.

How often do ICT sign players of any pedigree?

The biggest laugh was the quote: " "A mountain of work has been done over the summer to get to this point and I believe there is much more that can be done," said SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster." Really? Translates as: "We argued and argued and argued, then wee Hamish said "why dinnae we jus dae whit rae English dae?" and we all agreed. And went to lunch before hitting the course for 18 holes.

Pretty good game. I had expected it to be a mainly under 20 team, but there was a bit of experience in each area. Seemed to be set up similar to the 4-2-1-2-1 from last season, Cheyne, Cooper, Gorman and Tremarco along the back, Draper and Devine in front, Ryan Christie in the A.Shinnie role, Ross and Greenhalgh out wide and Evans up top. We started pretty well and got the early goal, a tap-in for Nick Ross after some good work from Greenhalgh and Christie on the left. I almost missed it, saw some advancing as I was posting the team lines, then looked up and there was Nick 3 feet from an open goal, my brother had to tell me who crossed. At least he was better then the announcer who credited the goal to Greenhalgh. Wick had a decent spell and had a great shot that came of the post/crossbar with the keeper well beaten, and another good chance from some bouncing around the box. Our second from Draper was a good shot from just inside the box after a low pass though the middle from Evans, and the third was a great cross from the left about 10 yards inside the Wick half which Evans dispatched well. Greenhalgh had a good chance from a free kick during this period as well, but it was always curling away but was just a couple of feet wide. Wick came back into it a bit after that and it was pretty even until half time but no great shots of note, although there was a scary moment when a deep cross slipped through MacKay's hands and out for a corner. Half time and a nice pie at a reasonable £1.50. Second half and Sutherland came on at right back and the rest of the defence moved one to the left. Devine seemed to be playing a bit deeper as well and we went more of a 4-1-3-2. Play was pretty even again, maybe Wick having the better of it, but then Sutherland went on a run up the right, and then fed it in to I think Evans who passed to Christie. It was a little behind him and I thought the chance was gone, but he managed to pull it back and get the shot away and in. The fifth came soon after, nice work on the right from Evans chipped into the centre from the corner of the box and put away by Ali Sutherland. All a bit scrappy after that for both sides, Wick got through a few times but couldn't get the shot away in time or on target. There were a couple of fiery moments, first when Pepper and a Wick attacker went down together in the ICT box, the whistle went and I thought Pen to Wick, but it went our way, next Pepper and the Wick guy were tangling and the ref was racing in to split them up, just a talking to for both of them though. The next was with just a couple of minutes to go, Draper went in hard in the midfield and a Wick player ended up needing treatment, no foul but Draper did get some treatment from the home fans as well. By this time Brown and Holwarth came on, direct changes for Cheyne and Gorman respectively. Not long after Wick got their goal, no less than they deserved, they had played well, and Barry should have a good season if he can keep some of the trialists. All in all a decent result, better than this time last year when it was 0-0 in the same game, and we do seem to have some options other than the first choices. Evans seems right up there, looking for a shot and getting the ball in good places, Greenhalgh does have a great delivery, though as some have said for other games, he does sometime look to go on himself when the pass would be better. Christie is doing his dad proud and we look to have some good defensive cover. Tremarco doesn't go forward as much as Shinnie, but then it gives the option of Shinnie being able to cover midfield and we don't have to worry about left back cover. As Lizi said elsewhere, the U-20 games could be very good this year as well.

Going by the under 20s who have showed up so well already in pre-season, I am looking forward to Tuesday afternoons already!

Another Canadian International comes through the ICT ranks

Both set ups have a Doncaster that does not perform very well.

Maybe he just blew a gasket.

I am paying £30 to watch Sagan Tosu v Sydney FC here in Japan on Wednesday. Cheapest seats in the main stand. Alessandro Del Piero will be there, albeit not at his peak. But some people paid a lot more to watch Elton John at ICT and he's rubbish at football.