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We've signed two players from clubs who finished below us last season, neither of whom were particular stand outs for those teams last season. Todorov has scored three or four goals at this level in his entire career. Vincent underwhelmed at Dundee and didn't stand out at Dunfermline either. We have to hope that both will do better in our environment than previously. The big loss for us is Liam Polworth. Last season he either scored or assisted 30% of our goals and the season before he scored or assisted 40% of our goals. We need to replace that contribution.

All the old Caley and Thistle fans could wear black arm bands and perhaps walk to the ground from different directions ?

Tough start but hopefully pay back time

if we can convert half of our home draws to wins and maintain our away stats we won't be far away next season

We've based the shape around getting the best out of Polly for the last 2 years so I wouldn't be surprised to see the 4-2-3-1 dropped. Robbo has often been inclined towards a narrow 4-4-2 - could see Keatings playing off White with Vincent and Welsh in the middle and Doran and Walsh starting from deeper, narrower positions. The squad looks to have good balance overall, though it would obviously be nice to add a right-back and a creative midfielder/wide player.

I would agree with most of that but I think that Robbo will change the systems slightly to incorporate different types of players. The good thing is that our signings have something to prove in in the Championship and personally. Lets face it we are not going to unearth a Polworth replacement. The suggested teams are last season plus Vincent. I can again understand the logic but I hope that some players have changed our minds before the Championship kick-off. The other encouraging thing for me is that we have "replacements" in most departments - albeit several untried and unknown. Also makes pre-season considerably more competitive and hopefully we start off fit and prepared.

More looking at Arbroath on the 10th. And wondering if it is even possible to ask the SFA to punt it back to the 13th, to officially tie it into the 25th Anniversary, and here's hoping we'll draw in a decent crowd. However, if that's not feasible, hopefully some commemorative programme or scarf would make a decent addition...

Jordan White scoring 107 goals??? FECK ME! that must include training games?