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Agree with you there Johnboy -I think Scotland would be an excellent acquisition. Would much prefer Scotland to Sutton.

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Maybe a mod wouldnt mind moving it to the rumour mill?

after re-reading the article i see your point :023:

yeah that bit worried me a bit too, however its not as if we have an ubundance of strikers just now. I cant personally see the benefit of going to the press with this sort of thing, our last transfer was conducted in a very shrewd, astute manner which was kept quiet until Marcus' signature was on the contract which meaned the transfer was not open to hijack. If going down this route returns a new striker for the club i would be more than happy though

article from the P and J

Ahh feck, Hart in for Black then? or go for it and play a 4-4-2? :024:

so why do the team train at charleston school pitches or out at ardesier then?

Team for saturday? Fraser Tokely Dods Munro Hastings Wilson Black Duncan Rankin Paatelinen Dargo or Bayne Is Dargo fit to start now?

The only thing is, how likely would St Johnstone be to let any of the mentioned players go, and if so would they be outwith our budget? if they dont get promoted this year (which looks likely) then are the players going to want to hang about in the first Division for another year?

Fair Point. If we could get younsgsters from Premiership sides i'm sure it would be an avenue CC or Grassa would pursue however as we know its very difficult getting players from 'bigger' clubs to come North. I still think there is plenty young talent in the 1st Division, the list i wrote above was made of predominantly under 25 year olds and there are many more who i think could make it in the SPL.

Where do you suggest then? Serie A? la liga? EPL? Unfortunatley our current budget doenst really mean we can buy big so we have to look at lower divisions.

What sort of size were the bids?

With the end of the season fast approaching quite a few clubs are announcing transfer targets and/or pre contract signings. Although we have already got Don Cowie on a pre-contract it is evident that a rebuilding/strengthening project will have to be carried out over the summer so who would we like to see at our club? it looks more than likely that we will be scouring the lower divisions for talent and going with that theme i have listed a few players i think would make good additions to the squad. Jason Scotland (St Johnstone) Still SPL quality IMO Steven Milne (St Johnstone) Vastly under-rated player Simon Mensing (St Johnstone) remember him from playing for Clyde in the first division and always seemed a capable defender Richard Offiong (Hamilton Accies) We've been linked with him recently, looks like he knows the way to the back of the net and has been capped at England U20 level so must be a fairly decent player. Gary Mackenzie (Dundee) again weve been linked and certainly the potential is there to be a very good player Bryan Deasley (Dundee) pacey forward, something we really need IMO Kevin Macdonald (Dundee) quality midfielder with bags of potential. IIRC he's been linked with a host of clubs however over the past few seasons Stephen Dobbie (QOTS) great finisher and would be an excellent addition if you ask me. cant believe he's still not moved to a bigger club any views? thoughts? suggestions?

Frankly i think its embarassing that we are so far behind in our youth system, it is now clear that there is talent in the area but why are County the only ones that seem to be having any success bringing talent through? We are now an established SPL team, its about time we had a youth system that reflected it.

100% agree with that. spot on

is the message from grassa... Article from teamtalk.com Well said :025:

P and J article:

Since there are so many fans who post on here who obviously have more footballing experience/knowledge/coaching ability than our current manager if the shoe was on the other foot, what would you do if on Charlies position to change our fortunes given our current financial situation, geographical position, squad abilities, 'small club status' etc?

i'm with RossP on this one, that would be my preferred formation and the one which i would of thought could be most productive. :025:

Some very good points here. IMO opinion it was unfair of CC to get on at fans for not appreciating the team on Saturday, for 80 minutes that game was dire and left little to cheer about (even the most loyal fans on the planet would have found it hard to cheer on what was on display for most of the game on saturday) however from where i was sitting in the North stand we were cheering at corners and the rare occassion where we had an attacking chance. I didnt hear any boo's but plenty of groans, its very hard to cheer on a player when a simple pass is misplaced or shooting chance sclaffed? I have never booed the team and never will, its part and parcel of football that teams will have off days (especially in our case after the exertions of the cup game) but its something we have to accept. What CC has to remember, it wasnt just the players that were down after the cup game, the fans were too and that was evident in quite a low crowd and quiet support. I am in no way anti-CC as i think he has done a good job so far and am more than happy to have him at the helm of our club but i think he has a lot to learn in getting the fans on his side and slating us for not cheering on a dire performance was a tad unfair and a more diplomatic approach would have gone down better. i.e the game wasnt great, we were suffering a cup hangover, the fans had little to cheer about, we got an undeserved result at last, lets get on with it and push for top 6! I have heard certain groups of fans at games like to give certain players a hard time but again its part and parcel of football and it think overall barring the odd uber-critic we are a bunch of loyal, forgiving fans and IMO certainly not setting unrealistic targets/levels of performance from the team.

Just a shame Inverness hasnt produced more players like him in the last few years, loyal, determined, always gives 110% and he's a **** good defender to boot. Good on you Grantie :021:

Phew, IMO Bayne has been a vital part of the team this season and with the current striker crisis losing another one would be disastrous