Libero

This guy is unbelievable and the sooner he is out of Scottish Football the better Effectively what he has done is given the Old Firm a safety net so that if either club gets into trouble (as it has in the case of Rangers being brought to task over avoiding tax and using dual contracts) then he can roll out the news that all our TV deals are tied to the Old Firm and prevent them from being relegated or removed from the league due to the financial armageddon that would ensue. I always used to joke about the SPL being called the Self Preservation League but this really takes the biscuit

Maybe not, just read this article now: http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united/magnus_okuonghae_attracts_interest_from_several_clubs_1_1406947

Just read this article: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11781/7861541/Okuonghae-leaves-Us Could we be one of the teams interested in the 6"3 centre half? With us missing out on Lee Beevers and James Tunnicliffe it is evident we are actively seeking out another centre half He has just rejected a final contract offer from Colchester United and his history of League 1/League 2 clubs would suggest that he comes from the hunting ground that we are currently looking at.

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Inverness Courier is reporting today that Butcher is wanting to make 2 additions to the squad this week. Ross Draper is widely reported to be one of them so one more arriving this week. Good to see our attacking options are being considered: Still a bit of work to be done. We still need another 2 centre halves, another left back, a wide man to replace Jonny Hayes and another striker. Wonder how many loan signings Butcher is planning this season Full article here: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/More-additions-for-Caley-Thistle-this-week-03072012.htm

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nice goal i would have put in in the rumours but deemed sky sports news to be a credible source

the wiki page about him has him at 6 ft 5 but his profile at the Macclesfield site has him at 6 ft 1. If he was 6"5, then OTJ and him would make a pretty lofty central midfield

profile from Macclesfield Town website: http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10393~41680,00.html sounds like he could add a bit of steel to the midfield along with a goal scoring touch

Heard that we are close to signing midfielder Ross Draper from Macclesfield Town story on Sky Sports here: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11781/7859149/Caley-to-capture-Draper will post more info once i can find it

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I agree that the striking department looks pretty light at the moment, especially if Butcher continues to use Shane out wide rather than up front. I would like to see Shane get a chance playing up front rather than out wide as i feel he could do be pretty useful, think he will be used more this year than he was last year. That said we could still do with another option up front. Hopefully with Hayes and Gillet leaving then that frees up space for another 2 players on top of the 7 originally targetted

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Imagine we still had Robert Eagles! It would be a menagerie we'd have at TCS!

Corrected, you could be right with the freudian slip part

Was interested to see how many ‘local’ players we had when we were first promoted to the SPL. There is certainly not as many Scottish players in the squad now but the amount of ‘local’ players isn’t too dissimilar. I have classed Aberdeen and North as local 1. Bayne, Graham NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 2. Black, Ian NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 3. Brewster, Craig NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 4. Brown, Mark NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 5. Carricondo, Juanjo NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 6. Dods, Darren NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 7. Duncan, Russell LOCAL 8. Fetai, Bajram NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 9. Fox, Liam NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 10. Fraser, Michael LOCAL 11. Golabek, Stuart LOCAL 12. Hart, Richie LOCAL 13. Hastings, Richard LOCAL 14. Hislop, Steven NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 15. Keogh, Liam NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 16. McAllister, Rory LOCAL 17. McBain, Roy LOCAL 18. McCaffrey, Stuart NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 19. Munro, Grant LOCAL 20. Proctor, David NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 21. Prunty, Bryan NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 22. Smith, Jonathon UNKNOWN 23. Thomson, Darran NOT LOCAL OR NORTH OF SCOTLAND 24. Tokely, Ross LOCAL 25. Wilson, Barry NOT LOCAL CURRENT LOCAL PLAYERS: RYAN ESSON, GRAEME SHINNIE, ANDREW SHINNIE, SHANE SUTHERLAND, MARTIN LAING, NICK ROSS SCOTT MATHIESON (U19 KEEPER, IIRC HE IS LOCAL) So between the team we were first promoted to the SPL with compared to our current (incomplete) squad there is a 9 v 7. I think the issue here is players are no longer committing to clubs for more than a couple of years hence we dont grow attached to them and feel like they are local. The likes of Barry Wilson, players from Aberdeenshire way like Duncan, McBain, Tokely etc all felt like local players because they were with the club for so long. This is just a result of the fact that money is so much of a pull factor. Gone are the days where football was about football or loyalty. Its all about the £ these days

Goalkeepers 1. Ryan Esson 2. Antonio Reguero 3. Ed Baldy/Scott Mathieson Gone - Johnny Tuffey Defence 4. Josh Meekings 5. Gary Warren 6. Chris Hogg 7. Graeme Shinnie 8. David Raven Gone - Ross Tokely Kenny Gillet Thomas Piermayr David Proctor Steve Williams (end of loan) Roman Golobart (end of loan) Tom Aldred (end of loan) Midfield 9. Nick Ross 10. Andrew Shinnie 11. Martin Laing 12. Aaron Doran 13. Owain-Tudur Jones 15. Gavin Morrison 16. Ritchie Foran Gone - Jonny Hayes Greg Tansey Lee Cox David Davis (end of loan) Claude Gnapka Aiden Chippendale (end of loan) Strikers 17. Shane Sutherland 18. Billy McKay 19. Jason Oswell Gone - Gregory Tade Sam Winnall (end of loan) So by my reckoning we have a squad of 19. Still light on the defence and midfield IMO. Would imagine that Terry would want to start the season with a squad of about 22-24 so hopefully there is still another 3-5 players to come in. Top of my shopping list would be: A left back to replace Kenny Gillet, A centre half to replace Williams/Golobart, An attacking midfielder to replace Tansey, A winger/wide midfielder to replace Hayes, A utility defender/midfielder to replace Proctor Highly possible some of these may be loans but it still looks like a fair bit of work to be done by my reckoning

Antonio Reguero, seems like an ex-real madrid Gk, not having much luck finding out too much about him yet: Jason Oswell, young striker from Crewe Alexandra by the sounds of it, again not too much info readily available:

Tyrone Smith is reporting on twitter that we have signed Spanish goalkeeper Antonio Reguero and English striker Jason Oswell Dont know any further at this stage

Seems to have decent pedigree and from his bio at Tranmere it appears he is versatile in that he can play anywhere at the back. He does indeed sound like a Tokely replacement Heres hoping his injury problems are behind him and he can do a job for the team Welcome aboard David

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Barry Nicholson There has been a mass exodus at PNE with a lot of players being released however Nicholson was only placed on the transfer list, that leads me to suspect that they would want a fee if he were to leave. If thats the case (it would be strange given that he is 33) then i doubt we would be interested. That said he was a reasonably good footballer in his day, would certainly add an attacking impetus to the midfield