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Dont know if you had insider information Dewsburydude but it sounds like this guy may well be a signing for us Just read this article: http://www.southwale...ll_are_staying/

I dont really think it is unjust to harbour slight feelings of worriment about our future when we have so few players on board despite the fact our manager wanted to 'keep the squad together'. Remember Butcher and our Chairman have clearly stated that they want a team assembled as soon as possible, hopefully for pre-season. 14 players to sign in a month is no easy feat I dont expect us to go out and sign 14 players tomorrow but likewise i understand that we have a sizeable rebuilding project on our hands this summer.

Indeed a month away however I would hazard a guess and say that we have the least first team players on the books out of any SPL club (including Ross County) For Terry to have a full squad ready for the start of pre-season then we will have to make in the region of 14 signings. 14 good signings in a month for a team with our budget is going to be a tough task for any manager. Terry said he wanted continuity going into next season, this will not happen as we have or will be losing so many players. I dont have a partcular issue with having so few players signed for next season at this stage but my real issue is with signing players on 1 year contracts which leave us wide open to situations like this

No, dont recall anyone saying it had. Just having fun trying to name a team when we only have 11 players under contract at present

Still 7 short of a full team and subbies. Thats not including squad players. Going to be a long summer!

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Just read the article here as well: http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/One-more-in-one-more-out-at-Caley-Thistle-01062012.htm

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Foran got a new 2 year deal in January without a problem. Was he the only one offered a new contract then??? I honestly dont know but we must me doing something wrong if 11 players (who were to be out of contract in the Summer) were all offered new deals in January and only one signed a new deal!

I am all for setting a deadline if you have an inclination that it will in turn make your out of contract players sign on a bit sooner however if its true that no-one has signed on then the deadline was pretty ineffective. I agree that we need to see who is available to play for us next season but IMO this just reinforces the point that contract talks should have happened months ago. I dont buy into the excuse that we cannot negotiate with players while the threat of relegation is there. Relegation release clauses or relegation wage drops could easily we written into contracts

Havent seen a paper yet today but by the sounds of it the P&J are running a story where they claim that none of the out of contract players have replied to the contract offers on the dealine. By my reckoning thats OTJ, Billy McKay, Piermayr, Gillet, Tokely and Hogg away then Not good if true!

I didnt really think about that part too much Alex but you bring up a very good point. If a players contract expires this summer then surely any club would be able to speak to that player 6 months ago? Someone correct me if i am wrong

Lambert has handed in his resignation this afternoon but it has been rejected. Sounds like he wants to move but Norwich dont want to let him go. Lambert has done very well and I think he will do well at Villa if he is allowed to reshape the team properly. Rodgers is a manager i really rate however managing at Liverpool is a huge task and there is so much more expectation at Annfield. I hope if he does move there that he is given time to implement his management style on the players properly

it says that we have a GK lined up but only that we want a striker following Tades departure

story here: http://ictfc.com/news/club-news/501-new-faces-are-on-the-way- This season really is a make or break season for us IMO and we really need to assemble a squad capable of firstly remaining in the SPL but also hopefully challenging for mid-table.

Darren Dods?? Machine!!!!! would love a player in the mould of Dods back with us now!

I'm sure i heard somewhere that County were trying to sign Cadamarteri

O'Conner while being a pretty good footballer has some well documented issues and ive just read this about Riordan: source: http://m.local.stv.tv/edinburgh/magazine/103946-footballer-derek-riordan-banned-from-entering-city-centre-at-night/ Would take a very brave manager to gamble on having both in the same team

I fear the same. Butcher doesnt have a great history in the transfer market (baring a couple of gems) so its going to be an interesting summer trying to sign quality with a reduced budget

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Think Alex was meaning that Hayes was panicing as it came out before he informed ICT, well thats how I read it anyway My mistake, I misunderstood that it was us fans that were panicing! Not yet but not far off if our players continues to jump ship! Hayes has tweeted his final word on the issue "This is the last tweet about the matter, I dont have my sim card on holiday on holiday and I wont be making a decision Til I get back! Have a good day"

Agree that all to often our style of hoof and hope play didnt suit him. When he was on form and we played football on the deck he looked very good. I liked him as a player but when you have a player who is more suited to a technical game than Scotlands physical game then there was only ever going to be one outcome. Glad to see him doing well overseas

Dont think anyone is panicing Alex, just a lot of people confused over a lot of conflicting communication, assumption and rumour on where Hayes will be playing next season. I am the first one to admit our chances of holding onto him are slim to none and am under no illusions that our offer to him will in no doubt be double if not trebled or more by other clubs If, according to media reports, he has only verbally agreed terms with Aberdeen while on holiday then what would stop him phoning Tel to say thanks gaffer for a few good years but i'm off east to cuddle some sheep?

Maybe a poor choice of words on my part however it seems strange that Aberdeen announce a deal is agreed while Jonny himself seems keen to distance himself from any deal being agreed. Anyways i stand by my original point in another thread, big lack of ambition shown by him moving to Aberdeen IMO