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Dani Sanchez out for quite a few weeks unfortunately. I'd go with: --- ESSON --- DUFF --- INNES --- HOGG --- SHINNIE --- DUNCAN --- COX--- DORAN --------------------------ROSS / HAYES ---ROONEY--- FORAN ---

The Press and Journal are reporting today that the Sanchez injury was worse than ititially feared. Turns out he broke his hand in three places and required surgery on Sunday. Butcher thinks he'll be out for over a month and will miss the cup QF story here This is a real blow not only to Sanchez but to the team. Since he made his goal scoring cameo against Elgin he looked a far hungrier player and he looked a lot better than he has done in the past. He has strengthened up considerably and doesnt back away from tackles nearly as much as he used to. Also with his goals and creativity he brought something different to the team, as the article says he also brought enthusiasm to the dressing room which made him a popular part of the team, he will be missed i wish him a speedy recovery and for him to be back to full fitness soon

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Gary

is it just me that thinks we havnt seen enough of gil yet to be putting him down all the time he's came a long way to play for us its gonna take time to settle give the guy a break hes only 20 I completely agree, seems like he's been written off without even playing a full game

Given the injury to hayes and our recent signings, i'd line up something like this: ---ESSON--- DUFF---TOKELY---HOGG---SHINNIE ---DUNCAN---COX*--- DORAN---ROSS---FORAN ---ROONEY--- * change Cox for Proctor if Cox isnt fit

you are right, he started as a right back but was tried out in the left back position and excelled. I notice he scored against chelsea last night as well Great to have versatility in the team

Bardsley has been playing left back for Sunderland and been doing pretty well there. I would certainly pick him before Wilson whom i do not rate. Isnt Whittaker usually used on the left? I notice he isnt in the squad. Is he injured just now?

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Doncaster

Supposedly Wigan are the latest team on for Sammon. He'd be a decent catch for them

Great news Delighted to see Shinnie being called up, fully deserved IMO

dirty

the 4-5-1 (4-2-3-1) counter attacking formation we play at home is IMO a factor in why we havent been picking up as many points At home i'd prefer a less defensive outlook. Something along the lines of: --- GK --- RB --- CB --- CB --- LB --- DM --- RM --- CM --- LM --- STR --- STR ---

Every time i have seen Hamilton up here they bend the rules wherever possible. I have seem them steal yards at freekicks/throw ins, kick the ball away at throw-ins/free kicks/corners/bye kicks, time waste in every way possible (im sure i'd have time to go get a bovril in the time it has taken Cerny to take bye-kicks in the past), dive before tackles are made, shirt pull and in general use every trick in the book to gain an advantage. The ref barely ever picks up on it because it is classed more than ungentlemanly conduct rather than direct rule breaking While i do not condone cheating sometimes i think taking a more streetwise approach wouldnt necessarily be a bad thing

Confirmed on official site

Serving to take the third set. 5-1 up

From BBC wesbite, Friday Scottish Football Gossip section:

Not a good start for Muzza against Ferrer. One set down and making a lot of unforced errors in the second

Saw that on P&B Few quotes from a Burnely forum about the Macdonald and Fletcher loan proposals:

As the topic description says, signed on loan for 6 months according to todays Sun, no online link available It says the loan signing of Wes Fletcher has stalled though

thats a belter I was thinking along those lines too until I noticed the killer line in the newspaper - all the teams have access to an extranet where they could check that the players have been registered. So the "it was in the post, honest" line was no longer a reasonable excuse. If they had made a minimal effort they could have seen for themselves if the registration was acknowledged and if not, contacted the SFA to check. Victims of their own ineptitude really. I didnt know this, i originally felt that expulsion was a bit harsh but if there was an easily accessible way to check registration and they didnt use it then they cant really complain

Mary

I was amazed that the linesman could see an incident 30 yards away clearly enough yet he missed a clear red card lunge on Shinnie only 10 yards away.