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Not quite. Foran, Hayes and Proctor all miss out due to injury and Mackay-Steven and Milne are not going either although Butcher said he was going to talk with them after we return next week so i'm guessing he is intrested in signing them perhaps.

Love the kit and loved the airtime on Sky Sports News.

I also have good word that it is released tomorrow morning. But i don't know what it looks like.

Any gametime for Milne or Mackay-Steven?

I think if Mackay-Steven impresses tonight then i think we should sign him. He could just be Tels next gem.

Agreed with RiG, i always thought he provided more as an all round midfielder as opposed to McCarthy, having both players in a team would be excellent for any club.

You really think Golabek will be a regular next season? I get that because he is old and been around the block then some people think he will be no good but TB said himself he has tryed to get in younger players but has struggled. There is only so much a club like ourselves can do.

His Wiki page has him down as joining Dundee 2 days ago.

Tee hee to Ross County who have spent the last month trying to sign him. I think he is a good signing. An experienced centre half who has played fairly well wherever he has gone. Whether he is cover or going to be a regular player well then we will wait and see. The fact that he left St Mirren does not really bother me. For all we know he left becuase Gus McPherson left. Looking at the current set of defenders on their books i'd say he was one of the best. Keep the new players coming Butch...

A good move in my opinion. Foran is a natrual leader, he has shown this throughout the last campaign and i think he is better suited to the pressures of captaincy. I think without the pressure of being skipper Granty will be a better player of it.

I doubt your alone but i have really enjoyed pre season so far and i'm looking forward to the season. At the moment i'd say behind Celtic we have strengthened the strongest and we are still looking to bring players in. Guys like Cox and Hayes could take the SPL by storm next year and with guys like Tokely and Foran etc we have players to keep these guys grounded. Butcher is projecting a great confidence from these guys, not a complacency but a confidence that i have never seen in any other ICT side. With the condition other clubs are in just now in the SPL compared with the positive hype and excellent signings made so far by the club i think we will excell this year and turn a few teams over on the way.

Lough was a left back i think. A position in desprate need of getting filled. Right back is no longer an issue, we have Proctor, McCann and Tokely if he is needed, though he will be a centre half next year imo. I want to know what happened to Oji, Butcher was talking about how he was chuffed to get him on trial because he had tryed to sign him before and so far he has not been seen at all. IMO we need a left back, a centre back, a right winger and may'be another centre mid.

Pitty about Morris, Lough didn't strike me as anything special. Wouldn't suprise me if we get some more trialists in this week. Pre Season has been really good so far.

I'll be heading down, but i'm going by car with family, so i'm probably just heading straight to the ground, see you there! :D

He won't last till Christmas. Unless they hit the ground running he is out.

I'm guessing Sam Oji's trial never materialised then? Pitty GMS didn't recover in time for today. And 2 goals for Odi? Astonishing given he barely found a strike against Clach on Thursday.

Aberdeen took in 6 trialists today but Mackay-Steven was not one of them.

Not a bad player, as it says on the tin plagued by injury but if we get him fit then i think he could be a secent player for us.

Well done to the lad for getting a good deal, all the best to him.

I liked the way the old kit had the orion group logo stuck over where flybe would be printed. Sooner the new kit is out the better.

We did do very well in the 1st half. Number 7 was very impressive whoever he was. Blumstein also looks a really good find, quick feet accurate passing and a very neat free kick taker, was unlucky not to score. Was also nice to see Jonny Tuffey get a very warm welcome from the fans. Nobody really had a bad game tonight, looking forward to games against bigger teams though. Oh yeah...where was Sammy Oji?

He was actually, he was standing next to Jonny Hayes in the crowd.

Half 7 kick off.

He has signed up with us. Not sure if it is a 1 year deal or two though. He has signed a 1 year deal with the option of a further year.

It won't hamper us that much this year. Cox and Blumstein are only 20 and are likely to feature regularly. Can't remember if Odhiambo is 21 or not? The likes of Morrison and Ross, even Shinnie have shown a lot of potential as well so wouldn't bother me to see them on the bench. I don't agree with it either but looking at some of the young players we have in our squad it really dosen't bother me at all.