Renegade

I don't wish to go over old ground yet again, but I wish people would remember what happened after Munro went. Our defence was a shambles the following season and we were bad enough to be relegated - only saved by a bankrupt Dunfermline and a dire Hibs side.

Positives - Calder looked decent. Very attacking from full back and showed a lot of drive when dribbling with the ball. Seedorf seems to have something about him. Elsdon looked very commanding at the back before he was hooked at half time. Strong in the tackle too. Negatives - The trialist Daryl Duffy was absolutely useless. Vigurs and Polworth were poor. Our shape was all over the place. Our midfield was non-existent. Elgin passed through us like there was no-one there. In these friendlies, performance is really more important than the result and ours was absolutely terrible. Elgin could and probably should have won by more. Had they won 4-0 it wouldn't have been undeserved and this is an Elgin side missing their main goalscorer.

We didn't go to a back three once today.

Darryl Duffy was abysmal.

Hearing on the grapevine, Robbo wants to bring in two or three more players. Joe Chalmers looks set to be offered a deal and there's a tall Dutch striker coming in.

Thought Alex Cooper played quite well. Don't think Leitch is the man for us - he's not a bad player but did very little today. He wouldn't break into our team I don't think.

I thought the one on the left might be Elbouzedi. Don't think that's Polworth.

Brad Mckay just put this photo up on Twitter. Who are those two in the background?

Shamrock Rovers are interested in bringing Dean Ebbe back apparently.

It was behind closed doors at Fort George apparently. We won 2-0.

I see Wrexham have officially signed Scott Boden so we can finally truly say cheerio to one of our worst ever strikers.

If he got a game he'd probably still be the best player on the pitch by some distance.

Clarence Seedorf is his uncle. I see both STV and the P&J are saying Riccardo Calder has signed up but nothing official yet from the club.

Didn't Marley Watkins get a bad injury there too? I also hear the pitch isn't great.

I didn't realise Ridgers was only 26. He's been around a while now so I thought he was in his early 30s. Wants to end his career at Clach apparently.

A one year deal apparently. Don't think it was actually announced though.

Yes.

Seen a few fans heralding the signing of Oakley on Twitter already. Hold on folks, he looked pretty mediocre at best yesterday.

Someone on Facebook saying there that Ridgers signed a three year deal.

I wouldn't part with Draper unless it was for a fee closer to double that.

Never said it was. We always pick injuries there though...

Two Dutch lads coming in on trial next week I'm told.

Pretty dull game on the whole but never mind. My thoughts on the trialists as follows: Mark Ridgers - Had little to do on the whole. Number 11 - Best player on the park, very dynamic and a lot of good movement with and without the ball. Number 3 (Chalmers) - Did reasonably well without being too flashy. Number 9 (Davidson) - Not much to shout about really. Hardly involved and then got injured. Seemingly Elgin are after him too - I think that would be a better fit for him. Number 10 (Oakley) - Little service but nothing special. Saw nothing to get me excited. Number 6 (Leitch) - A few nice touches but not much really. Looked a bit lightweight. As mentioned, Davidson picked up quite a bad injury. This happens every time we play Forres. Why bother playing a team who are so brutal?

They do. This year it's Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers. Bray is 12 km south of Dublin city centre apparently. There's also Linfield and Crusaders from Belfast.

Don't remember Calder doing much at Dundee. Was at a time when Hartley had a massive squad and signed every player he could though as I recall. I know little about him really, but apparently he's mainly a left winger, but can also play in the middle and at left back.