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Which suggests that there are other "front runners" so a non story really. I suspect that if he was going to come he would have committed himself by now.

It might make sense, from Barrowman's point of view, to seek a 2 year deal. From the club's perspective, it would make better commercial sense to secure a player of his age for at least three years.

Mr Bannerman seems to have a comprehensive knowlege of the content of the redtop in question. I take it, as a journalist, he reads it for research purposes !

Fully agree, in the days of Steve Paterson most transfer negotiations were conducted discretely in private. It would be so much better if that was still the case.

Barrowman certainly has potential but is an unknown quantity at SPL level. Dennis Wyness was even more prolific in the lower leagues but didn't have the beating of SPL defenders on a consistant basis.

I doubt it very much.

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I too think that it will be Spartans despite the fact that Meadowbank Thistle were testimony to the appetite, or lack of it, for a third senior team in the capital.

If the club go about it's business correctly then Don Cowie will be contracted to ICT for another three seasons come the end of summer. Then, if Hibs, or indeed anyone else, want him they will have to pay a vry substantial fee well in excess of what Rankin went for.

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Cove is effectively a rather uninspiring suburb of Aberdeen.

That would be a very good move even for a single season.

Batman

John Robertson is being lined up by the new owners of Livingston according to one rumour doing the rounds.

automatic

I'm sure many of the potential candidates have prepared for some time. It's the state of preparation of the SFL to analyse and judge the bids competently in such a short timescale that concerns me.

I'd settle for 3 and 5.

There are no clearly outstanding candidates. I suspect that Spartans may be admitted as the best of a bad bunch.

The problem is that the league and Gretna's administrators have dithered sp long that they haven't left much time for that process to be carried out.

machine

I agree with all that's been said. Bobby was vey shabbily treated by Ross County when they dismissed him given what he'd achieved for them in the past on extremely limited resourses.

He's being paid ?15,000 a week to warm the Parkhead bench. Way out of our league !

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