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I think those players will still be ok to play. It says the training takes place between Monday the 7th and Wednesday the 9th of Feb.

If McBain is looking to play some regular games before he decides to retire we should release him once fully fit in order for him to find himself a club.

Do you think anyone did come in for Rooney? I wonder if any one came in for him at all and thats why he is still with us or maybe he declined other teams to stay with us. If Rooney had any sense he wouldn't sign for hibs until the future of Calderwood has been decided, Rooney could end up signing on for the end of the season and find himself under a new manager that doesn't want him.

it shuts at 23.00 tonight.

Golly in at 9th choice defender, ooft.

I'd love to see Rory at Hibs. I'm still not convinced hes SPL material but well done to him for getting back if this is true.

Fingeres crossed Sammon moves in this block and we manage to sneak Tade.

we did

Hopefully with us now hammering all of our games and with teams now needing to catch up they will soon start feeling fatigued and lose a bit of form themselves. Dundee Utd have FIVE games in hand, now i know they will probably still overtake us but after those five matches they may well be knackered. Our next two games are Aberdeen and Dundee Utd at home. I'd be happy if we could take 4 points from that and would prefere the win over Utd to widen that gap just a little.

Malpas at centre half? MALPAS AT CENTRE HALF?! This is just so typical of the sort of armchair boo boys that come on here and try to tell the manager how to pick a team and pick holes when he's just doing an honest job, and then they go and make fundamental errors like this. It sickens me. It really does. It sickened me to think Tokely could play centre half....and yet he can, just as well as superman. This then proves my theory that ROSSCOE IS SUPERMAN

I still think we'll finish 7th, too many teams have games in hand and they should and will catch us. I hope now that Johnny is back we can pick up some form though and at least challenge right till the end for a top 6 place.

My thoughts too, Semi's seem like there could be a couple of good matches. Keep us updated.

Not because he has scored half as many goals but it does put it into perspective. We can't expect to get anymore than 200k for him with 6 months left on his contract.

I'd be pretty confident about Tade doing a job for us if he was to come in. There IS talent in the first division and if we can get him for a small fee then i don't see why not.

I think its a safer option for him where he will get a good pay. If he is to have a good season with Hibs next season then who knows who might be after him after that. Rankin moved to Hibs and he is only a bit part player for them in a very poor Hibs team, the same thing could happen to Rooney so i don't think he should be jumping too high until he can prove he is capable of scoring goals at another club.

I'm sure Hibs will be back to their usual self next season and this season is only a mere blip. Hibs are a much bigger club than us in general and i'm sure they are offering Rooney a lot more money than we can give him. I always thought his next step up would be to someone like Hearts, Utd or Hibs and then onto bigger and better things once he has proved himself there. If he is going to sign a pre contract then i say let him go just now for some cash. We done excellent keeping Ian Black for the last 6 months of his contract didn't we....

Rory is still rubbish.

Yes, he got some games in our first SPL season, and surely takes the prize of worst SPL player. Whenever he came on as sub we used to say it was worse than going down to 10 men. Yet Robbo liked something about him and gave him a lot of chances. When Robbo was answering questions on this site I politely asked him what he saw in Darran that nobody else could, and he kinda admitted he got that one wrong. We released him later that season and he failed to hold down a place at Elgin, Albion, Alloa, or Cowdenbeath before dropping down to the juniors for a few seasons with Bonnyrigg. Interestingly Paul Sheerin brought him to Arbroath this season, where he has made 2 appearances. Edit to add : I see he is down as being a defender now, which is quite surprising - he was a lightweight left midfielder for us, and I don't recall him ever making a tackle or winning a header. Interesting to see Darran playing for Arbroath, i thought he had completely vanished.

This is my 3rd negative post about Shane Sutherland but i can't help feeling he doesn't have what it takes at this level. He just hasn't progressed in the same way shinnie and ross has and i can see him becoming the next Rory. He hasn't merited being one of our worst SPL players yet but i definitely don't think he is SPL quality. Did Darran Thomson ever play for us in the SPL? IMO he is the worst player to play for ICT, Not only was he garbage but he used to play all the time!

With Hayes out just now Rooney is finding it hard to get on the recieving end of some decent balls and IMO thats why he is looking a shadow of his old self. The gap between midfield and attack today was far too great and Rooney was up on his own too often for my liking today.

Except for Shane Sutherland who appeared to keep on tackling into motherwell players feet while he was in possession of the ball. I thought Nick Ross had a good game today and done well going forward on occasions. Ross Tokely was solid at the back winning every challenge and then ruined it every time by hoofing it up the park to nobody. Overall it was an ok performance and it had a draw written all over it. Either side could have won today so i'm happy we were able to hold our ground on Motherwell in league.

I voted for Hayes too as i have always thought he was our best attacking player. If Rooney leaves then we have some real problems upfront though and out of anyone else at the club he is next in line for most important to ICT along with Ryan Esson. Shane Sutherland is not SPL quality and may be a good partner for Rory at Brechin once he becomes 21.

Adam has had since August to make his mind up on that contract. This thread isn't going to make one difference to his decision and although I would love it for him to stay i can't see it happening.

I heard that although Inter are buying Rooney they are willing to loan him back to us until at least the summer.

I'll be there plus 1. First game since Celtic 2-2 and can't wait. Although i'm still a bit sceptical about winning when Hayes it out.