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I hope they know the cut off is before 12am The deadline is Midnight in Scotland. It's 11pm in England.

Apparently us and Ross County are hoping to complete loan deals before midnight.

Sounds like we wanted this guy on loan. It wouldn't surprise me if Southend were happy to send Bernard up here but it sounds like he didn't want to come here. In all honesty there are better options out there than this guy.

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Who?! I think MacDuffer is referring to Marlon Jackson who we had on trial before Sekajja signed. Well, the boy Marlon has recently signed for Halifax Town in the conference.

Totally agree but if we went with Gow and Watkins that would be enough to take us to the end of the season IMO. I personally wouldn't mind someone like Gavin Reilly of QOTS. He seems to be scoring for fun for them and he's only 21.

Nah. He's not really much of a striker anyway, more of a number ten and we've got enough of them already. Could be used in the same way Watkins playing off Mckay - could do no worse IMO.

I seen on Twitter today that Alan Gow is training with Hamilton Accies. Worth a look again for us?

We've been active before on transfer deadline where we have secured loan deals so I suspect that to be the case tomorrow, if not then it will have to be looking in the free agent market as Yogi says in the interview last week on the ICT YouTube channel. Kenny Cameron also stated that we have a contingency plan in place should Mckay or anyone else left the club, so again I'm sure we will be active tomorrow or some point in the future with a replacement.

Disappointed to leave the game today with only a point. Felt after scoring the first goal (fantastic goal too) we sat back and tried to protect the one nill advantage. I thought Marley Watkins had a reasonable shift up front but I do have to question where he was positioned because sometimes I felt he was sitting too deep and then he was out on the wings. I do share the feelings of other posters where we need a striker as at times I did felt we lacked a bit of bite up front. I was actually quite surprised by Ross County today, I felt they had a lot of the ball and defensively they were pretty tight today - fair play to them. Got to win next weekend at Partick.

Well we have played a game this season without Mckay up front at Parkhead and went with Watkins in the solo striker role in that particular game. I wasn't at that game but if I remember correctly we had a decent first half in that game where we could have been a few goals up. We can cope in the short term without a 'recognised' but I'd like to hope we get one for the long term at the very least and after listening to Yogi's interview, I believe we will.

We have until late Monday night to get a replacement secured. We also have time after that to get a free agent on loan Only free agent the loan would have to be done in the window I know, the free agent on loan comment was said in jest as its a CTO inside joke with a few posters etc.

Scott McDonald

We have until late Monday night to get a replacement secured. We also have time after that to get a free agent on loan

The guys that you list above neither Horner nor Polworth would get above them guys. I know it sounds harsh but football can be cruel and I personally think it would be in the best interests of the club and them two if we went our separate ways. Since Horner joined the club, I don't think he's played a first team game competitively just the friendlies. Polworth granted one of our own but Christie in my opinion is miles ahead of Polworth. I think Polworth would thrive at a lower league team in Scotland. Just looking at that list you've posted Alex, even Richie would struggle to get ahead of them guys.

I wouldn't rule it out totally. Rory Loy like Mckay's contract is up at the end of the season. Falkirk may deal at lower price and the money received for Mckay could be put into purchasing Loy.

The one on ICT YouTube is a lot better but it seemed to me we may have a new guy by Saturday.

The guy that broke the news about Billy Mckay and Wigan is saying that 'a host of clubs in Scotland and England are chasing Rory Loy' hopefully we are one of them.

Seen it quoted that we are receiving closer to the 200K mark plus freeing up Mckay old wages as he could have been one of the top earners at the club - so Yogi is probably right.

Doubt it, if he's having a medical today he will be signed for them today.

I see Henrik Ojamaa's loan deal at Motherwell has ended- another possibility?

He's currently on the bench for Sheffield United vs Tottenham. I would happily take Scott McDonald right now. He scored some important goals for Celtic and he's a proven goalscorer in Scotland - don't think he's a reject in the slightest.

I prefer the other boy Jason Cummings

Not that it really matters but Mckay having a medical tomorrow - assume personal terms agreed?

So with Mckay's imminent departure, who should we replace him with? Rory Loy - a suggestion made earlier by another poster, a good goalscorer for Falkirk but it was said that Hamilton were looking at him before they re-signed Jason Scotland so that suggests to me Hamilton were priced out. James Keatings - another championship goalscorer. He doesn't seem to get ahead of Osman Sow or Zeefuik but when brought on he has scored goals for Hearts. Nicky Clark - a player for Rangers that doesn't seem to get a chance but scored lots of goals when he was at QOTS, might be a cheaper option unless Rangers are difficult to deal with. Scott McDonald - recently released by Milwall and he has a good track record up in Scotland scoring goals for Celtic and in the champions league. He could be a short term fix for the club if finances allow it. Bahrudin Atajic - released by Celtic last transfer window and someone I have watched play a couple of times in the U20s and impressed me. I don't think he has a club yet so could be a possible option