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Today was Gary Warren's sixth yellow so I assume he won't play on Saturday.

That was really disappointing to watch, add to the fact that was Ross County's first win in 11 games FFS. John Hughes needs to start getting the finger out and sort this pish out. First half vs Aberdeen and now today have been totally unacceptable performances.

He wouldn't come back here unfortunately.

Well that's the transfer window open now, have we signed Tam Scobbie yet?

I see Brentford are looking to sign Arsenal's striker Chuba Akpom on loan (Someone I wanted us to use the Arsenal link for last January transfer window) With them already having Marcello Trotta and to add Akpom maybe El Alagui could be a realistic loan deal till end of season?

People that are against Ryan Christie starting vs Ross County - Ryan Gauld. He has the potential and will do really well in the first team.

That's a good shout! Can't see him being satisfied sitting on the bench, which is where he would be unless McKay is dropped (!) or a complete change in the formation that got us to 2nd (which is a risk that might be immediatley rescinded leaving one or other on the bench). What about playing 2 up front instead of the "Shinnie Role" behind Mckay. Mckay and El Alagui would be a fantastic partnership.

That's a good shout!

HT: 3-0 FT: 5-1 1st ICT: Mckay 1st C*unty: Carey First Goal: 12 mins Number of Corners: 13 1st Yellow Card: Draper

Brill Raven Meekings Warren Shinnie Draper Williams Doran Christie Ross Mckay

I see ex falkirk striker Lyle Taylor has gone to Partick Thistle on loan. That's the type of player we need! As for Tony Watt coming here, would've better signing him if Terry Butcher was still manager but in saying that Richie would be just as good to sort him out. I made a suggestion the other day, Bahruddin Atajic, every time I watched him against our U20 and also Ross County's u20 he was always a stand out for them.

That's the worrying thing, although we have a good strikeforce that comes down to Billy Mckay. Say Billy gets injured or suspended (touch wood), then where will the goals come from. We really do need more help upfront, a tall goalscorer would be nice!

Well put it this way. From what we have seen, there is very little evidence that he is capable of doing well for us upfront, and add to that the fact that he is a 22 year old striker who hasn't scored even a single goal since he was 18. We need a 2nd choice striker who is at least remotely capable of challenging for a 1st team place, and sadly he isn't the answer. He was a panic signing when it became apparent that Curtis was a total dud. To be fair to Toby, how he nor Shane Sutherland from previous seasons could make an impact in a game within 10/20 mins is beyond me. I have watched Toby at U20 games, at the start of the season he was scoring goals granted he only scored like 2 maybe 3 but I agree we need a solid 2nd choice goalscorer that can influence the game at anytime and I don't think Toby can do that.

Just after watching Yogi's post match interview on the official YouTube channel, I wholeheartedly agree with what he said regards the January transfer window: "If we can keep everyone at this football club, then I make that good business" I think that the depth in the squad is actually not too bad when you compare this squad to last seasons. Do we need to strengthen? - I don't think so. What we need to do is Yogi to get in about the squad and be the motivator that Terry Butcher was. However, with Curtis Allen leaving and Toby Agdestein's contract running out next month, I think Yogi needs to address the strikers situation as we are very light. Will we be renewing Toby's contract? Is Calum Ferguson ready to be a back up striker? What about the Arsenal link up, is it still there after Philip Roberts, we could utilise that. Other than strikers, I think our current squad is the best we could ask for and we desperately need to keep hold of that. I agree about an assistant manager coming in though.

Well I certainly was not impressed by Celtic today which makes it hard to take that we didn't get anything out of the game. When the goal went in at 4 mins, I thought to myself that this is going to be reminiscent of the first half against Aberdeen. We done well to keep Celtic at bay for most of the game and luckily Celtic didn't have much end product, so we should have brought the game to them. The fear factor of playing Celtic is gone and they were there for the taking. I really don't understand why we are reverting to a long ball play to Mckay - it won't work. Credit to Dean Brill today who made very important saves aswell. Why David Raven is still absent from the starting eleven beats me. Celtic's goal came from the right hand side, so who knows what would have happened if he was right back. As a post above says the link up between Raven and Doran is something we are missing. Unfortunately Nick Ross didn't have the greatest of games but I just don't think he is suited to the role behind Mckay. I was pleased to see Ryan Christie get included today and get some game time. I would go further and play him ahead of Nick Ross. Danny Williams at centre mid is not for us. Williams is more of a winger than a centre mid, don't get me wrong he tried his best in a bad situation without Foran but Liam Polworth might be a better option or Carl Tremarco. I feel like we need a bigger presence in the centre mid alongside Ross Draper. The honeymoon period for John Hughes is now over and we need more influence from him in the dugout and a good game to start that vs Ross County.

Celtic Park and Easter Road are both free the weekend of 15-16th of March. Ibrox and Tynecastle both used on the 15th.

According to the express we are also interested in signing Lionel Ainsworth. Would be a good move if funds allow us to however we have too many wingers so who would leave/go out on loan? http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/450675/Inverness-join-Motherwell-in-the-race-to-sign-Lionel-Ainsworth?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

HT: 1-0 FT: 2-2 1st ICT: Mckay 1st Celtic: Ledley First Goal: 10 mins 1st Yellow: Ambrose

Brill Raven Meekings Warren Shinnie Draper Tremarco Doran Ross Watkins Mckay The battle in the midfield would interest me greatly. Scott Brown and Kris Commons are the ones that create the attacks for Celtic and I personally think Draper and Tremarco's strength would stop Celtic creating anything.

HT: 0-0 FT: 1-2 1st ICT: Ross 1st Partick: Doolan First Goal: 58 mins Corners: 13

If he scores the goals that he does up here, I'm sure he would be kept on for them even if he was benched.

I think that £500K will be the starting price but I think they would go higher if needed. Liverpool have been sniffing around their striker Danny Ings and if they get a decent fee for him then I'm certain they will offer more than £500K most likely though they will offer clauses in the offer. Would Billy leave for Burnley? - Hard to say really, he did state that he was happy here and wanted to see out his contract but would he reject the chance of the English championship?

Brill Raven Meekings Warren Shinnie Williams Tremarco Doran Ross Watkins/Greenhalgh Mckay

Club have confirmed aswell that Cameron MacKay has gone on loan to Clachnacuddin for 28 days.

I'm gutted for Curtis that things didn't work out here. Watching YouTube videos and seeing his track record in Northern Ireland it seemed like we picked up another Billy Mckay however watching him in U20 games I wasn't overly impressed and his fitness didn't seem to be too sharp. I think tying up Toby Agdestein on a longer deal would be a more worthwhile move.