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Looks like the Dev. squad came back from 2-0 down to get a draw against County this afternoon. Both goals from our 'impressive' no 10 according to their twitter.

Tansey

Overall I'm disappointed that it has come to this. The Raven situation and the recruitment in the last 10 months or so are certainly black marks beside Yogi's name. However, I would argue that Yogi has done much more good than bad. The technical improvements in Warren, Draper and Tremarco are down to Yogi in my opinion. The style of football, although not quite everyone's cup of tea, is mostly good I think. He must also be given credit for introducing Christie to the first team squad as soon as he was appointed manager (Butcher gave Christie no game time). Personally, I am not too concerned for next season. There is the makings of a solid team still at the club. In a new manager I would like to see someone like Steve Lomas - young but with a bit of experience in Scottish football. I'd like to see any new manager be willing to be a bit more tactically adaptable i.e. If we're passing it about nicely but not going anywhere or creating anything let's go direct or mix it up in some way. I would also hope that the new manager is open to the idea of resigning Raven and Roberts. I will remember the Yogi era with pretty fond memories. Onward we go! (I reckon if we'd had a pacey striker eg. Storey/Watkins/Mckay in July we could be remembering Yogi as the man who'd led us to a European tie against West Ham)

Yes, Ferguson has been released. Really feel for him, definitely think he had the talent and work rate to make it at first team level. But as you say, injuries ruined any chance of a new contract. Also, if it hasn't been noted already: deals have been completed for Doran (2 years plus club option of extra year), Horner (1 year) and Fisher (6 months plus club option of extra year).

Pretty humiliating that. I know the management team are the most qualified to make these calls, but I just feel it is so blatantly obvious that we need to get the spine of Warren and Meekings back together. I'm not as critical of Devine as some people, I feel he has a part to play in the squad, but as pretty much every fan seems to think, a back 4 of Raven-Meekings-Warren-Tremarco would provide more balance and a solid base. The substitution of Roberts was also bizarre, he was still looking pretty energetic. No injury crisis to hide behind tonight. Cannot wait for this season to end.

I understand what you're saying. I was just trying to contribute to the discussion. Apologies. To be totally honest, I thought it was almost common knowledge that Foran and Doran were/are the top earners.

Don't want to state exact source but from a couple of people inside the club. This info is actually about a year old now, so as I say, new contracts may mean that it's no longer true. Chris Hogg was the top earner alongside Foran before he left, also.

Interestingly, they are (or at least were until Draper and Warren's new deals) our two highest paid players...

Dundee FC confirming Williams and Vincent have signed PCAs...3 year deals for both

OFW has been stand out over the last month or so. Not too much between them but I'd say OFW just shades it for me. Shame for Brill but that's football I suppose - he'll have no problem finding a new club if indeed OFW signs the contract he seems to have been offered.

OFW Horner Warren Devine Tremarco Roberts Draper Wedderburn Williams Hughes Storey Similar shape to the second half of last season when we played Ofere and Watkins through the middle (I know it wasn't quite 4-4-2 but you get the idea)

Lots of opinions and theories flying about but one thing I can tell you is that our poor form is certainly nothing to do with the absence of Russell Latapy

Very frustrating - yes. Couple of slight overreactions on here, though. Stirling is right, finding a striker is not easy. Storey is a very good SPFL striker as stand-out performances v Celtic, County and Aberdeen have shown. If he's available for Saturday I'd be tempted to throw Foran up there with him (for 60 minutes or so) to give Hamilton something slightly different to think about. I think everyone's probably agreed that we need to revert to a back 4 although this may be an issue with the forthcoming suspensions. Getting to the stage of the season where 'we've got quality players to come back in' isn't going to cut it...

Fairly certain he wasn't on the bench on Sunday...still out with the knee problem

I reckon Yogi's thinking was; 'we've looked a little flat since beating Aberdeen, let's try something different tactically.' Didn't really pay off today. Lucky to still be in the cup. Today was probably Storey's worst performance for us - certainly as bad as I've seen him. Thought Roberts did okay but Draper and Warren were standouts again imo. Great atmosphere! The dream lives on!