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Brace yourself for this shocking news.. Are you sitting down? Gio has announced.. Roofe is injured.. Shocking I know.

Free Yilmaz.

I didn't think he would go anytime soon anyway but if that's true he is here for the next couple of seasons unless he gets a better offer.

He would be a cheap punt in relative terms. And if he decided to go elsewhere in Scotland our involvement only drives up the cost. Anyone under 25 and in the Scotland squad available for free from the SPFL should be on our radar.

Both Sands and Tillman represent for me an issue in terms of the markets we are looking at in our recruitment. Players in MLS are being valued higher than ever. Evander (who we were linked with in the summer, plays for Midtjylland in Denmark) is being linked to a move to Portland Timbers for around £9 million. The teams in the MLS can pay and command higher transfer fees than we can afford. They are buying up top talent from South America and Mexico. The future fee for sands being a reported £4 million is affordable in this case but generally the elite US talent is sold off at a younger age for much higher fees. An MLS team bought a highly rated Argie called Thiago Almeda for £15 million, 20 years old. Usually these guys go to Spain or Italy but the MLS has the means now to buy them, pay them well and give them a platform. Tillmans reported fee from Bayern is around £5 Million. Similarities when buying Kent for £7 million from Liverpool. These elite clubs like Chelsea, Man City can command big fees for thier youth products and also rights to any future fee. They are also generally paid quite well which gives us a challenge in fitting them into our wage structure. By all means we should be looking at all these players and bring them in if possible. But given our financial constraints they maybe don't represent the best value we can get. Bassey who was available out of contract for a small development fee is a good example of the profile we should be targeting.

What you heard 🥸

Whats the agreed price? Something like £4 million. Hetate and O'Reilly cost them about £3 million combined.

I'd be quite happy never to see him or Kent play for us again. I wouldn't miss them tbh. Colak will score goals and win us games, Roofe will chip in when hes not injured and Sakala is always about. When Lawrence comes back if he plays LW/LM we will quickly forget Kent ever existed.

I've plumped for Yilmaz as his passing forward and not backing off wingers constantly was refreshing. Leon King did ok, got caught under the ball for the 2nd and couldn't cover Davies for the first. But for a 18 year old up against a very decent side deserves a mention. James Sands is never a midfielder in a million years.

Yeah, its funny how we cant compete at this level but were able to compete with RB Leipzig and BVB last season who can compete at this level. Part of me thinks when he comes out with this stuff he is having a dig at the board for spending a load of the Bassey money on NEH.

Rangers 3 Aberdeen 0 FGS Colak

Its very much along the lines of we are outclassed at this level and it is what it is.

I think there is a few in the waste of a wage category and if we are out of contention for the league would like to see us move a few on and do a wage dump in January. Move on as many high earners as possible who don’t contribute like Morelos, Kent, Roofe. I’d even be listening to offers for Tav and Lundstram. Sakala will be on a decent package. Ben Davies will be well paid too. I know it’s pie in the sky but our wage bill is too big for us and with no Europe post Xmas can cut back on the squad.

Thank goodness that’s over. One more to go.

Had them chance to get shot away but turned back and tried to beat 3 guys instead wtf 🤬

Sands has played right side of a 3 for New York and could do it. Not really much to lose by chucking in Devine tbh.

Sands or King could play there. So could Jack if he was fit…

Morelos, how did he not score there? Dumpling.

Tav trying to set up Raspadori there

Not sure why we are pressing and committing bodies so high up the park. Games pretty much done it should be damage limitation stuff not open ourselves up to a break

Handball

Sands just doesn’t look comfortable in midfield

Sakala on for wright for some reason

Will anyone want him. Been woeful. But yes it’s clear something is not right at the club.