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If we get 800k for Garner then its fine. Alves is obviously the best signing but Dorrans would be good. He is a quality player. Very underrated.

Yeah, possibly keep as a squad player and given another chance. Although he will be down in the pecking order if Dorrans signs and Krancjar is fit. Dorrans, Jack, Kranjcar and Pena is a good looking midfield and not even mentioning the wingers who are joining.

Thats a big overhaul. But it will be interesting to hear opinions if anyone would like to keep hold of any of these players. For me they can all go. Waghorn is a player I quite like but had a tricky season and didnt get the goals needed. Windass plays like a steam train but disappears more often than not. I admire his drive when he does try but does he have the quality?

I think a lot of fans from the big teams would rather be playing Rangers or Celtic than the likes of Burnley and Hull. But its the other 14 sides who could see their place disappearing who wouldn't want this move. Then there Championship and League 1 sides wouldn't go for it as they would request we are taking their potential slots and that we should start at the bottom tier - which I wouldn't have an issue with.

Some of the big boys in the tournament this year: AC Milan Arsenal Lazio Villarreal Lyon Everton Marseille Zenit St Petersburg PSV Eindhoven Fenerbache Galatasaray

Chelsea would prefer him to get first team action but outwith the Premier League. Id imagine Monaco and Seville are the most likely options.

Alves is a tank! Ronaldo is known for his condition but Alves size stands out. I'll be tipping him for at least 8 goals coming up for corners. Not sure which chant I like best for him Bruuunooo or Alves (like we had for Albertz).

He cant ask for a better tutor next to him in a compatriot who has got 87 caps. Ive no problem at the moment if these guys come in with big ambitions to step up in the future, it means they will be putting in top performances and generate us big fees which we need to assist getting back to where we belong.

Totally get they have to go walk the walk but after years of signing poor players in a team under Ally which wasn't pleasing on the eye we are now bringing in players again who should fit the system and its going to be interesting hence exciting. Don't get me wrong - after the last OF game I even wondered about Pedro and that was going by what I seen two weeks in a row versus Celtic so if these players are awful I will be the first to say it. The part I mentioned about Dalcio was that I was looking forward to an exciting winger again - a position where we have had sheer class but recently been poor. McKay isn't an out and out winger, O Hallaran hasn't cut the mustard and Templeton was a failure so Im hoping this kid can be electric.

To be fair to Dodoo he hasn't been given a real chance of say 6-8 run of games. Flashes of class at Firhill and Pittodrie say he should have had more pitch time.

There is nothing wrong with talking up a signing at all and getting positive after how many years dealing with the likes of Kyle. Jeez no pleasing some!

And how have Scotland picked up since he came back. A 3-0 thumping at Wembley and a last minute winner by Chris Martin against Slovenia. Butcher

Looks a proper out and out centre forward to can score all sorts of goals. Shows there is a good chance in finding unearthed gem players out there.

Terry Butcher on Broon. And this is why Im delighted Butcher never got a chance to manage Rangers. Brown and Scholes in the same sentence is embarrassing. Scholes a truly world class player...end of. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40171605

John Motson's all time combined England and Scotland XI. Interesting. Peter Shilton Danny McGrain Bobby Evans Bobby Moore Roger Byrne Jimmy Johnstone Paul Gascoigne Jim Baxter Bobby Charlton Jimmy Greaves Denis Law

These games just don't raise the interest or excitement anymore at all. Probably by Saturday I will be looking forward to watching it a bit. But going back to last November at Wembley I didn't even bother switching it on until I woke up at half time as I expected a humping. With it being at Hampden there is a half chance it will be a close game. Going back to Euro 1996 I remember getting excited 6 months before when the draw was made. And the Euro 2000 qualifier had everyone looking forward to it at the time. It probably used to be the equivalent of Aston Villa v Man Utd but has dropped a lot and now is the equivalent of Swansea v Everton. In World levels its more like Notts Forest v Everton - A team who used to produce good players but now down many levels against a team who are the best of the rest but cant break into the elite. Looking at the England squad Hart in goal has an error in him all day long. their centre halfs are as poor as Ive seen - Cahill (decent), Stones (hasn't stepped up), Jones (Has stole Darren Anderton sick note title), Smalling (massively over rated) so they could be got at. In the middle of the park - Dier is OK but nothing special and that's all they have defensively. Jake Livermore would probably be the same level as what Scotland have now. The rest are all attack minded - Lingard (decent), Ox-Chamberlain (I rate highly), Lallana (over rated), Sterling (can win a match on this day), Dele Alli (the one to watch - bin him in the first minute and he could get himself sent off). Upfront is where they could do damage - not only do they have goalscorers in Kane, Rashford and Defoe, they are up against a shocking Scotland back line. I need to go back to the squad list to even remember who we have in defence. Where as in the past since I started watching Scotland we had worldly defenders in McLeish, Gough, Hendry, Weir......

Hampden could be downsized to a 35000 stadium for cup semi finals that don't include Rangers or Celtic plus Scotland matches against lower opposition. Juventus have shown going from a huge 60000 seater stadium to a 41000 has generated a mass atmosphere. Scotland games moved around the country like Spain do. But Ive always liked the idea of big games at Murrayfield.

Dalcio for some reason is the most exciting signing. About time we had an exciting winger again.

Struggling to keep up with the amount of players. Alves Pena Cardoso Dalcio Herrera Jack Dorrans And Daniel Candeias making it 8 players. The good thing is they are all PC signings and first choices and he wont accept less than 110% from any player meaning they should all perform. Under PLG we saw a lot of similar type signings who weren't exactly highly known but they didn't push themselves and weren't pushed by PLG plus ended up in a split camp. The good thing about Pedro is he wont accept a split camp or nothing less than maximum effort. As for Naismith - we are thinking about you but only hoping you don't sign.

That has been a short break when you think about it. But needed if we are going to get through the Europa qualifiers.

Shocking. He was a good player. Just don't understand how this happens to people in the peak condition out of the blue.

I think its only fair to let him go so he can play first team football. Seemed out of his depth a bit last season. Didn't know his natural position was left mid though. As for the business being done, its very reassuring and good to have a bit of excitement again even if they are unknown players. It could turn out excellent or a disaster but that's part of the ride. Fair play to the board for backing the manager and to get 6 first choice targets in is excellent work. I hope we add Dorrans for a safe signing. Alves is obviously the top signing but I like the sound of Pena, I think he could well be suited to the Scottish game as he comes across as 100mph. He could be similar to Windass in energy but have much more to his game.

Retirement home!! Im glad we didn't sign him back.

Thats interesting. Any ideas how would that work with Ashley still in the picture?

We just finished 39 points behind them. I said that at least has to be "closed by" 20 points - by our own doing of winning more games against the rest of the league. Even that makes 19 which would be too big a gap but I dont expect them to go unbeaten again so they wont accumulate the same number of points meaning the gap would reduce further.