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I thought the same, actually. He was bought by St Brenda.

I'd take all of those; except Mignolet and Chrivella -- simply because I've not heard/seen the latter. We need options up front and on the wings.

Look at the cover they have, though? I'm bemused at the way we're always so eager to get players off the wage bill if they are not first-choice. You need options. We've got a decent first-team, but we need more cover.

Man Utd don't look good. It's not their players, it's their manager now. He's good, but others have overtaken him, and I see others beating this Man Utd side.

First ever goal.

Shall we rename this thread back to what it was? What was it called, "Transfer Rumours and Deals Thread"? Edit: Got the title from the OP

Not necessarily, but I know what you mean.

That will come into it, but Flanagan did eventually play higher up, which made me think it was a ploy. Perhaps just having the FB at the opposite side tuck in, while the ball side FB plays high?

Anyone else think we played a situational back-three last night, at least initially? I felt Flanagan was narrow, with Kent and Tavernier bringing the width on either side; Candeias was narrow too, allowing Tavernier space wide. We went back to a more orthodox shape halfway through the first half, when the distances between players started to stretch. It may be that Flanagan was being conservative, and Tavernier was his normal bombing self?

Now that you mention that, I did think we're not as compact in that spell.

Foderingham back on the bench again: looks like Alnwick is indeed off. I think he's our #2.

To be fair, even I was struggling to see where Windass would fit in with our 4-3-3; he's not a RW and he's not a striker. Hopefully we make good use of the money -- I still think in the English Market £2/3 Million is on the low side for our joint-top scorer last season.

Anyone got the number for the Samaritans? Asking for a friend.

When your posts become predictable...

Waiting on Rangers announcing Barisic like...

That is an option, but I think SG stated he doesn't see McCrorie as a CB.

Possibly. Holt is away on loan to Fleetwood.

We should make a cheeky bid of 200k.

Yes, which they've looked able to do thus far. I think Jack, Coulibaly and Arfield are extremely disciplined. I does also give the option of a back three, as you suggested.