lenny3k

From some of the stuff I saw when we were first linked/signing him, it sounded like, for the past few seasons, his head turned a bit in Mexico and his performance suffered, maybe he needs just that little bit longer to get back into his groove and focused on his football than previously thought...

Especially to go to a lesser league as well.....

I would also be very, very surprised if Hearts, a club looking for money to finance the shortfall on their new stand, were to offer Walker a contract to make him the highest paid player at their club, bearing in mind they have just signed Lafferty and Berra who will not be on small wages by any means.....

Walter Zenga and Bruce Arena were both goalkeepers I believe. Also, the current Wolves manager Nuno was a GK and he's a fairly decent manager, has a good reputation anyway, but it is indeed very rare they make managers... I believe most go on to be coaches, if they stay in the game at all

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English clubs still in the very early stages of pre-season training so i'm sure there would be a couple that could have a match arranged at relatively short notice, however, as rbr quite rightly says, most will be all scheduled so may not be the most glamourous of ties. After last week, not sure glamour is what we are looking for anyway.....

We should be looking to ship out O'Halloran as part of a swap deal as I would have thought any team in the top league bar them and the sheep would want him... Is there anyone at Partick we want? Send him to Hearts as part of the Walker deal?

Chinese rules have been tightened up so ridiculous transfer fees are likely to be a thing of the past.. Can't remember the exact detail but the Chinese FA basically said what ever you pay in transfer fees, you have to pay the same amount to grass roots or something like that..... So, if for example they paid £90 million, they would effectively end up with an outlay of £180 million. Although, not sure if theres anything to stop them paying outrageous wages to out of contract players.

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Scottish Sun........enough said

I think, going by PC's past decisions, there are really only two possible variations of this line-up that PC would go for... That being, Waghorn out, straight swap for Morelos or, Candeias in for Waghorn and then Miller through the middle with Candeias on the right. I personally think you've got it spot on with the line-up but, a 1-0 lead away in Europe is not the time to start experimenting/taking risks..... A couple of early goals would give us that freedom, but from the start, its all about getting the job done and dusted asap

I guess this is another player like Rossiter and Dodoo where we only have to pay £250,000 for him as its cross border?

why would a player wear green football boots full stop

love that speech, gave me goosebumps the first couple of times I heard it....

Exactly the same as my thoughts

The fall would match that of his reputation..

Foderingham - 5 Tavernier - 6 Bates - 6 Cardoso - 7 Wallace - 5 Jack - 8 Holt - 6 Kranjcar - 9 Dalcio - 6 Waghorn - 5 Miller - 7 Subs : Candeis - 6 Rossiter - 6 Morelos - 5

I think his registration with the Turkish FA from his previous loan spell runs out on 30th June/1st July so I would guess either they have released his registration allowing him to play, or he will be available to play the second leg and has been added to the squad as the wildcard entry.. I orignally thought the wildcard was being held open for Dorrans/Walker but I guess now they don't see them joining in time...

He also stated 4 players would start before Candeias was added to the squad so that may change, however, I think if the chosen players have been aware they are playing since Monday, there is obviously a plan in place which i doubt he will want to change this close to the game.

Love that we have a Spanish speaking reporter in the press conference, followed world-wide even though its only QR1

I have a sneaky feeling that either Morelos or Herrera may start on Thursday, but, maybe thats just wishful thinking I can't be the only one whos excited about a defensive midfield partnership of Rossiter and Jack this season? although, thats probably jinxed them but heres hoping they can both stay fit and form a parternship Other than that, I think that line up is pretty nailed on, potential banana skin for making wholesale chanegs

This is the exact reason why I prefer the 'goal scoring chances created' stat to the 'assists stat' as only really the player in question can affect that stat whereas the other stat is dependent much more on other players

very true, he did miss the first few days/week of pre-season if i recall correctly?

I personally think Walker may actually be a better player for us than McKay... Don't get me wrong, I think McKay is more talented and has more potential, however, I just don't think he has the right mindset to realise that potential to its full extent.