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Play him if we're going to play a formation that requires a defensive midfielder to sit back and break up opposition play and try and pick out a strikers run from 35 yards.

Agreed however I think last seasons poorer performances were down to injuries and then the players taking the foot off the gas when the league was won which was poor. I've seen a lot of people post 'plan A isn't working' but don't think we've successfully deployed it since playing the Tims. Plan A was the entire team, including the keeper, playing a short passing game which meant the opposition attackers closed down to create space for full backs to run into assuming we kept possession. No coincidence that Tav and Wallace got shit loads of goals and assists last year. It required a high level of tempo, pace, quick passing and movement which is why players like Holt and Waghorn did so well. Since then we've stopped playing this way consistently and signed players who don't naturally fit this type of system - MOH, Barton, Hill and Niko. All sits with MW for me and if we're going to get anything from the game on the 10th he needs to change the formation to suit the players he's signed. Unfortunately don't think he can go back to Plan A as that would meaning dropping half the team he's bought.

It would be interesting to understand the level of money people feel should be spent rather than just saying 'spend money!' If we acknowledge the better players in the Championship being of a standard that would improve our defence beyond what we have then the transfers of Grant Hanley, Tommy Elphick and Joel Lynch this summer would be indicative of what we would need to spend. Hanley - £5.6m, Elphick - £3.3m and Lynch - £1.2m All three players are reported to be on at least £25k per week. Is that the level of transfer fee and wage spend we expect to be paying?

Agreed. Problem is we're undercapitalised and the loans just go to covering operating expenses. I really thought they would have made fan ownership part of their plan. 100k fans paying £5 a month for 51% would mean we don't have to rely on transfer fees or Europe to top us up.

I think this is a positive story when you think about it in the context of youth development and how this has improved under Warburton. I'm struggling to think of 10 players that have made the step up and genuinely improved our first team over the last 15 years. This is because up until now we've typically let them waste away in the unders/reserve teams. Putting guys out on loan at ages 17-20 lets us see whether they can improve the first team. If they can't they'll likely leave us to go to a higher level than if they'd wasted away in the unders/reserve teams so everybody wins.

Donated. All the best with achieving the target.

We should be playing him through the middle for rest of the league games. If he's not a first team player better to find out in the next month.

Loved the fact he didn't let that ginger monkey Fyvie get away with the knee in the back. Nothing wrong with having a winger willing to get stuck in!

No Prso no party

I had to give my ticket up a few seasons back but was £495 in section N then so perhaps around £550 next year.

I think we need another player like Holt who can drive it forward through the middle. Waghorn spent most most of his time picking up the ball about 30-40 yards from the goal at the weekend as the midfield kept the ball well but created nothing.

As long as wages are ok he'd be a useful squad player. Certainly not past it at 31 and a good pro younger players can learn from.

I think we've already got a good enough squad to finish ahead of teams like Killie over a season and adding in the summer will mean we can challenge Celtic. I think people are forgetting that whilst we've not changed our formation the balance of the the team changed when holt got injured. At that point we were hammering poor teams as we had pretty much a team of attacking mids and two wingbacks with Miller up top. However we looked vulnerable against better teams when the opposition were driving at us. I don't think it's a coincidence that we now look more solid at the back but have less in attack with Ball protecting the defence and Zelalem being more box to box than Holt or Law.

Totally, I think we benefit from the time he's spent outside of football in his previous career. Unlike some other managers, who as players never had to learn the value of money, he gets the financial realities of Scottish football.

Can Gasparotto play against us?