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No, but the combined wage for just the one season for that lot would have been more than £75k! I'd rather we signed quality than stacking the squad with rubbish who don't play. Those wages you've quoted will be for all staff employed by the club's, not just the players. Yet again, you've gone to a lot of effort to post something that is completely irrelevant! If an extra £500 per week gets us a better quality of player than Kirkpatrick, Todd, Hilson, Stewart & Darryl Duffy then that will do for me!

Indeed. And its probably less than the wages we spent on Kirkpatrick, Stewart, Todd, Hilson, Buchanan & Donati!

But it doesn't matter if I've seen him in action! I'm not the manager! Putting it into perspective, £500 per week is probably less than the wages we were paying either Kirkpatrick, Todd, Hilson or Stewart. They were far bigger gambles!

£75k over 3 years is less than £500 per week. In comparison to a wage its nothing. Its trivial. Its a gamble I'm happy to see us take rather than signing the same old never has beens / never will be's like Halkett!

Indeed. And Heaton may or may not turn out to be a raging success who we sell on for £1 million. But we know for sure that Halkett will always be worth nothing!

Steven Thompson wasn't a regular with Burnley! They are only "possibles" because you personally haven't heard of them or seen them in action! Personally, I'm glad that Stubbs isn't limiting himself to signing players that you've personally heard of or seen in action! All this talk of signing experienced players, players who have played at this level is nonsense. The only criteria should be whether they are good enough! I have no idea whatsoever whether these new players will be good enough. But whether I've heard of them or not has no bearing whatsoever on how successful they will be!

Callum Ball came directly to us from Championship side Derby County! Lex Baillie & Mark Reid came directly to us from Celtic!

No doubt!

If he is, he won't actually win PotS though. Fans will vote for someone else just to be alternative!

Indeed, any signing can go any way. What IS wrong though, is stating that the probability of Heaton being a success is in any way linked to the level of English football that Harry Davis was playing in at one time!

Halkett was such a standout that nobody wanted him.... and he was free! Not sure what the level that Davis came from has to do with comparing Halkett with Heaton! Degenerating into posting a pointless photo highlights how bad your point is!

Halkett has no pedigree at our level either! What you really mean is that you'd rather we signed players that you've personally heard of or seen in action as opposed to who the manager thinks is the better player! Heaton has come from a club that had a higher average gate than Livingston last season.

John McGinn, Kenny McLean, Frank McAvennie, Ian Ferguson, Paul Lambert, Peter Weir, Frank McDougall, Billy Stark, Frank McGarvey, Lex Richardson, Billy Thomson, Steve Clarke, Tommy Wilson, etc. They didn't have any pedigree at our level either before they played in our first team! I'd take them any day over the Lex Baillie, Mark Reid, Jim Gardner, Alan Irvine, Andy Dow type of player that you clearly favour!

Your assessment of the standard of the 5 players we have signed is irrelevant! As for the 'ruthless clearout' who exactly are you taking about? One or two players who made the odd appearance, some of whom were out on loan anyway? We're hardly going to miss Gary Irvine and Darryl Duffy! The reality is that we've lost 2 first team players who we wanted to keep, Morgan & Davis. And Davis only started 20 league games! And he's been replaced by Heaton already! Plus we brought in 3 in the Jan transfer window, Flynn, Mullen & Hippolyte. Add Erhahon to that and its effectively 9 new players!

He said the same thing when he went to Hibs and never signed any Everton youngsters. http://bluekipper.com/news/club_news/7554-stubbs_wants_everton_youngsters_for_hibs.html

Eh? We've signed 5 players!

1. No. Also, all I’ve done is state that you used a racial slur to make a joke. I’ve no idea whether you are actually a racist. 2. Don’t know anything about it

Third Lanark finished in 3rd place in the league that season. They’d also won the League Cup just the season before. That also makes the 8-0 result so astonishing. Third Lanark were a major club in Scottish football.

I’m pretty sure that what is said at a KKK meeting doesn’t offend those attending. Doesn’t mean it’s not racist! Pozbaird used a racial slur to make a joke. It wasn’t unconscious.

Gerry Baker joined Manchester City 3 months before this game

I thought before the start of the tournament that Belgium might have a chance. They are looking good. Their front 3 of Hazard, Lukaku and Mertens is arguably the best in the tournament (maybe Argentina had a claim but they look to be out). They have class in midfield with De Bruyne, a solid central defence with Vertonghen and Alderweireld and one of the best keepers in the world with Courtois. They even have super subs in Fellaini and Batshuayi to throw on. WTF is Boyata doing in the side though? [emoji23] They just need to get Kompany or Vermaelen fit!

Faraway’s wife?

It’ll be an offer they can’t refuse [emoji6]

Aye. Sin bin for you ya Cnut.

Unless there is a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ as part of the deal.....[emoji848]