Mearns Saint

Yesssssss Reilly

So.....is Eck at centre half?

Who is playing centre half?

McGinn?

Get in!!!!

Dumbarton are going to be rotten this season. Them and Brechin are going down

Please have a look at tonight's results elsewhere Topcat and Pityme and simmer down

I've not seen enough of Reilly yet to say whether or not he will be a better player than Loy, partly down to the players around him being honking that last couple of games and it mostly being pre-season. I would like to have had Loy back along with Reilly but Loy wasnt exactly prolific when he was with us. I'm happy to wait until we've been through a few league games before judging.

On reflection of yesterday's game I think Reilly is getting quite a lot of excessive criticism that's undeserved. He was left isolated yesterday, I could see that, the BT commentary team could see that, yet some on here seem to be willing to hammer the lad just because it isn't Loy that's playing upfront. I don't get to see many games so perhaps he's been poor in others, but as some posters have pointed out, I think a lot of these cup games have had to be treated with an element of "pre-season games" due to the number of injuries we've had. That of course does not excuse the lack of desire from yesterday and I think Ross addressed that in his interview and it is down to him to rectify. Also thought young Whyte came onto a game second half (albeit already humped) and I thought big Ross Stewart did well when he came on. Don't think the other Ross Stewart could really be blamed for any of the goals. P.s. Prefer to post my match comments here than in the TopCat fuddery thread [emoji849]

No excuse for the lack of desire shown today.

Orient got bought over a few weeks back after almost folding completely. My understanding though is that they are still skint and won't be shelling out money on big wages

who'da thought it?..................meeeeeeeeee'da thought it

What a lot of tosh that article is. Where do they come up with these figures?! £350k for Morgan is laughable!

I don't get all this chat about Davis being replaced or not being replaced with good enough defenders. Davis, whilst he was clearly a good defender, only played in a handful of games for us before he got injured. A defence of Mackenzie and Baird was more prominent in the run in which seen us play so well. Would I have taken Davis back...of course....But I'm still more than comfortable with the acquisitions we've made and the squad we currently have.

What time is bounce game with East Fire today?

Sorry but I have to disagree. The majority of the team that finished the season so strongly have been retained, plus a few new additions who all have something to prove and will most likely not be on very much money. Were you not happy with the team that finished last season? For me it was some of the most exciting football we have played since Tom Hendrie. I think if we bring in one more experienced striker then we have one of the best squads in the division, however I think Ross will give Reilly a chance to lead the line first of all in the League Cup games before we bring in any other striker (Loy being the exception). Morgan and Magennis also have an extra year of first team football under their belts (in my opinion both more exciting prospects than McLean or McGinn were when they broke into the team) and I have a feeling that the former is going to score a lot of goals for us this season.

That is a lovely kit

I stand corrected

draw is live on the SPFL facebook page now if anyone is interested.........I suspect not

Really hope it's Southend they're only 15minutes along the road from me!

I think as he played for us under the age of 21 we get some kind of cut from the £10m as a development fee, albeit it will be absolute peanuts in comparison. Like 0.2% max. Perhaps someone can confirm

Can I please just say after all the bawbagerry on this thread....I cannot bloody wait for the new season!! "Jack Ross's Black and a white Armyyyyyyyy!!!" Never in doubt

I wonder if we might go in for Ian McShane that's been told he can move on at Ross County. Did Fowler work with him at QOS where he was excellent?

Excellent news Adam has been very solid at left back. I'd go as far as saying the most assured left back we've possibly had in 10years

Basa was apparently recommended by Billy the fish