Magic Monkey

And who can blame him? They sound delicious. I wonder if they were in Goodwin's product range in his last gig.

You are.

He's not a fullback now; some would argue he wasn't then, either. He actually plays in a very attacking role. Also, he's just signed a two-year deal with CSKA Sofia, so he's definitely not joining.

we need moar midfielders!!!1!1!!!! (But no, I agree, we've not had a decent DM since the manager left. And I'm starting to wonder if we'll definitely get a full season out of McGinn...) The best news of all is that he has a LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-miller-1092a495/

Centre mid, eh? You can tell Gus is pulling the recruitment strings 😂

Yeah, they all seem pretty livid. One or two are giving the the old 'never fancied her anyway' spiel. It's got to be a good sign.

Regardless of how many lay-offs we've made, we were never going to be paying the quoted figures for a player, so it's a moot point.

True, I'm not sure. Perhaps we're able to offer more cash. Even a couple hundred extra a week would likely swing it. But yeah, given his long-standing links there, you'd imagine that'd be his preferred choice.

But... but... that shaky hands emoji at the end... he might still... Aw, f**k it.

Well, yeah, I guess they still could. Perhaps I was jumping the gun a bit. I'll be livid if he comes to Spain with us then f**ks off to them though 😂

He played pretty much all of the games when Accies beat Hearts, Aberdeen and St Johnstone in the latter stages of the season. He was MotM when they won 1-0 at Dens. Put it this way: I bet Accies would keep him if they could.

Yeah, I'm really pleased with that - I was worried he might not be fit but Accies fans have said he was finding good form towards the back end of the season. Threat from free kicks, too.

FFS, scrap all that, it is Tony Andreu.

I thought he'd be a great signing for Accies but then didn't appear to do a great deal. Then again, he was virtually ever-present in a side that edged to safety, so maybe he's ok. There was a picture of the trialists from the game on Friday night and I've now convinced myself he could have been one of them, but I can't find it now. Anyone got it? Never mind, it's not him. Passing resemblance, maybe. Unless someone saw this guy at the airport and took it to be Andreu...

Did I say you said he did?

There's a decent player there, I just wonder if his head might not be quite right. Or perhaps he's a fair weather player. Dunno. But I do reckon he could really tear it up if he found the right coach who knew how to handle him. Can't imagine he'd be Goodwin's type, tbf.

I don't know.

Mihai Popescu is on the boat to NI today.

I felt it was too early for Jim last season. I think he wanted that pop at keeping Alloa up, and I reckon we're getting an even better manager as a result of his success last season. But you're right, he'd have been a damn sight better than Alan Stubbs.

Alloa are good cunts.

Yass. Nice to see official confirmation. I am so happy about this: he is one of my favourite all-time players and I believe he will be a great manager for us. Welcome home big man.

I think we were sniffing round him last season, too, so it wouldn't be a massive surprise. Might depend how easy Hearts are to deal with. Obviously happy to give us Edwards, but maybe not an actually decent player.

Christ guys, I know it's been a tough week but can we all just tone down the ridiculous, endless squabbling for a bit? It makes this place completely unbearable. You wouldn't talk to each other in a pub - not sure why you can't just ignore folk you don't like in here.