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Scotland were pretty much toothless - Brazil were not even playing at their best and trounced the Scots sadly.

Not bothered about Stewart - more concerned about SR’s ability to get a decent replacement in.

Really nice to see another player commit to the club, particularly given his return coincided with our upturn in form.

Sensible signing.

Has not shown himself to be a particularly prolific, is prone to injury and not that tall. Other than he’s free, not sure what he would contribute in terms of getting us to the auto’s - I think we need a bit better than Larin or Stewart rather than worse to really make that realistic.

Understand this from an attacking and goals scored POV, however his biggest useful contribution IMO was his ability to wriggle out of tight spaces in defence when under opposition high press and allow us to break forward. Pretty essential when our Armstrong was not there to drop deep. In that regard he played a big part in the success of the 2nd half of the season.

Thanks Christophe. I wouldn’t mind watching the Eastleigh game if I’m able - would be interesting to see the difference in levels between the two clubs.

Yeah I agree with this - what I saw in Matsuki was a player growing in confidence as he adopted the role(s) and instructions given him by Tonda. And the point of this coming season is to build on last seasons incredible unbeaten run -surely the best way to do that is to utilise the players that were involved in that run.

Stewart is a difficult one to call - on the one hand we know he can score goals, however his continued fitness is a big issue which has basically been managed by rotation with Larin. Has his fitness improved because he’s been able to take rest breaks and not over-stretch himself? Overall, as with many of the players, he’s a known quantity who was an integral part of a squad that went 21 + games undefeated. That’s a significant reason to keep hold of him IMO.

It’s far too early to get over-excited, however getting Peretz and Larin over the line is a huge step in the right direction. Just imagine if Spors and Tonda can get THB, Scienza and Jander to stay for a shot at the title - now THAT would be massive.

It would be a pretty amazing window right?!

Not sure where you’re going with this, but you do know AI = artificial intelligence and not short for Albert? 😂

If the lad gets a gig in L2 I’d be surprised.

People read and hear what they want to read and hear when they don’t have an open mind. Some want to believe the worst of situations most of time and then keep ramming down people’s throats for some strange reason. But here we are.

Must be AI. 😉