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Anyone who calls their son Rodney is a plonker.

Didn't Vic and Fraser get written off before they had even kicked a ball for us? Ron knows a thing or two about defending. I doubt he would want van Dijk if the guy wasn't ready for Prem football yet. And at least he is a 1st team regular. Athletico wanted rid of Toby and no one knew how he would get on in the Prem. That didn't work out too badly did it? (apart from the Spuds bit of course).

I really don't think that the club has a policy of selling everyone brought in by the last manager.

I think I will put a tenner on them finishing in the top four.

It is one thing having a different view - and isn't that why most of us come on here? To read other people's viewpoints and debate issues? What I find difficult about Alpine and his ilk is the wild jumping to negative conclusions virtually all the time. Yes, they have a right to do that, but bloody hell, it is SO tiresome. It is one thing to wet the bed with just cause, another to wet the bed when you are no firm need to. There is absolutely no point in kicking off about our dealings in the transfer window until it is closed. Only then will we know exactly who we have bought and who we have sold - but the bedwetting started the minute the window opened. It is the same every frickin year!!! Why oh why do they bother?

How do we know he isn't happy? Because Spuds spread a rumour? He may well fancy a move, I expect most players in the Premiership would want to double or treble their earnings and play in the CL but it aint gonna happen until it happens. I agree with the window though, it should be done away with. It used to work well enough where the window closed in March. It just makes for a media circus now but if they have to have one, shut it down at the start of the season.

so long as it doesn't spread to his bibliography

Agree. The money they could make from telly revenue would be huge.

Bid or no bid. Transfer request or no transfer request, if Ron says no one else is leaving in this window I am inclined to believe him.

Didn't you see Monk's post? They were worried it could be his appendix.

Ron will know the player and the club will have done their homework. I am looking forwarded to seeing him play in our colours.

He has had an attack of Vic's bug!

Its ok St Richmond, you are having an attack of the Alpines but you will feel better after 1st September

If players left at the end of their contracts the club would get nothing, zero, zilch for them. As for Vic. You may think he is leaving. The club seem to think otherwise.

I love that us Brits are accused of sticking our noses into their business. Any right-minded person will be appalled at the daily carnage caused by the lack of gun control in the States. This latest outrage even has pictures for us all so that the whole world can see the result of the right to bear arms. When on earth will they learn?

Well I guess Vlaar has still got 30 mins left to sign for us. Surely The Star couldn't have been wrong?

Please no Gazzaniga.

If it was serious I doubt if they would just say that he has a stomach infection.

Yes, Vic for Spuds We were told by The Star that Vlaar was going to sign today which sounded rubbish last week and even more so now. Celtic are still smarting from their exit from the CL so I am sure the last thing they would do is to sell VvD immediately after that exit. Still several days to go. Hang in there.

Give up? In what way have we given up? We were supposed to have given up last year and had our best ever Premiership finish. I am not suggesting that we will do so again this season but I would be interested in the evidence that we have given up.

Or clear his stomach?

No, it is Vlaar who is signing today. Keep up!

Don't you mean "convenience?" I expect Vic is on one as we speak.

How many games has Clasie played for us so far?

To film the shooting of your gun victims has got to be a new low in a very long history of gun crimes.