But the club is dodgy!

The irony didn't escape me either. However, I don't think he is good enough to be our No.1. Too many mistakes to demoralise his teammates-and me. "Better than Steele" is no great advert. What worries me is the idea of going into the season without a better option. That would have echoes of summer 2016...oh and 2011. That would promote a new essay question: Safe hands: discuss with reference to goalkeeping and ownership.

Bowyer was reluctant to sell Cairney...

Except, as you know, it isn't like the old days. The large transfer fees could just ..er..vanish.

And we have a history all of our own in the Scottish striker department....Joey Craig-I remember we actually chanted his name with irony-Stokes and the ironically named Goodwillie....so emptor well and truly warned!

Adam and Johnson in midfield too!

All these midfielders being linked too...now Butterfield....and I hope you don't mean daft money like the B+M fee for Cairney!

Oh God.. Travis would fit into the possible pattern...i.e having been marginalised by TM in the past....I would be with you over that edge!

Yep. I haven't "moved on" either...

Understatement worthy of ....Thomas Hardy!

Moira? It's those red boots!

Pal!

TM haters.....you are better than that!

Well, don't you think it is at least possible that his "convenient" request was a direct consequence of TM's actions/statements? Time will tell if this turns out to have been good management. Right now, I feel that Raya was not yet reliable enough to be our number 1...

Weird. Goes against all my instinct...unless it is some kind of pay-as- you- play deal. In all fairness, I guess we won't be able to judge until all the ins and outs are complete. Could we be about to shift Evans, for instance? There has to be a goalie/centre half lined up...doesn't there?...Sorry, delusions of normalcy!

I can call you Betty...

Lots of resonances! Go for it, Mr Gibson...

I think TM's public statements were a sign that Raya was being edged out. Like me(lol), he had clearly had enough of the mistakes!

I see what you did there!

"Respected football journalist", Alan Nixon said....

J'ai change cent fois de nom....

"Gnomic".. lol

I thank thee, God, I am not like other men!

No good for a message board, I know, but I preferred Rovers doing their business quietly and below the publicity line. No announcements until business was done etc. However, I do worry, when we hear nothing and then the window closes lol... Unlike some, I have enjoyed following this thread!