Game over, finished 1-1

Versatility...yes, he is crap in every position.

Fair enough, that shines a different light. I only glanced, I didn't deep dive. I assumed if he had played that many games he would have had a bunch of starts. That comes to about 6.5 games, and in and out of the team it's hard to find rhythm. A goal every 2 games is solid too, but of course a league under us and a smallish sample. Pompey may be desperate to get him back...but they're also desperate to get Carter back, who is currently our 3rd choice CB after 2 who were above him in the pecking order have left. He'll likely be 4th or 5th choice for us this season.

Before the deadline? Yes, I'd be very surprised. Would I be surprised if we only brought in say 3, rather than the 6 we need? Not particularly.

Not just your opinion on that one. In fact I'd be stunned if anyone thinks differently

But, that doesn't sound like him.... ...when did he start moving his feet?

Sounds like it's all one-way traffic in our favour so far. Magloire header cleared off the line now, with Wharton's followup deflected just wide. Pretty much nothing from Dundee on Sharpe's updates.

At 23 still a fairly young striker...but the season before last, he played in the Championship for Rotherham. 31 games...with no goals! Hope he was being played out of position or something if we're interested, because that's a terrible return for a striker. In fact it's no return. Did better last season with Portsmouth, 13 in 40, but in League One. Has had good goal returns for England youth teams up to U20s. On paper it's a no thanks from me. No idea if the source has any credibility.

Then again... 7:49pm Good play from Markanday to get to the byline, but Hedges can't get the right connection to his pull-back (0-0) 7:48pm Great cross-field pass from Garrett to free Edun who shows good pace to get onto the ball. He pulls it back but Hedges can't quite take it in his stride He also put Leonard through for a good chance though.

Nah I think we know enough about Magloire now to know he won't benefit our squad.

It's just a friendly, and he will probably feel comfortable against a team relegated from his old league. Just a feeling. Not saying he will score many this season. 33 goals according to wiki, not 22. Plus the one for Wales u19 makes 34. Which isn't a great return but he is a winger primarily.

Presumably just based on how they've trained so far.

You have, he is Dundee's manager.

Sharpe says plenty of scouts in attendance to look at Rovers' youngsters. Hopefully Magloire plays well and somebody takes him off our hands.

U18s striker last season. Should be moving into U21s this year. Surprised to see he starts ahead of Burns and Butterworth

There's already a pre-season thread lads, with more discussion about the game than is happening in here.

Hedges captain for the night.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2022/july/13/team-news--dundee-v-rovers/

Feel Hedges will score tonight.

Interesting. Must either be injured, or they want to see what he can do against a team like Celtic.

Except that neither of you actually leave people to 'go ahead'.

I know we have lost 2 CBs, but I agree we only need to sign 1...if we intend to play 2 at a time. If we plan to use a back 3 for even as much as a third of the season, I'd say we need 2. Carter seems a good bet for being ready, but we won't know until he's put to the test for a run of games. I don't think we can rely on Phillips yet (before anyone comes in arguing this, I'm saying rely on him, as in assume he would be fine to play 20 consecutive games if injuries and suspensions required it, I'm not saying we can't play him and see how he does...if it turns out he isn't ready and we end up short on CBs, it will be a problem, for us and him). I feel if you play with 2 CBs you need 4 reliable ones for a season. If you play with 3 you need 5. In both cases you need players like Phillips as further cover and possibly breaking through.

Christ, I hope not! We are a bit buggered if we don't recruit in midfield and attack. Besides, GB or JDT (unless it was just an LT assumption) have talked about wanting about 6 players.

I should think it comes down to being outbid on targets by other clubs. That's certainly what happened with Ahmedhodzic. As much as Waggott is an odious toad, not sure that's his fault, more a budget issue.

Whereas if we found out there were aliens on Neptune, I'd invite the guy in to piss on my carpet whilst we marvelled together at the most monumental discovery in human history. (Then I'd twat him and make him lick the carpet clean)