SP on the wing again

Yes, it's true. Our favourite ex-player and Scotland B-international Michael McIndoe is on his bike again, Sheffield Utd the latest lucky club to sample Macca's talents. To be fair he's got a decent chance of getting into the Premiership with them, more so than with Uncle Gary's mob at any rate. Enough of former players anyway, we've got our own Scottish B-international winger to talk about. Scott Murray has signed on the dotted line for the next season. Or is it two? The official site couldn't make up it's mind yesterday, firstly reporting it as a two-year deal before changing its mind later and scaling back to a single year. Whatever, let's hope he lives up to the hype and is as good as Bristol City fans seem to think he is. One good thing about his arrival is that it's pissed off Exeter fans who up until yesterday were very confident he was going to sign for them. Up yours, Grecians! You're playing with the big boys now.

Ahem! The squad reported back for pre-season training yesterday and the best of British luck to them in these temperatures. 30 degrees C may well be acceptable in Spain or Portugal but it's too bloody hot for me. Interesting to see who turned up for training anyway: Terrell Forbes for one. Last year's club captain is officially out of contract now, there's still been no word as to whether he's even been offered a deal or not, but the fact that he's out there sweating with the rest of the squad is hopefully a good sign. No sign of Steve Collis but we do have one ex-keeper back for at least a couple of weeks on trial: Darren Behcet is that man. Better known as Steve Mildenhall's understudy, Behcet's been scratching around at various non-league clubs since leaving us a year or so ago. No offence to him, but unless he's drastically improved in the meantime then I can't see him offering the solution to our problems now.

Other interesting sightings at training include former midfielder Paul Terry. He's been released by Leyton Orient and the story goes that he's here to get fit before Skivo's testimonial match on Saturday (for which I've now got my ticket!). Gary Roberts is also back, as is Danny Schofield. Someone who won't be coming however is David Noble. Skivo has now ruled out any offer to last season's loanee, reading between the lines it appears that concerns about the ex-Bristol City midfielder's refuelling habits has influenced that decision, and fair enough too: One pisshead at the club is more than enough.

Other bits and pieces: We've been linked in the press to Peterborough striker Rene Howe, who's a fairly useful big unit by all accounts. Former player Paul Warne is currently training at L2 outfit Rotherham. Er, that's it.