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The good thing about SOD is that he can cover pretty much anywhere across the backline. I dont expect he will start a lot of games if everyone is fit, but he could get a lot of minutes off the bench when others run out of steam, get injured / booked. His leadership in the dressing room and on the training pitch will also be vital given we have such a young squad.

Can only echo what others have said. We held up well against Freiburg when it was 11 v 11. They were still the better team in both games, but they were mostly unable to make their class show until our numbers were effected. No complaints about last nights red card, as clear as they come. But I did think we shoulda had a penalty for hand ball in the first half. It looked clear as day from where we were standing. Proud of the team and the efforts they put in. I think we have the makings of a very good side. Hopefully things will start to settle down a bit now and we will get to see the best of them.

Hard to give it to anyone other than Paulsen last night, although I thought Seb did a power of running, albeit it wasnt enough to effect the game.

Im not in favour of a blanket ban on any group of supporters. No one fan should suffer because of the action of others. However, that works 2 ways. We cant be far off from UEFA starting to intervene with our ticket allocations for away European nights. That would be galling for most. As soon as I saw the flares last night, my heart sank as the club will be forced to act in a way that can only harm the current feelgood factor within the club. Time for those responsible to take some responsibility.

You were the very person that used to complain about our record at Ibrox and Parkhead because we had the wrong mentality and never went into those games believing we could win. Whats the difference here?

Oh well, I guess our night out in Palma isnt happening! Been stuck on the ground at Edinburgh Airport for 4 hours. The cludgie truck has broken down behind us and they cant move it! Catching our 6.30am flight to Basel now the main concern!

Pity it didnt catch on last Thursday!

If you have more information, you could always explain and put the usual suspects right?

Heading out tomorrow afternoon from Edinburgh via Palma! Overnighter in the Shamrock Bar on the Paseo Maritimo, incoming!

Im generally a supporter of the Bois as I do like the colour and noise they bring to the stadium, and I was young once myself! But, there does come a point where they need to wise up and take some responsibility for their actions, or at least reign in their behaviour. Id prefer if it was self policing, rather than enforced, but its costing the club serious money now, and although they have payed off some of their own fines in the past, there is no way they can afford to pay these! Its not just the €100k to UEFA here though, the club have agreed to cover the €74k for the digital advertising hoarding that was damaged in Helsinki. We all love our team, and we can all lose the run of ourselves at times, but you can still make a decision not to go over the wall or to take pyro into the ground. I hope these conversations are taking place within the various groups involved, as Id hate it to get to the stage where people are being banned from the stadium.

I think we have another year option after the end of this season.

Id bite your hand off for €7m. I would imagine if the rumour had any credibility it would be a done deal. Cant imagine the club haggling over much at that fee. Happy enough for Maswanhise to still be here after the window closes. Would surely be a motivator for him to get a move in January?

Not sure how much knowledge you need to have to form an opinion, and I wouldnt want to stop anyone from having theirs, or indeed offering it up. But I do think you should be willing to consider changing your view in the face of information that may cast doubt on your own. Debate is good, or so they say! 😍😍😍

On what basis? They were both reported to have muscle injuries. If they are back training, they are maybe ok for light running, but not contact training with the squad? I think most of us expect Stama to return to Australia at some point, but its surely too early to be calling time on Eythor.

This appears to be a great signing. A bit like Hodge, probably a bit more money than we would ever have looked at in the past, but with many more multiples possible in sell on fee if all goes well. Like all transfers, its a bit of a risk, but he looks an exciting prospect, so we need to trust the process. Think that will be us done now unless Fadinger, Longelo or Maswanhise go out the door. Hopefully not though. Would be nice to get the squad settled down at last.