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Craig Gordon and Allan McGregor both came through their respective youth systems into the first team... although McGregor had a few loan spells. It is quite rare to see a keeper come in and make a debut at a young age and keep his place in the top league - they usually need to establish themselves at a lower league club. I think Iker Cassillas and Victor Valdes both came through the youth system as well at their clubs.

No idea... I decided after about 5 seconds thought though that it didn't really impact my day either negatively or positively so there was no real point in worrying about it....

I'm really not sure what the problem is here... Corteo is Italian for procession so there is a logical link to the name. Not really my cup of tea, but then the simple solution is to just not get involved. Nobody is forcing anyone to join and nobody will get a hard time if they avoid it. Good luck to those organising it...

'Flow can't force an employee to knock back an offer from elsewhere... From what I've heard it wasn't an easy decision for JP though. He's knocked back a few offers in the past...

I suspect that travelling distance might have played a part in his decision. He stays just round the corner from my mum and dad and while it's not a huge journey, a commute to Leith is a bit shorter... He's not as young as he was!

He played a bounce game for us last week, so that situation isn't as cut and dried as it appears... Also noticed that Ross Stewart now has a squad number (at least he was in the programme on Saturday). I'm sure someone mentioned that clubs were required to continue to provide training facilities for youth players - never heard of that myself but that's not to suggest it's wrong - so it could be as simple as that in Murray's case as he wasn't quoted in the squad.

He's certainly got an eye for goal... I don't think this will come to pass, Chris Burke will be the last signing just now.

And his sister.... I seem to recall him saving a penalty that day in front of the 'Well fans and celebrating in style!

From what I've been told, his younger brother Robbie is rated just as highly if not higher - and he's also on our books. I may be slightly biased, but delighted to read that he's signed a new deal!!

A Twitter search turns up a young Belgian player of that name, going by his bio he's an Under 17 player (or was recently) so maybe one for the youths...

Right, chop off Anderson's handball goal and call that a Motherwell win - chop off Reid's goal for a foul on Langfield and call that game a draw. How's the table look now?

Be interesting to see how they reported Russel Anderson's late equaliser in January...

Last one I can remember was Celtic midweek c2004 - Keith Lasley's last (home) game first time around and Ross Wallace allegedly kicked by a fan during a pitch invasion... 3-1 Motherwell on Saturday.

Not very flame retardent...

The ball ended up in the back of the net, so that's the bottom line, but for me there was a huge element of luck involved in that goal. Nielsen has his weight on his left side as the ball is crossing the area, Craig Reid (understandably) tried to intercept the cross and ended up putting it right onto Stephen Thompson's boot who then took advantage of Nielsen being wrong footed. 9 times out of 10 Reid's interception goes out for a corner, but on this occasion we end up conceding. Factor in that they had conceded a penalty that never was and they were very unlucky to lose that game...

Spoke to Lasley at his race night after the game, he had no complaints about the challenge. Reckoned it was a strong challenge but it was more down to his studs getting caught in the turf. Kallum Higginbotham certainly seemed to noise up a few of the players though, splits opinion I think it's fair to say!

Stupid rule, but it should have been applied. You can be sure that if he hadn't already been booked then he would have seen yellow for it.... Interesting that Peter Pawlett actually did enter the crowd at Tynecastle the following week and wasn't cautioned.

I don't recall bad terms, sure he left because he wanted first team football - which isn't unreasonable. Then signed for Leeds, which doesn't quite suggest immediate first team action!

His opinion on Russel Anderson's challenge on Jack Leitch would be interesting... Aside from the blatant handball his boot was very high as he flew into our boy.

I think they are quite right to highlight the fact that Motherwell fans clearly dressed in Celtic colours and caused mayhem on Airbles Road after the game.... Scum.

And that's relevant how? It's an SPL team we are talking about, it's hardly a disgrace to lose 2 games to a team at that level. Also beat that same team twice in that year, including a 4-1 win....

I'd wager that any police or steward intervention would be a lot quicker tomorrow if there is any hint of vandalism going on... Saw mention earlier that a heavy defeat tomorrow could spark a negative run - our last defeat was heavy against Celtic and sparked a run of 6 straight wins so I'm not sure I'd agree with that. A point would be a massive result tomorrow I think.

Very true!

WTF? I was stating a fact, it wasn't a criticism.... The way that the options are set up, you cannot deny that the results may be slightly skewed. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter does it? It's a wee bit of fun on a messageboard, and I was merely pointing out a potential wee anomole in the results. Complaints to the IP Board? Slight overreaction there I think!

The instructions are clear, but if for instance you think 3 players from one section of the vote are the worst you are unable to vote for those 3 as it needs a vote to be present in both sections. The voting is going to be somewhat skewed I think - I was certainly unable to pick the three I wanted because they were all in one part, and I had to then pick someone I didn't think was all that bad to get the votes counted.