johnstone

Scottish football is very near the edge of a cliff right now. These are the main issues for me: Cost: Its far too expensive. How can the quality of the game go down, but the price go up? Quality: Too many teams in Scotland play awful negative tactics and lump it up to a big man so teams that want to play it on the deck get steam rolled. Its dreadful to watch. This means people won't come back. We have a system in Scotland where size and brute force is rewarded but skill and vision is thrown out into the bin. See Kevin Kyle and Alan Gow as a perfect example of this. What one of them has more chance of a Scotland cap? Referees: They have lost it totally. I say we get rid of them all and just bring in forgien refs. From what I heard all the ones that came over were excellent and let the game flow. Last night was a perfect example of how to ruin a game. Legit tackles punished, incosistent bookings, missing key issues in the game, linesman offering no help, petty attitude and above all a desire to be at the centre everything. In my book a refree should almost be invisble. TV: People can now watch so much football on their armchair or at the pub. They can watch the EPL, La Liga and Italian Football with ease. So if you are used to this and then pop along to a Hamilton v Dundee Utd match and pay 22 quid for the privelage then I doubt you will ever come back. Media: The scottish sports media is bollocks and all they do is focus on the Old Firm to sell papers and brush over everything else. Jennings red card a perfect example. It has got has got a couple of lines in the match report of most papers. If it was lets say Lee McCulloch that got the red card then it would get pages and pages of discussion and be a main issue on every phone in show for weeks. Atmoshpere: No fans equals a shit atmosphere as does poor stadiums, selling overpriced food and drink then add onto that over zealous stewards then you have a recipie for disaster. I give it another 2 or 3 years in this state before it all fall apart.

Brilliant!

Jimmy Calderwood has done a good job at every club he has been at. Would have no problems about him getting the job.

Blackman will rip them a new arsehole.

Do you want the simple reason why nobody comes to SPL games? Cos its total and utter shite that costs a fortune.

Apart from Gus McPherson I would be happy with any of them.

Going to be a very tricky game. Hearts are probably the best side in the SPL at this moment in time and have an on form Rudi Skacel. But Hearts are our bitches and we basically own them so we should put three past them easy. Fucking Jambo Cocksuckers!

Why the fuck would Blackman go to relegation fodder? Explain this to me please?

YOu never know. Could be enough to lure him in. Throw in a Jellied Eel and we have a contract signed!

Throwing another name into the hat. How about Ray Wilkins. Spent a fair bit of time up here, been chucked from Chelsea and has something to prove. Could be worth a punt.

And also a big fucking baseball bat rammed up the arse of 'Wee Craigy Broon'

FUCK BROWN AND KNOX

Have you been on the eccies?

"HELLO! Is it me you are looking for?"

I'm going but will be in the Aberdeen end. I will be your insider sabatour.

Aye Billy Stark would be a winner.

Ahh now read it. Aye the club are raging.

Out of interest has their been any official line on their departure? I have seen nothing to say that he has resigned or left the club.

Aye if we had the old codgers on a contract then Aberdeen would not have them up there right now. As a club we just move on. We have good enough players - its just about getting the best out of them.

The boy from Newcaslte who recently got sacked would be a good appointment. Also if we are going into cloud cuckoo land then Martin O'Neill would be ideal!!!

Yes but only one of these managers we got rid off the rest moved of their own accord. Not much we can do about that.

well looks like another manager has done the dirty on us. You have to wonder about this no contract malarky. It makes us easy pickngs when clubs like Aberdeen come along.

Hmmm looks to me like they are going. Who would have though two OAPs would be so sought after eh!?

Aberdeen are in a total mess. They would be best just to give the job to Paul Hartley and ride it out until the end of the season. They have a few decent young players but they are all injured - the rest are ganting. Brown and Knox are not stupid and will have seen they are beyond rescue. Their only hope is that the Accies remain totally shite for the rest of the season and they can pip them in a relegation battle.

If the council when the snow started came round and gritted and ploughed the roads in and around Fir Park then this game would be on. Total bollocks that they have cancelled all games at the weekend. Do the councils not realise that by not clearing the roads they are actually costing the country more than by spending a few thousand more on Grit? Its a fucking joke. EDIT - and as for the trains. Well I am sure that it could all be sorted out by Saturday. I bet half the issues with the trains are because Scotrail employees can't get to work and they churn out the old 'Points Faliure' - and why can't they get to work, cos the council haven't cleared the road. BAWBAGS!