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You can never be certain, but JBA to Celtic doesn't seem like a good match for either party.

The point is he leaves the club in a much better state than Kettlewell, has laid the foundation for future managers to build on, recruited some excellent players who will raise significant funds when sold, assisted in the development of our new training facilities and provided a season of football none of us will forget. Apart from that, a complete waste of time.

Can't wait to get my dividend cheque!

Contracts will literally stop them. Of course we can choose to sell them.

The ones under contract can think what they like. I"d also be amazed if they didn't expect Jens to leave.

Over at P&B the word is Max and Jens are now an item.

Certainly makes sense.

I suspect the Board and the Manager knew aobut the interst much sooner, but kept it quiet. Deals like this can be quite complicated, so likely some behind the scenes negotiations have been taking place. I wasn't sure when he'd leave, but was always 100% sure it would not be for a Scottish club. I'm actually OK with it happening this quickly, as it will allow us to bring in the new man for a full summer of preparation. Much better than losing him in late July or early August.

I was thinking more along the lines of letting him choose any player to sell and keeping 100% of the profit for himself. If he does leave, I hope it's Toulouse, as it would be nice trip to go and watch his new team play.

1. Punt Rangers to League 2 in the EFL 2. Punt Celtic to the lowest division in the League of Ireland 3. Profit!

I had thought Malpas would have learned a lot from his time at Dundee Utd, but apparently not. Butcher was a good fit for the situation we found ourselves in, but never really rated him as a manager. Top bloke, though.

Any time I think about an assistant manager taking over I remember Maurice Malpas and decide against it.

Is the opportunity to get a large pay hike to live in the South of France really that appealing?* *yes

The tweet might be new, but I thought the news about the approach was a few days old.

"I'd like to make an appointment for an eye test." "Good idea - I'm the butcher"

I see the EFL have kicked Southampton out the playoff final for multiple breaches related to their spying on the opposition. Pending appeal, but good to see some actual action taken against actual cheating.

Except for Michael Stewart. He loves Fadinger and Watt, even though he can't tell them apart.

Ausgezeichnet!

It's much wider. Rangers too.

The rumour was Oxford - which would make sense, as I believe his family is from there. Of course, there are other teams if you move a little further away from that city. London to the South East. Swindon (and Forest Green Rovers!) to the South West.

Of course it's never going to happen. I just thought it spoke volumes that when they were even making up a hypothetical scenario it let them keep the title where the cheating occurred.

I saw the idea of a points deduction being floated, but applied to next season. If they wanted to take thing seriously, they'd start with a 2 point deduction for this season, given it happened this season.

Good player and sorry to see him leave, but 5 years is a long stay in modern football. The rebuild is on!

I know you're (half) joking, but I imagine that also contributed. Scotland set up to play the anti-JBA style of football that some of our players might struggle with. I still say that our victory over Denmark was due to our best players' individual brilliance DESPITE Clarke's tactics. If you look at the match stats, they were horrendous. 30% possession in a home game we had to win. 10 shots to Denmark's 18 and 14 touches in the opposition box to Denmark's 40.

All true. Disappointing, but 100% expected from Clarke.