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"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.

That was always on the cards when Clarke called him up and then gave him zero minutes during the last set of friendlies.

If we're still paying him, he's still ours! Otherwise, agreed.

Just edged it for me, but I would have had no issues if any of the chasing pack swapped positions. It was a ridiculously high quality season.

The votes have been counted, and the 2025-26 SteelmenOnline is... Elijah finished 10 points ahead of a congested pack, reflective of so many great performances this season. As always, the scoring system each match was 3 points for 1st, 2 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd. Elliot Watt and Stephen Welsh finished joint second on 33 points. Lukas Fadinger was squeezed into 3rd (or 4th depending on your arithmetical preference) by 1 point, ending with a total of 32. SOD finished on 29 and Slatts on 27. Complete list of players who scored at least a point: Thanks for voting!

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He was a sub yesterday.

That's an impressive example of what can be achieved.

Don't forget it's being locked later tonight, so if you want to vote, have at it soon.

Dunfermline have a bit of cash to spend from their new investment and a good cup run. We might be able to sell them Ox (or mutal him and let him go for free). Would love to see Welsh back, but have zero expectation that will happen so we'll need to find a similar style replacement - probably 2. An extra left back would be useful. I'm assuming Slatts is gone. If somebody wants to make a big offer for Ward, I think Connelly steps up and we look for a backup. Would not be suprised to receive offers for JT, Watt, Just, Fadinger and Longelo. Just would be the biggest loss, but if he adds a good World Cup to his excellent season, it could be an offer we can't refuse. I"m OK with JT leaving if the price is right, but we can't afford to lose Slatts, Watt, Fadinger and Just at the same time, so I hope we can hold on to two of them. We do need to find a striker that can handle our system. If JT stays, I still think he is more effective out wide, so we need someone who can fill that role. You never can tell, but I feel like a Higdon, Moult or Sutton type of player who have thrived in the current setup. Oh, and I'm assuming AP will be gone too.

Still having flashbacks to the Well Society Board members who wanted to accept Barmack's offer. What was it again? He put in 10p, his wife posted about us on social media, and the Well Society had to put in 1 million quid (although I may be slightly misrepresenting the offer).

Is that number accurate? I'm not saying you're wrong. Only that represents a huge hike from a Deloitte report from 2024 talking about how healthy Norwegian football was. From June 2024, it says the league champions Vålerenga had the highest personnel costs of 20.8 million Norwegian Krone, which is only about £1.68 million.

I've no doubt we will do everything we can to keep him, but imagine it all boils down to JBA's ambitions and what offers he receives.

Also delighted to have proved all the old dinosaurs wrong who said this style of football wouldn't work in the Premiership for a wee team like ours.

That was the most pleasing aspect for me. A great way to finish a great season.