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I'd also add that as bad as I feel for Miller I also feel bad for Billy Gilmour too. It's every player's nightmare to be selected for the World Cup finals and then get injured in a warm up game. I'm partly convinced that Clarke didn't pick Baron or Miller as a replacement to annoy all the fans and journalists who said he should.

i take that story with a pinch of salt too. It might have happened differently to the reports, or it might never happened at all, but there's no doubt a few of the unhappy players went running to the media to dish what they perceived to be the dirt, so they could try and get rid of him.

Collins, I think, was slightly too far ahead of his time to make a positive impact on the Scottish footballer mentality at the time. Cathro, by all accounts, wasn't a great man manager - although that might just have been people who didn't like his ideas being snarky. JBA was obviously a great communicator and man manager, and that is essential when you want to implement new ideas.

Nobody at the club, fans or Board, seems to rate him. I understand that sometimes players aren't always a good fit for a particular team or system, but given the way Celtic like to play it feels like an obvious choice to keep him (and start him).

Because he was on 6.5k per week and should have no trouble getting that in Toulouse.

What his dad does his private life is nobody else's business.

We shouldn't be busting the bank for anyone. Welsh was great, but other football playing centre backs are available.

The 8 team Euros were my favourite footballing event and still remember the 1976 tournament where the original Panenka was taken (by Panenka, obviously) in the penalty shootout in the final.

I'll probably play more attention after the group stages are done and dusted. I'm a much bigger fan of the knockout rounds.

I'd disagree with that. Taking advantage of our possession to score more goals is the thing we were missing for large parts of the season. He could have improved on that. Beating Falkirk and Hearts. Plus taking taking us to a group stage in Europe (unlikely I know).

There's quite a range on the "Who Dares, Wins" scale from the elite SAS to the less elite Del Trotter.

He's barely played a competitive game for anyone and there was zero indication England were looking to call him up.

I'd guess he works for a data analytics company (or partners with one), and that data belongs to them rather than Motherwell. Given their track record, however, all he really needs is a database containing the entry "Copy what Motherwell do"

If it was his overenthusiastic comments that are being held against him then Clarke is even more clueless than I thought. I read John McGinn's thoughts about the incident, and he (and the rest of team) thought it was hilarious and followed the time honoured tradition of good humoured taking the Mick out of Miller for that camp. Giving the place to a player who has made 2 senior substitute appearances over the 3 other options that each have over 100 first team appearances says everything about Clarke's favouritism and tactics. Nothing we didn't know already, of course.

Anything is possible during the summer. Reality doesn't kick in until September.

Bring in the right man and we'll be better next season after completion of our Phase 1 of Project Purposeful Passing.

I was thinking exactly that. Would be a great move for him, and Toulouse could not doubt afford his wages.

I thought Welsh was excellent last season, but if we can't afford him, there are other football playing central defenders out there. Just not a market we have explored during the Craigan/Hartley years.

While it would be hilarious if Martin was appointed and improved on JBA, that will have to be a pass from me.

"There´s also interest from Rangers, who have been monitoring the situation closely" and hoping we lower our price to 50 quid, presumably.

The Boards' will is still to install Will Still willy nilly.

I was thinking much the same. And comparisons with Bowie are pointless as I think if they continue their current development paths they are going to be completely different kinds of players.

The only reason for the last few reconstructions has been to ensure more revenue for the OF and guarantee a minimum number of OF derbies per season for the TV companies. Mission accomplished there.

Last week they were reporting we would demand a minimum of 3 million. As neither club will disclose the fee, they media is just making wild guesses. As for comparison to Bowie, JBA covered that nicely back in January. Totally different kinds of players subject to offers from totally different types of teams.

Agree. He's done a great job with Falkirk, but the our new manager has to be hired with a view to progressing even further next season and I don't see McGlynn fitting that role. We might be mince next season, of course, but we should aspire to being even better.