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No disrespect to Las, but Ross has much more management experience and one of the reasons he said he came back to Scotland was to take on another management position.

If you ever work it out, you'll make a fortune. It happens in leagues across the world where even the same core squad with the same manager will do well one season and crash the next. Once the rot sets in it's difficult to turn it around as a lot of it is psychological. In the same way, when you are on a roll, and can't stop winning.

It's more the "entertainment" aspect I was referring to. Games at the Cannabis Oil Money Laundering Naan Bread stadium tend to be like going to the dentist. Even if you're happy with the result, the process can be painful.

I'm a fan of Strachan and love listening to him dissecting games. His approach is very technical though, and I don't think we have the kind of players that respond to that,

Just when you think 2020 was a scunner, 2021 comes along with Accies away.

You can snip out the rest of what I wrote to try and change its meaning, but it's still there for everyone who can read. Or are you claiming Malpas and Baraclough were good appointments and Gary Holt is worth a shout? Or maybe you think hiring a new manager in the middle of a season is not a risk?

I'm guessing we are going to be late to the transfer window party now until we tie down a new gaffer. That's also going to make punting the dead wood a bit more difficult as new managers tend to want to assess what they have before making drastic changes. (Unless someone from the club takes over until end of season).

Well Robbo's critics will be delighted. Just be careful what you wish for, because there are many unique challenges at Fir Park that will require a skill set not found in many potential applicants. Could easily end up with a Malpas or Baraclough again. Or worse, a Gary Holt.

Fisher had scored 51 league goals in 10 years, and about 40 of those were League Two level (or Conference) and below. We didn't exactly waste his ability; he just didn't arrive with much.

If the stories are true about Lang being recalled by Wigan in January, we might not see him again (after today, at least - he might make a subs appearance). Happy to see Cole get a start, though.

Stewart is one of those players that seems to "always score" but when you look at his stats only has 34 league goals to his name since his professional debut in 2016. And 12 of those were for Albion Rovers in League One, and another 7 for Alloa in League One.

How did Cadden benefit? The great thing about the MLS is they are required to publish salaries every year. Cadden is currently on $56,520 (about £42k). When players are loaned out, they generally don't get any extra money - just that the club taking the loanee pays a part of the salary. Oxford got half a season from him then, when they wanted to keep him, couldn't afford the fee Columbus were demanding. So Cadden is back at Columbus on a salary that can't be much more (if it is more) than he was on a Fir Park. If Cadden's manager/agent is on commission, he won't have much of a cut from the zero transfer fee, the (lack of, so far) development fee or a percentage of Cadden's salary. If this was a sophisticated sting, then sitting on the bench in Columbus in the middle of winter on a college kid's wages doesn't exactly make Mr Cadden a mastermind.

I know. Imagine being out of contract and needing a job - then having the temerity to take a job with the only employer that offered him one. What a sting. If the MLS are trying to pull a fast one with FIFA that must be Cadden's fault. In the meantime, people on here still fawn over Terry Butcher and don't bat an eyelid over the fact that he lied about going to Australia "for a holiday" in the middle of the season before mysteriously taking over at Sydney with 2 years left on his contract at Fir Park. Now *that* was a "sting". (I don't blame him for that, btw, any more than I blame Cadden for taking a job elsewhere). The season Cadden signed for Columbus was the first season the MLS participated in FIFA's development fee scheme. It's not Cadden's fault the MLS tried to pull a fast one with an attempt to categorize all their top tier teams in the lowest tier for compensation, and as far as I know, it's still something that is still being reviewed.

If all he continues to contribute is more assists, that will do for me.

Only once. When it was the old 4 step rule, and it was Stuart Rennie.

I think he just made up a new rule.

Delighted Watt is back scoring and even more delighted we scored from a set piece.

Am I just feeling the effects of my Christmas whisky or does the wide shot on the feed make it look like they've set up the cameras in Dens Park by mistake? Looks miles away. (Might be my browser, as I had to mess with its settings this morning to get it to work). EDIT: Get in!

The Scottish government gave football special permission to restart only if strict Covid protocols were followed. Maybe we should just let the Scottish Government shut down the 2 clubs for intentional breaches.

When the strikers aren't scoring the midfielders need to be chipping in. Hopefully one of those units will get us a couple of goals and the 3 points. I've got some sympathy for the set-piece takers as I've lost count of the chances Gallagher in particular has squandered the past few months. Mugabi and O'Hara have missed their share too. We also have a habit of loading up the back post and never putting anyone at the front. Apart from that, it's all good

Pretty sure we are going 4-4-2 because we lined up that way when we beat them 3 - 0 earlier in the season. O'Donnell was providing the width in that one.

Staying on the Adidas theme, the polo shirt that Celtic have this year would be a good candidate for claret & amber (apologies in advance for spoiling anyone's dinner).

Our best performance of the season was our 3 - 0 at Pittodrie. (Cap'n obvious) bottom line is if we don't score we won't win. Need one of our strikers to find some form, pronto.

We'll probably end up signing another 2 left backs. And then wait for the news they both picked up long term injuries during their first week of training.

Nice! 70's collar just deep enough to show off your gold medallion.