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I never quite understood why, but keepers seem to be a protected species. Every team seems to be much more forgiving of poor performances before they finally make a change. How's he been playing in the U20s? I haven't heard much, but what I have heard are comments like "not doing himself any favours". But that has been a pretty small sample size.

Certainly was. He took a part time Morton side from the First Division into the top flight. I think he was also the manager who brought Andy Ritchie to Cappielow.

I don't know what the laws are in Thailand, but in China the copyright laws - in the rare cases they exist - are generally ignored by the authorities. So it might be difficult to shut them dwon. I remember a few years ago reading an article about some "real fakes" that were made in China. It's no secret a lot of good are only expensive because of the label. Apparently, there were some manufacturing sites in China where once their contracted production runs were complete, would do a "fake" run on the same machines using the same materials and then sell them off at significant discount. So they were the same goods of the same quality, but sold at the knock-off prices.

I know what you mean, but for clubs like ours, reducing the price would cut the budget even more and likely reduce the quality again.

Aye, let's criticize McGhee for doing exactly what everyone has been asking him to do. Whether you agree with him or not, I'm pretty sure he did what he thought would give us our best chance at Ibrox. If he thought they were ready then, he'd have thrown them on.

Looks like the free breakfast at Motorpoint will be the highlight of the day.

Scheduling is the biggest issue I think. You're spot on about breaking the habit. I'm sure our household wasn't the only one where our weekend was organized around 3pm kick-offs on a Saturday afternoon. Combined with the saturation of live games (and other sport) on telly, it suddenly becomes a lot more difficult to attend Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri games at different times of day and night. It's easy to have hindsight, but it was obvious when we signed away TV rights that fans were going to be screwed over for the sake of viewing audiences.

Seems quite nasty. A quick google on post-concussion syndrome says that while for most people the symptoms go away within 3 months, they can persist for a year or more.

I was thinking about that, but don't have access to the inflation data. However, anecdotally, I bought my first season ticket for the 84/85 season. I was a student, but had to buy a full price ticket as we didn't have students' concessions in those days. I was working a summer job at the M74 Services in Strathclyde Park, so spent some of my hard earned. The season ticket cost me 32 quid with the early-bird discount. That ticket gave me entry to every home league game, every home cup game and every reserve game. I don't recall the exact gate price at the time, but I do remember that the season ticket saved me over 40% on league and cup games. We may have got pre-season friendlies on it too, but I may be misremembering that. I'm pretty sure prices have risen faster than inflation, but even if they haven't, I got a lot more value from a season ticket in 84/85 than I get now. So that alone makes the game more expensive.

Every player that joins us from down south says that "these are the kind of games you want to play in". Maybe they can back that up sometime by putting in a performance.

He certainly didn't become a cult hero for some because of his gifts on the pitch.

Parking the bus against Celtic is pretty pointless. Their strength is up top. We need to protect the ball with smart possession and take the game to them. Any time we beat them it's been with controlled aggression. Plus, it makes for a more entertaining game.

"No"

You must have some inside info I don't have. Who is it from the coaching staff who said he's useless?

How much has it cost?

People think he's useless based on a couple of U20 appearances.

He was a first team regular last season, but any time I have checked this season he seems to be coming off the bench.

I don't think he's being clever, I think he's genuinely unsure what the best formation is with the new players. Having said that, I think he's proved the current front 3 doesn't work. If he wants to persist with that formation, I think one of them needs to be a wide man with a bit of pace - which means Ainsworth. Seemed to be pretty poor across the board tonight, though.

Aye, it's not exactly been a classic. No surprise the only goal of the game was jammy. Lack of quality on both sides.

Only had the telly on in the background (as I'm still technically at work), but the goal looked like a big deflection.

Fox Soccer Plus, I expect. One of the add-ons I won't pay for.

He was pointing out that for his last month at the club, Marvin's GPS stats were way down and he didn't conduct his transfer very professionally. Said he expected more from a senior professional. He also added that he was disappointed with his comments to the media and "glad he was gone".

So Craggs, why don't you tell us what you *really* think about Marvin's departure?

It was the SPFL that charged us after the play-off, no? The SFA that runs the Cup Final.

The authorities are very consistent. They always take a softer line against Rangers and Celtic than they do against smaller clubs. The reason for that are many but include the fact that a significant number of those in power are fans of the clubs in question and/or don't want to upset them for various reasons. It will always be that way.