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Or Shamrock Rovers.

Cruyff was at Barcelona by that stage. However, the Ajax team was full of Dutch internationals, a number of whom played in the 1978 World Cup final (including their captain Ruud Krol).

Not that I'm saying Higgy should be playing centre half, but defenders get away with much more fouling than strikers. There are things that go on in the box at a corner that would be instant free kicks if they happened in the middle of the park.

They see things from a specific angle, have to watch 5 or 6 things and once, and deal with 'professionals' constantly trying to con them. If they make 100+ decisions in a game and get even half a dozen wrong, it's not great, but I have some sympathy. I'd like to see the standard improve, but I can't see why anybody with half a brain would want to be involved at the top level.

That was back in the day when STV games were in colour, but when they should the Aberdeen highlights from Grampian, they were in black & white.

Totally agree with this, and I have always been in favour of 14 or 16 league expansion and equal revenue distribution. Like most modern businesses, however, there are too many Boards and Chairmen that are looking to short term profit and just cross their fingers that the long term will take care of itself.

Business and sport can exist together, but when you run a business you have a legal obligation to make decisions that maximise the returns for investors/shareholders. At that stage, they are often mutually exclusive. The day we let TV companies dictate the fixture list is the day the fans lost control of the game. I'd much rather have newco back in the SPL with a 16 team league, equal split of revenues and 3pm Sat/7:45pm Wed only kick-offs than kick out newco and keep the arrangements we have now.

Professional Football is a business and its sponsors expect it to deliver as many potential customers as possible.

To be fair, that was possibly the worst analogy ever posted on here. It is quite entertaining watching people get so worked up about a hypothetical, mind you.

No problem. Two different teams, two different sets of tactics - that will confuse the senile auld bugger!

Despite the gum flapping from some chairmen, teams that are in major debt aren't going to vote out what they see as a cash cow.

We know exactly how Broon is going to set his team up, so it's up to our creative players to try and carve something out. No such thing as an easy Cup Tie at this stage of the competition, but I think we can do the business at the first time of asking. 2 - 0 with our impact subs turning the game in the second half.

I stopped reading here as that is just nonsense. Of course the goals scored by our top scorer has a direct effect on games. Oh, and Clarky managed to score 13 league goals in each of his last two seasons - at least one of which was in a team that was better than the one we have now.

Interesting that you'll rate a defender based on how few goals his defence concedes (which is perfectly valid), but ignore goals scored when you're rating a striker such as Higdon.

No you don't.

Can we not just avoid the debate altogether and give it to Derek Adams?

+1 on that. Had many great away days to Dunfermline dating back to our First Division days.

300k plus add-ons.

So moving to all-seaters didn't affect the atmosphere in the grounds in your opinion? While it may a romantic notion to attribute 'soul' to a building, there are certainly grounds with character that are more conducive to an enjoyable experience. You take the same crowd from an old gig at The Apollo and stick them in the SEC, you are not going to have the same atmosphere.

Even if we sold Fir Park to a developer, we wouldn't come close to being able to fund anything more than St. Johnstone/St. Mirren/Falkirk type stadium.

You and me both, but I fear that is exactly where we'll end up.

Yes, we did. The crowd was going mental at the ref that day before Mills popped up with the last minute winner. Not quite sure what the script was with him as I remember many players saying he had a big future "if he shows the right attitude". He certainly had talent, so I'm guessing something else went wrong.

There was on game recently where many users couldn't even log in and commentary wasn't available until well into the second half, but generally it has not been a problem. Overall I have been happy with the service and been enjoying all the extra interviews, U-19/Bounce Game highlights etc. Plus the commentaries are excellent when you're an ex-pat. Also like the fact that the goals are posted before they make it to the Beeb's web site. Definitely been worth it for me so far, and the live game streaming is going to make it unbeatable value.

Muirton Park is my guess (or maybe Tannadice).

We'll either get a point from a tight game or lose by 4 (or maybe lose by 1). Or squeak a jammy win.. Think that covers it.