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  1. I’m not sure what powers Well Society members will have in any Newco vote. However I’m 100% certain that the people with the power will vote a Newco Rangers straight back into the SPL.

     

    I think that is unfortunately true. And as far as I can tell, at least in the early days, the Well Society will only have a minority holding in the Board of Directors.

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  2. Do you know something we don't ? I'm sure our Chief Executive can speak for herself and I very much doubt if the majority of Well Society members would invite any newco back into the SPL. I might be totally wrong though.

     

    To be honest, I don't see the relevance of the Well Society to an SPL vote in the next month or two. While we can voice our opinion, we don't even have votes yet.

  3. Hey, I'm in Florida on holiday and due to the time difference there will be no pubs open to show the game on Sunday! Is there any way I can stream this through my iPad over here?? Unfortunately sky go doesn't work.

     

    If you don't have it already, you could try downloading a browser with flash support such as this.

     

    Then you can try a site like atdhenet.tv or http://www.firstrowsports.eu/ for a link to the game on the day.

     

    Also, if you can bear it, and depending where you are, you might find a Celtic bar showing it live on here:

     

    http://www.celticbars.com/barsu.html

  4. I actually think the guard of honour nonsense should be forgotten about. The league winners can celebrate in front of their own fans when they get the title at home.

     

    When Dundee Utd. reached the UEFA Cup final, wee Tommy's team gave them a guard of honour at Fir Park. We then proceeded to beat them. If one for Celtic resulted in the some outcome, then bring it on :drinks:

     

    Otherwise, no thanks.

  5. big darren would have saved that no probs.

     

    i think it's close between them. ruddy made more errors but also more eye catching saves, darren has been extremely consistent.

     

    Randolph reminds me somewhat of Pat Jennings. Almost always seems to be in the right place, and needs to make fewer spectacular saves.

     

    I also give Randolph the nod ahead of Ruddy because he had the commitment to sign for us rather than come up on loan. Might not make him a better player, but it makes him a top bloke.

  6. Punishment must be a direct answer / response to the rules being broken

     

    Punishment must not be a response to how other SPL teams would be affected if the appropriate punishment is handed out

     

    Agree with that. If Rangers are found guilty of cheating, I'd relegate them to Div 3 and fine the newco the equivalent of the loss of TV revenue to be distributed amongst the affected SPL teams.

     

    Simple if somewhat unenforcable.

  7. There seems to be a misconception that youth is free. Clubs need to be able to pay competitive wages or else the good youth players will be off at the first chance.

     

    Where would they go? Thanks to the current economy, there are many more players looking for professional contracts than available slots at clubs.

     

    It is still very much a buyers' market, and at a club like ours, getting the chance to play first team football at 18 or 19 is a better deal than 100 quid a week extra in your back pocket.

  8. Nicky Law is right but I don't know who these 2 wins are going to come against if we couldn't beat Killie or Hibs.

     

    Right, and those are the only 2 teams we have played this season. It was all doom and gloom on these boards before we beat Dunfermline, Hearts and Hibs in successive games.

     

    Even for 'Well fans, I'm surprised about the level of negativity on here. It's never pretty at the end of a season when you need to fight for points, but I would have expected a little more buzz around the place.

     

    We are 5 points clear, 5 games to play and looking to win a a potential Champions League spot; something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime.

     

    It's OK to be a wee bit excited.

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  9. they're not random events.

     

    That's exactly my point. 'Luck' only 'evens out' for random events over a very long term. With human bias and non-random events it is unlikely to ever happen ever, far less in such a small sample size as foootballer's career.

  10. those things will even themselves out. we're looking at a sample of 31 games

     

    Statistically, over such a small sample as an entire career, that is not even close to true. While the law of large numbers applies to certain random events, it wouldn't apply here due to the human element and the fact that footballers do not play millions (or even thousands) of games.

  11. It's always easier to play catch-up than lead from the front. If Utd. or Saints get within a point or two, they will have to start dealing with the pressure too and it's a whole new ball game.

     

    I'd much rather be 5 points ahead than 5 points behind right now, and I think we will do it.

  12. That is actually what worries me about Saturday's game. Last season, when we played Hearts the week before the semi-final, we left out Hammell, Gunning, Jennings, Lasley, Jeffers, Murphy and Sutton with a very outside chance that we wouldn't be in the top six. Aberdeen have even less to play for on Saturday and if they prioritise the semi-final you couldn't really blame them. I do pray I am wrong and they have a full strength team.

     

    We're 5 points ahead at the moment. Our fate is in our own hands. You can't ask for better than that at this stage of the season and no reason to be worrying about what other teams do.

     

    Just need to focus on taking care of our own business.

  13. Until yesterday the jury was decidedly out for me on Clancy, but after his disastrous display against Rangers the verdict is returned and is in completely in agreement with your assessment of him. He is awful.

     

    So you weren't sure about him, but one bad game means he's mince?

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