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That is your opinion to which you are entitled and one which I would never deem to call ridiculous. Stuart McCall has kept Higdon on the field of play on a number of occasions for his defensive qualities at set pieces, so given our current plight I didnt think it was such a stretch to suggest he might go down that route this week. Ideal, no, but its a desperate situation. Clearly you disagree. Thankfully it looks like we will never have to find out as it looks like Cummins is going to play. Still a risk with a young player alongside another one so inexperienced but if the manager thinks he's up to it, great. Dont want to see the big man dropped but if thats the case and we go 4-5-1 then he surely has to start on the bench.

To suggest Higdon can play CH is no more ridiculous than suggesting he cant. As far as Im aware he has never played there so no one really knows. Similarly with Jennings, although he is a good reader of the game, the height advantage given away to the land of giants would leave us with real problems at set pieces. The only reason I suggested Higdon was that I have no knowledge of the U19s and I really dont fancy Higdon up top in a 4-5-1 as I think we have established that doesnt work and we HAVE to match them up in midfield this time after sundays performance. The Cummins story sounds encouraging, dont know the boy but hopefully he will come in and have a stormer. Its all about opinions......

---------------Randolph---------- Hately---Higdon---Page---Hammell -------Jennings-------Carswell----- Humphrey------Law-------Daley -----------------Ojamaa--------- Lets just run rings round them. Attack is the best form of defence......especially when your defence is fecked!

Spot on. Back to the future. Greed is not good!

Their 3 in midfield bossed our 2, hence we couldnt get them in the game and resorted to humping long balls. Broon got his tactics right. McCall shouldve changed it early doors.

This is gonna be a huge test. Not only do we have the CH issue, we need to find a way to combat their height and our lack of, otherwise we will get another roasting at set peices. Dont suppose there are any u19's that are 6'5"? Also if Broon lines up the same way again we need to match up his 3 in midfield. How we do all that and maintain a level of performance I have no idea. Good luck Stuart!

Lasley is not a dirty player, however, he is beginning to build up a bit of a rap sheet with late/mistimed tackles. His red yesterday was thoroughly deservedbut no-one will know that more than him. I see he has apologised to Fyvie on twitter. A personal apology would be a nice touch also. 'Keef' seems like a good lad, but he needs to stay on his feet otherwise we can look forward to lots more games without him.

I admit I havent checked the figures out and merely used a commonly quoted figure. Dont doubt your figures on prize money, however, isnt there additional money distributed dependent on tv appearances? Either way, my additional points stand. A lot of the money we lose from any prospective tv deal can be made back in other ways which can actually strengthen the scottish game as opposed to continually weakening it.

Didnt need to. Shouldve changed it at half time as Jenno and Las were getting overun. Hook Murphy for Humphrey, withdraw Ojamma to left mid and move Law into centre. Wouldve allowed us to match them up in midfield and maybe Las wouldnt have lost it and committed that crazy lunge. Simples!

How are they a cash cow? Yes, without them there is no Sky deal but they and Celtic take 70% of that money. For that privelege we get locked into a shitty 12 team league that bores the pants off everyone and has been driving attendances down for years. We also have to do what they tell us because of the very democratic 11-1 vote that ensures they retain all the power. If Rangers are allowed to get away with this it will be more of the same until our game is dead, and this time we will only have ourselves to blame cause we didnt have the balls to do something about it when the chance arose.

Humphrey. Until he came on we were going nowhere. If we had got the ball to him more in the last ten instead of humping it at Higdon we might have got a replay. Page really needs to get his head up. The out ball to right was on a number of times and he just punted long. Sorrow to say I agree with Dazzer! Humph deserves a start instead of Murphy next week.

Paw Broon did a real number on us today. Putting 3 in midfield against Las and Jenno worked a treat. How Stuart McCall couldnt see it needed changing even before half time is beyond me. May have led to frustration for Las bringing on that tackle which looked poor at the game and Im led to believe, even worse on tv. Ralleyed towards end, but why we persisted in long ball to Higdon over and over is beyond me. Was clear Humphrey had the beating of their full back so needed to choose that option more. Bad day at the office all round. Fingers crossed nxt week will be better.

Newco Rangers third division. Oldco Rangers first division. Anything else unacceptable. Either way disband SPL, return to 16 team top league with equal voting rights, fairer split of revenues. If sky want their OF games we could regionalise the league cup into areas (lots of derby games) or something similar. This is the time for change. Our board need to be bold and brave. If they can pull it off The Well Society could secure our future as one of the leading lights in the Scottish game. Exciting times.

Time to resurrect The Northern Lights song. Always liked that one!

Amen!

Totally with you on the negativity Jay. I'm no doom merchant. Totally up for todays game and there's nothing wrong with dreaming about a trip to the San Siro or the likes. Indeed, winding up Rangers fans this past week or two has been very enjoyable. However I think there is a fine line between anticipation and expectation so while I wont be crowing from the rooftops about what we are going to do to Aberdeen today I am really looking forward to the game. Id love it if we could stuff wee Broon again! I think some of the negativity in here is tongue in cheek/reverse psychology stuff (keep up the good work MJC) so as long as it keeps working for us Im a happy man! Mon the steelmen!

Its just in our make up. Experience has taught us not to tempt fate. Im a glass half full sort of guy, but when it comes to Motherwell or Scotland I wont make rash predictions. I also kinda like the fact that its another thing that makes us different from the ugly sisters. I dont back them at the bookies either (although I would never bet against) Im not predicting defeat today, and I think all things being equal we should win, but been around long enough to know a banana skin when I see one. Here's hoping the manager and the team do too. Mon the steelmen!

Lady Ga Ga - Judas........

Even without liquidation they should be relegated. Illegal payments, hidden contracts, irregularities in the registration of players.... Dunfermline or Hibs would have every right to take that to court if they are forced to go down.

r I totally agree with you. It stinks to high heaven and has all the hallmarks of some well connected people desperately trying to ensure that come hell or high water that The Cheats maintain their status and position.

The Auld Buggers at it. He knows fine well why there is ill feeling towards him. He's just trying to distract us from the job in hand to try and gain an advantage. Best thing to do is totally ignore him, turn out in numbers and roar the players on to what hopefully can be a great victory. Thats the best GIRFUY we can deliver!

Having had time to sleep on this I think I would base my decision on attending Fir Park on what stance our board took on things as opposed to the SPL final decision, albeit Derek Weir is on the board. I would be looking for our board to be very vocal and come out strongly against newco and try to persuade other clubs to be similarly strong. If this fails, then like other posters I may limit my visits to Fir Park Scottish and League Cups, which could be seen to offer some chance of just resorts for a teams own efforts. Before this season that had pretty much been the case for me anyway. The club must be strong. Make change happen!

Rangers (and Celtic) have caused and presided over the demise of Scottish Football for a generation due to their greed and to their shame our club and others have bought into their self serving propaganda and allowed them to get away with it. As a result attendances have dwindled and our game is on its arse. As it turns out. Rangers, not content with the already uneven playing field they in part created, have broken the rules and cheated their way to success. They should be justly punished for this whether they whether they are liquidated or not. Relegation to division 1 should be a minimum requirement. If they go bust then no relegation this year for Hibs/Pars and 'Newco' should be invited to submit an application to the Scottish League along with other interested parties to be considered on their merits. Any other scenario leaves the integrity of Scottish Football in tatters. I have been an increasingly infrequent attender at Fir Park in the last ten years due to total disillusionment, but this year I have started to regain some enthusiasm due to the way our board are going about their business. I think our club are a shining beacon of light at the minute, listening to the fans, addressing ticket prices and generally trying to make coming to the football a better experience. All that will have been for nothing if they dont stand up and be counted now. We need to take back our fair share of tv money, take back fairer voting rights, insist that there is a fairer share of gate money (most actors get paid regardless of which theatre they play in) get a bigger league with play offs to ensure less fear and more excitement etc etc This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to restore balance to our league and breath life back into our game. Celtic cant call the shots without Rangers, they need them, we dont. We can live within our means and get back to doing what we do best, nurturing young scottish talent to move on to a higher level bringing money into the club If the clubs dont force this through now they will live to regret it and they will be playing to empty stadia. Without sporting integrity, then whats the point?

Its not a matter of kicking Humph in the balls. This is a Scottish Cup Quarter Final with a trip to Hampden and the increased revenuethat goes with it. We play our strongest team and given recent performances tha means Law on the left and Murphy on the right. Those 2 have upped their games since Ojammas arrival and are our best options. Humphrey has had plenty chances this season and Saturday apart has pretty much failed to deliver. He will get more chances in the next few weeks with suspensions. Now is not the time to throw him back in. As for pissing him off and making him want to leave, well good luck to him! (although I doubt he is the kind of guy to take the pet like that). If we want to keep our best players we need this semi final to get money in to reduce the shortfall in our finances. It would also be nice to stick it to wee Judas again. Sorry Humph, take a seat, your time will come.

I can think of 900,000 good reasons we should be aiming for 2nd! Fairly sure Leanne Dempster and Stuart McCall will have discussed that given the Murphy situation!