Jonesy

I don't think he got a job at Monaco. Was last seen flashing his torso at wee boys.

Better not be Calderwood. That would just about finish it all off for me. Was fast losing interest at the tail end of McGhee's reign but that was reignited with the appointment of Gannon and the promise of having a good bunch of promising youngsters to watch. Granted the same players will be there but anyone like Calderwood, McCall, Chisholm blah blah would be a step back. Another McGhee/Gannon name from nowhere please JB. Or at least McAllister, but having beeen overlooked teice I doubt he'd touch it. Nijholt(as always), maybe Brendon Rodgers - did well at Watford before struggling at Reading and seems to have plenty of good contacts, especially at Chelsea, Walter Zenga has applied a few times before a few years back and got sacked by Parma(I think) a the start of the season.

Get a grip! Some tool in the East Stand was going mental and shouting for Gannon to resign. Complete fucking idiot. We're operating with a team full of teenagers who probably hadn't hit double figures between them in terms of games played before this season. It seems to me that our early start to the season might be catching up on a few of the guys now. No way should Gannon be going anywhere though.

It's true what they say then. Those that can't do, teach.

If contracts were still worth anything McGhee would still be our manager seeing out the last year of his deal.

I think having a go at the girls in the ticket office about this is completely OTT. It's doubt it would have been their decision to have the Christmas lunch at that time. The choice was probably made to have it during office hours, the same as many offices, because then they could get everyone together rather than having it out of hours and noone going because it's bad enough having to see half the people you work with in work never mind in your own time. It's been acknowledged that a notice should have been posted on the official site, but was forgotten about and an apology has been made for that. I can understand Leeanne's reaction as well though. She's more than entitled to defend her staff, and the girls in that ticket office have had more than there fair share of shit to put up with over the last year and a bit. If Nijholt had had his little rant in the ticket office to the girls faces I'm sure he would have been told where to go and what they thought of it so no differnce from it being on here. And all this pish about the customer's always right and someone saying you have to show your customers respct is bullshit. In my experience of dealing with the public a fairly hefty percentage of them are idiots or arseholes, or both, so if your not going to give people respect you're not going to get it back. EDIT: Should point out I'm not trying to say Nijholt is an idiot or an arsehole.

The Record has mentioned our apparent singing of The Famine Song to Aiden McGeady last week, while poor wee Aiden claims Hearts 'Hate what Celtic stand for'. Whatever the fuck that means. Bunch of fucking c***s. Get fucking stuck into the Jim.

I think I'll be treating myself to the scarf that Reyold's and his mouser are modelling on the shop's homepage.

We all knew the state of the team in pre-season when we bought our season tickets. How can this not be a learning experience for all the young players? Of course it is. They have to learn to get used to playing the way the new boss wants them, and get used to playing against the calibre of player they will be up against and in the environment rather than other young guys and reserve players who don't give a shit infront of 2 guys and a dug up at Shotts every other week. If you want to watch solid, pragmatic, knock the ball over the top for the stirkers to chase football, then go to Inverness to see Butcher's team do it again or head up the King George Park on a Saturday afternoon and watch teams both try it against each other. After a while Jim will get his ideas across and after getting enough games under their belt and enough games playing in this system I'm certain that it will all click into place for these young guys, and it will only get better from there. Even under Butcher's 'solid, pragmatic' approach with a young team we went through long spells without a win then long spells undefeated. It's bound to happen with a team filled with as many young guys as our, no matter what type of football you are trying to play.

No he doesn't. He knows that, if nothing else, McGhee is waiting to take him to Aberdeen. Keep him dropped.

Amen.

Yeah that's right, it wasn't long after Rangers approach. O'Neill had already left though, that would have been half way through Strachan's 1st season, IIRC. I think it was round about March they signed him. We had still to play Celtic before the split that season and Malpas wouldn't play him in the game because he had already signed with them. They did the same thing with Scott Brown after the split when they had still to play Hibs after the split, but Hibs let Brown play and he scored the winner.

McDonald had signed for Celtic before the end of the season though. I'm sure it was a good few games before the split that the deal was done.

Not disagreeing with you there. If O'Brien was still playing at the level he was earlier in the season then put him in the team. But he's been rotten recently, and it's coincided with all the Aberdeen talk,which would suggest he would rather be there. Shades of Pearo when all the Celtic talk picked up round about the same time in the season and he hardly started another game after that either.

He's definitely away, so why keep playing him? Why not give someone else a game who wants to be here. He had a great start to the season but he's not been the same since Mutley talked about him in the press. And to be honest if talk aboot moving to Aberdeen is going to his head then there is clearly something wrong.

Voted for Ruddy. Thought about giving the vote to Jennings thought he was excellent in midfield today.

Nah, fuck 'em. I think as long as the players can see that's all that matters.

What the fuck is it with everyone still wanting Foran back? He's an average player who did well for us, mainly because he can take a penalty and head the ball. But he struggled to play any more than about 20 minutes before blowing out his arse and needing subbed. Lovell is even worse than Foran and it's debatable whether he's good enough for the SPL or not. Would never have him near Fir Park.

Yeah, I remember the match was delayed by 15 minutes to let everyone get in.

Montrose at home would be braw then. I have a feeling we'll either get one of the OF or Albion Rovers

Was running a bit late for the game yesterday so couldn't get a programme. Can you still get them from the club shop?

So against Hearts, Hamilton, Abderdeen and United today we have played well against the 10 men? No chance. Thats taking it a bit too far.

Gave it to Murphy. Looked dangerous again and was constantly running at their defence. Can't understand why he was subbed for O'Brien. Saunders did well, but faded badly at the end. Don't know if he was injured or just knackered but should have been subbed for the last 10. Almost gifted them a goal a few minutes before they equalised.

Why the fuck can we not play against 10 fucking men?? Nearly 20 years I've been going to the games and we still can't fucking learn to take hold a game when we've to the fucking extra man on the fucking park!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Squad update from Press Sport for Saturday. Jennings is a doubt, Hutchinson and Slane are in rehab!!