Kmcalpin

I understand that Dodge but we have had to share the same kiosks and toilets. Whats so special about segregated turnstiles?

If writing an article like this surely it would have been easy and more legitimate to check with MFC rather than rely on third party comments about our club's position. Poor journalism.

Absolutely. Only thing I would add is that the Record thinks that its customary support for the OF will help to bolster sales.

Don't know about that. Faddy was finished, sadly, when he left us and Clarkson would not have solved our massive weaknesses in defence and midfield.

Excellent point. Folks are forgetting or ignoring the fact that the club has not weeks or months to prepare for this game. As far as the away game is concerned its about 5 days maximum. Thats not taking into account negotiating time with Ibrox. Under such circumstances its very difficult to come up with watertight arrangements. Give the club a break.

The amount of gate money the club will lose by not giving Rangers the entire South Stand is about £10,500 MAX. Probably much less if we take into account costs. A drop in the ocean compared to £1 million.

Good post overall but I don't know that Barra does play 4-4-2. More often than not Sutton or Erwin plays up front with MacDonald or Moore playing between them and the midfield. That formation just doesn't suit Moore or MacDonald.

An old old story. Been there, done it and got the T shirt.

I doubt it. If they're like most folk these days all that matters is money and lots of it. A hefty bonus might do the trick.

If thats the case then what do we do? There are two other options A) do nothing and hope for the best or B) Seek a new buyer. To date there hasn't been any genuine interest shown by a private investor. In my view we have to make a clear choice.

Theres no chance of the Police or stewards taking action against interlopers. Cast your mind back to Helicopter Sunday - pre match the Police issued dire warnings to Celtic fans that they'd be hung drawn and quartered if they got into our stands. In the event they refused to take any action whatsoever. In terms of money we could easily cut Rangers allocation without much financial loss. Say we give Rangers 280 tickets - thats 4520 tickets less than the South Stand holds. 4,520 tickets at say £8 each = £36,160 gross income. Off that George Osborne will siphon off £7,232 leaving £28,928. That then gets split 2 ways with us receiving a mere £14,464 possibly before costs are taken into account.

In order to increase membership, the Society now needs to be much more visible on matchdays. I know its often a question of resources but you can't beat face to face contact to get a message across. Online contact is fine as far as it goes but it has to meet and talk to non members and what better time to do than on matchdays.

The only team we should be frightened of is our own.

I certainly expected a poorer season this time but not nearly as poor as we have had - maybe finishing in 5/6/7 place? However the root cause of our demise this time was Stuart McCall's fundamental errors in the transfer /player market especially but not exclusively last summer. A prime example was Iain Vigurs. It was well known in footballing circles that the lad had a serious back problem and yet we still signed him. Our central midfield has been in need of major overhaul for a year or two and yet nothing was done about that. These are the kind of errors that have cost us big time.

Once the Rangers Board have approved the appointment.

Lets hope he treats it like a Scottish Cup tie.

Absolutely. Some of them need to put on some muscle and weight if they are to make an impact. Weight training during the summer!! When faddy went to Everton he must have put on about 2 stones in weight in a year.

He's played behind a lone striker a few times now and failed to make an impact each time. That just isn't his game and I was surprised he played there yesterday. In fairness to the lad he needs to play up front.

Hibs are in a different position to us as they will fill most of the home stands anyway. Depending on results, most of our stands will be filled but not necessarily by our own fans.

No surprise at the squad rotation today - the main objective today was to prepare for the Play Off and that was the right thing to do. With as many as 7/8 of our starting line about to leave the club it was predictable they wouldn't put themselves about. I'd have liked to see one or two more young lads given some game time rather than journeymen on their way out. Twardzik had a reasonable game but proved he can't organise a defence. Straker played well as did Luke Watt. Dom Thomas underlined why he hasn't started more games this year and needs to put on a bit of solid beef over the summer - still an impact player. John Sutton looked like a fish out of water playing on his own up front although he missed one or two decent chances. Craig Moore - the lad was played out of position but did nothing. Today was a huge opportunity for him to stake a first team place but sadly did not look up to it - the next Bob McHugh?

Straker for me closely followed by Luke Watt.

Yes, leave out Pearson and McManus. Dom Thomas, Luke watt and Craig Moore will also be chapping at the door. As for discipline we've picked up some absolutely appalling red and yellow cards this season. Two red cards (Mcmanus and MacDonald quashed on appeal) and umpteen horrific yellows - just down to very very poor refereeing.

Granted it would be very difficult to come straight back up but I wouldn't say its totally impossible and simply not achievable.

If we go 4-5-1 then we have to pressurise a poor Rangers defence. Sutton cannot play as a lone striker - we need someone more mobile to harry,chase and close down defenders.

O'Neils Forty Yarder has summed it up perfectly earlier in this thread. "Was speaking to a guy yesterday who is involved full-time in Scottish Football at a fairly high level... His opinion on Sutton...he'll score goals in a team doing well, creating plenty of chances in and around the penalty box...if that team is toiling then Sutton would be as well sitting in the stand let alone being on the bench, as he can't create anything himself." Thats it in a nutshell for me It very much depends on how we set ourselves up. Don't forget either he's 31 just now and won't get any younger, quicker or sharper.