David

I'm not really sure that Hutchinson strikes me as the kind of guy who really listens to the fans.

None of that changes the fact that having Rangers in the top division is a priority for the Scottish football authorities. From a financial point of view you can bet that they'd rather have them than us playing there next season.

Because it's been made quite clear that the owner doesn't hold him responsible for what's happened this season and believes he's the man for the job.

there's no point in starting the Baraclough out stuff, as the owner made it clear that he's going nowhere.

He honestly said that?

Well, it's looking like we'll be facing either Rangers, Hibs or QoS in the play-off, and possibly without Scott McDonald after his dumb as fuck red card today.

Fuck, especially if it's the h**s we're playing. You can bet the authorities will do all they can to give them as much help as possible.

Fucking hell, does that mean a one match suspension? Or will it be more than that?

Yeah, it doesn't sound like we deserve much from this game to be honest.

Then Keevins announces that Accies are ahead only to quickly correct himself, the doddery auld cunt! He probably did that on purpose! It sounds like both of them want us down to be honest. And now St Mirren equalise. Looks like it's the playoffs for us.

Is anyone listening to Archie & Shug on the BBC commentary? What the fuck are they going about? They're talking as if it's all a foregone conclusion that we're in the play-off and that our fans are stupid for celebrating the goal!

A dodgy penalty by the sounds of it. Still, I'll happily take that!

Does anyone know if there's a direct radio link to this game rather than the open all mics offering from the BBC?

Wouldn't mind seeing him brought in if the worst happens and we go down.

You can't blame him really. I wouldn't be rushing to tie myself to a club for three years when there's a chance i'd be spending those three years outwith the SPFL.

That's a pretty decent deal, especially considering if we win this weekend it's all to play for again.

If we win this game it's very much game on. From looking at being nine points behind them we could see ourselves three points behind them. If the players aren't up for this game, then there really is no hope for them.

Well, I think that your line of thinking is way off. I'd like to believe most of our support would find one of their mates saying something racist to be offensive, and they would be just as offended if the abuse was Islamophobic. Why you're even arguing this point is mind boggling.

You think that someone who is offended by racism is "obviously very easily offended"? Seriously?

To be fair it wasn't just abuse, was it? It was racism. The authorities should have been in a position to deal with it in my opinion.

If there were no police or stewards around I'm not sure there's much else he could have done, is there?

I'm fairly certain that Hutchinson hinted that the club has a contingency plan in place in the event that we do drop down a division, although I wouldn't quote me on that. Fairly certain he mentioned something to that effect on the podcast. Maybe one of the lads involved can clarify.

I'm not entirely sure that we can compare our situation with that of Ross County. Sure, we may be in similar positions in the league, but the long-term restructuring at our club isn't happening in Dingwall, is it? Our club has been going through something of a seismic shift over the past six months or so, which has to be taken into account I think. Many a time have I seen complaints on this forum that our transfer policy is all wrong, how we don't rear enough young players of our own, and how we don't get higher transfer fees for them and suchlike. At the start of the season we were seeing people going on about the fitness levels of the team, and how McCall was basically a season to season kind of manager when it comes to signings. I know a lot of people don't really want to hear this, but sorting out the mess at our club is going to take time. I'll be the first to say (and did say before we appointed a new manager) that the best option would have been bringing in an "auld heid" to see us through the season until the summer where proper plans could be put into place under a manager who shared the long-term vision of the owner and board. For whatever reason that didn't happen, and we got that manager in the middle of our worst season since the Malpas era I believe. The truth is, the club could have went for a more "safe" choice as manager, maybe another McCall-type who would have come in, papered over the cracks and continued the status quo. The problem was that the status quo appeared to be causing more damage to the club than most of us knew. According to those in power now the finances were in a more fucked up way than most of us thought. We simply cannot go on with the current system, as it's not providing the stability the club needs. Regardless of our opinion of him over the short-term thus far, the owner and board seem to have a lot of faith in Baraclough. There are some fairly savvy heads running things, some of whom were there before, and some of whom have recently come on board. I'm guessing we simply have to put some faith into the people who are writing the long-term plan for the club, and that includes giving Baraclough time to sort out the poor, ageing squad that he's inherited. He was never going to do that in a January transfer window. He has to move a lot of players on, and bring in some fresh faces on permanent deals. He needs a proper summer to do just that.

What do you mean?