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Not sure what is incredible about it, but welcome news all the same. I have always refused to renew until the previous campaign has concluded, so I will be renewing mine after the Dolly game in a couple of weeks. I do expect to be able to attend all matches next season in person. Infection numbers are so low now we should be in level 0, but this Nazi government have us in level 3. We should, by the government's own criteria, be allowed to be about half full for the Dolly game, but still we are not allowed anyone inside. It is absolutely disgusting. VOTE THEM OUT! Sorry, drifted off on a tangent there, but this evil cow and her coherts get me riled up!

Looks like it is time to fashion another Transfer Rumours thread ...

Any two from Derby, Rotherham and Sheff Wed can still go down. (Wycombe can mathematically stay up but its beyond unrealistic with the goal difference) Derby 43 pts with GD of -22 Rotherham 41 pts with GD -16 Sheff Wed 40 pts with GD -21 Its Derby v Sheff Wed on the last day and Cardiff v Rotherham. Rotherham need to win and hope Derby dont win to stay up. Derby just need to win although a draw is good enough if Rotherham dont beat Cardiff. Sheff Wed need to beat Derby and hope Rotherham dont beat Cardiff. I'll be watching that Derby v Sheff Wed game on Saturday (12:30 K/o UK) and hoping the Owls can win there.

I think it is brilliant! and probably another good wee dig at Separate Entity FC, & their fans who seemingly are threatening a ST boycott ?

I dont think they have been as good as two seasons ago due to their slow league start and the odd off performance as you mentioned but its been a slight tweak in formation which probably took a few weeks to get use to along with adapting without Silva and Kompany (more so last season) but in Foden and Diaz they have solved that issue. Id still have Aguero up top - his finish on Saturday was a rocket.

I believe the trophy is bound for the Bridge but if the definition of plasticity is massive injection of spurious foreign money, Chelsea is the founding member of that society. I’ve never been keen on Chelsea since the Kings Road/Celebrity culture that surrounded the club in the sixties so I prefer Plastic City to Plastic Chelsea despite Mourhino 1 having produced one of the best sides I’ve ever seen.

The pensioners are one up at the bridge decent enough game

Personally I think it would be bonkers selling Kamara

Every starting player we sell introduces risk, and it will be very difficult to decide how much risk to take ahead of absolutely massive Champions League qualifiers. These qualifiers are arguably the most important in our club’s history. Progressing to the groups this season would make us massive favourites to win the league and therefore attain the big prize at the end of next season, automatic qualification to the groups. It would be far easier for the board to re-invest prize money from this season when there is an enormous cash prize guaranteed to the winners of next season’s title. That was a bit of a digression to say the least.

competed in 4 comps that season, only lost 4 games. And won zip. That season cannot replicate so stand easy.

What a player!

Given we've already got Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo, Adedapo Awokoya-Mebude and Calvin Bassey Ughelumba, we should be deal with Nathan no problem.

I suspect Hagi and Kamara may be the ones to leave. Gerrard hasn't been starting Hagi in big games recently and he may think that it's time to leave. Kamara may be one where the buying club values him at a similar level to us. That could be the issue with Alfie. I'm not sure anyone buying him will value him at what we would be looking for. His lack of outright pace may put some clubs off.

Yes - he signed a new deal on the same day Klopp did at Liverpool - Im sure its until 2023

I guess we also need to consider Summer outgoings also - hopefully this remains squad players. Kent staying is top priority for me and in the event we needed to sell an asset to then spend on other areas Kent would be the one I wouldnt let go. Barisic is key also - and if he makes the Euro's he will be in the shop window unfortunately. But if we make the CL group stages I dont think anyone would want to leave.

I've never heard of this player but then I'd never heard of Morelos, Itten, Kent, Aribo, Hagi (I'd heard of his Da), Goldson, Tavernier or Katic before we signed them either. He's an international who has had a couple of decent seasons at a level certainly comparable with our league, and he's free. There's a lot to like about that.

I do normally watch and listen after we beat them. I don’t expect much, but my word, last night was by far the worst coverage I have seen. Sportscene, most people have probably already heard about. The whole thing was discussed from Celtic’s point of view, our last two goals weren’t even shown. They could have talked about Defoe scoring in what could be his last game but no, it ends with a literal Scott Brown tribute reel showing him scoring goals against Rangers. You couldn’t make it up. Sportsound, I have to admit I was expecting at least some improvement on that but it was dire listening. They managed to talk about the transition at Celtic for about 40 minutes. All the ins and outs, will Lawwell still advise from afar? Literally nothing said about Rangers other than in the context of discussing what Celtic have to do because they have been surpassed. This is a disgrace from a national broadcaster. One journalist having his press privileges removed doesn’t come close to justification for the constant Celtic-centric analysis and coverage and shameless lack of praise/analysis/anything of us. Well, funnily enough they never tired of talking about us when we were in the doldrums.

It's Monday evening after the old firm victory(4-1) the day before. Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland are leading with Partick Thistle's League 1 championship win. The Jags manager, former 'Ger, Ian McCall is in the studio. Still raging, legitimately so at their demotion from the Championship on the SPFL's say so(where did that Dundee vote go over that particular weekend), he announces Thistle will NOT welcome any SPFL representatives to their trophy presentation on Tuesday evening. Tom English asks, "you're banning Neil Doncaster"? McCall answers, "Yes, and Murdoch McLennan". McCall goes on a wee rant about the governance of the Scottish game and concludes, "I don't know who Murdoch McLennan is, what does he do"? Tom English answers, "you are asking the wrong guy". Of course, Private Eye has known Murdoch McLennan for many years, his years running the Telegraph titles are summed up by the satirical magazine's preferred name for McLennan, "Shifty McGifty". Even better, why don't PQ go to their in house Murdoch McLennan expert? It's only a fortnight past that Stuart Cosgrove revealed he regularly shared a ride home to sarf London in Shifty's Chauffeur driven car, over a period of three years. Further, Cosgrove is Doncaster's lunch partner at Gamba. 27 years at PQ and a major briefer in Scottish football, and when Cosgrove can provide a real insight, no one deliberately so, wants to talk to him. These days, Cosgrove regularly criticises those using social media to comment on football, he doesn't like folk hiding behind usernames; isn't that so, Sarah Leyden? Even better, why don't Sellik TV get former employee, Michael Stewart to visit Shifty in his comfy heated green leather seat in the North Stand and ask the difficult questions on Scottish football goverance?

Later in the week, I will do a more substantial post on today's broadcast utterances from PQ. Suffice to say, Liam McLeod commentating from a screen in a PQ office made a complete ham shank of the game. It took him several minutes to realise McGregor had been red carded. He explained that he was NOT in the Stadium and thus could not be responsible for missing the dismissal. His accompanying Posse of fellow Dandies and Yahoos missed it too, because they all had their heads in their hands. Of course, the priority was filling car spaces for the drive to Erskine Bridge, all understandable. Anyways, at half time, we were no longer playing ra Sellik. Liam gave the half time report and score as, "Rangers two, ten man Celtic one". This continued throughout the second half. The empirical evidence suggests Liam is a thirty 'ten man Celtic' a day man. Oh and Liam thought 'ten man Celtic' were deserving of more goals? I wonder if Liam's commentary will survive on to tonight's Sportscene?