ascender

So I guess that's us done then as there seem to be zero rumours going around about us.

Interesting news on Faye. He's a defensive midfielder, so does that mean Hemdani might be on his way after all?

Is that the young Norweigan kid Frankie? 18 or 19 years old?

Daily Mail reckon Plymouth want Burke on loan.

That's not a bad draw considering!

Thanks for the link Frankie.

I don't think there's any contest really. Man for man is one thing, but its the amazing team spirit we had which meant we never gave up in matches and that counted more than raw talent. Cuellar is a much better player than Brown could ever hope to be, but as we've seen in recent times, quality counts for nothing without some fighting spirit in the team.

I think the signs are encouraging for us just now though, WS is building a team of Scottish players, the core of which could be together for quite a few years to come.

What was it with Fergusons long balls to the billboards? You'd think he'd learn the speed of the pitch after the first one or two...

 

I thought our midfield lacked a bit of composure in possession and Barry was the number one culprit which is ironic seeing as he's our playmaker.

 

I can't help thinking we need someone with that bit more quality in the middle of the park. Perhaps we need a new attacking, midfield general with Barry taking over Thomson's role with the latter as back up.

We've lacked a really creative player in the team for a few years now, but by signing one, we're left with the usual thorny issue of what to do with Fergie. I certainly wouldn't drop Thomson as he seems to be improving all the time, so do we then change the formation about to accommodate BF and a new playmaker?

Looks like this story is rubbish after all according to stories in the Spanish press, so we can relax.

The problem in the SPL is the under 21 rule, simple as that. When that's enforced on you, you have to prioritise your subs.

There's been quite a few posts to this effect on FF this week. A couple of the guys on there seem to be adamant that we are going back in for him (as we're in the CL now) and he'll be a player before the deadline.

I thought it was a great team performance but a few of our guys didn't have their best games. As for Papac, I think its clear he's not the answer to our LB problems until Smith comes back. At least not in the CL.

Walter says he expects Hemdani to still be with us in the CL, while the Herald thinks otherwise.

Has to be AM for me although everyone played their part tonight.

Why would we sell Hemdani??? He looked class again tonight, but I guess he will be used sparingly if Thomson and Ferguson are the main men now, so maybe he wants to go somewhere he'll be playing every week.

The under 21 rule isn't helping things either.

Like I said in the other thread, I thought everyone was outstanding tonight. A very mature European performance and McGregor had some superb saves.

So, when are we signing Naismith?

Awful news.

Apparently he's had some problems in the past not feeling well after training, so its very strange its not been picked up on. Having said that, even ECGs only show so much, there's always the risk from something congenital or a heart attack being brought on by something during exercise which you just can't legislate for.

Mate, must admit, from a personal POV, I'd prefer the Trust concentrated on RFC matters only.

 

However, it may be necessary to raise the point of inequality at some point...

I've said that myself in the past Frankie as I think its important for the RST not to lose any credibility at all by raising things going on at other clubs (petty point scoring), but I think there comes to a point where something like this really needs clarifiying? Its almost like the only offensive words under this new ruling are going to be those which could be used to describe Celtic supporters and anything else is fair game.

Is this not something the Trust could raise Frankie? If its done intelligently, which is obviously will be, it won't be seen as us trying to score points, more us looking for clarification?

I've actually been surprised recently to see Traynor and Spiers sticking up for us by saying its a minority of our support which is the problem now, but then they go silent on this issue, so I've no idea what's going on to be honest.

So, who's willing to put money on any more comings and goings before the Friday night deadline?

*cough* Naismith

Maybe we'll put in a cheeky bid for Kenny Miller....

That's the best kit in a long time, thought it looked superb today.

JCD for me, he changed the game when he came on.

Interesting to see your score and comments for Boyd. I thought he had a good game, worked hard, even won stuff in the air, but still showed he has work to do. Encouraging though I thought.

Meanwhile, I checked out FF and the place was going in to meltdown about how awful his performance was and how he should be dropped/sold immediately.

If it wasn't for Gretna, I'd be putting a sneaky wee bet on the Jambos this season as they look rank rotten. No proper manager, random team selection and their off the field nonsense rumbles on. And now they're 2 down to the mhanky mob within 20 minutes.

That's mine done.

Boyd took his goal well, even seemed to show an understanding of how the offside rule works

We were in for Stefanovic before but he turned us down.

I think Gow and Webster can both go on to become great players for us from what I've seen and heard about them so far.

Could be wrong, but reminds me of the Sunday Times. Which is annoying as I bought this at the weekend but its long gone now.