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What a dive by Cantwell there for the penalty. Can’t believe that’s been given. Didn’t see first half but seen goal when I switched on, quite a few individual errors involved in that. Better to get these out the way in a bounce game. Looks a decent crowd for a wet midweek night in July against a far from attractive side.I’ve paid for my ticket through CCCS but not a hope in hell I’d ever go to a game like this so I commend those hardy souls attending.

Half time and agent lead 1-0 away from home. I think the Belgians are coming, the Belgians are coming! (Hoping at least a few older ones recognise that line, loved that show!)

Yes if we fail in either this or the final qualifier then we go straight into the Europa League as a pot 1 side, so we have guaranteed group stage football in either the CL or EL, with of course a much higher seeding in the Thursday cup than we would get in the big boys cup. However for revenues we must get into the big boys cup and aim to come 3rd as a minimum.

Nothing easy at this level, but it would be considered a huge failure and put massive pressure on Beale if we do not go through. We must hit the ground running this season. I feel confident we will be good enough to beat either of these sides.

As I was travelling back from hols today I’ve only just caught up with the match thread, and it seems to have been mission accomplished as far as Beale is concerned. A lot of players got game time and there were no injuries. That is all I look for from these pre-season games, they really mean nothing apart from that. We should be seeing sharpness and our shape improving as these games continue to ensure we are ready for Killie on 5th Aug, when the crucial CL qualifier a few days later.

Backdate the sacking to the signing of the agreement.

So it is, cheers @ian1964

I see there is a Rice mentioned in the first half team in midfield. I cant think for the life of me who Rice is, any ideas? He isn't listed either in our first team squad or the B team squad on the main club website. I'm assuming a young pup? Decent finish from Sima for the first. Chalk up another assist for Borna and another goal for Tav, some things never change!

SPFL will say they wont call for Doncaster's sacking/resignation until the findings of the independent (my arse!) investigation is concluded, which I expect to be on the 33rd of Julember. Due course will have to be followed blah blah etc. Any discussions on the main outlets will reinforce this wait and see approach and not call for Doncaster's sacking.

After posting the above and reading some of the other comments, I went back to page 1 and see that Sterling is listed as a CB there. At 23 I assume he is supposed to be first team material (although the level he has played at to date would not appear to suggest he is first team ready) so are not thinking he is going to be first pick starter at the start of this new season?

A warm welcome back to Leon Balogun, so at least that is two players I have heard of that we have signed this summer alongside the keeper! A decent defender who really got what we were about and, alongside Katic, should not have been let go at that time when we retained/recruited others, all of which have been largely unavailable and in most cases very expensive.

Did he survive the whole interview without getting injured? I'm too scared to watch!

Ball was really disappointing, had a lot of injuries of course, Flo was pretty good although that price tag was just Murray's ego running away with him, and we did recoup about £7M of the £12M pricetag when we sold him. Hendry for £4M was awful business at his age (and the fact he was a big diddy) Pena - least said the better I agree Helander was poor value, only dwarfed by Roofe who I guess isnt on that list as he is still current, but this time next year will be on it and still look dreadful value for the minutes played.

I know I am in the minority here, but I would like to go back to a much larger allocation, that hostile atmosphere is unique and what gives our game an international focus. I understand that the allocations have been unfair in the positioning, but that could be fixed if both parties had the desire to do so. Of course both parties do not have the desire to do so, as they are under pressure from vocal hard-line sections of the support which would rather be staunch than seeing the bigger picture of what this game means to our world-wide appeal and therefore finances. However giving them the wee corner while we get an out of sight section of the piggery is not right. If we are giving them 700 tickets, it should be in the far corner of the club deck where the tv cameras dont see them.

Ach its all Greek to me! In these friendlies there is usually a link, sometimes coaches, DoF's or as part of a player trade.

Thats a strange one! Wasnt aware of any links with them. Is that where Kent ended up?

So we got the first OF game after our massive CL play-off 2nd leg qualifier while tims have a blank week - TICK 4 out of the six games in group stages are followed by an away game - TICK The "random" fixture generator never disappoints. The big huge massive shock is that the tims are scheduled to be at home on 11 November. Someone at the SPFL is getting their jotters. I dont think the fixtures are as blatantly bad as in previous years, but the two points above are huge and can make a difference. We just have to rise above it and get the job done.

The difference is a tough away opener. I know we have to be away as the Champions get their flag day at home on day 1, but we neveer seem to get say St Mirren, we do more often seem to be at Hibs or Aberdeen, while the bheasts get Ross County at home or similar. Not paranoid, just in awe of the random fixture generator!

Things to look for produced by the completely random fixture generator that seldom disappoints; Tough away venue to start, tims have a gentle home fixture First OF game after a Euro qualifier, when tims have an empty midweek Of the 6 post-CL fixture dates, tims to have at least 4 home games Us to have difficult back to back away games at some point, while tims dont. Tims to be away from home on the fixture nearest 11/11 All completely randomly generated of course.

One of the better efforts, hopefully combined with nice shorts/socks and as others have said, as long as we sell them by the bucketload and earn lots of cash from it, that is the primary aim. I may consider buying it next spring when it comes down to about £25 which is about the right price for it.

No way, keep the wee lookatmes up the far end please as far away as possible.

So quite clearly we did NOT have an option to buy at £5M. You would have thought this is a fairly simple situation. If we believed we had such an agreement then either a Wilson or the lawyers have messed up. If we didn’t have this agreement then we were lied to. If we DO have such a clause then invoke it or sue Bayern for substantial compo. Just days after our new CEO says it will all be about transparency, let’s hear it.

Nope, if they sell 250 they pay for 250, and we need to take the hit for the other 550 unsold tickets as police wont allow us to make the visiting fans area any smaller in that corner area. I have always been of the mindset that away fans should be in the highest corner of the club deck, out of sight of the tv cameras, and then you can make the area to suit the ticket sales, have a few rows for segregation and be able to sell a few hundred more to our own fans, and having our own fans in that corner (UB perhaps?) Having travelled a lot abroad with our team, the highest ugliest corner of the stadium is almost always where you end up, (including at the piggery of course) so dont know why we provide a lovely wee corner stand area for our opponents.

Any idea when we go back to pre-season training? I know Beale was wanting most of his transfer work done for day 1, it is usually towards the end of June is it not? While I don’t know any of the players we have signed, I am very pleased that now we’ve got rid of the useless Wilson, we no longer take months to close a deal and we have captured a few of our targets early. As with all new signings I don’t know, I don’t care to read their stats or YouTube clips, I wait to watch them in proper action (not friendlies!) to assess them so I wish the newbies well and look forward to our first proper game to see them. Hopefully we are able to strengthen some key areas further and sell a lot of the players deemed unrequired by MB.

While I bow to my elders who seen him play, I only remember Greig as an absolutely awful manager in the early 80’s. He had 5 seasons as manager after taking over a treble winning side and by the end of his reign we were 5th and were miles behind the bheasts, sheep, and Dundee Utd. 5 titles as a player in 17 years is not a good record either. Posted missing in our troubled years when Sandy Jardine stood tall and fought for us. Never quite understood the “greatest” tag if I’m honest, but again, I have spoken about him to older bears a few times who tell me it’s fitting. No idea why he has got this honour now but congratulations to him and his family, it’s always nice to see one of our own recognised on this scale.