Gribz

Looking forward to watching the pre match handshake here to see if Bridge snubs Terry. Bookies are taking good bets on them shaking hands, tackling, bookings, shirt swapping and spotting the chick Terry nailed in the crowd. Personally if i was Bridge I'd shake hands and look the other way and put myself back in the England squad. In 20 years time he will look back and realise he was silly not going to a world cup over this. As long as Man City get a point or a win I dont care.

CARRY OOT........!!! you dont even need to buy any with your stock of homemade brew.

Carry out

Yip, 2/1 with most bookies and 6/5 Gers. 11/4 Rangers - Half time / full time is a bet I'll be putting on plus Miller at 5/1 to get the first goal. 30/1 Rangers to win 2-0 with Miller scoring first.

2-0 for me also. and :kb:

Both Arsenal and Chelsea will be happy with Stoke and Man City playing an extra half hour as they have them this weekend respectively. Id like to see Mourinho go to Chelsea in the 2nd leg and win it. Mancini under a bit of pressure now, I dont think he has improved Man City at all, they are just a team who seem to draw too many games. Hopefully they get another draw or a win this weekend though and put Arsenal back in the title race.

Id go with Zappa's 2nd team although I think WS is more likely to go with his first team. I cant see Whittaker being left out the team and also think WS will deploy him midfield. Nobody has mentioned Edu. I didnt see his last game, how did he perform? Also, is Lafferty fit? If so I can see WS started him on left. IMO WS will play: *Depending on injury ____________________McGregor*____________________ Broadfoot_______Weir__________Bougherra______Papac Whittaker_______Davis________McCulloch_______Lafferty _______________Boyd_________Miller________________

Probably the most confident Ive been going into a OF game for a while. Their defence is shambolic and we should be setting out with attacking players like Novo and Davis getting up to support Boyd and Miller. Thomson and McCulloch will probably do the holding role. If Aberdeen can put 4 past them and Falkirk stuck 3 away then why cant we! If Whittaker plays midfield i'll be disappointed.

His all round game has improved for me. His work rate is up and he is getting involved with the ball and seems able to hold it up much better. But he still needs to prove it in the OF games and in Europe.

Stick Fletcher in to Blackburns team and he would be average, he hasnt had a good game for Scotland since the 1-0 1st leg playoff win over Holland about 6 years ago. He is shining due to being at Man Utd playing with top players and is running on confidence half the time. This is Man Utds worst midfield Ive seen since Kleberson and Djemba x 2. They are pretty lucky to still be in the title race and have lost 6 times already this season and are out the cup. If it wasnt for Rooney and the luck of having Wigan, Hull, Burley and Portsmouth at home during january they would be out of it. Adam has went down south to play for the unglamourous Blackpool who are pushing for a play off place in 1 of the toughest leagues around. He has got himself fit and scoring regularly. He was far from my favourite player at Ibrox but you have to applaud what he is doing in the Championship.

Good to see a SPL club trying to keep up with the times and modernise their ground with a decent capacity. Scotland needs a stadium with approx 20000 for semi finals between non OF teams. Although Easter Road still looks a dump even since the other 3 stands were rebuilt - I think its something to do with green seats which look awful.

If McGregor and Ferguson were added to that squad then it would be the strongest looking squad for a few years. Id probably go with: _________________Gordon_______________ Hutton______Berra_______Caldwell___Whittaker Brown______Fletcher____McCulloch___McFadden _____________Boyd_______Miller____________ Although Fletcher's name is only there because he plays for Man Utd. His Scotland form hasnt been good for a while and with Adam playing well I was tempted to include him.

I see absolutely no reason why we wont do the treble this season. It will be a League and League cup double at the least. If we throw away our SPL lead it would be disasterous and with the squad being pretty much at full strength I cant see this happening. The Scottish Cup is still at a guessing stage. We should get past St Mirren tonight which puts us in a home tie against a struggling Dundee Utd side who have been poor since Levein left. Then its all about luck of the draw but we are unbeaten against Celtic, Hibs and Killie this season so I dont care who we get.

Wont be an easy game but Hibs are an attack minded side which could play into our hands. If we take our chances it could be something like 3-1 but I'll opt for a 1-0.

That was utterly the worst pitch Ive ever seen for a top flight match. Sunday league pitches around the country are better than that. How was that an advert for Scottish Football? Motherwell should be asked to play there home matches elsewhere until they have grass on the pitch. And 1 the games top class govering bodies strike up another classic by playing a cup reply on it 2 weeks ago.

Does someone want to tell me who his stars are in the first place?

Hilarious thread title

Definatly a player who should have been given a chance and more game time. Looked a great prospect.

Conspiracy against Gribz? C'mon Craigy, I thought you were on my side. Pete, Sub Craig off, Fraser on.

Just give me the ball and I'll pitch in with a goal.

LOL Post of the day. Didnt u mean stinkers???

This boy should get a 2 week wage fine for that picture.

Fair play to the ball boys for handing out the pies for you 2 when you were running down that flank!

The title of this thread should be changed to 5 points clear. (hibs are more of a challenge than the mhanks) :spl:

Have to say us 3 (Pete, Craig and me) have probably been the most critical of Boyd (Cammy has also)....but if all 3 of us can see the improvements then its fair play to Boyd. I think he is maturing which is the main factor to improving his game. He is far from a world class player but he is certainly a better all round player.