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Its never good to see someone getting the sack but Burley shouldnt have been in the job after the Holland game (as Gav said) and therefore the SFA partly to blame. But the full set up has been wrong since day 1 with Pressley and Butcher being part of the team. Yet Burley moves aside and Jim Jefferies is linked

Get it posted up here then

Shame for the lad, have to say I thought he was going to be a top class defender.

The SFA are a joke. They have to 'discuss' this first? He has proved to be a imcompetant manager and no Scotland team should be losing 3-0 to Wales except Berti Vogts team.

Looking at that team really reminds of how bad Scottish football has went in the last 20 years. Its not all the players fault that the system has not brought them better, and it may be unfair to compare but lets take that squad against players in the last 2 decades to show how backwards we have went. Huttons form when he was at Ibrox along with McFadden would be the only exceptions. Gordon & McGregor v Leighton & Goram - Gordon and McGregor are good keepers but Leighton and The Goalie were world class and IMO as good as any other keepers of all time. Defence - Berra, Dixon, Caldwell, McManus, 40 year old Weir v Gough, Hendry, Mcleish, Miller, 25 year old Weir, McNamara Midfield - Brown, Fletcher, Naismith v McAllister, Lambert, Collins, McCall, Souness Strikers - Boyd, Iwelumo, Miller v McCoist, Durie, Dalglish

Absolute disgrace! its laughable how bad the SFA and Burley are. If he doesnt get the sack from this game then he will never get the sack. 3-0 from fuckin Wales??? Ross County would have got a better result.

On paper this should be a cracking game, Im always a fan of the home nations but right now both squads are as poor as they have ever been and it will be like a championship match. Burley had a nightmare campaign last time so he has a few games to try turn it around else the SFA will once again look stupid.

I see your point but when we only play such teams twice a season it makes them slightly better in the long run. I agree the current split is laughable as it can make it unfair when you have to play some teams away from home 3 times in 1 season and the team in 7th place can finish with more points than the team in 6th and 5th yet cant go above them. But it was actually decent last season and the SPL got lucky that everyone had something to play for going into the split, but that shouldnt be an excuse for it. If they are going to make the split then it should be after playing teams twice, then you can play the others home and away with no disadvantages.

Long term thats a probability but Wilson has only played a few games next to mentor Weir so I wouldnt put too much hype on him yet after what happened to fleck last season, but everything so far from Wilson has been promising. I never thought id say we would miss Broadfoot, but we have. He is a limited player (to quote Burley - yet what player isnt?) but he always got stuck in and had some fine games at RB and had Mcgeady in his back pocket in a few games. I think there is a bit more to come from Broadfoot but only if he can start to take Throw-In's properly!

Ive said for 4 or 5 years we should be playing 3-5-2. This brings an extra midfielder / winger in and keeps 2 upfront. WS played this in the 90s but had players well out of position like Craig Moore wearing the No.7 shirt in midfield hence why it didnt work. This system would benefit Davis as IMO his best role is playing inside right with a men wider than him and 2 tucked further in (1 holding - thomson / 1 offensive - Mendes). I would even say Weir could still fit in this system, you dont need all 3 centre halfs to be pacey, you just dont let Weir venture up the park. Plus we have Broadfoot coming back who could also fit into this system, so we have Bougherra, Weir, Wilson, Papac and Broadfoot all capable. With everyone fit: :kirk: :mb: :sp: :sd::me: :nn: :pm: :kb: Subs: :na::wilson::kt::kl::sn::jf:

I really hope Cardiff get promoted this season. I still think a breakaway will happen eventually whether it be some Euro league even if it meant staying in the SPL also. But its time to put this on the back burner and get the SPL / SFL to get their finger out their asses and make the Scottish game more attractive. Its embarrassing that the EPL can easily get their top men round a table to look at ways of keeping their league attractive for years to come whilst we have fat cats who cant organise a thing. The SPL MUST change to at least 16 teams and then set up a SPL 2, then the lower leagues have to be regionalised. I cant believe the current SPL bosses are more worried about stadia criteria than the future of the game!! Dundee, Partick, Dunfermline, Clyde to name a few all have stadia equal to St Johnstone, St Mirren and Falkirk etc so there is no excuse not to make a 16 team top league. At the moment we have a 2 team league then Hibs, Dundee Utd and Hearts (although crap this season) pushing on for a 3rd spot....if we got a few more teams in the league it may push these teams on even more and make them bigger which would make the league more interesting. Right now its a lottery for places between 3rd and 12th because there is no competition playing someone 4 times a season.

Pete, how were FC Twente doing before McLaren went there?

Other than us and Hearts, I dont know who is left in this cup. But this trophy should go back to its old dates of being completed in October. Whats the point of having a 4 month gap between the Semi's and the final? It penalises teams who have done well to get the semi's / final then suffer bad form or injuries. All the best finals I can remember were in October time bar 1 (Celtic at Hampden in 2003 when Hartson missed the pen and we won it 2-1) 1) The 3 finals against aberdeen in the late 80s were quality games - Cooper's rocket free kick! 2) Then the 4-3 against Hearts at Parkhead in 1996 was a classic - Gazza's 2 solo's after he downed a Whisky in the lounge at half time with his kit on! That was the game Neil McCann was found - he tore Moore apart on the wing. 3) Oh...and 1994 when McStay missed a penalty against Raith at Ibrox!

They didnt exactly hold back with the organisation either did they?! Would love to see the reaction/faces of the celtic fans in the ground.

I always thought Stevie Lennon was as promising as any of the others. Is he still out on loan to Dundee? The other 2 I thought deserved more time and were probably ready for the first team was Furman and Efrem - not to mention Aaron.

With respect, the posts were make prior to knowing about the situation being so dire and that no new contracts would be possible.

10/1 I got! and stuck 20 quid on that

Yeah I had a tenner on giggs for the first goal aswell, but he was never scoring when he plays on the left. And your right, thats City, Sunderland and Arsenal where they have been lucky. I think Arsenal and Chelsea will pull away from the rest.

Yip, Man U were terrible and its a shame to say but Scholes was well out of his depth. he was truly a world class player but now nothing but a squad player for Man U. Losing Ronaldo opened up a lot of problems for Man U and they are in a false position. They should never have drew with Sunderland or beat Arsenal.

Full time! Man U were awful. Sir Awex needs a striker. Rooney wasnt fit, berbatov is shite and Owen is a joke. Now onto Upton Park. West Ham to beat the Gooners

2-0 both teams down to 10 men

Agree with you on Levein, Ive never worked out why we would even mention him, mcghee or any other SPL manager. But whilst Billy Davies isnt an attractive appointment he seems to get the job done. Im not shouting for him to be my first pick but if we are cash strapped and needing a quick fix then give me him over Levein any day.

1-0 Liverpool - Torres! he is the difference between Liverpool being average and a quality team. Man U not at the races, I had them on half time / full time but they just cant get going. They are missing Ronaldo's class and quality. Torres would be an amazing signing for Man U.

Fraser, IMO the team just needs a bit of freshing up and a lift. Dont get me wrong, Walter has given me and a lot of posters on here their best Rangers memories but things are just stale and we need a spark. The first option is to change the management team - id never do this on a knee jerk reaction but lets get realistic and see that despite WS steadying the ship and winning back the league - the football has been more than awful and he hasnt taken us onto the next stage. For me, WS will forever be a Rangers legend for his first era, and to take us back to the championship and a European final says he is even more than that but at present we are in a bleak situation and we dont have a off the park soluation so something on the park has to give. We cant keep drawing games or a poor Celtic team will walk the league - they go back on top today even though we have won the first OF game. This current run of form should surely question whats going on. Maybe a change of the manager isnt the answer and maybe we just need a spark added to the coaching team like a Laudrup or a Gough, but we need something to happen.

Well done for then. This is the now and our current run of form and results is awful.