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Boumsong was an artist. Kept Marvin calm, quite a good pairing. Who can forget in a celtic game the ball trickling towards the empty net and Boumsong ambling after it, waving to a distant Marvin that all was well and looking over his shoulder surveying the pitch like a chess player working on the next three moves before with, the utmost pedal dexterity, hooking the ball back off the line left footed, taking two steps and launching a right footed forty yarder along the ground to his unmarked winger. I agree with Bill, though. Bougherra was better value on the field of play as opposed to the balance sheet. Neither makes the fairly long short leet.

That’s not Gielgud and Olivier, that’s @compo and myself. I’m the young looking one who isn’t too idle to shave.

Just what you need in central defence. Every cross headed away with ease.

Wonderful cameo performance from Brown and Ferguson. Gielgud and Olivier couldn’t have done better.

Given the demographic of the electorate I have no quarrel with the Robertson vote. Unlike many I was very pleased when Rangers signed him and he didn’t let us down.

Most of them were stoaters. ‘Keeper had no chance.

We’re picking two so that’s the immaculate Ronnie McKinnon and one from:- Woodburn, Young, Jackson, Forsyth. Butcher, Gough, Amoruso, Cuellar, Weir. I am too young to realistically assess Young and Woodburn but their repute is massive and we’re entitled to take that into account. The old fellows said Woodburn was the best but they never played together in central defence. Young was the Curtain’s original RB, converting to CH when Woodburn was suspended and serving club and country illustriously. I understand why many are choosing Butcher and Gough and I liked Amo but it’s Ronnie McKinnon and Geordie Young.

Bobby Shearer would be vulnerable to pace but a big six footer brick outhouse would cause him no problem such was the applied strength of his twckling. Caldow on the other hand relied on his own speed over the ground and the speed of his interception and tackling. He would prosper anywhere, everywhere.

You’ll have to excuse me. Impossibility of performance.

On that reckoning we should have started with outside left.

I detest that sort of thing but this one was good.

Yes. “Brown, Young and Shaw, …. “

This is easy. ERIC CALDOW. Probably best right back too because he played there with the same distinction. I thought of keeping him for RB to let me pick Sammy Cox for LB but Cox was primarily left half and we should be choosing the best in every position and not shoe-horning in others no matter how good they were otherwise we could end up Greig, Greig and Greig ….

Numerous is a bit much. A few describes it better. Some were important though. That’s why I chose Ritchie.

Just a pity Rangers couldn’t.

Niemi was fine. Dibble didn’t let us down. Charbonnier? Occasionally brilliant but you’d never bet the house on him. Since we’re into the duffers, how about Christiansen (expensive) and Myhre (borrowed)?

Don’t recall dips in form. McGregor went over the hill but that’s not his fault. Goalkeeper’s Job Description: Keep the ball out of the net.

On the same note Bobby Shearer taking over from the injured Billy Ritchie at Tynecastle after about eleven minutes, no subs of course. He conceded a goal in the second half but the Famous scored three. What a game, what a night in the days when the Hearts had taken over from the Hibs as Rangers’ main challengers

A wild bull of a ‘keeper if I remember right or was it just a myth?

The old Rugby Park was reckoned the best playing surface in the country.

Yep.

Superb analysis, John. I saw Brown but I really only know him by reputation. George Niven was excellent and Billy Ritchie even better, the epitome of reliability with superb anticipation and positional sense. I can’t remember Ritchie having to fly about the goal performing miracle saves nor can I remember him losing daft goals. He must have done, I suppose. I really liked Chris Woods. I hoped he would stay for a while because I didn’t think he could be bettered. Peter McCloy is often ridiculed but his record speaks for itself. Playing for Motherwell against the Hibs he made the best save I ever saw, equal to Gordon Banks’ effort. Goram and McGregor, both performers of miracles over and over again every one of them seeming more impossible than the previous. So it has to be either of these two or Ritchie. I see the professional goalkeeper among us has gone unhesitatingly for Goram. Only a fool would fail to agree with that choice. OK. It’s Billy Ritchie.

Aw c’mon, be fair. Only 3-0 after ninety minutes.

Singing and dancing chez @compo tonight.

Aye, fair enough but I prefer Shirley Bassey.