buster.

Jones looked the part as well....and with the other options we have, I don't think we need Kent. Importantly, Jones looked very comfortable with a Rangers shirt on his back and was very direct. I think he'll do very well with us and again, importantly he is our player. Develop one of our players rather than two of Liverpool's.

As a full back partnership, Tav and Barasic have the potential to be as important a creative hub as there will be in the League this year. We already know what Tav does and we really need Barasic to kick-on from last night and produce consistently.

First games back saw PQ spring back into action covering Euro qualifiers. I didn't listen to the live coverage but just to note that their podcast dedicated approximately 3+ minutes to the Celtic game for every minute on the Rangers match. The interview with the Celtic manager can account for approx. one of those minutes which would leave Celtic getting a tadge more than double the podcast coverage we did. For the record........the other thing the PQ podcast provided was a jingle prepared for 'Celtic in the CL', with nothing for us. Podcast pundits: Houston and Bonnar

I'm usually fairly cautious but even I reckon you can shorten the thread title again, deleting St.Josephs.

Very good second half and a result that makes the second leg into whatever SG wants it to be. Good to see Barasic make a couple of telling interventions that showed the quality we all know he has in his locker. Ojo and Jones were excellent.....(no need for Kent/spend the cash elsewhere) Aribo looks an excellent option for helping to break teams down. Good to see the centre backs hungry for goals. Morelos came on and showed the right attitude which is important. Negative was picking up two yellow cards. With quota of HomeGrown players limiting our European squad size and the inevitable injury or two to come we can do without any suspensions for the more difficult rounds

As a tie, this is as straightforward as it gets. As a game, it'd be encouraging if we could have the tie won before next week's second leg. Wrt the Home Grown rule re. UEFA squads, we can only name a 22 man squad (25 available if HG quota is met) We could very much do without any injuries.

I always go with League minutes only as it tends to be where priorities ly. I don't know anything about the player and was just asking the question, rather than casting any judgement.

Last couple of seasons has seen him play a total of 2422 minutes of League football (or approx. an average of 13 league matches a campaign). In the two years prior to that, he played over 2000 league minutes each season. Question being......why the significant reduction ?

History tells us that this type of signing always brings with it a relatively high chance of serious injury. My point being you shouldn't go for too many similar of profile. Even the younger player brought in (Rossitor) could have been put into the high risk category as it was well known he had suffered a lot of injury problems. What will happen if you do this is the situation we've refused to learn from for many years #PayOffCentral It would seem as if the football operation is trying to change things at last but the need to stop 10IAR may end up delaying the implementation of change.

We need to keep a hold of our better youth prospects, improve them quickly and as they get older, provide the proverbial pathway. At the same time, we need to stop signing so many players like Murphy or Dorrans.

We'll be preparing for the potential of Morelos leaving....but whether a club come in and make an acceptable bid for Alfredo, we'll have to wait and see. I reckon bids will come in but they will be substantially lower than our valuation. In that eventuality, we'd have to see how Morelos reacts...as he and his agent might well look to push the deal through. I'd doubt we'd spend on a replacement until AM was to be sold.

Almost reminds me of the tactics I played to in Primary School where my shots and passes sometimes ended up on the roof. Can't see us paying out such a big fee for a third striker. If Morelos leaves he frees up a potential starting berth and brings in funds with which could be used in such a deal.

Maybe it's more about finding a buyer for Alfredo.

I'm hearing that VAR had the temerity to send Jesus packing yesterday. Perhaps time to ask his real Dad, if he knows what we should do about VAR.

Given circumstances, I hope we're getting a relatively high loan fee from Fleetwood and that they are picking up the lions share of JR's wages. Can't say I think we will be.

Central defence is probably the one area where we need some more experience IMO. An injury to Goldson would currently see us with Mayo as back-up to two 21 year olds.

Wrt Barasic...Comes down to the management team and at least getting the best out of players / improving them / adding value. For our business model to be successful, Barasic is the type of player we need to be a success. That said, only eleven can start in the first team and there will always be those who fade and leave. Regards recruitment and timing, I think we need to take on board lessons from the double swoop on Osijek....but still maintain that Barasic has the game to be THE outstanding LB in Scotland.

Managerial changes at Blackpool and Doncaster.

Give them a competitive game or two to show up before writing them off

Yes, Frankie cleared it up a few posts ago. Take away being that Murphy most likely will be unavailable for games at Hamilton, Livingston and Kilmarnock. No luck for the guy, given the last game of last season and first European and League games for this season are on plastic.

As far as SG's management career is concerned, I reckon the up and coming season will determine much about the route it will take.

Thank's Frankie ! So you'd expect him to get at least 45 minutes against Marseille to show his stuff !

Thanks Lenny ! Given he was supposed to be about ready for the very tail end of last season that reasoning doesn't give much grounds for optimism.

Workmen and their tools. If those operating it aren't consistent and competent, the tools won't produce effectively.

Sorry if I'm repeating ground already covered but....... 1. Any word on why Murphy didn't feature ? 2. 'Injury to McPake', what was it ?