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League: second place CL qualifiers: beaten by Kiev EL: 3rd in group Domestic Cups Mibees aye, mibees naw

Watched the last half hour and it was entertaining with Kilmarnock the better team.

Getting the model in for the 3rd strip

Getting the model in for the 3rd strip

Thanks! Doubt we'll be getting much for him either.

Did we pay anything for Cantwell? If I were from another club, I wouldn't touch him. Flatters to deceive and brings a pathetic level of aggravation. Need to try and sell him to one of those clubs who repeatedly f**k up and never learn, eg. Sunderland or us.

I actually like it but then I'm not an old presbyterian duffer 😂

The footballing part of the general Omnishambles continues at pace (the stadium, less so).....!! The atmosphere and general vibe around the players has to be toxic given the amount of players that the club want to move on. To bring youngsters into that type of dressing room is far from ideal. The manager is herding cats at the moment and the short term forecast is for more stormy weather. It has to be said that Clement is now showing a side that is less than convincing but we have to hope he can (& wants) to ride the storm out and starts to regain control and build something, once this transfer window is closed. This would require a successful few weeks of recruitment, on the cheap and our patience, if results go Pete Tong. Last summer and beyond, we have went for outside bets in the transfer market. Trying to squeeze quality out of the 'elderly', out of favour or injury prone. Predictabily, it didn't work. Now the whole shooting match is an outside bet. I would require long odds to be tempted into putting any money on it.

It's obvious. Birmingham do their medicals in Limassol. Fee for Goldson will be useful to cover about 25% of his pay off.

All together now We'll walk a million miles for the first .....

Coincidentally, Kiev played a friendly against Union Berlin last week and were beaten 3-2. Kiev have played 6 friendlies and now have 2 competitive games prior to a potential tie against us.

Not a clue as to the current level of Kiev or Partisan. Nor to what our team will be in two weeks. So, I will just cross my fingers.

For the past few decades, our M.O. for trying to fight fires have been moonbeams floated or signing a well known name, who was probably past it or had dodgy knees. No strategy, just spending money that we often couldn't afford. We either, as a club, announce and support a strategy that Clement will be given time to implement...... or it will be more of the same. It needs leadership, cojones and communication (and patience). We have heard what Clement said. Now Bennett needs to clearly support it and show that, going forward, everyone is on the same page.

I went on about it last summer, outside bets. That is the easy part. Finding the money for the right type of player is much more of a challenge.

Will it be Birmingham on Wednesday for Scott Wright or Sheffield? Last summer it was Turkey. McCausland will get most of the match in Birmingham. But as it stands Clement has Wright in his current starting XI. McCausland needs to play very well on Wednesday and make the most of his chance.

Without Europe, we'd be proper financially fucked and miserable. Since Gerrard arrived, we have performed very well in the Europa League. Dave King said his financial forecast was based on reaching group stage matches 3 out of every 5 seasons. Since Gerrard, we haven't missed a year. The national co-efficient (mainly thanks to us) has helped ensure group stage football. That will soon change and we will revert to playing July qualifiers.

We should still beat Hearts. The most important matches on the horizon are the CL qualifiers. If we were to go out at the first hurdle, there would be another financial hole to fill. As I understand it, it would mean the loss of one European home gate plus the potential financial safeguard of around 5M€ for CL play off losers / chance to get into CL proper. Would be interesting to know what we have budgeted for.

The second main root cause that comes alongside and in the main, thanks to Sir Duped, is our consistent habit of spending more money than we generate. Again, going back decades..... ....but despite plans to change for the better, we can't shake the habit and are still on the same path.

The root of the problem was Sir Duped. Goes back decades.

Searching for positives... I don't think general expectation levels have been as close to reality for a long time.

I get that but the same could go for Robbie Fraser and we'd have more money in the pot for other business.

Didn't see anything we didn't already know, apart from a less than convincing performance by Jefte. Clock is ticking..... At a time when every penny is a prisoner, Robbie Fraser would have been a cheaper alternative to Jefte for a backup left back.

Have only seen him play once but I liked his attitude and I reckon he will do well in the game. Now would be the time to make an attempt to sign him because he'll soon be out of our financial orbit, if he improves.

IMO Conway would be a good acquisition but we'll need more than the Kamara sell-on money to finance it (presuming that he is still under contract).

So Gary is the Armstrong we are interested in, not Danny or Stuart. Great attitude, Gary.