buster.

Thank's Stevie ! I'm guessing a two year contract. Not sure whether to be pleased or not tbh. Will have a better idea after the Celtic game... and once the transfer window eventually closes regards to get an idea of how much of the wage bill he'll be picking up.

The Rumour was certainly surprising but it won't happen. The real question regards Southampton midfielders is more about Steven Davis and do we offer him a contract. He's played a few decent games now, too late to mean much but he's now showing interest. For me, he needs to keep it going and that includes having a real positive effect in the OF match on the horizon.

Excellent pod lads Good variation to chat and the hour flew by ! Having a guest who offers specific insight into the club makes a real difference IMO and Peter Jenkins certainly knows his stuff !

Good performance and result You can see what SG&Co are trying to do. Add the right players of quality to it and there will be reasons to be cheerful and optimistic.

And again and again and again and again.

Wouldn't sanction anymore than 750K on Souttar. From what I've seen in the last couple of weeks, he's simply not worth a big slice of our budget. Probably better to pass altogether.

Just watched 20 minutes of the Hibs v Hearts match. Poor quality and Souttar has had a couple of bad mistakes that he got away with.

Telling the world isn't the best negotiating tactic.

LEAK Aberdeen team shape

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Thank's John ! I think that those numbers point to a difficult task for an emerging lobby/pressure group on the protestant side. I reckon that just like the football politics within Glasgow, that more of the RC side will be politically active and generally more practised at it. They also have a union of sorts with the politicians of the day, as well as important media outlets.

Yesterday was a difficult day for the Accumulators This time of year tends to throw up more unexpected results than the norm.\ Rangers Women are 33/1 to win today 26/1 two quid double Leicester to win Rangers v Aberdeen correct score 0-0

Don't know any background to this but tend to think this extension is something that should have been done a while ago.

In the two defeats at Ibrox against Aberdeen this season (only two home defeats of the campaign) we have hardly created anything. It's about management finding a system and picking the right players to be able to create chances against a parked red bus without 350M to spend in the summer. If the chances are missed blame the players but if we can't create the chances, large % of blame goes to management.

Aye, that we do. I hope you both enjoy the day out !

The absence of Morelos has been a feature of games against Aberdeen, even when in the starting line-up. I hope Defoe makes it today because it should give us a better idea as to the comparison you mention. The obvious thing after 180 minutes without a goal at Ibrox against Aberdeen, is that we have to do something different. I hope SG would have been for a change in our approach, whether Morelos was available or not. It's probably more a test of the management team today than the players.

Does anyone know the numbers regards population divide (protestant/catholic/other) in the Glasgow area ?

Katic has different characteristics to Souttar. I get the impression SG generally prefers players who are better at retaining possession. That is why Kamara was bought and plays whilst Docherty is on loan and McCrorie is on the bench. ...and perhaps partly why Worrell has played more than Katic.

I think we are seeing a time when what is perceived as the best Scottish talent at provincial clubs is outwith our financial grasp. We'll have to wait and see if that perception is shared by any interested English teams for Souttar but if it is then he'll probably join the list. Last summer saw Villa pay a relatively huge fee for McGinn going into the last year of his contract with Hibs. Reportedly it also saw relatively huge bid(s) for Aberdeen's McKenna. At least the circumstances around these two players showed that Celtic aren't immune to the effect.

Souttar @ 1.5M - 2M makes sense,...anything over that and it's a pass IMO

Friday night Sportsound broke the news about Scott Brown's Not Proven verdict and the three pundits in the studio to discuss it were three ex-Celtic men. Might as well have been Radio Celtic with the predictable unanimous support for him. Why do the Polis bother talking to the players prior to an OF match ? Scott MacDonald referring to the Broon gesture said that we over scrutinise things in Scottish football. Anyone remember that being said on PQ when it comes to Alfredo Morelos ?

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Good to see Rangers take the initiative and have a minutes applause (as per family wishes) before the Aberdeen game on Sunday.

Very much so.....but we don't want to go overboard and let them in to score an early goal, as has happened in their two previous visits (McKenna 7 mins and McGinn 3 mins). I can't remember a season with so many early goals (mostly for us)........(my memory isn't that good so I stand to be corrected).