buster.

HT: Ufa 1 Progress 0 Watched 20 minutes of first half and neither team looked very good. Predictably, the Russiana are better and will probably add to their lead in the second half. Can't subject myself to anymore of it.

Let's Go to Shrewsbury ??

Just as well given Tav is on tonight's match programme cover

Getting him out the door (and replacing him for a 'Gerrard type' player) makes perfect sense. He wouldn't have increased his value if he was still here but not playing, so the 2M (approx) up-front plus sell-on clause would be welcome. Not to mention freeing up a wage.

Yesterday Hearts installed a new pitch over the summer but when asked how it was shaping up, Levein said: “It’s a bit long just now, that’s all I can say.” ps. Ridicule is the best way to get to Rodgers IMO. Saturday 11th August 2018 Hearts v Celtic

A Sell-on clause (hopefully) may help realise some value.

If as looks likely, they go out of the CL next week, it'll go up a level wrt recriminations and allocating blame. The board will probably try and time an incoming transfer for the Wednesday, which might actually pish off the green and grey hordes more and help direct the anger at Lawwell. The fact that they couldn't hide the public show of managerial pishedoffness this week is significant.

Hoping that the next chapter is metaphorically entitled 'Car Crash'

Essentially, the Political system has been 'hijacked' and is no longer fit for purpose of serving the interests of the majority.

Few people (all around the world) get what they think they are voting for. Brexit is a little different in that not even the Leave Campaign really knew what the the bottomline of what they were campaigning for and quickly made an exit after the referendum. A lot of todays Politics (together with an important % of the mainstream media) is like a firewall of noise, law and regulation (lack of) to further and protect powerful interests.

Let's not be naive. The EU were never going to make it easy and give any country a gold-plated withdrawal, thus encouraging a queue to form. We are not being punished by Brussels, we are facing the natural and predictable consequences of a Leave vote.

If there was more awareness of what drives politics and where it's going, just perhaps, the majority of people would get angry enough to do something about it.

Whether we'll ever be able to rely on the availability of Rossiter for long periods is questionable, we live in hope. I like what I've seen of Arfield so far but he's not a Ryan Jack type midfielder and whilst industrious, he won't afford the defence the precise postional cover that Jack does. McCrorie might be a more natural replacement but so far this season he's given the ball away too much, which negates the good work he's done. Since arriving at Ibrox, Docherty has been similar to the limited opportunities of McCrorie this season. Busts a gut to win balls but too easily loses it when in possession. It's too often a lot of energy expended for no net benefit. Jack on the other hand has the ability to retain possession better and against the likes of tonights game, that is vital. If Ejaria starts tonight, we need to see an improvement on previous performances, so as to connect middle to front. Above all, we need to put away any decent chances that come our way. If Coulibaly gets another 3rd minute clear shot from 5 yards this week, stick it in the net this time, please.

Ryan Jack looks like he's out and that is a serious blow wrt defending our defence and the retention of possession in an important area of the pitch.

Docherty needs to go down there and make sure he does enough to get regular first team football and start to smooth out the rough edges in his game.

Mibbes aw, mibbes naw.......... If a year ago I'd came on here and said that I'd just seen Waghorn with a kerry oot fae the chippy getting abused by schoolkids would you have believed me ?

Just saw him sauntering up Sauchiehall Street with a kerry oot fae Greggs the bakers.

I think Mr.Robertson will now be acutely aware of what will be significantly increased scrutiny of his performance on Sunday afternoon. All we ask is that the rules of the game are employed fairly for both teams. ps. according to soccerway he was 4th official up in Sheepland 3 days ago.

Important: He speaks English reasonably well and will soon be fluent in a Weegie/Scouse mix !!

I'm confident SG&Co can get this right but it won't be overnight and we'll need patience. I'd imagine that this season will see teething problems and be a bit up and down but I'd be looking at 2019/20 to see a real team geared to win the title.

Last season, our way of playing often left the defence exposed and to compound the problem our defence kept being chopped and changed and instead of an organised group, we often had individuals looking clueless. When leaving the defence exposed, we did often attack with gay abandon and the goals sometimes flowed. -------------- Seems clear that SG wants a settled, strong, no messing about defence,... that has no messing about defensive midfielders in front of it to help protect it. (Note that it was when this protection was reduced that Aberdeen got their goal). This has been very much priority in the squad make-up thus far and it has went well. However, we need to address middle to front urgently. Part of the solution is probably already at the club but it needs two splashes of quality,....a 9 and a 10.

I thought regularly listening to Radio Scotland was punishment enough for you

Looking for it and getting it are two different things. IIRC Stevie (4LHAD) said that the club wouldn't be difficult to deal with re. JW. My take on that (if true), is that Gerrard would prefer to move him on if possible and probably needs to re. budget and this transfer window.

Good to see the club uses Gersnet as a resource.

Ya Dancer Brings Balance, power, physicality, helps creativity with excellent delivery, etc. With Tav on one side and BB on the other, it's almost worth looking for a 7 foot centre forward I doubt he'll be with us for 4 years and can see him netting us a healthy profit within 2 years, duing which, he'll serve us vey well. It's called buiding a team that isn't going to be f**ked around with easily.