buster.

Things could be about to 'kick-off'.

I think we'll be doing well to get them off the wage bill without a net pay-off

Just for you.............Iran Loyal fan

Yesterday a Scottish club accepted an apparent 7M bid from an EPL club for a midfielder who isn't a starter and is in the last year of his contract. Cardiff are taking the Colin Nish.

Belguim and Tunesia serving up a match worth watching ! 20 mins Belguim 2-1

If we get past the first round, are we playing Osijeck or Obbiousy ? .

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BBC Scotland are obviously more concerned with what happens in England than they are Scotland. Opportunity here for some well measured and constructive finger pointing.......possibly starting with e-mails/messages to Off the Ball this lunchtime.

Your recent surge suggests your account has been taken over by Sam Allardyce

Desperate for a negative angle, aren't they ! The premise of the question they ask seems to me to be miscued. "All of England" isn't professional football. A single beer for any individual won't change his or her life. What's the reaction of the BBC down South ?

Give the guy a break, he now has genuine aspirations of reaching 24th in the table.

We've already been through a slight ripple of Barker speculation a week or two back. If not the the starting XI, it would certainly strenghten the squad and give us a more direct option of a speedy wideman who can get past defenders. He blew a bit hot and cold with Hibs but when he's on it, he can be a gamechanger.

Why would you pay so much for a midfielder that wasn't getting a first team start in the Scottish League and is entering the final year of his contract ? On the brightside, that's them a decent midfielder down.

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Dado scored a reasonable amount of goals and gave assists aswell as bleeding for the team.

He was good for closing out league titles but otherwise an expensive luxury.

Name a couple that have been such for us.

1 Croatia 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 2 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 Iceland 2 0 1 0 1 3 -2 1 3 Argentina 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1 Argentina would need to beat Nigeria and get a better result than Iceland, if they were to beat Croatia. Nigeria favourites to go through France v Nigeria is a likely last 16 tie Croatia v Denmark a possibility. .

WC 2018 (characteristics) Generally boring with goals at a premium Referees warning instead of booking and players taking advantage First Half injury time 2 or 3 minutes, second half 5 minutes VAR: some big mistakes being corrected VAR: selectivity of decision means it's still an inconsistent human aspect at the heart of things Brazil are Ney Mare and will not win it Germany are goosed and won't win it Argentina are poor and won't win it Italy aren't there and won't win it any more.............

Morelos has a fairly good balance between the respectable numbers of goals and assists. We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that he is a very good young centre forward. If he was to stay and be interested, I'd take him as our main man up top.

If they still have a chance to qualify come the last game, I'd make the change. It's plain that the current manager can't get them playing and the dynamic isn't functioning. A change might not give the desired result but there would be a chance of a reaction and a chance would be as good as it gets.