buster.

You deserve it mate, enjoy it for a few hours !

I see Rousseau is straight in at second

The way he was talking on the radio on Saturday indicated that once the affair had been put to bed, a media splash on his side of the story that he believes his character to have been defamed'.

If Miller gets the Livingston gig (player/manager) would we want to do business with him or could it help make 'the fuss' die down.

For where we want to go, I'd agree.

First OF match at the Brendanbeu is scheduled for September 1st but likely to be moved to the Sunday. The midweek prior to the game sees the Final qualifying round second legs in both CL and EL....If and it's a big IF, we were to reach that stage, then we'd probably be playing on the Thursday.

No time to settle into the Scottish game for SG. Visits to Aberdeen and Celtic within first four games. Three of first four away from home.

First game Aberdeen v Rangers Second game Rangers v St,Mirren First OF Celtic v Rangers : September 1st

8 minutes and counting https://spfl.co.uk/fixture-day/

The proof is in the pudding and we'll see how much Dembele eventually goes for. The CL shop window is important to them and is part of a strategy that is getting to be ever more reliant on CL qualification.....but as you infer, just how good a shop window is getting slaughtered several times ? Tierney is given Messiah status in Scotland but is also part of a defence that gets serially hammered against better players. When they did a little better in Europe results wise, they sold-on some players that went on to well in England but under Rodgers that hasn't yet happened.

That would suggest a deliberate pattern wrt contract management that offers an opportunity (relatively short window) for those we deem who might have sufficient to deliver and provide an eventual return. I'm not sure what one year will do for Burt. He wasn't able to nail down a starting place for Dumbarton last season.

Is Hardie ready for pre-season (got over his injury) ?

Interesting ! You can understand the club being reluctant to letting him go for nothing and instead seeing how he develops but at the sametime, you can't imagine that being in our first team and one year only nudges 'the can' down the road. I'd try to send him on loan for 6 months to a top tier side and if he does well, offer an extension prior to December.

As we go through the tournament,........we can take a look at some of the fans. Russian and Saudi Arabia fans.

If they were to fail to qualify for the CL and lose their shop window for flogging players. they'd have to think twice about the level of wages they are paying. At the moment they have assets they can cash-in on but once they are gone, better for us.

Can't really say much as I didn't see it but 5 goals in a WC match aren't to be dismissed lightly. The least it will give them is confidence, momentum, GD boost and a decent chance of making the next round.

Stick your house on the French scoring 3 goals +.......

Didn't watch the game but the Russians have started with a bang,.......... interesting ! Always good to see the hosts do well. Good to see my favourite Russian footballer, Cheryshev get a couple. He was the player that Real Madrid played by mistake in a Cup-tie and got booted out, sending my wee Spanish team through, Cadiz.

I'd agree, the team doesn't get an improvement in quality What it represents for them is fourfold. - stability (not a loan) but it costs them plenty - mitigation in the risk when spending 9M as he is a known quantity - investment with mind to sell for profit - more likely to sell Dembele

That might get Messi !

I'd prefer Antonella Roccuzzo........

...........Within financial limits.

If there were Money Trees lining the perimeter of Hummel Park then go get Skrtel for Morelos, pay him 50K per week and then go spend another XXMillion on the empty forward line. However, I'd have thought we'll need to spread the money available more throughout the team. As far as Morelos is concerned, I think he'll go onto have a distinguished and rewarding career, he has the tools, is still very young, has been successful in two foreign countries. However, whether that means we'll see the best of him next season is another thing. I tend to think it may be better to sell and invest the proceeds in a replacement that suits SG&staff and the way we'll play. .

Agreed, I think it fair to say that they aren't good enough to be in the team that we are looking/hoping to build and it's a positive if they are perceived that way by SG.

Just to mention,...I've made a small edit.