buster.

France 2up at HT and Togo down to 10 men. Translates as Scotland have got into the last four with Mexico, England and one other.

How did Middleton get on ? --------- Simple equation regards qualification.......Togo win, they go through and we don't. Togo don't win, we go through.

A what I thought was an unlikely 5 goal win would I think put us through no matter what Togo did, ie. best runner-up spot would be assured. As it stands Togo would need to beat France by 2 goals to knock us off top spot.

I hope Spain do well but I doubt they'll win it. Would love to see the media fall-out after Panama beat England If pressed would pick the Germans as the most likely winners.

Togo seem to have been the surprise team of the tournament and they lead the group on goals scored (3) ahead of Scotland (2). Scotland need to win today to have a chance of qualification. If we win and Togo don't or we win by more goals than Togo were to win, we'll qualify. If you think that is getting value out of goals scored, group C has the tournaments lowest scorers, Canada on TOP, having scored 1 goal that gives them 4 points.

As it stands, I don't see an economic situation that will allow SG and his staff to satisfy the expectations that are building towards 2018/19 unless we were able to have the best 'value for money' transfer window I've ever seen and we convert reasonable current performers into much better ones. It's certainly an exciting time, the profile is high but we'll have a much better idea of how things are shaping up come the end of August when our squad is finalised and we've seen some competitive football. #Patience&Realism

They finished 13th (out of 20) but got relegated in 14/15 due to League sanctions re. financial issues. They were in the second tier for a couple of seasons then dropped down another tier and now are in the play-offs for promotion back to the second. #eventful

On their day, the French team that Serge played in could flow like no other in that era. I hope you are resting from your BBC Scotland duty

I doubt they'd appeal only the severity of the fine and wouldn't trust the wording of the redtops.

Thank's,.......... didn't hear that, thought he was to be in Glasgow today.

I hope he isn't in France just now,....he's got some work to do elsewhere !!

Real Madrid managers and winning the CL often means the end of the road. Zidane is the third RM manager whose last game in charge was winning the CL but the first to leave of his own volition. Previously Heyneckes and Del Bosque were sacked.

Elche are now a 3rd tier side.

If true. this is something we could do without. Another player under contract who makes it difficult to be considered. The investigation and it's findings better stand-up.

Good to see that his agent seems to be the first to blink wrt the inevitable pay-off negotiations. On the quiet, I'd get a Private Investigator to confirm that the player is attending rehab.

Tuesday France under 21s Wednesday: France under 20s

If you believe an organisation set-up in such a way that doesn't treat you fairly then there is a need to get this out there for public consumption.

Ayr Utd/McCall previously had Ross McCrorie on loan as well.

There is a LONG way for us to travel to get back on an evenish keel regards the subject of the excellent article by Rick. The bottomline is that there is a mutual hatred between Rangers and Celtic but the latter have the culture (DNA), the know-how, the backing & co-ordination between various levels, the will & dedication, the contacts scattered far and wide and importantly....in the last few years they've had copious material to use in an effort to maximise damage on our club. It's basically been a game of shooty-in whilst we struggle at varioius levels, often fighting between ourselves. What's happened in the last year or so is that Celtic PLC seem to have decided to at least be seen to go down the route that some of their shareholders (resolution 12ers) desperately wanted. During this period, Lawwell has been putting his ducks in order regards the governing bodies. So now that the charges have been brought,....... Dave King has launched a long overdue counter-offensive. We'll have to hope that there is more to come and that it has sufficient substance to start making things change. The judgement on the two charges will I think be an important moment.

They say timing is everything. This team have been together for a while and I think we-re seeing the beginning of a transition.

If Goldson is genuinely rated in England and physically ok, he's out of our price range. If an EPL club are prepared to accept 3M, something isn't quite as 'advertised'.

JohnMc, wasn't aware of that 'scam' but it makes perfect sense. Just surprised we weren't targetted given our propensity for throwing money away at the time.

Dave King knew how they would reply. An SPFL spokesman had already said more or less the same thing (Daily Record tweet) prior to DK having a statement put out. It seems to be about making noise and building a picture/perception. I hope we aren't struggling wrt the charges and to a degree, depending on this line of counter-attack. A graphic would be handy of the SFA board and Celtic colours on those who are on their side.

Thank's Frankie, I didn't recall that off hand. Even those supposedly looking to challenge the SFA and it's governance, like SFM (Rangers Football Monitor) seem to ignore it. Funny that