buster.

I agree that an experienced pragmatist would be ideal but can't see many willing candidates out there that would fit the bill. However, if SG takes the job then I'll forget my doubts and simply get behind him.

Whilst waiting....... Did you know that FF have a SG thread with 726,000 views and over 11,000 posts over about 5 days Whilst on Gersnet we have this one with 22,000 views and over 800 posts. Numbers would suggest that folk on Gersnet are more likely to post with about a post every 27 views (on FF it's 66)

If Kevin Thomson wiz a 'stand-out' footballer he cannae get the job

I'm just pointing to the relevant words. I'd doubt they'd go with that, if it were Colin Nish.

"...........he was now agreed to take over after ironing out details of the deal. That is according to the Daily Star, who claim Gerrard will now spend the next few weeks ‘assessing the squad from a distance’ in order to plot a transfer strategy.............."

Interesting

Aslong as we beat Kilmarnock I see no reason why not....................

The point doesn't remain. You may well go on second hand English articles and reports but I was in Spain for most of the 90's and believe me that Guardiola was considered as a hugely important player for Barcelona. A crucial and literally pivotal part of the Cruyff way of having his team play. He was a "stand-out" player and if you want to change the goalposts and call it something else, that's fine..... we could all do that when found to be talking Colin Nish

An "Exceptional player" of 20 years of age thrust in as midfield pivot in Cruyff's Barcelona 'Dream Team' that won the European Cup wasn't a "stand-out". Away and have a ly down.

Guardiola wasnt a "stand-out"

Before you leave can you simply tell us whose perception it was ?

I don't want an argument, I only asked a question. Whose perception was it ?

So when you wrote "...the perception is..." Whose perception is it or where exactly did you come accross it ? Given, there are many tens of thousands of legal experts that have sprung up in the west of Scotland in recent years.

Is it your opinion or is it what you said "...the perception is..." ?

Whose perception,.....The Huddleboard, The Rangers Monitor ?

The status quo wasn't an option, the alternatives weren't abundant and it's basically about filling the breach, hope the malaise slows down and reaching the end of the season. Given that the 3 games will come and go within 8 days, it'll be about heads down, get on with it and ignore any flak.

I don't see any "sniping" on here. On the other hand, criticism is part and parcel of football.

Don't kid yourself. They simply get more out of watching us suffer then anything to do with their own club. The irony being that being utterly transfixed with what is happening at what they say is a new club is the biggest contradiction I've ever known within Scottish fitbaw.

Don't know. Could probably do with a complete break until the end of the season and then review the situation.

It's better the change is made.

If Murphy had said something definitive, it might be worth more attention. What he said was in parts positive and in others left up in the air. Whilst his mate is negotiating, you wouldn't expect anything else.

If you need to ask then you obviously aren't made of the right stuff, now get the F out of my office and back to your laptop !

That is contradicted by the Roddy Forsyth piece or in other words there is a lot of noise out there at this time and whilst budgets will be a fundamental issue wrt negotiations, we won't really know until we really know.

With the news that Murty has stepped down, the silence would seem to have had a good reason behind it. AJ's words about Murty a week or so ago now look predictably hollow and you have a board that don't look very clever.