buster.

Your a bit optimistic for a German, aren't you ?

The BIG priority is to get the footballing infrastructure at a level where it adds significant value without having to make significant financial gambles on player trading. The way the market is structured today means that there are a lot of players out there who you don't need to pay a transfer fee for or a relatively modest sum. Given circumstances at this moment in time we shouldn't even think about shelling out a relatively big fee on X.....unless it is within the managers plans and budget. ie. no signings to keep the troops happy / stop them moaning about not spending money. Value for every pound spent within a first class infrastructure where every layer adds Value. It's the only way that we can be both successful and sustainable.

Team selection is seldom not an issue if you change 6 names. It was Walker and Rooney that stood out and the Slovakian manager must have been dancing when he heard this.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/european-championship/euro-2016/schedule/knockout-stage Taking a hypothetical glance into an unlikely future. England could play France in the quarters and Germany/Itay in a semi-final....followed by a final against Spain !!! #tasty Or in other words, not winning tonight has cost them a place in the easier half of the draw. You have to question the team selection.

Cooncil TV in Spain show one game a day. Always the evening game, unless Spain are playing during the day. Won't be clear as to who Wales will be playing untill later in the week. Switzerland v Poland is a probable for the next round.

Last three matches I've watched have all finished 0-0 Second night in a row when three of the four sides playing haven't scored. Tournament is treading water and needs the KO stages for a bit of drama.

Rousseau Have changed Slo v Eng pred.

Might be next Monday.

Good to hear they can get started right away and stake their claims for first team football, waiting until July would have been a significant blow.

Robby McCrorie is a goalkeeper Ross McCrorie is a defender (I think he's a right back) edit They appear to be twins according to their DoB on the official site.

If not involved in our squad, those who did well will probably be going back out on loan but hopefully at a higher level than before. eg. McCrorie could go back to Ayr as they have moved up a division and you'd hope that Hardie could go to a top tier side (probably in the bottom six) and get gametime.

Given how high the stakes are, I think we could start to see more changes to the predictions once team news comes in. ...

Was listening to an interview with Ian McColl (Ayr boss) and he couldn't praise Ross McCrorie enough for his professional attitude to the game whilst on loan at Ayr last season. It sounded as though he really meant it opposed to the usual standard throw-away line.

When do Club 1872 get a seat on the RIFC board ? 6% of shares is a fair whack.

The shared gate had been around for a longtime prior to the change and generally meant a more competitive league. We were able to remain reasonably competitive in Europe throughout that time. I get the argument against it. More especially because of the general direction football has since taken and specifically, match-day income is now such an important part of our revenue and shared gates would mean we couldn't hope to compete in Europe. Football used to be more sport than business (or at least it came accross as such). Now finance is all important and the powerful clubs control the set-up.

Better to leave them to it and see how the situation develops. If you really want an executive voted onto the SPFL board, It's probably best not to fire the scattergun of criticism when it's not required.

Glad to see he has got back in,........... good luck to him.

Euros Stat from twitter 250 corners have produced only 4 goals Ronaldo: Last 36 free-kicks on goal = 0 goals ie. Don't get excited when you get a corner or when Portugal get a free-kick within 40 yards of the goal.

Agreed, I've just started to go through them and I'm wishing I was a bookmaker. This set of games will be like the 3rd round of a golf tournament, 'Moving Round' and the KO stages will probably return to be easier to predict.

Ronaldo looks a fair bit short of 100% fit and it's hindering Portugal's fluency in the last third.

Romania 2 v 1 Albania Switzerland 1 v 1 France Russia 1 v 1 Wales Slovakia 1 v 1 England Northern Ireland 0 v 2 Germany Ukraine 0 v 2 Poland Croatia 0 v 1 Spain Czech Rep 2 v 1 Turkey Italy 0 v 1 R. of Ireland Sweden 1 v 1 Belgium Hungary 0 v 2 Portugal Iceland 1 v 1 Austria

Adrian Mariappa was at Watford for 7 years and MW has probably already worked with him. edit (detail via wikipedia) MW was appointed manager of academy at Watford in 2006 Mariappa joined Watford in 2005 (via their youth system) at around 18 years old. He captained the club's under-18 side

Dialogue is two-way. If you are to ban teams for crowd trouble, then make it very plain prior to the tournament beginning and give countries an opportunity to take 'extra preventative measures' where possible. Unfortunately, tendencies seem to indicate an increase in crowd trouble / violence. These are at least partly rooted in deeper problems that show no signs of getting better. With that in mind, major events in the future need to be planned with care. edit. Sorry,...and now........to the fitbaw.

Generally speaking, the West need to re-establish better relations with Russia, rather than looking to marginalise them and increasing the stakes, ie. political dialogue/action. Banning the Russian football team for their supporters behaviour wouldn't seem to be consistent with what has gone on in the past and would only fuel any negative consequences from further marginalisation. You could ban or limit tickets going to Russia, you could police and steward the games more effectively, you could deport offenders almost immediately, etc. ........ but why now start banning countries from competing for something that has happened many times ?

Maybe we will be fined for the Hogmaney fixture prior to it taking place this year,....it would be a natural progression.