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Cuellar for me too. What about young player of the year? Thats quite tough since Walter hasn't played any young players. I guess we would have to define young as being under 27 so in that case it's King Carlos for POTY and YPOTY!

And a Brazilian through naturalisation.... Ooh err missus! :devil:

Not saying it's not true but Barry wears his heart on his sleave and even if he had been keeping it quiet I'm sure we would have noticed some emotion from him after the final yesterday.

The thing that annoys me is how he usually fails to read game situations. A few times yesterday and in recent games he seems to be about 3 seconds late in reacting to space opening up in dangerous areas. By that time defenders have also noticed this and are covering and the half yard he could have made is lost . I noticed this at the semi final too and I have never really understood the criticism Burkey has taken until recently.

Agree 100%. It may take government intervention to force the hand of all three bodies. I wonder if Alex Salmond will have the balls to do something on this unlike Joke McConnell and his Labour cronies.

A ken exactly whit ye mean. Nae borra by ra way. :devil:

What's biasm? Are you hinting at some skeletons in his closet? :fish:

I would say Gordon would still be Scotland number one as he is the man currently in the position at the moment. It's great for the national team to have two fine keepers pushing each other similar to the Goram/Leighton scenario. If Gordon's form slips or he makes a couple of howlers then Shagger Al will be in there.

Cant claim the credit for it but I reckon there might have been one or two bluenoses in the crowd to see the big man back playing...

There's all the omens with teams that play in Green and also we keep playing teams with 'N' in their names. Oh, and we played Sporting in the QF's when we won the Cup Winners Cup too....

He might be 37 but he's still got it. Linky :cheers:

I've applied anyways Juffers so your sorted if I get one. Knowing my luck I'll get tickets but we wont make it though...

Sporting will be difficult opponents so they shouldn't be under estimated. Great draw nonetheless.

Excellent preview Mike but thats one hell of a depressing team for a domestic cup final. I realise it's purely down to the injury and suspension but I hope we play a 4-4-2 with Boyd + AN Other up front (McCulloch or JCD if fit).

Agree with Calscot. The biggest problem we had last night was not having Cousin or Darcheville up front. The way we set up means that we had no out ball other than Novo who was marked by a 6ft 5" Mertesacker + another 6ft+ centre half. Consequently the ball was coming straight back at us all the time.

If we lose all the points scored I can see some legal action being taken by some clubs. Unfortunately I cant see another solution that will suit everyone.

I was saying a defeat on the night but a win for the tie before the game. Juffers was being a pessimistic and grumpy bar steward saying we were going out though.... :moon:

Agree with all of the above. He needs to produce this for a number of seasons to be considered in the same breath as Goram or Klos but the signs are that he has all the attributes so fair play to him.

McGregor purely for that save. Fantastic reflexes and kept us in the game on so many occasions. Cuellar a very close second and perhaps a case for him being the joint MOTM.

Excellent idea Craig! :cheers: I'll start work on that now.

True but to a multi-millionnaire you've got to imagine even that is pocket change...

Not good signs. Basically they're fecked. I cant work out why old Brooks cant just hand over a cheque to the administrators to solve the problem. I've read the stories that he's screwed financially but I'm not buying that he cant spare a few quid to pay some wages etc.

If it goes to penalties it would be all set up for Timmy Wiesse to redeem himself....

Anyone watching the news conference? If so, please update...

Yup, I'll be up for some of that. I'll try and think of some ideas for articles and give it a bash.