Uilleam

Depend upon it, Sir, when a goalkeeper knows he is to have no back four in the second half, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Not even at the races, Barry, not even at the races.

Don't look at naked men, me.

Agreed. There is still a lack of leadership, even by example, but where, or how that can be sourced, short term, I know not.

it didn't look like it knew what to do in the first half, or, more delicately, didn't know how to cope with Motherwell (fucking Motherwell! At Ibrox!)

We must not forget the appalling opening 45. Pedro C's 3 substitutions will be the talking point, but prior to them the performance was piss poor, and looking like the players had returned to Sq. 1. As for your ventricles, gird up your loins, man, gird up your loins!!

A dangerous tactic against a better side, but when your defence doesn't, well, defend, then why bother with it? We lost 1 goal in the first half, due to bad defending (possibly compounded by slack goalkeeping), and none in the second half, without a recognisable 'defence'. I don't know what the moral of this story is.

Stéphane Guivarc'h

Two benches still to fill; Martin Henderson and Billy Urquhart, to begin with.

But, Laudrup - There Ain't Nothin' Like a Dane.....

Norwegian, full back on his granny's side, but played in the SPL; McCoist's dud parade failed as players versus part time footballers.

I wonder if the bogtrotters will have a nibble (assuming the rumour has legs, of course)?

To be fair, they only lost 0 - 9 to Barcelona, and only because their players were overcome by an odour of sanctity vastly more powerful than their own.

I have a suspicion that certain element(s) -think Dundee, think jam- will be torn tonight: do they really want to help Rangers catch up with Aberdeen? Or not?

These overpriced, meaningless, exhibition matches remind me of nothing so much as The Harlem Globetrotters. If fhilthfootballclub was ever to get involved, as it would love to, if only as cannon fodder, in this absurd but lucrative pre season international circus, it would be known, surely, the world over, and for all time coming, as the Harlem Bogtrotters.

If the weather tomorrow is anything like that of today -heavy rain and strong, blustery winds- it may play huntigowk with the match.

He also tried to force her to drink bleach. For the avoidance of doubt, this happened in England, Lancashire, I think. He claimed that if gaoled he would lose out on a playing contract with Leicestershire CCC. Leics has subsequently stated that it has no knowledge of the man.

"Operation Tonish"? The Fashion Police are in charge. Explains a lot.

Unarguably, there is only one match which generates any interest at all, furth of Scotland. That match is the only one which generates any significant interest within the country, too.

As far as Rangers is concerned, I can say only this: the Barbarians are at the gate, and have been for some years.

It appears that Ted Knutson of Statsbomb will be on Radio 5 tonight, sometime between 7pm and 10pm, on the 'Friday Football Social' programme. A podcast will be available later, shortly after broadcast. No need to miss the Friday night debauch, then http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08k4ztr

I rarely venture East of High Street, a policy which has stood me in good stead for many years. Therefore, Greendykes means naught to me. Was Mr Pryde not described in Court as a "squash coach", an incontrovertibly middle class occupation?

As my horseracing friends tend to say, "All information/knowledge/(even) opinion is useful". In fitba', statistical analysis is not for everyone, quite clearly, but if it can create an edge (or a marginal gain) and this is translated into performance and results....... For me, if the hardware, software, and wetware is there, use it, at least until it proves itself valueless, or is superseded.

I don't like this kind of thing, as a rule, but Kevin Kyle must be in the top one....played like a donkey, of the stuffed souvenir variety. He was done, but our philanthropist of a manger saw fit to play him, and pay him. For the avoidance of doubt, I don't blame the player for taking the dough.

I think that the glory left the game some time ago, more's the pity.