Frazzie

The East stand counters do not work, and haven't done for years. Not saying the attendances are wrong (I think they are but not too bothered about it!) but if anyone is telling me that the counter clicks whenever someone goes through a turnstyle at the East Stand, then that person is a liar!

So does that mean that they are relying on the turnstyle operator pressing a seperate button every time they let someone in? I know for a fact the clickers haven't worked for years. I'm just playing devils advocate here, by the way.

We're due to have a three homes and two aways, but the one I was hoping they would switch would be Hearts, but he is probably right unfortunately.

Just out of curiosity, how do they calculate the attendance?

I know - Any more blunders like that and John Boyle will be on the phone offerring me a job on the official site!

Never mind Rentokil or Forbes, but what would you rather have out of the two descriptions above?

Dunno what makes you think the club could organise it to be honest. Event management has never been the strong point of the staff in there and as I said, the staff that organised the best-ran event in years are no longer involved. I'm not having a go at the existing staff when I say that - just commenting on my experience of it. I dunno if Jamie Glasgow is the guy you're talking about, but surely he can't be the only person you've heard saying that? Some folk have thought the gate numbers have been fiddled for years!

Aye, but the clubs own staff are kept busy enough in general without having something like this thrust upon them as an additional responsibility. Remember the big night up at the Shawlands was organised by Davie Tonner and Jamie Glasgow who have both left the club and (to the best of my knowledge) have not been replaced. To add something like this onto the existing staff, who have already been stretched to cover things they shouldn't really be doing ('Flow = media officer - mopping up water in the stand, taking pies to hospitality, etc etc) would result in a half-arsed effort like the Sponsors Night last year and would ultimately lead to criticism. Hopefully the association guys can do a bit of the legwork and use their own contacts to make the night a success, and the club can advertise it, sell tickets for it and make the players turn up so everyone is playing to their strengths to maximise the success of the night. The Trust were going to do this but it never really took off, but it doesn't matter whether it's the Trust, the Association or the SAC who does it - the fact that it's happening is a positive, although I do think it is daft to have it so early.

That opens up a whole new debate. Would Jim Baxter get a kick of the ball in the SPL these days?

Aye, that's right. Good idea to emalgimate the two nights - mutually beneficial I would say as the club doesn't seem to have the resources to run a succesful night, but can draw the punters, while the association are the other way round. Hope it goes well.

Never liked Xara much as the claret and amber was always a bit suspect, and changed every season even when the manufacturer was the same. Always remember seeing the box in the shop marked "Xara Standard Template, Burgundy & Orange" and that put me right off them.

I'd be quite delighted with a return to Bukta. Would rather have a less well-known brand giving us their best gear than a worldwide name giving us a lot of shite, as seems to be the case when Nike/Adidas/whoever make the strips of smaller sides.

Can we vote Milky for PotY? That would make me think about going!

Not saying I expect it, but it could happen. It's not that unrealistic really. Ruddy went off injured in the last game and had a stinker the game before that. While I'm not saying he's rubbish, I certainly don't think he's got POTY wrapped up with half a dozen games to go.

So if the Juke bangs in ten goals in our last six games to take us to Europe, while Ruddy either sits out injured or keeps up the form of his last game and a half then the goalie should get it?

Well, McDonald got a hat-trick in one game, as well as a few more so he'd be my shout, but older folk may say WullieP as I know he played for Utd and Hearts but haven't a clue how he got on against us. Lambert also got a few against us for Celtic.

Correctamundo!

Fuck me, you must be one of the priviledged few!

It's an impossible one to call really, as we haven't seen Motherwell have to recover from a league defeat since Brown took charge. Having said that, I reckon the experienced guys he has in the team have enough character about them to recover, and there's no doubt we have the quality. 3-0 'Well for me.

Mind we got a wee £80k for Skippy moving down South aswell.

Fucking tosser.

Why ask a question then say you won't be reading the answer?

Aye, too right. We were posing for a photo and he breenged right into the middle of it! He was loving it! For that alone, and the fact he likes his hole = good guy!

Something a bit special about seeing the crop of '91 coming through. Good luck to them.

To be fair, I think they put the 'Well badge on free of charge. I've got two under-armours, one with and one without the badge, and I've no complaints about either. They're magic!