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Yes, a discount for early pay off was also mentioned.

I think they were planning to put the Q&A on Periscope so I expect the link for that will be on Twitter nearer the time.

Would be funny if Cadden was this mysterious world class midfielder Rangers keep talking about. No deal for them unless they hand over the full transfer fee in cash up front.

He was a bit unlucky as he came in to fill the gap from selling Porter (who had hit top form by then) but he was highly rated by Celtic at the time and seemed decent enough.

He had also played a few times in the Champions League for Celtic before he joined us, including a start against Man Utd. But I think that ship has sailed.

Would make for a tasty midfield.

We got transfer income from Pearson, Johnson and Hall - unless someone arrives with stupid money, I don't think we'll need to sell any more players this season.

We need backup for Moult and McDonald so I doubt we'd punt both Blyth and Bowman even if we also dip into the U20s for cover.

Aye. Celtic are a very good team, but it's unlikely they will finish the season unbeaten - so it might as well be us that beats them.

True. Unless he was hoping Thomas might fill that gap. But even then, we'd need another lefty for cover.

He was presumably brought in as a option to replace Johnson in the attacking left mid position, but obviously doesn't fit the bill for whatever reason.

What did McGhee say that has upset people?

I thought it was their regular keeper that played (Godden maybe), but I could be way off the mark there.

Also, given the injuries and the start/stop nature of the league so far it's been difficult for the new guys to esablish any sort of consistency. He has also given some of the U20s game time, so difficult to complain about that. Like you say, though, 50% would be a good return for most managers in any league.

Aye, Wullie P's advantage was he was a yard quicker off the mark than the defenders he played against. Cunningham and Regis had the physique of Olympic sprinters and the speed to match. I still think Cyrille could have given his cousin John a run for his money, never mind Pettigrew.

WBA were excellent and, to make things worse, we played mince. I suspect, as was normal in those days, Motherwell were expecting a bit of a kickabout exhibition game whereas WBA seemed to approach it like a cup final and took us to the cleaners. Felt bad for Joe Wark as he was never at the races. I also remember Willie Johnson made a returning cameo appearance after his expulsion from the World Cup.

Only consolation is that when we won the Cup last time, we had never beaten Aberdeen in an SPL game at Pittodrie.

It's difficult to win a cup and regardless of who you are, you need a slice of luck along the way. If you look back to our last success: - Stevie Kirk scored his direct free kick against Aberdeen when Wee Tommy had told him to go to the back post. - We could easily have lost against Morton at Cappielow and had to win the lottery of a penalty shootout - Took 2 bites of the cherry to beat Celtic, and were lucky to be only 1 goal down at half time in the replay - Were fortunate not to be at least 1 goal down (one off the post, one offside) in the final before we opened the scoring And that's just a few off the top of my head. That's not to say we didn't deserve to win it - but any one of those breaks going the other way and it could have been another hard luck story.

Nah. It will be something like Hibs away.

Still amazes me how a team can go so deep into a match with zero shots on target.

McGhee said Lucas is still injured and not quite ready to play. Hopefully he'll stay fit on his return.

He is making strides. But in an earlier interview McGhee said they are still following the protocol for head injuries which means he can't play this year.

Making good progress, but not expected to be fit to play until after January break.

You are, of course, correct.

I missed the memo telling us we had to call fans who supported their team and enjoyed winning "happy clappers".